Well were almost at the end of the year and theres been some awesome releases. i havent even gotten to alot of them as well

SO what are your favourite releases of this year? yes im talking to YOU

random order
The Mars Volta - The Bedlam In Goliath
The Melvins - Nude With Boots
Scars On Broadway - Scars On Broadway
John Zorn - Filmworks XIX: The Rain Horse
Omar Rodriguez-Lopez - Calibration
Omar Rodriguez-Lopez - The Apocalypse Inside Of An Orange
Boris - Smile
Kayo Dot - Blue Lambency Downward


thats all i can think of right now

Metallica - Death Magnetic









Kidding.

Opeth - Watershed
Meshuggah - obZen
Veil of Maya - The Common Man's Collapse
The Faceless - Planetary Duality
Textures - Silhouettes
Misery Signals - Controller
Gojira - The Way of All Flesh
Enslaved - Vertebrae
Daylight Dies - Lost to the Living
Darkane - Demonic Art
Cult of Luna - Eternal Kingdom
After The Burial - Rareform
A Storm of Light - And We Wept the Black Ocean Within

And of course I'm going to put Steven Wilson's Insurgentes on this list, but it really wasnt a proper release this year.

And yea I know I'm a metal head, leave me alone! I like a lot more than metal!

Where's your list, Sab?


I'll give it some thought. I don't like making lists, but I should be able to come up with some titles.

My top 5 (in no order):

Amon Amarth - Twilight of the Thunder God
Codeon - Source
Gojira - The Way of All Flesh
Meshuggah - obZen
Testament - The Formation of Damnation

Honorable mentions: Zimmers Hole, Kiuas, The Haunted, Stam1na, Metallica (yep), Opeth

IMHO there was nothing ground-breakingly great released this year (that I've heard), just a bunch of good, solid, head-banging stuff...

[djskrimp]

Textures "Silhouettes"
Meshuggah "obZen"
Gojira "The Way of All Flesh"
Opeth "Watershed"
Daylight Dies "Lost to the Living"
Cynic "Traced in Air"
Zimmers Hole - While You Shouted At The Devil, We Were In League With Satan
Scar Symmetry - Holographic Universe
One Way Mirror - One Way Mirror

satyricon - the age of nero
enslaved - vertebrae
the haunted - versus

Where's your list, Sab?

fuck that im letting you guys do all the work

Enslaved - Vertebrae
Zimmer's Hole - When You Were Shouting...
Triggerfinger - What Grabs Ya?
The Mars Volta - The Bedlam In Goliath
The Amenta - n0n
Textures - Silhouettes
Terror Syndrome - Terror Syndrome
Omnium Gatherum - The Redshift
Katie Melua - The Katie Melua Collection
Bloodbath - The Wacken Carnage
Animal Alpha - You Pay For The Whole Seat, But You'll Only Need The Edge
Miles Davis - Kind of Blue (It's actually from 1958, so it's 50 years old now and totally worth a mention )

Opeth? Does nothing for me. Gojira? Poorly executed. Meshuggah? I'm insulted!

Cult of Luna - Eternal Kingdom

portishead - third
opeth - watershed
melvins - nude with boots
sigur rós - með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust
metallica - death magnetic
jesu/battle of mice split
muse - h.a.a.r.p.
this will destroy you - this will destroy you
bloodbath - unblessing the purity

Textures "Silhouettes"
Meshuggah "obZen"
Gojira "The Way of All Flesh"
Opeth "Watershed"
Daylight Dies "Lost to the Living"
Cynic "Traced in Air"
Zimmers Hole - While You Shouted At The Devil, We Were In League With Satan
Scar Symmetry - Holographic Universe
One Way Mirror - One Way Mirror

Wow how did I forget the new Scar Symmetry and One Way Mirror?!

Biert, you just try to be a non conformist is all, you know those 3 bands you mentioned are awesome!

Wow how did I forget the new Scar Symmetry and One Way Mirror?!

Biert, you just try to be a non conformist is all, you know those 3 bands you mentioned are awesome!

I was disappointed with Scar Symmetry, Pitch Black Progress was soooo much better than Holographic Universe!! And I haven't heard of One Way Mirror, might have to check it oot.

And I was being honest about Opeth, Gojira and Meshuggah. I honestly love Opeth but I didn't like GR at all, and Watershed really doesn't do anything for me. And I've explained a thousand times what I think about Gojira and Meshuggah.

1. Ayreon - 01011001
2. Alestorm - Captain Morgan's Revenge
3. Metallica - Death Magnetic
4. Edguy - Tinnitus Sanctus
5. Pain - Cynic Paradise

These are all the albums my favourite artists released.