Albums of 2004

[MasterOLightning]

Hot:
Mastodon - Leviathan
A lot of people are raving about this album, and for good reason. Hopefully a sign of lots of good things in the future.
My Dying Bride - Songs of Darkness, Words of Light
A return to excellence. Best production ever.

Not:
In Flames - Soundtrack to Your Escape
Dream Theater - Train of Thought

 

[Lies and Perfidy]

Add WASP's The Neon God: Part 1 - The Rise to "Albums worth hearing," and Part 2 - The Demise to "Albums that rock" or whatever.

 

[polarity]

Deathspell Omega - Si Monumentum...
Drudkh - Autumn Aurora
The Chasm - The Spell of Retribution
Countess - Heilig Vuur
Morgion - Cloaked by Ages, Crowned in Earth
Isis - Panopticon

Graveland and Neurosis will probably end up on here too. It's been a great year for metal, albeit in quality more than quantity (well, if you ignore all the trash that's been released too.)

 

[Profanity]

Drudkh - Autumn Aurora was a great album.

 

[no country for old wainds]

Drudkh - Autumn Auroral; what is so good about this album/band? I havent heard it, so I'm not being sarcastic or anything, I have noticed that many have listed it.

Super-naturalist Burzum-tinged black metal, with very rich, sweet, colourful melodies, and long, epic tracks. "Forgotten Legends" is also recommended.

 

[Xalon Niles]

My Top God-like Metal cds of 2004:
Iced Earth: The Glorious Burden
Rhapsody: Symphony Of Enchanted Lands II - The Dark Secret
Susperia: Unlimited
Olympos Mons: Conquistador
PainmuseuM: Metal For Life
Gwar: War Party
Age of Silence: Acceleration
The Vision Bleak:The Deathship Has A New Captain cd
Vintersorg - The Focusing Blur
Sirenia - An Elixir For Existence

 

[V.V.V.V.V.]

They're in your fucking sig already.

 

[sweet majestic darkness]

Necrophagist - Epitaph
Mastodon-Leviathan
Katatonia - Brave Yester Days
Cannibal Corpse - The Wretched Spawn
Decapitated - The Negation
Exodus - Tempo of the damned
Deicide - Scars of the Crucifix
Morbid Angel - Heretic
Suffocation - Souls to Deny
Hypocrisy - The Arrival
Probot - Probot
Vehemence - Helping The World To See
Disarmonia Mundi - Fragments Of D Generation
Lamb Of God - Ashes Of The Wake
Insomnium - Since The day It All Came Down
Pig Destroyer - Terrifyer
Decapitated - The Negation
Amon Amarth - Fate Of Norns
Into Eternity - Buried In Oblivion
Rotting Christ - Sanctus Diavolos
Jack Slater - Metzgore
Grave - Fiendish Regression
Vader - The Beast
Wintersun - Wintersun
Beyond the Embrace - Insect Song
God Forbid - Gone Forever
Susperia - Unlimited
Arsis - A Celebration Of Guilt
Ensiferum - Iron
Finntroll - Nattfodd
Gutrot/Dysentery Split cd "Excruciatingly Euphoric Torment"
Insision - Revealed And Worshipped
Dismember - Where Iron Crosses Grow

 

[sikth]

Drudkh - Autumn Aurora
Isis - Panopticon
Pig Destroyer - Terrifyer
Cult of luna - Salvation
Insision - Revealed And Worshipped

 

[MetalHeadMarc]

None of you dudes mentioned the new megadeth. God you guys are the biggest group of posers.

 

[SculptedCold]

Riiiiiight.

 

[Nico]

None of you dudes mentioned the new megadeth.

Could have something to do with the fact that it sucks...

 

[merci]

And that would be why I mentioned it on my worst albums list.

 

[Xalon Niles]

My Top 10 Metal cds of 2004:
1.Iced Earth: The Glorious Burden
2. Rhapsody: Symphony Of Enchanted Lands II - The Dark Secret
3. Susperia: Unlimited
4. Pain of Salvation: Be
5. Olympos Mons: Conquistador
6. PainmuseuM: Metal For Life
7. Sirenia: An Elixir For Existence
8. Age of Silence: Acceleration
9. The Vision Bleak:The Deathship Has A New Captain cd
10. Vintersorg:The Focusing Blur [size=+0] [/size]

 

[Lies and Perfidy]

None of you dudes mentioned the new megadeth. God you guys are the biggest group of posers.

no yuo

The Chaos Bringer speaketh the truth. The new Megadeth doth suck on the balls of the Goat.

 

[Generation_Speedkill]

Anorexia Nervosa - Redemption Process
Behemoth - Demigod
Finntroll - Nattfödd
Into Eternity - Buried in Oblivion
Morbid Angel - Heretic
Norther - Death Unlimited
Satyricon - Volcano (included only by technicality)
Shade Empire - Sinthetic

 

[Djm]

For me, it's really come down to 3, and almost 4.

Threshold's Subsurface. Easily #1
Ayreon's The Human Equation is a distant 2, and being an Ayreon fanboy, I'm kind of disappointed.
Third (puts on flame suit) for me has been Evergrey's The Inner Circle. Yeah, yeah. I know. Swedish non-death metal = teh g@yne555, but whatever.

4th is an album I just found out by a band called Dreamscape. The End of Silence.

 

[GONETribalchemy]

The DH Playlist is done (CD top 25 + Demo top 10): http://demonich.station172.com/playlist.htm
or: http://newsletter.demonichorde.com

 

[Ivan the terrible]

HELLVETO(Pol) - In arms of kurpian phantom

Undoubtedly, the most unique material since Nokturnal Mortum's ground breaking effort "NeChrist" ...

It took me "many" spins to finally appreciate this album, and I was contemplating whether or not to trade it at one point, believe it or not. I recommend this to be played at loud volumes with a few glasses of brandy at hand.

 

[Artificial_Eternity]

I haven't heard very many from this year, but the best I can think of right now are:

Decapitated- The Negation
Suffocation- Souls to Deny


Also, is the new Cannibal Corpse any good? I see it on a lot of lists.