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FOLKARCH "CALENDAR MADE OF METAL"
March = Folk Metal Listening to as many albums as possible in said genre during said month and listing them here as I go. Suggestions welcome.
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Created by Daddy Pig
on 01.03.2020
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Top 100 (+8) Of 2005-2009 2000-2004 list: http://www.metalstorm.net/users/list.php?list_id=5844
2010-2014 list: http://www.metalstorm.net/users/list.php?list_id=5828 2015-2019 list: http://www.metalstorm.net/users/list.php?list_id=6722 I sure do love this site and it's rating system, it makes finding great music so easy and, even more importantly, when an album is overlooked for a while but starts getting a buzz a few months later, boom, there it appears in the top 20. All that being said, I still wish there was some way to get a weighted ranking that not only takes the rating of the album into account, but also the number of votes that were cast. For example, an album with a rating of 8.8 and 1000 votes would rank higher than an album with a rating of 8.9 and 20 votes. So, I scraped all the albums on the site with at least 1 vote into a database. Then, taking a leaf out of IMDb's book, I used Bayesian estimation (like the IMDb's Top 250) to calculate a weighted rating for each album based on its Metal Storm rating and the number of votes it had received. The formula for calculating the Top 100 Albums gives a true Bayesian estimate: Bayes rating (BR) = ( C × m + R × N ) ÷ ( m + N ) where: C = average expected rating given... m = minimum number of votes R = average rating for the album = (Metal Storm rating) N = number of votes for the album = (votes) The way the Bayesian estimator works is that all albums in the database are given and additional m fake votes with an average rating of C, irrespective of how many true votes it already has. Then a new weighted rating is calculated... If the album has no true votes ( N = 0 ), then BR = ( C × m + R × 0 ) ÷ ( m + 0) = C × m ÷ m = C (the average expected rating). If the album has a number of true votes equal to the minimum ( N = m ), then BR = ( C × m + R × m ) ÷ ( m + m ) = ( C + R ) × m ÷ 2m = ( C + R ) ÷ 2 (halfway between the two ratings). If the album has a very large number of true votes ( N >> m ), then BR = ( C × m + R × N ) ÷ ( m + N ) ≈ R × N ÷ N = R (the Metal Storm rating). This means that the Bayes rating will never equal the Metal Storm rating but will approach it as the true votes grow arbitrarily large. Now that the maths bit is out of the way, here was my methodology: Only Studio and EP album types, from the years 2005 to 2009, with at least 1 vote, were included. The average expected rating (C) was determined by averaging all the Metal Storm ratings from 2005-2009. The minimum number of votes (m) was determined by calculating the 75th percentile of the votes, rounded to the nearest 10. I also decided that if an album's Bayes rating was within 0.005 of #100, it would be included too; hence the +8. C for 2005-2009 = 7.593 m = 20 Number of albums from each year in the list: 2005 - 26 2006 - 20 2007 - 23 2008 - 17 2009 - 23 Ratings are accurate as of 30/10/2023
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Created by Crys1s
on 19.09.2019
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My 150 Favorite Albums (Plus ~10 EPs) It's always changing.
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Created by Zyk
on 05.12.2017
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Top 3 Albums By Year My top 3 albums per year starting in 1999.
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Created by Zyk
on 18.06.2015
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Epic Listens: A Folk Metal List Folk metal is becoming one of my favorite subgenres within metal. It can fit whether you are dancing around a fire with a fine alcoholic beverage or just cleaning up around your house. I am making this list to provide some of my current favorite pieces of hammer-wielding/booze-chugging/kilt-sporting anthems.
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Created by Necrodamus
on 10.01.2015
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Unnatural Selection: Top 10 Metal Albums Of 2008 Another yearly top 10 list.
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Created by RhaegarTargaryen
on 02.01.2012
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Top 5 Albums Of 2008 A kinda weak metal year for me. Slania and Watershed are two great albums but Ghosts and Hindsight aren't really metal and A Sense of Purpose id good but not outstanding.
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Created by tirim4
on 17.01.2011
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Mikyz's Favorite Albums In 2008 Okay guys the countdown is really not a countdown, as in they aren't in any specific order.
PS: I'm sure I forgot some albums, so I might edit this list later on.
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Created by Mikyz
on 27.10.2010
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...under Making...
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Created by Thrasher Hungary
on 14.08.2010
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AJ's Ranking Of 2008 Top 50 of 2008. Albums I rated 8 and above.
Album count: 210 Average rating: 6.84
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Created by AJ The Great
on 09.01.2024
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InstruMEnTAL Metal Songs This is an alphabetical list dedicated for the celebration of great instrumental songs that have been included by vocal groups as original contribution to an album. Therefore, this list does not include instrumental-based groups like Apocalyptica, songs that have a significant part with spoken words / human voices or instrumental versions of vocal songs or other bonus material.
Please feel free to suggest more of your favorite songs for this list !
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Created by Plattner
on 28.01.2023
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Artwork: Folk Metal Albums This is a list of (celtic/medieval/extreme) folk metal albums (in alphabetical order) based on their artwork. It includes iconic cover art from classic albums as well as fascinating work from more recent releases.
There is a saying that "you should not judge a book by its cover", which is of course also true in the case of music albums. However, the artwork can complement the production and give a visual introduction to the musical theme and atmosphere. More than for any other kind of music, this may be true for metal. (Updated 19.02.2023)
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Created by Plattner
on 29.10.2022
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My Top 150 Albums Of All Time This list shows only my preferences in metal. These albums are not necessarily the best of the bands written by, but I return to them again and again. In my opinion, all this masterpieces confirm the variety and greatness of metal music.
Rules: 1. One album per band. 2. Ordered from highest position (top) to lowest (bottom). 3. No heavy, power, doom, gothic, sludge/stoner albums.
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Created by nikita_ducati
on 16.10.2022
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My Top 30 Albums Of 2008
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Created by JHK
on 10.05.2022
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Ultimate Collection Of Metal The albums below is my definition of extreme metal music, regardless of their genre. Entire list is based only on my personal preferences in metal.
Rules: 1. One album per band 2. 305 groups/305 albums
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Created by nikita_ducati
on 18.10.2021
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