Top 10 of 2004

Pinkeisch · December 10th, 2004, 08:35 AM

What are your top 10 CDs of 2004? There's less than a month to go!

Here's my final list:

1. Karmakanic - Wheel of Life
2. Abydos
3. Riverside - Out of Myself
4. Pain of Salvation - Be
5. Cea Serin - Where Memories Combine
6. Dreamscape - End of Silence
7. Fates Warning - FWX
8. Within Temptation - The Silent Force
9. Porcupine Tree - Warszawa
10. Pyramaze - Melancholy Beast

Progvan · December 10th, 2004, 10:08 AM

Great list !!! want to hear the half of your list right now!

mine would be more or less (so far the ones i could get this year) - and just a top 5.. still I'm building the list.. hehehe

1. Ayreon - The Human Equation / Pain of Salvation - BE
2. The Flower Kings - Adam & Eve
3. Karmakanic - Wheels of life
4. (don´t know if fits really on progg but has many elements) Angra - Temple of shadows
5. Orphaned Land - Mabool

NeuroPunk91 · December 10th, 2004, 12:49 PM

Thanks for the list Pinkeisch. Just one question. I had not bought another Fates Warning album following APSOG because I was not terribly impressed by it or by the previous release Parallels. Is FWX really worth it?. How would you grade it on a 1 to 10 scale?. Thanks for the info !

Pinkeisch · December 10th, 2004, 01:26 PM

Well, my favorite FW CD is after PSOG.... Disconnected is really fantastic (but short). None of the FW CDs have come easily for me. They take time to grow. FWX is no exception. But it is the most similar to Disconnected or even O.S.I. I'd rate it 8.5 - 9/10.

BCN · December 17th, 2004, 03:54 AM

Hummm! This is mine.

1. AYREON - The Human Equation

2. PAIN OF SALVATION - Be
3. AFTER FOREVER - Invisible Circles
4. DEAD SOUL TRIBE - The January Tree
5. MINDFLOW - Just the Two of Us... Me and Them
6. CEA SERIN - ...Where Memories Combine...
7. EVERGREY - The Inner Circle
8. TILES - Window Dressing
9. THRESHOLD - Subsurface
10. RAMMSTEIN - Reise, Reise

Pinkeisch · December 17th, 2004, 09:55 PM

I decided to bump Karmakanic up to my #1 slot. Lately I've had this one on constant repeat. It's the perfect fusion of styles.

McUr · December 21st, 2004, 09:01 AM

Well... here's my top 5:

1. Nightwish - Once

2. Sonata Arctica - Reckoning Night

3. Evergrey - The Inner Circle
4. DreamEvil - The Book of Heavy Metal
5. Iced Earth - The Glorious Burden

Old_metal_head · December 21st, 2004, 09:53 PM

Here's my top 10

1 Threshold - Subsurface
2 Pyramaze - Melancholy beast
3 Cea Serin - where memories combine
4 Ayreon - The human equation
5 Jon Oliva's Pain - Tage Mahal
6 Silent Force - Worlds Apart
7 Pain of salvation - BE
8 Theocracy - Theocracy
9 Empty Tremor - The Alien Inside
10 Evergrey - The inner circle

bmangold · January 4th, 2005, 01:55 PM

Not necessarily in order.

1. Dreamscape - End of Silence
2. Hourglass - Subconcious
3. Forgotten Suns - Snooze
4. Evergrey - The Inner Circle
5. Empty Tremor - The Alien Inside
6. IQ - Dark Matters
7. Fates Warning - FWX
8. Pyramaze - Melancholy Beast
9. WithoutEnd - WithoutEnd
10. Andy Kuntz - Abydos

Honorable Mention:
Cea Serin - Where Memories Combine
Angra - Temple of Shadows
Vox Tempus - The Eye of Time
Ayreon - The Hidden Equation
DGM - Misplaced
EyeFear - 9 Elements of Inner Vision
Liquid Scarlet - Liquid Scarlet
Mindflow - Just the Two of Us - Me and Then
Crises - Balance

PS: would like to say Atmosfear but it is a 03 release but I first heard of it in 04.

ProgProf · January 10th, 2005, 05:32 PM

This has been tough.. and my list will be titiled top "prog metal" discs for 2004. As the taggers know, I like a lot of progessive music, but generally I tend to gravitate towards 1) Progessive METAL, 2) Rush-inspired progressive hard rock, 3) Gothic progessive metal & rock. The list is a bit metal-laced. Plus I threw down my 5 fave songs from '04. Here's to a proggin' 2005!

ProgProf's Top 10 Progressive Metal Discs for 2004

1. Magnitude 9 - Decoding the Soul
2. Dreamscape - End of Silence
3. Vox Tempus - In the Eye of Time
4. Time Machine - Reviviscence
5. Empty Tremor - The Alien Inside
6. Lunatica - Fables and Dreams
7. Threshold - Critical Energy [LIVE]
8. Superior - Ultra-Live [LIVE]
9. Trance of Mine - Reflections
10. Threshold -Subsurface

Top 5 (well, six) "Can't Stop Playing These" Songs for 2004:

1. "Mighty Abyss" - Pyramaze
2. "Changes" - Magnitude 9
3. "Escape" - Vox Tempus
4. "Torn" - Magnitude 9
T5. "End of Light" - Dreamscape
T5. "Flow" - Dreamscape

plaguewilder · January 18th, 2005, 12:49 AM

In no order......

1.Riverside-Out of myself
2.The Tangent-The world we drive through
3.Evergrey-The inner circle
4.Deadsoul Tribe-The January tree
5.IQ-Dark Matter
6.Anti-Depressive Delivery-Feel.Melt.Release.Escape.
7.Frameshift-Unweaving the rainbow
8.Jadis-Fanatic
9.Subterranean Masquerade-Temporary psychotic state
10.Fates Warning-X

It was a fantastic year in the Prog world.

Pinkeisch · April 9th, 2005, 08:25 AM

December 10th, 2004, 08:35 AM	#1 (permalink)
Pinkeisch Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 93	Top 10 of 2004 What are your top 10 CDs of 2004? There's less than a month to go! Here's my final list: 1. Karmakanic - Wheel of Life 2. Abydos 3. Riverside - Out of Myself 4. Pain of Salvation - Be 5. Cea Serin - Where Memories Combine 6. Dreamscape - End of Silence 7. Fates Warning - FWX 8. Within Temptation - The Silent Force 9. Porcupine Tree - Warszawa 10. Pyramaze - Melancholy Beast Last edited by Pinkeisch : January 11th, 2005 at 10:32 PM.

December 10th, 2004, 12:49 PM	#3 (permalink)
NeuroPunk91 Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 5	How's about that FW pick... Thanks for the list Pinkeisch. Just one question. I had not bought another Fates Warning album following APSOG because I was not terribly impressed by it or by the previous release Parallels. Is FWX really worth it?. How would you grade it on a 1 to 10 scale?. Thanks for the info !

January 4th, 2005, 01:55 PM	#9 (permalink)
bmangold Musicman Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 11	In my opinion: Top 10 + honorable mentions Not necessarily in order. 1. Dreamscape - End of Silence 2. Hourglass - Subconcious 3. Forgotten Suns - Snooze 4. Evergrey - The Inner Circle 5. Empty Tremor - The Alien Inside 6. IQ - Dark Matters 7. Fates Warning - FWX 8. Pyramaze - Melancholy Beast 9. WithoutEnd - WithoutEnd 10. Andy Kuntz - Abydos Honorable Mention: Cea Serin - Where Memories Combine Angra - Temple of Shadows Vox Tempus - The Eye of Time Ayreon - The Hidden Equation DGM - Misplaced EyeFear - 9 Elements of Inner Vision Liquid Scarlet - Liquid Scarlet Mindflow - Just the Two of Us - Me and Then Crises - Balance PS: would like to say Atmosfear but it is a 03 release but I first heard of it in 04.

December 10th, 2004, 10:08 AM	#2 (permalink)
Progvan Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Caracas Posts: 14	Great list !!! want to hear the half of your list right now! mine would be more or less (so far the ones i could get this year) - and just a top 5.. still I'm building the list.. hehehe 1. Ayreon - The Human Equation / Pain of Salvation - BE 2. The Flower Kings - Adam & Eve 3. Karmakanic - Wheels of life 4. (don´t know if fits really on progg but has many elements) Angra - Temple of shadows 5. Orphaned Land - Mabool

December 10th, 2004, 01:26 PM	#4 (permalink)
Pinkeisch Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 93	Well, my favorite FW CD is after PSOG.... Disconnected is really fantastic (but short). None of the FW CDs have come easily for me. They take time to grow. FWX is no exception. But it is the most similar to Disconnected or even O.S.I. I'd rate it 8.5 - 9/10.

December 17th, 2004, 03:54 AM	#5 (permalink)
BCN Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 15	Hummm! This is mine. 1. AYREON - The Human Equation 2. PAIN OF SALVATION - Be 3. AFTER FOREVER - Invisible Circles 4. DEAD SOUL TRIBE - The January Tree 5. MINDFLOW - Just the Two of Us... Me and Them 6. CEA SERIN - ...Where Memories Combine... 7. EVERGREY - The Inner Circle 8. TILES - Window Dressing 9. THRESHOLD - Subsurface 10. RAMMSTEIN - Reise, Reise

December 17th, 2004, 09:55 PM	#6 (permalink)
Pinkeisch Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 93	I decided to bump Karmakanic up to my #1 slot. Lately I've had this one on constant repeat. It's the perfect fusion of styles.

December 21st, 2004, 09:01 AM	#7 (permalink)
McUr Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Pécs/Hungary Posts: 3	Well... here's my top 5: 1. Nightwish - Once 2. Sonata Arctica - Reckoning Night 3. Evergrey - The Inner Circle 4. DreamEvil - The Book of Heavy Metal 5. Iced Earth - The Glorious Burden

December 21st, 2004, 09:53 PM	#8 (permalink)
Old_metal_head Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Rochester ,New York Posts: 6	Here's my top 10 1 Threshold - Subsurface 2 Pyramaze - Melancholy beast 3 Cea Serin - where memories combine 4 Ayreon - The human equation 5 Jon Oliva's Pain - Tage Mahal 6 Silent Force - Worlds Apart 7 Pain of salvation - BE 8 Theocracy - Theocracy 9 Empty Tremor - The Alien Inside 10 Evergrey - The inner circle

January 10th, 2005, 05:32 PM	#10 (permalink)
ProgProf Progressive Metal Snob Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Nacogdoches, Texas USA Posts: 9	This has been tough.. and my list will be titiled top "prog metal" discs for 2004. As the taggers know, I like a lot of progessive music, but generally I tend to gravitate towards 1) Progessive METAL, 2) Rush-inspired progressive hard rock, 3) Gothic progessive metal & rock. The list is a bit metal-laced. Plus I threw down my 5 fave songs from '04. Here's to a proggin' 2005! ProgProf's Top 10 Progressive Metal Discs for 2004 1. Magnitude 9 - Decoding the Soul 2. Dreamscape - End of Silence 3. Vox Tempus - In the Eye of Time 4. Time Machine - Reviviscence 5. Empty Tremor - The Alien Inside 6. Lunatica - Fables and Dreams 7. Threshold - Critical Energy [LIVE] 8. Superior - Ultra-Live [LIVE] 9. Trance of Mine - Reflections 10. Threshold -Subsurface Top 5 (well, six) "Can't Stop Playing These" Songs for 2004: 1. "Mighty Abyss" - Pyramaze 2. "Changes" - Magnitude 9 3. "Escape" - Vox Tempus 4. "Torn" - Magnitude 9 T5. "End of Light" - Dreamscape T5. "Flow" - Dreamscape

January 18th, 2005, 12:49 AM	#11 (permalink)
plaguewilder Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Oregon Posts: 183	In no order...... 1.Riverside-Out of myself 2.The Tangent-The world we drive through 3.Evergrey-The inner circle 4.Deadsoul Tribe-The January tree 5.IQ-Dark Matter 6.Anti-Depressive Delivery-Feel.Melt.Release.Escape. 7.Frameshift-Unweaving the rainbow 8.Jadis-Fanatic 9.Subterranean Masquerade-Temporary psychotic state 10.Fates Warning-X It was a fantastic year in the Prog world.

April 9th, 2005, 08:25 AM	#12 (permalink)
Pinkeisch Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 93	bump