Best 2002 releases!

[shapeshifter]

well, as this year is leaving off, I don't think we'll have much more new albums, so put here your 2002 faves.

my list:

Nile - "In Their Darkened Shrines". These guys are demonstrating that they are the rulers of the US death metal "new-wave"... absolutelly brilliant work.

Immortal - "Sons of Northern Darkness". I think it's their natural evolution from "At the Heart of Winter" (my favourite Immortal album). Excellent production and execution also.

Vader - "Revelations". Maybe it will not become a must-have as "De Profundis" and "Black to the Blind" are, but I'm sure it didn't disappoint anybody

King Diamond - "Abigail pt. II". An excellent end for a work beginned 15 years ago (yes, 15 years)

Grave Digger - "Tunes of Wacken". Good setlist, nice sound, very good performance... (by the way, the guitarist on this album is Manni Schmidt, isn't it? or did he arrive before this recording? does anybody knows?)

 

[abrasiverock]

Hmmm? Let's see who I can remember...

Soilwork-Natural Born Chaos
Sentenced-The Cold White Light
Black Label Society-1919 Eternal
Overkill-Wrecking Everything-Live
Hermano-...Only A Suggestion
Down-A Bustle In Your Hedgerow
Motorhead-Hammered
Brick Bath-I Wont Live The Lie
Iced Earth-Horror
In Extremo-Sunder Ohne Zugel
Kreator-Violent Revolution
Vader-Revelations
The Mushroom Rive Rband-Simsalabim
Pure Sweet Hell-Pure Sweet Hell
Reverend-A Gathering Of Demons
Totimoshi-Mysterioso
Pissing Razors-Where We Come From
Blackshine-Souless & Proud
Disarray-In The Face Of The Enemy
The Sabians-Beauty For Ashes
The Crown-Crowned In Terror

 

[shapeshifter]

"Horror Show" and "Violent Revolution" are from 2001

 

[DEEK]

hhhhhmmmmm...........best of the year?? well, let's see:

my top picks:
ISIS- Oceanic
Agalloch- The Mantle
Meshuggah- Nothing
Opeth- Deliverance
Dream Theater- Six Degrees of Inner Turbulance
Jerry Cantrell- Degradation Trip (can't for the 2CD version!!)

others that were good:
Down- Down II
Queens of the Stone Age- Songs for the Deaf
Cathedral- The VIIth Coming
Motorhead- Hammered
Fu Manchu- California Crossing
Electric Wizard- Let Us Prey

and there are still several that i still have to get, including:
Dark Tranquility- Damage Done
Napalm Death- Order of the Leech
Sleep- Riot by Candlelight
Shadows Fall- The Art of Balance
Orange Goblin- Coup de Grace

 

[MetalHordes]

hmmm..this is hard..a few i can remember.

Arcturus - The Sham Mirrors
Nile - In their Darkened Shrines

 

[LordFireworm]

INSISION!!!!!!!


Also:


Nile
Reverend Horton Heat
Immolation

 

[Abigor]

Agalloch - The Mantle
Solefald - Pills Against The Ageless Ills
Asgaroth - Red Shift

 

[Vilden]

Agalloch - The Mantle
Vintersorg - VFTSG

 

[5BillionDead]

Immortal "Sons of Northern Darkness"
Hate "Cain's Way"
Iced Earth "Tribute To The Gods"
Opeth "Deliverance"
Abscess "through the cracks of death"
Absu "tara"
Iron Savior "Condition Red"
Downtown Brown "moist and rediculous"

 

[plfffffft]

Hate Eternal - King of all Kings
Iced Earth - Tribute to the Gods
Nile - In their Darkened Shrines
Shadows Fall - The Art of Balance
Dark Tranquillity - Damage Done
Killswitch Engage - Alive or Just Breathing
In Flames - Reroute to Remain
Soilwork - Natural Born Chaos

 

[The Sound Gardener]

Do not forget Bloodbath!! It kicks ass!!

 

[Uprisen]

Reverend Bizarre - In The Rectory of The Bizarre Reverend

Electric Wizard - Let Us Prey

And bloodbath.. although its not out yet.
Oh and Rotten Sound - Murderworks

 

[LeonBlank]

Soilwork's Natural Born Chaos was a good album, as was Arcturus' The Sham Mirrors.

 

[genocide roach]

psypheria- embrace the mutation (best release of the year)
nile- in their darkened shrines
arch enemy- wages of sin
hate eternal- king of all kings
hostility- conditioned to fail
~gR~

 

[MURAI]

Entombed - Morning Star

 

[Wanderingblade]

Dark Tranquillity - Damage Done

 

[The Deathrace King]

Cephalic Carnage- 'Lucid Interval'

 

[Splinterhead]

Lessee
Opeth - Deliverance
Symphony X - The Odyssey
Jerry Cantrell - Degradation Trip
Planet X - Moonbabies
Dillenger Escape Plan - Irony Is A Dead Scene

 

[Slayed Necros]

Immortal-Sons of Northern Darkness
The Crown-Crowned In Terror
Bloodbath-Ressurection Through Carnage
Dark Tranquillity-Damage Done

 

[TheGraveDigger]

King Diamond - Abigail 2: The Revenge
Dream Theater - Six Degrees Of Inner Turbulence
Dio - Killing The Dragon
W.A.S.P. - Dying For The World
Halford - Crucible
Blind Guardian - A Night At The Opera
Hammerfall - Crimson Thunder
Various Artists - A Tribute To The Priest
Iron Maiden - Rock In Rio
Megadeth - Rude Awakening
Iced Earth - Tribute To The Gods
Ozzy Osbourne - Live At Budokan
Overkill - Wrecking Everything Live