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Created by: Vasil de Shumen | 08.01.2012



1. Opeth - Blackwater Park
2001
2. Hammers Of Misfortune - The August Engine
2003
3. Savatage - Poets And Madmen
2001
4. Opeth - Damnation
2003
5. Riverside - Second Life Syndrome
2005
6. Riverside - Out Of Myself
2003
7. Hammers Of Misfortune - The Locust Years
2006
8. Hammers Of Misfortune - The Bastard
2001
9. Opeth - Deliverance
2002
10. Opeth - Watershed
2008
11. Van Halen - A Different Kind Of Truth
2012
12. Mastodon - Remission
2002
13. Slough Feg - Traveller
2003
14. Maudlin Of The Well - Part The Second
2009
15. Primordial - To The Nameless Dead
2007
16. Spastic Ink - Ink Compatible
2004
17. Slough Feg - Down Among The Deadmen
2000
18. Symphony X - The Odyssey
2002
19. Opeth - Heritage
2011
20. Mastodon - Crack The Skye
2009
21. Gordian Knot - Emergent
2003
22. Hammers Of Misfortune - Fields/Church Of Broken Glass
2008
23. Primordial - The Gathering Wilderness
2005
24. Jon Oliva's Pain - 'Tage Mahal
2004
25. Opeth - Ghost Reveries
2005
26. Martyr - Warp Zone
2000
27. Martyr - Feeding The Abscess
2006
28. Legend (UK) - Still Screaming
2003
29. Sinergy - Suicide By My Side
2002
30. Jon Oliva's Pain - Maniacal Renderings
2006
31. Warning - Watching From A Distance
2007
32. Slough Feg - Atavism
2005
33. Hammers Of Misfortune - 17th Street
2011
34. AC/DC - Stiff Upper Lip
2000
35. Slough Feg - Hardworlder
2007
36. Blotted Science - The Machinations Of Dementia
2007
37. Nevermore - This Godless Endeavor
2005
38. Sebastian Bach - Angel Down
2007
39. Dream Theater - Train Of Thought
2003
40. Aghora - Formless
2006
41. Ludicra - Fex Urbis Lex Orbis
2006
42. Megadeth - Endgame
2009
43. Riverside - Rapid Eye Movement
2007
44. Pagan Altar - Mythical & Magical
2006
45. Rage - Welcome To The Other Side
2001
46. Rage - Speak Of The Dead
2006
47. Necrophagist - Epitaph
2004
48. Riverside - Anno Domini High Definition
2009
49. Slough Feg - Ape Uprising
2009
50. Pagan Altar - The Lords Of Hypocrisy
2004
51. Brocas Helm - Defender Of The Crown
2004
52. Ludicra - Hollow Psalms
2002
53. Ludicra - Another Great Love Song
2004
54. StarGazer - A Great Work Of Ages
2010
55. Riverside - Shrine Of New Generation Slaves
2013
56. Nevermore - Dead Heart, In A Dead World
2000
57. Rage - Strings To A Web
2010
58. King Diamond - Give Me Your Soul... Please
2007
59. Rage - Soundchaser
2003
60. Slough Feg - The Animal Spirits
2010
61. Vektor - Black Future
2009
62. Ark - Burn The Sun
2001
63. Pain Of Salvation - Road Salt One
2010
64. Tony MacAlpine - Chromaticity
2001
65. Augury - Fragmentary Evidence
2009
66. Augury - Concealed
2004
67. Rage - Carved In Stone
2008
68. Green Carnation - Light Of Day, Day Of Darkness
2001
69. Heathen - The Evolution Of Chaos
2010
70. Angra - Temple Of Shadows
2004
71. Nevermore - The Obsidian Conspiracy
2010
72. Obscura - Cosmogenesis
2009
73. Jon Oliva's Pain - Global Warning
2008
74. Derek Sherinian - Black Utopia
2003
75. Children Of Bodom - Hate Crew Deathroll
2003
76. Andromeda - Extension Of The Wish
2001
77. Nevermore - Enemies Of Reality
2003
78. Charred Walls Of The Damned - Charred Walls Of The Damned
2010
79. Virgin Black - Elegant...And Dying
2003



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vezzy - 08.01.2012 at 22:35  
Four Opeth releases in the top ten.

Shit just got TRUE.
Gorshtak - 22.06.2012 at 10:52  
This list could have included a bit more bands and more great albums.
Here I see tendency towards progressive metal, prog black and prog power with some heavy interspersed with some heavy metal titles.
Not bad, but I think it should be reconsidered.
Anyway, since you like these bands, go for it
Vasil de Shumen - 08.01.2013 at 09:32  
Written by Gorshtak on 22.06.2012 at 10:52

Here I see tendency towards progressive metal, prog black and prog power with some heavy interspersed with some heavy metal titles ...


In fact, six of the seven best bands of the new millennium [I'm talking about bands that have issued at least four albums in the 21st century] are progressive metal or progressive sounding : Opeth, Hammers Of Misfortune, Riverside, Nevermore, Jon Oliva's Pain, Rage.
Only Slough Feg have a molded style - old school heavy metal (with folk influences).
Gorshtak - 09.01.2013 at 22:45  
Well, "the best" is very subjective category. It depends on the musical taste and personal impression.
However, all those are great. Whether someone deems them best or excellent or very good, is not important.
They create superb music and it is all that matters.
Vasil de Shumen - 10.01.2013 at 01:12  
Written by Gorshtak on 09.01.2013 at 22:45

Well, "the best" is very subjective category. It depends on the musical taste and personal impression.


Actually all lists represent someone's subjective opinion. My list too.
I don't trust the foreign assessments - I believe on my own ears
Ace Frawley - 10.01.2013 at 08:19  
Very Opeth heavy list. I reckon only Blackwater Park deserves a listing but hey, it ain't my list.
Vasil de Shumen - 10.01.2013 at 09:48  
Written by Ace Frawley on 10.01.2013 at 08:19

Very Opeth heavy list. I reckon only Blackwater Park deserves a listing but hey, it ain't my list.

Mikael is very talented musician and everything that he recorded is fresh and interesting. Really there is some commercial oriented moments in the last 3 albums, but it isn't bad.

I reccomend you listen to Hammers Of Misfortune. Amazing band, I'm sure you will enjoy this delightful progressive doom/folk metal
Gorshtak - 10.01.2013 at 19:21  
This is kind of alternative "Best Of" list precisely because of far too prog and prog (insert word) bands. And yes, every list is subjective piece though with the different level of the mentioned...
Vasil de Shumen - 10.01.2013 at 21:19  
Written by Gorshtak on 10.01.2013 at 19:21

This is kind of alternative "Best Of" list precisely because of far too prog and prog (insert word) bands ...


Actually I'm not a prog metal fen
I prefer thrash and classic heavy, but these styles are with very few significant representatives in the new millennium.
Gorshtak - 12.01.2013 at 18:57  
I cannot agree completely with that because there are many new thrash and classic heavy metal bands that just kick ass.

THRASH: Havok, Lazarus A.D., Warbringer, Violator, Gama Bomb, Seregon, Bonded by Blood, Fueled by Fire, Diamond Plate.
In addition, many 80s' band are passing there revival like Exodus, Testament, Kreator. Megadeth is also doing fine and Slayer is, well Slayer.

CLASSIC STUFF: There is also a number of new bands that incorporate new and modern classic influences. These are bands for your consideration - Steelwing, Cauldron, Enforcer, Crystal Viper, 3 Inches Of Blood, Skull Fist, etc.

As you can see, there are bands that play the real thing
Vasil de Shumen - 12.01.2013 at 22:49  
Written by Gorshtak on 12.01.2013 at 18:57

THRASH: Havok, Lazarus A.D., Warbringer, Violator, Gama Bomb, Seregon, Bonded by Blood, Fueled by Fire, Diamond Plate.
In addition, many 80s' band are passing there revival like Exodus, Testament, Kreator. Megadeth is also doing fine and Slayer is, well Slayer.

CLASSIC STUFF: There is also a number of new bands that incorporate new and modern classic influences. These are bands for your consideration - Steelwing, Cauldron, Enforcer, Crystal Viper, 3 Inches Of Blood, Skull Fist, etc.

As you can see, there are bands that play the real thing

Thanks for the suggestions, man

I agree about Warbringer [and on half about the veterans Testament and Exodus]. But the other new thrash bands are average quality. Better are only Vektor and Evile.
For me, all Slayer albums after "Divine Intervention" are mediocre, Megadeth have only one very good album - "Endgame", Kreator recorded well assembled cliches.

3 Inches Of Blood, Enforcer and Steelwing are good bands, nothing more. About Cauldron, Crystal Viper, Skull Fist ... no bad, but too little originality.
Gorshtak - 14.01.2013 at 13:33  
Well, they reinvent the wheel
Yet, there is good music out there if a bit derivative. Havok's first album is just kiler, but the second one is full of songs that sound too similar. Slayer has been doing the same thing ever since "Divine Intervention". That's why I listen them with "Seasons in the Abyss" conclusive.

As for heavy metal stuff, they lack originality. Still, they rock hard. Steelwing is my favorite in this New Wave of Heavy Metal. They have pretty distinctive sound and though inspired by old masters, they know how to sound fresh and modern...
Vasil de Shumen - 14.01.2013 at 19:03  
Written by Gorshtak on 14.01.2013 at 13:33

Slayer has been doing the same thing ever since "Divine Intervention". That's why I listen them with "Seasons in the Abyss" conclusive.
... Steelwing is my favorite in this New Wave of Heavy Metal. They have pretty distinctive sound and though inspired by old masters, they know how to sound fresh and modern...

Yet, Slayer deserve respect - they not succumbed to the fashion wave of records with symphonic orchestra

Best band of the new wave of heavy metal (for me) is Slough Feg. In their records really have talent and emotion, clichés are negligible
Gorshtak - 15.01.2013 at 18:38  
Well, I see that we are very versed in the metal topics and bands. Which is great
So, let's just relax and keep listen f***ing heavy metal!!!
Vasil de Shumen - 15.01.2013 at 19:11  
Written by Gorshtak on 15.01.2013 at 18:38

let's just relax and keep listen f***ing heavy metal!!!

Gorshtak - 16.01.2013 at 00:26  
To correct myself - keep listenING f***ing heavy metal

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