The best of the first half of 2007 ...

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It's listing time again...Wich in your opinion are the best records that appeared in the first half of 2007 ?

For me:

1) Trouble ; Simple Mind Condition (simple but effective, pure Hard Rockin' Doom !!)
2) Neal Morse ; Sola Scriptura (Symphonic/progressive masterpiece)
3) Abramis Brama ; Live ! (great Swedish oldschool Hardrock !)
4) Symphony X ; Paradise Lost (Symph X shows why they are with the top of progressive Powermetal)
5) Suspyre ; A Great Divide (top notch Progmetal)
6) Sun Caged ; Artemesia (just too little people know this great Dutch Progmetal jewel)
7) Cage ; Hell Destroyer (Great and pure oldschool Metal)
8) Letter 7 ; Salt of the Earth (oldschool AOR in the vein of Tyketto and Prophet)
9) Orange Goblin ; Healing through Fire (rough stoner/hardrock/doom)
10) Masterplan ; MK II (not upto the quality with Jorn, but I'm pretty sure the next CD will be a killer! )
 
Haven't heard enough to make a top ten so here's five:

1) Threshold - Dead Reckoning
A complete surprise, what a high quality album from start to finish.

2) Cage - Hell Destroyer
Well this was no surprise, I expected good stuff and got just that. Extra points for the well-executed story line.

3) Allen/Lande - The Revenge
No surprise here either, a very "safe" successor to the first album but it's just so good.

4) Kamelot - Ghost Opera
Doesn't quite reach the level of Black Halo but still keeps Kamelot in my personal top3 of the moment.

5) Masterplan - Mk.II
The band hit dire straits last year and came through with a very strong album. Both Mikes fit in perfectly. I agree that the two previous albums are superior though but future looks good for Masterplan.
 
So far my choices are Sanctity - Road To Bloodshed and 3 Inches of Blood - Fire Up the Blade.
 
My two favorite records thus far this year are:

Nine Inch Nails - Year Zero
and
Machine Head - The Blackening (having never been a fan previously)

Despite the pretty much universally despised lyrics, I still think the new Megadeth excellent, and the new King Diamond is fast looking as though it will be a year end top ten...
 
It's listing time again...Wich in your opinion are the best records that appeared in the first half of 2007 ?

For me:

1) Trouble ; Simple Mind Condition (simple but effective, pure Hard Rockin' Doom !!)
2) Neal Morse ; Sola Scriptura (Symphonic/progressive masterpiece)
3) Abramis Brama ; Live ! (great Swedish oldschool Hardrock !)
4) Symphony X ; Paradise Lost (Symph X shows why they are with the top of progressive Powermetal)
5) Suspyre ; A Great Divide (top notch Progmetal)
6) Sun Caged ; Artemesia (just too little people know this great Dutch Progmetal jewel)
7) Cage ; Hell Destroyer (Great and pure oldschool Metal)
8) Letter 7 ; Salt of the Earth (oldschool AOR in the vein of Tyketto and Prophet)
9) Orange Goblin ; Healing through Fire (rough stoner/hardrock/doom)
10) Masterplan ; MK II (not upto the quality with Jorn, but I'm pretty sure the next CD will be a killer! )

DAMN!! I've got a (stupid) question. :heh: Since you are the author of the thread - I'll ask you. Is this list intended for only 2007 releases or can it be albums that appeared in my collection during that period?
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Could change! :)

Annihilator - Metal
Symphony X - Paradise Lost
Trouble - Simple Mind Condition
Megadeth - United Abominations
Orange Goblin - Healing Through Fire
Paradise Lost - In Requiem
DDP - DDP 4 Life (a real feel good album)
Dark Tranquillity - Fiction
Clutch - From Beale Street to Oblivion
The Hidden Hand - The Resurrection of Whiskey Foote
 
DAMN!! I've got a (stupid) question. :heh: Since you are the author of the thread - I'll ask you. Is this list intended for only 2007 releases or can it be albums that appeared in my collection during that period?
NP : Nightmare-Secret Rules (Beati Paoli).mp3

only 2007 !!!
 
New Titanic, Megadeth, Symphony X and Hammerfall are at the top of my list thus far. Threshold and several other quality bands have also released very good discs but I can't remember half of 'em. The new Black Sabbath tracks with Dio were great as well. :cool:

Most of the albums I'm really looking forward to don't come out until later this year. New Priest, Sebastian Bach, Z-Lot-Z and Krucible, etc.
 
Tentative list and not in order.

Thunderstone: Evolution 4.0
Candlemass King Of The Grey Islands (Deluxe Edition)
Saxon: The Inner Sanctum
Jorn: Unlocking the Past
Dark Tranquillity: Fiction
Xandria Salomé - The Seventh Vail
Silent Force: Walk the Earth
Threshold: Dead Reckoning
Clutch: From Beale St. to Oblivion
Serenity: Words Untold & Dreams Unlived
Symphony X: Paradise Lost
Ken Hensley: Blood on the Highway
3 Inches of Blood: Fire Up The Blades
Hellyeah: S/T
Redemption: The Origins of Ruin
Dream Theater: Systematic Chaos
Wizard: Goochan
King Diamond: Give Me Your Soul... Please
 
Here's a tentative list as there are many new arrivals here I haven't had time to listen to thoroughly yet (Megadeth, Candlemass, Thunderstone, Burning Point, Thunderstorm, Iron Fire, D.T. Symphony X... to name a few) - Although out of those...It seems only Candlemass has a shot at replacing any of these...
In no special order except those in the top 3 .... (All 2007 releases)
10 - Ensiferum - 'Victory Songs'
9 - Sacred Oath - 'Darkness Visible'
8 - Ritual Steel - 'Invicible Warriors'
7 - Domine - 'Ancient Spirit Rising'
6 - Dark Moor - 'Tarot' (OUTSTANDING CD after I'd given up on this band long ago)
5 - Holy Martyr - 'Still At War'
4 - Tie for # 4 - Wotan - 'Epos' / Crusader - 'SkinClad)
3 - Metal Law - 'Night Of The Wolf'
2 - Exiled (U.S.) - 'Blood Sea'
1 - Messiah's Kiss - 'Dragonheart'
 
There are already threads about best releases of 2007, but I can do it again.

Metal:
Neurosis - Given to the Rising
Middian - Age Eternal
Akercocke - Antichrist
Red Harvest - A Greater Darkness
Novembers Doom- The Novella Reservoir
Mithras - Behind The Shadows Lie Madness
Longing For Dawn - A Treacherous Ascension

Non-Metal:
Porcupine Tree - Fear Of A Blank Planet
Dinosaur Jr - Beyond
Brother Ali - The Undisputed Truth
Blue Scholars - Bayani
QOTSA - Era Vulgaris
 
New Titanic, Megadeth, Symphony X and Hammerfall

What Hammerfall? "Threshold" is from 2006
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Guess I better come out of hibernation and let you know what I've been listening to the past month or so, since I've been gone.

Therion still tops my list as #1 of the year.
Symphony X has a close second, and Sonata Arctica third.

Those are the only 3 gold pedastal albums for me, thus far.

I've also spent alot of time listening to the following excellent releases:

Trouble
Cage
Kamelot
Wizard
Saxon
 
1. Redemption - Origins of Ruin - Love this album.
Best Ray Adler performance in years. Big improvement over prior album.

2. Dream Theater - Systematic Chaos
Really exceeded my expections & got me to start listening to DT again.

3. Trouble - Simple Mind Condition
A bit uneven with some great songs & some throw-away songs.

4. Therion - Gothic Kabbalah
Not as strong as Lemuria/Sirus B.

5. Megadeth - United Abominations
Solid album. On par with The System has Failed.

6. Symphony X - Paradise Lost
Still getting aquainted with this one. Expect it to rise in the ranks by end of '07.

7. Turisas - The Varangian Way

8. Candlemass - King of Grey Islands

9. Scorpions - Humanity Hour 1

10. Porcupine Tree - Fear of a Blank Planet