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    Posted: January 19 2010 at 20:47
I own and have heard 29 albums on their top 100. I only have 25 of Prog Archives top 100! Some of the same titles overlap, though. 

1. Rust in Peace- Megadeth
2. Painkiller- Judas Priest
3. The Number of the Beast- Iron Maiden
4. Master of Puppets- Metallica
5. Powerslave- Iron Maiden
6. Reign in Blood- Slayer
7. Ride The Lightning- Metallica
8. Blackwater Park- Opeth
9. Seventh Son of a Seventh Son- Iron Maiden
10. Paranoid- Black Sabbath
11. Metropolis part 2- Dream Theater
12. Images and Words- Dream Theater
13. Still Life- Opeth
14. Operation Mindcrime- Queensryche
15. Led Zeppelin IV- Led Zeppelin
16. Black Sabbath- Black Sabbath
17. In Rock- Deep Purple
18. Machine Head- Deep Purple
19. Moving Pictures- Rush
20. Remedy Lane- Pain of Salvation
21. Rising- Rainbow
22. Ace of Spades- Motorhead
23. In Absentia- Porcupine Tree (good album, but not really metal)
24. Master of Reality- Black Sabbath
25. Ghost Reveries- Opeth
26. My Arms Your Hearse- Opeth
27. Morningrise- Opeth
28. Screaming For Vengeance- Judas Priest
29. Piece of Mind- Iron Maiden
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Frankly, I'm surprised to see Death make such a strong showing - I mean, they put out some good albums, but none as strong as "Master of Puppets" or "Reign in Blood".

I'd have liked to have seen a few more "underdogs" in there, like Cirith Ungol,'s "Frost and Fire", and Satan's legendary "Court in the Act" - a seminal album if ever there was one. It's a shame that neither Celtic Frost or Napalm Death make an appearance too.

I'd also liked to have seen Saxon, Aerosmith, Scorpions and AC/DC represented, as the sole band in that chart representing metal's rock and roll roots is Motorhead. The chart reads like metalheads want to pretend that metal has next to nothing to do with rock and roll! 

The presence of Death at #1 and #2 is very telling about the voters overall tastes, of course, and the entire chart speaks volumes about the average age. 

For that age group, I'm also surprised not to see Pantera, Lamb of God, As I lay Dying and Between the Buried and Me - but that could just be me and my personal appreciation of metal.

Some great albums there, these niggles aside - I own 28 of them!
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Points: 1029 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 11 2010 at 20:44
I have everything on their top 10, apart from the two Death albums. I'll have to check them out. Opeth made the top 10! Bloody awesome! And DT made the top twenty. We prog fans can't really ask for more. I think the prog metal and prog-related (Led Zep, Deep Purple, etc) subgenres are pretty well represented on this list. 

Overall, I'm very impressed with the list. The guys on that site seem to know their stuff. 
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In Absentia metal? Not sure about that, but I see what they mean. It does have some heavy songs on it (Strip the Soul, Gravity Eyelids, Wedding Nails, etc)
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Points: 1003 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 11 2010 at 17:16
Painkiller at #3 is too high IMO.  It isn't even Priest's best album (I believe Sad Wings of Destiny holds that honor). 
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Points: 4515 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 11 2010 at 16:04
Death on place 1 & 2? What did I miss?
The rest of the list looks pretty neat. Though I do miss Psychotic Waltz in there
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Points: 9226 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 11 2010 at 15:30
Agreed this is a brilliant list and lots of 'sophisticated' metal albums in there...
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Points: 16122 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 10 2010 at 21:49
I actually feel Remedy Lane is a better album, but I think I'm alone on that one.
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Points: 7826 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 10 2010 at 19:04
Originally posted by Fieldofsorrow Fieldofsorrow wrote:



I'm a little surprised to see that Remedy Lane was rated higher than The Perfect Element, though. I've always thought The Perfect Element was a stronger album.

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I'd agree there, although only just. Those two albums are very close in terms of quality. Influentially speaking though, it has to TPE.
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Definitely. They are both easily in my top 20 albums of all time (though TPE is #1). TPE is one of the most influential progressive metal albums out there, where as Remedy Lane is great, but not nearly as historically important.

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Great and intelligent list, of course.


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I love both TPE and RL. I can't decide which I like better.

I'm happy to see Ayreon's "Into the Electric Castle" on the list. I love that album as well. It's currently at the bottom of the list and might drop off though.
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Points: 220 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 10 2010 at 14:57
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I'm a little surprised to see that Remedy Lane was rated higher than The Perfect Element, though. I've always thought The Perfect Element was a stronger album.

-Jeff
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I'd agree there, although only just. Those two albums are very close in terms of quality. Influentially speaking though, it has to TPE.
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Points: 924 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 09 2010 at 22:20
I just voted for every thing I knew and liked. Though I now know why I am glad I joined PA and not that site first.
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Points: 7826 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 09 2010 at 22:18
Originally posted by The Block The Block wrote:

I am suprised that The Perfect Element was rated so low, though these people aren't prog heads I expect better.LOL


Keep in mind, with all polls like this, it is like a popularity contest. We're guaranteed to get some classic Iron Maiden, Death, Metallica, Judas Priest, Slayer, Megadeth, etc. before more modern prog-metal bands.Still, they got into the top 100 albums ever released in metal history, which is very significant IMO. I'm not at all surprised to see PoS in their current positions.

I'm a little surprised to see that Remedy Lane was rated higher than The Perfect Element, though. I've always thought The Perfect Element was a stronger album.

-Jeff


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I am suprised that The Perfect Element was rated so low, though these people aren't prog heads I expect better.LOL
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Points: 7826 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 09 2010 at 20:06
By the way, that's a GREAT list. Most of those would be in my top 100 metal albums as wellThumbs Up

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Here's a direct link to the list:

http://www.metalstorm.ee/bands/albums_top.php

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Points: 16122 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 09 2010 at 12:52
Haha, PT's In Absentia is listed as a metal album Smile

But this is a seriously awesome list.  Death, Opeth, Agalloch, Dream Theater, Ayreon, Orphaned Land, Anathema, Pain of Salvation, Tiamat, Isis, Tool, and Arcturus all made the list, with Death topping #1 and #2 and Opeth in the top ten.  Metal Storm readers listen to some good stuff Thumbs Up
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There's a pretty good metal website called Metal Storm. I thought it would be a good idea to invite those of you who are progressive-metal fans to the site. Like Prog Archives, there is a top albums chart based on the ratings that the users give. There are actually some progressive-metal albums on the top 100 chart. Smile

Let's enhance Metal Storm's chart. Wink


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