Demonspell's Songs To Watch: year end survey

[Demonspell]

As a gift to the Opeth forum, I'm going to give you the opportunity to participate in my year-end survey, the first of a two part year in review special.

Demonspell's Songs To Watch presents
2001: The Year In Review Part One
The Readers Speak Out

Rules for this survey are simple: Albums must be of all-new material and released after January 1, 2001, same for songs. Nominees in the musicians categories must have released new material this year. Solo debuts do not count in the best debut category, but unsigned bands do. Epics must be at least eight minutes long to qualify. In the lyrics category, both songs and albums are acceptable. Answer to as many or as few categories as you wish.

top (user-determined number) albums/songs
best vocalist
best guitarist
best bassist
best drummer
best keyboardist
best produced album
best concept album
best live album
best album cover
best prog metal album
best extreme metal album
best non-metal album
most anticipated 2002 album
best instrumental
best debut
best side project
most emotional song
best headbanging song
best epic
best lyrics
best guilty pleasure
biggest disappointment
biggest surprise
worst metal album
best personality
worst personality
best band discovered through Songs To Watch

 

[Liquid Tension]

PoS was last year and I'm really looking forward to Remedy Lane also!

Enjoy the moment.....

 

[Sadistik]

top albums/songs
1)Opeth-Blackwater Park
2)Hollenthon-With Vilest of Worms to Dwell
3)Borknagar-Empiricism
best vocalist-Mikael Akerfeldt
best guitarist-Mikael Akerfeldt
best bassist-Lars K. Norberg
best drummer-Martin Lopez
best keyboardist-Martin Sherinc (Hollenthon)
best produced album-Opeth-BWP
best concept album-
best live album-Nightingale Live
best album cover-Travis Smith's Anathema and Opeth covers...
best prog metal album-That Royal Hunt album is pretty cool...
best extreme metal album-Hollenthon-With Vilest of Worms to Dwell
best non-metal album- Karaboudjan-Sbrodj
most anticipated 2002 album-THE NEW CROWN CD!
best instrumental- Opeth-Patterns in the Ivy
best debut-Nokturne-Embracer of Dark Ages
best side project-Winds
most emotional song-Winds-An Eternity of Dreams
best headbanging song- Dragonlord-Born to Darkness
best epic-BLind Guardian-And Then There was SIlence
best lyrics-Opeth-BWP
best guilty pleasure-Luca Turilli (he's SO cheesy, yet...)
biggest disappointment-Gardenian-Sindustries (embarassing, to say the least)
biggest surprise-Hollenthon-With Vilest of Worms to dwell
worst metal album-Whatever Mortician crapped out his year...
best personality-Warrell Dane
worst personality Will Rahmer (fucking Mortician...)
best band discovered through Songs To Watch-?

 

[Mr. Black]

Originally posted by Demonspell
As a gift to the Opeth forum, I'm going to give you the opportunity to participate in my year-end survey, the first of a two part year in review special.

top (user-determined number) albums/songs
best vocalist - Agnete M Kirkevaag (madder mortem)
best guitarist - Mikeal Akerfeldt
best drummer - Hellhammer
best keyboardist - Snore Ruch (effects more than keyboard playing)
best produced album - Thorns - Thorns
best album cover - Anaal Nathrakh - The Codex Necro
best prog metal album - Opeth - BWP
best extreme metal album - Anaal Nathrakh - The Codex Necro
best non-metal album - Ulver - Predition City
most anticipated 2002 album - Opeth double album
best instrumental - Thorns - Vortex (mostly instrumental, some speaking)
best debut - Anaal Nathrakh - The Codex Necro
best side project - Frost (irrumator of Anaal Nathrakh)
best lyrics - Opeth - BWP
biggest disappointment - Darkthrone - Plaugewelder
best personality - Varg (he makes me laught...)
worst personality - Varg (...but he doesn't mean to, hes actualy being serious! )
best band discovered through Songs To Watch: err, none...i don't really now what this is, i'll pay more attention next time

 

[S4R]

Top 3 Albums of 2001:

1) Opeth - Blackwater Park
2) Hollenthon - With Vilest of Worms to Dwell
3) Lacrimas profundere - burning: a wish

 

[Soulreaper]

top (user-determined number) albums/songs
best vocalist - male:Mikael Akerfeldt female: Floor Jansen
best guitarist - Mikael Akerfeldt
best bassist -
best drummer - Nicholas Barker
best keyboardist - Jordan Rudess
best produced album - Opeth BWP
best concept album - None
best live album - None
best album cover - Falconer - Falconer
best prog metal album -
best extreme metal album - Opeth - BWP
best non-metal album -
most anticipated 2002 album - Blind Guardian's new one
best instrumental - Dont remember any good instrumentals this year...
best debut - Elvenking
best side project - Dimension Zero
most emotional song - Within Temptation - Our Farewell
best headbanging song - Dimmu Borgir - Blessings upon the throne of tyranny
best epic - Blind Guardian - And Then There Was Silence
best lyrics - Blind Guardian ATTWS
best guilty pleasure - Megadeth
biggest disappointment - Tristania - World of Glass
biggest surprise - Within Temptation - Mother Earth
worst metal album - Tristania - World of Glass
best personality - Floor Jansen
worst personality - Dave Mustaine (God i hate Megadeth!)
best band discovered through Songs To Watch - ?

 

[Malaclypse]

-best personality:
mark whatever-his-last-name-is for putting up this forum!

 

[Demonspell]

What I meant by user determined number was list as many of this year's best songs and albums as you want...if it's causing confusion, I'll change it to five or ten or twenty...

 

[Adam]

top (user-determined number) albums/songs
Andromeda - Extension of the Wish (the album)
Opeth - Blackwater Park

best vocalist - Mikael of course
best guitarist - Johan Reinholdz, from Andromeda, the guy is incredible
best bassist - Victor Wootens really good, although i dont know if he released any new stuff this year.
best prog metal album - Andromeda again =)
best guilty pleasure - I find myself enjoying System of a Down's stuff
worst metal album - If you can call it metal drowning pool really sucks
worst personality - ive heard from a lot of people that Yngwie Malmsteen is a pretentious ass

 

[mindflesh]

top 3 albums:
1. BWP
2. My Dying Bride - The Dreadful Hours
3. Amon Amarth - The Crusher
4. In Extremo - Sünder Ohne Zügel
5. Emperor - Prometheus


top 4 songs:
1. Bleak
2. MDB - The Dreadful Hours
3. Harvest
4. Marduk - La Grande Danse Macabre

best concept album - Marduk - La Grande Danse Macabre
best album cover - nr. 1 and 2 from above
best non-metal album - Tool - Lateralus / Subway To Sally - Herzblut (maybe I'll have a look at the new Tori Amos cover album, as well...)
most anticipated 2002 album - Opeth double
best instrumental - dunno, maybe Tool - Triad
most emotional song - Harvest
best headbanging song - Anything off Entombed - Morning Star
best epic - Bleak
best guilty pleasure - System Of A Down as well, hehe
biggest disappointment - Dimmu Borgir - Puritanical Euphoric Misanthropia
worst metal album - Dimmu Borgir...
best personality - me
worst personality - me
best band discovered through Songs To Watch - what??