Bands that improve

[hibernal_dream]

Here you will list bands that have consistently kept getting better throughout their career. Are there any with more than 3 albums which have improved without exception up until the end (or current stage) of their career?

Suggestions (feel free to argue)
Intruder
Symphony X
Falkenbach
Sinergy
Moonsorrow
Armored Saint
Gorguts
Ephel Duath
Jag Panzer (post 80's)
Destroyer 666 (arguably)
Negura Bunget
Nokturnal Mortum
Primordial

 

[Satanstoenail]

Coroner

 

[Slayed Necros]

I definitely disagree with Falkenbach. Vratyas hasn't (and probably will not) topped ...En Their Medh Riki Fara.... 'Heathenpride' is an absolutely remarkable song.

 

[MasterOLightning]

Nachtmystium
Mastodon

 

[challenge_everything]

Ephel Duath has gotten worse with every album

I would nominate agalloch

that's about the only one I can think of

 

[hibernal_dream]

I leave this thread for 12 hours and all you've got for me is Agalloch and Coroner? You've got to be fucking kidding me.

Pale Folklore is clearly the best, and as for Coroner, you've either never heard Grin or unfamiliar with the brilliance of their first 3 albums. As for Falkenbach Heathenpride is the only good thing about En Their... the rest is boring as hell and the latest one is consistently great. I agree with Mastodon.

 

[byrne]

Mournful Congregation is the only band that springs to mind.

I can't think of any other bands. It's pretty damn rare. Coroner though - WTF? RIP + Punishment for Decadence > anything else they even conceived.

Primordial are very consistent, but I don't know about getting better - TGW and STA are pretty much on par for me.

 

[DarkBliss]

I disagree with Gorguts. From Wisdom to Hate is fine but a definite step down from Obscura
I would have nominated Death, but their pretty atrocious swansong release and the average Individual Thought Patterns are not up to par the rest of the band's catalogue

Summoning, maybe-though I don't really care for anything they released after Stronghold, this includes Oath Bound which I raved about some time ago, but it ended up average.

 

[Son of Evil]

1) Kamelot.
2) Angra.
3) Primal Fear.
4) Sonata Arctica.
5) Heavenly.
6) Symphony X.

Uh, that's all I know. Most of the bands I like either stick to the same formula, or have gone downhill.

 

[Satanstoenail]

as for Coroner, you've either never heard Grin or unfamiliar with the brilliance of their first 3 albums.

Yes I'm quite familiar with the brilliance of the first three albums, but by No More Colour they had perfected their tech-thrash sound. With Mental Vortex and then Grin, the band matured and showed a whole new less-is-more side to their sound whilst retaining the core elements that made them Coroner. Grin is a masterpiece, and a fitting final album. The other newer songs on the posthumous self-titled release were also awesome, and a hint of the further greatness that could have been if they had continued.

 

[entanglement]

I was going to start a similar thread.

This list should not of course, include bands that changed to another subgenre and the poster just happens to like that one more than the original.

Um, Esoteric, Tool and Primordial for me.

 

[Ben_t]

This is harder then I thought it would be. I honestly can't think of a band that kept getting better. Some bands were consistantly excellent but I can't say they were getting better with each release. And when some bands were close to fit this description I always seem to find an album that was a let down at some point in there career.

 

[Fury of the Storm]

Artillery
B.A.C.K is awesome Thrash for such a modern age it was released (1999. Very underrated and definitely their best album.

 

[Zephyrus]

Deathspell Omega
Hypocrisy (have improved immensely since Catch 22)
Melechesh
Urfaust
1349

 

[Demilich]

Falkenbach? WTF!?

 

[V.V.V.V.V.]

Nokturnal Mortum, totally...Weltanschauung is a fucking masterpiece!

 

[ohiogrinder]

Symphony X?

they're still as gay as when they started.

 

[cookiecutter]

Hypocrisy
Defeated Sanity (from what I've heard, the new album sounds awesome)

 

[Mort Divine]

I would agree with Primordial BUT I feel they peaked with Spirit The Earth Aflame had a slight drop in quality with Storm Before Calm and then released The Gathering Wilderness which is absolutely amazing. I think their next album could very well be as good if not better than Spirit The Earth Aflame but we shall see (hopefully sometime this year.)

 

[Vital Remains]

I think cannibal corpse have only gotten more badass as time goes by. They just keep getting heavier and more technical with each album. Kill is fucking awesome.