Ok, so what are your favorite albums of 2003 so far?

[Abryl]

Besides Dance Of Death and St Anger

Mine would be:

Anthrax - We've Come For You All
Stratovarius - Elements Pt 1
Edguy - Burning Down The Opera
Misfits - Project 1950
Pearl Jam - Live in Mexico City 07/17/03
Children Of Bodom - Hate Crew Death Roll, except maybe for Sixpounder

 

[leffe]

I´d say Evergrays Recreation day is the best album of this year.


Some other good are
Children of Bodom-HCDR
Arch Enemy-Anthems of rebellion
Iron Maiden-DOD
Soilwork-Figure number five

 

[ScottG]

Morbid Angel - Heretic
Zyklon - Aeon
Evergrey - Recreation Day
Green Carnation - A Blessing In Disguise
Edge of Sanity - Crimson II
Nightrage - Sweet Vengeance
Strapping Young Lad - s/t
Destruction - Metal Discharge
Nightingale - Alive Again
At Vance - The Evil In You
Labyrinth - s/t
Iron Maiden - Dance of Death
John Arch - A Twist of Fate

 

[Nightwing]

Masterplan - S/T.

Dance of Death was a huge disappointment for me.

 

[futile]

I.M - DoD
Opeth - damnation
Children of Bodom - HCDR
Dimmu Borgir - DCA
Enslaved - Below the lights
Katatonia - Viva Emptiness

 

[Rodrigo]

Zyklon-Aeon
Enslaved-Below the Lights
The Gathering-Souvenirs
Green Carnation-A Blessing in Disguise
The Crown-Possessed 13
Darkest Hour - Hidden Hands of a Sadist Nation
Moonsorrow-Kivenkantaja
Windir-Likferd
Kalmah-Swampsong
Darkthrone-Hate Them

That is my current top 10 but the new Anathema and Akercocke may make their way into it.

 

[Moshpit]

The Gathering - Souvenirs
Anthrax - We´ve come for you all
Sethian - Into the silence
Eläkeläiset - Humppaelämää
Godsmack - Faceless
Hammerfall - One crimson night
Staind - 14 shades of grey

 

[Abryl]

I'm still waiting for Elements Part 2 to come in the mail so I can add it to my list

 

[The Real Moonchild]

Dance of Death, Damnation and a Day and We've come for you all.

 

[Esteban]

Evergrey - Recreation day
Iron Maiden - Dance of death
Children of Bodom - Hatecrew deathroll
Katatonia - Viva emptiness
Green Carnation - Blessing in disguise
Opeth - Damnation
Gamma Ray - Skeletons in the closet


It was not a great year....

 

[tsorl]

Top 5 besides DoD, in no particular order:

Anthrax - We've Come For You All
Masterplan - s/t
Seven Witches - Passage To The Other Side
Machine Men - Scars & Wounds
Helloween - Rabbit Don't Come Easy

I'm yet to hear the new Jag Panzer, CircleIICircle's debut and a couple of other potentially kick-ass albums tho.

 

[Lady Vampy]

I've only got one album that came out this year and that was d/led not bought. However, it's still fucking ace and I might get a proper copy of it for Xmas. It is... 'Permission To Land' by The Darkness.

 

[Rodrigo]

I am sorry but anybody who lists Dance of Death in their top 10 needs to do the following:

a) Listen to more 2003 metal albums.

or

b) Listen to the 80's Maiden albums and seriously tell me that DoD rivals those albums.

Otherwise your list sucks!

 

[stefan86]

The Haunted - One Kill Wonder
Nevermore - Enemies of Reality
Opeth - Damnation
Lamb of God - As The Palaces Burn
Callenish Circle - My Passion/Your Pain

Iron Maiden, Soilwork, Arch Enemy and several more released disappointing cds this year.

 

[Caeros]

Thus far:

Devin Townsend-Accelerated Evolution
John Arch-A Twist of Fate
King Crimson-The Power to Believe
Mike Gordon-Inside In
Dream Theater-Train of Thought
King's X-Black Like Sunday
Iron Maiden-Dance of Death
Queensryche-Tribe
Stanley Clarke-1,2 to the Bass
Radiohead-Hail to the Thief

 

[VicRattlhd502]

Iron Maiden: Dance of Death (of course) also...

Opeth: Damnation
Rush: Rush in Rio
Dream Theater: Train of Thought
Anthrax: We've Come for you all
Led Zeppelin: How the West Was Won
Mattsson: Power Games
Marty Friedman: Music for Speeding

Worst album of 2003: Metallica: St. Anger

 

[Abryl]

Still waiting for my 2 CD copy of Elements Pt 2. Damn postal service

 

[Moshpit]

Forget my first list. Here it is:

1. The Gathering - Souvenirs
2. Godsmack - Faceless
3. Soilwork - Figure number five
4. Anthrax - We´ve come for you all
5. Sethian - Into the silence
6. Eläkeläiset - Humppaelämää
7. Children Of Bodom - Hate crew deathroll
8. Korn - Take a look in the mirror
9. Iron Maiden - Dance of death
10. Sick Of It All - Life on the ropes

 

[T.J. Swoboda]

1. Redemption--S/T
2. Soilwork--Figure Number Five
3. Ion Vein--Reigning Memories
4. Edge of Sanity--Crimson II
5. Dream Theater--Train of Thought

I still have to get the Anthrax, love what I've heard though and it should easily make the list. Didn't care for DoD, sorry. Hmm, Korn released another one this year? I've HATED them from the start, but liked "Here to Stay" from last year's album. Only took 'em eight years...

--T.J.

 

[ZeroTolerance]

Soilwork : Figure Number Five
Helloween : Rabbit Don't Come Easy
The Gathering : Souvenirs
Strapping Young Lad : SYL
Type O Negative : Life Is Killing Me
Anthrax : We've Come For You All
Masterplan : Masterplan
Impaled Nazarene : All That You Fear
KMFDM : WWIII
Tiamat : Prey
Moonspell : The Antidote
Kreator : Live Kreation
Katatonia : Viva Emptiness