TwizstedJesus
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I started making my list about a week or two ago, spent an hour or so crafting it, then looked back and realized that there really was not any one cd that stands out as the best of the best. My number one could change 3 times this week. I'd say that is a result of a strong year in progressive music.
While there wasn't a "Hymns For The Broken" or an "Orvam" in 2015, there were quite a few cd's which grabbed my attention and stayed on my playlists for most of the year. If I listed them in order of most played cd's, Ascendia "The Lion & The Jester" would be at the very top of the list. But that cd has been out for 12 months, so it has a slight advantage over some of the others. Damnation Angels "The Valiant Fire" probably falls into the same category. There were a few surprises this year also. I was quite fond of Teramaze "Her Halo" & Waken Eyes "Exodus" and was caught up in Lynch Mob "Rebel" for a few weeks when it 1st came out. Ugly Kid Joe "Uglier Than They Used To Be" was a damn fine disc, as was Neil Morse "The Grand Experiment".
I decided to list these in groups of 5 instead of in order since I didn't have a clearcut favorite...here goes
Group A: The contenders
Ascendia "The Lion & The Jester"
Teramaze "Her Halo"
Damnation Angels "The Valiant Fire"
Neil Morse "The Grand Experiment
Kingcrow "Eidos"
Unleash The Archers "Time Stands Still"
Orchid "Sign Of The Witch"
Sorceror "In The Shadow Of The Inverted Cross"
Group B: Runners up to the contenders
Waken Eyes "Exodus"
Lynch Mob "Rebel"
Elder "Lore"
Swallow The Sun "Songs From The North"
Phantasma "The Deviant Hearts"
Ugly Kid Joe "Uglier..."
Ambush "Desecrator"
Diviner "Fallen Empires"
The Paralydium Project-“ The Paralydium Project”
Zierler- “ESC”
Vanden Plas- “Chronicles of the Immortals: Netherworld Part II”
Nightwish "Endless Forms Most Beautiful"
Symphony X "Underworld"
Kamelot "Haven"
Tesseract "Polaris"
Group C: solid releases of 2015
Queensryche "Condition Human"
Earthside- "A Dream In Static"
Dead Daisies-"Revolucion"
Demon’s Eye- "Under The Neon"
Voodoo Circle-"Whiskey Fingers"
Dark Tribe-"The Modern Age"
Lucifer- "Lucifer I"
Ghost Machinery-"Evil Undertow"
Death Dealer-"Hallowed Ground"
Leprous-"The Congregation"
Forgotten Suns "When Worlds Collide"
Orden Ogan "Ravenhead"
Transcience "Temple"
Darkology "Fated To Burn"
There is a million reasons why some of these cd's are on the list, be it a single song that caught my interest or a great disc from start to finish, but I would consider 2015 a very good year for our genre of music. There's about 100 doom/ stoner cd's that I could add on here, but I'm not sold on their staying power as of yet, since I just got on that kick very recently.
Hope I added a few to your lists of things to check out! As with every other year, you guys turned me on to some good tunes in 2015 and I hope to return the favor!
Happy hunting!
While there wasn't a "Hymns For The Broken" or an "Orvam" in 2015, there were quite a few cd's which grabbed my attention and stayed on my playlists for most of the year. If I listed them in order of most played cd's, Ascendia "The Lion & The Jester" would be at the very top of the list. But that cd has been out for 12 months, so it has a slight advantage over some of the others. Damnation Angels "The Valiant Fire" probably falls into the same category. There were a few surprises this year also. I was quite fond of Teramaze "Her Halo" & Waken Eyes "Exodus" and was caught up in Lynch Mob "Rebel" for a few weeks when it 1st came out. Ugly Kid Joe "Uglier Than They Used To Be" was a damn fine disc, as was Neil Morse "The Grand Experiment".
I decided to list these in groups of 5 instead of in order since I didn't have a clearcut favorite...here goes
Group A: The contenders
Ascendia "The Lion & The Jester"
Teramaze "Her Halo"
Damnation Angels "The Valiant Fire"
Neil Morse "The Grand Experiment
Kingcrow "Eidos"
Unleash The Archers "Time Stands Still"
Orchid "Sign Of The Witch"
Sorceror "In The Shadow Of The Inverted Cross"
Group B: Runners up to the contenders
Waken Eyes "Exodus"
Lynch Mob "Rebel"
Elder "Lore"
Swallow The Sun "Songs From The North"
Phantasma "The Deviant Hearts"
Ugly Kid Joe "Uglier..."
Ambush "Desecrator"
Diviner "Fallen Empires"
The Paralydium Project-“ The Paralydium Project”
Zierler- “ESC”
Vanden Plas- “Chronicles of the Immortals: Netherworld Part II”
Nightwish "Endless Forms Most Beautiful"
Symphony X "Underworld"
Kamelot "Haven"
Tesseract "Polaris"
Group C: solid releases of 2015
Queensryche "Condition Human"
Earthside- "A Dream In Static"
Dead Daisies-"Revolucion"
Demon’s Eye- "Under The Neon"
Voodoo Circle-"Whiskey Fingers"
Dark Tribe-"The Modern Age"
Lucifer- "Lucifer I"
Ghost Machinery-"Evil Undertow"
Death Dealer-"Hallowed Ground"
Leprous-"The Congregation"
Forgotten Suns "When Worlds Collide"
Orden Ogan "Ravenhead"
Transcience "Temple"
Darkology "Fated To Burn"
There is a million reasons why some of these cd's are on the list, be it a single song that caught my interest or a great disc from start to finish, but I would consider 2015 a very good year for our genre of music. There's about 100 doom/ stoner cd's that I could add on here, but I'm not sold on their staying power as of yet, since I just got on that kick very recently.
Hope I added a few to your lists of things to check out! As with every other year, you guys turned me on to some good tunes in 2015 and I hope to return the favor!
Happy hunting!
