Your Top Ten Of 2004

[Kenneth R.]

Riverside - Out of Myself (what a surprise great release)
Fates Warning - FWX
Third Eye Blind - Out of the Vein (might be 03' and certainly not metal)
Angra - Temple of Shadows
Pain of Salvation - 12:5 (Be was also awesome but lacks the replayability of 12:5)
Marillion - Marbles
Threshold - Subsurface (this could be my favorite cd this year.)
Ayreon - Human Equation
Evergrey - The Inner Circle
Dream Theater - Train of Thought (7 songs, 3 of them amazing, 4 good)

Honorable mention to:
Incubus - Crow Left of the Murder
Fuel - Natural Selection (might be 03')
Nightingale - Invisible

 

[Met-Al]

I work at a music store, and each employee posts their top ten albums each year. As of last year, we took the Spinal Tap approach and made our top ten lists go to eleven. Without any further ado, here goes:


11. Joe Satriani--Is There Love In Space?
10. Metal Church--Weight Of The World
9. Division--Trinity
8. Jag Panzer--Casting The Stones
7. Marillion--Marbles
6. Edguy--Hellfire Club
5. Dreamscape--End Of Silence
4. Fates Warning--FWX
3. Brave--Passages (hey, we agreed on one!)
2. Dream Theater--Live At Budokan
1. Pain Of Salvation--12:5

I hate when artists I really like put out albums closer to the end of the year because I don't have enough time to explore them and form an educated opinion. By January, I'm sure I would discard one of these albums for Angra's "Temple Of Shadows" or Pain Of Salvation's "Be." Hindsight's always 20/20.


Stay metal. Never rust.
Met-Al

 

[Force10]

My favorites from 2004:

1. Angra - Temple of Shadows
2. Evergrey - The Inner Circle
3. Jag Panzer - Casting the Stones
4. Threshold - Subsurface
5. Iced Earth - The Glorious Burden
6. Megadeth - The System Has Failed
7. Cans - Beyond The Gates
8. Iron Savior - Battering Ram
9. Primal Fear - Devils Ground
10. Dreamscape - End of Silence

Overall, not too bad a year.

 

[Yngvai X]

1. Ayreon - The Human Equation
2. Angra - Temple of Shadows
3. Edguy - Hellfire Club
4. Dream Evil - Book of Heavy Metal
5. Persuader - Evolution Purgatory
6. Iron Savior - Battering Ram
7. Iced Earth - The Glorious Burden
8. Finntroll - Nattfodd
9. Nightwish - Once
10. Kotipelto - Coldness

 

[Walter_Langkowski]

I work at a music store, and each employee posts their top ten albums each year. As of last year, we took the Spinal Tap approach and made our top ten lists go to eleven. Without any further ado, here goes:


11. Joe Satriani--Is There Love In Space?
10. Metal Church--Weight Of The World
9. Division--Trinity
8. Jag Panzer--Casting The Stones
7. Marillion--Marbles
6. Edguy--Hellfire Club
5. Dreamscape--End Of Silence
4. Fates Warning--FWX
3. Brave--Passages (hey, we agreed on one!)
2. Dream Theater--Live At Budokan
1. Pain Of Salvation--12:5

I hate when artists I really like put out albums closer to the end of the year because I don't have enough time to explore them and form an educated opinion. By January, I'm sure I would discard one of these albums for Angra's "Temple Of Shadows" or Pain Of Salvation's "Be." Hindsight's always 20/20.


Stay metal. Never rust.
Met-Al

You ain't shit without my dark brotha, StraightEdge!! :Spin:

Nice list, but you still fucked up by not buying that Silent Force. Oh well, your loss... :Spin:

 

[The Invisible Guest]

Should we count this as 2004?? It was released in Europe in 2003 and wasn't released here in the states until the beginning of this year. I agree that this was a great release and would have included it in my list but I consider it a 2003 release. This would be my 2nd or 3rd best CD of this year. Anyway...Later!

I'm counting it, although opinion is mixed. I've been told on another board that it's a 2003 release, but like you said it wasn't available to most of us in the States until early 2004 if I recall right. Some vendors may have received this in late 2003, but I don't think all of them did. I have seen it listed in other top lists around the net, so I'm not the only one counting it as a 2004.

 

[Met-Al]

Hey, Langkowski,
I sure ain't shit without the nubian god of metal! I'll get around to picking up the Silent Force, so don't get your panties in a twist!


Stay metal. Never rust.
Met-Al

 

[Dustro25]

In no particular order:
1. Evergrey - The Inner Circle
2. Dream Theater - Train of Thought
3. Nightwish - Once
4. Sonata Arctica - Reckoning Night
5. Pain of Salvation - 12:5
6. Pain of Salvation - Be
7. Tim Donahue - Madmen & Sinners
8. Ayreon - The Human Equation
9. Velvet Revolver - Contraband
10. Iron Maiden - Dance of Death
***Thought I'd give this list some integrity...

 

[pyramazekeyboardist]

1,Disarmonia mundi- Fragments of a D-generation
2.Pyramaze- Melancholy Beast
3.Megadeth- The System has failed
4.Mercenary- 11 Dreams
5.Nightwish-Once
6.Lilitu- The Delores Lesion
7.Moonlight Agony- Echoes of a Nightmare
8.Skyfire- Spectral
9.Persuader- Evolution Purgatory
10.Iron Savior- Battering Ram....................\m/ -j

 

[SavaRon]

Top Five, to hard to figure out ten of them.

1. Into Eternity - Buried in Oblivian.
2. Tesla - Into the now.
3. Iced Earth - The Glorious Burden.
4. Death Angel - The Art of Dying.
5. Megadeth - The System has Failed.

Alot of old school bands released really good discs this year! The Into Eternity Disc is still kicking everthing's ass though.

 

[The Invisible Guest]

1,Disarmonia mundi- Fragments of a D-generation
2.Pyramaze- Melancholy Beast
\m/ -j

I have you guys at #12. Excellent debut, and I will anxiously await effort #2.

 

[Oakenson]

Since it's impossible for me to rank most of these, my top ten is in alphabetical order.

Angra - Temple Of Shadows
Chirleison - A Whisper
Dargaard - Rise And Fall
Dawn Desiree - Dancing, Dreaming, Longing ...
Nightwish - Once
Pain Of Salvation - Be
Qntal - Qntal III: Tristan und Isolde
Rhapsody - Symphony Of Enchanted Lands II: The Dark Secret
Sonata Arctica - Reckoning Night
Wintersun - Wintersun

This was a great year for music!

 

[Dave@BEC]

Was a great year for metal!

Mercenary - 11 Dreams
Tad Morose - Modus Vivendi
Morifade - Domi<>nation
Into Eternity - Buried in Oblivion
Nightwish - Once
Evergrey - The Inner Circle
Therion - Lemuria & Sirius B
Iced Earth - The Glorious Burden
Pyramaze - Melancholy Beast
Vox Tempus - In the Eye of Time

Full list of top 20 cd's was posted on the website:
Top 20 CDs for 2004

 

[MajorRager]

10) Death Angel - The Art of Dying
9) VII Gates - Fire Walk With Me
8) Dragonland - Starfall
7) 3 Inches of Blood - Advance and Vanquish
6) Mystic Prophecy - Never Ending
5) Pyramaze - Melancholy Beast
4) Iced Earth - The Glorious Burden
3) Evergrey - The Inner Circle
2) Dragonforce - Sonic Firestorm
1) Persuader - Evolution Purgatory

 

[J-Man]

1. NIGHTWISH - ONCE
2. PYRAMAZE - Melancholy Beast
3. VISIONS OF ATLANTIS - Castaway
4. SONATA ARCTICA - Reckoning Night
5. EVIL MASQUERADE - The Show Must Go On
6. CLOUDSCAPE - ?????
7. SILENT FORCE - Worlds Apart
8 EVIDENCE ONE - Tattooed Heart
9. ARWEN - Illusions
10 OLYMPOS MONS - Conquistador

 

[warmwetos]

In no particular order:

Dead Soul Tribe - January Tree
Mechanical Poet - Woodland Prattlers
Mercenary - 11 Dreams
Riverside - Out of Myself
Nightwish - Once
Into Eternity - Buried in Oblivion
Fates Warning - FWX
Ayreon - The Human Equation
Orphaned Land - Mabool
Adagio - Underworld

 

[Sautherom]

in no particular order:

Therion.- Lemuria /sirius B
Angra.- temple of shadows
Edguy.- hellfireclub
Heavenly.- dust to dust
DragonForce.- sonic firestorm
Amon Amarth.- fate of norns
The Cure.- The Cure
Ayreon.- the human equation
Epica.- we will take you with us
Rhapsody.- symphony of enchanted lands II
Nightwish.- once

 

[LOCALX]

Top Five, to hard to figure out ten of them.

1. Into Eternity - Buried in Oblivian.
2. Tesla - Into the now.
3. Iced Earth - The Glorious Burden.
4. Death Angel - The Art of Dying.
5. Megadeth - The System has Failed.

Alot of old school bands released really good discs this year! The Into Eternity Disc is still kicking everthing's ass though.

INTO ETERNITY disc. has a perminent home in my player, along with the SHADOWS FALL album......