The year is nearly over...

[Header]

So what are your Highlights of year 2005? (Please, don't let this thread end in this old "Is GR the best Album of the year, yes or not?"-discussion... )

Kreator- Enemy of God (Wow, best album of their career! Nice guitar work.)
Nevermore- This godless endeavor (By speaking of nice guitar work... Great piece of metal!)
Opeth- Ghost Reveries (I don't like the album THAT much but an Opeth album is an Opeth album... )
Hypocrisy- Virus (Without a doubt, Horgh was a good choice!)
Vader- This is the war (Great Business as usual.)

 

[Kenneth R.]

Dredg - Catch Without Arms
Ulver - Blood Inside
Nightingale - Nightfall Overture/Invisible
Opeth - Ghost Reveries
The Tangent - Pyramids & Stars
Riverside - Second Life Syndrome
Zero Hour - A Fragile Mind
Collective Soul - Youth
Allen/Lande - The Battle
Sigur Rós - Takk...

 

[Hypnos]

1. Primordial - The Gathering Wilderness
2. Nevermore - This Godless Endeavor
3. Riverside - Second Life Syndrome
4. Candlemass - Candlemass
5. Novembers Doom - Pale Haunt Departure
6. Evoken - Antithesis Of Light
7. Akercocke - Words That Go Unspoken
8. Opeth - Ghost Reveries
9. Mourning Beloveth - A Murderous Circus
10. Communic - Conspiracy In Mind

 

[CAIRATH]

Arcturus - Sideshow Symphonies
Opeth - Ghost Reveries
Porcupine Tree - Deadwing
Strapping Young Lad - Alien
Ulver - Blood Inside

And I had never heard any of their previous albums but the new Akercocke is really nice too. The new Gorefest album is quite nice too (though not in any way surprising or spectacular, just... good).

I generally spend much more time sifting through band's back catalogues and older music so I really haven't kept up with new releases much other than the ones mentioned above.

 

[Deadlift]

I sended my top 5 to a Swedish radio program last week.

Opeth - Ghost Reveries
Subterranean Masquerade - Suspended Animation Dreams
Arcturus - Sideshow Symphonies
Frameshift - In Absence of Empathy
Aeon - Bleeding the false

 

[Lost_Orchid]

Opeth - Ghost Reveries
Nile - Annihilation of the wicked
Novembers Doom - The Pale Haunt Departure
Cryptopsy - Once Was Not
Bolt Thrower - Those Once Loyal
The Atheist re-releases so I could finally buy their cds.

 

[madu]

A ton of lovely releases this year. My favorites are prolly

Subterranean Masquerade - Suspended Animation Dreams
Novembers Doom - The Pale Haunt Departure
Opeth - Ghost Reveries
Arcturus - Sideshow Symphonies
Moonsorrow - Verisäkeet
Dark Suns - Existence
Ulver - Blood Inside

And then a ton more I forgot.

 

[Donnie Darko]

Opeth - Ghost Reveries
Nevermore - This Godless Endevor
Avenged Sevenfold - City of Evil (great melodies & musicianship)
Chimaira - Chimaira
Disturbed - Ten Thounsand Fists (great growth for the band, and guitar solos)

 

[annt]

Opeth - Ghost Reveries
Mew - And the Glass-Handed Kites
Between the Buried And Me - Alaska
The Mars Volta - Frances the Mute
Van der Graaf Generator - Present

Kate Bush - Aerial
Swallow the Sun - Ghosts of Loss
Coldplay - X&Y
Stam1na - Stam1na
Absoluuttinen Nollapiste - Mahlanjuoksuttaja

 

[steel102]

Kanye West - Late Registration.

and opeht - ghost revieres.

 

[affinityband]

Kanye West - Late Registration.

Sheee aint messin' wit no gold digga, no, she ain messin' wit no broke niggaa.... Classy stuff.

 

[mylovedenied]

Opeth - Ghost Reveries
The Project Hate - Armageddon March Eternal
Strapping Young Lad - Alien
Gorefest - La Muerte
Hypocrisy - Virus (Incised Before I've Ceased = favorite Hypocrisy track EVER)
Dimmu Borgir - Stormblast rerecord
Nile - Annihalation of the Wicked.

Not a bad year at all.

 

[KRANG]

metal:
Rosetta - The Galilean Satellites
Opeth .. sure!
Pelican
burst
impure wilhelmina
minsk
torche
buried inside
ephel duath
kayo dot
made out of babies
dark tranquillity
sunn0))) -black1
snowblood
subterranean masquerade

other:
mew
dredg
kent
coldplay
the advantage
klimt1918
antimatter
time of orchids
oceansize
ulver
porcupine tree
Esbjoern Svensson Trio
toby driver
Nine Horses
65 days of static
minus the bear
Antony & The Johnsons
New Pornographers
Sufjan Stevens

that's small part of my "best of 2005" list

 

[the_Moor]

this is my toplist of this year:

• Soilwork - Stabbing the Drama
• Darkane - Layers Of Lies
• Opeth - Ghost Reveries
• Dark Tranquillity - Character
• Kreator - Enemy Of God
• Nevermore - This Godless Endeavor
• Exodus - Shovel Headed Kill Machine
• Strapping Young Lad - Alien

 

[steel102]

Sheee aint messin' wit no gold digga, no, she ain messin' wit no broke niggaa.... Classy stuff.

actually in all honesty, i've never even heard that cd.:hotjump:

 

[affinityband]

Heh, i just hear it on the radio it makes me laugh. Although it sounds real messy for a pop tune.

 

[Kenneth R.]

10. Communic - Conspiracy In Mind

that is pretty badass indeed

 

[Disgustipated]

I don't think I own even 5 cds released this year.. I'm a poor 'just-finished-high-school-working-a-shitty-part-time-job-saving-for-a-euro-trip' kinda guy.. I bought quite a few cds, but most were working on my bak catalogue.. but here goes..

Porcupine Tree - Deadwing
Opeth - Ghost Reveries
Sigur Rós - Takk...
The Mars Volta - Frances the Mute

... I'm pretty sure that's all.. I have Sideshow Symphonies on order.. everyone laugh at me..

 

[dew]

SYL - Alien
Nevermore - This Godless Endeavor
Opeth - Ghost Reveries
Kamelot - The Black Halo

Those were the big ones, though I do have some other CDs from the year.

 

[naboo]

Nevermore - This Godless Endeavor (Bound to become an alltime favorite)
Avenged Sevenfold - City of Evil (Yeah, I think it's awesome)
Kreator - Enemy of God (Fucking awesome thrash)
Behemoth - Demigod (One of my favorite DM albums)
Enslaved - Isa (Pretty cool, my first Enslaved CD)
Opeth - Ghost Reveries (Definitely not my favorite, but damn good)

Porcupine Tree and Nile were good too. 2005 was an amazing year for metal in my opinion.