64. Before The Dawn - "Stormbringers"

Tuomas Saukkonen is very much a regular on these lists. He has had entries with Black Sun Aeon, Dawn of Solace and numerous appearances with his Viking obsessed outfit Wolfheart. In an attempt gain the record for most entries with different bands he is now reformed his much venerated melodic death to outfit Before The Dawn and recorded their first album in 11 years.

His multiple appearances should tell you one thing, Tuomas knows how to make good metal and this is very good metal indeed. It is slick, well produced melodic death metal full of gargantuan choruses and bombastic soloing. It’s very polished but still manages to have its own distinct personality because of the strength of the songwriting. After all these years and all these outfits Tuomas instinctively knows how to create riffs and bridges that inspire the imagination.