Your Top X of 2008?

[dorian gray]

I noticed none of you have Cynic on your list.

 

[Dick Sirloin]

We remain cynical.

 

[neal]

I think I pretty much have a top 1 of this year.. haven't heard much and the only thing that keeps me coming back is

Ogre - Plague of the Planet

Colour Haze?

 

[Demilich]

Haven't listened to it in months...

Same with Manilla Road. Beyond that, I'm not even sure what I've heard.

 

[dorian gray]

Indeed. "Adam's Murmur" is currently my favorite track. Sean Reinert is in top form.

 

[Demilich]

Once I throw my "Best of..." list together you'll likely see Cynic in its top spots, that album is perfection.

How many spots do you think it'll take up, dude?

 

[Mormagil]

I think the new Darkthrone is the only 2008 release I've listened to (including non-metal) and I'm definitely not going to put it in any top X lists.

 

[J.]

I only bought 15 albums from 2008

1. Revelation - Release
2. Leather Nun - Absence of Light
3. Grand Magus - Iron Will
4. Crom - Vengeance
5. Ereb Altor - By Honour
6. Skepticism - Alloy
7. Ogre - Plague of the Planet
8. Enslaved - Vertebrae
9. Against Nature - Much in Little/Descend
10. Amon Amarth - Twilight of the Thunder God
11. The Gates of Slumber - Conqueror
12. The Wizard - Infernal Wizardry
13. Arghoslent - Hornets of the Pogrom
14. Against Nature - Natural Blue
15. Celestia - Frigidiis Apotheosia

 

[cthulufhtagn]

Kerbenok - O

so this is good? just read a favorable review that compared it to klabautamann, what's the word?

 

[Reign in Acai]

http://www.ultimatemetal.com/forum/7869116-post1.html

 

[cthulufhtagn]

haha i even posted in that thread...thanks

 

[EVERLOSTINDEADETERNITY]

Nachmystium was so fucking good live. They ended with everything I kill I fuck by gg alin.

 

[dill_the_devil]

In no particular order:

Decrepit Birth - Diminishing Between Worlds
Dead Congregation - Graves Of The Archangels
Origin - Antithesis
Trigger The Bloodshed - Purgation
Opeth - Watershed
Gojira - The Way Of All Flesh

 

[skeptik]

I only bought 15 albums from 2008

1. Revelation - Release
2. Leather Nun - Absence of Light
3. Grand Magus - Iron Will
4. Crom - Vengeance
5. Ereb Altor - By Honour
6. Skepticism - Alloy
7. Ogre - Plague of the Planet
8. Enslaved - Vertebrae
9. Against Nature - Much in Little/Descend
10. Amon Amarth - Twilight of the Thunder God
11. The Gates of Slumber - Conqueror
12. The Wizard - Infernal Wizardry
13. Arghoslent - Hornets of the Pogrom
14. Against Nature - Natural Blue
15. Celestia - Frigidiis Apotheosia

You should get Accumulus, I think it's better than everything else Against Nature has released this year.

 

[J.]

its ordered. waiting on it.

 

[skeptik]

Same.

 

[dorian gray]

I can't think of the number of albums I bought this year but it wasn't many.
Opeth's Watershed turned out to be quite remarkable after my initial bashing.
Cynic's album is astounding. My only hope is I can start my son off early playing an instrument....and then hope he leans toward progressive-metal-jazz-fusion. I blame my parents for sucking at guitar.
"Can I get a guitar?"
"No! You should learn to play piano first."
"Fuck piano! That doesn't make any sense!"
"OK then. No guitar for you."
*dorian takes up guitar at age 28; fails miserably*

 

[Demilich]

I've gota bit of a list actually, I remembered some of the shit I've heard from this year:

Arghoslent - Hornets of the Pogrom
A Forest of Stars - The Corpse of Rebirth
Hail of Bullets - ...Of Frost and War
Ogre - Plague of the Planet
Colour Haze - All
The Brian Jonestown Massacre - My Bloody Underground
Astral Sleep - Unawakening
Skepticism - Alloy

 

[Ellestin]

subject to change soon, especialy the lower half I guess...

Ufomammut - Idolum
crushing anthems with a sound of crystal, a siren of the deep. Can't wait for their show at the Roadburn fest in April...

October Falls – The Womb of Primordial Nature
one of the most beautiful Nordic metal albums in recent memory, brilliantly paced and highly seductive. Gives me shivers similar to Bergtatt.

Steve von Till – A Grave Is a Grim Horse
his best collection of songs to date, a dear companion for the lonely evenings.

Leviathan – Massive Conspiracy against all Life
Blasphemic, vicious, decadent: Wrest all over.

Bohren & der Club of Gore – Dolores
A greatly satisfying album, characterized by a solid come-back of their cabaret-jazz undertones. Extremely soothing and cathartic.

Asva – What You Don’t Know Is Frontier
this probably files under drone, but it's anything but drone in terms of cinematic voyage. Beautifully layered with sweeping waves of organ. Summons a Blade Runner-like atmosphere that is simply delicious to get lost into.

Proclamation – Messiah of Darkness and Impurity
pure butchery. Best war metal album since Sargofago - INRI imo

Stille Opprør – s.o2
a very interesting evolution for this project of a former In The Woods... member, from acoustic guitar only to a deep and experimental brand of Nordic rock. A bunch of quality songs full of feeling, with traces of Bob Dylan, Anathema, jazz and even early post-rock à la Bark Psychosis

Nachtmystium – Assassins: Black Meddle pt. 1
a love or hate affair it seems. I love.

Darkspace – III
Darkspace is simply unreal. Three albums of basically the same receipe over and over again, and I'd be buying the next one blind, and the next...

Other bands with releases worth mentionning this year woud be Lifelover, Austere, Agalloch, Arghoslent, Lethal... and I forget several. Still haven't heard new Skepticism...

 

[Ars Magna]

Bohren & der Club of Gore – Dolores
A greatly satisfying album, characterized by a solid come-back of their cabaret-jazz undertones. Extremely soothing and cathartic.

I've heard great things about this but have not had the chance to check it out. Now may be the time.