Favourite Concept Albums

[Xabofar]

Hi to all.

Which are your favourite concept albums (or rock - metal operas)??

Queensryche - Operation Mindcrime
Orphaned Land - Mabool
Nikolo Kotzev´s Nostradamus
Seventh Wonder - Mercy Falls
Fragile Vastness - A Tribute to Life
Persefone - Core
Ayreon - The Human Equation
Mars Volta - frances the Mute
Pink Floyd - Wish yo Were Here
And of course Kalisia - Cybion!!!!!! (an incredible masterpiece, but all of you know that already...)


And Brett what are your choices?

Regards from Spain!!!!

 

[Brett - K A L I S I A]

Hey good question!
My favorites would be:

Dream Theater "Scenes From A Memory"
Queensrÿche "Operation Mindcrime"
Pink Floyd "The Wall"
Ayreon "Into The Electric Castle" / "The Human Equation"
King Diamond "Conspiracy" / "Them"

 

[Xabofar]

Good choices Brett!!!

I´ll add Axamenta - Ever Arch- itec- ture (great extreme metal with a fantastic concept).

Anyone else??

 

[reloadead]

Dream Theater - Scenes from a Memory
Ayreon - Into the electric Castle
Kalisia - Cybion

 

[Synthetic_Urination]

I've fallen in love with two recently, opening my mind to more.


Devin Townsend - Ziltoid The Omniscient
Kalisia - Cybion


I hope Kalisia isn't done =) Its been years since I've heard something of this stature. Also.... I haven't heard a French band that made me squirm with delight.

Woot!

 

[Einherjar86]

Kalisia's Cybion is definitely up there; I love concept albums.

Kamelot- Epica and The Black Halo
Amorphis- Tales From the Thousand Lakes
Turisas- The Varangian Way
Blind Guardian- Nightfall in Middle Earth
Queensryche- Operation:Mindcrime
Pyramaze- Legend of the Bonecarver

Non-metal:
Jethro Tull- Thick As a Brick
Pink Floyd- The Wall
Genesis- The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway

 

[kikithehead]

Dream Theater "Scenes From A Memory"
Queensrÿche "Operation Mindcrime"
Pink Floyd "The Wall"
Ayreon "Into The Electric Castle" / "The Human Equation"
King Diamond "Conspiracy" / "Them"

Same list plus :
Kalisia - Cybion
WASP - The crimson idol
Savatage - streets

 

[mark b]

Anything by King Diamond.

 

[TapiQ]

Well even though i havent heard alot of concept albums, i've recently fallen in love with the idea, so here goes:

Kalisia - Cybion
Ayreon - The Human Equation/Into the Electric Castle
Dream Theater - Scenes From a Memory (although i dont like the band itself much)
Dimmu Borgir - In Sorte Diaboli

 

[Lyre's Harmony]

Dream theater-scenes
Opeth- My arms, your hearse
Opeth- Still Life
Opeth- Ghost Reveries********
Ayreon-T.H.E., and 10101010101010101 (disc 2 only)
Porcupine Tree- the Incident
Evergrey- In Search of Truth
Kamelot- Epica/ the black halo
Riverside- Second Life Syndrome