 | Stench of Redemption by Deicide
Buy new: $15.98 / Used from: $4.44 The new trick? Gorgeously clean & melodc solos, '80's-worthy thrash riffing, and occasional catchy choruses.
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 | Fiction by Dark Tranquillity
Buy new: $15.98 / Used from: $8.97 The new trick? A new-wavy, My Dying Bride-esque atmosphere on one song, and a female backing vocalist on another.
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 | Between Two Worlds by I
Buy new: $15.98 / Used from: $7.39 The new trick (by Abbath, former frontma of black metal band Immortal)? Positively catchy and addictive riffs, memorable choruses, and fine bits of melody. Oh, and not a single blast beat, either.
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 | Thornography by Cradle of Filth
Buy new: $18.98 / Used from: $3.46 The new trick? Guitar soloing & Iron Maiden-inspired guitar harmonies.
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 | Death Cult Armageddon by Dimmu Borgir
Buy new: $15.99 / Used from: $5.68 The new trick? A huge orchestra. Plus, on the next album, clean backing vocal refrains would also be discovered.
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 | Christ Illusion by Slayer
Buy used from: $2.45 The new trick? Blast beats!
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 | Inevitable Collapse in the Presence of Conviction by Soilent Green
Buy new: $13.98 / Used from: $3.86 The new trick? A funky, slap bass line/solo.
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 | Untitled by Korn
Buy new: $8.99 / Used from: $1.86 The new trick? Keyboards, Marilyn Manson-esque industrial/danze metal, and propulsive bass lines that don't rely soley on the slap technique.
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 | Undoing Ruin by Darkest Hour
Buy new: $13.99 / Used from: $3.27 The new trick? Technical musicianship/prowess.
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 | The Blackening by Machine Head
Buy new: $14.99 / Used from: $5.33 The new trick? Revitalizion, inspiration, political lyrics, and epic song lengths.
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 | Xenosapien by Cephalic Carnage
Buy new: $14.98 / Used from: $2.93 The new trick? Err...an entirely new sound, more-or-less.
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 | Kill by Cannibal Corpse
Buy new: $13.98 / Used from: $5.02 The new trick? A bigger, more brutal and blistering sound with catchy songs/hooks, and solos that verge on melodic.
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 | Heartwork by Carcass
Buy used from: $4.90 The new trick? Oh, come on now, you already know this one.
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 | No Heroes by Converge
Buy new: $13.98 / Used from: $4.96 The new trick? Doom metal, Crowbar-inspired riffing, and infectious melodies and choruses, and
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 | Miss Machine by The Dillinger Escape Plan
Buy new: $14.98 / Used from: $3.50 The new trick? Oh, come on...don't play dumb (unless you really are, in which case you REALLY need this album bad!)
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 | War of Attrition by Dying Fetus
Buy new: $14.98 / Used from: $5.95 The new trick? Increased guitar soloing and thrash riffs.
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 | Prophecy by Soulfly
Buy new: $18.98 / Used from: $3.48 The new trick? Spiritual lyrics, and a bunch of new/foreign/interesting/innovative/daring/experimental instruments, including a berimbau (google it!).
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 | Wages of Sin by Arch Enemy
Buy new: $31.99 / Used from: $26.98 The new trick? The Cookie Monster trapped inside a woman's body.
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 | A Sense of Purpose by In Flames
Buy new: $15.99 / Used from: $8.03 The new trick? Catchy, sweet, infectious, radio-friendly, metalcore-esque choruses.
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 | 10,000 Days by Tool
Buy new: $13.99 / Used from: $7.24 The new trick? A greater sense of prog rock and ambience.
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 | Year Zero by Nine Inch Nails
Buy new: $13.99 / Used from: $3.30 The new trick? The you're-never-too-late-to-join-this-crowd that loves concept albums and hates the man in the White House.
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 | Saturday Night Wrist by Deftones
Buy new: $18.98 / Used from: $2.53 The new trick? A mild sense of humor & punk-y sensibilliy. Some songs are catchier than usual, too.
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 | Alpha by Sevendust
Buy new: $15.99 / Used from: $5.30 The new trick? Greatly improved instrumental abillities.
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 | Kingdom of Sorrow by Kingdom of Sorrow
Buy new: $14.98 / Used from: $4.49 The new trick (learned by Jamey Jasta, who also fronts the band Hatebreed)? Uhh...sludge metal wrapped in a Hatebreed wrapper.
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 | Chaos A.D. by Sepultura
Buy new: $19.98 / Used from: $4.33 The new trick? Gentle tribal drum marches and acoustic guitar strums.
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 | Renegades by Rage Against the Machine
Buy used from: $3.27 The new trick? Cover songs can rock just as hard, too! And Zach de la Rocha tried actual singing on one song (he TRIED it...let's just leave it at that.)
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 | The Apostasy by Behemoth
Buy new: $12.98 / Used from: $6.29 The new trick? Several different things, one example being a doomy, well-placed French horn for atmosphere.
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 | Swarm! by Torture Killer
Buy new: $11.98 / Used from: $3.76 The new trick (learned by Chris Barnes, who also fronts Six Feet Under, and used to be Cannibal Corpse's mainman)? *Gasp* Production doesn't have to suck!!!!
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 | Kill Or Be Killed by Biohazard
Buy new: $11.98 / Used from: $1.55 The new trick? There is life after rap-metal.
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 | Virus by Hypocrisy
Buy used from: $7.96 The new trick? Black metal guitar picking and shrieks.
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 | Terrifyer by Pig Destroyer
Buy new: $16.98 / Used from: $8.98 The new trick? The drummer added variety to his beats, and discovered there is life after blast beats.
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 | Smear Campaign by Napalm Death
Buy new: $15.98 / Used from: $7.44 The new trick? Light Swans-style ambience/female vocals.
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 | Helvete by Nasum
Buy new: $14.98 / Used from: $3.74 The new trick? Occasional melodic riffing and slow(er), hardcore punk breakdowns.
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 | The Dead Eye by The Haunted
Buy new: $44.49 / Used from: $28.61 The new trick? Uh...just read my review.
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 | Revelation by Vader
Buy new: $11.98 / Used from: $4.95 The new trick? Guitar solos that are slower and often verge on being melodic.
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 | Disintegrate by Zyklon
Buy new: $15.98 / Used from: $1.99 The new trick (learned by the members of this band, some of whom were in the legendary black metal outfit Emperor)? Interestingly freaky, Napalm Death-style, grindcore-esque shrieking vocals.
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 | Down - Over The Under by Down
Buy new: $15.99 / Used from: $0.99 The new trick? Heartfelt lyrics, wailing, sometimes soulful vocals, and longer songs tbat don't sacrifice any of their great riffs.
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 | Watershed by Opeth
Buy new: $14.99 / Used from: $8.45 The new trick? Pretty blues-rock guitar soloing, and how to have a "polished" sound without necessarily selling out.
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 | Minutes to Midnight by Linkin Park
Buy new: $12.99 / Used from: $6.94 The new trick? "*GASP* We actually have a bassist?!" Oh, and it's cool to all-of-the-sudden do a complete 360 and say that rapcore sucks.
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 | Reinkaos by Dissection
Buy new: $14.98 / Used from: $4.99 The new trick? The Dissection singer learned how to get rich and famous for being a convicted murderer. And then, he tricked us all into believing this piece of crap album was Dissection's best.
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