Top 15 Of The Decade (2000-2009)

1.Ayreon-The Human Equation
2.Seventh Wonder-Mercy Falls
3.The Dear Hunter-Act III
4.Frost*-Milliontown
5.Pagan's Mind-Enigmatic Calling
6.Sieges Even-The Art of Navigating By the Stars
7.Ark-Burn the Sun
8.Protest the Hero-Fortress
9.Devin Townsend-Terria
10.Imogen Heap-Speak for Yourself
11.Mercenary-11 Dreams
12.Soilwork-Natural Born Chaos
13.Alter Bridge-Blackbird
14.Ra-Duality
15.Avantasia-The Scarecrow

tried to stick to one entry per artist.....at least another 15-20 could have made the list

Nice to see someone else with The Dear Hunter so high :kickass:
 
Top 20 in alphabetical order:

The Darkness - Permission To Land

Evergrey - The Inner Circle

Freak Kitchen - Move

Halford - Resurrection

Kamelot - The Black Halo

Mastodon - Blood Mountain

Mastodon - Crack The Skye

Nevermore - Dead Heart In A Dead World

Nightwish - Once

Opeth - Watershed

Pagan's Mind - Celestial Entrance

Ritter, Josh - The Animal Years

Sabaton - The Art Of War

Scar Symmetry - Holographic Universe

Sonata Arctica - Winterheart's Guild

Strapping Young Lad - Alien

Symphony X - V: The New Mythology

Townsend, Devin - Terria

Townsend, Devin - Ziltoid The Omniscient

Williams III, Hank - Straight To Hell
 
Wow... that was tough...

Nevermore - Dead Heart in a Dead World (2000)

Iced Earth - Horror Show (2001)
Kamelot - Karma (2001)
Opeth - Blackwater Park (2001)
Zero Hour - Towers of Avarice (2001)

Symphony X - The Odyssey (2002)
Pagan's Mind - Celestial Entrance (2002)

Drudkh - Autumn Aurora (2004)
Iced Earth - The Glorious Burden (2004)
Tad Morose - Modus Vivendi (2004)
Pyramaze - Melancholy Beast (2004)

Circus Maximus - The 1st Chapter (2005)
Nevermore - The Godless Endeavor (2005)
Primordial - The Gathering Wilderness (2005)

Redemption - The Origins of Ruin (2007)
 
Magius: Not sure what my top 15 would be, but we have a lot more agreement on albums/bands than I expected.
 
This was hard for me because i listen to so much music and so much has happened in my life in ten years, but here goes.


Almost made the list In Flames – Come Clarity, Flaw – Through the Eyes, Iced Earth – Horror Show, Axenstar – Far From Heaven, Lamb of God (they are a great band but just did not have any one great album), Matisyahu – Youth, Pagan’s Mind – Enigmatic Calling, The Showdown - Temptation Comes my Way


15. Pyramaze – Immortal

Matt Barlow’s return to the Metal world and it was a great disc.

14. Neverdream – Souls

It took a couple of listens for this to click, but MAN what a great sound.

13. Shadows Fall – The War Within

With out a doubt the peak of their career.

12. Mercenary – 11 Dreams

This album seemed to have everything, Heavy, Progressive, and Catchy.

11. Venturia – Hybrid

This album has a sound that sets it about from everything, so much great stuff on this album. And I love it all in it’s over produced glory.

10. Circus Maximus – Isolate

Lets face it, this album set the bar that all albums in this genre after it would be compared to.

9. Vision Divine – Stream of Consciousness

There is not a bad song on this disc, and Michael Luppi proves himself to be among the elite singers in any genre.

8. Sabaton – The Art of War

Fun Power Metal + History = MAN I LOVE THIS DISC

7. Evan’s Blue – The Melodic and Energetic Nature of Volume

A Melodic Hard Rock band that really set themselves apart from the pack, some of the best songwriting I have heard. I can still just put this disc on and have every song move me.

6. Soilwork – Figure Number Five

My favorite Soilwork release, I think it is just the mixture of the energy and the emotion, all the songs are positive and fun.

5. Alkemyst – Through Painful Lanes

One of the few albums I would give a 10 to, GREAT stuff.

4. Sonata Arctica – Silence

Fun catchy Power Metal, cheesy ballads, what more could you want.

3. Evergrey – The Inner Circle

Evergrey is one of my favorite bands, they helped get me into Metal and this is a near perfect release for them.

2. Iced Earth – The Glorious Burden

No Matt Barlow, but still the History teacher in me just loves this. The Ripper does what I believe is his best work and Jon doesn’t pull any punches.

1. Project 86 – Drawing Black Lines

OK I know it is not what most people would think, and many might hate it just because it could be called Nu-Metal, but I just call it good HARD Rock. It is with out a doubt the BEST disc to come out of that era. So much emotion and rage and energy, it sums up that time in my life and I believe that generation.
 
1. Evergrey - Recreation Day
2. Circus Maximus - Isolate
3. Nightwish - Century Child
4. Soilwork - A Predator's Portrait
5. Sevendust - Animosity
6. Pagan's Mind - Enigmatic Calling
7. Toto - Falling in Between
8. Opeth - Deliverance
9. Novembers Doom - The Knowing
10. Spheric Universe Experience - Anima
11. Mercenary - Architect of Lies
12. Disarmonia Mundi - Mind Tricks
13. Scar Symmetry - Holographic Universe
14. Killing Touch - One of a Kind
15. Diablo Swing Orchestra - Butcher's Ballroom
 
1. Blind Guardian - A Twist in the Myth
2. Emperor - Prometheus - The Discipline of Fire & Demise
3. Pyramaze - Immortal
4. Angra - Temple of Shadows
5. Heaven & Hell - The Devil You Know
6. Pagan Altar - Mythical & Magical
7. Manilla Road - Gates of Fire
8. Iced Earth - Horror Show
9. Iron Maiden - A Matter of Life & Death
10. Judas Priest - Angel of Retribution
11. Exodus - Tempo of the Damned
12. Destruction - The Antichrist
13. Demons & Wizards - Touched By The Crimson King
14. Circle II Circle - Burden of Truth
15. Kreator - Enemy of God
 
Not in any real order, and this took some thought:

First, the actual fifteen:

Opeth - Ghost Reveries
High on Fire - Blessed Black Wings
Symphony X - The Odyssey
Sleepytime Gorilla Museum - Of Natural History
Corrosion of Conformity - In the Arms of God
Tom Waits - Blood Money
Porcupine Tree - In Absentia
The Lord Weird Slough Feg - Traveler
Type O Negative - Life is Killing Me
Septic Flesh - Sumerian Daemons
Diablo Swing Orchestra - Butchers Ballroom
Strapping Young Lad - Alien
Altan Urag - Made in Altan Urag
Rotting Christ - Theogonia
Primordial - To the Nameless Dead

Yeah, there's not a lot of PP type material in there aside from Symphony X, and it took a lot of looking through my CD collection and digital library to settle on these; and I basically put that list together based on stuff that, over the past 6-months-to-a-year, I have listened to the most. All the albums I feel, have no tracks that truyl skip-worthy (which in and of itself is an accomplishment.) MAybe some controversial choices, but whatever.

Now, While I was sifting through there are a good number of other albums that could have made the list were my listening 'mood' different over the past week or so.

The Strange - Nights of Forgotten Films
Down - III: Over The Under
Porcupine Tree- Transmission IV
Daikaiju - s/t
Ihsahn - After
Zoroaster - Voice of Saturn
OM - God is Good
Mezarkabul - Unspoken
Arcturus - The Sham Mirrors
Grand Magus - s/t
Opeth - Damnation
Falkenback - Heralding: The fireblade
Nevermore - This Godless Endeavor
King Crimson - The Power to Believe
Tyr - Eric the Red
Clutch - Jam Room
Mastodon - Blood Mountain
Melechesh - Sphynx
Wintersun - S/t