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Musical taste changes with time. With 2007 gone, i thought in reviewing my list of best metal albums. A lot of good albums may be out of the list, but it will change in the future. Tell me which ones are your favorite metal albums, just to know.

1. "What Stirs Within" by Era Vulgaris

2. "A Sceptic´s Universe" by Spiral Architect

3. "Stronghold" by Summoning

4. "Sublimation" by Canvas Solaris

5. "Swampsong" by Kalmah

6. "Mabool" by Orphaned Land

7. "My Guardian Anger" by Lux Occulta

8. "Sham Mirrors" by Arcturus

9. "Fear Of The Dark" by Iron Maiden

10. "Arcaine Rain Fell" by Draconian

11. "Lake Of Sorrow" by The Sins Of Thy Beloved

12. "The Sound Of Perseverance" by Death

13. "A Virgin And A Whore" by Eternal Tears Of Sorrow

14. "Still......

Band: Shape Of Despair

Genre: Funeral Doom Metal

Discography: "Shades of..." (2000), "Angels of Distress" (2001), "Illusion's Play" (2004) 

I said in a previous post that doom/death metal is an acquire taste. If that is true, it is a lot more applicable to funeral doom metal. Just to give you an idea, funeral doom metal is like to enjoy getting fucked with a spike dildo in the ass (not for the masses!!). The target audience of this subgenre is very small indeed, as it is the number of bands playing this kind of music (Nortt, Pantheist, Skepticism......

Band: Pagan's Mind

Album: God's Equation

Genre: Progressive Metal

Track Listing:

 
01. The Conception 2:02 
02. God's Equation 7:56
03. United Alliance 5:04
04. Atomic Firelight 5:18
05. Hallo Spaceboy (David Bowie cover) 5:30
06. Evolution Exceed 6:08
07. Alien Kamikaze 4:36
08. Painted Skies 6:32
09. Spirit Starcruiser 6:01
10. Farewell 2:10
11. Osiris' Triumphant Return 8:44

A new Pagan's Mind album is always an event to celebrate. I discovered this band a couple of years ago and their debut album "Infinity Divine" made quite an impression in me with its excellent combination of melody,......

Band: Psycroptic

Genre: Technical Death Metal

Most people do not do the effort to really listen to music. That´s the reason why hip hop, pop and regueton exist and in fact they are popular. Just take some good looking fellow or girl, add some repetitive beats with a synthesizer and a catchy chorus and you have a hit in your hands. Music for lazy, stupid people.  

I think that´s atrocious. To me, real transcendental music is the one that obliges the listener to really pay attention, to use his/her brain to discover new things in every spin. This quality can be found......

Doom death is not an easy to listen subgenre of metal, in fact, some people think that it is an acquire taste like coffee, alcohol and prostitutes. That statement may be correct but the fact is that i like doom death metal. It is the subgenre i listen to the most and i love the calm, sadness and despair it makes me feel. It´s beautiful.  

I´d like to direct your attention to another great band from Ireland named Mourning Beloveth and their four studio albums: "Dust", "The Sullen Sulcus", "A Murderous Circus" and "A Disease......

Band: Nightwish

Album: "Dark Passion Play" (2007)

Genre: Symphonic Metal

 Well, many people speculated that Tarja´s departure from Nightwish would be the end of the band. To me it was, not because of the change of vocalist but for what Nightwish has become in this album title "Dark Passion Play".

It seems like the angel of death has become passionate for gothic/symphonic metal bands. I almost can not stand another mourning. All my favorites bands of the past have become cheesy, commercial and totally disgusting shadows of their past selves. Just take a look at this......

Band: Asmegin

Album: Hin Vordende Sod & Sø  

Genre: Folk/Viking Metal 

Track List:

1. Af Helvegum 02:46 
2. Bruderov Paa Hægstadtun 03:43
3. Huldrandans - Hin Grønnkledde 04:07 

4. Til Rondefolkets Herskab 04:04 
5. Over Ægirs Vidstragte Sletter 03:44 
6. Slit Livets Baand 01:32 
7. Efterbyrden 05:06 
8. Op Af Bisterlitiern 03:41 
9. Vargr i Véum 03:42 
10. Blodhevn 06:19 
11. Valgalder 03:29 ......

Band: Era Vulgaris 

Genre: Progressive Metal

Album: "What Stirs Within" (2007) 

Track List:

1. Brittle 08:11 
2. Just Ask Yourself 04:38 
3. Mark It Zero 03:54 
4. Limb from Limb 06:31 
5. I Must Have Your Brain 05:30 
6. Fate Draws a Curtain 07:04 
7. Harmonic Discontent 08:05 
8. Imram 11:15 
Total playing time 55:08 

I don´t know if you´ve noticed that the metal escene is getting crowded with a lot of bands playing the same old boring shit over and......