Darkangel, you started Silentium with Infinita Plango Vulnera? Strange, as I always tend to try new bands with their latest albums. All the Silentium albums are worthy though, except maybe the MCD with the ultimately impossible-to-spell-right name. I don't like Ram-Zet's first album that much either, though the newest album is not dramatically different. Just better, more catchy and more polished. Maybe you should try downloading some tracks from Escape and try them out or you can wait for video of "Queen" to come online on Ram-Zet pages.
I still have to strongly recommend Melechesh and Rapture. I have only the newest albums of both, so can't comment on the older ones, though I did order Rapture - Futile. Rapture's newest features vocal lines which almost challenge Åkerfeldt, and the songs combine the best elements on BMD era Katatonia and older Sentenced. I should be receiving my Futile in a few days, so I'll see if it's as good.
It's rare for me to like such a straight forward and brutal album as Melechesh - Sphynx, but the arabic influences, complex song structures and the pure skill of the band make a lot of similar scandinavian bands loko pale in comparision. Haven't seen a single bad review about this one yet.
