The Mars Volta - Frances the Mute (2005)

5/5
Progressive Rock
USA (El Paso, Texas)
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1. "Cygnus....Vismund Cygnus" – 13:02
2. "The Widow" – 5:51
3. "L'Via L'Viaquez" – 12:22
4. "Miranda That Ghost Just Isn't Holy Anymore" – 13:10
5. "Cassandra Gemini I" – 4:45
6. "Cassandra Gemini II" – 6:40
7. "Cassandra Gemini III" – 2:56
8. "Cassandra Gemini IV" – 7:41
9. "Cassandra Gemini V" – 4:59
10. "Cassandra Gemini VI" – 3:48
11. "Cassandra Gemini VII" – 0:48
12. "Cassandra Gemini VIII" – 0:53

There are those that would claim that De-loused is their best, or that this is boring or the ambiance is overdone. Those people are wrong. This is the best thing The Mars Volta have ever and will ever put out, as well as a brilliant slab of neo-prog. Completely amazing from beginning to end. Mindblowing, even.

From Wiki: "Because of disputes with Universal Records, 'Cassandra Gemini' was arbitrarily split into eight tracks on the CD version, taking up tracks 5 through 12, since the band would otherwise only be paid an EP's wages for a 5 track album."

Reverend Bizarre - III: So Long Suckers (2007)

3.5/5
Doom Metal
Finland
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Disc 1 (66:06)

1. "They Used Dark Forces/Teutonic Witch" - 29:05
2. "Sorrow" - 25:20
3. "Funeral Summer" - 11:41

Disc 2 (63:54)

1. "One Last Time" - 15:39
2. "Kundalini Arisen" - 4:25
3. "Caesar Forever" - 15:43
4. "Anywhere Out of This World" - 25:32
5. "Untitled" - 2:35

Rage Against the Machine - Rage Against the Machine (1992)

4/5
Alt. Metal, Rap Metal
USA (Los Angeles, California)
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1. "Bombtrack" – 4:05
2. "Killing in the Name" – 5:14
3. "Take the Power Back" – 5:37
4. "Settle for Nothing" – 4:48
5. "Bullet in the Head" – 5:09
6. "Know Your Enemy" – 4:55
7. "Wake Up" – 6:04
8. "Fistful of Steel" – 5:31
9. "Township Rebellion" – 5:24
10. "Freedom" – 6:06

Godspeed You Black Emperor! - F♯A♯∞ (1998)

4/5
Post Rock
Canada
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1. "The Dead Flag Blues" - 16:27
2. "East Hastings" - 17:58
3. "Providence" - 29:02

This is both the bleakest and most beautiful music you'll ever hear in your life. A snippet of East Hastings was used in the film 28 Days Later.

In Vain - The Latter Rain (2007)

4/5
Progressive Death Metal
Norway
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1. "The Latter Rain" - 1:45
2. "In the Midnight Hour" - 9:41
3. "Det Rakner!" - 8:27
4. "October´s Monody" - 6:33
5. "Their Spirits Ride with the Wind" - 8:47
6. "I Total Triumf" - 6:04
7. "The Titan" - 7:09
8. "As I Wither" - 7:39
9. "Morning Sun" - 2:20
10. "Sorgenfri" - 6:33

Minutemen - Double Nickels on the Dime (1984)

5/5
Punk Rock, Alternative Rock
USA (San Pedro, California)
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1. "D.'s Car Jam"/"Anxious Mo-Fo"
2. "Theatre Is the Life of You"
3. "Viet Nam"
4. "Cohesion"
5. "It's Expected I'm Gone"
6. "#1 Hit Song"
7. "Two Beads at the End"
8. "Do You Want New Wave or Do You Want the Truth?"
9. "Don't Look Now"
10. "Shit from an Old Notebook"
11. "Nature Without Man"
12. "One Reporter's Opinion"
13. "Political Song for Michael Jackson to Sing"
14. "Maybe Partying Will Help"
15. "Toadies"
16. "Retreat"
17. "The Big Foist"
18. "God Bows To Math"
19. "Corona"
20. "The Glory of Man"
21. "Take 5, D."
22. "My Heart and the Real World"
23. "History Lesson - Part II"
24. "You Need the Glory"
25. "The Roar of the Masses Could be Farts"
26. "West Germany"
27. "The Politics of Time"
28. "Themselves"
29. "Please Don't Be Gentle With Me"
30. "Nothing Indeed"
31. "No Exchange"
32. "There Ain't Shit on T.V. Tonight"
33. "This Ain't No Picnic"
34. "Spillage"
35. "Untitled Song for Latin America"
36. "Jesus and Tequila"
37. "June 16th"
38. "Storm in My House"
39. "Martin's Story"
40. "Dr. Wu"
41. "The World According to Nouns"
42. "Love Dance"
43. "Three Car Jam"

King Crimson - In the Court of the Crimson King (1969)

5/5
Progressive Rock
England
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1. "21st Century Schizoid Man" – 7:21
2. "I Talk to the Wind" – 6:05
3. "Epitaph" – 8:47
4. "Moonchild" – 12:13
5. "The Court of the Crimson King" – 9:25

Dissection - Storm of the Light's Bane (1995)

4.5/5
Black/Death Metal
Sweden
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1. "At the Fathomless Depths" – 1:56
2. "Night's Blood" – 6:41
3. "Unhallowed" – 7:28
4. "Where Dead Angels Lie" – 5:53
5. "Retribution: Storm of the Light's Bane" – 4:51
6. "Thorns of Crimson Death" – 8:06
7. "Soulreaper" – 6:56
8. "No Dreams Breed in Breathless Sleep" – 1:26

Kyuss - Wretch (1991)

3/5
Metal
USA (Palm Desert, California)
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1. "(Beginning of What's About to Happen) Hwy 74" - 4:43
2. "Love Has Passed Me By" - 3:12
3. "Son of a Bitch" - 6:03
4. "Black Widow" - 2:44
5. "Katzenjammer" - 2:23
6. "Deadly Kiss" - 5:05
7. "The Law" - 7:53
8. "Isolation" - 2:48
9. "I'm Not" - 4:39
10. "Big Bikes" - 5:01
11. "Stage III" - 4:14

Isis - Wavering Radiant (2009)

4/5
Post Metal
USA (Los Angeles, California)
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1. "Hall of the Dead" – 7:41
2. "Ghost Key" – 8:31
3. "Hand of the Host" – 10:45
4. "Wavering Radiant" – 1:50
5. "Stone to Wake a Serpent" – 8:33
6. "20 Minutes / 40 Years" – 7:07
7. "Threshold of Transformation" – 9:53

The Decemberists - The Hazards of Love (2009)

4/5
Indie Rock, Folk Rock, Progressive Rock
USA (Portland, Oregon)
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1. "Prelude" - 3:04
2. "The Hazards of Love 1 (The Prettiest Whistles Won't Wrestle the Thistles Undone)" - 4:19
3. "A Bower Scene" - 2:09
4. "Won't Want for Love (Margaret in the Taiga)" - 4:07
5. "The Hazards of Love 2 (Wager All)" - 4:26
6. "The Queen's Approach" - 0:29
7. "Isn't It a Lovely Night?" - 3:39
8. "The Wanting Comes in Waves/Repaid" - 6:27
9. "An Interlude" - 1:40
10. "The Rake's Song" - 3:16
11. "The Abduction of Margaret" - 2:07
12. "The Queen's Rebuke/The Crossing" - 3:56
13. "Annan Water" - 5:12
14. "Margaret in Captivity" - 3:08
15. "The Hazards of Love 3 (Revenge!)" - 3:22
16. "The Wanting Comes in Waves (Reprise)" - 1:31
17. "The Hazards of Love 4 (The Drowned)" - 5:57

Fireworks - All I Have to Offer is My Own Confusion (2009)

3/5
Pop Punk
USA (Detroit, Michigan)
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1. "Geography, Vonnegut and Me"
2. "Come Around"
3. "Closet Weather"
4. "2923 Monroe St."
5. "Holiday"
6. "I Support Same Sex Marriage"
7. "Show Me Your Vanishing Act One More Time"
8. "Youv'e Lost Your Charm"
9. "Again and Again"
10. "Detroit"
11. "When We Stand on Each Other We Block Out The Sun"

Nokturnal Mortum - Live in Katowice (2009)

3.5/5
Symphonic Black Metal
Ukraine
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1. "Black Raven" - 6:21
2. "Weltanschauung" - 7:45
3. "Kolyada" - 5:54
4. "Valkyria" - 10:39
5. "Perun's Celestial Silver" - 6:12
6. "Hailed Be The Heroes" - 7:55
7. "In The Fire Of The Wooden Churches" - 2:08