Your 10 Top 2003 Albums

[The Scourge]

Hello all. Perhaps I missed it here if there was an earlier thread posting this same topic, but I finally just got my top ten done and was curious what all you fellow Katafans' lists were like as well. Here's mine:

The Scourge's Top Ten
1. Solefald - In Harmonia Universali
2. Septic Flesh - Sumerian Daemons
3. Amon Amarth - Vs. The World
4. Katatonia - Viva Emptiness
5. Opeth - Damnation
6. Moonspell - The Antidote
7. Anathema - A Natural Disaster
8. Edge of Sanity - Crimson II
9. Melechesh - Sphynx
10. Rapture - Songs For The Withering

 

[discouraged1]

hi there, i don't know if this post already exists somewhere near, but here's my list anyway:

1. KATATONIA, Viva Emptiness

2. the Gathering, Souvenirs
3. Opeth, Damnation
4. Anathema, A Natural Disaster
5. In the Woods..., Live at Caledonian Hall
6. Kayo Dot, Choirs of the Eye
7. A Perfect Circle, Thirteenth Step
8. Massive Attack, 100th Window
9. Ulver, 1993-2003 - 1st Decade in the Machines
10.Cave In, Antenna

 

[ColdDarkNord]

1. katatonia - viva emptiness
2. opeth - damnation
3. nightingale - alive again
4. forest stream - tears of mortal solitude
5. edge of sanity - crimson II
6. moonsorrow - kivenkantaja
7. farmakon - a warm glimpse
8. another life - demo
9. porcupine tree - in absentia
10. nightingale - live again

 

[CAS]

In no particular order:

Katatonia - Viva Emptiness
Opeth - Damnation
Swallow the Sun - The Morning Never Came
Nasum - Helvete
Soilwork - Figure Number Five
Edge of Sanity - Crimson II
Silentium - Sufferion-The Harmatia of Prudence
Murder Squad - Ravenous Murderous
Iron Maiden - Dance of Death
Charon - The Dying Daylights

 

[zeroMaximum]

these are the top 5 CD's released 2003, but during 2003 i also bought a lot of stuff released earlier, so this isnt really the 2003 list for ME ;P
i dont have a lot of money either, so i DL quite some music instead, although buying is like 10 times more fun.

1. katatonia - viva emptiness
2. a perfect circle - 13th step
3. opeth - damnation (what ive heard of it, 4-5 songs)
4. deftones - deftones
5. chimaira - the impossibility of reason

disappointments of 2003:

korn - take a look in the mirror (they're getting worn out!)
ill nino - confession (it was quite gay.)
limp bizkit - results may vary (cant believe i used to like this band :\ )

 

[Demonspell]

Anathema - A Natural Disaster
Dead Soul Tribe - A Murder Of Crows
Enslaved - Below The Lights
Ephel Duath - The Painter's Palette
Evergrey - Recreation Day
Katatonia - Viva Emptiness
Kayo Dot - Choirs Of The Eye
Moonsorrow - Kivenkantaja
Solefald - In Harmonia Universali
Wolverine - Cold Light Of Monday

 

[Cerulean]

1.Old Dead Tree - Nameless Disease
2.Anathema - A Natural Disaster
3.Tim's Favourite - Noises From the Darkroom
4.Antimatter - Lights Out
5.Daylight Dies - No Reply
6.Katatonia - Viva Emptiness
7.Opeth - Damnation
8.Korn - Take a Look in the Mirror
9.Machine Head - Through the Ashes of Empires
10.Moonspell - The Antidote

 

[Hobo]

i made a similar thread earlier caled "2003 - The final showdown".

but i dont care, i can list stuff again :Spin:


in no particular order.

Katatonia - Viva emptiness
Opeth - Damnation
Mars volta - DeLoused in the comatorium (cant believe noone mentioned them yet!!)
Muse - Absolution
Anathema - A natural disaster
Antimatter - Lights out


Greatest dissapointment is definately metalicas s:t anger....

 

[Newfarm]

In no particular order:
ANATHEMA "A Natural Disaster"
MEW "Frengers"
OPETH "Damnation"
RADIOHEAD "Hail To The Thief"
MUSE "Absolution"
THE MARS VOLTA "De-loused In The Comatorium"
KATATONIA "Viva Emptiness"
KING CRIMSON "The Power To Believe"
ANEKDOTEN "Gravity"
NO-MAN "Together We're Stranger"

 

[Staffan]

2003 was a great year

1. Porcupine tree - In absentia
2. Opeth - Damnation
3. Katatonia - Viva emptiness
4. Nightingale - Alive again
5. Anekdoten - Gravity
6. Mars volta - DeLoused in the comatorium
7. Edge of sanity - Crimson II
8. Anathema - Natural disaster

 

[noren]

1- Katatonia - Viva Emptiness
2- OSI - Office of strategic influence
3- The Mars Volta - De-loused in the comatory
4- Opeth - Damnation
5- Arena - Contagion
6- Saga - Marathon
7- John Arch - A twist of fate
8- Ritual - Think like a mountain
9 - Sonata Arctica - Winterheart's guild
10 - Wolverine - Cold light of monday

 

[Carbonized]

eh hem... we'll go with :

Amorphis - Far from the Sun
Dark Tranquillity - Damage Done
Daylight Dies - No Reply
Frown - Lunar Brightshine and Fiery Slendour
Gotham Road - Seasons of the Witch demo
In the Woods... - Live at the Caledonian Hall
Katatonia - Viva Emptiness
Lacuna Coil - Comalies (the only album i've ever really liked by them)
Life of Agony - River Runs Again
Virgin Black - Elegant... and Dying


eh... something like that


I suppose i should give an honorable mention for Poisonblack - Escapextasy

 

[dAnus]

I'm thinking what albums i bought that have been released in 2003.

Let's see..

Katatonia - viva Emptiness
Dark Throne - Hate Them
Master - Unreleased Album 1985 NO new music, so if it counts.
Razor of Occam - Pillars of Creation
GOSPEL OF THE HORNS "A Call to Arms
DESASTER - Tyrants of the Netherworld
Hate Eternal - King of All Kings
HOBBS' ANGEL OF DEATH "Hobbs' Satan's Crusade" (again, no new tracks..)
Necrophagia - The Divine art of torture
THE RAVENOUS that new one.
Macabre - murdermetal
VITAL REMAINS Dechristianise

There are a lot more albums that came out in 2003 that i've bought. but they don;t come in mind. So i guess this is my list.

 

[yourdeadgroom]

Top 10 albums, in order:
1 Candlemass- Doomed For Live
2 Katatonia- Viva Emptiness
3 Edge Of Sanity- Crimson 2
4 Darkthrone- Hate Them
5 Iron Maiden- Dance Of Death
6 Zyklon- Aeon
7 Living Colour- Collideoscope
8 The Gathering- Souvineers
9 Dimmu Borgir- Death Cult Armageddon
10 Incapacity- Chaos Complete

 

[opethpainter]

mmmh, everyone voted for viva emptiness... well, my albums are:

opeth - damnation [of course]
no-man - together we're strangers
porcupine tree - in absentia [jan 2003 release date in europe]
aqualung - still life
the gathering - souvenirs [their best so far...]

and katatonia, well, still i have to listen to viva emptiness. also the new mogwai album should be cool. oh, fuck, so many titles, but nothing that impressed me so much...

 

[Mantraschism]

Nevermore - Enemies of Reality
Opeth - Damnation
Katatonia - Viva Emptiness
Iron Maiden - Dance of Death

 

[Anesthesia]

Definitely in no particular order:

Moonspell - The Antidote
Old Man's Child - In Defiance of Existence
Type O Negative - Life is Killing Me
Katatonia - Viva Emptiness
Evergrey - Recreation Day
Lamb of God - As the Palaces Burn
The Haunted - One Kill Wonder
Alchemist - Austral Alien
Strapping Young Lad - SYL
Devin Townsend - Accelerated Evolution

There are so many others that I have enjoyed from 2003, but the 10 listed above really grabbed me.

 

[ColdDarkNord]

Mars volta - DeLoused in the comatorium (cant believe noone mentioned them yet!!)

blaKKheim did

 

[Erik]

Mine is at RC with more details here: http://www.royalcarnage.com/Features/top ten 2003/erik/erik_frame.htm

1. NEGURà BUNGET – ’N Crugu Bradului (Code666)
2. SKEPTICISM - Farmakon (Red Stream)
3. NOKTURNAL MORTUM - The Taste of Victory (Oriana)
4. DRUDKH - Forgotten Legends (Supernal Music)
5. KATATONIA - Viva Emptiness (Peaceville/The End)
6. GRAVELAND - The Fire of Awakening (No Colours)
7. FALKENBACH - Ok Nefna Tysvar Ty (Napalm)
8. XASTHUR - The Funeral of Being (Blood Fire Death)
9. IRON MAIDEN - Dance of Death (EMI)
10. MÜTIILATION - Majestas Leprosus (Ordealis)

HONORABLE MENTIONS:
KROHM ”Crown of the Ancients” (Selbstmord), ENSLAVED ”Below the Lights” (Osmose), DARKTHRONE ”Hate Them” (Moonfog), ULVER ”A Quick Fix of Melancholy” (The End), Anathema ”A Natural Disaster” (Music for Nations)

 

[Erik]

10. Rapture - Songs For The Withering

That's very 2002... Maybe it received official distribution in the US this year or something but it's been out for well over a year now.

5.Daylight Dies - No Reply

2002 as well.

Believe me, otherwise these two albums would be way up on my list