Katabatic - Vago EP

This would have made it high on my year end list if I heard it earlier. Standout track is #4 with a last minute that is absolutely sublime and doesn't last nearly long enough.
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Label/Date: self-released, 2007
Genre: post-rock, experimental, ambient
From: Lisboa, Portugal
LIYL: This Will Destroy You, Isis, Jakob, Laura, Mono
Website: none
Myspace: /katabatic

The Spacious Mind - Gentle Path Highway

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Label/Date: Goddamn I'm a Countryman Records, 2007
Genre: psychedelic prog, space rock
From: Sweden
LIYL: Blandbladen, Pink Floyd, Hawkwind, Ghost, Acid Mothers Temple, Litmus
Website: countrymanrecords.com
Myspace: thespaciousmind

Meniscus - Absence Of I

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Label/Date: self-released, 2007
Genre: instrumental rock
From: Sydney, Australia
LIYL: Jakob, Tool, Laura, Isis
Website: none
Myspace: /meniscusmusic

The Mystick Krewe of Clearlight

Instrumental side-project by members of New Orleans bands Eyehategod, Down and Crowbar
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Label/Date: Tee Pee Records, 2000
Genre: swamp jam metal, instrumental doom rock
From: NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana
LIYL: Led Zepplin, Sabbath, Deep Purple, Witchcraft, Down, Acid King, Grateful Dead
Website: none
Myspace: clearlightnola

Throw Stephanie In The Incinerator

The Road Is Long, Dead Horses Are Heavy

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Label/Date: Sound Devestation, 2008
Genre: instrumental metal/rock duo (guitar, drums)
From: Midlands, United Kingdom
LIYL: Hotel Wrecking City Traders, Torche, Kinski, Capricorns, Russian Circles
Website: throwstephanie.blogspot
Myspace: throwstephanieintheincinerator

Mothertrucker - Electric Blacksmith

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Label/Date: Gallipoli Records, 2006
Genre: post-stoner-rock/metal
From: Midlands, United Kingdom
LIYL: Capricorns, Kinski, Kyuss, Black Sabbath, Pelican
Website: mother-trucker.co.uk
Myspace: /mothertrucker

Truth and Janey - Erupts!

"Truth and Janey erupt with absolutely crushing live recordings from 1976 by one of the midwest's heaviest power trio of all time!"
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Genre: heavy blues rock
From: East Toledo, Ohio
LIYL: Hendrix, Cream, Jeff Beck, Radio Moscow
Website: billyleejaney.com
Myspace: fan made

Muddy World - Finery Of The Storm

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Label/Date: Tzadik, 2006
Genre: (almost)instrumental math/jazz rock
From: Japan
LIYL: Toe, Te', Lite, Pele, Don Cabellero
Website: muddyworld.com
Myspace: /muddyworldmw

Up-Tight - Early Years

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Label/Date: Archive, 2007 (reissue)
Genre: psych, rock, sludge
From: Shizuoka, Japan
LIYL: LSD March, Les Rallizes Denudes, Acid Mothers Temple, Bardo Pond
Website: aol.com/uptight001
Myspace: /uptight001

Otomo Yoshihide, Bill Laswell & Tatsuya Yoshida - Episome

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Label/Date: Tzadik, 2006
Genre: experimental, improv, psychedelic sludge rock
From: Japan/US
LIYL: Noxagt, Ruins, Black Engine, John Zorn, Boredoms
Otomo Yoshihide: wiki
Bill Laswell: wiki
Tatsuya Yoshida: wiki

Kashiwa Daisuke - Program Music I

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Label/Date: Noble Records, 2007
Genre: classical ambient electronica
From: Japan
LIYL: World's End Girlfriend, Venetian Snares
Website: kashiwadaisuke.com
Myspace: /kashiwadaisuke

5ive - Hesperus

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Label/Date: Tortuga/Hydra Head, 2008
Genre: instrumental sludge, post-metal
From: Boston
LIYL: Isis, Old Man Gloom, Pelican, Bossk, Torche, Capricorns
Website: none
Myspace: /thereal5ive

Zimmers Hole - When You Were Shouting At The Devil... We Were In League With Satan

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Label/Date: Century Media, 2008
Genre: Heavy Fucking Metal
From: Vancouver, BC
LIYL: Strapping Young Lad, Dethklok, Judas Priest, Slayer, Iron Maiden
Website: legionofflames.com
Myspace: /zimmershole

Top 2007 #s 1-10

1. Caspian - The Four Trees

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From: Boston. Genre: post-rock
LIYL: Mono, Explosions In The Sky, This Will Destroy You
Website: caspianmusic.net
Myspace: /caspiantheband


2. Earthless - Rhythms From A Cosmic Sky

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From: San Diego. Genre: heavy psych, instrumental/jam metal
LIYL: Acid Mothers Temple, Mammatus, Kyuss, Zeppelin, Electric Wizard
Website: none
Myspace: /earthless


3. Bongripper - Hippie Killer

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From: Chicago. Genre: psychdelic post-doom/drone
LIYL: Capricorns, Suma, Electric Wizard, Boris, Ufomammut, Isis, Mouth of The Architect, Disembowelment
Website: none
Myspace: /bongripper


4. Grails - Burning Off Impurities

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From: Portland, Oregon. Genre: psychedelic, krautrock, middle-eastern
LIYL: Priestbird, Ghost, Bardo Pond, Faust, Ash Ra Tempel
Website: www.grailsongs.com
Myspace: grailsongs


5. Baroness - Red Album

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From: Savannah, GA. Genre: post-hardcore, metal, stoner
LIYL: Mastodon, Kylesa, Saviours, High on Fire, Melvins, Pelican
Website: yourbaroness.com
Myspace: /yourbaroness


6. Novembre - The Blue

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From: Italy. Genre: progressive-metal
LIYL: Katatonia, Opeth, Insomnium, Agalloch, Green Carnation
Website: novembre.co.uk
Myspace: /novembre1


7. Maserati - Inventions for the New Season

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From: Athens, GA. Genre: post-rock, krautrock
LIYL: El Ten Eleven, Neu!, Mogwai, Kinski, Trizteza
Website: ihaveadagger.net
Myspace: maseratirocks


8. Iron & Wine - The Shepherds Dog

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From: Texas. Genre: folk/rock/country
LIYL: Nick Drake, Calexico, Neil Young, Bonnie Prince Billy, Devendra Banhart
Website: ironandwine.com
Myspace: /ironandwine


9. High on Fire - Death Is This Communion

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From: Oakland, CA. Genre: heavy fucking metal
LIYL: Motorhead, Kylesa, Sleep, Soilent Green, Melvins, Sabbath, Mastodon
Website: highonfire.net
Myspace: /highonfireslays


10. Alabama Thunderpussy - Open Fire

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From: Richmond, Virginia. Genre: stoner-rock/heavy-metal
LIYL: Clutch, Down, Crowbar, The Hidden Hand, Kyuss, High On Fire
Website: www.atprva.com
Myspace: /atpva

Top 2007 #s 11-20

11. Omega Massif - Geisterstadt

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From: Wuerzburg, Germany. Genre: post-metal
LIYL: Isis, Rosetta, Year of No Light, Pelican, Neurosis, Tides
Website: omegamassif.de
Myspace: /omegamassif


12. Té - It Be The Thinking As 'the Song' Of Realistic Sound From The World Which Resounds

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From: Japan. Genre: post-rock
LIYL: Lite, Caspian, Mono, Ostinato, Maserati, Hematovore
Website: tee.daa.jp
Myspace: /tejapanese


13. The Pax Cecilia - Blessed Are the Bonds

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From: Pennsylvania. Genre: post-hardcore, post-rock
LIYL: Circle Takes the Square, Gregor Samsa, Envy, Kayo Dot, 11th He Reaches London
Website: paxcecilia.com
Myspace: /thepaxcecilia


14. Battles - Mirrored

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From: New York. Genre: experimental math-rock
LIYL: Don Cabellero, Caribou, Animal Collective
Website: bttls.com
Myspace: /battlestheband


15. Grayceon - Grayceon

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From: San Francisco. Genre: proggy post-rock/metal
LIYL: Amber Asylum, Apocalyptica, Neurosis, Battle of Mice
Website: www.grayceon.com
Myspace: /grayceon


16. Rosetta - Wake/Lift

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From: Philadelphia. Genre: post-metal
LIYL: Neurosis, Cult of Luna, Year of No Light, Bongripper, Mouth of the Architect
Website: rosettaband.com
Myspace: /rosetta


17. Electric Wizard - Witchcult Today

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From: UK. Genre: psychedelic doom
LIYL: Black Sabbath, Ramesses, Boris, Sleep, Om
Website: riseaboverecords.com
Myspace: /electricwizarddorsetdoom


18. The Pirate Ship Quintet - The Pirate Ship Quintet EP

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From: UK. Genre: post-rock
LIYL: Laura, Sweek, The Evpatoria Report, GYBE!, Mono
Website: www.thepirateshipquintet.co.uk
Myspace: thepirateshipquintet


19. Priestbird - In Your Time

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From: New York. Genre: psychedelic rock, folk, orchestral
LIYL: Tarantula AD, Grails, Led Zeppelin, Ghost, Black Mountain, Comets On Fire
Website: www.priestbird.com
Myspace: /priestbird


20. Zoroaster - Dog Magic

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From: Atlanta. Genre: doom/sludge
LIYL: Bongripper, Warhorse, Electric Wizard, Sleep
Website: none
Myspace: /thezoroaster