I'm rather biased on a lot of this list, but...
2000 :~
Capercaillie ~ "Nadurra"
Delerium ~ "Poem"
2001 :~
Stevie Nicks ~ "Trouble in Shangri-La"
Blackmore's Night ~ "Fires at Midnight"
Old Blind Dogs ~ "Fit?"
Ruth Barrett and Cyntia Smith ~ "The Early Years"
Lúnasa ~"The Merry Sisters of Fate"
2002 :~
Karen Matheson ~ "Time to Fall"
Dòchas ~ "Dòchas"
Lesley Garrett ~ "The Singer"
2003 :~
Fleetwood Mac ~ "Say You Will"
Blackmore's Night ~ "Ghost of a Rose"
Capercaillie ~ "Choice Language"
Delerium ~ "Chimera"
Old Blind Dogs ~ "The Gab O' Mey"
Meat Loaf ~ "Couldn't Have Said It Better"
Lúnasa ~ "Redwood"
2004 :~
Lúnasa ~ "The Kinnitty Sessions"
Jethro Tull ~ "Nothing Is Easy: Live at the Isle of Wight 1970"
2005 :~
Goldfrapp ~ "Supernature"
Karen Matheson ~ "Downriver"
Julie Fowlis ~ "Mar a Tha Mo Chridhe"
Dòchas ~ "An Darna Umhail"
José González ~ "Veneer" (2003 in Sweden)
Mediaeval Baebes ~ "Mirabilis"
Shelagh McDonald ~ "Let No Man Steal Your Thyme"
Ian Anderson ~ "Plays the Orchestral Jethro Tull"
2006 :~
Blackmore's Night ~ "The Village Lanterne"
Delerium ~ "Nuages du Monde"
Meat Loaf ~ "Bat Out of Hell III : The Monster is Loose"
Lúnasa ~ "Sé" ("Six")
Sandi Thom ~ "Smile... It Confuses People"
Loreena McKennitt ~ "An Ancient Muse"
2007 :~
Julie Fowlis ~ "Culidih"
Type O Negative ~ "Dead Again"
2008 :~
Goldfrapp ~ "Seventh Tree"
Blackmore's Night ~ "Secret Voyage"
Mike Oldfield ~ "Music of the Spheres"
Capercaillie ~ "Roses and Tears"
Fleetwood Mac ~ "Perfect Days" (archive live & studio)
Éamonn Doorley, Muireann Nic Amhlaoibh, Julie Fowlis, Ross Martin ~ "Dual"
2009 :~
Mediaeval Beabes ~ "Illumination"
Julie Fowlis ~ "Uam"
CD re-issues of 1970's LPs :~
Fleetwood Mac ~ "The Original Fleetwood Mac (2000) [1971]
Mellow Candle ~ "Swaddling Songs" (2008) [1972]
Trees ~ "The Garden of Jane Delawney" (2008) [1970]
Trees ~ "On the Shore" (2008) [1970]
Vinegar Joe ~ "Vinegar Joe" (2008) [1972]
Vinegar Joe ~ "Rock and Roll Gypsies" (2004) [1972]
Vinegar Joe ~ "Six Star General" (2008) [1973]
(in no particular order)
The Marshall Mathers LP, Eminem
Because of the Times, Kings of Leon
Graduation, Kanye West
Morning View, Incubus
The Eminem Show, Eminem
Stadium Arcadium, Red Hot Chili Peppers
Hybrid Theory, Linkin Park
Shangri-La Dee Da, Stone Temple Pilots
The Blueprint, Jay-Z
In Rainbows, Radiohead
Stankonia, OutKast
Speakerboxxx/The Love Below, OutKast
Backspacer, Pearl Jam
Relapse, Eminem
Libertad, Velvet Revolver
Blackbird, Alter Bridge
Get Rich or Die Tryin’, 50 Cent
Audioslave, Audioslave
City Of Evil, Avenged Sevenfold
Blink-182, Blink-182
Disillusion – Back to Times of Splendor – 2004
Opeth – Black Water Park – 2001
Equilibrium – Sagas – 2008
Soilwork – Natural Born Chaos – 2002
Dream Theater – Train of Thought – 2003
In Rainbows – Radiohead
Journal For Plague Lovers – Manic Street Preachers
The Eternal – Sonic Youth
Beyond – Dinosaur Jr
From A Basement On The Hill – Elliott Smith
White Blood Cells – White Stripes
Because Of The Times – Kings Of Leon
Marshall Mathers LP – Eminem
Absolution – Muse
Songs For The Deaf – Queens Of The Stone Age
Panic at the Disco’s Pretty. Odd.
The Shins’ Chutes Too Narrow.
Phantom Planet’s Raise the Dead.
Cursive’s Happy Hollow.
The Californian’s self titled.
Fun.’s Aim and Ignite.
The Hush Sound’s Goodbye Blues.
Spoon’s Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga.
Vampire Weekend’s self titled.
Arctic Monkeys’ Fluorescent Adolescent.
2000
Bozzio, Levin, Stevens – Situation Dangerous
In Strict Confidence – Love Kills!
Mägo De Oz – Finisterra
Porcupine Tree – Lightbulb Sun
Pete Townshend – Lifehouse Chronicals
’01
Accessory – Deadline
Moonspell – Darkness And Hope
Morelenbaum & Sakamoto – Casa
Oomph! – Ego
Type O Negative – Life is Killing Me
’02
Deadbolt – Hobo Babylon
Diary Of Dreams – Freak Perfume
The Dirty Dozen Brass Band – Medicated Magic
The Gladiators – Once Upon A Time In Jamaica
Porcupine Tree – In Absentia
’03
And One – Aggressor
Dimmu Borgir – Death Cult Armageddon
Dargaard – In Nomine Aeternitatis
Tiamat – Prey
Twilightning – Delirium Veil
’04
In Strict Confidence – Holy
The Grateful Dead – Rockin’ The Rhein (Live)
L’Ame Immortelle – Gezeiten
Sylvan – X Rayed
:wumpscut: – Bone Peeler
’05
In Extremo – Mein Rasend Herz
Seu Jorge – The Life Aquatic Studio Sessions
Pagan’s Mind – Enigmatic: Calling
Spock’s Beard – Octane
Violent Work Of Art – The Worst Is Yet To Come
’06
Amorphis – Eclipse
Before The Dawn – The Ghost
Brainclaw – Dead Monsters
Metallspürhunde – Amokmensch
Vanden Plas – Christ.0
’07
ASP – Requiembryo
The Gourishankar – 2nd Hands
Tony Levin – Stick Man
Saltatio Mortis – Aus Der Asche
Santa Hates You – You’re On The Naughty List
’08
The Cherry Poppin’ Daddies – Susquehanna
Madrugada – Madrugada
Mercenary – Architect Of Lies
Praxis – Profanation
Todesbonden – Sleep Now Quiet Forest
’09
Arch Of Hell – One Day
Gazpacho – Tick Tock
Steven Wilson – Insurgentes
Unleash The Archers – Behold The Devastation
Vreid – Milorg
16
Answers
god and guns, black ice
rather ripped-sonic youth
tender buttons-broadcast
___Girl-ghost puppet
(in no particular order)
The Marshall Mathers LP, Eminem
Because of the Times, Kings of Leon
Graduation, Kanye West
Morning View, Incubus
The Eminem Show, Eminem
Stadium Arcadium, Red Hot Chili Peppers
Hybrid Theory, Linkin Park
Shangri-La Dee Da, Stone Temple Pilots
The Blueprint, Jay-Z
In Rainbows, Radiohead
Stankonia, OutKast
Speakerboxxx/The Love Below, OutKast
Backspacer, Pearl Jam
Relapse, Eminem
Libertad, Velvet Revolver
Blackbird, Alter Bridge
Get Rich or Die Tryin’, 50 Cent
Audioslave, Audioslave
City Of Evil, Avenged Sevenfold
Blink-182, Blink-182
band – album – year
Disillusion – Back to Times of Splendor – 2004
Opeth – Black Water Park – 2001
Equilibrium – Sagas – 2008
Soilwork – Natural Born Chaos – 2002
Dream Theater – Train of Thought – 2003
Awesome albums called Alaska and Colors by Between the Buried and Me! They’re just amazing!!!
Cynic – Traced in Air (2008)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gw-6IIBXNSQ
Isis – Panopticon (2004)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sopiG1Qhlh8
Gojira – From Mars to Sirius (2005)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9eljjOJwlDY
Opeth – Blackwater Park (2001)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hfslLWySZYg
Explosions in the Sky – The Earth is Not a Cold Dead Place (2003) (I know you already know this one)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w0o8JCxjjpM
Pelican – The Fire in Our Throats Will Beckon the Thaw (2005)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wPX9mHd0grM
The Calling – Camino Palmero
The Calling – Two
2000 and now-
Radiohead albums
Muse albums
Foo Fighters albums
Snow Patrol
Norah Jones
Sondra Lechre
Magic Numbers
Uli Roth
Some of my favourites
Cynic – Traced in Air
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nh9nNVTrpWA
Gojira – The Way of All Flesh
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v50wkoofl-4&feature=PlayList&p=95914B146CFC1D7D&index=0&playnext=1
Riverside – Anno Domini High Definition
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KfXL2aOu9ME
Dream Theater – Train of Thought
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hh9OzoYC-mg
Karmakanic – Who’s The Boss In The Factory
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fMgoFrSDAN4
Between the Buried and Me – Colors
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tx5W2xpgy88
Porcupine Tree – Fear Of A Blank Planet
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BGeXt3ZuBmo
Blotted Science – The Machinations of Dementia
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7W5V2fSUMxc
Martyr – Feeding the Abscess
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nnlGYK-qm78
Nevermore – This Godless Endeavor
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=psBt9u2qgIc
Opeth – Ghost Reveries
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kenyBvpL0qQ
Kamelot – The Black Halo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XvI5w0cG68o&feature=PlayList&p=201DD8AD24F3EDDF&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=7
Ayreon – The Human Equation
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=skNCOcb6zC4
Nile – In Their Darkened Shrines
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X4pzLJdHddU
Pain of Salvation – The Perfect Element I
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ux-Jwmm2zoE
Porcupine Tree – “In Absentia”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_Absentia
Gojira – “From Mars To Sirius”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/From_mars_to_sirius
Isis – “Panopticon”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panopticon_(album)
The Ocean – “Precambrian”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Precambrian_(album)
Neurosis – “A Sun That Never Sets”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Sun_That_Never_Sets
Sigur Rós – “( )”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/(_)
Meshuggah – “Nothing”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nothing_(album)
Tool – “Lateralus”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lateralus
Radiohead – “Hail To The Thief”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hail_To_The_Thief
Dillinger Escape Plan – “Miss Machine”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miss_Machine
From a Basement on the Hill-Elliott Smith
The Woods-Sleater-Kinney
Backspacer-Pearl Jam
S/T-Conor Oberst
In Rainbows – Radiohead
Journal For Plague Lovers – Manic Street Preachers
The Eternal – Sonic Youth
Beyond – Dinosaur Jr
From A Basement On The Hill – Elliott Smith
White Blood Cells – White Stripes
Because Of The Times – Kings Of Leon
Marshall Mathers LP – Eminem
Absolution – Muse
Songs For The Deaf – Queens Of The Stone Age
Panic at the Disco’s Pretty. Odd.
The Shins’ Chutes Too Narrow.
Phantom Planet’s Raise the Dead.
Cursive’s Happy Hollow.
The Californian’s self titled.
Fun.’s Aim and Ignite.
The Hush Sound’s Goodbye Blues.
Spoon’s Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga.
Vampire Weekend’s self titled.
Arctic Monkeys’ Fluorescent Adolescent.
Wow we could be here all day! My shortened list
2000
Bozzio, Levin, Stevens – Situation Dangerous
In Strict Confidence – Love Kills!
Mägo De Oz – Finisterra
Porcupine Tree – Lightbulb Sun
Pete Townshend – Lifehouse Chronicals
’01
Accessory – Deadline
Moonspell – Darkness And Hope
Morelenbaum & Sakamoto – Casa
Oomph! – Ego
Type O Negative – Life is Killing Me
’02
Deadbolt – Hobo Babylon
Diary Of Dreams – Freak Perfume
The Dirty Dozen Brass Band – Medicated Magic
The Gladiators – Once Upon A Time In Jamaica
Porcupine Tree – In Absentia
’03
And One – Aggressor
Dimmu Borgir – Death Cult Armageddon
Dargaard – In Nomine Aeternitatis
Tiamat – Prey
Twilightning – Delirium Veil
’04
In Strict Confidence – Holy
The Grateful Dead – Rockin’ The Rhein (Live)
L’Ame Immortelle – Gezeiten
Sylvan – X Rayed
:wumpscut: – Bone Peeler
’05
In Extremo – Mein Rasend Herz
Seu Jorge – The Life Aquatic Studio Sessions
Pagan’s Mind – Enigmatic: Calling
Spock’s Beard – Octane
Violent Work Of Art – The Worst Is Yet To Come
’06
Amorphis – Eclipse
Before The Dawn – The Ghost
Brainclaw – Dead Monsters
Metallspürhunde – Amokmensch
Vanden Plas – Christ.0
’07
ASP – Requiembryo
The Gourishankar – 2nd Hands
Tony Levin – Stick Man
Saltatio Mortis – Aus Der Asche
Santa Hates You – You’re On The Naughty List
’08
The Cherry Poppin’ Daddies – Susquehanna
Madrugada – Madrugada
Mercenary – Architect Of Lies
Praxis – Profanation
Todesbonden – Sleep Now Quiet Forest
’09
Arch Of Hell – One Day
Gazpacho – Tick Tock
Steven Wilson – Insurgentes
Unleash The Archers – Behold The Devastation
Vreid – Milorg
Hi Law Man
David Bowie’s Heathen and Reality
truly awesome