My opinion: Agalloch, without a doubt. Everything is flawless. No second thoughts. It doesn't matter who im currently addicted too, because at the end of the day I still return to Agalloch.
On a mass media level, I'd say Dimmu Borgir are the best thing at the moment. Not only are they garnering much mainstream attention, they have remained somewhat faithful to their roots. I wouldn't exactly call them sellouts, but they've abandoned traditional black metal values. Which is a good thing, really, because most of the people who didn't are either dead or in prison.
neurosis
over 20 years of being better than everything else in this thread, and still going strong
neurosis better than suffocation and immolation?