Has it been a good year for Metal?

rubyeye · Post by **rubyeye** » Sat Oct 02, 2004 1:24 am

Alright, you know I'm picky about what I listen to, but so far this year has been disappointing in terms of really strong albums. The only ones that caught my attention were:

Abydos - Abydos
Angra - Temple of Shadows
Dreamscape - End of Silence
Jorn - Out to Every Nation
Magnitude Nine - Decoding the Soul
Nightwish - Once
Pink Cream 69 - Thunderdome
Sonata Arctica - Reckoning Night
Threshold - Subsurface/Replica

And among those, the only ones that really stood out (for me) were PC69 and Threshold.

Albums like Megadeth's The System Has Failed, Fates Warning's FWX, and even Silent Force's World's Apart were either average (at best) or flat out disappointing. It seems like a very weak year for Metal. And I thought this would be a good strong year?

Maybe because it's an election year.

Well, next year, there's Kamelot, Symphony X, and a few other side projects and solo albums to look forward to.

CerebralAssamite · Post by **CerebralAssamite** » Sat Oct 02, 2004 2:13 am

For me it was:

Kataklysm - Serenity in Fire
and
Chastisement - Alleviation of Pain

Im still listening to these two almost on a daily basis. Not much else that came out this year has grabbed my attention and kept it like these two have.

Flint the Dwarf · Post by **Flint the Dwarf** » Sat Oct 02, 2004 2:34 am

Nightwish and Megadeth made this year beautiful for me.

However, I think next year is going to blow away the past few years that I've been into metal. \m/

badmartialarts · Post by **badmartialarts** » Sat Oct 02, 2004 10:56 am

Hrm, I've liked the songs I've heard from Megadeth's new album. Of couse, I like Metallica's "St. Anger" too so maybe I'm not a fit judge of good metal....

MetalWolf · Post by **MetalWolf** » Sun Oct 03, 2004 11:49 am

This year was a much greater year for metal to me than last year.

Inferno by Motorhead (in my opinion one of their greatest)
Once by Nightwish
The System Has Failed by Megadeth
The Glorious Burden by Iced Earth
The Inner Circle by Evergrey
Prophecy by SoulFly

For 2003 in my opinion there was only 3 good albums that came out.

Epica by Kamelot
We've Come For You All by Anthrax
Roorback by Sepultura (still dissapointing, not nearly as good as Nation)

However those are just my tastes. Either way I am also looking forward to the metal coming out next year.

Kai Stromler · Post by **Kai Stromler** » Sun Oct 03, 2004 12:15 pm

There have been better years than '04 in terms of what came out, but this wasn't a particularly bad year on any end of the scale.

As far as popular exposure goes, this year, we won. There was someone on this very forum a couple months back concerned that he would be derided for liking a band as 'mainstream' as Dimmu. Even a year ago, that would be ridiculous, but then Shagrath et al played a three-month tour across the US opening for Ozzy, Priest, Slayer, and Hatebreed. What? Excuse me? Did somebody say that JUDAS FUCKING PRIEST got back together and did an arena run?

Suffocation put out a new record, and unlike 1997, people were actually paying attention. Iced Earth showed they could survive the departure of a definitive vocalist. God Among Insects proved that extreme supergroups are occasionally worthwhile even if they don't include Peter Tagtgren. Dave Vincent got a clue and rejoined Morbid Angel. If you missed Pantera, you had your choice of Damageplan or Superjoint, and neither of them sucked too bad.

And beyond that, Amon Amarth put out a new record; how in the hell could the year fail to rock? I'll have to double check over what I've actually bought or heard of the 2004 crop, but it was a decent year overall. I haven't heard anything yet up to Vital Remains' Dechristianize, which really made 2003 for me, but that doesn't mean everything sucked.

--K

Flint the Dwarf · Post by **Flint the Dwarf** » Sun Oct 03, 2004 12:37 pm

Ah yes, I forgot Evergrey's Inner Circle, and I do love that album.

Farlo · Post by **Farlo** » Sun Oct 03, 2004 9:06 pm

bands that put out good albums this year:

megadeth
lamb of god
amon amarth
fear factory
probot
finntroll
kataklysm
grave
borknagar
deicide
in flames
mastodon
nightwish
rhapsody =\

i know im missing alot, but i gotta get to work

CerebralAssamite · Post by **CerebralAssamite** » Mon Oct 04, 2004 7:36 am

{ROFL} Dare I say Cannibal Corpse

*waits to get shot at*

Harlock7876 · Post by **Harlock7876** » Mon Oct 04, 2004 4:55 pm

Here are some more that weren't mentioned yet:

Ayreon-The Human Equation
After Forever-Invisible Circles
Leaves Eyes-Lovelorn
Time Machine-Reviviscence
Vision Divine-Stream Of Consciousness