Metal Reviews

I have to add Mogwai - The Hawk is Howling

Atrox
Cynic
King's X
Avantasia
Leviathan
Testament
Destruction
Def Leppard
Septic Flesh
Grand Magus
Metal Church
Jon Oliva's Pain
Protest the Hero
The Monolith Deathcult
Hammers of misfortune
Die Apokalyptischen Reiter

Surelly will be in my awards for this year, in their respective categories, with Cynic, by the moment, at the top.
(I prefer progressions over curves)

1. Draconian: Turning Season Within
2. Scar Symmetry: Holographic Universe
3. Angeldark: Angelique
4. Moonspell: Night Eternal
5. Communic: Payment of Existence
6. Benedictum: Seasons of Tragedy
7. Warrel Dane: Praise To The War Machine
8. Metallica: Death Magnetic
9. Ayreon: 01011001
10. Katra: Beast Within
11. Judas Priest: Nostradamus
12. In This Moment: The Dream
13. Pyramaze: Immortal
14. Martriden: The Unsettling Dark
15. Edenbridge: My Earth Dream
16. Crematory: Pray

They're in no particular order but these are what come to mind off the top of my head.

just got my hands on their album this week. Listened to it about 6-7 times and it's definitely a grower, the more I listen the more I like. One of the good albums I've heard this year.

My in order list:

1. Dir en grey - Uroboros
2. Johnny Truant - No Tears For The Creatures
3. Cancer Bats - Hail Destroyer
4. Opeth - Watershed
5. Meshuggah - obZen

Subject to change.

[quote="Raven"][/quote]


You're raven again! Where've you been?

He was probably just taking a crap... no offense.

New DsO too. Yeah 22 minutes of pure madness. Manifestation doesn't count or it would be included too.

Pyramaze - "Immortal"

This is one monster of an album. Michael Kammeyer seems to be one of those guys like Jon Schaffer or Steve Harris, always having this vision on how a kick-ass metal platter should be made and then leading the band into new heights.

NACHTMYSITUM!!!11!!1 What a freakin' great album Assasins is.

+1; this is going to feature pretty high on my list when the time comes.

One of my favorites as well.

Yeah thats the one. So far I really like what I've heard. Unfortunately its a heavily voiced-over copy, so I will wait till I buy it to really decide where to place it. I will say, that without the voice-overs, hell even with them, it is 48.9 million times better than that shitfest The Scythe was, I still can't wrap my mind around that one, fuck that was bad.

Hi metalNESS. Yes, 'tis I...the Raven. I've just had a ton of stuff going on. School, family etc.. Plus, I went through a terrible metal drought. I just didn't want to listen to any of it. I have no idea why it happened but it did. I'm regaining my mucho gusto for metal again. So, I decided to return and haunt the MR forums for a bit longer.

I guess I just needed a break.

How have you been suh?

I've been in a good mood since the start of the Husker's season.

Keep of Kalessin - Kolossus
Nachtmystium - Assassins
Nyktalgia - Peisithantos
Arghoslent - Hornets of the Pogrom
Monolith Deathcult - Trivmvirate
Vader - XXV (Compilation)
Esoteric - The Maniacal Vale
Gojira - The Way of All Flesh
Meshuggah - obZen
Amon Amarth - Twilight of the Thunder God
Burst - Lazarus Bird
Byzantine - Oblivion Beckons
Protest the Hero - Fortress
Enslaved - Vertebrae
Opeth - Watershed
Hollenthon - Opus Magnum
Septic Flesh - Communion
Hellhammer - Demon Entrails (Compilation)
Testament - The Formation of Damnation

PS: Kreator - Hordes of Chaos was very good too, but that's for the 2009 list, even we all listened to it this year.

I think Aghoslent - Hornets of the Progrom and Druzhina - Echoes of Distant Battles will also get pretty nice spots on my concluding list.. I haven't heard the new Esoteric and Darkestrah yet, but I should be very surprised if they weren't deserving of a good spot as well.

Overall, The Formation Of Damnation is my favorite album this year. I guess Death Magnetic would be next.

No love for Equilibrium's "Sagas"?

Adding Enslaved & Grayceon to my list (my god, I looove that cello).