The Official SymX forum "2005 albums of the year" thread
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Metalman7983
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would have to say
1. John Petrucci-Suspended Animation
2. Dream Theater-Octavarium
3. Dimitri Shostakovich(russian composer he is dead, but its a recently recorded version by the berlin philharmonic orchestra) Symphony No. 5 its awesome its easily as powerful as any metal out there. especially the third movement.
1. John Petrucci-Suspended Animation
2. Dream Theater-Octavarium
3. Dimitri Shostakovich(russian composer he is dead, but its a recently recorded version by the berlin philharmonic orchestra) Symphony No. 5 its awesome its easily as powerful as any metal out there. especially the third movement.
edgeofthorns
24 Hours Ago...
Kamelot - The Black Halo
The biggest surprise album for me has to be Frameshift's - Absence of Empathy! I didn't think it would be as good as it is.
The biggest surprise album for me has to be Frameshift's - Absence of Empathy! I didn't think it would be as good as it is.
I really like 2 tracks on Octavarium, Root of All Evil is a good buildup track, and Octavarium is a fun song. The rest of the album isn't anything special, but it's hardly bad and the songs all share a unique identity, no two songs sound alike. As a whole, I think Octavarium was probably the fifth best release of the year.
Fourth is Opeth's Ghost Reveries. Ghost of Perdition and Baying of the Hounds are both very good tracks, not as good as Opeth classics, but still good. Beneath the Mire and Atonement are solid tracks, not really special standout tracks but solid tracks nonetheless. Then comes Reverie/Harlequinn Forest, which starts out as a good song, but by the end of the song, it moves to this really, really dumb riff. The album as a whole is solid, it really lacked any cool, chilling moments that Opeth had in their prime (MAYH's When and Demon of the Fall, Still Life's Godhead's Lament and Face of Melinda, Blackwater Park's Bleak and The Drapery Falls), but it's a more progressive effort than Deliverance or Damnation, and the addition of keyboards helps their sound (though sometimes it's unnecessary).
Third best album of the year is The Black Halo by Kamelot. March of Mephisto is a great opener, and the album just keeps on marching on with more and more power metal classics. The songs aren't really as unique and stand-alone as those found on Octavarium or Ghost Reveries, but they're very well-written and enjoyable, the entire album just flies by.
Second place is Nevermore's This Godless Endeavor. The solos are mindblowing, the riffs are thrashy, the songs are unique, and, most importantly, the production is clear. The entire album is filled with great tracks, Born, Final Product, Acid Words, Sentient 6, and This Godless Endeavor are all great tracks, but the rest of the album is still very good.
The best album of 2005 is Alien by SYL. The music is better than their SYL album, the lyrics are funnier and more absurd (just listen to Shitstorm), the production is great and by the end the album is just a great experience. The best tracks are Imperial/Skeksis, Shitstorm, Love?, Shine, We Ride, Possessions, Two Weeks, Thalamus, and, of course, Zen. That's right, all of them. Devin Townsend really shines here, and I can't wait for his next effort to compliment and upstage this.
Fourth is Opeth's Ghost Reveries. Ghost of Perdition and Baying of the Hounds are both very good tracks, not as good as Opeth classics, but still good. Beneath the Mire and Atonement are solid tracks, not really special standout tracks but solid tracks nonetheless. Then comes Reverie/Harlequinn Forest, which starts out as a good song, but by the end of the song, it moves to this really, really dumb riff. The album as a whole is solid, it really lacked any cool, chilling moments that Opeth had in their prime (MAYH's When and Demon of the Fall, Still Life's Godhead's Lament and Face of Melinda, Blackwater Park's Bleak and The Drapery Falls), but it's a more progressive effort than Deliverance or Damnation, and the addition of keyboards helps their sound (though sometimes it's unnecessary).
Third best album of the year is The Black Halo by Kamelot. March of Mephisto is a great opener, and the album just keeps on marching on with more and more power metal classics. The songs aren't really as unique and stand-alone as those found on Octavarium or Ghost Reveries, but they're very well-written and enjoyable, the entire album just flies by.
Second place is Nevermore's This Godless Endeavor. The solos are mindblowing, the riffs are thrashy, the songs are unique, and, most importantly, the production is clear. The entire album is filled with great tracks, Born, Final Product, Acid Words, Sentient 6, and This Godless Endeavor are all great tracks, but the rest of the album is still very good.
The best album of 2005 is Alien by SYL. The music is better than their SYL album, the lyrics are funnier and more absurd (just listen to Shitstorm), the production is great and by the end the album is just a great experience. The best tracks are Imperial/Skeksis, Shitstorm, Love?, Shine, We Ride, Possessions, Two Weeks, Thalamus, and, of course, Zen. That's right, all of them. Devin Townsend really shines here, and I can't wait for his next effort to compliment and upstage this.
Dark Lucidity
Wrath
well, these arent all from 2005 but... from the albums i bought this year.
1. Shadow Gallery - Room V (with bonus disc, oh yes!)
2. Ayreon - Enter The Electric Castle (remastered)
3. Shadow Gallery - Legacy
4. Pain of Salvation - Remedy Lane
5. Luca Turilli - Prophet of the Last Eclipse (lol)
1. Shadow Gallery - Room V (with bonus disc, oh yes!)
2. Ayreon - Enter The Electric Castle (remastered)
3. Shadow Gallery - Legacy
4. Pain of Salvation - Remedy Lane
5. Luca Turilli - Prophet of the Last Eclipse (lol)
01) Nevermore - This Godless Endeavor
02) Sieges Even - The Art Of Navigating By The Stars
03) Pagan's Mind - Enigmatic: Calling
04) Kamelot - The Black Halo
05) Communic - Conspiracy In Mind
06) Icarus Witch - Capture The Magic
07) Exodus - Shovel Headed Kill Machine
08) Redemption - The Fullness Of Time
09) Sabaton - Primo Victoria
10) Biomechanical - The Empires Of The Worlds
02) Sieges Even - The Art Of Navigating By The Stars
03) Pagan's Mind - Enigmatic: Calling
04) Kamelot - The Black Halo
05) Communic - Conspiracy In Mind
06) Icarus Witch - Capture The Magic
07) Exodus - Shovel Headed Kill Machine
08) Redemption - The Fullness Of Time
09) Sabaton - Primo Victoria
10) Biomechanical - The Empires Of The Worlds
Androz
Lord of the Cheese
DoomsdayZach
The Professor was right
C.O.T.L.O.D
Smoke and mirrors
1.Circus Maximus - The 1st Chapter
2.Nevermore - This Godless Endeavor
3.Dream Theater - Octavarium
4.Biomechanical - The Empires Of The Worlds
5.Pagan's Mind - Enigmatic: Calling
2.Nevermore - This Godless Endeavor
3.Dream Theater - Octavarium
4.Biomechanical - The Empires Of The Worlds
5.Pagan's Mind - Enigmatic: Calling
Can't really think of 5 - there are only 2 that I think stand out among what I've heard this year ...
1 - Coheed and Cambria - Good Apollo
2 - Porcupine Tree - Deadwing
1 - Coheed and Cambria - Good Apollo
2 - Porcupine Tree - Deadwing
Bat2710
New Metal Member
Add another to my list lol
Russell Allen & Jorn Lande - The Battle
Got it in the post today and it's excellent
Russell Allen & Jorn Lande - The Battle
Got it in the post today and it's excellent
DoomsdayZach
The Professor was right
My favorite is by far Swallow the Sun - Ghosts of Loss. It's amazing.
Also, Distant Tides ain't half bad, though it doesn't come out for a while.
Also, Distant Tides ain't half bad, though it doesn't come out for a while.
Prog Maiden
Member
Wow, so many awesome releases this year, but if I had to choose a top 5, it'd be (in no order):
Opeth - Ghost Reveries
Nevermore - This Godless Endeavor
Scar Symmetry - Symmetric in Design
Bumblefoot - Normal
Russ/Jorn - The Battle
Opeth - Ghost Reveries
Nevermore - This Godless Endeavor
Scar Symmetry - Symmetric in Design
Bumblefoot - Normal
Russ/Jorn - The Battle
1. Dream Theater - Octavarium
2. Bruce Dickinson - Abduction
3. Judas Priest - Lochness
4. Lacrimosa - Saphire
5. Arena - Bedlam Fayre
2. Bruce Dickinson - Abduction
3. Judas Priest - Lochness
4. Lacrimosa - Saphire
5. Arena - Bedlam Fayre
Rifugium
Umphreak 3
1. Opeth - Ghost Reveries
2. Dream Theater - Octavarium
3. COC - In the Arms of God
4. Mattias Eklundh - The Road Less Traveled
5. Foo Fighters - In Your Honor
And since people seem to be breaking the rules anyway...
6. After Forever - Remagine
7. Leaves' Eyes - Vinnland Saga
8. King's X - Ogre Tones
9. Porcupine Tree - Deadwing
10. Petrucci - Suspended Animation / Dredg - Catch Without Arms
2. Dream Theater - Octavarium
3. COC - In the Arms of God
4. Mattias Eklundh - The Road Less Traveled
5. Foo Fighters - In Your Honor
And since people seem to be breaking the rules anyway...
6. After Forever - Remagine
7. Leaves' Eyes - Vinnland Saga
8. King's X - Ogre Tones
9. Porcupine Tree - Deadwing
10. Petrucci - Suspended Animation / Dredg - Catch Without Arms
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