1.Machine Head - Unto The Locust

2.Vildhjarta - Måsstaden

3.Sylosis - Edge Of The Earth

4.Shining - VII - Född Förlorare

5.Ghost Brigade - Until Fear No Longer Defines Us

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Well, I've seen lots of lists here and I have to say, a noticeable percentage of these lists are great references for anyone interested in music, but I noticed that something new was missing.

What I'm going to do here, is to gather a lot of bands that have gone through major overhauls and transitions in their music, REGARDLESS OF WHETHER THEIR MUSIC IS GOOD OR NOT.

1.Ahab - Starting with The Giant, post-metal elements were added.

2.After Forever - With Floor Jansen being the catalyst here, the dutch band flourished after 1997, only to undergo another shift with the departure of Mark Jansen in 2002 and losing much of their gothic sound and adding progressive music to their symphonic charade.

3.Amoral - Death metal becomes rock.

4.Arcturus - Now everyone knows Garm-era Arcturus was more of a black metal band, don't they?

5.A Storm Of Light - Figured trendy post-metal wouldn't do justice to their talent and went more bombastic.

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image = placeholder for when the Austrian act is added in, from band Suggestions

also fitting here - for now - 2013 contenders for "greatness" Obliteration (NorwDM):
http://noisey.vice.com/blog/obliteration-black-death-horizon-and-experience-true-death
and Tribulation http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FkBWriJweR8 (no, that's their '09)

1.Blind Faith - Blind Faith

2.ZZ Top - Greatest Hits

3.Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin III

4.Metallica - St. Anger

5.Anathema - A Fine Day To Exit

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These are the ones that my ears are allergic to them. Gradually I'll make this list longer.

Oh and please check out the songs I mentioned, it's not about the bands, but the songs.

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Metal art of dissonance as I love it.
Rules:
- on album per band, unless the band has very different albums.
-I'm not picky for albums released before 2000.
-I'm not picky for genres that are to some degrees unusual for the dissonance, like sludge metal.

This list is open to suggestions.

1.Abyssal - Novit Enim Dominus Qui Sunt Eius

2.Alkerdeel - Morinde

3.Altars - Paramnesia

4.Amnis Nihili - Christological Escalation

5.Antediluvian - λόγος

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1.Stratovarius - Nemesis

2.Summoning - Old Mornings Dawn

3.Heaven Shall Burn - Veto

4.Black Sabbath - 13

5.Amon Amarth - Deceiver Of The Gods

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I know I probably speak for a lot of people when I say that, very often, the artwork that a band chooses for a particular album can be the icing on the cake, essential to giving a visual depiction that tops off the overall aesthetic of the music. There are plenty of albums that I simply couldn't imagine listening to without staring, zoned out, to the big ball of glorious that is their cover art. Here are some such albums. In alphabetical order by band. Links to full images of the covers have been provided, as well as credits to the artists.

1.Aarni - Bathos

2.Absu - The Sun Of Tiphareth

3.Atheist - Unquestionable Presence

4.Bathory - Blood Fire Death

5.Blue Öyster Cult - Fire Of Unknown Origin

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1.Lörihen - Bajo la Cruz

2.Circus Maximus - Isolate

3.Nocturnal Rites - The 8th Sin

4.Dream Theater - Systematic Chaos

5.Sonata Arctica - Unia

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1.Between The Buried And Me - The Parallax II: Future Sequence

2.Enslaved - RIITIIR

3.Obsidian Kingdom - Mantiis

4.Meshuggah - Koloss

5.Gojira - L'Enfant Sauvage

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My favorites from 2013.

1.Ulcerate - Vermis

2.Lychgate - Lychgate

3.Cult Of Luna - Vertikal

4.Bølzer - Aura

5.Kylesa - Ultraviolet

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1.Watain - Lawless Darkness

2.Accept - Blood Of The Nations

3.Hail Of Bullets - On Divine Winds

4.Insidious Disease - Shadowcast

5.System Divide - The Conscious Sedation

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My favourite albums of 2013. (In order of preference, and only including albums I would rate 7+).

1.Deafheaven - Sunbather

2.Protest The Hero - Volition

3.TesseracT - Altered State

4.Ovid's Withering - Scryers Of The Ibis

5.Means End - The Didact

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1.Between The Buried And Me - The Parallax II: Future Sequence

2.Enslaved - RIITIIR

3.In Mourning - The Weight Of Oceans

4.Obsidian Kingdom - Mantiis - An Agony In Fourteen Bites

5.Moonspell - Alpha Noir / Omega White

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1.Enslaved - RIITIIR

2.Meshuggah - Koloss

3.Gojira - L'Enfant Sauvage

4.In Mourning - The Weight Of Oceans

5.Be'lakor - Of Breath And Bone

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1.Kataklysm - Waiting For The End To Come

2.Insurrection - Prototype

3.Death Angel - The Dream Calls For Blood

4.Wolfheart - Winterborn

5.Dawn Of Tears - ACT III: The Dying Eve

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