Best Albums of 2008 (so far)

[cheechonaleash]

My favourite album of 2008 so far is Black Mountain - In The Future.

Other notables, include:

Bloodbath - Unblessing The Purity
Demiurg - The Hate Chamber
Hate Eternal - Fury & Flames
Nine Inch Nails - Ghosts I-IV
Sordal - In Fort Knox With A Penny
Warrel Dane - Praises To The War Machine
Yoav - Charmed & Strange
Zimmers Hole - While You Were Shouting At The Devil, We Were In League With Satan

Need to spin more:

Agalloch - The White EP
Ayreon - 01011001
Cult Of Luna - Eternal Kingdom
Eluveitie - Slania
Hollenthon - Opus Magnum
Ihsahn - angL
Meshuggah - obZen
Moonsorrow - Tulimyrsky
Moonspell - Night Eternal
Trinacria - Travel Now Journey Infinitely

Eagerly Anticipating:

Opeth - Watershed
Bloodbath - The Wacken Carnage
Anathema - Paradigm Shift
Evergrey - Torn
Antimatter - Alternative Matter boxset
the Demonaz project
anything involving Dan Swanö
Gojira
Enslaved? Hopefully
Katatonia? Hopefully... prolly not til '09

 

[Obtuse]

obZen's my fave so far this year. Watershed will be pretty soon, though.
Hopefully the new Metallica record can bring them back some dignity...!

 

[outerone]

And my list...

The album we are not supposed to talk about is number one
Black Mountain - In the Future
Portishead - Third (amazing!!!)
Black Keys - Attack And Release
Gnarls Barkeley - Odd Couple
Bloodbath - Blessing...
Racounteurs
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - Dig Lazarus Dig

And once the new Sigur Ros drops Im sure that will just blow me away

 

[in_my_time_of_disease]

Sigur Ros are releasing an album this year? When?

Aren't Dredg supposed to as well?


Probably my favorite release of the year is The White. Can't really think of another release I loved as much as that one, though I still haven't gotten my hands on Primordials latest.

Does Woods of Ypres count?

Later this year. They have been gradually recording for a while. Does any one know if Enslaved are releasing this year. Heaps of people keep talking about how awesome its gonna be, but I can't find any info.

 

[My Arms, Your Purse]

Later this year. They have been gradually recording for a while. Does any one know of Enslaved are releasing this year. Heaps of people keep talking about how awesome its gonna be, but I can't find any info.

Grutle said they were recording when I asked him a couple of weeks back

 

[in_my_time_of_disease]

^Nice... Runn obliterates, nice to hear something concrete, cheers.

 

[Lothlorien]

Enslaved manages to get better and better with each album.

 

[Lothlorien]

^Nice... Runn obliterates, nice to hear something concrete, cheers.

Runn Ronnie Runn.

 

[Frosties]

Forgot to mention Warrel Dane's Praises To The War Machine. I just got it, and so far he doesn't dissapoint!

 

[Emilinator]

Blackwinds - Flesh Inferno (to be released May 19th)
Brown Jenkins - Angel Eyes
Dismember - S/T

 

[flu boy]

Enslaved manages to get better and better with each album.

I really enjoy every album but they seem to be getting less aggressive with each release. RUUN did not have enough aggressive parts. I hope the new alum is a mix of new ideas and also a return to their grim roots.

 

[opeth_353]

I wonder if they'll push the Isa/Ruun style further or head into new territory..

I kind of hope it'll be something new.. But i'm not quite sure what.

 

[My Arms, Your Purse]

They're immune to failing anyways.

 

[Risquit]

Arsis
Meshugga
Cavalera Conspiracy

 

[opeth_353]

Esoteric is definitely up there.

 

[hezagenius]

Right now,
Earth - The Bees Made Honey In The Lion's Skull (classic)
Agalloch - The White EP
Opeth - Watershed (at least what I've heard from it)

Waiting for Moonsorrow's "EP" (not out in the US until next week)

Need to check out Portishead, Cynic, Trinacria

 

[Burnout]

My favorite so far is Remembering Universe by Humanoid. Runners up include:

Agalloch - The White
Arsis - We Are The Nightmare
Bloodbath - Unblessing The Purity
Decrepit Birth - Diminishing Between Worlds
Grails - Take Refuge In Clean Living
The Mars Volta - The Bedlam In Goliath
This Will Destroy You - This Will Destroy You

And I'm looking forward to new albums from Alarum, Augury, Cynic, Gnostic, Gorod, Gojira, Opeth, Quo Vadis, Wintersun and others.

 

[in_my_time_of_disease]

Right now,
Earth - The Bees Made Honey In The Lion's Skull (classic)
Agalloch - The White EP
Opeth - Watershed (at least what I've heard from it)

Waiting for Moonsorrow's "EP" (not out in the US until next week)

Need to check out Portishead, Cynic, Trinacria

+1 the new Earth album is fantastic imo. Definietly check out Portishead's Third and the new Trinacria.

 

[Requiem960]

Mine is In Flames - A Sense of Purpose. But, that'll change when Watershed releases.

 

[in_my_time_of_disease]

So far a top 7...
1- Opeth- Watershed
2- Esoteric- The Maniacal Veil
3- Cult of Luna- Eternal Kingdom
4- Portishead- Third
5- Agalloch- The White EP
6- Earth- The Bees Made Honey In The Lion's Skull
7- This will destroy you- s/t
Theres a few others, but atm thats my top. But the year is young and bands like massive attack, sigur ros, negura bunget, enslaved etc....still to come and I'm sure will mix that list around. It's nice to see Opeth with some tough competition within metal rather than raping the years metal releases like some years.