HIGHLY RECOMMENDED ALBUMS

[Alex78]

some old stuff:

Anacrusis - Screams And Whispers
...totally unique progressive thrash album, both screaming and really awesome clean vocals and lots of solos. No other band sounds like this.

Psychotic Waltz - A Social Grace
...the band called themselves "progressive hippie metal". technical, extremely varied prog metal. no excessive wanking, great songwriting(no need for 10+ minutes songs, though), beautiful melodies!

Fates Warning - Awaken The Guardian
...if you can handle high-pitched 80s vocals and like prog metal, try this one, it's totally awesome. this might be the first true progressive metal album. the singer takes some time to get used to, but the more you listen, the more you'll realize that it's him and his unique melodies that make this record so great. A classic!

 

[Jon Snow]

@ rofl nazi: your list is fucking shit. ergo, you have no right to pay out anyone elses.

Actually I thought his list was one of the best if not the best on this thread so far.

 

[Bass4Prez]

Actually I thought his list was one of the best if not the best on this thread so far.

I would have to agree

 

[sister ophelia]

Well, here's my current Top Ten of 10/10 albums, some of which have already been mentioned:

Cathedral - Forest of Equilibrium
Carcass - Necroticism
Dream Theater - Images and words
Moonsorrow - Verisäkeet
Negura Bunget - 'n crugu bradului
Orphaned Land - Mabool
Opeth - Blackwater Park
Obituary - Slowly we rot
Porcupine Tree - In Absentia
Primordial - Spirit the earth aflame

Now, off to the desert island, eh?

 

[Forest-of-October]

The Somberlain by Dissection or With Fear I Kiss the Burning Darkness by At the Gates.

 

[miss defni]

Queens of the Stone Age- Songs for the deaf
Incubus- S.C.I.E.N.C.E.
Opeth- Blackwater Park
Pink Floyd- the dark side of the moon
Reuben- Racecar is Racecar Backwards

 

[Braighs]

Well, here's my current Top Ten of 10/10 albums, some of which have already been mentioned:

Cathedral - Forest of Equilibrium
Carcass - Necroticism
Dream Theater - Images and words
Moonsorrow - Verisäkeet
Negura Bunget - 'n crugu bradului
Orphaned Land - Mabool
Opeth - Blackwater Park
Obituary - Slowly we rot
Porcupine Tree - In Absentia
Primordial - Spirit the earth aflame

Now, off to the desert island, eh?

What is your opinion of The Gathering Wilderness?

 

[NFU]

@ rofl nazi: your list is fucking shit. ergo, you have no right to pay out anyone elses.

things i'm reliving / enjoying at the moment.
god macabre - the winterlong
beherit - drawing down the moon
nachtfalke - doomed to die
astriaal - renascent misanthropy
bruce dickinson - the chemical wedding
sodom - persecution mania
dissection - the somberlain

actually, his list was quite good. all tier 1 main-stays in their respected genres. your list on the other hand aside from a few select albums is pretty terrible.

 

[Kenneth R.]

All excellent choices so far, but I have heard most all of them! More please!

 

[Stimuli]

here's some more. I'm focusing on quality non-metal, since it seems like all of you own every important metal cd to be released in the past 200 years...

The Grateful Dead - Live at the Fillmore
The Flower Kings - Back to the World of Adventure
Eric Johnson - Bloom
OZRIC TENTACLES - Curious Corn/ Strangitude (if you havent heard this band and are looking for something fresh, this is a must).
OHM -ST (Chris Poland from Megadeth has a experimental jazz fusion band )
The Derek Trucks Band - Joyful Noise
Rush - All the worlds a Stage
Radiohead - O.K Computer
PHISH - A Live One
Behold...the Arctopus


EDIT: JOHN 5 - SONGS FOR SANITY
serisouly fellow prog metal heads, open ur minds and check some of this stuff out

 

[sister ophelia]

What is your opinion of The Gathering Wilderness?

When I first heard it, I admit, I had slight problems with the vocals, as they are really different from Primordial's previous releases. I honestly prefer Alan's voice on their older albums, those half-speaking-half-screaming black metal vocals.
Though after a few listens his "singing" grew on me, and nowadays, especially live, "Song of the tomb" and "The Coffin ships" are among my fave songs. Unfortunately I haven't heard them play the full, hauntingly beautiful intro of "The Coffin Ships" at gigs yet, maybe I'll finally get a chance on their upcoming headlining tour? (Well, maybe I should post this "plea" on the Primordial board?)

 

[Rocky Raccoon]

They will come, I'm having a Carona and doing my homework with Fear of the Dark on. ahhh, nice.

Whats a Carona?

I drink Corona's

 

[Bard In The Forest]

Braighs, I hadn't noticed your list earlier but I think I love you as well... Seriously, good stuff... And on Primordial's new album, I thought it was fucking great, but a little harder to get into than the previous

 

[Keith!]

Whats a Carona?

I drink Corona's

Yes.

 

[Don Corleone]

here's a classic:

bon jovi - "these days"

 

[Pitiless Wanderer]

In Flames - Soundtrack To Your Escape
This is the first album I heard by these guy's and I still prefer it to anything else Ive heard by them (but I am yet to listen to their brand new album so that may change!) This album just has a good feel to it, can't really explain where I coming from here but while listening I just feel like I'm listening to good solid metal - playing it safe maybe but hey thats fine with me sometimes

You're really losing out...their back catalogue just doesnt even compare...two diff bands.

 

[froghawk]

actually, his list was quite good. all tier 1 main-stays in their respected genres. your list on the other hand aside from a few select albums is pretty terrible.

Please, man. I'm a big Ulver fan, but the Blake discs were a weak translation - by no means 10/10 material. If nothing more, just because the last song was awful.

 

[Rocky Raccoon]

heres some great albums ive had in heavy rotation lately...all at least 4/5 stars in my book...


Dargaard - In Nominae Aeternitatis
Akercocke - Words that go unspoken...
Igginbottoms Wrench - Same
Abigor - Supreme Immortal Art
Sixteen Horsepower - Hoarse
Arcadium - Breathe Awhile
Neptune Towers - Transmissions...

shit I really wana hear Akercocke, I keep on hearing about them lately.

 

[A Fair Judgment]

Aerosmith:
Aerosmith
Biohazard:
Urban Discipline
Bob Dylan:
Time Out of Mind
Guns N' Roses:
Appetite for Destruction
Kiss:
Kiss
Metallica:
Master of Puppets
Opeth:
Still Life
Ozzy Osbourne:
Blizzard of Ozz
Pantera:
Vulgar Display of Power
Tom Petty:
Wildflowers
Primus:
Sailing the Seas of Cheese
Prodigy:
The Fat of the Land
Sepultura:
Beneath the Remains
Soundgarden:
Superunknown
Tool:
Aenima

 

[daz436]

Extreme - Pornograffitti

and to 'A Fair Judgement' do you not find 'Always Outnumbered Never Outgunned' better than The Fat of the Land? Sure it doesnt have a classic like Breathe, but we are spared the likes of Serial Thrilla and Fuel My Fire...