What other metal is worth hearing besides Opeth?

[chalkpie]

Suggestions please. Maybe your 5 or so favorite non-Opeth metal albums......

 

[tchocky]

'In Harmonia Universali' by Solefald
'Mabool' by Orphaned Land
'Leaving Your Body Map' by Maudlin Of The Well
'Anthems To The Welkin At Dusk' by Emperor
'Focus' by Cynic

Shit...I don't think I could keep at just five, few more:

'Metamorphogenesis' by Esoteric
The new Deathspell Omega
'The Forlorn' by Ikuinen Kaamos

There should be few other threads like this. If you look back at the last few pages you should find a couple.

 

[NicholasDWolfwood]

Ikuinen Kaamos - The Forlorn
Burzum - Hvis Lyset Tar Oss
Deathspell Omega - Fas - Ite, Maledicti, in Ignem Aeternum
Emperor - In the Nightside Eclipse
Death - Individual Thought Patterns
Esoteric - Metamorphogenesis / The Maniacal Vale
Mayhem - Ordo ad Chao

 

[Lothlorien]

Enslaved, Enslaved, Enslaved.

 

[Lightbulb Sun]

I haven't heard all of it, but Ihsan's (I think that's how you spell it) AngL is supposedly amazing.

 

[Arjen W.]

Alcest - Souvernirs d'Un Autre Monde
Devin Townsend - Terria
Emperor - Prometheus: The Discipline Of Fire and Demise
Enslaved - Ruun
Fredrik Thordendal's Special Defects - Sol Niger Within
Ihsahn - angL
Immortal - At The Heart Of Winter
Kayo Dot - Choirs Of The Eye
Ne Obliviscaris - The Aurora Veil
Negura Bunget - Om
Nevermore - This Godless Endeavour
Ulver - Bergtatt

To name a few examples.

 

[sambojoho]

Enslaved- Vertebrae
Agalloch - The Mantle
Orphaned Land - Mabool
Hollenthon - With Vilest of Worms to Dwell
Unexpect - In a Flesh Aquarium

Those are some of my favorites in the last ten years. Of course there are great classics like:

Metallica - Master of Puppets
Iron Maiden - Killers
Judas Priest - Stained Class
Black Sabbath - Master of Reality
Slayer - Reign in Blood

You did say any metal, right?

 

[philno]

deathspell omega - chaining the katechon
meshuggah - obzen
fredrik thordendal's special defects - sol niger within
nevermore - this godless endeavor
emperor - prometheus
esoteric - the pernicious enigma
dodheimsgard - supervillain outcast
akercocke - words that go unspoken, deeds that go undone
edge of sanity - crimson I (mike akerfeldt plays lead guitar and does come vocals)
enslaved - ruun
gojira - way of all flesh
ihsahn - angl

 

[DHG]

Arcturus - The Sham Mirrors
DHG - 666 International
Fleurety - Min Tid Skal Komme
Samael - Eternal
Unexpect - In A Flesh Aquarium

 

[Ozzloaf]

Well there's a LOT out there that's similar to Opeth but are you looking for similar but by different bands, or good but different from Opeth?

 

[Walls1441]

Not necessarily my top 5 albums, but if you're an opeth fan, these are similar but different, otherwise just get Last.fm listen to a bunch of music then a week later get the fire.fm application for firefox and just set the station to "My Recommended". It will pull up music that you may like based on what users with your similar music history listen to, but you do not have in your playlist history.

Enslaved - Monumension
Enslaved - Below the Lights
Mastodon - Leviathan/Remission (leviathan is better for a new listener)
At The Gates - Slaughter of the Soul
Edge of sanity - Crimson II

 

[demon of the moor]

deathspell omega - chaining the katechon
meshuggah - obzen
fredrik thordendal's special defects - sol niger within
nevermore - this godless endeavor
emperor - prometheus
esoteric - the pernicious enigma
dodheimsgard - supervillain outcast
akercocke - words that go unspoken, deeds that go undone
edge of sanity - crimson I (mike akerfeldt plays lead guitar and does come vocals)
enslaved - ruun
gojira - way of all flesh
ihsahn - angl

I dig this list

 

[Perdido]

Meshuggah
!T.O.O.H.! - Rad a Trest
Voivod (nothing past Nothingface)

 

[neuroticandroid]

nevermore- enemies of reality and this godless endeavor
sepultura- anything with max, but especially schizophrenia, beneath the remains, arise, and chaos ad
cynic- focus and traced in air
death - individual thought patterns
control denied - the fragile art of existence
megadeth - anything except risk
any enslaved album
anything by satyricon, ulver, katatonia, anathema, iron maiden, iced earth, and so on....

 

[The Poona of Peshwa]

If you are as big a metal noob as the post suggests, I might put off Deathspell Omega, Emperor, and Enslaved for a bit.
Try these:

Candlemass - Nightfall
Black Sabbath - Sabbath, Bloody Sabbath
Iron Maiden - Number of the Beast
Katatonia - Last Fair Deal Gone Down
My Dying Bride - The Dreadful Hours
Nevermore - Dead Heart in a Dead world

 

[Para Bellum]

Any of the following.....

Emperor - In the Nightside Eclipse
Agalloch - Ashes Against The Grain
Nachtmystium - Worldfall EP
Dissection - The Somberlain
Bloodbath - Resurrection Through Carnage
Carcass - Heartwork
Dark Tranquillity - Haven
Black Lotus - Harvest Of Seasons
Moonsorrow - Tulimyrsky
Sigh - Hangman's Hymn

 

[metal_wrath]

Don't listen to these faqqots

Lately I have been listening to:
Centinex - Decadence: Prophecies of Cosmic Chaos
Rapture - Futile
Witchery - Symphony for the Devil
Solitude Aeternus - Into the Depths of Sorrow
Funeral - From these Wounds

Btw, these are not my favorite albums. Favoratives are for lossers.

 

[woodsmoke]

Negura Bunget - Om

 

[|55555|]

Atheist - Unquestionable Presence

 

[outerone]

Of the top of my head... 5 best...

Amorphis - Elegy
Emperor - Anthems to the Welking at Dusk
Ulver - Bertatt
Arcturus - Aspera Hiems Symphonia
Agalloch - Ashes Against the Grain

Damn thats a nice list if I may say so... could never live without those by my side