Albums kicking currently kicking your ass...

[Morfiend]

Arcturus - Aspera Hiems Symfonia
Arcturus - Sideshow Symphonies
Ministry - Rantology
Antimatter - Planetary Confinement
Opeth - Ghost Reveries
KMFDM - Hau Ruck

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[eaeolian]

There is so much kick ass metal coming out its crazy.

You ain't kidding. It's been a MUCH better year than last year.

Yyrkoon - Occult Medicine

How is that? I keep meaning to check it out, and other things keep popping up...

 

[DreamX]

Opeth- Ghost Reveries
A Dozen Furies- A Concept from Fire
God Forbid- IV: A constitution of treason
Coheed and Cambria- that long title
Iron Maiden- Iron Maiden

 

[Skyld]

EVERYTHING by Nevermore (been revisiting all of their studio work ever since seeing them live, which WAS admittedly yesterday, but still)

Dew-Scented - Issue VI

Rakoth - Planeshift

Rakoth - Tiny Deaths

Nachtfalke - Land of Frost

Ulver - Blood Inside

 

[Seasons_Of_Destruction]

Jeff Buckley - Grace

 

[General Zod]

Aside from TGE:

Primordial - The Gathering Wilderness (awesome)
Redemption - The Fullness of Time (everything sounds great on theis CD)
Circus Maximus - The 1st Chapter (blew me away at ProgPower)

In addition, everything by Corossion of Conformity, especially "Deliverance".

Zod

 

[Satans ?]

Armored Saint, Symbol of Salvation. If you got it, pull it out. If you don't, get it. One of the best metal releases ever.

 

[Rider of Theli]

other than TGE...

Communic - Conspiracy in Mind (yes, I finally got it at ProgPower)
Therion - their catalog (yes, I'm still reeling from their show)
Symphorce - Godspeed (yes, they owned my ass for 45 minutes)
Overlorde - Return of the Snow Giant (if you don't have it - get it!)

and I just stumbled over this yesterday...

HellFire

damn good Polish thrash metal!

~Hoyt.

(theChaosGoat)

 

[Thornspawn]

GOREFEST - La Muerte (the Dutch gods of death'n'roll are back )
DISTURBED . 10,000 Fists (didn't know "nu"-metal could kick ass)

 

[Dreadful]

dungen - ta det lugnt and selftitled
premiata forneria marconi - per un amico
tangerine dream - phaedra
nick drake - five leaves left
dredg - catch without arms
pelican - the fire in our throats will beckon the thaw
october tide - Rain without end
Opeth - Ghost Reveries
Behemoth - Zos Kia Kvltus
Vader - Revelations
Dies Irae (pl) - sculpture in stone
Nevermore - All
Atheist - Unquestionable Presence
Paatos - Kallocain
Spring - Spring
Depresy - The Grand Magnificence

 

[Brett]

God Forbid - Gone Forever

Great album.