Favorite albums this year?

Ness · **Posted:** Sat Dec 13, 2008 2:24 pm

FrigidSymphony wrote:

No love for Equilibrium's "Sagas"?

metalNESS wrote:

Protest the Hero
Seventh Avenue
Stormwarrior
Equilibrium
Messugah
Zero Hour
Enslaved
Opeth
Arsis
Origin
Ayreon
Falconer
In Flames
Avantasia
Judas Priest
Power Quest
Amon Amarth

Trooper Of Steel · **Posted:** Sat Dec 13, 2008 7:30 pm

So far i'd say (in no particular order as of yet):

Orden Ogan - Vale
DragonForce - Ultra Beatdown
Circle II Circle - Delusions Of Grandeur
Kiuas - The New Dark Age
Evergrey - Torn
Secret Sphere - Sweet Blood Thoery
Metallica - Death Magnetic
AC/DC - Black Ice

There are many more which i still need to spin properly, like Pyramaze, Testament, Grand Magus....

AlexandeR · **Posted:** Tue Dec 16, 2008 2:37 am

Moonlyght - Shining (album of the year by far)
Forefather - Steadfast
Deathspell Omega - Chaining the Katechon
Communic - Payment of Existence
Coldworld - Melancholie2
Alkemyst - Through Painful Lanes
Darkestrah - The Great Silk Road
Galneryus - Reincarnation
Gorath - Misotheism
Keep of Kalessin - Kolossus
Scar Symmetry - Holographic Universe
Theocracy - Mirror of Souls
Hibria - Skull Collectors

Skeksis · **Joined:** Mon Sep 22, 2008 10:20 am **Posts:** 573

I'd place the new Rotten Sound up there somewhere as well. Awesome album.

Astaroth · **Posted:** Wed Dec 17, 2008 2:40 am

I haven't heard that many new albums this year, but these stick to my stereo:

Darkspace - Darkspace III
Coldworld - melancholie^2

I know i have the latest Amon Amarth album, but it didn't do it for me the first time around. I still like versus the world and crusher the most. Perhaps they are more catchy, perhaps the last two albums are just more of the same... i should give them both in a near future

Wintermute · **Posted:** Wed Dec 17, 2008 10:45 am

I'm not sure how much music I've listened to that was released within the past year, but I've been enjoying Wastelander, Arsis, Toxic Holocaust, and, uh, I don't know. I'm out of the loop/still back-tracking in musical terms.

Ness · **Posted:** Thu Dec 18, 2008 3:06 pm

My top five as of now in order:

1. Protest the Hero
2. Seventh Avenue
3. Equilibrium
4. Stormwarrior
5. Enslaved
5. Hammers of Misfortune

Yeah, that's six, so what.

Ness · **Posted:** Thu Dec 18, 2008 3:08 pm

AlexandeR wrote:

Moonlyght - Shining (album of the year by far)
Forefather - Steadfast
Deathspell Omega - Chaining the Katechon
Communic - Payment of Existence
Coldworld - Melancholie2
Alkemyst - Through Painful Lanes
Darkestrah - The Great Silk Road
Galneryus - Reincarnation
Gorath - Misotheism
Keep of Kalessin - Kolossus
Scar Symmetry - Holographic Universe
Theocracy - Mirror of Souls

Man, I still need to get those.

hermosotrozo · **Joined:** Fri Dec 05, 2008 9:07 pm **Posts:** 10

There were many, whom i really liked this year. like...
The Fall Of Troy
Stormwarrior
Coldplay
Cancer Bats
Aborted

but at the end of November i heard a new group Live at Metro (chicago) a few times called "Janus". i loved them, they sound like a mix of the Deftones and 30 Seconds to Mars, "Eyesore" is my favorite track. Found some good reviews of them online too.

http://www.tunelabmusic.com/2008/11/16/ ... ht-return/

http://nbc5streetteam.wordpress.com/200 ... st-listen/

traptunderice · **Posted:** Thu Dec 18, 2008 5:09 pm

hermosotrozo wrote:

a mix of the Deftones and 30 Seconds to Mars

Sounds like a winning combination!

Goat · **Posted:** Thu Dec 18, 2008 5:28 pm

I think he means Janvs.

traptunderice · **Posted:** Thu Dec 18, 2008 6:51 pm

Grand Belial's Tea wrote:

I think he means Janvs.

I don't think so. On a different note, I didn't realize they had a new album out. Any good?

Goat · **Posted:** Thu Dec 18, 2008 8:27 pm

traptunderice wrote:

Grand Belial's Tea wrote:

I think he means Janvs.

I don't think so. On a different note, I didn't realize they had a new album out. Any good?

Hahah, was being sarky, and yes, it is.

Ness · **Posted:** Thu Dec 18, 2008 10:19 pm

HIBRIA!!!!! I don't know where to put this yet... right now it is #1 for me. But I don't want to be hasty.

AlexandeR · **Posted:** Thu Dec 18, 2008 10:43 pm

metalNESS wrote:

HIBRIA!!!!! I don't know where to put this yet... right now it is #1 for me. But I don't want to be hasty.

LOL, I knew it :lol:

Zeth · **Posted:** Fri Dec 19, 2008 3:15 am

Top 10:

10. Hate Eternal - Fury and Flames
POOOOWAAAAAA!
9. Bloodbath - Unblessing the Purity
Some fine Bloodbath songs. Perfectly solid death metal.
8. Gojira - The Way of All Flesh
Still damn heavy and awesome.
7. Equilibrium - Sagas
EPIC.
6. Opeth - Watershed
It's Opeth, doing what Opeth does but actually sounding fresh and all.
5. The Monolith Deathcult - Trivmvirate
This is Samuel L mother fucking Jacksson-heavy kind of Metal!
4. Hammers of Misfortune - Fields/Church of Broken Glass
Another excellent album from this imba group.
3. Pin-Up Went Down - 2 Unlimited
Came out of nowhere and f***ed me up. Very intriguing and entertaining.
2. The Mars Volta - The Bedlam in Goliath
Will this superhuman band ever stop to make golden records? Where the hell do they get all the inspiration from? Fantastic album.
1. Between the Buried and Me - Colors Live
SO WHAT!? Yeah Colors came out last year, and it's still the best. My obsession is renewed. I would actually go as far as to call Colors the best metal album of the decade. :ph34r:

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