U.S.A., 2011 Following up on the last post (that was a prog-metal one), we have the recently released EP from Cynic. Highlights on this one:...

U.S.A. 2011 IMO, an excellent release from Fates Warning founders, guitarist Jim Matheos and vocalist John Arch. Matheos' unmatched abil...

Sweden, 2009 "Night Is The New Day" is, in just about every way, a very good album. Highly melodic yet deceptively dissonant at...

Netherlands, released in 2003. Even though they're mostly associated to gothic metal, The Gathering's music has come a long way in...

Sweden, 2001. Katatonia originally played a mixture of death and doom metal. Last Fair Deal Gone Down is their fifth full-length album, an...

Norway, 2006. Borknagar are best known for playing black metal, but this album, Origin, is entirely acoustic and folk. Possibly one of the...