Your favorite Concept Album

[Darkstar124]

The contortionist-Apparition.

 

[JoeytheChoady]

The Mars Volta-Deloused in the Comatorium
BTBAM-Colors
The Fall of Troy-Phantom on the Horizon

All freaking brilliant

 

[Volteau]

Since I saw so many people talking about Heliocentric, I went out and bought it on a limb. Hell, didn't even listen to a clip on youtube or anything. And damn, I love it.... simply love it. Thank you all for the awesome suggestion. Still have a huge list to go through, though...

It's so raw and so wonderfully uncompressed that it makes me cry. I don't know if I should say so or not, but it reminds me of ISIS.

BTW, it's only 8 bucks on iTunes, so no excuses! Get it nao!

 

[Black_Sheep]

Scar Symmetry - Holographic Universe

Symphony X - Paradise Lost

Dream Theater - Scenes From a Memory


W.a.s.p - The Crimson Idol (very, very, very underrated album that happens to be one of the best ever concept albums imo!)


Those are what i can think of for now. There's plenty of more great concept albums for sure...

 

[Leuchty]

Fear Factory - Obsolete

 

[Huntor]

 

[linchpin]

The one with the SHOCKing future where EDGECRUSHER escapes and SMASHER/DEVOURER is sent after him by SECURITRON and their DESCENT from power and oppression cannot be achieved with just HI-TECH HATE alone, so from there on it's FREEDOM OR FIRE for him to survive from becoming OBSOLETE because there will be no RESURRECTION from failing to survive a prison of TIMELESSNESS.

 

[amonb]

Epic

And I always considered this as a concept album, like most of Devin's...

 

[Djent]

I had to pull the mainstream card, but these albums haven't really been mentioned, if at all

 

[The Uncreator]

Ayreon's "The Human Equation" can't really be beat, although "01.." is a up there as well.

 

[Ralyks]

Fates Warning - A Pleasant Shade of Gray
Pain of Salvation - Remedy Lane

 

[Volteau]

Epic


And I always considered this as a concept album, like most of Devin's...

I may have to get it just for the cover. Amazing.

 

[Islandjam2990]

A lot of my favorites were taken, but Haken's "Visions" from 2011 is easily one of the best albums I've ever heard, period. It just happens to have a kickass concept as well

 

[Volteau]

Since I saw so many people talking about Heliocentric, I went out and bought it on a limb. Hell, didn't even listen to a clip on youtube or anything. And damn, I love it.... simply love it. Thank you all for the awesome suggestion. Still have a huge list to go through, though...

It's so raw and so wonderfully uncompressed that it makes me cry. I don't know if I should say so or not, but it reminds me of ISIS.

BTW, it's only 8 bucks on iTunes, so no excuses! Get it nao!

Went out and bought the hardcopy of this album. It is one of the most elaborate CD packaging I have seen. I'll take pics later on to demonstrate why.

 

[Slunk Dragon]

Here are some of my favorites

This last one here is a Buckethead album, and an absolutely fantastic one at that.

 

[Mr. Big Noodles]

^ Trilogy is not a concept album at all. Even by Wikipedia's rather liberal definition.

 

[BlackMesa]

I got many that have already been listed, I'll do a full one tomorrow, but I haven't seen this one listed yet. The Zombie Ep from The Devil Wears Prada. Absolutely love that album as much as King Diamond's Abigail.

 

[pawiffuwee]

The Dear Hunter's Acts I-III
Not sure if it qualifies, but The Mars Volta's Frances the Mute?
That's pretty much all I've got.

 

[Slunk Dragon]

^ Trilogy is not a concept album at all. Even by Wikipedia's rather liberal definition.

I thought that it kind of had an overarcing theme, or maybe I'm just too much of an ELP fanboy.

 

[Fillifax]

For those who don't know, Chameleon Circuit is a band that exclusively sings about Doctor Who. Yes, Doctor Who. And they're brilliant!