Albums you should know but probably don't.

Robbed this idea from another forum.
This is your chance to make the other members aware of stunning, monumental albums (of any genre) that you would consider mandatory listening.

This is the format, stick to it:

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[b]Artist:[/b] 
[b]Album:[/b] 
[b]Year:[/b] 
[b]Genre:[/b] 
[b]Recommended If You Like:[/b] 
[b]Sample Song:[/b]

The sample song should be a youtube link if possible, and only one per album please. :)

One album per post, and try to space out your posts so it doesn't just turn into a list of every single album you've ever owned.
Try to keep it to one post per day.
 
I'll go first:

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Artist: The Flaming Lips
Album: Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots
Year: 2002
Genre: Rock, Psychedelic, Experimental
RIYL: If you like music at all, you'll love this record
Sample Song:
 
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Artist: Karnivool
Album: Themata
Year: 2005
Genre: Groove Metal, Progressive
Recommended If You Like: A Perfect Circle
Sample Song: Shutterspeed, Roquefort, Cote, Themata






The album also goes Meshuggah on one song:
 
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Karnivool's latest is even better than that; I'll see that and raise it with Dead Letter Circus.

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Artist: Dead Letter Circus
Album: This is the Warning
Year: 2010
Genre: Prog metal/rock
Recommended If You Like: Porcupine Tree, Tool, Karnivool
Sample Song: Here We Divide

 
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Artist: Fair to Midland
Album: Fables from a Mayfly: What I Tell You Three Times Is True
Year: 2007
Genre: Progressive rock
Recommended If You Like: Porcupine Tree
Sample Song: Walls of Jericho

 
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Artist: Gorguts
Album: The Erosion Of Sanity
Year: 1993
Genre: Death Metal
RIYL: Death Metal, Progressive music
Sample Song:


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Artist: Mayhem
Album: Grand Declaration Of War
Year: 2000
Genre: Black Metal
RIYL: Progressive music
Sample Song:

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Artist: Insect Warfare
Album: World Extermination
Year: 2007
Genre: Grindcore
RIYL: Sitting in front of strobe lights
Sample Song:

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Artist: Morbid Angel
Album: Formulas Fatal To The Flesh
Year: 1998
Genre: Death Metal
RIYL: Progressive music, Death Metal
Sample Song:

Shit, one album per post rule was edited after I made the post, sorry.
That should be me covered for a while though :D
 
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Artist: Flood Of Red
Album: Leaving Everything Behind
Year: 2009
Genre: Alt. Rock
Recommended If You Like: Circa Survive
Sample Song: Like Elephants

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Artist: Lower Than Atlantis
Album: World Record
Year: 2011 (this is cheating, it's not out yet, but I've heard an early version and it's very good!)
Genre: Alt. Rock
Recommended If You Like: Any grungy type band.
Sample Song: Beech Like The Tree

 
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Artist: Dark Suns
Album: Existence
Year: 2005
Genre: Progressive Metal/Rock
Recommended If You Like: Porcupine Tree, Opeth, Oceansize
Sample Song: Gently Bleeding

 
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Artist: Angra
Album: Holy Land
Year: 1996
Genre: Power Metal
Recommended If You Like: Melodic Metal in general.
Sample Song: Nothing To Say
 
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oh no, not grand declaration of bore. the very embodiment of career wreckage.

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Artist: Husker Du
Album: New Day Rising
Year: 1985
Genre: Post-Hardcore
Recommend if you like: Pop-punk, indie and alternative in general
Sample Song: The Girl who Lives on Heaven Hill (+ Blackstar cover if this is too raw for ya)



and I just found this on youtube today, KILLER

 
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