| 4.5 superb |
| Ancestors Of Sound Mind |
| Ansur Warring Factions |
| Between the Buried and Me Colors |
| Between the Buried and Me The Great Misdirect |
| Between the Buried and Me The Parallax: Hypersleep Dialogues |
| As with most people, when BTBAM announced an EP, I imagined one long track. Instead, what "The Parallax: Hypersleep Dialogues" gives the listener is a more focused and "concentrated" BTBAM. As much as the announcement of this EP lead me to believe that their new label, Metal Blade, was attempting a quick cash-in of their new artist, after a few listens, it becomes clear that this is their best work since "Colors". While a typical BTBAM album usually consists of 5-8 tracks and clocking in around 50 minutes to an hour, "The Parallax" halves that. As a BTBAM fan, this would normally be discouraging, but the result is a focused half hour of killer progressive technical wizadry without the filler. |
| Cold 13 Ways to Bleed On Stage |
| Cold is one of those bands who I grew up listening to, and although my musical tastes have changed, this album remains one of my favorites of all time. As emotional as a hard rock is going to get, Scooter Ward's lyrics are a standout. |
| Cryptopsy None So Vile |
| Cynic Traced in Air |
| Every Time I Die New Junk Aesthetic |
| Karnivool Sound Awake |
| Killswitch Engage Alive or Just Breathing |
| La Dispute Somewhere at the Bottom of the River Between Vega and Altair |
| Mr. Bungle California |
| Although considered Mr. Bungle's most "accessible" album, it still maintains the musical denseness and complexity (read:weirdness) that Mike Patton/Mr. Bungle fans have come to expect. |
| Orphaned Land Mabool (The Story of the Three Sons...) |
| Pelican The Fire in Our Throats Will Beckon... |
| Periphery Periphery |
| Porcupine Tree In Absentia |
| Protest the Hero Fortress |
| Rx Bandits Mandala |
| An excellent album that sees the RX Bandits maturing and growing from even their most well received album (arguably). Standout tracks: White Lies, March of the Caterpillar, Hope is a Butterfly, No Net Its Captor. |
| Scale the Summit Carving Desert Canyons |
| SikTh Death of a Dead Day |
| The Black Dahlia Murder Unhallowed |
