2007 - the best albums

[EternityRites]

After reveiwing several albums this year, these are what stood out. Much of my personal bias is unavoidable, but I still have to give credit where due to bands like Neurosis and Chthonic, who released brilliantly arranged, solid, and honest music this year.

1.Evoken - Caress Of The Void
2.Neurosis - Given to the Rising
3.Chthonic - Sediq Bale
4.Swallow the Sun - Hope
5.Minsk - The Ritual Fires of Abandonment

most ambitious:
Virgin Black - Requiem: Mezzo Forte

most original:
FAUN - Totem

best artist progression:
Machine Head - The Blackening

most forgettable:
Candlemass - King of the Grey Islands (good, but not moving)

so awful its awesome:
Abigor-Fractal Posession

 

[stefan86]

Gotta love it that someone actually likes benighted rather than crap

 

[Morfeind]

1. Blackfield - Blackfield II

2. Alcest - Souvenirs D'un Autre Monde

3. Moonsorrow - V. Havitetty

4. Radiohead - In Rainbows

5. Nine Inch Nails - Year Zero

6. Anekdoten - A Time of Day

7. Queens of the Stone Age - Era Vulgaris

8. Skinny Puppy - Mythmaker

9. Explosions in the Sky - All of a Sudden I Miss Everyone

10. Dark Tranquillity - Fiction

Honorable mentions - Aqua de Annique - Air, Porcupine Tree - Fear of a Blank Planet, Grayceon - s/t, Admiral Browning - Dead Pets

 

[stefan86]

Whats Anekdoten like? Heard they played here with Riverside

 

[discouraged1]

new Primordial is truly class.

i just imagined a Primordial/Novembre tour. that would be awesome.

 

[Morfeind]

Whats Anekdoten like? Heard they played here with Riverside

http://myspace.com/anekdoten

Listen to 'Richochet', I think its their best song.

Btw, the band is from Stockholm.....you're from Stockholm......shouldn't I be asking you that question?

 

[stefan86]

hehe I tried their new album out. Not really my cup of tea, but good music for sure

 

[LifeDepraved]

I really need to turn my whole list around, in the past month I've heard so much good stuff. Nocturnal Graves album might be my favorite next to Deathevokation. We'll see.

 

[salient]

Hi all of you!!!

My top ten albums of the year, including MCD.

1. Katatonia - July (MCD) and Novembre - Blue.
2. Nile - Iphtphalic.
3. Behemoth - Apostasy.
4. Sandra Nasic - The Signal.
5. Dolores O' Riordan - Are you listening.
6. Akira Yamaoka - Silent Hill:Origins (leaked).
7. ATB - Trilogy.
8. Riverside - Panic Room (MCD) and full lenght album.
9. Dimmu Borgir - In Sorte Diaboli.
10. Worship - Dooom.

 

[LifeDepraved]

Dooom is a fantastic record.

 

[madr0x]

Metal Albums

1. Dark Tranquillity - Fiction
2. Katatonia - Live Con.
3. Him - Venus Doom

Electronic

1. NIN - Year Zero
2. Bjork - Volta
3. Dave Gahan - Hour Glass

Rock/Indie

1. Arcade Fire - Neon Bible
2. Radiohead - In Rainbows
3. Porcupine tree - Fear Of A Blank Planet

Aussie Album of The Year

Silverchair - Young Modern

ALBUM OF THE YEAR

NIN - Year Zero

Artist Of the Year

TRENT REZNOR

 

[BlueSky]

I was going to make a thread about trent being the greatest composer of our time, but sadly didn't. His compositions are godly to say the least. I listened to the fragile last night, and if you notice everything is precise to a perfection except there is sometimes this guitar that is out of tune that comes in once in a while, and he even left some of the fret buzz totally on purpose. You know someone is insane when their mistakes not only work perfectly somehow, but are what makes the album so special. This is what sets a true composer apart. It's the easter egg of all easter egg's.

The Fragile is such an outstanding record, and like all truly amazing unique things it wasn't recognized at first, but I have a feeling it's going to get a lot more credit as time goes on as I can see already.

Also Daniel Jon's used to be no short of a genius composer himself, but sadly I feat Paul Mac has ruined him. That and happiness.

 

[Phoenix5]

I just got the new Candlemass last night and I'm completely blown away. I don't know. I absolutely love Robert Lowe's vocals. So, now there is little distinction between them and Solitude Aeturnus, but I absolutely love it. I wish I would have gotten it sooner.

 

[salient]

Also perfect been; - Yearning - Merging into landscapes, Dark Tranquillity - Focus Shift, October Falls - The streams of the end, Queen of the stone ages - Era vulgaris.

 

[madr0x]

I was going to make a thread about trent being the greatest composer of our time, but sadly didn't. His compositions are godly to say the least. I listened to the fragile last night, and if you notice everything is precise to a perfection except there is sometimes this guitar that is out of tune that comes in once in a while, and he even left some of the fret buzz totally on purpose. You know someone is insane when their mistakes not only work perfectly somehow, but are what makes the album so special. This is what sets a true composer apart. It's the easter egg of all easter egg's.

The Fragile is such an outstanding record, and like all truly amazing unique things it wasn't recognized at first, but I have a feeling it's going to get a lot more credit as time goes on as I can see already.

Also Daniel Jon's used to be no short of a genius composer himself, but sadly I feat Paul Mac has ruined him. That and happiness.

Yeah, trent is in my opion one of(if not the) greatest artists of this time. Eveything hes Done is great.

As For daniel Johns. I think he got better over time, the new album, young mordern is amazing, crazy at times yet totally pop. He just divoced from his wife tho so the next album may not be as happy.

 

[BlueSky]

I don't see him ever out doing neon ballroom.

 

[chaos_A.D.]

radiohead-in rainbows
king diamond-give me your soul ...please
soilwork-sworn to a great divine
paradise lost-in requiem
the list goes on and on but these are the first memorable/nice albums which were made in 2007

 

[stefan86]

I don't see him ever out doing neon ballroom.

Word

 

[Hypnos]

seriously, i've heard tons of albums last year, but nothing comes close to Primordial's 'To The Nameless Dead'

 

[LifeDepraved]

You haven't heard Nocturnal Graves - Satan's Cross yet then