I'm really tuned out of metal. Keep it interesting. Don't be an elitist.

I hear Titanium's a pretty popular metal these days.

Candiria- 300% density
Candiria- What doesn't kill you...
Byzantine- ...And the shall take up serpents

Not very well known bands, but they make some of the best heavy music i have ever heard.

Lazarus AD - The way thrash is meant to be & supposed to be..Takes u back to the glory days..Owned me ..100% pure, aggressive, in-your-face Thrash ..Just cant enough of their album 'onslaught'..

Savage Messiah - Brilliant band..Another thrash act which is pure aggression & energy & does it in style..Amongst the new crop they are one of the best..

Witchery - Witchkreig has been on loop since it came out a few months back..One of the best productions i have ever heard..Raw to its core.supergroup of sorts with band members from arch enemy,opeth & the haunted..

Accrasicauda - Iraqi based metal band who shifted to the US a few yrs back..Were featured in the docu 'heavy metal in baghdad'..Impressive EP called "Only the Dead See the End of the War"..produced by Alex skolnick the EP is one thrash fest..

@Lu: Never heard of those bands... thanks.

Death metal album of the year- Weapon- The Devils tomb
http://www.myspace.com/theweaponchakra

Probably one of the most eccentric, yet brilliant and fitting tribute to the 40 years of Black Sabbath- Furze- Reaper's Subconcious Guide
http://www.myspace.com/blackpsychmetal

One of the best progressive metal/rock releases of this year !! .. This is their debut album and its madness
Check out Haken - Aquarius .. they have the songs up on youtube , must hear! Definite Must

^thoought u were gonna write guillotine...

^^ Haha , cant afford to be that modest on public forums yo!