[cgib]

A friend set me onto Haken's "Cockroach King" from The Mountain, and holy balls is that ever a killer prog track... Can't get those vocal lines out of my head!!

That seems to be the most polarizing track on the album, although I love it! My favourite release of 2013, and masterfully produced

 

[davidianis]

 

Grorr - Anthill
Great album, very well recorded!

 

[audiohurric4ne]

opeth - pale communion \m/

 

[cgib]

  opeth - pale communion \m/

Yes! Not only is it a great album, but I really like the drum sound and the mix for the most part

 

[Theogenes]

+1 on Pale Communion. Better album than Heritage too IMO.

 

[davidianis]

Soen - Cognitive

 

[davidianis]

Kauan - Pirut

 

[stodgers]

Late to this thread by a couple years, but thought I'd ask if anyone has purchased the earlier Dream Theater albums from HDTracks or on vinyl? I have Systematic Chaos on Vinyl, and ADTOE on hi-res, but wondered if there was any notion as to the source material and mastering on some of these releases? It would suck to plop down $40 on a vinyl of Octovarium only to find it sounds like crap.

And someone mentioned Images and Words as a great DT recording. I always wondered if there was a way to go back and remove that triggered snare. Then it would be the best DT recording of all.

 

[Imsorrywallet]

Grand Funk Railroad- Closer to Home- 1988 remaster

 

[BillJGW]

As usual, I'm a day late and a dollar short.  Hey, I just joined up last month, so back off already.

  Anywho, lots of the Rush remasters are pretty good as are the Japanese SHM pressings of many Led Zep CDs.  Agree on the MFSL The Wall (got it) and most SACD versions you can get.  Check this site for SACDs if you're interested: http://www.sa-cd.net/.

 

[spitf1r3]

  Big Big Train - English Electric (Parts 1 and 2)
David Maxim Micic - BILO 3.0
Haken - The Mountain
Karnivool - Sound Awake
Intervals - A Voice Within
Steven Wilson - The Raven That Refused To Sing
Thank You Scientist - Maps of Non-Existent Places
 
...all sound amazing

I absolutely agree with you. Great music.

 

[Dobrescu George]

i will post discographies, and name of bands... the entire discography, is nice from all these bands... i might include what has been said around here we go:
 
ART:
 
Muse
Being 
Bats
 
Black Metal:
 
Arcane Grail
Botanist
Cradle of Filth
Dark Mirror ov Tragedy
Dimmu Borgir
Obscurcis Romancia
 
Christian Metal:
 
Breaking Benjamin
Falling Up
Thousand Foot Krutsch
Three Days Grace
With Blood Comes Cleansing
 
Post Hardcore: - I really recommend listening to these bands... from all generas these are the best
 
A Lot Like Birds
Alesana
Art By Numbers
Closure In Moscow
Escape the fate
Gojira 
Hotel Books
Just like vinyl
La Dispute - Far better than most of them, i recommend only the albums, not the ep's
fall of troy
Pierce the veil
Protest The Hero
Sianvar - Amazing band
 
Alternative:
 
Arctic Monkeys
BabyMetal
Crazy Town
Dope
Drowning Pool
Finger Eleven
Incubus
Maximum The Hormone
Theory of a deaman
 
Industrial:
 
Mindless self indulgence
Rob Zombie
 
 
Nu Metal:
 
Linkin park - nice sound overall
Korn - Some albums have AMAZING mastering
Scars On Broadway
 
 
Punk:
 
Bad Religion
Billy Talent
Dorlene Love
Fall Out Boy
Green Day
NoFx
Offspring
Royal Republic
Sum 41
Useless id - Small band, amazing sound
 
Pop
 
Amy Diamond - Never thought it had such a good master until i gave it a long listen
Avril lavigne
Katy perry
Lady Gaga
Maroon 5
 
 
Symphonic:
 
Eluveitie
Evanescence
Haggard
Kowai
Mortemia
Sirenia
Tarja Turunen
Tristania
Winds
 
 
Technical Death
 
Abnormal Thought Pattern
Aeon
Dagon 
Dethklok
Unhuman
Wintersun
 
 
DeathCore - This has a particular sound, not everyone will like it, the bands are not general deathcore, are an audiophile kind of technical deathcore
 
Born of Osiris
Infant annihilator
interrupting cow
killwhitneydead - actually this is just fun to listen to, not most exceptional mastering
Rings Of Saturn - If you don't listen to this on a GOOD setup, you cannot say you listened to the most amazing thing ever. Also, The Last 2 albums... The first album has a bad recording, and is way to loud... 
Years since the storm - somehow, they sound bad, have bad lyrics, and yet they have a good mastering.... well....
 
This was the list. If something is not fully metal, it is related... i advice everyone to listen to these bands, as mostly they will be very very good...
Also, as a metalhead, you should know on what genera you are... not everyone likes all generes... i like mostly all geners of metal..... also, i am getting everything posted on this thread, at least to try.... 
 
A nice Experience to everyone!
 
EDIT:: Please, do not post spam about bands posted by me not being metal, again they are a subgenere of metal... or will be liked by some metalheads... also, if one album by one band sounds bad, it doesn't mean that all albums sound... mostly, all bands posted by me have at least 2-3 audiophile grade albums, with amazing soundstage, and sound quality... some might not even have more than 1 album, case being sianvar, but still are audiophile level,.... also, bands which started recording very early, might have signs of bad equipment on very very old recordings... it is normal, and you can listen to newer ones.. i am just saying we should not spam the thread with discussions, but with bands!...

 

[BirdManOfCT]

I like the re-mastered version of Pink Floyd's "The Wall". I'd really like to see it on HDtracks, someday.

 

[BrokenSonOfAiur]

CrotchDuster - Big Fat Box Of ****

 

[BirdManOfCT]

Roger Waters "Amused to Death"