There is another to add to the power of 2007. I was at virgin megastore looking to expand my collection of this year's releases and wanted to get the new Helloween, Primal Fear, Thunderstone, Allen-Lande, Epica, or Visions Of Atlantis (I could only get three). Allen-Lande is still not availiable in the U.S., and there was no sign of the Helloween, Primal Fear, or Thunderstone albums.
I got Epica, Visions Of Atlantis and was going to get a non-2007 release when I saw the new VISION DIVINE album. I first heard these guys on the first album w/o Fabio, The Perfect Machine and really liked it so I got the new one (we'll see how it ranks with the other 2007 releases).