Cheers chaps and the recommendations look very varied ranging from the commercial better known stuff to lesser known stuff, grassroots and progressive elements of the genre. I decided to listen to all the bands and albums that you have put up over the next week.
@Supermarlin- Started with Trivium and "Ascendancy" despite knowing them pretty well already. Ascendancy is a decent album and the screaming on it is done well, the only down part is the clean vocals which are very generic. I`ve always liked "The Crusade" album a lot anyway......its the best album that Metallica never did
@Almauro- I knew you`d come up with some real quality stuff and F**k the album "John Doe" by Converge what a classic! Its been a while since I`ve heard such brutal intensity from start to finish and every track was a killer even the slower parts, its no surprise to see its listed as one of the best metal abums of the 00`s. When I first put it on, I thought is was just going to be some low budget hardcore listen but when the metal feel kicked in that was it and I was hooked.
Looking forward to Hatebreed know the name but never got around to listening to them, but if they sound anything like Sepultura.......!!!
@Metal Connoisseur- I`ve always thought Jesse Leach to be a great vocalist anyway and have always liked the Killswitch Engage debut album and after playing it again today still really like it, will listen to "Alive or Just Breathing" tomorrow.