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Faith No More - Sol Invictus
2015. Who would have thought these lads would come back from the dead? We've been suffering from separation anxiety for too long. Long term fans and new recruits were ecstatic this album was on the sunny side up of quality instead of walking the cone of shame. They will always brighten up a Black Friday. |
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Septicflesh - Communion
2008. Did you know the band broke up for 4 years? A five year gap between albums isn't unusual even for active bands. Not only did their comeback album exceed expectations, it permanently cemented their reinvention as a Symphonic Death Metal band. |
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Celtic Frost - Monotheist
2006. We got an album that bettered some of their earlier classic releases...and Cold Lake. Sometimes good things come in small doses as it would be their sole comeback album before a second and final break-up. |
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Heaven And Hell - The Devil You Know
2009. Technically Black Sabbaths comeback before '13' but released under a different name presumably to keep viral infection, Sharon Osbourne away. It would have been nice for the Dio fronted version of the band to run in parallel to the Ozzy version. It wasn't to be due to Rio's passing in 2010. This album was a fine way to exit. |
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At The Gates - At War With Reality
2014. How do you top an album that is considered part of the immortal melodeath trinity? You can't. Doesn't mean this album released 19 years later doesn't deserve to be solid. |
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Exodus - Tempo Of The Damned
2004. What's with all the early 00's thrash comebacks?! It was essential to clean up the nu-metal and post-grunge filth out of everyone's music players. Exodus were among those to pull out the loudest and meanest chainsaws. |
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Death Angel - The Art Of Dying
2004. Didn't release a bad album before breaking up but since they were out of the music scene for 10 years and recruited new fans on reforming, me included, they count. |
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Megadeth - The System Has Failed
2004. The bands' breakup was short-lived and happened due to an injury which could have potentially barred Megadave from ever playing again. Fortunately the prognosis was positive, he recovered and with that released the bands strongest album since Countdown To Extinction. |
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Destruction - All Hell Breaks Loose
2000. Since the band refer to the 90's era as 'Neo-Destruction' I'm including it. The German representatives of Thrash's early 00's revival. Yes of course there's Sodom, Tankard and Kreator but they never broke up. |
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Sleep - The Sciences
2018. I don't smoke weed - not interested. I can enjoy stoner metal without being in a mindfuck and get a chuckle out of all the Mary Jane references. 2018's finest metal surprise. |
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Alice In Chains - Black Gives Way To Blue
2009. Purists may have scorned at the band replacing Layne Staley. We may have lost a unique vocalist to addiction but AIC proved they still had plenty of song writing chops left in them and a respectable new frontman in William DuVall to prove it. |
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Soundgarden - King Animal
2012. Probably only the haters (are there any for this band?) would have thought Soundgarden would release a bad comeback album. Unfortunately we won't get to hear the second planned post reunion release due to the untimely death of Chris Cornell. Such is life. |
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Candlemass - Candlemass
2005. Although the band continued to make further albums this was the sole comeback with Messiah Marcolin up front. Re-ignited tensions forced his exit again. This album is a preview of what might have been. |
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Accept - Blood Of The Nations
2010. A comeback without Udo is not permitted to be this good! Talk about Lazarus rising from the grave. He didn't just rise, he stormed out and caused an avalanche - assuming his tomb was on a mountain. |
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Budgie - You're All Living In Cuckooland
2006. Considering their last few releases before the mid 80's breakup were too commercial and borderline stale this was a welcome release and a better way to finish a career assuming they don't make another album again. |
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Satan - Life Sentence
2013. One of the few NWOBHM bands that reformed with all of their key members, retained them and managed to release an album that wasn't bland or generic. Kudos. |
