In FlamesThe following are 30 of my favourite albums released in the past 10 years. It was tough to narrow it down, as there are plenty of other great albums that deserve mention, but overall I'm happy with the list. So, here it is:
Agalloch - Ashes Against the Grain (2006)
Colour Haze - All (2008)
Cult of Luna - Somewhere Along the Highway (2006)
Devin Townsend - Terria (2001)
Disillusion - Back To Times of Splendor (2004)
Dream Theater - Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence (2002)
In Flames - Clayman (2000)
Insomnium - Above The Weeping World (2006)
Iron Maiden - Brave New World (2000)
Isis - Panopticon (2004)
Katatonia - Viva Emptiness (2003)
Katatonia - The Great Cold Distance (2006)
Matthew Good - Avalanche (2003)
Mastodon - Leviathan (2004)
Mastodon - Crack The Skye (2009)
Muse - Absolution (2003)
Neurosis - The Eye of Every Storm (2004)
Nevermore - Dead Heart In A Dead World (2000)
Nevermore - This Godless Endeavor (2005)
Opeth - Blackwater Park (2001)
Opeth - Ghost Reveries (2005)
Placebo - Meds (2006)
Porcupine Tree - In Absentia (2002)
Porcupine Tree - Fear of a Blank Planet (2007)
Protest the Hero - Kezia (2005)
Queens of the Stone Age - Songs For The Deaf (2002)
System of a Down - Toxicity (2001)
Tool - Lateralus (2001)
Tool - 10,000 Days (2006)
Wintersun - Wintersun (2004)
Note: For the sake of variety, I decided to go with a limit of 2 albums per band.
Agalloch - Ashes Against the Grain (2006)
Colour Haze - All (2008)
Cult of Luna - Somewhere Along the Highway (2006)
Devin Townsend - Terria (2001)
Disillusion - Back To Times of Splendor (2004)
Dream Theater - Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence (2002)
In Flames - Clayman (2000)
Insomnium - Above The Weeping World (2006)
Iron Maiden - Brave New World (2000)
Isis - Panopticon (2004)
Katatonia - Viva Emptiness (2003)
Katatonia - The Great Cold Distance (2006)
Matthew Good - Avalanche (2003)
Mastodon - Leviathan (2004)
Mastodon - Crack The Skye (2009)
Muse - Absolution (2003)
Neurosis - The Eye of Every Storm (2004)
Nevermore - Dead Heart In A Dead World (2000)
Nevermore - This Godless Endeavor (2005)
Opeth - Blackwater Park (2001)
Opeth - Ghost Reveries (2005)
Placebo - Meds (2006)
Porcupine Tree - In Absentia (2002)
Porcupine Tree - Fear of a Blank Planet (2007)
Protest the Hero - Kezia (2005)
Queens of the Stone Age - Songs For The Deaf (2002)
System of a Down - Toxicity (2001)
Tool - Lateralus (2001)
Tool - 10,000 Days (2006)
Wintersun - Wintersun (2004)
Note: For the sake of variety, I decided to go with a limit of 2 albums per band.
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