I think there's nowhere better to write this. (considered creating a thread, but no) I'm trying to widen my music archive. I'd be really helpful if you guys adviced me to check out some albums. I'm not looking for a band's whole discography, so if a band did one good album and garbage afterwards, it doesn't matter. From any genre. Pop, disco, jazz, fusion, alt rock, prog rock, electronic, synthpop, indie rock, hard rock, folk, classical doesn't matter as long as it's good.
I've been working on a list of albums to get since yesterday and it features albums from Tangerine Dream to Michael Jackson to Weather Report to The Doors. I might go on a spamming mode sometimes and quote this post to attract your attention, sorry about it.
That was part of my thinking with reviving Onhell's new music thread...basically a way for me to learn about some different bands and check 'em out.
Here are my suggestions:
Agalloch: Of Stone, Wind and Pillor
Amanda Palmer: Who Killed Amanda Palmer
Antonin Dvorak: Symphony Nr. 9 (The New World)
Antonio Vivaldi: The Four Seasons
Apocalyptica: Cult
Black Sabbath: Tyr
Blaze: everything, but my personal favorites are The Man Who Would Not Die and 10th Dimension
Blue Oyster Cult: Fire of Unknown Origin
Bruce Dickinson: uh, everything...The Chemical Wedding, etc
Circle II Circle: Watching in Silence
Coldplay: Viva La Vida (yeah, sue me)
Deep Purple: Purpendicular
Dio: Killing the Dragon
Disney: The Lion King (insert your favorite Disney soundtrack here)
Dream Theater: Images and Words (but if you like prog, I recommend their entire discography)
Edguy: Mandrake
Firewind: Burning Earth
Georg Friedrich Händel: Water Music, Coronation Anthems
Gojira: From Mars to Sirius
Guns n' Roses: Appetite for Destruction
Gustav Holst: The Planets
Halford: Live Insurrection (!)
Hammerfall: Glory of the Brave
Hans Zimmer: Gladiator (he has some great soundtracks, amongst them The Lion King and Pirates of the Carribean)
Howard Shore: The Lord of the Rings (or The Hobbit actually, that one is great too)
J.S. Bach: Double Concerto, Brandenburg Concerto's, Sonata's and Partita's for solo violin, Weihnachtsoratorio, Mattheuspassion, The Well-tempered Klavier, anything by this genius basically...
Jethro Tull: Aqualung
Judas Priest: Ram it Down, etc
Koyaanisqatsy: From the Yearning to Burst the Perpetual Circle
Kreator: Endorama, Phantom Antichrist
Lacuna Coil: Comalies
Lady Gaga: The Fame Monster (yeah, sue me)
Lordi: The Arockalypse
Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony Nr. 6, 7, 9...5,3, etc
Manowar: Kings of Metal (hehe)
Mastodon: Crack the Skye
Maurice Ravel: Pavane pour une enfante defunte (technically just one piece but whatever)
Megadeth: Cryptic Writings
Metallica: Ride the Lightning
Mike Oldfield: Ommadawn
Moonspell: Wolfheart
Mussorgsky: Bilder einer Ausstellung (Pictures at a Gallery?)
Paradise Lost: Symbol of Life, Paradise Lost
Pink Floyd: Pulse (the live album, its the best)
Pink Martini: Sympathique
Powerwolf: Blood of the Saints
Primal Fear: New Religion
Primordial: To the Nameless Dead
Queensryche: Operation: LIVEcrime
Regina Spektor: Begin to Hope
Rush: Moving Pictures, Test for Echo
Sabaton: Carolus Rex (the Swedish version is better than the English one imo)
Savatage: The Wake of Magellan
Saxon: Lionheart
Schubert: Symphony Nr. 8
Steel Panther: Feel the Steel
Stratovarius: The Chosen Ones
Tool: Aenima
Trans-Siberian Orchestra: Christmas and Other Stories
Tribe of Gypsies: Revolucion 13 (but their entire discog is awesome)
Turisas: The Varangian Way
Tyr: By the Light of the Northern Star (I recommend their entire discog too)
W.A.S.P.: The Crimson Idol
Within Temptation: Silent Force
Yann Tiersen: Amelie (the soundtrack)
I'm not all too familar with comics so I wouldn't have known other wise.
Or well I like a few comic series (mostly the classics) and graphic novels but that's it really. I like drawn artwork though.
Next weekend I have to work both Saturday AND Sunday due to my works Anniversary Sale so that will be oooh sooo much fun!
