most solid metal album of 2007 so far?

[Sabin Frost]

Type O Negative - Dead Again but I am a fanboy

Funeral's from these wounds is incredibly solid though.

 

[Slayed Necros]

Updated list:

Inquisition - Nefarious Dismal Orations
Graveland - Will Stonger Than Death
Fortid - Völuspá Part II - The Arrival of Fenris
Hypothermia - Rakbladsvalsen
Watain - Sworn to the Dark
Angantyr - Hævn

Also eagerly anticipating new albums by Darkspace (Maybe?), Nyktalgia, Ofermod (If Michayah stops attacking people and is released from prison), and hopefully Deathspell Omega.

 

[Vossyrus]

Updated list:

Inquisition - Nefarious Dismal Orations
Graveland - Will Stonger Than Death
Fortid - Völuspá Part II - The Arrival of Fenris
Hypothermia - Rakbladsvalsen
Watain - Sworn to the Dark
Angantyr - Hævn

Hmm..I have all of those downloaded but I've only checked out half of them. I was quite surprised that I like the new Graveland, I'm a fan of his earlier works and did not like the previous album but overall I liked the new one. I thought Hypothermia was alright but I've only listened to it once. And Watain's most recent album was pretty good.

 

[ArneZ]

Dødheimsgard - Supervillain Outcast
Dir En Grey - The Marrow Of A Bone
Mnemic - Passenger
Rotting Christ - Theogonia
Laethora - March Of The Parasite
Machine Head - The Blackening
Infernaeon - A Symphony Of Suffering
Chimaira - Resurrection
Naglfar - Harvest
Aborted - Slaughter And Apparatus - A Methodical Overture
Battlelore - Evernight
Dark Tranquillity - Fiction
Before The Dawn - Deadlight
Beneath The Massacre - Mechanics Of Dysfunction
Bloodjinn - This Machine Runs On Empty
Legion Of The Damned - Sons Of The Jackal
Ensiferum - Victory Songs
Novembers Doom - The Novella Reservoir
Fear My Thoughts - Vulcanus
Kill The Romance - Take Another Life
Mendeed - The Dead Live By Love
Naildown - Dreamcrusher
Omnium Gatherum - Stuck Here On Snakes Way
Mors Principium Est - Liberation=Termination
Norther - No Way Back (EP)
Sonata Arctica - Unia
Raintime - Flies & Lies
Pain Confessor - Purgatory Of The Second Sun
Total Fucking Destruction - Zen And The Art Of Total Fucking Destruction
Sonic Syndicate - Only Inhuman
Swallow the Sun - Hope
With Passion - What We See When We Shut Our Eyes
Blinded Colony - Bedtime Prayers
Deadlock - Wolves
One Man Army And The Undead Quartet - Error in Evolution
Caliban - The Awakening

That sums up my favs. so far..

 

[Fractal_Mortality]

Odious Mortem - Cryptic Implosion

with a relatively close second place going to

Hacride - Amoeba (not enough mention of that album)

 

[Vossyrus]

With One Man Army's latest. I think its disappointing compared to their debut which was released a year earlier. Given the quality of material found on Error in Evolution and the early release date, it would lead me to suggest that the album was compiled of songs that didn't make their debut. ..it's still enjoyable though.

 

[Vossyrus]

Just finished listening to Barastir, "Battlehymns of Hate." I can honestly, say wow, what a bland and overall awful effort. A cheap compilation of generic black metal riffs, one song in particular draws an eerie similarity to one of Satyricon's earlier songs.

 

[GEEsu5]

i thought DT - fiction wasnt out until april 20th?

btw ensiferum's victory songs - cant wait

ensiferums victory songs is awesome

blood is the price of glory is an awesome song.

 

[Perpetual Catatonia]

I haven't heard too many 2007 releases. I'm still catching up with 2006. Finding some great stuff I didn't six months ago.

I liked:
Chimaira - Resurrection
Rotting Christ - Thegonia
Burden of Grief - Death End Road

I like how Chimaira has advanced with guitarwork, but I liked Death End Road's effort slightly better.

 

[challenge_everything]

Dødheimsgard - Supervillain Outcast
Dir En Grey - The Marrow Of A Bone
Mnemic - Passenger
Rotting Christ - Theogonia
Laethora - March Of The Parasite
Machine Head - The Blackening
Infernaeon - A Symphony Of Suffering
Chimaira - Resurrection
Naglfar - Harvest
Aborted - Slaughter And Apparatus - A Methodical Overture
Battlelore - Evernight
Dark Tranquillity - Fiction
Before The Dawn - Deadlight
Beneath The Massacre - Mechanics Of Dysfunction
Bloodjinn - This Machine Runs On Empty
Legion Of The Damned - Sons Of The Jackal
Ensiferum - Victory Songs
Novembers Doom - The Novella Reservoir
Fear My Thoughts - Vulcanus
Kill The Romance - Take Another Life
Mendeed - The Dead Live By Love
Naildown - Dreamcrusher
Omnium Gatherum - Stuck Here On Snakes Way
Mors Principium Est - Liberation=Termination
Norther - No Way Back (EP)
Sonata Arctica - Unia
Raintime - Flies & Lies
Pain Confessor - Purgatory Of The Second Sun
Total Fucking Destruction - Zen And The Art Of Total Fucking Destruction
Sonic Syndicate - Only Inhuman
Swallow the Sun - Hope
With Passion - What We See When We Shut Our Eyes
Blinded Colony - Bedtime Prayers
Deadlock - Wolves
One Man Army And The Undead Quartet - Error in Evolution
Caliban - The Awakening

That sums up my favs. so far..

Goddamn, if that's your list of favourites, I'd hate to see your complete list of purchases this year. I hope I never have the misfortunate of bumping into you and asking what your favourite food is.

 

[Sabin Frost]

I am a big fan of Sanctity's Road to Bloodshed, I would not call it the most solid release so far because its a debut but it is bloody good Thrash metal with a definete modern influence but not in a bad way.

 

[MasterOLightning]

Have there been any "must-buy" releases yet this year? I'm looking at these lists and nothing is really jumping out vs. older releases I don't have yet.

 

[Personified Hatred]

Abhor (Ita) - Vehementia
Taake - Nekro
Marduk - Rom 5:12

 

[ALK]

Dimmu Borgir - In Sorte Diaboli
Maybe Pain - Psalms of extinction and W.A.S.P. - Dominator haven't heard quite enough yet.

 

[Vacant_Planets]

I am a big fan of Sanctity's Road to Bloodshed, I would not call it the most solid release so far because its a debut but it is bloody good Thrash metal with a definete modern influence but not in a bad way.

I'm about to give that album a try right now actually. lol

 

[DarkBliss]

Тролль Гнёт Ель - Конунг Хмель

Troll Bends Fir? The act's name alone made me interested in checking them out.
From this year I've only haeard Puissance's latest and thought it was really weak compared to previous works. Perhaps I should
spin it some more.

 

[Zephyrus]

Dark Tranquillity - Fiction

 

[Belligerent]

Dark Tranquillity - Fiction

ditto.
Track 6-Inside The Particle Storm. It killz.

 

[Zephyrus]

Terminus

 

[thisisaformicatable]

Troll Bends Fir? The act's name alone made me interested in checking them out.

Drunkenly aggressive folk rock, lots of fun.