Favorite concept albums

[eternal sanctum]

What are everyone's favorites?

1. Dream Theater - Scenes From A Memory
2. Vanden Plas - Christ 0
3. Kamelot - The Black Halo
4. Blind Guardian - Nightfall In Middle Earth
5. Shadow Gallery - Tyranny
6. Savatage - The Wake Of Magellan
7. Section A - Parallel Lives
8. Evergrey - In Search Of Truth
9. Fates Warning - A Pleasant Shade Of Gray
10. Ayreon - The Human Equation
11. Narnia - The Great Fall
12. Dio - Magica
13. Savatage - Streets
14. Iced Earth - The Dark Saga
15. Jag Panzer - Thane To The Throne

 

[Emanuele]

1. SymphonyX - V The new mythology suite
2. Dream Theater - Scenes from a memory
3. Shadow Gallery - Tyranny
4. Pain of Salvation - Entropia
5. Queensryche - Operation Mindcrime (pt.1)
6. Ayreon - The human equation
7. Pain of Salvation - The perfect element

 

[AutumnGust]

Blind Guardian - Nightfall In Middle Earth
Ayreon - Into the Electric Castle
Shadow Gallery - Room V
Virgin Steele - House of Atreus, Act One
Symphony X - V
Riverside - Second Life Syndrome

 

[CttN]

Can you please explain the concept of Second Life Syndrome? It's hard for me... =[

 

[CantoX]

Iced Earth - The Dark Saga
Symphony X - V

And when theres a concept album about me, I'll add it to the list

 

[meisteh]

the first person to put Paradise Lost in their list wins a mystery prize

 

[AutumnGust]

Can you please explain the concept of Second Life Syndrome? It's hard for me... =[

I haven't really read a lot of the lyrics, but from what i've gathered the general concept seems to be about a man that has fallen, lost contact with reality and is sick of life. During the course of the story he gains back his will to live and fights all the darkness, and above all he conquers his own weaknesses that he has realized is also to blame for his troubles. So it seems to be kind of like an introspective journey aswell.

I read somewhere that Second Life Syndrome is part of a 3 part series of concept albums called The Reality Dream, and that the third one should be out soon.

 

[dparker88]

the first person to put Paradise Lost in their list wins a mystery prize

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[korruption]

Both Room V and Tyranny by Shadow Gallery. Whoop whoopers.

 

[progmetaldan]

Dream Theater- Scenes From A Memory
Symphony X- V
Ayreon- The Human Equation
Ayreon- Into The Electric Castle
Opeth- Still Life
Neal Morse- Sola Scriptura
Neal Morse- ?

Probably more I've forgotten...

 

[LittleTortillaBoy]

Dream Theater - Scenes From A Memory
Iced Earth - Night Of The Stormrider
Shadow Gallery - Tyranny
Pain Of Salvation - The Perfect Element pt.1
Queensryche - Operation Mindcrime (pt.1)
Symphony X - V
Fates Warning - A Pleasant Shade Of Gray
Blind Guardian - Nightfall In Middle Earth
Evergrey - In Search Of Truth
Beyond Twilight - For The Love Of Art And The Making

 

[mawdyson]

Opeth - My Arms Your Hearse
Evergrey - In Search Of The Truth
Pagan's Mind - Celestial Entrance

 

[mark b]

Cmon people Where is king diamond,Abigail,Them ,Conspiracy,The eye,and the list goes on,all great concept albums

 

[Jax]

Rush - 2112
Symphony X - V
Shadow Gallery - Tyranny
Carisma - 1825
Ayreon - The Final Experiment
Dream Theater - Scenes From a Memory

 

[Kenneth R.]

Pain of Salvation - Perfect Element I & Remedy Lane & BE
Fates Warning - A Pleasant Shade of Gray
Edge Of Sanity - Crimson I & II
Sieges Even - The Art of Navigating By The Stars
Queensryche - Operation Mindcrime I
Riverside - Out Of Myself & Second Life Syndrome
Savatage - Wake of Magellan
Dredg - El Cielo & Catch Without Arms
Pink Floyd - The Wall
Royal Hunt - Paradox
Kamelot - Epica & The Black Halo
Summoning - Oath Bound
Xenn - Offworld
Opeth - Still Life & MAYH
Solefald - Red For Fire & Black For Death, Icelandic Odyssey
Orphaned Land - Mabool
Redemption - s/t

 

[Tubbs]

King Diamond - Abigail
Edge Of Sanity - Crimson I + II
Opeth - Still Life
Ulver - Bergtatt + Nattens Madrigal + Themes

There's plenty of concept albums I like other than these. I just don't care about the concept in them. These ones have actually caught my attention.

 

[theVikingR]

No order, other than as dictated by mood:

DT - Scenes From a Memory
Orphaned Land - Mabool
Disillusion - Back to Times of Splendor
Symphony X - V
Pain of Salvation - BE
Circus Maximus - Isolate (hypothetically speaking, of course)
Rebellion - Sagas of Iceland & Miklagard

 

[eternal sanctum]

Good call on MAYH from Opeth.
I really need to check out some stuff from Pain Of Salvation.

 

[Kenneth R.]

don't listen to BE first. as awesome as it is, it's a great divider. people either love it or completely hate it. same with their new disc.

 

[Burnout]

Ayreon- The Human Equation

Blind Guardian - Nightfall In Middle Earth

Riverside - Out Of Myself & Second Life Syndrome

DT - Scenes From a Memory
Orphaned Land - Mabool
Disillusion - Back to Times of Splendor

And...

Nevermore - Dreaming Neon Black
Manticora - The Black Circus, 8 Deadly Sins, Hyperion
Týr - Ragnarok
Wastefall - Soulrain 21
Angra - Temple of Shadows