Hell yeah! Leviathan and Blood Mountain are also fantastic albums. And you're right, a lot of fantastic metal albums released during the 2000s; M-16, Dopethrone, Paradise Lost, Fear of A Blank Planet and Lateralus just to name a few of my favorites released during that decade.
Yeah, Symphony X's Paradise Lost is great! I'm surprised you like 10,000 days more than Lateralus since most people tend to see it the other way. Not to say that 10,000 days doesn't have good stuff on it, Right In Two, the Pot, and Wings for Marie parts 1 and 2 are fantastic. I haven't really gotten into symphonic metal all too much. I heard some songs from that one Nightwish album where the art is this girl kneeling on the ground, but I can't remember the name of it right now haha. I haven't listened to meshuggah either! I've seen their name thrown around a lot but I haven't gotten around to checking them out. I've heard that a lot of people don't like the vocals though lol.
Did you like Fear Inoculum? I was never a huge fan of the album, especially when it first released. I've come around to it now in some respects but I still don't like it as much as Lateralus or 10,000 days. I don't think it's a bad album but I don't think it reached the same heights as the previous stuff.Yes I've heard that most fans like Lateralus. I'm not sure what it is, it is definitely a close 2nd but I can't help but like 10,000 Days more.
Anyway I was so excited that they finally released Fear Inoculum. I seriously lost all hope that they'd ever release another album after my favorite one. I hope they don't take so long to release their next one.
The Nightwish album you're referring to is Century Child. It's an excellent album, even 20+ years later it's one of their best! Their next album, Once, is even better in my opinion. And then they released another killer album, Imaginareum, with another singer a bit later. One of my favs, honestly I don't think they've topped that since.
Paradise Lost is one of my favourite bands for over 20 years. Nice to see the young people liking the old names as well:)
Yeah, Maynard definitely took his time on that album. Hopefully we don't have to wait 13 years until the next one lol. I remember him talking about having difficulties with some of the other band members when it came to the production of the album; that probably contributed to the wait. I don't think I've heard anything yet about another album. Then again I haven't really been keeping up with it haha. I'm curious though, do you like Dream Theater? They also sort of fit into the same mold as Tool being a progressive metal band. They've always been a big favorite of mine, personally.
I used to like them. I haven't listened to anything after BC&SL though. I think they just fell off after I discovered other bands.
Yeah, I can understand that I guess; it's when Portnoy left the band. He actually just returned to the band not too long ago, pretty excited to see what they come up with next now. The Portnoy era was definitely DT's best. I liked Mangini too but Portnoy was such an essential part of the band creatively, I'm hopeful that they can start making some really good stuff now. Though, I did like ADTOE quite a bit and Mangini seems like a cool guy.
Hell yeah! One the Backs of Angels is definitely one of the best songs that DT has done, alongside Breaking All Illusions. Those were the two standout songs from that album imo.
Opeth is also one of my favorites. Blackwater Park and Ghost Reveries are fantastic albums and Mikael is a fantastic singer and guitarist. They definitely shifted a lot musically though, but I can understand why. I like their later prog rock stuff, but I can understand it's not everyone's thing. It's probably a pain in the ass to growl like Mikael does on a consistent basis, can't be easy on his vocal chords so I don't blame him for cutting down on it, y'know? Still, their early stuff is fantastic.
