Yearlist 2004 (sofar)

[the_dying]

Guess who's on #1




1. ORPHANED LAND Mabool
2. DISARMONIA MUNDI Fragments of D-generation
3. FINNTROLL Nattfödd
4. BORKNAGAR Epic
5. SAMAEL Reign of light
6. ILLDISPOSED 1-800 Vindication
7. FOREFATHER Ours is the kingdom
8. INCAPACITY 9th order extinct
9. LUNARIS Cyclic
10. PANCHRYSIA Malicious parasite

 

[RashomoN]

 

[Morticia NL.]

Same here

1. Orphaned Land - Mabool
2. the Wouned- Atlantic
3. Nightwish- Once

and the rest> I haven't made up my mind yet..... the new album Mana by the dutch newcomer band Nemesea is a sure candidate. Check them out if you like Nightwish/ Epica/ Therion/ Gathering/ After Forever and the likies > www.nemesea.com

 

[Frosties]

1. Mabool
2. Into Eternity - Buried Into Oblivion
3. Evergrey - The Inner Circle


Greatest dissapointment:

Iced Earth - The Glorious Burden

 

[Trans-Siberian Outcast]

I only have two candidates for Album of the Year 2004.

#1) Ayreon - The Human Equation

#2) Orphaned Land - Mabool

Still not sure what order they go in, but I'm hitting both albums pretty hard trying to decide. Overall, I think Ayreon beats OL simply because of the vast scope/interaction of the story/characters and all-star cast of singers. But Mabool might just have the greatest music I've ever heard during the second half of the album. I just love all that instrumental jam with all the style and tempo changes. Those oriental and middle-eastern folk infuences really tickle my eardrums.

 

[insidethefall]

My top 10 list (in no order) would go something like...

1) orphaned land - mabool
2) Dargaard - rise and Fall
3) Within temptation - the Silent Force
4) Riverside - out of Myself
5) Deathspell Omega - Si monumentum Requires Circumspice
6) Dead soul Tribe - The January tree
7) Drudkh - Autumn Aurora
8) Void of Silence - Human Antithesis
9) Insomnium - Since the day it all came down
10) lake of tears - black brick road

 

[Morticia NL.]

Aaah> Savatage! Yup, I love em too! Shame their days of glory are in the past now.
And I agree on the comment made on the Iced Earth album. They never should have let Matt go!

 

[Turthalion]

Tied for #1

Orphaned Land - Mabool
Haggard - Eppur Si Muove

2. Sympathy - Arcane Path
3. Into Eternity - Buried in Oblivion

 

[Trans-Siberian Outcast]

Aaah> Savatage! Yup, I love em too! Shame their days of glory are in the past now.

Check out Jon Oliva's new solo album 'Tage Mahal. You'll get some old school Savatage there!

 

[the_dying]

Seems like many people here didn't hear much new releases. 2004 is/was a very good year, me thinks!

 

[LANTHWICK]

2004 -- a significant year indeed
my votes go for :
orphaned land
fear factory
nightwish
archenemy
soulfly

 

[Morticia NL.]

How could I have left out Opeth? Stupid, stupid me!
Yeah, I read about that album of Mr. Oliva. To which of the older albums would yoiu compare it? I'm hoping you'll say Streets- cause I love it to pieces!

 

[Trans-Siberian Outcast]

How could I have left out Opeth? Stupid, stupid me!
Yeah, I read about that album of Mr. Oliva. To which of the older albums would yoiu compare it? I'm hoping you'll say Streets- cause I love it to pieces!

It has a little of everything. Some moments remind me of the more modern day Poets and Madmen (production and bombast), but most of it harkens back to the Streets/Gutter Ballet days (including a couple of Criss's old song riffs that were never released) and some of it even goes back to Power of the Night and Dungeons (including dusting off Mr. Killdrums, their original drummer, on a couple of tracks). In fact, there are parts of the album that closely resemble Jon and Caffery's solo project, Doctor Butcher. Fast, aggressive, in your face! It's just a killer album all the way through.

 

[LANTHWICK]

savatage rulesss my friend .... even if all theire crowds are gone

 

[Morticia NL.]

Huray! That sounds very very good! I am running to the store as we speak....
Good to seesome Sava fans in here. I think they are grosly underrated these days.

 

[Trans-Siberian Outcast]

Their crowds aren't all gone, Lanthwick! They got rave reviews at ProgPower USA this year (Technically it was Jon Oliva's Pain that appeared there, but some of the Savatage alumni showed up too).

If you buy 'Tage Mahal, Morticia, let me know what you think!

 

[Morticia NL.]

Sure- I will share my opinoin with you. Say, from which country are you???

 

[LANTHWICK]

u r from the states trans-siberian outcast ,ain't that right ???

 

[thjasi]

Just checked what records I bought this year and 2004 has produced some heavy stuff ...

A perfect circle - Emotive
Amon amarth - Fate of Norns
Black label society - Hangover music vol 6
Blackfield
Bloodbath - Nightmare made flesh
Borknagar - Epic
Cannibal corpse - The wretched spawn
Criminal - No gods no masters
Dillinger escape plan - Miss machine
Dream theater - Live at Budokan
Fates warning - FWX
Fear factory - Archetype
Haggard - Eppur si muove
Hypocrisy - The arrival
In flames - Soundtrack to your escape
Jim Black - Habyor
Mastodon - Leviathan
Megadeth - The system has failed
Ministry - Houses of the Mole
Monster magnet - Monolithic baby
My dying bride - Songs of darknes...
Orphaned land - Mabool
Probot
Pro pain - Fistful of hate
Rammstein - Reise Reise
Rotting christ - Sanctus diavolos
Samael - Reign of light
Schandmaul - Wie Pech und Schwefel
Six feet under - Graveyard classics II
Therion - Lemuria/Sirius B
U2 - How to dismantle an atomic bomb
Vintersorg - ...?
Within temptation - The final force
PSYCHOTIC WALTZ - A SOCIAL GRACE (remastered), STILL ROCKS!!!

...and I just realized I spent waaaay too much money buying music - again

 

[LANTHWICK]

u sure did !!! and still u r missin much .. but thank god the year ended