Best Prog/Power/traditional of 2006

[En Vind Av Sorg]

argh. $22 with shipping from Korea. Mayhaps I'll wait till after the holidays.

 

[Demilich]

I don't know if this belongs here, but did nobody dig Upwards of Endtime's "Sadly Never Fore"?

 

[Jim LotFP]

I don't know if this belongs here, but did nobody dig Upwards of Endtime's "Sadly Never Fore"?

If it wouldn't belong here, then where? I haven't had time to really dig into the entire album yet, but several songs at least are AWESOME...

 

[Demilich]

I've only heard 2 songs, one was mostly acoustic and the other sounded like doom to me. But they're listed as "heavy metal" on MA.

I want their albums now too. another one for the list.

 

[Eminor]

A couple of promising releases from Cruz Del Sur:

Crescent Shield Cruz Del Sur Music - CRESCENT SHIELD The Last Of My Kind

Antiquus Cruz Del Sur Music - ANTIQUUS Eleutheria

Good year from them.

 

[Eminor]

A couple of promising releases from Cruz Del Sur:

Crescent Shield Cruz Del Sur Music - CRESCENT SHIELD The Last Of My Kind

This was just reviewed tonight at Metal Review
MetalReview.com - Metal Review of Crescent Shield - The Last of My Kind

 

[EricT]

Blind Guardian - A Twist in The Myth
Iron Maiden - A Matter of Life or Death
Pyramaze - Legend of The Bone Carver
Hammers of Misfortune - The Locust Years

Haven't heard the new Sabaton or the new Heavenly yet... I expect good things though.

The new Disillusion was garbage.

 

[Krilons Resa]

I don't know if this belongs here, but did nobody dig Upwards of Endtime's "Sadly Never Fore"?

Ive been singing their praise forever. Get it! Its only like 8 bucks.

 

[En Vind Av Sorg]

Got the new Angra and Dream Evil in today. New Angra sounds pretty good so far, definitely not on par with Temple of Shadows but still top notch.

 

[Demilich]

Antiquus Cruz Del Sur Music - ANTIQUUS Eleutheria

once i told JayKeeley that he should really hear this because it's right up his alley... heavy, epic metal with just enough variety, modernity and prog influence to take it somewhere different than your average epic metal band

 

[En Vind Av Sorg]

Guys listen to Eminor, Crescent Sheild rules. The singer is Michael Grant of Onward, really awesome vocalist.

 

[EricT]

I must add Astral Doors - Astralism to my list, I got it yesterday and I do enjoy it a lot already.

 

[JayKeeley]

once i told JayKeeley that he should really hear this because it's right up his alley... heavy, epic metal with just enough variety, modernity and prog influence to take it somewhere different than your average epic metal band

cruz del sur were kind enough to send me promos for this and Crescent Shield -- both are very cool from what I've heard thus far.

Cruz del Sur rule when it comes to traditional metal. They always pick bands with that certain...."je ne sais quoi".

Gotta love the artwork to Crescent Shield:

 

[General Zod]

Perhaps my fave is PYRAMAZE. Lance King has won me over as a solid vocalist, and I listen to this album more than anything else in this genre.

Solid? Wow. If Lance is solid, what do you have to do to be exceptional... lay mountains to dust with a single note?

Zod

 

[swizzlenuts]

Bible of the Devil - Diabolical Procession
Upwards of Endtime - Sadly Never Fore

 

[JayKeeley]

Upwards of Endtime - Sadly Never Fore

This is about the 10th time I've seen reference to this so consider my interest piqued

*piqued = annoyed, irritated, irked...?

 

[Demilich]

cruz del sur were kind enough to send me promos for this and Crescent Shield -- both are very cool from what I've heard thus far.

Cruz del Sur rule when it comes to traditional metal. They always pick bands with that certain...."je ne sais quoi".

Gotta love the artwork to Crescent Shield:

 

[JayKeeley]

Bible of the Devil - Diabolical Procession

Just listened to "Orphans of Doom". Good stuff. I wouldn't say it's but more

 

[Orfanos]

Traditional

Crescent Shield
Obsession
Pharaoh
Wretch

Prog/power

Antiquus
Katagory V
Queensryche
Vanden Plas

 

[swizzlenuts]

I've only heard 2 songs, one was mostly acoustic and the other sounded like doom to me. But they're listed as "heavy metal" on MA.

I want their albums now too. another one for the list.

yes,The album is a heavy metal album with three slower doom tracks.

add Killingsworth to the list as well \m/