Quick roundup of best albums of 2004 thus far

[Krigloch the Furious]

Finntroll
Elvenking - Wyrd
Ensiferum - Iron
Heavenly - Dust to Dust

 

[Ayeka]

So bogus...I got a list as long as my arm of new shit I wanna pick up this year but no cash whatsoever so everything's getting neglected

I would like to say that Intense get much kudos for being better than Iced Earth (don't think much of their new one...)

 

[spaffe]

anyone who's heard "secrets of the moon - carved in stigmata wounds"?

 

[JayKeeley]

Deathspell Omega - what, where, when, who?

 

[Tranquillian]

Deathspell Omega - Si monumentum requires circumspice
Pest - Dauðafærð
Drudkh - Autumn aurora
Insomnium - Since the day it all came down
Into eternity - Buried in oblivion
Nasheim - Undergång

 

[Ayeka]

Deathspell Omega - what, where, when, who?

Someone posted an interview with 'em here a few days back...

 

[Black Winter Day]

Jaykeeley, don't ask questions, just buy.

(I should take my own advice... what I've heard is great enough to merit purchase)

 

[speed]

I can tell you the new SKinny Puppy sucks, and I was really looking forward to it too.

 

[General Zod]

In no particular order:

Iced Earth - The Glorious Burden
Evergrey - The Inner Circle
Into Eternity - Dead or Dreaming
Magnitude 9 - Decoding the Soul
Orphaned Land - Mabool
Tad Morose - Modus Vivendi
Tesla - Into the Now
Cea Serin - Where Memories Combine
Aina - Days of Rising Doom

Zod

 

[no country for old wainds]

Deathspell Omega, Drudkh and Countess.

I'm not counting the Blut Aus Nord, it's a 2003 release as far as I'm concerned.

 

[Evil C.]

here are my choices...

orphaned land - mabool
Iced Earth - The Glorious Burden
Evergrey - The Inner Circle
Into Eternity - Dead or Dreaming
Blaze - blood and belief
Symphorce - twice second
Ayreon - the human equation

I'm sure these will change, and many more will come....

good year thus far...

evil c.

 

[Ayeka]

Symphorce - twice second

Oh aye, how is that album? I downloaded Tears yesterday and it was quite cool. Sounds very much like my sort of thing

 

[J.]

add Hate Forest - Battlefields

their best yet.

 

[Demonspell]

Into Eternity - Buried In Oblivion
Orphaned Land - Mabool
Evergrey - The Inner Circle
My Dying Bride - Songs Of Darkness...
Ayreon - The Human Equation
Morgion - Cloaked By Ages
Winds - The Imaginary Direction Of Time
Drudkh - Autumn Aurora
Eyes Of Fire - Ashes To Embers
Fall Of The Leafe - Volvere

 

[Evil C.]

aye,

symphorce are power metal in the sense that nevermore is power metal.

well produced songs that hook you from the beginning. made me go out and rediscover their back catalog, and that rarely happens. and you can find it really cheap at places like best buy...

not over the top, but good rocking songs that are well played...

evil c.

 

[Ayeka]

Sweet. Must remember go back back to the forum, and download more stuff

 

[JayKeeley]

Good thread. Worth bumping for reference.

 

[Demonspell]

I'm going to have to squeeze Void of Silence in the top half and possibly Borknagar in the bottom half...not that it was in any order anyway. The title track from the former album is apocalyptic atmosphere at its most threatening...

 

[NAD]

Blut Aus Nord and Fantomas both scare the hell out of me, but I've listened to Drudkh the most thusfar.

 

[JayKeeley]

I'll say this, if Drudkh didn't have "Wind of the Night Forests", the album would sit somewhere between 6-10th place in the top ten, but that song probably pushes it into the top quartile. That's probably the song of the year thus far (from CD's that I own, not including MP3 samples I might have heard earlier today...*cough*)