Solid 08 releases so far

Pharaoh - Be Gone
Royal Hunt - Collision Course
Rage - Carved In Stone
Brainstorm - Downburst
Benedictum - Seasons of Tragedy

This is my top 5 so far, but I have to listen to the new albums from:

Ayreon
Battleroar
Stormwarrior

...and I am still waiting for some promising albums that have not been released yet.
Glad someone besides me finally mentioned Benedictum. I love Seasons of Tragedy more and more every listen I give it.

I've heard and enjoyed most of the others on your list. Makes me want to check out Pharaoh's latest since I haven't heard that one yet.
 
Best album of 2008 thus far

WHITESNAKE-GOOD TO BE BAD :kickass:

and then....

AYREON-0101001
AVANTASIA-THE SCARECROW


now this will all probably change after June 6 :headbang:
 
Glad someone besides me finally mentioned Benedictum. I love Seasons of Tragedy more and more every listen I give it.

I've heard and enjoyed most of the others on your list. Makes me want to check out Pharaoh's latest since I haven't heard that one yet.

I guess you didn't see my post on page 2 of this thread. "Beast in the Field" is one of my favorite songs of the year. Benedictum remind me A LOT of Strange Highways era Dio. Powerful stuff!
Oh....and the new Whitesnake does indeed kick major buttocks!
 
Best metal I've gotten so far in 2008:

Meshuggah — Obzen
Testament — The Formation of Damnation
Bloodbath — Unblessing the Purity EP
Draconian — Turning Season Within
Kingdom of Sorrow —*s/t
Sahg —*II
Sanctum —*On the Horizon
Virgin Black —*Requiem – Fortissimo
Cavalera Conspiracy — Inflikted

Best rock I've gotten so far in 2008:

Whitesnake — Good to be Bad
The Black Crowes —*Warpaint
Def Leppard —*Songs from the Sparkle Lounge
Ashes Divide — Keep Telling Myself It's Alright
Nine Inch Nails —*The Slip
Torche — Meanderthal

Getting the new Warrel Dane today as well.
 
I guess you didn't see my post on page 2 of this thread. "Beast in the Field" is one of my favorite songs of the year. Benedictum remind me A LOT of Strange Highways era Dio. Powerful stuff!
Oh....and the new Whitesnake does indeed kick major buttocks!
Sorry CBD. I did miss your post. I went back through to check for who might have mentioned them, but I must have just missed yours. Glad to hear that someone besides me, DemonOfTheWoods, and Orfanos liked this release.
 
I'm expecting the new Augury and Cynic albums to trump just about everything else coming out this year (and there have already been some outstanding releases this year).
 
the Cynic promo was kinda lame, but this year has average/good releases one after another but nothing amazing.

There are only two albums I've heard this year that I'd consider to be amazing: Opeth's Watershed and Humanoid's Remembering Universe. Ihsahn's new one is excellent, but I need to spin it a few more times to really get into it.

I also really enjoyed Decrepit Birth's new album, The Mars Volta's and Agalloch's new EP.

And I have extremely high expectations for the new Augury album:

 
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Well, let me see...

Orden Ogan - Vale
Gates of Winter - Lux Aeterna
Dominici - 03, A Trilogy, Part 3
Mind's Eye - 1994, The Afterglow
Ayreon - 0110101whatever
and a band I didn't hear until after New Years and thought was tremendous -
Nation Beyond - The Aftermath Legacy