Top albums of 2008

Post by **Brian** » Tue December 30th, 2008, 2:14 pm

GO GO GO

As of now my list goes like this, but it'll probably change. I've discovered some really cool albums over the past two weeks that I hadn't heard before.

10. Krallice - Krallice
9. The Fiery Furnaces - Remember
8. Disfear - Live the Storm
7. Septicflesh - Communion
6. Fear Before - Fear Before
5. Gojira - The Way of All Flesh
4. Arsis - We Are the Nightmare
3. of Montreal - Skeletal Lamping
2. TI - Paper Trail
1. Cynic - Traced in Air

Honorable mentions go out to: Nachtmystium (yeah I fucking hated this at first but now I love it!), Why?, Horna, Earth, Arghoslent, Winterfylleth, Grand Magus, The Gaslight Anthem (will probably end up in my top 5, just got into this album about a week ago), Dead Congregation, and Kanye West.

theRothstanator · Post by **theRothstanator** » Tue December 30th, 2008, 2:48 pm

Brian wrote: 10. Krallice - Krallice

yeah mang, I totally got into this one after I made my "top releases" list or whateh. The new Kanye is hella bomb too. I am pretty sure that a lot of you have seen my list already, but here is a repost (not in any order):
Agalloch-The White EP
Why?-Alopecia
Arsis-We Are The Nightmare
Torche-Meanderthal
Cynic-Traced In Air
Nachtmystium-Assassins: Black Meddle Part I
Njiqahdda-Nji. Njiijn. Njiiijn.
Withered-Folie Circulaire
Brightblack Morning Light-Motion To Rejoin
Sculptured-Embodiment: Collapsing Under the Weight of God
Deadbird-Twilight Ritual
Saviours-Into Abaddon
Lykke Li-Youth Novels
A Forest of Stars-The Corpse Of Rebirth
Warbringer-War Without End

ratanda · Post by **ratanda** » Tue December 30th, 2008, 5:21 pm

Cynic
Disfear
Phobia
Origin

BlackRoija · Post by **BlackRoija** » Tue December 30th, 2008, 10:57 pm

1. Arghoslent - Hornets of the Pogrom
2. Rome - Masse Mensch Material
3. Nachtmystium - Assassins: Black Meddle Part I
4. Genghis Tron - Board Up the House
5. Mirrorthrone - Gangrene
6. Have a Nice Life - Deathconsciousness
7. Opeth - Watershed
8. Enslaved - Vertebrae
9. Dead Congregation - Graves of the Archangels
10. Kayo Dot - Blue Lambency Downward

Arghoslent ANNIHILATES any other album released this year, no question.

Five worst:

5. Dark Fortress - Eidolon
4. Forefather - Steadfast
3. Ayreon - 01011001
2. Avantasia - The Scarecrow
1. Aarni - Bathos

Post by **MS_39455** » Wed December 31st, 2008, 12:07 pm

Deathspell Omega - Mass Grave Aesthetics EP
Grand Belial's Key - Weltenfeind (split with Absurd and Sigrblot)
Darkthrone - Dark Thrones and Black Flags
Esoteric - The Maniacal Vale
Arghoslent - Hornets of the Pogrom
Hellhammer - Demon Entrails (not new, but a new release nonetheless)
Enslaved - Vertebrae (a little bit disappointed with this one)
Lustmord - O T H E R
Quinta Essentia - Archetypal Transformation
Soilent Green - Inevitable Collapse in the Presence of Conviction

DFD260 · Post by **DFD260** » Thu January 1st, 2009, 10:57 am

These are in no particular order:

METALLICA-Death Magnetic
AC/DC-Black Ice
ICED EARTH-The Crucible Of Man
DEJA BLUE-Burdens And Blessings
MOTLEY CRUE-Saints Of Los Angeles
JUDAS PRIEST-Nostrodamus
TESTAMENT-The Formation Of Damnation
SLIPKNOT-All Hope Is Gone
MOTORHEAD-Motorizer
GUNS N' ROSES-Chinese Democracy
SAINT DEAMON-In Shadows Lost From The Brave
JON OLIVA'S PAIN-Global Warning
FIREWIND-The Premonition
TESLA-Forever More
ALICE COOPER-Along Came A Spider
THEORY OF A DEADMAN-Scars And Souvinirs
DISTURBED-Indestructible
SISTER SIN-Switchblade Serenades
THE SWORD-Gods Of The Earth
TRIVIUM-Shogun
BLACK STONE CHERRY-Folklore And Superstition
WHITESNAKE-Good To Be Bad
SHINEDOWN-The Sound Of Madness
DOKKEN-Lightning Strikes Twice
WARBRINGER-War Without End
TWISTED SISTER-Live At The Astoria cd/dvd
PAUL STANLEY-One Live Kiss dvd

GameFreac · Post by **GameFreac** » Fri January 2nd, 2009, 1:27 am

1. Equilibrium - Sagas/sleepmakeswaves - In Today Already Walks Tomorrow Tied
2. Enslaved - Vertebrae
3. Bloodbath - Unblessing the Purity
4. Origin - Antithesis

Others:

Ayreon - 01010101010101010101010101010101
Agalloch - The White EP
Belphegor - Bondage Goat Zombie
Daylight Dies - Lost to the Living
Disfear - Live the Storm
Draconian - Turning Seasons Within
Eluveitie - Slania
God is an Astronaut - God is an Astronaut
Iskald - new album
Moonsorrow - new EP
Testament - The Formation of Damnation
Warbringer - War Without End
Zonaria - The Cancer Empire

Honorable Mentions:

Amon Amarth - Twilight of the Thunder God
Arsis - We Are the Nightmare
Deadlock - Manifesto
Horna - Sanojesi Aarelle
Kataklysm - Prevail
Keep of Kalessin - Kolossus

ScreamBloodyGore · Post by **ScreamBloodyGore** » Fri January 2nd, 2009, 1:45 pm

In no particular order:

Beach House - Devotion
Withered - Folie Circulaire
Menace Ruine - The Die is Cast
Arghoslent - Hornets of the Pogrom
Mount Eerie - Black Wooden Ceiling Opening
Nachtmystium - Assassins: Black Meddle blah blah blah
Taake - Taake
Vreid - Milorg (even though it's technically a 2009 release)
Old Wainds- Death Nord Kult
Opeth - Watershed
Keep of Kalessin - Kolossus
Sculptured - Embodiment
Arsis - We Are the Nightmare
Cynic - Traced in Air
Hail of Bullets - Of Frost and War
Darkthrone - Dark Thrones and Black Flags
Ihsahn - Angl
Kampfar - Heimgang

Forgetting lots and lots.

Post by **BoB** » Fri January 2nd, 2009, 3:57 pm

i haven't kept up new releases all year but now i can catch up with pinpoint precision. one more way that slack'in pays.

happy new year!

Knucklehead · Post by **Knucklehead** » Sat January 3rd, 2009, 9:18 am

BoB wrote:i haven't kept up new releases all year but now i can catch up with pinpoint precision. one more way that slack'in pays.

The only new releases I got this year were Folie Circulaire and Demon Entrails.

Post by **Metalfreak** » Sat January 3rd, 2009, 9:46 pm

BoB wrote:i haven't kept up new releases all year but now i can catch up with pinpoint precision. one more way that slack'in pays.

happy new year!

haha yeah I'm gonna have to think about it...

neomanguy · Post by **neomanguy** » Sun January 4th, 2009, 1:10 am

Torche - Meanderthal
Intronaut - Prehistoricisms
Arsis - We Are the Nightmare
Jesu - Why are We Not Perfect/Battle of Mice split
Cynic - Traced in Air

those got the most plays from me this year, tons of other stuff already mentioned were good as well.

vprong · Post by **vprong** » Thu January 8th, 2009, 10:17 pm

Opeth-Watershed
Bloodbath-UnblessingThePurity
Bloodbath-TheFathomlessMastery
Jeff Loomis-ZeroOrderPhase
Kalmah-ForTheRevolution
Agalloch-TheWhite

ZeroOrderPhase is the first album I've heard in a good year or two that moved me to immediately purchase after downloading it. If you love 80s Marty Friedman/Cacophony/Tony Macalpine neoclassical it's a must buy.

i haven't kept up new releases all year but now i can catch up with pinpoint precision. one more way that slack'in pays.

I would recommend going through blabbermouth.net 's cd reviews, generally anything over 7.5 is worth checking out.

Ghost of DarkWolfen · Post by **Ghost of DarkWolfen** » Sat January 10th, 2009, 7:32 pm

All these albums didn't come out in 2008, but I didn't get into them til the preceding year.

Opeth-Watershed
Sins of Thy Beloved- Lake of Sorrow
Bathory-Twilight of the Gods
Ayreon- The Human Equation
Falkenbach- ...Magni Blandinn Ok Megintiri...

I wished I had gotten Agalloch-The White EP, but I curse theendrecords.com. They will go out of business this year, Wotan be willingly.

They are always having sales with hardly any restocking.

Is there another good place online to buy metal cheaply?

Knucklehead · Post by **Knucklehead** » Sun January 11th, 2009, 8:27 am

Ghost of DarkWolfen wrote:I wished I had gotten Agalloch-The White EP, but I curse theendrecords.com. They will go out of business this year, Wotan be willingly. They are always having sales with hardly any restocking.

Is there another good place online to buy metal cheaply?

I asked that very question a few months back here and got several good replies.

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