Within The Ruins - Invade
(awesome, incredible guitar playing)
The Contortionist - Exoplanet
(awesome, great use of ambience/atmosphere)
The Deftones - Diamond Eyes
(best Deftones release in a long time, self-titled track is especially awesome)
Soilwork - The Panic Broadcast
(great guitar playing... solid album)
Mutiny Within - Mutiny Within
(catchy, melodic, great guitar playing)
Circa Survive - Blue Sky Noise
(great production, great songwriting, great singing, great album)
Minus The Bear - Omni
(Minus The Bear never disappoints... more mainstream sounding without losing what makes them special)
Cynic Re-Traced
(just an EP, but I love anything Cynic puts out)
Allegaeon - Fragments of Form and Function
(very impressive melodic death metal, fast paced, great riffs, tons of energy)
Periphery - Periphery
(disappointed with vocals and mix, but still good music, and I still like the band)
Veil of Maya - [id]
(again, not as great as it could have been, but some cool songs for sure)
Tesseract - Concealing Fate
(more mix disappointments, but I enjoyed it. the music is a little dull at times, but the vocals make up for it)
Nevermore - Obsidian Conspiracy
(somewhat of a letdown in some ways... too many ballads, too much cheesy Warrel, but I'm a big Loomis fan)
Levi Werstler - Avalanche of Worms
(a lot better than Daath in my opinion, completely badass guitar playing)
Can't wait to hear the new After the Burial that comes out in about 2 weeks!
