Has it been a good year for Metal?

nailz · Post by **nailz** » Wed Oct 06, 2004 12:32 pm

The only truely standout releases this year for me have been the following:

Mercenary - 11 Dreams ... which is absolutely killer.
Nightwish - Once ... which is also absolutely killer.
Finntrolls Nattfodd ... which was kind of mediocre
Iron Saviors Battering Ram .. which is by far more of the same distinctive Iron Savior goodness as the previous albums.
Elvenking's WYRD - which, by itself may have been an OK release, but having followed up Heathenreel, seemed to kind of fall on its face, and be very bland.

and the best album of all time..

DREAM EVILS THE BOOK OF HEAVY METAL!

MEEEEEEETAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAALLLLLLLAHHHHHhhh

Flint the Dwarf · Post by **Flint the Dwarf** » Wed Oct 06, 2004 12:34 pm

METAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAALLLLL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Bote · Post by **Bote** » Wed Oct 06, 2004 3:25 pm

"Once" did it for me.

Ocean Soul · Post by **Ocean Soul** » Fri Nov 19, 2004 10:25 am

Strange year:

Nightwish: very disappointing for me

Rhapsody: nothing special... don't like the new album
Sonata: Absolutely GREAT! Almost their best album...

BUT! The concert in Budapest by Nightwish-Sonata was worth living for! Now i can even die after that.

Brsrk · Post by **Brsrk** » Fri Nov 19, 2004 12:28 pm

METAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAL!!!

Ahem...

Nightwish - Once
Mercenary - 11 Dreams
Evergrey - The Inner Circle
Fear Factory - Archetype
Exodus - Tempo of the Damned
Kataklysm - Serinity in Fire
Iced Earth - The Glorious Burden

Thats about all the metal from 2004 I've heard, unless I have some of it burned onto a random CD somewhere...

The Iron Maiden · Post by **The Iron Maiden** » Fri Nov 19, 2004 2:33 pm

This year, and last year, have definately been the best since I got into Metal. Things are steadily improving. I mean, when I got into Metal '99/'00, nu-metal was all the rage and outside my immediate circle of friends, being an Iron Maiden and Slayer fan was the only thing that got me through stupid trend-whores

The magazines and TV have steadily become more accepting again of real, good honest Metal music, though not to the extent I'm prepared to hand over my money for 'em. I could care less about what the mainstream thinks, but it's nice to know things are changing...

As far as albums go...well, I've got about eight new albums this year, which is quite unprecedented for me, as it usually takes me about a year or two to catch up!

Nice to see Megadeth and Death Angel back, I thought they both put out solid albums which showed they'd progressed and yet stayed true to what they do instead of comprimising good taste (*ahem* Metallica$h). DragonForce made a stunning sophomore effort, Intense finally put out their debut and made a grand job of it. BLAZE's 3rd not as good as the first two but still very listenable, and I managed to check out Leviathan!

And I've still got Dio, Scorpions, W.A.S.P. and Mercury Rain to go!

Just don't get me started on that Iced Earth album. Or Iced Earth at all. So they finally got a singer who doesn't have a stupid voice, pity they still don't have any good riffs or a decent producer. Ooops, too late, there I go!

Anyway...Judas Priest will be the best thing to happen next year I'm sure

it's onwards and upwards![/b]

Warheart · Post by **Warheart** » Sat Nov 20, 2004 3:11 am

Mercenary - 11 Dreams
Insomnium - Since the day it all cam down
Threshold - Subsurface
Samael - Reign of Light
Ominum Gatherum - Years in waste
Evergrey - The Inner Circle
End of Green - Last night on Earth

Some others ...

nailz · Post by **nailz** » Mon Nov 22, 2004 8:35 am

The Iron Maiden wrote:Just don't get me started on that Iced Earth album. Or Iced Earth at all. So they finally got a singer who doesn't have a stupid voice, pity they still don't have any good riffs or a decent producer. Ooops, too late, there I go!

I LOVE YOU AND FLINT HATES YOU.

Brsrk · Post by **Brsrk** » Mon Nov 22, 2004 2:36 pm

Barlow did a great job with Iced Earth. Owens I'm still iffy about.

Flint the Dwarf · Post by **Flint the Dwarf** » Mon Nov 22, 2004 5:27 pm

BrsrkEva wrote:Barlow did a great job with Iced Earth. Owens I'm still iffy about.

Agreed. Ripper did a great job with the trilogy, but the rest of the album is crap.