Illinoise was a good album...but....I think it's over-rated
Haven't heard Mae.
Best albums of 2005
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Bardiel13
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I forgot "Acendancy" from Trivium came out in '05. There's my vote. I've found nothing better, but RR United this year.
Be non-conformist! (Everyone's doing it!)
I guess Max Payne isn't much of a yaoi fan...
I guess Max Payne isn't much of a yaoi fan...
Kita1304 wrote: this is my topic and you shouldn't be cridisizing!
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megaman917
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Kanye West - Late Registration
Eminem - Curtain Call (The Hits)
Music From And Inspired By GET RICH OR DIE TRYIN' The Motion Picture (50 Cent, Lloyd Banks, Tony Yayo, Young Buck, Olivia, Mobb Deep, M. O. P., and Ma$e)
Granted they recently came out, but they're still some of the best I've heard and quite addictive.
Eminem - Curtain Call (The Hits)
Music From And Inspired By GET RICH OR DIE TRYIN' The Motion Picture (50 Cent, Lloyd Banks, Tony Yayo, Young Buck, Olivia, Mobb Deep, M. O. P., and Ma$e)
Granted they recently came out, but they're still some of the best I've heard and quite addictive.
"If you're not cheating, you're not trying!" - R.I.P. Eddie Guerrero (1967 - 2005)
Through tragedy, she found triumph. R.I.P. Coretta Scott King (1927 - 2006)
Long live the "King of Pop"! R.I.P. Michael Jackson (1958 - 2009)
Through tragedy, she found triumph. R.I.P. Coretta Scott King (1927 - 2006)
Long live the "King of Pop"! R.I.P. Michael Jackson (1958 - 2009)
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megaman917
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fixed.megaman917 wrote:Kanye West - Late Registration
Eminem - Curtain Call (The Hits)
Music From And Inspired By GET RICH OR DIE TRYIN' The Motion Picture (50 Cent, Lloyd Banks, Tony Yayo, Young Buck, Olivia, Mobb Deep, M. O. P., Spider Loc, and Ma$e)
Granted they recently came out, but they're still some of the best I've heard and quite addictive.
"If you're not cheating, you're not trying!" - R.I.P. Eddie Guerrero (1967 - 2005)
Through tragedy, she found triumph. R.I.P. Coretta Scott King (1927 - 2006)
Long live the "King of Pop"! R.I.P. Michael Jackson (1958 - 2009)
Through tragedy, she found triumph. R.I.P. Coretta Scott King (1927 - 2006)
Long live the "King of Pop"! R.I.P. Michael Jackson (1958 - 2009)
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NicholasDWolfwood
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Kai Stromler
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Just wanted to put in my .02e on the metal side; I'm somewhat let down, but not exactly surprised, that nobody's noted the 2005 records by Primordial and The Vision Bleak.
The Gathering Wilderness is an incredible disc that is debatably at the level of Ghost Reveries, and certainly manages to somehow top the records that Primordial put out before it. Their epic scale is even larger and richer this time around, and the social-political observations are just as fresh and cutting. That a band can be deliverately relevant without coming off as preachy, or failing to be awesome, is rare in music at large and especially in metal at this point in time.
Carpathia may just be a personal value pick, but I do feel there is a value for metal as entertainment, rather than an exercise in depth or technical awesomeness. With this record, The Vision Bleak deliver a very well-executed and ultimately fun diversion that does not pretend to be more than it is. It's in the tradition of King Diamond's epics, but much better than the King's recent output. I'm a great fan of the original Abigail, and thus fully aware of the import of saying that Carpathia is our era's Abigail. With Emperor riffs.
I obviously don't have a consensus pick for top record of the year; Opeth, Nile, Nevermore, and maybe Sentenced or Hypocrisy are all also in the running, and I haven't heard the new (and highly praised) God Forbid or this new Sigh yet. If I'm not at my girlfriend's tonight before flying back, I'll be down at the record store remedying the deficiency.
--K
The Gathering Wilderness is an incredible disc that is debatably at the level of Ghost Reveries, and certainly manages to somehow top the records that Primordial put out before it. Their epic scale is even larger and richer this time around, and the social-political observations are just as fresh and cutting. That a band can be deliverately relevant without coming off as preachy, or failing to be awesome, is rare in music at large and especially in metal at this point in time.
Carpathia may just be a personal value pick, but I do feel there is a value for metal as entertainment, rather than an exercise in depth or technical awesomeness. With this record, The Vision Bleak deliver a very well-executed and ultimately fun diversion that does not pretend to be more than it is. It's in the tradition of King Diamond's epics, but much better than the King's recent output. I'm a great fan of the original Abigail, and thus fully aware of the import of saying that Carpathia is our era's Abigail. With Emperor riffs.
I obviously don't have a consensus pick for top record of the year; Opeth, Nile, Nevermore, and maybe Sentenced or Hypocrisy are all also in the running, and I haven't heard the new (and highly praised) God Forbid or this new Sigh yet. If I'm not at my girlfriend's tonight before flying back, I'll be down at the record store remedying the deficiency.
--K
Shin Hatsubai is a Premiere-free studio. Insomni-Ack is habitually worthless.
CHOPWORK - abominations of maceration
skywide, armspread : forward, upward
Coelem - Tenebral Presence single now freely available
CHOPWORK - abominations of maceration
skywide, armspread : forward, upward
Coelem - Tenebral Presence single now freely available
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Unpronounceable_Symbol
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A couple late entries that were really solid:
Boredoms, Seadrum/House of Sun
Two twenty-minute tracks, one of insane drums and traditional Boredoms-style noise and one of dueling overdriven sitars (?!). I find Boredoms' long-form stuff has been getting much more solid and interesting, and this is even a leap forward from Vision Creation Newsun.
Mike Doughty, Haughty Melodic
Probably not the best album of the year due to its near-crippling overproduction and a fairly unnecessary guest appearance by Dave Matthews, M. Doughty's new solo album is less stripped down than his earlier efforts like Skittish but still distinctively Doughtian. The songwriting is amazing and will have something everyone will enjoy.
Boredoms, Seadrum/House of Sun
Two twenty-minute tracks, one of insane drums and traditional Boredoms-style noise and one of dueling overdriven sitars (?!). I find Boredoms' long-form stuff has been getting much more solid and interesting, and this is even a leap forward from Vision Creation Newsun.
Mike Doughty, Haughty Melodic
Probably not the best album of the year due to its near-crippling overproduction and a fairly unnecessary guest appearance by Dave Matthews, M. Doughty's new solo album is less stripped down than his earlier efforts like Skittish but still distinctively Doughtian. The songwriting is amazing and will have something everyone will enjoy.