5 years!

5 years ago I started this journey, with a dream in my mind. That dream hasn't faded, although it seems that each step takes forever to happen. Either way, today is an important landmark to celebrate. Not many blogs last 5 years, with 1692 posts published. And this one is still going strong, so who knows what number we will reach. I would like to thank to my slight OCD, for giving my the strenght to keep up with this madness :)

Back in 2005 - Allen/Lande (SOtD MDLXXVI)

Back in 2005, Russel Allen and Jorn Lande teamed up to form Allen/Lande.
Their debut album, The Battle, was released the same year.

Allen/Lande - Another Battle

Back in 2005 - The Vision Bleak (SOtD MDLXXV)

Back in 2005, The Vision Bleak released Carpathia - A Dramatic Poem.
It was the second album from the German Gothic Metal band.

The Vision Bleak - Carpathia

Back in 2005 - Circus Maximus (SOtD MDLXXIV)

Back in 2005, Circus Maximus released The 1st Chapter.
It was the debut album from the Norwegiam Progressive Metal band.

Circus Maximus - The Prophecy

Back in 2005 - Hypocrisy (SOtD MDLXXIII)

Back in 2005, Hypocrisy released Virus.
It was the tenth full-length album from the Swedish Melodic Death Metal band.

Hypocrisy - Scrutinized

Back in 2005 - Pelican (SOtD MDLXXII)

Back in 2005, Pelican released The Fire In Our Throats Will Beckon The Thaw.
It was the second full-length album from the Instrumental Post-Metal band, yielding from the USA.

Pelican - Aurora Borealis

Back in 2005 - Sentenced (SOtD MDLXXI)

Back in 2005, Sentenced decided to disband. But instead of doing it with phony press releases and bitter interviews, they did it with one last album of their amazing music.
The Funeral Album, their eighth, is the swan song of the Finnish Suomi / Depressive Heavy Metal band.

Sentenced - Ever-Frost

Back in 2005 - Redemption (SOtD MDLXX)

Back in 2005, Redemption released The Fullness Of Time.
It was the second album of the Progressive Metal band, yielding from the USA.

Redemption - Transcendence

Back in 2005 - Rapture (SOtD MDLXIX)

Back in 2005, Rapture released their third album, Silent Stage.
It was also the last album to date from the Finnish Melodic Doom Death Metal band.

Rapture - Cold On My Side

Back in 2005 - Masterplan (SOtD MDLXVIII)

Back in 2005, Masterplan released Aeronautics.
It was the second full-length album from the German Progressive Power Metal band.

Masterplan - Crimson Rider

Back in 2005 - Dark Tranquillity (SOtD MDLXVII)

Back in 2005, Dark Tranquillity released Character.
It was the seventh ful-length album from the Gothenburg Metal kings.

Dark Tranquillity - Lost to Apathy

Back in 2005 - Noumena (SOtD MDLXVI)

Back in 2005, Noumena released Absence, their second album.
These Finns are one of the most underrated bands in the Melodic Death Metal scene.

Noumena - Slain Memories

Back in 2005 - Arkona (SOtD MDLXV)

Back in 2005, Arkona released the album Vo Slavu Velikim!
It was the third album from the Russian Pagan Folk Metal band.

Arkona - Vedy Proshlovo

Back in 2005 - Equilibrium (SOtD MDLXIV)

Back in 2005, Equilibrium released the album Turis Fratyr.
It was the debut album from the German Viking Folk Metal band.

Equilibrium - Nordheim

Back in 2005 - Bloodbound (SOtD MDLXIII)

Back in 2005 Bloodbound released the album Nosferatu.
It was the debut album from the Swedish Heavy Metal band.

Bloodbound - Nosferatu

Back in 2005 - Moonsorrow (SOtD MDLXII)

Back in 2005, Moonsorrow released the album Verisäkeet.
It was the fourth album from the Finnish Viking Folk Metal band.

Moonsorrow - Karhunkynsi

Back in 2005 - Pagan's Mind (SOtD MDLXI)

Back in 2005, the Norwegian Progressive Power Metal band, Pagan's Mind released Enigmatic : Calling, their third album.

Pagan's Mind - Enigmatic: Calling

Back in 2005 - Gojira (SOtD MDLX)

Another band than released their best album, so far, in 2005, was Gojira.
From Mars To Sirius was the third album from the French Progressive Death Metal band.

Gojira - Flying whales

Back in 2005 - Mors Principium Est (SOtD MDLIX)

Back in 2005, Mors Principium Est released their second album, The Unborn.
This album is, so far, their best. An interesting blend of Extreme Power, MeloDeath and Gothenburg Metal.

Mors Principium Est - The Unborn

Back in 2005 - Timeless Miracle (SOtD MDLVIII)

Timeless Miracle is a Power Metal band from Sweden.
Back in 2005 they released the only album of their carreer so far, Into The Enchanted Chamber.

Timeless Miracle - Curse of the Werewolf

Back in 2005 - Kamelot (SOtD MDLVII)

Back in 2005 Kamelot released their seventh album, The Black Halo.
It was the release where they were closest to perfection. An album so tight, but also full of diversity, that it marginally topped Epica, an album that seemed already so unsarpassable.

Kamelot - March Of Mephisto

Back in 2005 - Draconian (SOtD MDLVI)

Back in 2005 Draconian released their second full-length album, Arcane Rain Fell.
It was, until now, the best album from the Gothic Doom Metal Swedes.

Draconian - A Scenery of Loss

Back in 2005 - Opeth (SOtD MDLV)

Back in 2005, when they released Ghost Reveries, their eighth full-length album, Opeth was on top of their game.
Fortunatelly, we can keep listening to these great albuns, and forget about all they have released in this decade.

Opeth - Ghost of Perdition

Powerwolf (new song) (SOtD MDLIV)

Tomorrow I will go into vacations mode, travelling through past Metal releases, like I do every summer. But before that I must show you one of the new songs from an album that will be out in a few days.
I'm talking about the sixth full-length release from Powerwolf, Blessed & Possessed.
This German Power Metal band has conquered me, and many others, with their unpretensious and fun, but also completely epic sound. And this summer I will finally have the chance to see them live!
One more reason for listening to this new song on repeat, while I wait for the album to come out.

Powerwolf - Army Of The Night

Between The Buried And Me - Coma Ecliptic (SOtD MDLIII)

Between The Buried And Me is a Progressive Metalcore band from the USA.
Coma Ecliptic is their seventh full-length album.

Between the Buried and Me - The Coma Machine

Nadiwrath - Circle Of Pest (SOtD MDLII)

Nadiwrath is a Black Metal band from Greece.
Circle Of Pest is their second full-length album.

Nadiwrath - Inner Commitment

Pale Chalice - Negate The Infinite And Miraculous (SOtD MDLI)

Pale Chalice is a Black Metal band from the USA.
Negate The Infinite And Miraculous is their debut full-length album.

Pale Chalice - Stigmatic Glands Through Supernal Rifts

Tempel - The Moon Lit Our Path (SOtD MDL)

Tempel is an Instrumental Progressive Metal band from the USA.
The Moon Lit Our Path is their second album.

Tempel - Carvings in the Door

Total Negation - Zeitzeuge (SOtD MDXLIX)

Total Negation is a one-man Black Metal band from Germany.
Zeitzeuge is his third album.

Total Negation - Kronzeuge

Chaos Magic - Chaos Magic (SOtD MDXLIX)

Chaos Magic is a one-lady band, playing Symphonic Gothic Metal band and comming from Chile. Caterina Nix is the singer, having the collaboration of legendary Timo Tolkki doing the composition and playing most instrument in the songs.
They have just released their self-titled debut album.

Chaos Magic - I'm Alive

Amiensus - Ascension (SOtD MDXLVIII)

Amiensus is a Melodic Progressive Black Metal band from the USA.
Ascension is their second full-length album.

Amiensus - What Words Create

To/Die/For - Cult (SOtD MDXLVII)

To/Die/For is a Suomi Metal band from Finland.
Cult is their eighth full-length album.

To/Die/For - In Black