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Beginner's Guide To Building A Prog Collection (Standards, And A Few Unorthodox Choices)

Limited to only those albums featured on Metal Storm.


1.Jethro Tull - Thick As A Brick
2.Rush - Moving Pictures
3.King Crimson - In The Court Of The Crimson King
4.Pain Of Salvation - Remedy Lane
5.Queensrÿche - Operation: Mindcrime

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Created by Introspekrieg on 03.03.2010



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My Top 75 Albums Of All Time

My top 75 favourite albums of all time (initially it was a top 20 list, and after that top 50). Only 1 album per band. The list is in alphabetical order, so it doesn't represent explicitly which album is my absolute favourite (I don't have one). All albums on this list have earned at least a 9/10 rating. Albums with a star (★) have received a 10/10 rating from me. I've added genres and my favourite songs.

1.After Forever - Decipher
2.Agalloch - Ashes Against The Grain
3.Alcest - Souvenirs D'un Autre Monde
4.Amorphis - Tales From The Thousand Lakes
5.Anathema - The Silent Enigma

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Created by Erik M. on 22.10.2012



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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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The Most Majestic Releases Of All Time

This list contains most beautiful, majestic and soul-touching releases I've ever experienced.
My most favorite genres are Black Metal, Post Metal, Shoegaze, Doom Metal, Ambient and Neo-Classical in general .

Albums are ranked by the year,I think this way is more useful.

I will keep expanding my list as i can.

1.Anathema - The Silent Enigma
2.Blut Aus Nord - Ultima Thulée
3.Deinonychus - The Silence Of December
4.Blut Aus Nord - Memoria Vetusta I - Fathers Of The Icy Age
5.Burzum - Filosofem

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Created by Roxana.M on 10.06.2015



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One-album Metal Wonders

A list of bands who have released just one album. Feel free to recommend!

Edit: If the band released their debut album between 2014-present and they haven't split, they are not viable.

1.ABACABB - Survivalist
2.Abstrakt Algebra - Abstrakt Algebra
3.Abydos - The Little Boy's Heavy Mental Shadow Opera About The Inhabitants Of His Diary
4.Abyssmal Sorrow - Lament
5.Age Of Silence - Acceleration

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Created by RaduP on 20.09.2014



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Best Of Doom Metal

More doom on the way: as of 14th June I'm slowly adding a few albums, hopefully to reach the 50 mark.

1.Candlemass - Nightfall
2.DoomSword - Let Battle Commence
3.Mourning Beloveth - The Sullen Sulcus
4.Skepticism - Lead And Aether
5.Shape Of Despair - Angels Of Distress

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Created by R'Vannith on 28.09.2011



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Top Folkish/Neofolk/Folkrock Albums

Best Folkish albums I've heard so far...!! Please feel free to post your Suggestions!!

1.Agalloch - The Mantle
2.Ensiferum - Iron
3.Moonsorrow - Kivenkantaja
4.Blackmore's Night - Under A Violet Moon
5.Blackmore's Night - Shadow Of The Moon

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Created by Enissa on 19.08.2011



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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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Created by lord artan on 18.09.2010



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Slow Tempo…

Slow/Depress/Funeral/Love/Gloom/Beauty/Sorrow/Obscure/Cold/Atmospheric/

1.Ahab - The Call Of The Wretched Sea
2.Akelei - De Zwaarte Van Het Doorstane
3.Amorphis - Tales From The Thousand Lakes
4.Anathema - The Silent Enigma
5.Corrupted - El Mundo Frio

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Created by Amo del Merol on 08.07.2011



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Most Weepworthy Albums

The saddest albums I've ever heard in alphabetical order.

1.Agalloch - Ashes Against The Grain
2.Agalloch - The Mantle
3.Ahab - The Giant
4.Aoria - The Constant
5.An Autumn For Crippled Children - Everything

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Created by IronArkadius666 on 04.06.2013



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Albums Named After The Reaction I Had The First Time I Listened To Them

Just to be clear, my opinion of many of these albums has changed since the first time I heard them. And I get that some other famous titles would be funny to put here, but I'm going to spoil the fun and say I want to at least be truthful.

1.Anathema - A Fine Day To Exit
2.Austrian Death Machine - Total Brutal
3.Clutch - Pure Rock Fury
4.Devin Townsend - Addicted
5.Divinefire - Farewell

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Created by Wukk on 25.04.2013



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Fragile Dreams

Best 20 albums of 00's without great Rock albums of this gods:
Camel , R.E.M , The Cure , Radiohead , Archive , Muse and ...

1.Anathema - A Natural Disaster
2.Antimatter - Lights Out
3.Evergrey - The Inner Circle
4.Empyrium - Weiland
5.Katatonia - The Great Cold Distance

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Created by Pimeässä on 13.06.2010



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My Top 50 Albums

My top list by far......
last update : 23/01/2019

1.Be'lakor - Of Breath And Bone
2.Gojira - From Mars To Sirius
3.Amon Amarth - Twilight Of The Thunder God
4.Amorphis - Silent Waters
5.Death - Symbolic

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Created by MetalAce on 09.12.2013



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F3ynman's Checklist

Here are albums (ordered by subgenre) that I want to listen to, but haven't yet.
For some albums, I've heard one or two songs, but not the entire album. Therefore, these albums still await my judgement!
Recommendations are always welcome!

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2.Exist - Hijacking The Zeitgeist
3.Selbst - Despondency Chord Progressions
4.In The Fire - Test Of The Pendulum Blade
5.Ponte Del Diavolo - Fire Blades From The Tomb

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Created by F3ynman on 20.10.2021



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Making My Way Through The MS Top 200

The MS top 200 is supposed to represent the absolute peak of metal music, the timeless classics. I have been listening to metal for about 6 years now and would consider myself fairly knowledgeable about the genre. Yet, I have barely heard half of what the top 200 has to offer. I am now on a quest to listen to it all and give an honest opinion on what I thought of it.
This list will show every album of the top 200 and if I've listened to it whether it's an all-time favourite of mine (+++), I really like it (++), I like it (+), it’s good (*), it’s not great (-), I really dislike it (--) or I hate it from the bottom of my heart (---). The same symbols will be used to characterize what I think my opinion of the albums I haven't heard yet will be, based on my knowledge of the bands and of the genre they play. (?) signifies that I have no idea of whether I'll enjoy it or not and (/) means that my opinion of the album is probably obsolete, and I need to listen to it again. A ★ means the album is in my own top 200.
Edit: The bottom of the top 200 has been changing a lot, with some stuff formerly in the list now closer to 240th, so this is now a top 250. I’m not sure I want to expand the list further down, but I’ll see whenever it’s completed if I feel like going for a top 300 or something like that.
Best discoveries so far: Wildhoney, Nightfall, Out Of Myself, Portal Of I, Autumn Aurora, Nemesis Divina, Abigail, V: Hävitetty, Sounds Of Pain.

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3.W.A.S.P. - The Crimson Idol
4.Saturnus - Veronika Decides To Die
5.Ensiferum - Ensiferum

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Created by Roman Doez on 13.04.2023