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[Egami]

I think I am missing a couple but...

Opeth - Watershed
To-Mera - Delusions
Esoteric - The Maniacal Vale
Draconian - Turn Season Within
Therion - Live Gothic
Virgin Black - Requiem: Fortissimo

[Chzn8r]

Originally Posted by Egami ^

I think I am missing a couple but...

Opeth - Watershed
To-Mera - Delusions
Esoteric - The Maniacal Vale
Draconian - Turn Season Within
Therion - Live Gothic
Virgin Black - Requiem: Fortissimo

I'm gonna start sounding like a broken record, but my most frequented forum Five Eight Forums is home to some of the absolute biggest fans of Opeth, To-Mera, Esoteric, and Virgin Black you will ever meet. Therion and Draconian are not unrepresented themselves. You really would find a home in the music discussion board, either talking about bands like these or getting recommendations for stuff in a similar vein.

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So far this year I haven't payed attention to a lot of new releases. I've gotten the latest by a few core favorite bands but I've spent most of the year catching up on old (not necessarily ancient, but a mix of stuff spanning hundreds of years ago to just a few years ago) music that I really wanted to hear and it all seemed a lot more pressing & highly recommended than just the newest stuff on the block. That's kind of how my priorities have been lately. I don't usually get into all the newest albums from a given year until at least the following year, after hype has died-down and settled and I can get a more accurate opinion of where exactly this new music falls relative to all the other music out there, and specifically in that particular artist's catalogue.

[Ryth]

1. Watershed by Opeth
2. The White by Agalloch
3. Tulimyrsky by Moonsorrow
4. Board Up The House by Genghis Tron

Literally the only four albums this year to impress me.

[Boney King]

No wait I forgot Thrice's last two volumes of The Alchemy Index, I listened to those nonstop when I first picked them up.

[CloudDragon]

It's good to see everyone has pretty good taste in music here.

Let's see here:

My Favorites

• Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend (Simply excellent)
• Beach House - Devotion
• Coldplay - Viva La Vida
• Crystal Castles - Crystal Castles
• Cut Copy - In Ghost Colours
• Death Cab - Narrow Stairs
• Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes
• Girl Talk - Feed The Animals
• Hot Chip - Made In The Dark
• M83 - Saturdays = Youth (Love love love M83)
• MGMT - Oracular Spectacular (I listened to this album alone for months)
• My Morning Jacket - Evil Urges
• Plants and Animals - Parc Avenue
• Rogue Wave - Asleep At Heaven's Gate
• Sigur Ros - Með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust (Probably their best to date)
• The Black Keys - Attack and Release
• The Dodos - Visiter
• The Mars Volta - Bedlam in Goliath
• The Raconteurs - Consolers of the Lonely

Here's a list of albums that could make this list but I haven't listened to much of yet:

Be Your Own Pet - Get Awkward
Beck - Modern Guilt
Black Kids - Partie Traumatic
Ratatat - LP3
Tapes 'n Tapes - Walk It Off
The Hold Steady - Stay Positive

[charliepanayi]

Good mention of The Dodos, that just came out here in the UK the other week and I'm really liking it.

[Egami]

Originally Posted by Chzn8r ^

I'm gonna start sounding like a broken record, but my most frequented forum Five Eight Forums is home to some of the absolute biggest fans of Opeth, To-Mera, Esoteric, and Virgin Black you will ever meet. Therion and Draconian are not unrepresented themselves. You really would find a home in the music discussion board, either talking about bands like these or getting recommendations for stuff in a similar vein.

Oh, thanks! I bookmarked the site and will check it out.

[redxiiii]

St Jude- The Courteeners
Viva La Vida- Coldplay (awesome)
Lightspeed Champion- can't member the name think its sitting under the lavender bridge?