quakehater

Well I listen to all different types of music, even some metal. But I'm not a big fan of screaming / harsh vocals. But yeah, I totally respect people's opinions. Just not for me.

Unrelenting

Then you should check out Mastodon's release. There's next to none harsh vocals.

But avoid Between The Buried and Me, and Lamb of God.

The Unfan

Or you could ignore Lamb Of God based on the fact that they're a fairly boring band.

Transcending Bizarre?'s album The Serpent's Manifolds is up there for album of the decade. The Four Scissors is also really good but not half as dark sounding. I also highly rate Clint Mansell's score for Requiem For A Dream.

Comus

My top four at the moment would be:

Enslaved: Madraum: Beyond the Within (2000)
maudlin of the Well: Part the Second (2009)
The Mars Volta: Bedlam in Goliath (2008)
Godspeed You! Black Emperor: Lift Your Skinny Fists like Antennas to Heaven (2000)

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polyphonic

bEST aLBUM;
Nocturnal,The Black Dahlia Murder

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Trey

Ya'll must be listening to something else I don't know what you are talking about. If you have not heard them you should definitely give them a listen. I like them mainly because they are heavy but you can still understand the vocals just fine. They are true to their music and they're not media absorbed like most of these bands listed above, save a few videos here and there. When they began the screaming was extremely percussive and repetitive but since then they have grown and Randy has learned to pitch his screams alot better. Mark and Willie are constantly pushing themselves with their guitar and out of all the decades of guitarrists they are the ONLY ones with that style. In fact for a short amount of time Lamb of God was in its very own genre. Chirs Adler is one of the fastest most precise drummers up to date. Plus if you go to a show they are great live and if ya' disagree I mean you just... i don't know must be ****ed up or somethin' lol. And they'll just come right down and shake your hand and hang out just cause they're such good people. Maybe some would consider them boring. But no matter how good you are you're always gonna' have someone who dislikes you.

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Of the 2000s?

My top two would be Radiohead - Kid A and Sigur Ros - ()

Though I have been give Controlling Crowds and Merriweather Post Pavilion a LOT of listening time lately, they need to sink in before I can properly place them.

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Double X

Not to hijack the thread but...

I always see you posting about Sigur Ros...what is a good starter album?

dac

Takk would be the most accessable, and () is obviously my favorite. Agaetis Byrjun is good too. Avoid their latest album. I'd say go with Takk.

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Norg

well since this is in the Heavy metal fourm i guess u mean best Heavy album of the decade

there is really to many two choose from

Satyricon- Volcano re invented themselfs with a hole new style of music Black n Roll

Posion the well- We come before U i thought planted the seed for the Hardcore style of music thats been groing around lately

Pig destoyer/AGORAPHOBIC NOSEBLEED - they tottaly ripped suckas Up

OPeth-Blackwater park was a sonic soundscape

Also gorgoroth/Dimmu borgir/Behemoth deff did some good things