noodles wrote:
metalness's list has a nice curve ^_^
Sexy curves awright
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| Author: | The Evil Dead [ Thu Dec 04, 2008 10:36 pm ] |
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Since 2008 is drawing to a close... What albums have impressed you the most this year? What do you feel are worthy albums of a supposed Best Album of the Year Award? I'd say my top pick would be Scar Symmetry with Holographic Universe. The album is immensely strong in all aspects and is truly a diverse piece of work. It shows that melodic death metal is certainly not dead, and with guys like SS at the helm that it has a bright future. Even though vocalist Christian Alvestam is gone, I think they're still going to be kicking ass for awhile. Holographic Universe just had so many great moments on it. It's definitely the album I've spun the most this year. Fear Catalyst is probably my favorite song on it. |
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| Author: | Skeksis [ Thu Dec 04, 2008 10:56 pm ] |
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Couldn't say my top, but a bunch that come to mind as memorable: Johnny Truant - No Tears For The Creatures Opeth - Watershed Sigur Rós - Með Suð í Eyrum Við Spilum Endalaust Origin - Antithesis Meshuggah - obZen Dir en grey - Uroboros The Fall Of Troy - Phantom On The Horizon Coldplay - Viva La Vida or Death And All His Friends Cancer Bats - Hail Destroyer Aborted - Strychnine.213 Bring Me The Horizon - Suicide Season The Berzerker - The Reawakening Black Francis - SVN Fngrs |
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| Author: | Thomas [ Thu Dec 04, 2008 11:27 pm ] |
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Top 3 so far: Enslaved - Vertebrae Grand Magus - Iron Will Seventh Wonder - Mercy Falls/Suspyre - When Time Fades... Top 3 Disappointments: Opeth - Watershed Jorn - Lonely Are the Brave Imagika - Feast for the hated |
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| Author: | Goat [ Fri Dec 05, 2008 2:12 am ] |
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Y'all bitches have to wait a few months to get my top 15, but Enslaved, Origin, Opeth, Meshuggah, and Scar Symmetry will be on it somewhere. That Aborted album won't be, disappointing pile o'poo that was. |
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| Author: | traptunderice [ Fri Dec 05, 2008 3:59 am ] |
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When do we get to do the voting threads? Hieronymous Bosch - Equivoke Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - Dig Lazarus Dig Arghoslent - Hornets of the Pogrom Moonspell - Night Eternal The Rotted - Get Dead or Die Trying Lair of the Minotaur - War Metal Battle Master Virgin Black - Fortissimo |
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| Author: | Rhys [ Fri Dec 05, 2008 4:00 am ] |
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Enslaved - Vertebrae Leviathan - Massive Conspiracy Against all Life |
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| Author: | Legacy Of The Night [ Fri Dec 05, 2008 4:32 am ] |
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In order so far: 1) Dir en grey -- Uroboros 2) The Mars Volta -- The Bedlam In Goliath 3) Protest The Hero -- Fortress 4) The Black Mages -- Darkness And Starlight 5) Soilent Green -- Inevitable Collapse In The Presence Of Conviction 6) Moonspell -- Night Eternal And Night Eternal still gets roughly somewhere in the 80's. A lot of good albums this year. |
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| Author: | grandbazaar [ Fri Dec 05, 2008 4:56 am ] |
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Top 5 in no order -Protest the Hero - Fortress -Coldplay - viva la vida death and friends -In Flames - A sense of purpose -Scar Symmetry - holographic universe -Alpha Galates - a Stimulus for reason |
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| Author: | noodles [ Fri Dec 05, 2008 6:53 am ] |
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can't decide between Protest the Hero, The Mars Volta, and Stiletto Formal. i lean towards the latter because i had really high expectations for both of the former that neither album quite reached, even though they're both amazing. |
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| Author: | Ness [ Fri Dec 05, 2008 7:44 am ] |
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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 Still haven't heard Theocracy, Hammers of Misfortune, and Hieronymous Bosch. I like threads like this. They help me realize what I've missed throughout the year. |
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| Author: | noodles [ Fri Dec 05, 2008 7:51 am ] |
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metalness's list has a nice curve ^_^ |
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| Author: | Cú Chulainn [ Fri Dec 05, 2008 5:22 pm ] |
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Equilibrium, Scar Symmetry, In Flames, Unearth, Avantasia, Amon Amarth, Mudvayne, Nickelback (yes, I know I'm gonna get shit for that last one, but what the hell, listen to it before bashing me.) |
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| Author: | Rhys [ Fri Dec 05, 2008 5:39 pm ] |
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noodles wrote: metalness's list has a nice curve ^_^
Sexy curves awright
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| Author: | The Silent Man [ Fri Dec 05, 2008 6:44 pm ] |
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Jon Oliva's Pain - Global Warning Testament - The Formation of Damnation Draconian - Turning Season Within Dragonforce - Ultra Beatdown Battlelore - The Last Alliance Evergrey - Torn Falconer - Among Beggers And Thieves Týr - Land Benedictum - Seasons of Tragedy Keldian - Journey of Souls Avantasia - The Scarecrow Neal Morse - Lifeline Moonspell - Night Eternal Sam Roberts - Love At The End of The World Nazareth - The Newz For the most part thats how mine will look, still like 15 albums I've listened to once that seemed pretty awesome that I need to listen to some more, so some that may take over on the list: Ayreon - 01011001, Dark Empire - Humanity Dethroned, Harmony - Chapter II - The Aftermath, Seventh Avenue - Terium, Harem Scarem - Hope, Amon Amarth - Twilight of The Thunder God, Orden Ogan - Vale, Dragonfly - Alma Irae, Elvenking - Two Tragedy Poets, etc.. Good year so far, but it really slowed down for me over the last couple of months. |
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| Author: | Dago [ Fri Dec 05, 2008 6:51 pm ] |
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Cult of Luna, Mouth of The Architect close second. |
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| Author: | Ness [ Sat Dec 06, 2008 7:34 am ] |
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The Silent Man wrote: Jon Oliva's Pain - Global Warning
Testament - The Formation of Damnation Draconian - Turning Season Within Dragonforce - Ultra Beatdown Battlelore - The Last Alliance Evergrey - Torn Falconer - Among Beggers And Thieves Týr - Land Benedictum - Seasons of Tragedy Keldian - Journey of Souls Avantasia - The Scarecrow Neal Morse - Lifeline Moonspell - Night Eternal Sam Roberts - Love At The End of The World Nazareth - The Newz For the most part thats how mine will look, still like 15 albums I've listened to once that seemed pretty awesome that I need to listen to some more, so some that may take over on the list: Ayreon - 01011001, Dark Empire - Humanity Dethroned, Harmony - Chapter II - The Aftermath, Seventh Avenue - Terium, Harem Scarem - Hope, Amon Amarth - Twilight of The Thunder God, Orden Ogan - Vale, Dragonfly - Alma Irae, Elvenking - Two Tragedy Poets, etc.. Good year so far, but it really slowed down for me over the last couple of months. How is that Elvenking? Isn't that the acoustic one? |
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| Author: | heatseeker [ Sun Dec 07, 2008 5:08 am ] |
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Fortress came out this year? daaaayyyuuuuummm Def my numba one. Coulda sworn that was last year. I can't think of my second place right now. |
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| Author: | noodles [ Sun Dec 07, 2008 5:13 am ] |
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yeah, wayyyyy back in January yo it's weird that two of my three favourite albums came out so early in the year. |
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| Author: | DevotedWalnut [ Sun Dec 07, 2008 6:17 am ] |
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My list wont as diverese as most of yours, mosltly because I haven't heard that many new albums. But, here it is: Tankard - Thirst Destruction - D.E.V.O.L.U.T.I.O.N. Exciter - Thrash Speed Burn Origin - Antithesis Testament - The Formation of Damnation Toxic Holocaust - An Overdose of Death Guillotine - Blood Money Headhunter - Parasite of Society Motorhead - Motorizer go figure, 90+% of it is thrash... I need to get out more. I still want to hear: Amon Amarth and Benediction |
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| Author: | AngelRipper16 [ Mon Dec 08, 2008 8:28 am ] |
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My top picks (for now, as I haven't listened to very much this year) would be in no particular order: Avantasia - "The Scarecrow" Firewind - "The Premonition" Pyramaze - "Immortal" Stormwarrior - "Heading Northe" In time, maybe Brainstorm, Judas Priest, Falconer or Seventh Wonder will be on the list too. IMO so far, '08 has been a bit stronger than '07. But there hasn't been any album that REALLY blew my mind this year. Last year had the amazing "Doom Of Destiny" by Axxis, although the majority of albums bought left me kind of indifferent. This year almost every album I've heard was good or great but nothing unbelievable. IMO, 04, 05 and 06 are still the three strongest years for metal in this decade. I don't think it's VERY noticable, because every year since 1997 has practicaly been great. But still hoping we get back on track next year. 
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