Thus far 2007 has been very average in my opinion but I will post my top 20 till now here anyway (in alphabetical order):


Akercocke - Antichrist
Alabama Thunderpussy - Open Fire
Candlemass - King Of The Grey Islands
Cephalic Carnage - Xenosapien
Clutch - From Beale Stree To Oblivion
Deathspell Omega - Fas - Ite, Maledicti, iIn Ignem Aeternum
Detonation - Emission Phase
Forgotten Tomb - Negative Megalomania
Keen Of The Crow - Hyborea
Longing For Dawn - A Treacherous Ascension
Mayhem - Ordo Ad Chao
Neurosis - Given To The Rising
Non-Divine - Asylum 45
Obsidian - Emerging
Officium Triste - Giving Yourself Away
Onslaught - Killing Peace
Rotting Christ - Theogonia
Shining V - Halmstad
Trouble - Simple Mind Condition
Watain - Sworn to The Dark

It seams this year was productive, but all releases I liked are:

Candlemass - King Of The Grey Islands
Grave Digger - Liberty Or Death
Inferno - Uctívání temné zuøivosti
King Diamond - Give Me Your Soul... Please
Manowar - Gods Of War
The Stone - Neke Rane Krvare Večno
Turisas - The Varangian Way
Wizard - Goochan

Waiting for Absurd's Fifteen Years War

I see Iforgot to mention Monstrosity - Spiritual Apocalypse

2007 has been a very good Metal year so far, certainly not the best but still mostly great.
The best releases so far are:

3. Symphony X Paradise Lost
The album which got me into this band, very good and certainly one of their best!

2. Dream Theater Systematic Chaos
I'm such a sucker for this band, it's one of their least good albums... it's still awesome!

1. Watain Sworn to the Dark
Always! One of the best albums ever by Sweden's best band!

Currently waiting for the new Nightwish album!

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[quote=Ozman]Monstrosity

That's in your top 20? Shiiiiiiit, what a poor year indeed.

Top death for me so far is Kronos - The Hellenic Terror though I haven't yet heard new Obituary

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Written by Syk on 23.08.2007 at 14:28

[quote=Ozman]Monstrosity

That's in your top 20? Shiiiiiiit, what a poor year indeed.

Top death for me so far is Kronos - The Hellenic Terror though I haven't yet heard new Obituary

Okay it is a poor year, but I do loooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooove the new Monstrosity which is a 100X better than the new Nile and Obituary combined.

Haven't done too much in terms of '07 releases. Some I have enjoyed in one way or another-

Immolation - Shadows in the Light
Dark Tranquillity - Fiction
Nile - Ithyphallic
Behemoth - The Apostasy
Sarpanitum - Despoilment of Origin
Cephalic Carnage - Xenosapien
Sear - Lamentations of Destruction
Moonsorrow - V: Hävitetty
Ensiferum - Victory Songs
Darkestrah - Epos
Bloodsoaked - Brutally Butchered
Mithras - Behind the Shadows Lie Madness
Scent of Flesh - Deform in Torture

I think this is a really good year for metal - there have already been some fantastic albums released this year

Ensiferum, Freedom Call, Iron Savior, Korpiklaani, Masterplan, Mithras, Symphony X, Turisas, Vital Remains, Wizard have all released great albums..
I am missing a load out as well, the Legion Of The Damned album, Sarpanitum, Finntroll, Devildriver, Behemoth, Akercocke and more are great as well..

and there are still to come. the new Primal Fear album is really quite good and there are even more to be released as well

Ensiferum - Victory Songs
Turisas - The Varangian Way
Finntroll - Ur Jordens Djup
Symphony X - Paradise Lost

Those are the ones I'd highlight so far.

Something that I find interesting:
Alabama Thunderpussy - Open Fire
Alcest - Souvenirs d'un Autre Monde
Beyond The Sixth Seal - The Resurrection Of Everything Tough
Candlemass - King Of The Grey Islands
In Vain - The Latter Rain
Loits - Must album
Profugus Mortis - So It Begins
Rwake - Voices of Omens
Tharaphita - Iidsetel sünkjatel radadel
The Austrasian Goat - The Austrasian Goat
Watain - Sworn to The Dark

might be a boring year over all, but i'm quite happy with it.

behemoth- Apostasy
clutch - Beale Street to Oblivion
jesu - Conqueror


samael - solar soul - their best album of the last decade
red harvest's a greater darkness isn't a bad album.

others i still need to get/check out:

Obituary - Xecutioner's Return
Nile - itylphalic
Municipal Waste - art of partying


new High on Fire and Darkthrone's annual album still to come. i believe Exodus also has one in the works.

oh, and of course, my current favorite of the year, Neurosis "Given to the Rising."

Frankly, I'm happy if there are five really good albums that come out each year... I think 2007 will hit that mark.

So far the only stuff I really love is: Alcest, Deathspell Omega, Mayhem, Shining and perhaps Candlemass (don't own it yet).

Hoping for Drudkh and Evile (have high hopes!)

EDIT: Forgot Keen of the Crow, loved it, but don't think I'll buy it. Have suspicions its about to growing boring soon.

IMO say band names and albums are stupid, but some thinks I wanna say this year of corse a lot of new demo who knows them all and wanan hear not me, but in this yera some metal legends recordet albuyms like King Dimaond, and some active bands realise them too but not moust of them are good and lsitenble, I just reading post and say what I like
From Marcel List

Akercocke - Antichrist
Candlemass - King Of The Grey Islands
Forgotten Tomb - Negative Megalomania
Mayhem - Ordo Ad Chao
Officium Triste - Giving Yourself Away
Onslaught - Killing Peace
Trouble - Simple Mind Condition
Watain - Sworn to The Dark


From Anorax

Candlemass - King Of The Grey Islands
Grave Digger - Liberty Or Death
King Diamond - Give Me Your Soul... Please
Turisas - The Varangian Way
Wizard - Goochan

+ my list
Ahab - The Oath
Dawn of Gehenna - Doom Enclave
Doomsword - My Name Will Live On
Evoken - I hear thay be new album out WATING
Night Must Fall - Dissonance Of Thought(Polish Band)
Swallow the Sun - Hope
The Gates of Slumber - I hera thay had CD out
Heaven and Hell (UK) - Live at Radio City Music Hall
Root - Daemon Viam Invenient (Even Im not fan of band)
U.D.O. - Mastercutor
U.D.O. - The Wrong Side of Midnight
WASP - Dominator
Witch Hammer - Price for the new World
Limbonic Art - Legacy of Evil(Wating)
Broken Dagger - Chain Of Command

Ok Im bored of thginking hope you get

Arkhon Infaustus' Orthodoxyn is missing from your lists A very good album, and, if I may call it, the most fucked up album of 2007.

The new Farmakon is Excellent. Better than their debut album I think.
The King Diamond is as expected, not mindblowing but very enjoyable.
Evocation's awaited album was ok.
Symphony X's Paradise Lost was good, I'm just disappointed there's no 20 mins epic.
Nothing to add about the new Turisas which is neat
Obituary's Xecutioner's Return was as expected, good.

That's 2007 for me so far. Awaiting for the two new Demilich songs.

pfft silly little spammers...

Aborted - Slaughter and Apparatus
This album was a great return to form. Dave Haley juiced them up nicely on drums, and Sven still sounds great.

Pig Destroyer - Phantom Limb
This is probably the album of the year. It's fast, groovy, catchy and all of the songs mix together well.

Stoma/Screaming Afterbirth split
This keeps on getting delayed, but I've heard a few songs and it sounds very promising.

Immolation - Shadows in the Light
This is the best album they've made in a while, and one of the best death metal albums of the year. I love the vocals and the production quality is savage.

Dekapitator - The Storm Before the Calm
This is the best thrash album of the year so far. The vocals are a little iffy, but the ridiculous guitar solos make up for everything.

Odious Mortem - Cryptic Implosion
I was blown away when I first listened to this album. They managed to make very creative and technical music, but they kept the brutality they always had.

Malevolent Creation - Doomsday X
Fuck this album is fast; Dave Culross is one of my favorite drummers and he does not disappoint. There's also a bunch of guitar solos, courtesy of Phil.

Cephalic Carnage - Xenosapien
Even though this album isn't nearly as good as their old stuff, it still blows away Anomalies.

I can't wait to hear new Obituary, Severe Torture, Judas Priest, and....TORSOFUCK!

I think Manowar's Gods Of War was album ov the year! It slays

I've heard a few songs from the new Wizard album through myspace.........I still have yet to hear the new Freedom Call album.

also some albums /demos from some Neo-Thrash Bands.

Yeah you forgot a lot of great progressive metal releases...don't forget the Sun Caged album...

Kamelot - Ghost Opera
Deffinitely a masterpiece. More oriented into Prog, IMO, but still great. Kamelot has deffinitely earned the place they got now as one of Power Metal's finest.

Symphony X - Paradise Lost
It's no secret that I don't like prog, but this album deffinitely captured me. I heard it three times non stopping. Maybe it's because it's sound less prog IMO.

Paradise Lost - In Requiem
Seems like the electro era ended, and now PL are playing gothic again. Maybe a bit more oriented into their first albums, for what I catch on the vocals.

Iced Earth - Overture For The Wicked
This single deffinitely makes me want tha album o be released right now. And the music is more oriented into Ripper's voice. In The glorious Burden I really felt that ripper didin't fit.

Pelican - City Of Echoes
With a more melodic sound, less strident, more complex, but without losing that touch that makes the Palican. A great album, more mature, btu still pelican: long, slow-tem,po songs, very relacing and erotic.

And despite what everyone says, Dimmu Borgir - In Sorte Diaboli.
Because I loved Death Cult Armaggedon and to me, ISD is like DCA2. The concept idea is interesting, despote the little creativity of the story.

Written by UnholyMenace on 23.08.2007 at 19:04

Something that I find interesting:


The Austrasian Goat - The Austrasian Goat

Damn, forgot all about this one, and it is still lying around at home waiting for a review (I'd better finish that one and put it on-line next week)


BTW: How can people claim that Manowar - Gods Of War is a brilliant album? It only has a couple of proper songs and the rest is just filler drivel and even those proper songs are amongst the owrst they have ever written. This is most probably the WORST Manowar album EVER.

another great LETDOWN is of course Megadeth - United Abominations. all songs are medium paced and add nothing to Megadeth's back catalogue. When I want to listen to rejuvinated Megadeth on album I'll go back to The System Has Failed now that one had power and fire unlike UA which is just boring from start to finish

I do agree that 2007 hasn't been that great a year in metal thus far. There's been some good releases but there's been a lot of letdowns and average albums.

A few of the highlights for this year include:

Shining - V: Halmstad
Neurosis - Given To The Rising
Marduk - Rom 5:12
Behemoth - The Apostasy
Alcest - Souvenirs d'un Autre Monde
Samael - Solar Soul
Vintersorg - Solens Rötter
Be'lakor - The Frail Tide

There's a few that I'm probably missing but that's all that came to mind at the moment. I'm really looking forward to the new Vanishing Point and Limbonic Art albums. They are my two most anticipated albums for the year.

On the other hand, Megadeth and Manowar's new releases were huge disappointments for me. Frankly, I wasn't expecting something huge from Megadeth but I was slightly surprised with Manowar's effort. As Marcel mentioned, a lot of the songs were just fillers.

I still need to hear the new Primal Fear, Mithras, Symphony X, Deathspell Omega, Akercocke and quite a few more.

2007 has not been such a bad metal year so far, but it has not been the best metal year either.
some of my favorites so far is:

3 Inches Of Blood - Fire Up The Blades
Annihilator - Metal
Chimaira - Resurrection
Devildriver - Last Kind Words
Grave Digger - Liberty or Death
Helloween - Keeper of the Seven Keys: The Legacy World Tour
Mnemic - Passenger
Sanctity - Road to Bloodshed
Sonata Arctica - Unia
Sonic Syndicate - Only Inhuman
Turisas - Varangain Way

and some of the albums i'm looking forward to is:

Helloween - Gambling With the Devil
Iced Earth - Framing Armageddon

My favourite albums until now:
KING DIAMOND Give me your soul?please
TEMPEST REIGN Catastrophic
CYPHER SEER Awakening day
AMULANCE The rage within and the aftermath
SACRED OATH Darkness Visible

BLITZKRIEG Theatre Of The Damned
CANDLEMASS King of the grey islands
MANTICORA The black circus Part II
MEGADETH United abominations
ONSLAUGHT Killing peace
SEPTER The God key

Written by Narterath on 24.08.2007 at 00:40

Arkhon Infaustus' Orthodoxyn is missing from your lists A very good album, and, if I may call it, the most fucked up album of 2007.

ah yes, have heard a couple of songs. pretty good stuff.

Oh yeah I forgot about the King Diamond album...a lot of people on here have said that it was pretty bland and basically the same thing over and over again but I found that it was a kickass album

Written by Hellish Star on 24.08.2007 at 20:22

My favourite albums until now:
KING DIAMOND Give me your soul?please
TEMPEST REIGN Catastrophic
CYPHER SEER Awakening day
AMULANCE The rage within and the aftermath
SACRED OATH Darkness Visible

BLITZKRIEG Theatre Of The Damned
CANDLEMASS King of the grey islands
MANTICORA The black circus Part II
MEGADETH United abominations
ONSLAUGHT Killing peace
SEPTER The God key

Secret Oath are good I forgot say it its awsome realy awsome

Oh yeah! Damn! how could I forget,

3 Inches Of Blood - Fire Up The Blades

well anyways my buddies band have a new demo and i like to post their site whenever they have a new one. they fired their singer so don't mind the vocals. the guitarist is singing lol anyways enjoy and leave them comments, tell them what you think.

www.myspace.com/chaosforgemetal

Symphony X's Paradise Lost, finally a Symphony X album that is worth my time to listen to. An impressive work by the band, and think it only took 5 years to make.

So far this year my favorite has been, no suprise, Systematic Chaos. I think it is some of the best work from Dream Theater.

Some of my other favorites include:
Static-X - Cannibal
Pain of Salvation - Scarsick
Rush - Snakes & Arrows
Porcupine Tree - Fear of a Blank Planet
Queensrÿche - Mindcrime at the Moore
Devin Townsend - Devin Townsend Presents: Ziltoid the Omniscient