| Marty's Top 15 albums of 2007 |
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- Helloween - Gambling With The Devil
Even better than Keeper The Legacy, this one's one of the best Andi Deris era Helloween albums ever!
- Rush - Snakes And Arrows
A very solid Rush album and very fresh sounding for these rock dinosaurs
- Vanishing Point - The Fourth Season
Amazing melodic heavy metal with a progressive edge
- Nightwish - Dark Passion Play
They brought in a new vocalist with a whole new style and never missed a beat
- Saxon - The Inner Sanctum
Yet another great Saxon album....these guys have been on a roll!
- Symphony X - Paradise Lost
Much heavier than ever, these guys are becoming the new kings of prog metal
- Cage - Hell Destroyer
Crushing heavy metal and very old school...just the way it should be
- Mystic Prophecy - Satanic Curses
Killer and very heavy power metal, this band has yet to disappoint.
- Dark Moor - Tarot
The best album yet in the post Elisa Martin era of this band
- The Codex - The Codex
Everything Magnus Karlsson touches turns to gold and Mark Boals sings his ass off here!
- Allen - Lande - The Revenge
The second part of this Magnus Karlsson project and another winner!
- Evidence One - The Sky Is The Limit
Very solid melodic heavy metal
- DGM - Different Shapes
They really turned it up a notch for this album....awesome progressive metal
- Deadsoul Tribe - A Lullaby For The Devil
Dark and even more moodier than before, Devon Graves is in a league of his own
- Intense - As Our Army Grows
Great old school heavy/power metal from the U.K.....great job Sean!!
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| Marty's Top 5 surprises of 2007 |
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- Ted Nugent - Love Grenade
This album kicks serious ass.....I'm still surprised by it even after many months of listening to it
- Beggar's Ball - 1321
California Guns "N Roses/punk style sleaze rock that also kicks serious ass!
- Scorpions - Humanity - Hour 1
It's a very good album yet the surprise is in the type of material.....better vocal melodies yet a very different and softer sound.
- Heart Of Sun - Heart Of Sun
Great progressive rock/metal that captures the imagination
- Helix - The Power Of Rock And Roll
Party time 80's hard rock......I really miss that stuff!!
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| Marty's Disappointment(s) of 2007 |
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- Sonata Arctica - Unia
Weird.....very weird
- Elvenking - The Scythe
What a mess.....especially after a couple of great albums
- Freedom Call - Dimensions
Some good songs and a few "experiments" that just didn't work
- Kamelot - Ghost Opera
Not a bad album by any means but where's the energy?
- Twisted Tower Dire - Netherworlds
Stale, uninspired and terrible vocals by a previously good singer
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| Marty's Joke(s) 2007 |
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- Manowar - Gods of War
Lose the narration and concentrate more on the songwriting....these guys are only living on past glories
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| Marty's words about 2007 |
- Well once again, there's simply not enough time to listen to everything so there are a few releases that likely would've made my best of list if I had given them some serious listens. 2007 was another great year for metal and the big highlight for me was the Heaven and Hell Tour with the Dio-era Sabbath line-up. 2008 is already shaping up to be another solid year with some very high profile releases coming out already. The biggest events are going to be the new Judas Priest epic and the new Metallica (if it even comes out this year)....as far as Chinese Democracy, I've given it so many Joke Of The Year awards that I'm going to retire it for good. I doubt it will ever see the light of day. It's also great that Rush is extending it's Snakes And Arrows tour to include South America once again as well as many other North American cities that they haven't played in a while.
I would like to extend sincere thanks to all the labels, bands and PR people that are so helpful in supporting MetalReviews.com. Last but certainly not the least, thanks to the loyal readers and dedicated forumites...you are all part of this crazy and fun metal "community" that is unlike any other on the net...I continue to stand by that claim.
Cheers and have a great (and heavy) 2008
Marty
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