1. Mastodon - Crack the Skye

I sometimes wish I could enjoy Mastodon the way others do. For me, they are just alright (with the exception of Remission).

3. Exivious - s/t

They didn't quite work for me.

17. Dååth - The Concealers

Their live show didn't do enough for me to try their CDs.

20. Redemption - Snowfall on Judgment Day

Nice CD, I feel like they are very consistent. I have trouble deciding which album I like more, it's easier to pick songs off each disc that I really like.

45. Delain - April Rain
I posted the video for the title track on my Facebook page and asked my non-metal friends what they thought of the tune. Everyone who answered thought it was an overblown, silly slab of cheese.

They were right.

99. Baroness - Blue Record

Blue Record seems less heavy than Red Album, and there is a more traditional metal feel to some of the songs. Turns out this is an improvement for my tastes. I appreciate the clean vocals, as they much more enjoyable than the gruff vocals on the previous disc. Some reasonably catchy choruses and vocal melodies exist, and the music, while nowhere near the awesomeness on Mastodon's Crack the Skye, shares some of the same elements on a basic level. If more of the songs were as cool and catchy as “Jake Leg”, Blue Record would be a scorcher.

Jake Leg is nice, but I like a lot of other songs more. Swollen and Halo is the highlight for me.

Outcast - Self-Injected Reality

For a second, I thought you had listened to Outkast.

Don Caballero - 2 (1995)

Another revisited disc success story. After enjoying LITE so much, I wanted to listen to DC again, and I was rewarded. Of course, the drumming sells the disc, but the guitar is interesting enough to make this instrumental album worthwhile.

Wow. I really didn't expect to see Don Cab on a list of albums that you like. I guess you can claim another non-metal band that you can enjoy.