Take this thread to talk about what 2005 brought to you musically. For me, the highlights were, in no real order - Sonata Arctica - Reckoning Day, Reckoning Night Coldplay - X & Y The Bravery - The Bravery Oasis - Dont Believe The Truth Enya - Amarantine My Chemical Romance - Three Cheers For Sweet Revenge Michael Buble - Its Time James Blunt - Back in Bedlam regrets? Didn't hear much metal, except SA.
I think we've had this thread before (here) but anyway this thread seems to be more specific. I repost: (in no order) I, Monarch: Hate Eternal Anhiliation of the Wicked: Nile Once was not: Cryptopsy Deadwing: Porcupine tree The Code is Red..... Long live the code: Napalm Death CATCH 33: MESHUGGAH Ghost Reveries: Opeth World of Lies: Berzerker Ion Dissonance: Solace Ephel Duath: Pain Necessary to Know Sunn O))) : Black 1 Mats Morgan: Thanks for flying with us Dream Theater : Octavarium Candlemass : candlemass Arch enemy - Doomsday Machine etc.... Two sucky albums of this year IMO: Transgression: Fear Factory Alien: Strapping Young Lad. \\m//
Judas Priest - Angel of Retribution Opeth - Ghost Reveries Nile - Annihalation of the Wicked Cryptopsy - Once was not Nevermore - The Godless Endeavour Kamelot - The Black Halo DT - Octavarium Archenemy - Doomsday Machine Not metal but still great work Gorillaz - Demon days Coldplay - X and Y Audioslave - Out of Exile Green Day - American Idiot Surprise Slipknot - The Subliminal Verses Vol. 3 Bad Fear Factory - Transgession SOAD - Hypnotize
Nevermore - This Godless Endeavour Opeth - Ghost Reveries Porcupine Tree - Deadwing Audioslave - Out Of Exile
Ghost Reveries....put the cd in..after the first 7 seconds...of Ghost of perdition U'll be entertained for another 60+ mins...kickass...best of growls and clean vocals coupled with melodius music (reminds me of porupine tree---noticed after abhijitnath pointed out). Black Halo....honestly I recently got into this band.....power metal at its best...heavy riffs and enchanting melodious music with awesome vocals...A grade production value...packs the best of all prev albums. Octavarium...never been much into DT.....frankly....this was the first full length DT album I heard : and I literally went bonkers listening to it....great stuff technically....last 24 mins are divine for ur ears :rock: thats all....im a bad review writer...but if ur into metal then get these three
Not at all! I dun really know where to classify them, but then again, I dont care much about that. Some say prog, but hmm...dont think so. But they are brilliant. Jeff Loomis rocks! :rock:
System Of a Down - Hypnotize Dimmu Borgir - Stormblast Children Of Bodom - Are You Dead Yet Jordan Rudess - Christmas Sky
Ya, they have been dissapointing me as well, once I started really digging their music, apart from a few gems here and there. But there are many more bands out there.
Blind Guardian is good epic-fantasy-metal. Their choruses are better than any other band that I can recall of. Andre Olbrich's solos are very melodic and their former drummer Thomen must go down as one of the top drummers. Their successful albums are Imaginations From The Other Side, Nightfall in Middle Earth (based entirely on Tolkien's Silmarillion), Another Night At The Opera (they became a bit progressive in this one) and Somewhere Far Beyond. Their earlier albums also have a few gems here and there and is, perhaps more power metal than these recent ones. If you like either/both Blind Guardian and Iced Earth, you might want to check out the Demons n Wizards project - a joint venture by Hansi Kursch (vocalist, BG) and Jon Schaffer (Guitarist, IE). They have two albums so far. The first one, Demons n Wizards was quite good. I haven't checked out their new one, which came out this year. Sonata Arctica are a very new band. Their first album, Ecliptica, came out in 1999. Since then, they have released 3 more, not including a Live album. Their music relies heavily on keyboard and guitar mix. I believe Jayswami (a former IGT member) is going to open for Sonata Arctica in Seattle soon. I think Ill write more details on a separate thread. Some others are - Angra, Helloween, Hammerfall, Kamelot, Elvenking, Lost Horizon, Rhapsody, Stratovarius. Rhapsody have some interesting music, more symphonic than other bands, almost to the point of resembling film scores. Bear in mind that I'm mostly focusing on European Power Metal.
