Music

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This is a taste of my music taste, as indicated by what I believe to be the best, or most interesting albums. I had to restrict myself to a single album per artist, or the list would be dominated by Opeth, the Ocean Collective, Ghost, and Pink Floyd.

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	Opeth - Blackwater Park (2001) Progressive Metal My favourite album. Listening to it in a Swedish forest changed me.
	Dream Theater - Metropolis pt2: Scenes from a Memory (1999) Progressive Metal A story about reincarnation by some of the best musicians prog-metal has to offer.
	The Ocean Collective - Pelagial (2013) Progressive/Death Metal The songs are named after oceanic depth zones and get heavier as you go deeper. Peak concept album.
	Haken - The Mountain (2013) Progressive Metal This album is somehow stereotypically prog and utterly unique at the same time.
	Ghost - Meliora (2015) Progressive/Psychedelic Rock Many bands make concept albums. Ghost is a concept band.
	Dool - Summerland (2020) Progressive/Psychedelic Rock Why is an album from 2020 making me feel this nostalgic?
	Year of the Goat - Novis Orbis Terrarum Ordinis (2019) Progressive/Psychedelic Rock 50% fun and upbeat, 50% calm and moving, 100% intriguing.
	Hällas - Excerpts from a Future Past (2017) Progressive/Psychedelic Rock Adventure rock. Need I say more?
	King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard - Polygondwanaland (2017) Progressive Rock KGLW released five albums in 2017, all good, but this one truly stands out.
	Exodus to Infinity - Archetype Asylum (2020) Progressive Rock/Genre Fusion Criminally underrated melting pot of genres.
	King Crimson - In the Court of the Crimson King (1969) Progressive Rock The prog-rock cult hit.
	Pink Floyd - The Wall (1979) Progressive Rock I don't think I need to explain this one.
	Candlemass - Epicus Doomicus Metallicus (1986) Doom Metal There's a reason a genre was named after this album.
	Khemmis - Hunted (2016) Doom Metal A modern take on traditional death/doom metal that works surprisingly well.
	Swallow the Sun - When a Shadow is Forced Into the Light (2019) Doom Metal A deeply emotional composition about dealing with loss.
	Warning - Watching from a Distance (2006) Doom Metal The five stages of grief condensed into one soul-crushing album.
	Woods of Ypres - Woods 5: Grey Skies & Electric Light (2012) Doom Metal An expression of anger unparalleled in doom metal.
	Bell Witch - Mirror Reaper (2017) Funeral Doom Metal A single 84-minute song of eye-watering beauty.
	Katatonia - The Fall of Hearts (2016) Doom/Alternative Rock My go-to comfort album.
	Godspeed You! Black Emperor - F♯ A♯ ∞ (1998) Post-Rock What I'd listen to if the world was ending.
	God is an Astronaut - All is Violent, All is Bright (2005) Post-Rock Music I could fade away to.
	Oh Hiroshima - In Silence We Yearn (2015) Post-Rock Haunting yet engaging post-rock with superb vocals.
	Distant Dream - It All Starts from Pieces (2017) Post-Metal Spacey, instrumental brilliance.
	Cult of Luna - Mariner (2016) Post-Metal Just listen to those vocals.
	Iron Maiden - Powerslave (1984) Heavy Metal The pinnacle of heavy metal.
	Sabaton - Carolus Rex (2012) Power Metal A power metal album about Swedish history in Swedish? Sign me up.
	Blind Guardian - Nightfall in Middle-Earth (1998) Heavy/Power Metal Why isn't there more music based on the Silmarillion?
	Metallica - Ride the Lightning (1984) Thrash Metal As someone who likes nearly all Metallica albums, this is their best.
	Kreator - Pleasure to Kill (1986) Thrash Metal My only aim is to take many lives, the more the better I feel
	Death - The Sound of Perseverance (1998) Death Metal Some of the best riffs you'll ever hear live on this album.
	Be'lakor - Stone's Reach (2009) Progressive Death Metal An hour's worth of incredibly tight guitar and drum work.
	Ne Obliviscaris - Urn (2017) Progressive Death Metal Who knew violins and blast beats would go this well together.
	Iapetus - The Body Cosmic (2019) Progressive Death Metal A deeply passionate album of galactic proportions.
	Bathory - Hammerheart (1990) Black Metal The black metal vikings are here to take you on a journey.
	Primordial - To the Nameless Dead (2007) Black Metal Huh? Lyrically beautiful black metal?
	Agalloch - The Mantle (2002) Atmospheric/Folk Metal A wonderfully mixed contemplation of life and death.
	Ulver - Bergtatt (1995) Atmospheric/Folk Metal Norwegian fairy tales told through a combination of black metal and folk.
	Saor - Forgotten Paths (2019) Atmospheric Black Metal What you'd get if you put a screaming man with a violin in the Scottish highlands.
	Summoning - Stronghold (1999) Atmospheric Black Metal Grand, enchanting soundscapes.
	Kapitan Korsakov - Stuff & Such (2012) Post-Punk It's difficult to find music this raw and yet this genuine.
	Alice in Chains - Dirt (1992) Grunge 'Down in a Hole' is one of the most beautiful songs out there.
	Green Day - American Idiot (2004) Pop-Punk Judge me all you want, this album slaps.