Bands that never dissapointed you

[Sad Madrigal]

OK...I'll start first:
Opeth and Porcupine Tree.

 

[Kushantaiidan]

Enslaved, Summoning, Oceansize, King Diamond, Negura Bunget and Deathspell Omega first come to mind... As they pretty much don't have a single bad song, and every release since i got into the bands has been excellent.

Or bands that have and will only ever release one album, like Weakling and Lykathea Aflame. They never will dissapoint. Heh.

 

[dwoakee]

Jethro Tull

 

[wankerness]

Listing bands that have already broken up is cheating. Artists like Glassjaw and Imogen Heap have only put out two albums and may fail eventually ;(

Enslaved is about the only one that comes to mind that's put out quite a few and is still going strong. Dillinger Escape Plan I guess might also count since every album of theirs has been good and have been on a general upward trend since their debut.

 

[My Arms, Your Purse]

Isis

 

[Lenni]

Tool and The Mars Volta!

 

[Kushantaiidan]

Jethro Tull

I was tempted to say Jethro Tull, But i've never listened to their 80's material. So I haven't been dissapointed yet, as everything up to and including stormwatch, is just excellent.

 

[dwoakee]

I was tempted to say Jethro Tull, But i've never listened to their 80's material. So I haven't been dissapointed yet, as everything up to and including stormwatch, is just excellent.

i'm not saying, every single tull album is equally great. imo rock island is relatively weak and for some reason i don't like minstrel in the gallery that much. but none of their albums is so sub-par that I'ld call it a disappointment.

 

[Holocaust on the Moon]

Rush

 

[woodsmoke]

Agalloch.

 

[fsgdjv]

Isis

+1

 

[Carta's]

Opeth, Isis, Agalloch, and, sadly, Nick Drake.

 

[Lothlorien]

Opeth
Enslaved
Dredg
Secret Garden
October Falls
Falkenbach
Wolves in the Throne Room
Agalloch

 

[Lightbulb Sun]

Rush

Usually I'd agree, but after giving Grace Under Pressure a couple of deep listens...... It isn't as good as other albums. Not really a disappointment by itself, but, compared to others, a disappointment.

 

[BlueSky]

Tool, and Nine Inch Nails.

 

[BloodSword]

Hendrix, Roy Buchanan, Enslaved, Opeth, Porcupine Tree, Amorphis, Esoteric, Mournful Congregation, Stevie Ray Vaughn, The Beatles, King Crimson, Negura Bunget, Wolves in the Throne Room, Summoning, Allman Brothers band, Van Morrison, Tom Waits, Dan Swano, Katatonia, Anathema, Drudkh, Gary Moore.

 

[soundave]

Opeth heads a pretty short list for me.

Led Zeppelin.

 

[Salsais]

Cult of Luna. Even gets better with every new album, eventhough their first album was a masterpiece

 

[Witcher]

Cult of Luna. Even gets better with every new album, eventhough their first album was a masterpiece

Absolutely - other bands that for me do nothing but consistant quality:

Dimmu Borgir
Opeth
Mastodon
TOOL

 

[Alex78]

Devin Townsend (constantly high quality and great diversity)
Neurosis (thought The Eye Of Every Storm was weak at first actually, but later got really into it)