Kamelot
Haven
Napalm
I have to say, as power metal bands go, these guys might be at one of the top spots.  They got the epic metal thing going on, it’s proggy, their new singer is still killing it, songs are catchy, heavy enough, but yet still power metal/proggy enough for the discerning metal nerd (like me) to enjoy.

Nekrogoblikon
“Full Body Xplosion” (single)
Mystery Box
Heyyyy I remember these guys, well, I remember the name, and that I liked it, but nothing else.  haha… so listening… it reminds me a bit of Skeletonwitch, heavy, thrash, catchy stuff.

Nashville Pussy
Ten Years of Pussy
SPV
Basically a “best of” compilation with a bonus live cd. Don’t know where to start with Nashville Pussy?  Start here.  Already a fan?  well, here’s a good car stereo jam with a bonus disc.

Korpiklaani
Noita
Nuclear Blast USA
Fun bouncy folk metal with a little bit of attitude.

Unleashed
Dawn Of The Nine
Nuclear Blast USA
Long time Swedes are back with some viking death metal goodness.  Great melodic death, heavy, evil-ish sounding and fist-pumping fun.

Spectrus
No Name
Mafer Records
Traditional metal with a bit of an edge, production is a bit raw… some catchy groove metal going on too.

Soto
Inside The Vertigo
earMUSIC
Jeff Scott Soto’s new solo project/band… pretty solid classic metal going on here.  Catchy groovin’ metal going on too.  Kind of some solid rock anthem type stuff.

Acrassicauda
Giglgamesh
Intependent
Melodic a bit thrashy and maybe even a lil bit proggy too.  A bit more mature than their EP from 5 years ago.

The Bloodline
We Are One
Century Media Records
This is basically the band Dirge Within with a new name.  Heavy groove metal… singer is from Divine Heresy.  A bit on the Solid Rock side of things, but I think they lean a bit heavier with some melodic stuff too.

Satan’s Wrath
Die Evil
Metal Blade Records
Blackened thrash… a bit raw, some melodic stuff, yet fuckin evil.

FUNERARY BELL
Graveyard Séance (EP)
Saturnal Records
Only two tracks, but some old school doomy black metal stuff.  Decent production, some groove, evilness and stuff.

The Lidocaine
Chicken Cage of HORROR
Inverse
Traditional melodic metal with a little bit of a folk feel (vocally) and just pinch of thrashy stuff going on.

TOVARISH
This Terrible Burden
Argonauta Records
Drone Doom Noise.  The title says it all on how it felt for me to have to listen to it.  sorry guys.

Cave of Swimmers
Reflection
Self-Release
Stoner metal with some pretty long songs, vocals are almost a little bit like some System of a Down Serj type stuff.  Or maybe a 70’s version of it?

Feanor Omega
Anima
CURSED RECORDS
Black metal, a bit atmospheric but old school melodic type stuff.

Perdition
Perdition (Deluxe Edition)
Imminence Records
Melodic death metal leaning more on the brutal side of things… this is one of the better “other” picks lately.  Some proggy death stuff going on too.

Hammer King
Kingdom of the Hammer King
Cruz Del Sur Music
Power metal, sounds a little bit like Accept, but maybe with more stadium rock hits?

Castrator
No Victim CD
Horror Pain Gore Death
Fast, brutal in your face death metal.  BOOM.

My Grimace
Grim Serenades
inverse Records.
A bit of a classic death metal thing, but also a little bit of black metal all with a lil bit of melodic stuff.

Seremonia
Kristalliarkki
Svart Records
Psychedelic hard rock with a 70’s stoner metal feel.

Domovoyd
Domovoyd CD / 2LP
Svart Records
Drony doomy meh.

FEIGN
INTO THE VOID
INTO THE NIGHT RECORDS
Old school wall of grindy sound black metal with some decent evil melodies

Mercy Brown
Mercy Brown
Self-Released
Blackened Death metal with a big fat brutal groove going on… but then some fe-metal vocals!?  whoa,  wasn’t expecting that… but I guess it’s not tooo bad.  It’s differnet and adds a certain dynamic to it.

MAXXXWELL CARLISLE
Visions of Speed and Thunder compilation
Self REleased (Online metal promo)
Classic metal with great guitar work… a compilation of some “hits”

TEUFELSKREIS
Spuren Der Vergangenheit (Re-Issue)
NRT-Records
Gothy hard rock

Dys Inbunden
One with morbidity, the opus misanthropy
Liflätinn Productions
Good modern black metal, heavy, catchy, evil… all that cool good stuff you want from black metal, right?