Your Top 10 Albums of 2007

[David Gold]

Note: "Woods 3", though technically 'released' very late in 2007, is to be considered a 2008 album (so put it on NEXT year's list! ). 'W3' WILL be dated as as '2007' in the discography (it took one year to do Woods 1, two years to do Woods 2 and three years to do Woods 3, etc...), but 2008 will be the whole full official year for us to promote it.

So, let's see your lists of what you enjoyed this year!!! I'm still working on mine...

 

[BlüdDisörder]

In no order:

Skeletonwitch - Beyond the Permafrost
Wolves In The Throne Room - Two Hunters
Swallow the Sun - Hope
Pelican - City of Echoes
Primordial - To the Nameless Dead
Xasthur - Defective Epitaph
Baroness - The Red Album
Blut aus Nord - Odinist
Ulver - Shadows of the Sun
Oakhelm - Betwixt and Between
Novembers Doom - The Novella Reservoir
Between the Buried and Me - Colors

I still need to hear the new albums by Porcupine Tree, Alcest, Shining, Novembre, Deathspell Omega, Drudkh, and Graveland.

In 2008, I'm looking foward to releases by Agalloch, Lurker of Chalice, Opeth, Sculptured, Daylight Dies, and of course, Woods of Ypres.

 

[Advance&Vanquish]

Deathspell Omega - Fas - Ite, Maledicti, in Ignem Aeternum
Between the Buried and Me - Colors
The Black Dahlia Murder - Nocturnal
Ulver - Shadows of the Sun
Wolves in The Throne Room - Two Hunters
Cephalic Carnage - Xenosapien
Amorphis - Silent Waters
Porcupine Tree - Fear of a Blank Planet
3 Inches of Blood - Fire up the Blades
Horse the Band - A Natural Death

 

[BlüdDisörder]

I forgot to add Darkthrone - F.O.A.D to my list.

 

[zekeyou]

Couldn't narrow to ten, so...15

1) Between the Buried and Me-- Colors
2) Novembers Doom-- The Novella Reservoir
3) Primordial-- To the Nameless Dead
4) High on Fire-- Death is this Communion
5) Bad Religion-- New Maps of Hell
6) Gevaudan-- The Arrogant Chronicles: A requiem for the dead, a deity for the living…
7) Witchcraft-- The Alchemist
8 ) Melechesh-- Emissaries
9) Wolves in the Throne Room-- Two Hunters
10) Alcest-- Souvenirs d'un autre monde
11) Volbeat-- Rock the Rebel/Metal the Devil
12) Zoroaster-- Dog Magic
13) The Howling Wind-- Pestilence and Peril
14) Slough Feg-- Hardworlder
15) Xasthur-- Defective Epitaph


Still in the running...
Baroness
Doomsword
Hour of 13
The Angelic Process
Candlemass
The Austrasian Goat
Prong

 

[Advance&Vanquish]

I forgot to add Darkthrone - F.O.A.D to my list.

heh did my avatar remind you?

 

[Dauden]

Seriously hard as hell to pick top 10 metal albums, and even more impossible for overall. I have over 100 albums on my computer from 2007 and yeah, its been an amazing year. But here's my top 10 metal albums from 2007, in order

Symphony X - Paradise Lost
Behemoth - The Apostasy
Machine Head - The Blackening
Sonata Arctica - Unia
Between the Buried and Me - Colors
Turisas - The Varangian Way
Baroness - Red Album
Dream Theater - Systematic Chaos
Type O Negative - Dead Again
Pain of Salvation - Scarsick

Honourable mentions to the new Amorphis, Pelican, Manegarm, Neurosis and Kamelot.

 

[BlüdDisörder]

heh did my avatar remind you?

yes!

 

[MentallyAbstract]

Dethklok and Megadeth. I wasn't a big fan of the new 3 Inches Of Blood (or the second one), compared to the first one.

 

[sdmf2]

top albums of 2007: (in no order)

Melechesh- Emissaries
Behemoth- The Apostasy
Nile- Ithyphallic
Korpiklaani- Tervaaskanto
Megadeth- United Abominations
Ensiferum- Victory Songs
Immolation- Shadows in the Light
King Diamond- Give Me Your Soul... Please
Akercocke- Antichrist
Moonsorrow- V:Havitetty

Honourable mentions to Vital Remains- Icons of Evil, and Vintersorg- Solens Rotter

 

[Morfeind]

1. Blackfield - Blackfield II

2. Alcest - Souvenirs D'un Autre Monde

3. Moonsorrow - V. Havitetty

4. Radiohead - In Rainbows

5. Nine Inch Nails - Year Zero

6. Anekdoten - A Time of Day

7. Queens of the Stone Age

8. Skinny Puppy - Mythmaker

9. Explosions in the Sky - All of a Sudden I Miss Everyone

10. Dark Tranquillity - Fiction

Honorable mentions - Aqua de Annique - Air, Porcupine Tree - Fear of a Blank Planet, Grayceon - s/t

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[Darth Grimby]

Some nice selections here. Here is my list (of 20... sorry!):

01 - Machine Head - The Blackening
02 - 3 Inches Of Blood - Fire Up The Blades
03 - Korpiklaani - Tervaskanto
04 - Rotting Christ - Theogonia
05 - Dark Tranquillity - Fiction
06 - Wolfpack Unleashed - Anthems Of Resistance
07 - Gaia Epicus - Victory
08 - Soilwork - Sworn To A Great Divide
09 - Megadeth - United Abominations
10 - Finntroll - Ur Jordens Djup
11 - High On Fire - Death Is This Communion
12 - Tempting Tragedy - Carpe Noctem
13 - Annihilator - Metal
14 - Cauldron - Into The Cauldron EP
15 - Slough Feg - Hardworlder
16 - Overkill - Immortalis
17 - Year Of Desolation - Year Of Desolation
18 - Iced Earth - Framing Armageddon
19 - Shatter Messiah - God Burns Like Flesh
20 - Exodus - The Atrocity Exhibition - Exhibit A

 

[Uncreation]

Only ten, eh? Hmm... Well then, as we're not going to be counting Woods 3 as a 2007 release, in alphabetical order, mine would have to be:

Akercocke - Antichrist
Deathspell Omega - Fas - Ite, Maledicti, in Ignem Aeternum
Nightingale - White Darkness
Novembers Doom - The Novella Reservoir
Opeth - The Roundhouse Tapes
Peste Noire - Folkfuck Folie
Peste Noire - Lorraine Rehearsal
Porcupine Tree - Fear of a Blank Planet
Shining - V - Halmstad (Niklas angående Niklas)
Vrigin Black - Requiem - Mezzo Forte

Honourable mentions: Alcest's Souvenirs d'un autre monde, Be Persecuted's I.I, Demiurg's Breath of the Demiurg, Devin Townsend's Ziltoid The Omniscient, Elend's A World in Their Screams, Peste Noire's Mors Orbis Terrarum, Sigh's Hangman's Hymn - Musikalische Exequien, and Wolves In The Throne Room's Two Hunters.

 

[phantomfreak]

In no particular order.

Amorphis - Silent Waters
Dream Theatre - Systematic Chaos
Dark Tranquillity - Fiction
Helloween - Gambling With The Devil
Nightwish - Dark Passion Play
Vintersorg - Solens Rotter
Kittie - Funeral For Yesterday
Kamelot - Ghost Opera
Marilyn Manson - Eat Me, Drink Me


New albums from bands I'm looking forward to in 2008:

Woods of Ypres (Of Course)
Metallica
Children on Bodom
Sinergy (Hopefully it will finally come out)
Tristania
Poisonblack (Hopefully)
Opeth
Into Eternity
Rhapsody
Leaves' Eyes

 

[Miltbrand]

1. Alcest - Souvenirs D´un Autre Monde

2. Shining - V Halmstad

3. Bergraven - Dödsvisioner

4-10 in no particular order:

Sear Bliss - Arcane Odyssey
Amorphis - Silent Waters
Darkthrone - F.O.A.D.
Candlemass - King Of The Grey Islands
Reverend Bizarre - So Long Suckers
Kurtz - Bomb My Head
Volbeat - Rock The Rebel/Metal The Devil

edit: Ok, it has to be a top 11, coz Witchcraft - The Alchemist deserves a spot too!

 

[Azraelscross]

1. Finntroll - Ur Jordens Djup
2. Sonata Arctica - Unia
3. Explosions in the Sky - All the Sudden I Miss Everyone
4. Soilwork - Sworn To A Great Divide
5. Do Make Say Think - You, You're a History in Rust
6. 65daysofstatic - The Destruction of Small Ideas
7. Paradise Lost - In Requiem
8. Ensiferum - Victory Songs
9. Sigh - Hangman's Hymn
10. Pig Destroyer - Phantom Limb

so hard to put together. so many others i wanted on there but either forgot of or just didnät have room

 

[Trows]

Can't pick 10, don't make me even try, but these are my favourite albums of the year. I can't order them, they're all just exceptional.

65daysofstatic - The Destruction of Small Ideas
Alcest - Souvenirs d'un autre monde
Arkona - Ot Serdtsa k Nebu
Be'lakor - The Frail Tide
Bloody Panda - Pheromone
Clutch - From Bealse Street to Oblivion
Darkestra - Epos
In Vain - The Latter Rain
Mael Mórdha - Gaeltacht Mael Mórdha
Moonsorrow - V: Havitetty
Ne Obliviscaris - The Aurora Veil
Oceansize - Frames.
Porcupine Tree - Fear of a Blank Planet
Primordial - To the Nameless Dead
Sear Bliss - Arcane Odyssey
Shining - V Halmstad
Sigh - Hangman's Hymn
Slough Feg - Hardworlder
Ulver - Shadows of the Sun
Vulture Industries - The Dystopia Journals
Wolves in the Throne Room - Two Hunters

 

[Midnight In Winter]

2007 has been disappointing for me because I had hoped that Woods III and Wintersuns new CD would be out. This year was really lackluster compared to 2006. So, for me, in no particular order:

1.Behemoth - The Apostasy
2.Nile - Ithyphalic
3.Farmakon - Robin
4.Swallow The Sun - Hope
5.Vital Remains - Icons of Evil
6.The Morningside - The Wind, The Trees And The Shadows Of The Past
7.Vintersorg- Solens Rotter
8.Wolves In The Throne Room- Two Hunters
9. Dark Tranquility - Fiction
10. Moonsorrow - V: Hävitetty

And a few CD's I was dissapointed in:

Annihilator - Metal
Immortal Souls - Wintereich
Arch Enemy - Rise of the Tyrant (With the exception of "Vultures")
Graveworm - Collateral Defect
Dimmu Borgir - In Sorte Diaboli

With all that being said, 2008 looks like it's going to be fucking awesome. Possible new Immortal, Agalloch and Vehemence CD's, and scheduled Wintersun, Woods of Ypres and Scar Symmetry CD's.

 

[WrathChld]

1. Primordial -- To the Nameless Dead

Everything else is just second best.

 

[Dauden]

Midnight: Disappointed in the new Dimmu? I found it surprisingly kickass to be honest. Surprised not a lot of people are mentioning Machine Head. Also, anyone get their hands on the new Limbonic Art? I thought it was kickass. Aaaand does anyone know anything about Agalloch? I've heard lots about an album next year, but are they actually in the studio, or is this just speculation they'll release something?