 | Paradise Lost by Symphony X
Buy new: $13.99 / Used from: $5.91 Symphony X returns from a five year hiatus and deliver their heaviest and best record to date. This prog/power masterpiece has the intensity of death metal and is truely one of the best metal albums of all time!
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 | Evolution 4.0 by Thunderstone
Buy new: $22.97 / Used from: $11.73 Killer and heavier work from Thunderstone! New found power and intensity that I wasn't expecting from this band. Better songs too. Awesome, heavy and groovy....Masterpiece!
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 | Pathosray by Pathosray
Buy new: $16.98 / Used from: $10.99 Stunning debut from this Italian prog/power metal band!! Like Symphony X, a very intense and heavy album for this genre. Crushing riffs meld into well crafted songs done by top notch musicians. Kind of like a mix between Symphony X, Nevermore, and Dream Theater with a cool 70's vibe in the music's atmosphere.
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 | And the Rest Is Silence by Empyrios
Buy new: $31.99 / Used from: $52.91 Make it 3 for 3 for the Italian's! Empyrios play kind of a prog/thrash mix that is very exciting and original! Like their fellow country men, they posses the same element that many in the prog genre lack. A strong display of heaviness and aggression while not loosing any of the melody.
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 | Flies & Lies by Raintime
Buy new: $13.98 / Used from: $6.89 Killer album with kind of a power/death metal mix. Great songwriting (listen to the chorus in 'Rolling Chances'!!!) Another awesome Italian band I just dicovered this year.
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 | United Abominations by Megadeth
Buy new: $14.99 / Used from: $4.98 Megadeth is back with their 2nd great album in a row! Back to their thrash roots Dave and the Drover brothers take another step forward to the sound they once pioneered!!
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 | Threads of Life by Shadows Fall
Buy used from: $0.68 Shadows Fall deliver another outstanding album. Almost as good as their previous masterpiece 'The War Within'. Like always, tons of killer solos and improved vocals by Brian Fair make this a highlight album for 2007!
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 | Circus of Fools by Machine Men
Buy new: $18.98 / Used from: $7.99 Classic heavy metal! Staightforward and in your face. Heavy and very catchy, Machine Men flat out rock!!!
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 | Momentum Shift by Scariot
Buy new: $28.99 / Used from: $52.92 The former band of the frontman from Communic, Scariot prove to be equally impressive with this masterpiece! Complex yet accesible, Scariot have many similarities with Communic yet they are definitly an entity all their own. This is very heavy, intelligent stuff that reminds me a lot of 'Control Denied' with better songwriting! Absolutely killer and very original metal!
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 | Become Death by Symphorce
Buy new: $13.98 / Used from: $2.99 Very aggressive power/thrash!! Andy Frank and Co deliver another great modern metal album! Just listen to tracks like 'Darkness Fills the Sky', Inside the Cast', and 'Trail of Tears'. Killer Stuff!!
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 | Dead Reckoning by Threshold
Buy new: $11.98 / Used from: $7.68 Threshold delivers their best album to date with Dead Reckoning! The added heaviness is a big time plus.
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 | No Signs of Wisdom by Manitou
Buy new: $15.98 / Used from: $8.19 Another great album from this little known and underated band. Similar to Tad Morose, Evergrey, and Bruce Dickinson solo works.
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 | The Scythe by Elvenking
Buy new: $14.98 / Used from: $9.98 Wow this album caught me by surprise! Never really got into this band before but this album is much heavier and more aggressive while still retaining the folk elements. While many long time fans may be turned off due to that fact, I for one love it! Oh and did I mention these guys are Italian as well?
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 | Garden of Chaos by Rob Rock
Buy new: $14.98 / Used from: $9.99 Very impessive in your face metal album! Rob Rock pulls no frills here. Just great songwriting and huge hooks! Reminds me a lot of Bruce Dickinson's solo albums.
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 | Sky Is the Limit by Evidence One
Buy new: $38.99 / Used from: $47.55 Really awesome hard rock/heavy metal. These guys are rooted in the 80's but they somehow sound so fresh and relavent today. Another band that just flat out rock!!
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 | Angel Down by Sebastian Bach
Buy new: $13.99 / Used from: $6.18 Bach is back and singing better than ever! Good to see he has not gotten soft over the years. This one sits nicely along side with 'Slave to the Grind' and 'Subhuman Race'
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 | Pathway by Nostradameus
Buy new: $15.98 / Used from: $6.25 Great album from another very underated metal act. Nostradameus play sort of that power/thrash mix similar to Symphorce and Mystic Prophecy.
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 | Personal Crisis by Steve Grimmett
Buy new: $47.98 / Used from: $20.00 The former lead vocalist from Grim Reaper returns with an outstanding solo album that's surprisingly modern and up to date. This album is chock full of well written traditional metal songs starting out with the very rocking 'Karma'
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 | Revolution Rising by Civilization One
Buy new: $35.49 / Used from: $8.44 Another great melodic metal album in vein of Rob Rock, Evidence One, and Steve Grimmett.
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 | Redemption by Oratorio
Buy used from: $10.99 Yet another virtually unknown act cranking out some very solid metal in vein of Angel Dust, Tad Morose, or Evergrey. This album would rank even higher if there was a bit more consistentcy throughout. The quality dips greatly after the first 3 tracks. But the first 3 tracks alone make this album very worthwhile. And track 3 'Raw' is a real killer!
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