OK, reformed version.
Metal
1. Avantasia – “The Scarecrow”
2. Sabaton – “The Art Of War”
3. Alestorm – “Captain Morgan’s Revenge”
4. Grand Magus – “Iron Will”
5. Rata Blanca – “El Reino Olvidado”
6. Dream Evil – “Gold Medal In Metal”
7. Exciter – “Thrash Speed Burn”
8. Venom – “Hell”
9. Sister Sin – “Switchblade Serenades”
10. Viron – “Ferrum Gravis”
Prog
1. The Tangent – “Not As Good As The Book”
2. Karmakanic – “Who’s The Boss In The Factory”
3. Presto Ballet – “The Lost Art Of Time Travel”
4. Dunwich – “Heilagmanoth”
5. Seventh Wonder – “Mercy Falls”
6. Ayreon - “01011001”
7. Joe Satriani – “Professor Satchafunkilus And The Musterion Of Rock”
8. Blackmore’s Night – “Secret Voyage”
Dissapointments
Judas Priest - "Nostradamus": long, boring, unworthy. The only reason I have it is because I won it in a giveaway.
Metallica - "Death Magnetic": so much for Rick Rubin, crappy, uninspired, 'Unforgiven III', not even worth as a freebie.
Cryonic Temple - "Immortal": good power metal album, but gone are the cheese and the fun, now it's dark and not much different from other acts, a setback IMO.
Nazareth - "The Newz": ten years since the last dissapointment and for this? They should quitted after "Move Me".
Pharaoh - "Be Gone": not abad album just not as good as "The Longest Night", I hope the next improve.
Motorhead - "Motorizer": I was hoping something better than KOD, but the last really heavy hitter has been "Inferno". Hope Lemmy comes with a wrecking ball for the next one.
Tyr - "Land": a bit too long and lack the spirit of the previous albums, hope they're not loosing their creativity.
Testament - "The Formation Of Damnation": heavy as can be, perfect! But it lacks soul, I find more appealing "Low" or "The Gathering", I was expecting more from the reunion + Bostaph.
Alice Cooper - "Along Came A Spider": not a bad album, but the weakest of his new retro era and also the weakest of his concept albums. Damn it, the song in Avantasia with him sounds better that his album.
Andre Matos - "Time To Be Free": it seems that after Matos left Angra, he also left some anger, because both the Shaaman albums and now this are more melodic metal that true power. Not bad albums, simply blands.
Firewind - "The Premonition": not bad again, but weaker than "Allegiance" and the cover of 'Maniac' is almost an insult to me (at least they labeled it as bonus track).
Ayreon - "01011001": sorry but this time Arjen came bland and long. Not even close as the magic of THE. I'm worried since Stream of Passion wasn't very great either, I hope Arjen comes with a better project now.
Blackmore's Night - "Secret Voyage": I love the first three albums, and I consider them fresh and innovative, but lately there's a feeling of same old same.
Commendations
Great debuts from Black Tide, Sister Sin and Enforcer. Memory Garden returned with a very good album, and a fantastic comeback of Dunwich. Poisonblack and Horcas came with really good heavy albums, so is Death Angel, Benedictum and Jorn.
I forgot my prog list! Anyway, I consider the new Ayreon the weakest so far and unlike you THE is one of the best of Arjen's project.
