* = Only listened to it seriously once so far. Too early to tell.
The Ring - Tales from Midgard (This is really growing on me. I really like it. It kinda has an Ayreon meets Dio era Black Sabbath feel to it.)
Evergrey - MMA (*I won't make my mind up until I listen to it at least a few times. TIC took me several listens before I liked it, and now it's my favorite Evergrey CD.)
Epica - The Phantom Agony (*Sounds good so far.)
Tribuzy - Execution (*It sounds like really good, straight-ahead metal.)
Vanden Plas - Christ O (*I'm gonna make a lot a enemies here, but my initial impression is, "I don't get what all the fuss is about." I was expecting something really ground-breaking, but what I've heard so far was a pretty typical Vanden Plas CD - which is certainly not a bad thing. However, it didn't strike me as being anything extraordinary. I will listen again though.)
Sonata Arctica - For the Sake of Revenge (Haven't listened to the CD yet. It's just a live CD though, so I probably won't listen to it much. I wanted the DVD.)