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Most Gripping Atmospheres
Here are the most captivating atmospheres I've ever heard. Including metal and non-metal albums. Grouped according to genre and one album per band.
| 1. | Division By Zero - Independent Harmony |
| 2. | Beyond Twilight - The Devil's Hall Of Fame |
| 3. | Riverside - Out Of Myself |
| 4. | Suspyre - When Time Fades... |
| 5. | Redemption - The Fullness Of Time |
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My Top 30 Doom Metal Albums
In this list, many Death Doom have also
| 1. | Empyrium - A Wintersunset... |
| 2. | Empyrium - Songs Of Moors And Misty Fields |
| 3. | Saturnus - Veronika Decides To Die |
| 4. | Shape Of Despair - Illusion's Play |
| 5. | Shape Of Despair - Angels Of Distress |
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Who Needs A Throat Anyway.
All things modern hardcore. There will be no grind or sludgcore in this list in order to avoid duplicates. You will find some grind here and some sludgecore here. If it is classic hardcore punk you seek,…
| 1. | Death Engine - Mud |
| 2. | Silent Planet - The Night God Slept |
| 3. | Idylls - Prayer For Terrene |
| 4. | Plebeian Grandstand - Lowgazers |
| 5. | Fjørt - D'accord |
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Bemused Dreamscapes And Ponderous Journeys - A List Of Albums For Adventure And Escapism
The following is a list of favorites that will steal your mind from this mortal realm; albums that will take you on an indelible journey.
| 1. | Abyssal - Novit Enim Dominus Qui Sunt Eius |
| 2. | Agalloch - The Mantle |
| 3. | Ahab - The Call Of The Wretched Sea |
| 4. | Alcest - Écailles De Lune |
| 5. | Arkona - Гой, Роде, Гой! |
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Just Some Strange Yet Raw Oriented Black Metal Albums
This is a list composed by what I think that is raw oriented black metal, but still only albums with a difference are allowed. Basically Atmospheric, Melodic (Not Symphonic), Experimental stuff. I give…
| 1. | Ekpyrosis - Mensch Aus Gold |
| 2. | The Meads Of Asphodel - Damascus Steel |
| 3. | Tjolgtjar - Under Command Of Tjolgtjar |
| 4. | Urfaust - Der Freiwillige Bettler |
| 5. | Arizmenda - Stillbirth In The Temple Of Venus |
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My Favorite Albums 2025
Another year another list! Been really busy and trying to keep current but I’ve fallen a little behind on current releases, so I’m trying to catch up over the last month. EPs and non album releases are…
| 1. | Maruja - Pain to Power |
| 2. | Messa - The Spin |
| 3. | Grayceon - Then The Darkness |
| 4. | Daevar - Sub Rosa |
| 5. | Health - Conflict DLC |
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2000-2014: A 'Factored' Top 100
Take a look at the Top Album lists of recent years and you'll notice an obvious trend. In 2005 the average rating of the top 25 albums is 8.76. Jump to 2014 and the average among the top 25 has dropped…
| 1. | Agalloch - The Mantle |
| 2. | Opeth - Blackwater Park |
| 3. | Blindead - Affliction XXIX II MXMVI |
| 4. | Aquilus - Griseus |
| 5. | Nevermore - Dead Heart In A Dead World |
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2014, Now Featuring A Peanut Butter Burger!
Thank you all once again for all of the suggestions and recommendations from 2014, and for following this list over the year! I can't promise I'll get to all of the suggestions, nor will I make…
| 1. | Qualeaceans - Capture Of Ziz |
| 2. | Amogh Symphony - Vectorscan |
| 3. | Schammasch - Contradiction |
| 4. | Kayo Dot - Coffins On Io |
| 5. | Stoic Dissention - Autochthon |
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Albums that changed my life and perspective about music.
Since I started to become interested in not only metal, but music in general, there have been many albums that have marked something important in my life, and I know that there will be albums in the near…
| 1. | Opeth - Morningrise |
| 2. | Agalloch - The Mantle |
| 3. | Arcturus - The Sham Mirrors |
| 4. | Orphaned Land - Mabool |
| 5. | Alcest - Souvenirs D'un Autre Monde |
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My favourite Power Metal Albums
Since many of you felt annoyed by my previous list title I changed it and hopefully you will be ok with it.Power up everybody!!!
| 1. | Helloween - Keeper Of The Seven Keys Part II |
| 2. | Blind Guardian - Imaginations From The Other Side |
| 3. | Helloween - Keeper Of The Seven Keys Part I |
| 4. | Riot - ThunderSteel |
| 5. | Gamma Ray - Land Of The Free |
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Prog Favourites
A list of my favourite Progressive albums on Metal Storm, ranked roughly in order of preference.
| 1. | Ayreon - The Human Equation |
| 2. | Dol Ammad - Ocean Dynamics |
| 3. | Riverside - Anno Domini High Definition |
| 4. | Porcupine Tree - Signify |
| 5. | Opeth - Still Life |
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Rod's Favorite Use Of Samples!
Sometimes, samples can improve the atmosphere of a song just as much as the instruments (or even more). This is a compilationn of some of my favorite samples in metal. I'm trying to keep it one album…
| 1. | Aborted - Goremageddon: The Saw And The Carnage Done |
| 2. | Abruptum - Potestates Apocalypsis |
| 3. | Acid Bath - When The Kite String Pops |
| 4. | Agalloch - The Mantle |
| 5. | Ahab - The Call Of The Wretched Sea |
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Top 200 Overlooked Albums
This list aims to be the counterpart to the Metal Storm Top 200 Albums (plus a few extras).
If you discover a new band or already like any of the ones here, please give this list a thumbs up and/or…
If you discover a new band or already like any of the ones here, please give this list a thumbs up and/or…
| 1. | Solipsist - The Human Equation |
| 2. | Ayahuasca - Beneath The Mind |
| 3. | Cryptomnesia - Primordial Oddity |
| 4. | Element (USA) - The Energy |
| 5. | Telepathy - 12 Areas |
| + 195 more |
2026: Jan-Jun
Likely going to be a slower year than 2025, which was slower than 2024 but still had me checking out over 1000 albums - let's see if I can approach that total again.
| 1. | Neurosis - An Undying Love For A Burning World |
| 2. | Miserere Luminis - Sidera |
| 3. | A Forest Of Stars - Stack Overflow In Corpse Pile Interface |
| 4. | Elder - Through Zero |
| 5. | Weedpecker - V |
| + 410 more |