Your biggest musical discoveries this year?

[TAC]

I came here to add:  Speaking To Stones - "Elements"


AMAZING band. 

Yup, mindblowing stuff, became a contender for album of the year within a week.

Is this gonna cost me money?

[kirksnosehair]

Check 'em out on Youtube, TAC


Go for tracks from their latest album "Elements"


I'd put it on par with the best classic Dream Theater stuff, easily.


And to be honest, I think this vocalist is better than LaBrie - Yeah, I went there.

[kári]

BEACH HOUSE

[Cedar redaC]

^Dude, yes. Bloom is awesome!

[Lowdz]

Galneryus and Versailles. Had something of a Jap year.

Agree about the Healing Stones- very good- but up there with DT? Not for me.

[smpteee]

Check out this spanish prog rock band called dry river. It's something like Queen + DT in spanish. Amazing. Audible chocolate.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i3_RS_I5tX8

[Implode]

I know I'm late to the party, but it's definitely been Transatlantic for me.

[HGinCT14]

Although I didn't first discover King Crimson this year,  The Crimson Projeckt's performance opening for Dream Theater over the summer gave me a renewed interest and respect for the band.  So much so that I bought Discipline and Three of a Perfect Pair with some of my Christmas cash.  They Won't be here until mid January though.

[MoraWintersoul]

Although I didn't first discover King Crimson this year,  The Crimson Projeckt's performance opening for Dream Theater over the summer gave me a renewed interest and respect for the band.  So much so that I bought Discipline and Three of a Perfect Pair with some of my Christmas cash.  They Won't be here until mid January though.

Welcome to the forums!

[BlackInk]

I discovered djent this year. I had listened to Meshuggah for a few years but never anything else and I didn't really know what it was. In spite of it's bad reputation I have really started to like all the polyrythms and long patterns and heavy sound. That's my biggest discovery this year.

Yes, djent is a genre. Even if it wasn't one before it has become one now, deal with it.

[5]

So far, Tesseract, Magenta and Animals as Leaders.

[TheLordOfTheStrings]

Animals As Leaders, Bulb, Pete Peterson, Deftones, The Dear Hunter, and CeU

[TAC]

Check 'em out on Youtube, TAC
Go for tracks from their latest album "Elements"
I'd put it on par with the best classic Dream Theater stuff, easily.
And to be honest, I think this vocalist is better than LaBrie - Yeah, I went there.

Bought the mp3 album at Amazon!

Wow holy shit this is incredible! Mark Zonder never sounded so good. Great performances. The singer doesn't do to me what Labrie does. He reminds me a little of Joe Lynn Turner but with much more power.

[kirksnosehair]

If you like this vocalist, and you enjoy music in a more power metal vein, check out the first two albums from the band Section A


"Parallel Lives" (2009)


"The Seventh Sign"  (2003)


Those two album feature the same vocalist and a killer guitar player.


Be forewarned though, the cheese factor is pretty high, especially with "Parallel Lives"