Isole - Forevermore (2005)

Country: Sweden
Genre: Traditional Doom Metal
RYM rating: 3.65


1. The Watcher
2. Deciever
3. Age Of Darkness
4. Forevermore
5. Premonitions
6. Beyond The Black
7. Moonstone

Isole's debut album. Mournful slow and heavy doom metal.

In Gowan Ring - Time Is A Spiral (2007)

Country: USA
Genre: Neofolk
RYM rating: 4.05

1. Boat Of The Moon
2. On The Stranglin' Way
3. Morning's Waking Dream
4. The Seer And The Seen
5. Cupped Hands Spell
6. Dandelion Wine


An outstanding Ep filled with beautiful neofolk. Psychadelic and contemporary.

Steve Von Till - As The Crow Flies (2000)

Country: USA
Genre: Singer/Songwriter / Contemporary Folk
RYM rating: 3.65


1. Stained Glass
2. We All Fall
3. Remember
4. Warning Of A Storm
5. Twice Born
6. Midheaven
7. Shadows In Stone


Steve Von Till from Neurosis is born of Oakland, US. Except for this project he also have a ambient project called Harvestman.

Eddie Vedder - Into The Wild (2007)

Country: USA
Genre: Folk Rock
RYM rating: 3.77


1. Setting Forth
2. No Ceiling
3. Far Behind
4. Rise
5. Long Nights
6. Tuolumne
7. Hard Sun
8. Society
9. The Wolf
10. End Of The Road
11. Guarenteed



Eddie Vedder's fantastic soundtrack to the beautiful movie "Into The Wild". The movie is based on a true story of a man that breaks away from he's family and society to live in the wild.

The song "Society" always touch me. Lovely lyrics.

November - 2:a November (1971)

Country: Sweden
Genre: Hard Rock
RYM rating: 3.90

1. Sista Resan
2. Men Mitt Hjärta Ska Vara Gjort Av Sten
3. Asthamahgurchk - Den Fjottengangare
4. Mina Fotspår Fylls Av Vatten
5. En Lång Dag Är Över
6. Môuchkta (drömmen om Malin)
7. På Väg
8. Ganska Lång Från Sergel
9. Och så en morgon... "Ibland räcker inte bara ord"
10. En Ny Tid Är Här


Second album by the swedish cult band November. Early hard rock that will never be forgotten. Brilliance. This are the ancestors of bands like Graveyard, Witchcraft, Burning Saviours, Abramis Brama and Noctum.

Opeth - Heritage (2011)

Country: Sweden
Genre: Progressive Rock
RYM rating: 3.40


1. Heritage
2. The Devil's Orchard
3. I Feel The Dark
4. Slither
5. Nepenthe
6. Häxprocess
7. Famine
8. The Lines In My Hand
9. Folklore
10. Marrow Of The Earth

Opeth's latest adn tenth studio album. Here they have done a different approach from "Watershed" and have pretty much blown away the metal influences. And in comes the progressive rock feeling. Strange, psychadelic and somewhat touching. I would think it's their change towards a softer album that gets down the general review of this album. For me this a big musical step up compared to Watershed.

Chateaux - Chained And Desperate (1983)

Country: UK
Genre: NWOBHM
RYM rating: 3.43

1. Chained And Desperate
2. Spirit Of The Chateaux
3. Burn Out The Dawn
4. The Dawn Surrounded
5. Straight To The Heart
6. Baton Rouge
7. Son Of Seattle
8. Shine On Forever


Debut full length by Chateaux. I feel that this a very underrated NWOBHM album with some great songs.

Burning Saviours - Hundus (2006)

Country: Sweden
Genre: Doom Metal/Hard Rock
RYM rating: 3.85


1. Out Of Sight
2. Dark Lady
3. The Servant
4. Lilly Marion
5. Ballad Of Time
6. Heathen Rites
7. Let's Dance
8. The Man I Used To Be
9. Hundus


Second full length and the best Burning Saviours album so far in my opinion.

Witchcraft - Firewood (2005)

Country: Sweden
Genre: Doom Metal/Hard Rock
RYM rating: 3.78


1. Chylde Of Fire
2. If Wishes Were Horses
3. Mr. Haze
4. Wooden Cross (I Can't Wake The Dead)
5. Queen Of Bees
6. Merlin's Daughter
7. I Seea Man
8. Sorrow Evoker
9. You Suffer
10. Ballad Of The Invisible
11. Attention!


Second full length album by Witchcraft. A bit more experimental then the first one but they stil delivers the same old witchcraft according to the ancestors of Norrsken and ofcourse the legacy of November.

Burning Saviours - Burning Saviours (2005)

Country: Sweden
Genre: Doom Metal/Hard Rock
RYM rating: 3.80


1. Silent Prayer
2. Pytho
3. Thoughless Fools
4. Shadow
5. Seeing Is Believing
6. Spread Your Wings
7. Trees And Stone
8. What's The Point

Burning Saviours excellent debut. For fan of Witchcraft & Graveyard as well as groovers of the 70's.

Savage Grace - Master Of Disguise (1985)

Country: USA
Genre: US Power/Speed Metal
RYM rating: 3.73

1. Lions Roar
2. Bound To Be Free
3. Fear My Way
4. Sins Of The Damned
5. Into The Fire
6. Master Of Disguise
7. Betrayer
8. Sons Of Iniquity
9. No One Left To Blame


Debut album by Los Angeles based band Savage Grace.
Excellent Us power metal.

Liege Lord - Master Of Control (1988)

Country: USA
Genre: US Power/Speed Metal
RYM rating: 3.73

1. Fear Itself
2. Eye Of The Storm
3. Master Control
4. Kill The King
5. Soldier's Fortune
6. Feel The Blade
7. Broken Wasteland
8. Rapture
9. Suspicion
10. Fallout

Third, last and the best album by Liege Lord.

Control Denied - The Fragile Art Of Existence (1999)

Country: USA
Genre: Progressive Metal
RYM rating: 3.75

1. Consumed
2. Breaking The Unbroken
3. Expect The Unexpected
4. What If...
5. When The Link Becomes Missing
6. Believe
7. Cut Down
8. The Fragile Art Of Existence

Chuck Shuldiner's other legacy to the world. Excellent progressive metal that shows yet another side of Chuck. R.I.P.

In The Woods... - Heart Of Ages (1995)

Country: Norway
Genre: Black/Experimental/Avant-garde/ Progressive
RYM rating: 3.84

1. Yearning The Seeds Of A New Dimension
2. Heart Of Ages
3. ...In The Woods
4. Mourning The Death Of Aase
5. Wotan's Return
6. Pigeon
7. The Divinity Of Wisdom


In The Woods... was formed in 1992 in Kristiansand, Norway. Highly experimental and original.

Morgion - Solinari (1999)

Country: USA
Genre: Death/Doom Metal
RYM rating: 3.71

1. The Serpentine Scrolls/Descent To Arawn
2. Canticle
3. Solinari
4. Nightfall Infernal
5. All The Glory...
6. ...All The Loss...
7. Blight
8. ...The Last Sunrise

Second full length album from the Orange County hailing death/doom band. Delivering som atmospheric doomy heaviness and despair.

Crimson Glory - Transcendence (1988)

Country: USA
Genre: US Power/Progressive Metal
RYM rating: 3.96

1. Lady Of Winter
2. Red Sharks
3. Painted Skies
4. Masque Of The Red Death
5. In Dark Places
6. Where Dragons Rule
7. Lonely
8. Burning Bridges
9. Eternal World
10. Transcendence

Follow up to the self titled sucess. This time with a more progresive touch..and another masterpiece has been crafted.

Crimson Glory - Crimson Glory (1986)

Country: USA
Genre: US Power/Progressive Metal
RYM rating: 3.97

1. Valhalla
2. Dragon Lady
3. Heart Of Steel
4. Azrael
5. Mayday
6. Queen Of The Masuerade
7. Angels Of War
8. Lost Reflection
9. Dream Dancer (Bonus)


Crimson Glory's brilliant debut. R.I.P. Midnight.

Grand Funk Railroad - Closer To Home (1970)

Country: USA
Genre: Hard/Blues Rock
RYM rating: 3.74

1. Sin's A Good Man's Brother
2. Aimless Lady
3. Nothing Is The Same
4. Mean Mistreater
5. Get It Together
6. I Don't Have To Sing The Blues
7. Hooked On Love
8. I'm Your Captain

Third full length by this funk influenced hard rock/blues band from Flint, Michigan.

Kebnekaise - Kebnekaise II (1973)

Country: Sweden
Genre: Progressive Rock
RYM rating: 3.78


1. Rättvikarnas Gånglåt
2. Horgalåten
3. Skänklåt Från Rättvik
4. Barkbrödlåten
5. Comanche Spring

This album contains nine musicians and alot of folk influences. According to many fans this is their best album of their career.

Kebnekaise - Resa Mot Okänt Mål (1971)

Country: Sweden
Genre: Progressive Rock
RYM rating: 3.70

1. Tänk På Livet
2. Frestelser I Stan
3. Orientens Express
4. Resa Mot Okänt Mål
5. Jag Älskar Sommaren
6. Förberedelser Till Fest
7. Kommunisera


Debut album by Kebnekaise. Their name is taken from Sweden's highest mountain top.