Unless Maiden can come up with a huge surprise, I think...

[Esteban]

... the album of the year goes to Evergrey - Recreation Day. What an amazing album, as usual with Evergrey it took me more than a few listens to realize how brilliant it is. Tom is one of my favorite singers, he can put so much emotion into it, and his work on this one is spectacular. The guitar riffs and solos have improved a lot (check the song Recreation Day, mind blowing) and the keys, drums and bass are really solid. God I LOVE this band, I'm not sure if they're my favorite prog band, it's them or Symphony X.

Anyway, if you haven't heard it yet, check it out....

 

[Dreamer Deceiver]

Recreation Day is an awesome album. IMO, Everygrey makes much better music than Symphony X.

 

[ffanatic]

It's a good CD, yeah, but album of the year? I think that's a little generous. But too each there own.

 

[speed]

Esteban, Its sounds as if you are limiting your choices to power metal.

 

[Krilons Resa]

It's a good CD, yeah, but album of the year? I think that's a little generous. But too each there own.

Indeed....

 

[Krilons Resa]

The album of the year has yet to come out...

The Crown

or

My Dying Bride


as of right now...maybe its Vital Remains - Dechristianize

or

Exhumed - Anatomy is Destiny

*shrug

 

[Angrafan]

I didn't like Recration Day that much...

IMO,the album of the year is either Souvenirs (the Gathering) or Gravity (anekdoten)...Accelerated Evolution (Devin Townsend) is pretty good as well...

 

[Demiurge]

Astrofaes- Heritage, that's my pick as of now.

 

[Krilons Resa]

Astrofaes- Heritage, that's my pick as of now.

What do they sound like???

 

[Profanity]

Astrofaes- Heritage, that's my pick as of now.

possibly

 

[Krilons Resa]

Get Dead Soul Tribe - A Murder of Crows

 

[TheGraveDigger]

I still need to check out Evergrey's newest album. I have heard nothing but a good about it. Right now album of the year for me is Rabbit Don't Come Easy by Helloween or Epica by Kamelot. Rheingold by Grave Digger is way up there too as well as Passage To The Otherside by Seven Witches. By the end of the year I plan on typing a big detailed top 25 albums of the year.

 

[ffanatic]

Get Dead Soul Tribe - A Murder of Crows

Yeah, I wasn't realy impressed with there first CD, but A Murder of Crows was the year's biggest surprise. So far.

My two picks fr best of 2003 so far are:
Esmerine-If Only A Sweet Surrender To The Nights To Come Be True
or
Elend-Winds Devouring Men

followed closely by:
The Devin Townsend Band-Accelerated Evolution

 

[Niklas]

the new arch enemy album is amazing, the soilwork album was amazing,

 

[kollex]

for me its a toss up between

life is killing me-Type O Negative

and


Solefald-in Harmonia Universali

 

[Ol' Dirty Bastard]

The new Arch Enemy is a wretched mess. Angela ruined that band, like I knew she would. Cocky, horse-faced, diva bitch.

Album of the year = Viva Emptiness

 

[ffanatic]

Disapponitments so far:

Soilwork-Figure Number Five
So Soilwork takes all the songs that weren't good enough for the Natural Born Chaos cut and releases them as a CD?

OSI-This is very, very average stuff from very, very talented musicians.

 

[speed]

I read a review that said Arch Enemy stripped down and simplified their songs, and that the solos are out of place.

 

[hibernal_dream]

Maiden won't even make the top 10 this year!
Enslaved Below the Lights is probably on top at the moment, but i'm waiting for Falkenbach and Dimension Zero, maybe Stratovarius has a chance...

 

[Krilons Resa]

Dimension Zero are releasing another this year!? FUCKIN A! I love that band.