2005 - So far, so good... so, what next?

[Nico]

The year's end is drawing closer, quicker than I expected, so I thought it'd be good to have a thread about this year's releases. There probably already has been a couple, but I don't remember much, nor am I able to search, so this will have to do. So I dunno... list your favourite albums of the year, mention albums you're still waiting for with high expectations, whatever else you can think of.

Best so far:

1. Primordial - The Gathering Wilderness
2. Slough Feg - Atavism
3. Witchcraft - Firewood
4. Pelican - The Fire in Our Throats Beckons the Thaw
5. Rudra - Brahmavidya: Primordial I

Biggest disapointments:

Drudkh - Swan Road (kinda)
Opeth - Ghost Reveries (not that I expected much)
Wyrd - Rota (simply sucks)

Still looking forward to:

Summoning
Arghoslent
Sunn O)))
Woods of Ypres
Bunch of Aussie hordes (Grenade, Carbon, Portal, Misery's Omen, Gospel of the Horns, Urgrund, Psycroptic)

 

[Varg Vikernes]

Swan Road and Ghost Reveries were awesome...=/

 

[Varg Vikernes]

1. Nile - Annihilation of the Wicked
2. Scar Symmetry - Symmetric in Design
3. Sentenced - The Funeral Album
4. Nevermore - This Godless Endeavor
5. Enslaved - Isa (so sue me...this album owns)

most disappointing:
1. Cephalic Carnage - Anomalies
2. Immolation - Harnessing Ruin

 

[Nico]

1. Nile - Annihilation of the Wicked

Listen to that Rudra album I mentioned.

5. Enslaved - Isa (so sue me...this album owns)

It does rule, but it came out last year.

 

[Varg Vikernes]

Listen to that Rudra album I mentioned.



It does rule, but it came out last year.

I read Feb. 8, 2005...?

I looked into that Rudra album. Hindu philosophy...native Indian instruments...death metal...I'm definately gonna check this one out. thanks for the reccomendation.

That Nile album is still unbelievably good.

 

[Menhir]

Best so far:
1.Spiritual Beggars - Demons
2.Epoch of Unlight - The Continuum Hypothesis
3.Morgana Lefay - Grand Materia

Biggest disapointments:

Judas Priest - angel of retribution
bruce dickinson - Tyrany of Souls
Origin - Echoes of Decimation

Still looking forward to:

Summoning
Woods of Ypres - The Deepest Roots And Darkest Blues
Sigh - Gallows Gallery
Psycroptic
Arcturus
Paleshift - A Dream In The Distance

 

[10293847]

Wake me up when new Gorguts and Summoning is out.

 

[Nico]

Wake me up when new Gorguts and Summoning is out.

New Gorguts? Tell me more.

 

[unknown]

Best so far:
Primordial - the gathering wilderness
nevermore - this godless endeavor
frantic bleep - the sense apparatus
november's doom - the pale haunt departure
antimatter - planetary confinement

runner up: Ulver - Blood Inside

worst so far:
epoch of unlight - the contiuum hypothesis

still waiting for:
arcturus
arghoslent
agalloch?

and I agree...what's this about new Gorguts?

 

[stefan86]

Best so far:
Nevermore - This Godless Endeavor
Blood Red Throne - Altered Genesis
Lumsk - Troll
Rapture - The Silent Stage
Porcupine Tree - Deadwing
Nile - Annihilation of The Wicked

Disappointments:
Kreator - Enemy of God
Defleshed - Reclaim The Beat
Judas Priest - Angel of Retribution

Waiting for:
Katatonia, Arcturus, Arghoslent, Summoning, Psycroptic

 

[CF87]

Best
Cathedral: The Garden of Unearthly Delights
Clutch: Robot Hive / Exodus
Corrosion of Conformity: In The Arms of God
Nevermore: This Godless Endeavor

Not heard the full album but the new Opeth sounds promising. I'm looking forward to eventually hearing the new Pelican.

 

[Erik]

worst so far:
epoch of unlight - the contiuum hypothesis

ya this was really poor wasnt it?

i got it for free from the end and im thinking i might have paid too much

 

[genocide roach]

cephalic carnage- anomalies
soilent green- confrontation
kiuas- spirit of ukko
~gR~

 

[Krigloch the Furious]

1. Nile - Annihilation of the Wicked

fucking A right!

 

[Krigloch the Furious]

when does the new Psycroptic come out???

 

[unknown]

ya this was really poor wasnt it?

i got it for free from the end and im thinking i might have paid too much

I got it for free too (I won this contest at metal-observer). yeah, I had really high expectations for it, and they were obliterated. I had to force myself to listen past track one while reaching for my dictionary.

 

[Varg Vikernes]

cephalic carnage- anomalies

that album was incredibly disappointing

 

[crimsonfloyd]

So far the albums I have really loved this year are...
Aarni- Bathos
Opeth- The Ghost Reveries
Deathspell Omega- Kenose

Some other quality recordings...
Enslaved- Isa
Blut Aus Nord/Reverence Split
Drudkh- The Swan Road
Monolithe- Monolithe II (really need to listen to this more)
Hate Forest- Sorrow

Still need to hear the new Pelican, the new Nile and probably a few others, but on the whole last year was better, this year is solid I guess...

 

[andrew_plamondon]

New Gorguts? Tell me more.

There's not a single chance to hear a new Gorguts this year or ever as a matter of fact. I'm a huge fan and I learned from a guy that works for Profusion Direct and he told me that Lemay disbanded Gorguts in november 2004.
He's now working on something called Negativa along with Steeve Hurdle (the maniac behind Obscura) and Dominic "Forrest" Lapointe from Augury/Atheretic/Quo Vadis (live). It's supposed to be somewhat like Obscura, but more extreme !!

 

[Spirit In Black]

Still looking forward to:
Arghoslent

any idea when this will be released?


My favorites so far this year:

Immolation - Harnessing Ruin
Slough Feg - Atavism
Stargazer - The Scream That Tore the Sky
Whore - Doing it for the Kids
Obituary - Frozen In Time
Candlemass - Candlemass
Aborted - The Archaic Abitor