Be'lakor - Stone's Reach (2009)^{Release ID: 3687}

This is pretty awesome, a great blending of my favorite elements of death metal and my favorite elements of Doom metal. The Fallen need to be considered here. 

Great Death Metal, Great Doom Metal, Great production. What more do you want. This thing kicks ass! I wish that I was a better writer so that I could better articulate how good this is, but it deserves attention. I've listened to it about 4 times over now-no skips. I've debated with my wife and my friend over whether this is a Death Metal or a Doom Metal offering. Wifey says it's death metal, friend says it's doom, and both of them say it's pretty good. I think these reactions speak to how well the influences are mixed into this thing, and to the quality of the content within. It isn't quite a masterpiece to me but the album will see frequent rotation in my household going forward.