The Tea Party - The Edges Of Twilight - everyone needs to hear this album. It didn't used to be my favourite of theirs, but I think it has crept to the top. Amazing band, awesome album. Experimental rock with middle eastern type elements, and a singer that would easily pass for Jim Morrison. Rock.
Amorphis - Tuonela - this was recommended to me from Koich, and it is great. Awesome band. Another experimental one that is cool for mood, but they dabble in the death vocals and more metal stuff.
Death Angel - The Art Of Dying - recommended to me from Gore. Awesome thrash album that I can't stop getting into. I love it so much, one of the next things on my list is their Archives And Artifacts box set.
Grim Reaper - The Best Of - great fun 80s heavy metal, but not entirely cheesey. They have a glamish sound for a heavy metal band, kinda like Crue playing songs with more metalish lyrics than glam. Awesome.
Cradle Of Filth - Nymphetamine - awesome extreme metal album, the best I have heard from Cradle, though I don't have all their stuff yet. The vocals are even better then on their other stuff.
Amon Amarth - Versus The World - speaking of awesome extreme metal, this is probably the most manly metal album I have ever heard, and I love it even more now that I have seen them really deliver some of the material from it live. Death In Fire is one of the best brutal songs ever.
Within Temptation - The Silent Force - kind of like a Euro Evanescence, but more metal and little less commercial...less Linkin Park. They were awesome live, and this album has heaps of good material on it, very solid. Recommended to Spruce and Spawny at least.
Kreator - Enemy Of God - I assume anyone who is interested in this will have already heard it, but for anyone curious, it is awesome thrash and prossibly my album of the year so far. Awesome.
Dio - Strange Highways - I haven't gone on about this one for a while, but you all still need to check it out! Dio playing serious material with an awesome sound, killer.
Queens Of The Stone Age - self titled - for something different I'll throw this in there. Great stoner rock really...some of their later stuff has catchier songs, but this is a good album to just kick it to some stoner rock. A best of would be best for this band though, as they have a lot of quality material spread over their albums which is padded out with a bit of crap. Good album though.
That will do.
