The Norwegian band Green Carnation has put out some pretty impressive material like Journey to the End of the Night (2000) and Light of Day, Day of Darkness (2001), the latter of which was an hour long ode.
Devin Townsend's debut solo album Ocean Machine - Biomech (1997) is also one of the best things he's ever produced which is a pretty impressive feat given the man's discography.
Nevermore's 1999 album Dreaming Neon Black is probably their most underrated and continuous their ability to combine elements of power and thrash to a more progressive rock edge.
Then of course you've got bands like Sigh who are just all over the map with their genres but their 2001 album Imaginary Sonicscape felt like something that would have existed in the 1970's in Bizzaro World. Their heavy use of old Moog snyths (I think they actually credited Moog as a member of the band in the liner notes) really help make it feel like an old Canterbury scene album from the '70's, which really helps move the genre away from its usual pigeonholing of just being heavy metal songs that don't feature growled vocals, but go on for longer than most heavy metal songs.
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