Is that time of the year again, and many know the drill, but there have been newbies coming lately. Write your top (10 minimum, no maximum) list of albums, concerts, videos, for 2018. No bashing, no hit and run comments, all lists are valid in the eyes of the poster. I post mine usually on Dec 31, but anyone who like put it before is welcome. This thread will be "sticky" until Feb 2019 and then will have its own rotation.
My top ten concerts list can be seen via this Classic Rock Bottom link. You can check out my Top Ten albums of 2018 via this Classic Rock Bottom link.
Heavy Metal 1. Riot V – “Armor Of Light” 2. Mike Lepond’s Silent Assassins – “Pawn And Prophecy” 3. Trespass – “Footprints In The Rock” 4. Visigoth – “Conqueror’s Oath” 5. Thrashist Regime – “Carnival Of Monsters” 6. Tokyo Blade – “Unbroken” 7. Witchcryer – “Cry Witch” 8. Orange Goblin – “The Wolf Bites Back” 9. Gama Bomb – “Speed Between The Lines” 10. Primal Fear – “Apocalypse” 11. Nils Patrick Johanssen – “Evil Deluxe” 12. Satan – “Cruel Magic” 13. Metal Church – “Damned If You Do” 14. The Skull – "The Endless Road Turns Dark" 15. Solstice – “White Horse Hill” 16. A Sound Of Thunder – “It Was Metal” 17. Emerald – “Requiem” 18. Icarus Witch – “Goodbye Cruel World” 19. Manigance – “Machine Nation” 20. Septic Tank – “Rotting Civilisation” 21. Northern Crown – “Northern Crown” 22. Saxon – “Thunderbolt” --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hard Rock 1. Salem – “Attrition” 2. Joe Satriani – “What Happens Next” 3. Nordic Union – “Second Coming” 4. Phil Campbell And The Bastard Sons – “The Age Of Absurdity” 5. Graveyard – “Peace” 6. Praying Mantis – “G.R.A.V.I.T.Y.” 7. Gus G. – “Fearless” 8. Nazareth – “Tattooed On My Brain” --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Progressive Metal /Rock/Jazz 1. Semantic Saturation – “Paradigms” 2. Lazuli – “Saison 8” 3. The Sea Within – “The Sea Within” 4. Seventh Wonder – “Tiara” 5. The Tangent – “Proxy” 6. Roine Stolt’s The Flower King – “Manifesto Of An Alchemist” 7. Alex Skolnick – “Conundrum” --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- EPs 1. Candlemass – “House Of Doom” --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Stuff that didn’t made on time to be ranked before Dec 31 · Presto Ballet – “The Days Between” · Nita Strauss – “Controlled Chaos” --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Concerts 1. The Cursed 2. Sin Paredes -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
I didn't categorise everything but I already did a top 10 and an honourable mentions. I just added a dishonourable mentions, which could just as easily be read as "It Might Be Time To Consider Retirement" 1. Doro Pesch – Forever Warriors, Forever United 2. After burner – After burner 3. Ancestor – Lord Of Destiny 4. Powerwolf – The Sacrament Of Sin 5. Trashquatch – Axe To Inherit 6. Alien Weaponry – Tu 7. Fabulous Disaster – Off With Their Heads 8. Gruesome – Twisted Prayers 9. Judas Priest – Firepower 10. Thrashist Regime – Carnival Of Monsters Honourable Mentions Wytch Hazel – Ii Sojoun Black Label Society – Grimmest Hits Born Again – True Heavy Nation Chronosphere – Red n Roll Darkness – First Class Violence Elvenstorm – The Conjuring Exxxekutioner – Death Sentence Iron Angel – Hellbound Nervosa – Downfall Of Man Kind Terrorizer – Caustic Attack Dishonourable mentions Metal Church - Damned If You Do D. D. Verni – Barricade Dead Cross - Dead Cross (EP) Madball - For the Cause Deicide - Overtures of Blasphemy Grave Digger - The Living Dead Heidevolk - Vuur Van Verzet Angra – Ømni Tantara - Sum of Forces Venom - Storm the Gates Sleep - The Sciences
@Slammed am I going out of my mind or did you forget to mention Black Majesty? Here's mine, excluding all death, black, grind etc. Top 10 "old school metal" albums: 1. Sacral Rage - Beyond Celestial Echoes 2. Black Viper - Hellions of Fire 3. Ironflame - Tales of Splendor and Sorrow 4. Ancestor - Lords of Destiny 5. The Skull - The Endless Road Turns Dark 6. Solemn Ceremony - Solemn Ceremony 7. Ice Sword - Dragon Magic 8. Wytch Hazel - II: Sojourn 9. Voïvod - The Wake 10. Solstice - White Horse Hill HM: 11. Road Warrior - Power 12. Black Majesty - Children of the Abyss 13. Gatekeeper - East of Sun 14. Ancient Empire - Eternal Soldier 15. Manacle - No Fear to Persevere 16. Iron Void - Excalibur 17. Visigoth - Conqueror's Oath 18. Midnight Force - Dunsinane 19. Candle - The Keeper's Curse 20. Satan - Cruel Magic EPs: 1. Ice War - Manifest Destiny 2. Chevalier - Chapitre II 3. Idle Hands - Don't Waste Your Time 4. Void Moon - Ars Moriendi 5. Attacker - Armor of the Gods 6. Ültra Raptör - Ültra Raptör 7. Vicious Knights - Malevolent Spirits 8. Candlemass - House of Doom 9. Dungeon - Purifying Fire 10. Allagash - Canadian Encounters Demos: 1. Miscreance - From Awareness to Creation 2. Fatal Agent - Innocent Victims 3. Smoulder - The Sword Woman 4. Eisenhand - Demonstration Tape 5. Espectro - The Gypsy
