What is the best album of the year so far?

[Yngvai X]

Im gonna have to say either BGs A Night at the Opera or PoS' Remedy Lane. I notice a few people don't like ANatO...its definately a sound change for them. Theres certainly not as much speed as there was on albums like Somewhere Far Beyond or Imaginations, but ANatO is certainly more "progressive" sounding, especially with a song like And Then There Was Silence (say what you will about the album but I'd be very suprised to see any BG fan not name this song amung their best songs ever, its simply brilliant). I agree its not as powerful as NiME or even IFtoS but its still a good album...

 

[Soulforged Raistlin]

IMO:

A NIGHT AT THE OPERA, just because of this:
-It has Battlefield
-It has The soulforged
-It has Punishment divine
-It has And then there was silence
-It has under the ice
and it fucking rulez¡¡¡

 

[Technetium]

Of the ones I have gotten so far, I'd say Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence by Dream Theater. I'd vote for that based solely on the collection of songs on the second CD labelled as the titled song. I think DT is much better when they move a little bit away from metal, even though I like metal from other bands. When they do more melodic stuff they are kind of more in the vein of Pink Floyd. But the new SX might win me over.

 

[progmetalgod]

Vanden Plas - Beyond Daylight

 

[whyekong]

Not many truly outstanding releases this year, but one which has caught my ear so far is Killswitch Engage's Alive or Just Breathing. Tons of aggression, pounding drums and thrashy-licious riffs ..

 

[lizard]

Originally posted by progmetalgod
Vanden Plas - Beyond Daylight

Agreed.
Star One is good.

 

[Divine_Tragedy]

Last week I would've said Star One but now I would definately have to say Spock's Beard "Snow" Easily the best album of the year. I'm very curious to hear The Odyssey however. It may win my pick of the year in the long run.

 

[metropolis2k X]

It's a tie between...

Pain of Salvation - Remedy Lane

and

Spock's Beard - Snow

 

[Hawk]

Mmmm It's good to see Spock's Beard's Snow turning up at a metal board. Although it will not be my favorite album, it will be in my top 10 this year. I love it!

 

[Skull_Punk]

Agalloch's The Mantle.

 

[Mexus]

Best releases so far:

Blind Guardian - A night at the opera
Avantasia - The metal opera II

 

[Orlock]

I changed my idea:

Spock's Beard - Snow

That's my favorite for now

 

[Liquid Tension]

Right now it's one of these.

Pain of Salvation's Remedy Lane
Cosmosquad's Squadrophenia
Arabesque"s The Union
Arturus's The Sham Mirrors

Can't wait for the new Symphony X, Opeth and Porcupine Tree especially since they all claim that these will be their heaviest discs!

 

[Demonspell]

Originally posted by Bumblefoot
EVERON HAS A NEW ALBUM OUT?!?!?! MUST BUY.

Two of them actually, recorded simultaneously but released separately...I wonder where they got that idea from? Seismic premiered most of Flesh yesterday and it sounded excellent.

Nice list Liquid Tension...those are my three most anticipated albums of the fall.

 

[ProgMetalFan]

This is a rough list and there are still some things I need to hear... like Sham Mirrors and Everon... but here goes:

1. Pain Of Salvation - "Remedy Lane" (Sweden, Inside Out Music America)
2. Enchant - "Blink Of An Eye" (USA, Inside Out Music America)
3. Porcupine Tree - "In Absentia" (UK, Lava)
4. Amaran - "A World Depraved" (Sweden, Listenable)
5. Tad Morose - "Matters Of The Dark" (Sweden, Century Media)
6. Soilwork - "Natural Born Chaos" (Sweden, Nuclear Blast)
7. November's Doom - "To Welcome The Fade" (USA, Dark Symphonies)
8. Threshold - "Critical Mass" (UK, Inside Out Music America)
9. Into Eternity - "Dead Or Dreaming" (Canada, Century Media)
10. Arabesque - "The Union" (Netherlands, Lion Records)

 

[Lady Of The Snow]

Originally posted by Collapse Generation
Just a note: I find the new Blind Guardian to be
over rated. Personally, it was a disappointment.

I agree too.

Spock's Beard - Snow is one of the best for me this year.

 

[ThePKH]

Best albums of the year 2002 this far are:

...And Oceans - Cypher
Agalloch - The Mantle
Blind Guardian - A Night At The Opera
Star One - Space Metal
Yyrkoon - Dying Sun

 

[busty sinclair]

mine would be either

vanden plas-beyond daylight
or
spocks beard-snow

 

[IanDork107]

satriani bland?!!? NOOO you dont say?!

Couldn't agree more. All he does is masterbate with his guitar. He could without a doubt kick the shit out of my playing, but hes so fucking boring.

 

[Demonspell]

Nice list PMF.