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A List Of Great Debut Albums

A lot of bands have great debut albums. Obviously this list is just a fraction of all the great debut albums out there, but it's a start. I'll keep expanding this list continuously, so all suggestions are welcome (granted they are featured on MS). All the albums here are ranked according to genre and then alphabetically. If a certain album belongs to the (in your opinion) wrong genre, then definitely let me know.

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2.Aarni - Bathos
3.Arcturus - Aspera Hiems Symfonia
4.Diablo Swing Orchestra - The Butcher's Ballroom
5.Sadness - Ames De Marbre

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Created by Erik M. on 30.11.2012



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My Favorite Atmospheric Black Metal Albums (WIP)

This is a favorites list, not a guide or anything of that sort. It just highlights the albums that I've enjoyed listening to and spinned extensively since last November (When I got into this monolithic genre.) One entry for each band. The descriptions aren't necessarily descriptions of the music. I just wrote what came to my mind. I will update with new albums frequently.
EDIT: Got to 50 entries, so I guess I'll stop for now. I want more time to revisit these 50, get into the other albums of the bands listed below and delve into other genres of metal. I guess that taking a break from black metal (at least new stuff) will ensure that I won't get bored of it. It is likely that I'll continue this list by the half of July.

1.A Forest Of Stars - Opportunistic Thieves Of Spring
2.Addaura - Burning For The Ancient
3.Agalloch - Pale Folklore
4.Alcest - Écailles De Lune
5.Alda - : Tahoma :

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Created by Oaken on 24.05.2012



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2012 Musical Perusals

My list of favourites and interests for this year ordered roughly in descending order. My new years resolution is to branch out a bit and listen to new and unfamiliar genres, metal and non-metal.

Edit: Anything above about a 7/10 I'll keep here. Now with approximate rating in a .5 scale and ordered according to **replay value** i.e how often I listen to them. AND now with some comments, adding them gradually.

1.Enslaved - RIITIIR
2.Pharaoh - Bury The Light
3.Anglagard - Viljans Öga
4.Overkill - The Electric Age
5.The Foreshadowing - Second World

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Created by R'Vannith on 12.01.2012



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tea[m]ster's 2012 Must Listens And Recs

Well, it's been a terrific 2012 for metal fans. I listened to hundreds of albums and I'd like to share my favs with you. Although it was very difficult I have narrowed down my top 20.

1.Sunpocrisy - Samaroid Dioramas
2.Downfall Of Gaia - Suffocating In The Swarm Of Cranes
3.Rush - Clockwork Angels
4.Adrift - Black Heart Bleeds Black
5.Constants - Pasiflora

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Created by tea[m]ster on 26.04.2012



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A List Of Lovecraft Themed Metal Albums

A list of metal albums inspired and based with themes from the works/writings of H.P. Lovecraft. Recommendations/suggestions are welcome. Only one album per band and album featured on MS.

1.Aarni - Bathos
2.Aldebaran - Embracing The Lightless Depths
3.Arkham Witch - Legions Of The Deep
4.Auroch - Taman Shud
5.Back To R'lyeh - The Awakening / Last Fight Of The Primordial

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Created by CyberSymphony on 10.09.2013



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2012

My tastes seem to have changed quite a bit since I originally made this list. I have since updated it to better reflect my opinions of 2012 in retrospect. A well rounded and impressive year for metal.

1.Indesinence - Vessels Of Light And Decay
2.Faal - The Clouds Are Burning
3.Agruss - Morok
4.Lord Mantis - Pervertor
5.Elysian Blaze - Blood Geometry

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Created by Neachy on 28.05.2012



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2012

Includes every full-length and EP from 2012 I listened to. Ordered alphabetically. More albums will be added, and the ratings are subject to change.

1.A Forest Of Stars - A Shadowplay For Yesterdays
2.Addaura - Burning For The Ancient
3.Agalloch - Faustian Echoes
4.Agruss - Morok
5.Alkerdeel - Morinde

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Created by Oaken on 13.08.2012



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Metal Band Names Inspired By Books

This alphabetical list presents bands that took the inspiration for their name from literature (novels, poems, plays, comics). The list shows the debut album cover along with the information of the corresponding source of inspiration.

Please feel free to suggest more examples of metal/hard rock band names that are inspired by literature.



1.A Dream Of Poe - The Mirror Of Deliverance
2.Abhoth - Abhoth
3.Abigail Williams - In The Shadow Of A Thousand Suns
4.Ahab - The Call Of The Wretched Sea
5.Alice In Chains - Facelift

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Created by Plattner on 28.10.2023



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BitterGOld MMXII

same shit, different year. found the year lacking a bit at the very top but wowzers were there a lot of really good albums released last year... so much so that i ran out of spots in the top 25 before i ran out of "8's"... passers by were surprised by the unusual amount of blood. passers by were surprised by the unusual amount of blood. passers by were surprised by the unusual amount of blood.

1.Faal - The Clouds Are Burning
2.Tort - Tort
3.High On Fire - De Vermis Mysteriis
4.Lurk - Lurk
5.Enslaved - RIITIIR

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Created by BitterCOld on 12.03.2013



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2012 - The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

Once again I have put together a top list of albums released during the year from best to worst. However, this time around I have also written a short personal opinion/mini review for most of the albums in their respective comment sections.

1.Agruss - Morok
2.Menace Ruine - Alight In Ashes
3.Summer Fades Away - We Meet The Last Time, Then Departure
4.Sigh - In Somniphobia
5.Faal - The Clouds Are Burning

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Created by Draugen on 25.05.2012



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My Super Awesome 2012 List

Work in progress

1.Sybreed - God Is An Automaton
2.Skyharbor - Blinding White Noise: Illusion & Chaos
3.Wintersun - Time I
4.Enslaved - RIITIIR
5.Devin Townsend - Epicloud

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Created by Giza on 06.09.2012



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2012 - My List

These are the albums that have been burning a hole in my iPod this past year. I have really only created this list so that I can keep track of the albums I have enjoyed in 2012, but if you have any suggestions feel free it send them my way.

The albums with stars (*) next to their ratings, are albums that I am still currently listening to.

1.Godspeed You!Black Emperor - 'Allelujah! Don't Bend! Ascend!
2.BADBADNOTGOOD - BBNG2
3.Amenra - Mass V
4.Wildernessking - The Writing Of Gods In The Sand
5.Spiritualized - Sweet Heart Sweet Light

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Created by 1Yossarian1 on 16.09.2012



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My Favorite Black And Doom Metal Albums Of 2012!

Its in alphabetical order by albums... Some albums on this list may or may not be the exact description of Black or Doom Metal or their subgenres. They just seem to fit for my taste and way I like my Black And Doom dosage. I'm sure some may say Les Discrets and Alcest and other bands on the list can't be Black or Doom because of their sounds and lyrical themes, but if their music gives me that darkness that let's say Watain or Gorgoroth give in Black Metal just without the Satanic lyrics and more of the emotions of Blackness and Doom then to me its Black Metal and the same goes to whatever Doom bands are on my list. If anyone checks out my list, thanks.

1.Mental Home - Угра
2.Forgotten Tomb - ...And Don't Deliver Us From Evil
3.Profetus - ...To Open The Passages In Dusk
4.Narrow House - A Key To Panngrieb
5.A Forest Of Stars - A Shadowplay For Yesterdays

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Created by A Misanthropist on 09.01.2014



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2012: Favourite To Least (Continued)

Because I reached the word limit on the previous list, and don't want to lose my quite excellent in-depth descriptions. Those without descriptions are from my other list.

1.Sylosis - Monolith
2.Be'lakor - Of Breath And Bone
3.In The Silence - A Fair Dream Gone Mad
4.Abigail Williams - Becoming
5.Rodrigo Y Gabriela - Area 52

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Created by musclassia on 29.10.2012



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Best Of 2012

8+ shit only

1.Grave - Endless Procession Of Souls
2.Process Of Guilt - Fæmin
3.Krallice - Years Past Matter
4.Thy Art Is Murder - Hate
5.Pallbearer - Sorrow And Extinction

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Created by PēterisP on 02.03.2012