Fat of the Land is a great album, and I agree, none of their recent stuff matches it. As for Depeche Mode, the only thing I listen to is Enjoy the Silence and the remixes off of their singles. Their other stuff is alright, but it's a bit too chill for me. To be honest, I've only heard bits and pieces of an album, so if you want to point me at their "best" stuff I'll give them another look
The most recent update in my personal music spectrum is that blink-182 is back together and working on an album for the summer.
I've also had some crappy cd decisions that I will air out here so no-one will make the same mistakes I did. Here's the list in no particular order:
-Rappaz In Da Hood 4 CD box set *shudder*
-Confessions by Usher (I was young and stupid. It was $18.95!)
-A Gothic Acoustic Tribute to Linkin Park by the Gothacoustic ensemble
-Bunkka by Paul Oakenfold ($24 canadian)
-The Love Below/Speakerboxxx
-Haunted Cities by the Transplants (not like blink-182 AT ALL)
-Spawn the Album
-X&Y by Coldplay
-Crossfade (self-titled)
-Los Lonely Boys (self-titled)
I went to go see Dragonforce live at the Palladium and, yes, they
are that fast. I also was introduced to Turisas and Powerglove there, so that was a great night
Mario Minor from FFR is by Powerglove.