 | Systematic Chaos by Dream Theater
Buy new: $17.99 / Used from: $12.00 I stand corrected about PT taking the top spot this year. When DT brings its "A Game", the cruel reality is that all other bands must step aside and bow down. Systematic Chaos joins Images & Words, Awake & the great Scenes From a Memory as DT at its best. It also further entrenches them as THE BAND FOR THE AGES!!!
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 | Fear of a Blank Planet by Porcupine Tree
Buy new: $13.99 / Used from: $7.56 DTS mix on the Limited edition is a great addition. The CD itself is an absolute masterpiece!
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 | Gothic Kabbalah by Therion
Buy new: $20.98 / Used from: $7.37 Another BIG change for the band, with unmatched ambition.
Can't stop playing it!
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 | Fables From a Mayfly: What I Tell You Three Times is True by Fair to Midland
Buy new: $8.99 / Used from: $2.00 Impossible to resist
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 | Lucidity by Delain
Buy new: $21.99 / Used from: $7.59 What a debut! A must for fans of Within Temptation, Lacuna Coil, Leaves Eyes etc!
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 | Paradise Lost by Symphony X
Buy new: $13.99 / Used from: $5.33 Symphony X!
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 | The Heart of Everything by Within Temptation
Buy used from: $10.60 Getting a little too mainstream for me, but still the best voice in the biz
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 | The Awakening by The Reasoning
Buy new: $23.98 / Used from: $17.66 One of my favorite vocalists, and the others are pretty good too. Possibly too prog-rockish for your average Opeth fan.
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 | Snakes & Arrows by Rush
Buy new: $14.99 / Used from: $2.95 Their best since Counterparts
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 | Andromeda Unchained by Anubis Gate
Buy new: $10.98 / Used from: $8.54 Give these guys a chance!
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 | Sound of the Apocalypse by Black Bonzo
Buy new: $16.98 / Used from: $6.99 Totally Retro, but really good stuff!!
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 | Angular Perceptions by Thought Chamber
Buy new: $16.98 / Used from: $8.00 Instrumental sections are second to none (besides DT of course). Vocals are OK, remind me of Enchant
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 | The Origins Of Ruin by Redemption
Buy new: $13.99 / Used from: $9.88 Their best yet!
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 | The Butcher's Ballroom by Diablo Swing Orchestra
Buy used from: $69.03 Too weird and adventerous not to make this list.
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 | Presents: Ziltoid the Omniscient by Devin Townsend
Buy new: $14.99 / Used from: $20.58 Certified freak! Mixing humor and metal rarely works. But Devin, like Freak Kitchen, somehow make it work.
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 | On Letting Go by Circa Survive
Buy new: $14.98 / Used from: $4.24 Very unusual blend. Sunny Day Real Estate cranked to 11
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 | Grace Submerged by Octavia Sperati
Buy new: $14.98 / Used from: $3.59 Beautiful harmonized lead vocals backed by early Iommi-like guitars
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 | Dead Reckoning by Threshold
Buy new: $11.98 / Used from: $7.32 Catchy, but not too catchy. Had to get past the "Old 80's School" first impression. Has had many spins on the commute.
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