I can think of very very few bands who's albums got progressively better, and who's last album was their best. What bands would you say fit into that category?

Atheist..

and maybe more later

Emperor! hehe....

Emperor! hehe....

Emperor became so fucking glorious near the end..real fist in the air stuff.

Dream Fucking Theater! Octavarium kicks ass.

Britney Spears. her earlier work is shit, but lately it's been... well still shit, but a lot better.

Novembers Doom

PANTERA! (hehe..)
Rotten Sound
Front Line Assembly (all their stuff is excellent, but the stuff from 1992 on is better, thus fulfilling this questionaire's purpose )

Meshuggah
SYL :p
Ulver
Mastodon

For me: Opeth. I'm preparing to be flamed for this(well, actually not very, 'cause this is the Devy board and people here are very friendly and nice), but I didn't like their two first albums very much. "Ghost Reveries" are Opeth in their truest form IMO.

And of course Metallica.

For me: Opeth. I'm preparing to be flamed for this(well, actually not very, 'cause this is the Devy board and people here are very friendly and nice), but I didn't like their two first albums very much. "Ghost Reveries" are Opeth in their truest form IMO.

i agree totally

I agree with the Opeth statement.

Thin Lizzy - first few albums were shit, middle albums were the shit, last few albums were a bit shit.

And of course Metallica.

Yeah, right up to ...And Justice For All!!! After that album not so much!



Metal:
Strapping Young Lad
In Flames
Old Man's Child
Dimmu Borgir
Opeth
Ministry

Non-metal:
Sarah Mclachlan
Mazzy Star
Vai

Heh, I like Opeth's stuff all around as much, if not somewhat more towards the first three albums more. They're all great though, but the more I listen to all the albums, I like the first ones more.

Blackwater Park all the way