And once again we have very different tops, the only album I'd have in common with you would be the Arcturus one.
My own list would have (among other releases) Ulver's Nattens Madrigal, Sigh's Hail Horror Hail, Symphony X's Divine Wings Of Tragedy and Molested's Stormvold.

Written by Roman Doez on 06.11.2021 at 22:24

And once again we have very different tops, the only album I'd have in common with you would be the Arcturus one.
My own list would have (among other releases) Ulver's Nattens Madrigal, Sigh's Hail Horror Hail, Symphony X's Divine Wings Of Tragedy and Molested's Stormvold.

Really? Not even the Emperor or Stratovarius ones? Thought they were pretty much universal.
Ulver has been on my listen to pile for like a decade now lol, eventually I swear I’ll finally get to their BM albums. Thanks for the recommendations.

In the Woods - Omnio is probably my favorite of the year.

I'll make a top 10 tomorrow.

Written by blackwreath13 on 07.11.2021 at 00:40

Really? Not even the Emperor or Stratovarius ones? Thought they were pretty much universal.
Ulver has been on my listen to pile for like a decade now lol, eventually I swear I’ll finally get to their BM albums. Thanks for the recommendations.

I don't really care about Emperor, and I've never listened to Stratovarius since I don't really like power metal all that much

10 favorites from 1997

In the Woods - Omnio
Fates Warning - A Pleasant Shade of Gray
Psyco Drama - Bent
Vanden Plas - The God Thing
October Tide - Rain Without End
Symphony X - The Divine Wings Of Tragedy
Saviour Machine - Legend Part I
Bruce Dickinson - Accident Of Birth
Devin Townsend - Ocean Machine - Biomech
Yearning - With Tragedies Adorned

Written by JoHn Doe on 07.11.2021 at 10:33

10 favorites from 1997

In the Woods - Omnio
Fates Warning - A Pleasant Shade of Gray
Psyco Drama - Bent
Vanden Plas - The God Thing
October Tide - Rain Without End
Symphony X - The Divine Wings Of Tragedy
Saviour Machine - Legend Part I
Bruce Dickinson - Accident Of Birth
Devin Townsend - Ocean Machine - Biomech
Yearning - With Tragedies Adorned

Wow, my plebe ears literally haven’t heard a single one of those.

Enter the Moonlight Gate by Lord Belial
Darkside by Necrophobic
Those are top choices for me.

Anthems to the Welkin At Dusk is kind of growing on me. The only song I know from Stratovarius is "Black Diamond", and I liked it. Maybe I need to check out the rest of that Visions album?

Also, Dimmu Borgir and Destroyer 666 are on my to-do list

Another great year for the Norwegian black metal scene with a special appreciation for adding Anthems To The Welkin At Dusk , Enthrone Darkness Triumphant, and Under The Sign Of Hell.

Written by JoHn Doe on 07.11.2021 at 10:33

10 favorites from 1997
Devin Townsend - Ocean Machine - Biomech

Damn you got Ocean Machine but no Strapping Young Lad, I'd personnaly go the other way round

Written by Roman Doez on 07.11.2021 at 23:30

Written by JoHn Doe on 07.11.2021 at 10:33

10 favorites from 1997
Devin Townsend - Ocean Machine - Biomech

Damn you got Ocean Machine but no Strapping Young Lad, I'd personnaly go the other way round

Strapping Young Lad is not my thing I'm afraid.

Written by F3ynman on 07.11.2021 at 21:21

Enter the Moonlight Gate by Lord Belial
Darkside by Necrophobic
Those are top choices for me.

Anthems to the Welkin At Dusk is kind of growing on me. The only song I know from Stratovarius is "Black Diamond", and I liked it. Maybe I need to check out the rest of that Visions album?

Also, Dimmu Borgir and Destroyer 666 are on my to-do list

Yes those are two I really need to listen to, they definitely sound like my thing.

Growing on you? What an endorsement...
Visions isn’t my favourite Stratovarius album of the ones I have heard but it does seem to be everyone else’s and I do think it’s really good. Definitely worth a listen.

Deströyer 666 are my city’s pride, Unchain The Wolves and Phoenix Rising are especially awesome, check them out. The latter is a bit more polished.

Written by AndyMetalFreak on 07.11.2021 at 22:23

Another great year for the Norwegian black metal scene with a special appreciation for adding Anthems To The Welkin At Dusk , Enthrone Darkness Triumphant, and Under The Sign Of Hell.

Hell yeah! They’re practically carrying the whole genre at this point lol.

A bit of a downgrade compared to '96, which doesn't mean that this year isn't full of bangers:

1. Ulver - Nattens madrigal: Aatte hymne til ulven i manden
2. Hex Minora - Under a Pornographic Sun (noise)
3. Shiro Sagisu - The End of Evangelion
4. Old Man's Child - The Pagan Prosperity
5. Molested - Stormvold
6. Destroyer 666 - Unchain the Wolves
7. Ferocity - Puzzled Into Various Spaces
8. Sigh - Hail Horror Hail
9. Mayhem - Wolf's Lair Abyss
10. Mithotyn - In the Sign of the Ravens