Why not get a nice list started. Xmas is just around the corner, and alot of you will probably be looking for something to keep your metal appetite quenched over the holidays. And yes, we all know Dungeon - The Final Chapter is the greatest album ever created, but let's say we couldn't select that. List your favs guys and gals. Seventh Wonder - Waiting in the Wings (amazing amazing album) Iron Fire - Revenge Vanden Plas - Christ 0 Mystic Prophecy - Savage Souls Galneryus - Beyond the End to Despair Axxis - Paradise in Flames Persuader - When Eden Burns Viron - NWOGHM Looks like symphy x, silent force, and iron savior will have to wait till next year
i think there has been a thread on this already (created by me!) but since the albums i chose are THAT good they deserve another mention Cult of Luna - Somewhere Along the Highway Agalloch - Ashes Against the Grain Enslaved- Ruun (and once i get Negura Bunget - Om and the Ne Obliviscaris EP im sure they will be on the list)
In no order: Iron Maiden: A Matter Of Life And Death Negură Bunget: OM Enslaved: Ruun Drudkh: Krov u nashykh Krynytsyakh (Blood in Our Wells) Drudkh: Songs Of Grief And Solitude MGŁA: Presence (EP) Keep Of Kalessin: Armada Urgehal: Goatcraft Torment Agalloch: Ashes Against The Grain
hmm, so far, in no order: Agalloch - Ashes Against The Grain Enslaved - Ruun Giant Squid - Metridium Field Vreid - Pitch Black Brigade Mastodon - Blood Mountain Sahg - I so far
Black Label Society - Shot To Hell Daylight Dies - Dismantling Devotion Entwine - Fatal Design Poisonblack - Lust Stained Despair That is about it. Although I am still to get new albums from My Dying Bride and Novembre. All and all, it hasn't been a real great year in metal.
I think it has been a shitty year where the good releases have been few and far between. Between the shitty retro revival (Points directly at those wankers, The Sword), subpar releases from cool bands and more utter shit then you can poke a stick at, here are my picks: Incantation - Primordial Domination Nortt - Ligfaerd Elysian Blaze - Levitating the Carnal Zemial - In Momentum Xasthur - Subliminal Genocide Mephistopheles - Ascension Aborted Om - Conference of the Birds The Abominable Iron Sloth - s/t Still to hear Unearthly Trance Sunn/Boris Split Coffins Deicide
I was thinking about Xasthur's latest release, but I personally feel that "To Violate the Oblivious" is his crowning glory. Fantastic album, rich with creativity.
Suffocation - Suffocation Deicide - The Stench of Redemption Converge - No Heroes Raised Fist - Sound of the Republic Incantation - Primordial Domination Skinless - Trample The Weak, Hurdle The Dead
Edguy - Rocket Ride Strapping Young Lad - The New Black Lamb of God - Sacrament Slayer - Christ Illusion Trivium - The Crusade
No order: Týr - Ragnarok Wyrd - The Ghost Album Summoning - Oath Bound Psycroptic - Symbols of Failure Korpiklaani - Tales Along This Road Blind Guardian - A Twist In The Myth Bal-Sagoth - The Chtonic Chronicles Agalloch - Ashes Against The Grain Negură Bunget: OM
The only album i think i bought from this year is Twist in the Myth - Blind Guardian and that album rules.
Yeah I got that album when it first came out as well. Pretty good album, don't know how it will rate in my top list for me. I gotta go through all the albums I have from this year again to make a full evaluation. A lot of albums to get through and still more to come.
The new maiden album is their best album since Seventh Son. I'm truly sorry that some of you can't see that.
