Compared to many other years in the heavy metal history books, 2005 was disproportionately stacked with top-shelf releases. Opeth’s Ghost Reveries, Trivium’s Ascendancy, Bullet For My Valentine’s The Poison and Avenged Sevenfold’s City Of Evil are just the tip of the iceberg when you’re listing the excellent albums that dropped 20 years back. However, with so much mainstream-baiting riffery coming out, that inevitably means some quality getting cast to the wayside.
Below, Metal Hammer has delved beneath the top of the pile and found the 2005 metal albums that should have stood out more. Whether you love prog, deathcore or even nu metal, there’s probably something in this pile that will whet your appetite. Prepare to scratch your head over these bands’ not-chart-topping status as much as we do.
