CD collection is getting stale........

[Risquit]

Check out the Swedish band Burst. "Origo" and "Prey on life" are two great albums.
http://www.myspace.com/burstrelapse

I agree. Very underrated, very good.

 

[_Gentleman of_the Snow_]

I highly recommend the band Symphony X. Their new album Paradise Lost is progressive metal with high energy and is quite heavy (for prog). Their other albums are also some of the best I've ever heard.

 

[Frosties]

live album?...no

Live At The Fillmore. They don't change it around too much live (which is actually quite an achievement to make everything sound like the album), but when they do it's awesome. I prefer the live version of The Canyon Behind Her and Yahatze/90 Hour Sleep. They also do a couple of new tracks which are awesome. The way they do The Ornament is alone worth the price of the album.

 

[Nionada]

Check out Deadsoul Tribe and/or Psychotic Waltz.

 

[_Serenity_Painted_Death_]

I just go tmy hands on Barney Kessel - Plays For Lovers.
Its a jazz instrumental album and it is so good.
Check it out.

 

[chrisdoig24k]

I might recommend a Russian band (that sings in Finnish) called Kauan. They play dark, mid tempo melodic, atmospheric black metal, and they do it better than most.

http://www.myspace.com/kauanmusic

 

[Eternalnow]

Disillusion - 'Back to Times of Splendor', 'The Porter', and 'Three Neruon Kings'

very very very amazing band!

 

[serenity_painted_death27]

If it's progressive metal you're after, Between the Buried and Me and Gojira are pretty essential.

 

[MegaMoose]

Kayo Dot. They're pretty incredible, if somewhat hard to get into.

 

[EkstatikParataxis]

I absolutely recommend Farmakon btw.

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