So what's your Top 5?

[General Zod]

Let’s keep this simple… which 5 albums are most likely to land in your end of year lists? No need to list them order. Just your Top 5 2014 releases as of right now.

Not your Top 8, because you couldn’t really narrow it down.

Not your Top 25, because you lacked the brain space to pick just 5.

And in the case of Fire Breath, not your Top 600 Symphonic Power Metal Albums Fronted by Female Singers Born on the Island of Guam.

For me…

Behemoth – The Satanist
Darkest Era - Severance
Dynazty – Renatus
Junius – Days of the Fallen Sun
Mastodon – Once More ‘Round the Sun

 

[TENTH DREAMER DECEIVER]

Riot: Unleash the Fire
Judas Priest: Redeemer of Souls
Accept: Blind Rage
Grave Digger: Return of the Reaper
Overkill: White Devil Armory

 

[Sir Exar Kun]

Amoral - Fallen Leaves and Dead Sparrows
Malpractice - Turning Tides
Epica - Quantum Enigma
Leviathan - Beholden to Nothing, Braver since Then
Veni Domine - Light

 

[DADRocks]

Epica, Moonkings, Need, Delain, and H.e.a.t.. This is considering Need's Orvam as a 2014 release....if not, I'm thinking the latest Appearance of Nothing.

 

[dcowboys311]

High Spirits - You Are Here
Wovenhand - Refractory Obdurate
311 - Stereolithic
Dark Fury - Synninghtwait
King Dude - Fear

 

[PromisedLand]

Dynazty - Renatus
Insomnium - Shadows Of The Dying Sun
Overkill - White Devil Armory
Primal Fear - Delivering The Black
Falconer - Black Moon Rising

 

[Justin G]

Voyager, H.E.A.T., Brother Firetribe, Primal Fear, Free Spirit.

 

[OrionSon]

Casualties of Cool-Casualties of Cool
A Sound of Thunder-The Lesser Key of Solomon
Gamma Ray-Empire of the Undead
Primal Fear-Delivering the Black
Iced Earth-Plagues of Babylon

 

[zedowns]

Anathema - Distant Satellites
Need - Orvam
Have a Nice Life - The Unnatural World
Voyager - V
Lantlos - Melting Sun

 

[labrekk]

PRIMAL FEAR-delivering the black
ACCEPT-blind rage
DYNAZTY-renatus
RIOT V-unleash the fire
GUS G.-I am the fire

 

[Stand Undefeated]

Anubis Gate - Horizons
Equilibrium - Erdentempel
Elvenking - The Pagan Manifesto
Flaming Row - Mirage - A Portrayal of Figures
Distorted Harmony - Chain Reaction

 

[Mooseknuckle]

Dynazty - Renatus
Xerath - III
Freak Kitchen - Cooking With Pagans
Teramaze - Esoteric Symbolism
Overkill - White Devil Armory

 

[King Lek]

Hmmm....

IQ: The Road of Bones
Gazpacho: Demon
November-7: Awaeaxid 7mg
Distorted Harmony: Chain Reaction
Walter Trout: The Blues Came a Calling

 

[orcslayr23]

#1: Elvenking - The Pagan Manifesto (this one isn't budging)

#2: The Unguided - Fragile Immortality

#3: Sonic Syndicate - Self-Titled

#4: Poets of the Fall - Jealous Gods

#5: Vallenfyre - Splinters

 

[Fire breath]

Hey what you sayin' here? I like to make long lists? I'm definitely in listaholics r us founder members though. I can make a top 5 in no particular order though a top 55 would be just as easy!

Kobra And The Lotus - High Priestess
Stormwarrior - Thunder & Steele
Work of Art - Framework
Crosswind - Vicious Dominion
Dynazty - Renatus

 

[YtseJammer]

Dynazty - Renatus
Elvenking - The Pagan Manifesto
Need - Orvam
Insomnium - Shadows of the Dying Sun
Cullooden - Silent Scream

 

[templeofmax]

New Ariana Grande
New Beyonce
New Justing Bieber

Great stuff...

I am catching up with new releases as there is just too much stuff coming out.

 

[MysticX9]

Evergrey - HYMNS FOR THE BROKEN
Accept - BLIND RAGE
Judas Priest - REDEEMER OF SOULS
Riot V - UNLEASH THE FIRE
Loudness - THE SUN WILL RISE AGAIN

 

[Creeps]

Hammerfall
Overkill
Priest
Kix (always like to have 1 rocker)
Arch Enemy

Runners up: Epica, Brainstorm and Alestorm.

Looking forward to Exodus & Sanctuary.

 

[Oblivion Ocean]

Dynazty - Renatus
Elvenking - The Pagan Manifesto
Need - Orvam
Amoral - Fallen Leaves and Dead Sparrows
Epica - Quantum Enigma


Not sure much is going to shake this. The new Evergrey and Scar Symmetry seemed like the ones with the best chances. After about 10 listens, the Evergrey is unlikely to push any of these out.