Well, the mods erased my old thread.
ĦQue lastima! It's ok. First of all, it was out of date. I've aquired around 200 more albums since that list and my tastes have definitely changed. Also, at this point in time I've been here for almost 3 years and hopefully people will care more about my opinion compared to 2.5 years ago, so hopefully it the thread gets more traffic.
If any of you remember my last list, I really didn't care to do write-ups for well known bands like DT, Opeth, Iron Maiden, Rush, etc., and I still don't. If you haven't discovered those kinds of bands, you either are just discovering DTF or you are predisposed to not check them out and nothing I say will change your mind. Furthermore, I don't really have anything to add to why I like those albums - they're classics for a reason. This means my top 50 would be rather boring - Opeth, Devin Townsend, Rush, Iron Maiden, Dream Theater, and Spock's Beard all probably have multiple albums in my top 50. I didn't even bother compiling that list. So, this is a list of bands and albums (because I couldn't narrow it to 50 albums) that aren't really discussed as much as I think they should be. Because I'm using bands a mix of bands and albums, as I approach the top there will be fewer one-off albums and more bands. I'll include some genres the band/artist is considered, as well as a "for fans of" so people can try to guage their interest in a band. Of course I'd prefer that you read the whole band, but if you aren't interested in a certain type of music I'll try to save you time.
In addition to not seeing bands that already have enough notariety, I'm going to list a few bands I have gotten into recently that I'm not including just because I'm still getting familiar with them and don't really have the knowledge to give them a proper write-up. In alphabetical order:
Baroness
Cloudkicker
Communic
maudlin of the Well
The Ocean
Swallow the Sun
Time Machine
A few of these albums would make my overall top 50 albums, and just because the others wouldn't doesn't mean they're bad albums; as most of you know my music collection is approaching 900 albums, of which I'd say about 830 are ones I could listen to almost any day and enjoy. So, hopefully you enjoy the list and don't recognize too much, although when I do come mention something you like, feel free to support my choice as it may encourage others to check them out - which is the goal of my list - not to just to get people to complement my taste.