[logwed]

I'll second the Mastodon, I'm not really huge into metal, but their latest release is both accessible and heavy.

 

[BobSaysHi]

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I'll second the Mastodon, I'm not really huge into metal, but their latest release is both accessible and heavy.

 
I smiled, also

 

[scytheavatar]

Moonsorrow
Falkenbach
Wuthering Heights
Nokturnal Mortum
Ensiferum
Orphaned Land

 

[logwed]

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I'll second the Mastodon, I'm not really huge into metal, but their latest release is both accessible and heavy.

 
I smiled, also

 
Did I STUTTER?! But really, did I accidentally make a joke?

 

[sinistas]

Daylight Dies, Garden Of Shadows, Gwynbleidd, Swallow The Sun...great, great bands.
 
...And it's plug time.  My band (see sig) does prog/doom-lite/melodic metal, influenced by Opeth, Katatonia, Sentenced, Porcupine Tree, Death, etc.  If this sort of thing isn't kosher, I can certainly edit.

 

[metalh3ad]

Not sure if anybody have mentioned "Equilibrium" but its a nice band...worth checking. 

 

[sinistas]

Oh, Ihsahn's solo stuff is great, too.

 

[logwed]

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Daylight Dies, Garden Of Shadows, Gwynbleidd, Swallow The Sun...great, great bands.
 
...And it's plug time.  My band (see sig) does prog/doom-lite/melodic metal, influenced by Opeth, Katatonia, Sentenced, Porcupine Tree, Death, etc.  If this sort of thing isn't kosher, I can certainly edit.

 
The heavier albums of PT are Fear of a Blank Planet, Deadwing, and In Absentia.

 

[Vikingatheart]

I have PT's In Absentia (possibly my favorite rock, not metal, album ever), Deadwing, and Mastodon's Crack The Skye. I love em all 

 

[sinistas]

Deadwing's one of my favorite albums.  Had front-row, dead center seats to see them at Berklee on that tour...quite, quite expensive, but so worth it.

 

[logwed]

Ooooh, I can't believe that I forgot OSI! I heartily  recommend (read: love) Blood and Free, and their first album (self-titled) is decent.

 

[sinistas]

And I just remembered Evergrey..."Recreation Day" and "The Inner Circle" are amazing.  Although it's far more streamlined and hook-laden, I really dig "Monday Morning Apocalypse" as well.

 

[limpidglitch]

Have you checked out the latest from Burzum?
Belus it's called. Not super melodic, more black metal, but awesome none the less.
 
More viking stuff I can think of is Wardruna (acoustic melodic pagan metal), Borknager (more symphonic progressive viking metal) and Blóðtrú (pagan black metal)
 
If you ere to get just one of these it would have to be Wardruna. You just have to hear it to believe it.

 

[Vikingatheart]

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Have you checked out the latest from Burzum?
Belus it's called. Not super melodic, more black metal, but awesome none the less.
 
More viking stuff I can think of is Wardruna (acoustic melodic pagan metal), Borknager (more symphonic progressive viking metal) and Blóðtrú (pagan black metal)
 
If you ere to get just one of these it would have to be Wardruna. You just have to hear it to believe it.

Thanks for the suggestions! 
 

 

[BobSaysHi]

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Have you checked out the latest from Burzum?
Belus it's called. Not super melodic, more black metal, but awesome none the less.
 
More viking stuff I can think of is Wardruna (acoustic melodic pagan metal).

Holy crap. Wardruna is incredible. Keep this thread going. I also enjoyed Barzum, but I've never actually heard an album of his.