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2014: Top

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A list by
cbn42
Created
March 27, 2014
Entries
37
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All full albums I heard at least 2-3 times from best to worst + special awards
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Insomnium - Shadows Of The Dying Sun
+great atmosphere and songwriting -"muddy" vocal mixing //fav. songs: Revelation, Ephemeral, Shadows Of The Dying Sun
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Shylmagoghnar - Emergence
+inspiring, powerful, well composed +maybe the best debut 2014 -instrumentals are the best songs //fav. songs: I Am The Abyss, Eternal Forest
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Machine Head - Bloodstone & Diamonds
+usual Machine Head quality -1st and 2nd half of the album differ a lot (leitmotif) //fav. songs: Now We Die, Killers & Kings, Ghosts Will Haunt My Bones
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Words Of Farewell - The Black Wild Yonder
+high quality songwriting +great atmosphere -a few weaker songs //fav. songs: Telltale Notion, In Kingdoms Of Rain, The Outer Rim
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Sabaton - Heroes
+straight and catchy, yet not cheesy -some stupid "cut off" song endings -too short //fav. songs: Night Witches, To Hell And Back, Hearts Of Iron
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Dio - Ronnie James Dio - This Is Your Life
[Various Artists] +(almost) all killer, no filler -bad song order -kinda incoherent //fav. songs: The Last In Line, Straight Through The Heart, This Is Your Life
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Eluveitie - Origins
+constant song quality +coherent theme -sometimes overkill of instruments //fav. songs: King, Celtos, The Silver Sister
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Equilibrium - Erdentempel
+varied and epic songwriting +a lot of different folk sounds -atmosphere less mystic, more "happy" -"muddy" vocal mixing //fav. songs: Apokalypse, Waldschrein, Aufbruch
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Iced Earth - Plagues Of Babylon
+more oldschool sound -weak opener -Volbeat influence //fav. songs: Among The Living Dead, Parasite
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Pentakill - Smite And Ignite
+big effort for a fictional video game band (LoL) +great choice of singers (Jørn Lande/ZP Theart ) -instrumentals don't fit to the rest //fav. songs: Deathfire Grasp, Thornmail
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Slipknot - .5: The Gray Chapter
+nice guitar work +good mix of modern and classic Slipknot -some weird songs/parts -Stone Sour influence //fav. songs: The Devil In I, Killpop, Custer
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Epica - The Quantum Enigma
+constant song quality +orchestration and choirs -too long //fav. songs: The Essence Of Silence, Reverence - Living In The Heart, Omen - The Ghoulish Malady
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Die Apokalyptischen Reiter - Tief.Tiefer
+good lyric poetry -not enough contrast between CD1("Metal") and 2(Unplugged Covers)//fav. songs: Wo Es Dich Gibt, So Fern, Friede Sei Mit Dir
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Grailknights - Calling The Choir
+some cool riffs/melodies/ideas -weak opener, some filler -bad song order //fav. songs: Absence Of Gravity, Victorious
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Sinbreed - Shadows
+very good guitar and drum work -vocals and lyrics are Power Metal cliche //fav. songs: Bleed, Leaving The Road
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Devil You Know - The Beauty Of Destruction
+solid debut/riffing/drumming -Howard Jones below his ability //fav. songs: Seven Years Alone, I Am The Nothing, As Bright As The Darkness
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In Flames - Siren Charms
+great guest vocals by Emilia Feldt -"Radio Metal" //fav. song: When The World Explodes
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---Best Unexpected Album---
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---Best Cover Song---
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---Best Music Video---
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---Biggest Letdown---
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