The Official Best Albums of 2008 Thread

[mdmatt4ever]

I disagree and stand by my comment:

Guns ‘N Roses – Chinese Democracy (Geffen)

Man is this the best Axl could do? Just think what he would have done if he had been given a 9 month deadline to write and record an album?

It's simply not a strong album....It would have been worse if the classic line-up would have taken part....

well thats just my opinion. i think its a great album and no one really knows how long it took for axl to write these songs. he could have written them all in 1 year and took 8 years to record them. also supposedly there are 2 more complete albums that have yet to be heard.

also according to some guy on the allman brothers forum GNR hasn't been on geffen records for years but i think he's full of crap

 

[mdmatt4ever]

i'd like to drop ac/dc fromthe 10 sot on my list and put souls of we-let the truth be known instead. its much better than the ac/dc album

 

[poundingmetal74]

also according to some guy on the allman brothers forum GNR hasn't been on geffen records for years but i think he's full of crap

From what I understood, they were dropped from Geffen for making an $8 Million album.

JOURNEY: Revelation

This album seems to be coming up quite a bit. I think they truly have been reborn with Arnell on vocals. I've yet to watch the bonus DVD but the new material and re-recorded stuff is great.

 

[Hawk]

JOURNEY: Revelation

This album seems to be coming up quite a bit. I think they truly have been reborn with Arnell on vocals. I've yet to watch the bonus DVD but the new material and re-recorded stuff is great.

It should. It's damn good and perhaps the best album they made since years.
I had the incredible luck to see them live in Germany in February 2008.

Check out the bonus DVD with the album. You'll be surprised.

Btw I hear things are not all well in the Journey camp. Arnell is missing his family a lot during touring. I hope this does not spell trouble for the band.

It seems to be serious although it is not official news.
See here:

http://arnelpineda.ning.com/forum/topic/show?id=2179031:Topic:72762

 

[poundingmetal74]

It seems to be serious although it is not official news.

Quite a shame. He's such a great singer and seems to have been accepted by most fans. But at the same time, I understand completely. It's a major thing to leave your life for months at a time.

 

[TheInsane]

Some of the ones that stand out are Bonded by Bloods "feed the beast", Cavalera Conspiracys "inflikted" and Guns n Roses "chinese democracy".

I believe Ihsahn second album came out in 2008 and I thought it was very good as well but I havent given it a proper judgment yet.

 

[Wyvern]

Well being 16:45 (GMT-6) I guess I will post my final version of the top ten, I still waiting for an album that alas it will make it on 2009. This year was difficult for me because there were genuine good albums but not all can make the higher positions, the first 7 were pretty easy but from 8 down it was one hell of a continous shuffling (and I'm not pretty sure the numbering is right). Oh well, here it goes:

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. Exciter – “Thrash Speed Burn”
7. Venom – “Hell”
8. Viron – “Ferrum Gravis”
9. Dream Evil – “Gold Medal In Metal”
10. Sister Sin – “Switchblade Serenades”
11. Benedictum – “Seasons Of Tragedy”
12. Poisonblack – “A Dead Heavy Day”
13. Horcas – “Reviviendo Huestes”
14. Death Angel – “Killing Season”
15. Enforcer – “Into The Night”
16. Black Tide – “Light From Above”
17. Jorn – “Lonely Are The Brave”
18. Yngwie Malmsteen – “Perpetual Flame”
19. Motorhead – “Motorizer”
20. Beto Vazquez Infinity – “Darkmind”
21. Falconer – “Among Beggars And Thieves”
22. Memory Garden – “Carnage Carnival”
23. Alice Cooper – “Along Came A Spider”
24. Alkemyst – “Through Painful Lanes”
25. Firewind – “The Premonition”
26. Testament – “The Formation Of Damnation”
27. Cryonic Temple – “Immortal”
28. Azeroth – “Azeroth II”
29. Andre Matos – “Time To Be Free”
30. Tyr – “Land”
31. Pharaoh – “Be Gone”
32. Nazareth – “The Newz”
33. Crystal Viper – “The Last Axeman”
34. Candlemass – “Lucifer Rising”
35. Hammerfall – “Masterpieces”

Prog and non-metal
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”

Movies

I didn't went much to the cinema or pick DVDs this year, other interest dominated

1. "The Dark Knight"
2. "Quantum Of Solace"
3. "RocknRolla"
4. "Iron Man"
5. "Wall-E"
6. "Hulk"
7. "Indiana Jones And The Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull" (bad)
8. "Cloverfield" (meh)
9. "Wanted" (what a piece of shit)

Didn't attend any concerts, and the only formal music DVD I bought was the Dream Evil One.

 

[poundingmetal74]

3. Alestorm – “Captain Morgan’s Revenge”

Movies:
[*]"Quantum Of Solace"

I still can't believe you've got Alestorm that high given your initial dislike of the album.

Here's a GREAT review of Quantam of Solace.

 

[Wyvern]

I still can't believe you've got Alestorm that high given your initial dislike of the album.

Here's a GREAT review of Quantam of Solace.

Well the first listening wasn't good and I got a little off by the vocals but unlike the Judas Priest disaster this really grow on me, same with Poisonblack, the album grown a lot but there was so many material I judged better and catchier it stuck at 12. Besides the Alestorm album is the closest I have to a new Skyclad album and I've been waiting a lot for a new one from them.

As for the review, is like Dirty Harry said say reviews are like assholes we all have one

 

[Corrupted Innocence]

My Top 11
Artist - Album

1.Kataklysm - Prevail
2.Psycroptic - (Ob)Servant
3.Cryptopsy - The Unspoken King
4.Whitechapel - This Is Exile
5.Opeth - Watershed
6.The Faceless - Planetary Duality
7.Keep of Kalessin - Kolossus
8.Alestorm - Captain Morgan's Revenge
9.Theocracy - Mirror Of Souls
10.Waylander - Honour Amongst Chaos
11.Walking Corpse Syndrome - Forsaken

I care not what you think. I'm posting it for my own pleasure.

 

[TENTH DREAMER DECEIVER]

1. Blaze Bayley: The Man Who Would Not Die
2. Judas Priest: Nostradamus (Deluxe Ed)
3. Seventh Avenue: Terium
4. OTR: Mamonama
5. Work of Art: Artwork
6. Yngwie Malmsteen: Perpetual Flame (JAPANESE CD - superior audio)
7. Uriah Heep: Wake The Sleeper
8. Presto Ballet: The Lost Art of Time Travel
9. Agalloch: The White EP
10. Cynic: Traced In Air
11. Heat: S/T
12. Enforcer: Into The Night
13. Stone Gods: Silver Spoons & Broken Bones
14. Voodoo Circle: S/T
15. E-Force:Modified Poison
16. Eden's Curse: The Second Coming
17. Magician: Tales of the Magician
18. King's X: XV
19. Halycyon Way: A Manifesto For Domination
20. Michael Vescera: A Sign of Things to Come

 

[MysticX9]

Eden's Curse - The Second Coming
Firewind-The Premonition
Helstar - King of Hell
Judas Priest- Nostradamus
Dokken - Lightning Strikes Again
Michael Vescera - A Sign Of Things To Come
Journey - Revelations
Benedictum - Seasons of Tragedy
Dominici- O3 A Trilogy Part 3
Jon Oliva's Pain- Global Warning
Greg Howe - Soundproof
Testament - The Formation Of Damnation
Whitesnake - Good To Be Bad
Michael Schenker - In The Midst Of Beauty

 

[Liverslapper]

Avantasia - Scarecrow
^(was surprised and impressed)
Gojira - The Way of All Flesh
^(Not to bad though, I prefer the old stuff)
Destruction - D.E.V.O.L.U.T.I.O.N.
^(This album delivered, sexually)
Amon Amarth - Twilight of the Thunder God
^(Another solid Amon Amarth album)
Bloodbath - Fathomless Mastery
^ (Enjoyed it)
Metal Church - This Present Wasteland
^ (It's Metal Church, enough said)
Gamma Ray - Land Of The Free II
^ <3
Dismember - Dismember
^ (Again, solid)

 

[Priest of Evil]

Dismember - Dismember
^ (Again, solid)

Hell, how did I forget to mention this one?!:zombie:
I'd go further than saying it was solid. It pretty much knocked my socks off. Very impressed.

Also, nice to see Judas Priest Nostradamus creeping into some other peoples lists!

 

[Wyvern]

Avantasia - Scarecrow
^(was surprised and impressed)

Well at least someone share it with me

 

[odinswede]

Judas Priest - Nostradamus
Avantasia - The scarecrow
Dragonforce - Ultra beatdown
Evarest - Fear
Ac/dc - Black ice

 

[Liverslapper]

Well at least someone share it with me

Twisted Mind has been on my play list all week.

 

[Corrupted Innocence]

Judas Priest - Nostradamus
Avantasia - The scarecrow
Dragonforce - Ultra beatdown
Evarest - Fear
Ac/dc - Black ice

Well, it's evident all you listen to is mainstream crap. :Smug:

 

[poundingmetal74]

Well at least someone share it with me

It was right near the top of my list.

 

[Wyvern]

It was right near the top of my list.

My apologies, sometimes I read diagonally