So what's your Top 5?

[NorseBlood]

I need to edit my own post. I forgot one release this year that snuck up on me and kicked my butt: Madman's Lullaby - Unhinged

So, I'll replace Delain with Madman's Lullaby.

~Brian~

I changed one of mine too. I had KXM down but replaced it with Anubis Gate's Horizons after listening to it again. I like George Lynch, but in this case there really isn't any doubt as to which is better.

I'll have to check out Madman's Lullaby's Unhinged. I haven't heard it yet, but if it kicked your butt maybe it will kick mine too.

 

[eaeolian]

Lords of Black
Helstar - This Wicked Nest
Iris Divine - Karma Sown
Teramaze - Esoteric Symbolism
Thrym

 

[Harvester]

I fucking love threads like this, because every now and then I find some oddball band nobody ever mentions and it kicks my ass. Very, very impressed with the songs I've heard of this one so far.

Uh..yeah...this was excellent.

 

[edgeofthorns]

I'll have to check out Madman's Lullaby's Unhinged. I haven't heard it yet, but if it kicked your butt maybe it will kick mine too.

Templar, it's straight up, raw, hard rock.



~Brian~

 

[edgeofthorns]

Uh..yeah...this was excellent.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yTaVcybFFaw

Wow...that sounds huge!

~Brian~

 

[Daggor]

At this point my list is only progressive metal. I've been keeping careful track of that ranking and haven't thought on where I'd slot in my power metal records, and also Brant Bjork's solo album. Woo!

Hemina-Nebulae (Best album I've heard in 4 years)
Bigelf-Into The Maelstrom (They had that best album 4 years ago)
Anbuis Gate- Horizons (I'm really just a sucker for vocal-oriented prog, this is the closest thing I'll get to a Leprous or a Haken in terms of vocal performance this year).
Distorted Harmony- Chain Reaction: Just awesome, very riffy, very progressive. Incredibly catchy at parts.
(Top 4 is obvious, final spot is grueling to pick, choosing randomly from among 4)
Need- Orvam (A Song For Home)

 

[nomisofsiman]

I don't like most djent stuff, but that Xerath intrigues me.

 

[dtfanatic]

I suck at lists and can't even come close to remember what's come out this year so I'll just go with what I see on some other lists that I know I bought:

Flying Colors - Second Nature
Need - Orvam
Judas Priest - Redeemer of Souls
Transatlantic - Kaleidoscope
Anathema - Distant Satellites

I've bought but haven't got to hear Evergrey, Distorted Harmony, or Threshold yet. Gotta say that Xerath did kick ass! Laser's Edge has that one and the second one for only $4.20! :Smokedev:

 

[actordude]

Sunstrike - Rock Your World
Hammerfall - (r)Evolution
Brother Firetribe - Diamond In The Firepit
Unisonic - Light of Dawn
Work of Art - Framework

 

[NorseBlood]

Templar, it's straight up, raw, hard rock.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qBG1V0vpcw4

~Brian~

Good rock and roll is always welcome, and this is it. I'll definitely have to pick up their latest album now.

 

[TychoCelchu]

Holy shit, that Xerath song sounds like a death metal Steve Vai. I'm in love.

 

[AngraRULES]

Holy shit, that Xerath song sounds like a death metal Steve Vai. I'm in love.

You should listen to older Devin Townsend

 

[TychoCelchu]

LOL, I actually had "Steve Vai's Sex and Religion" typed out, but then I shortened it to just Vai to be more general.

 

[Sir Exar Kun]

You should listen to older Devin Townsend

Definitely! That's exactly what I heard too.....

 

[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

Throwing the list aside.....

Evergrey has just bumped these aside.

 

[TENTH DREAMER DECEIVER]

You should listen to older Devin Townsend

Sounds painful.

 

[AngraRULES]

Sounds painful.

Not as much as reading your top 10 of the year

 

[Oblivion Ocean]

Not as much as reading your top 10 of the year

Just tell him that Devin was a prominent 80's metal artist that is prolonging his career with mediocre albums in the 21st century; that should get him to listen.

 

[AngraRULES]

Just tell him that Devin was a prominent 80's metal artist that is prolonging his career with mediocre albums in the 21st century; that should get him to listen.

Even if I did that, he wouldn't believe me - I was born in the early-to-mid eighties.

 

[TENTH DREAMER DECEIVER]

Even if I did that, he wouldn't believe me - I was born in the early-to-mid eighties.

Ah. You did