Favorite Release this year so far, 2008?

Eyesore wrote:

Fat Freddy wrote:

Thus far this year my faves have been WE STILL BELIEVE THE HYPE by Bad Biscut and the 4-track EP by The Stoned.

Haven't bought much, have you? Haha. How is that The Stoned CD? (I really grammar sometimes; that question sounds so stupid.) Anyway, it's on my $5 To Buy list.

Just to throw my 2 cents in. Love the Stoned EP, just a great beer soaked paen to the frayed brown pages of 70's rock. Kinda like Black Sabbath on uppers riding shot gun with Humble Pie.

The top spot is still a tie between:

Khymera-The Greatest Wonder
Jon Oliva's Pain-Global Warning
Avantasia-The Scarecrow

Can't choose one over the other. This year will make it harder for me to pick a top 20 than even 2007. So many great releases from:

Judas Priest
Royal Hunt
Alestorm
Empire
Human Zoo
Edenbridge
Moonspell
Brainstorm
Axxis
Black Tide
Warrel Dane
Ayreon
Firewind
Circle II Circle
Soul Embraced
Testament
Virgin Black
Grave Robber

Plus I haven't yet got the new albums from:

Alice Cooper
Seventh Avenue
Jacob's Dream

Plus others who haven't released yet:

Opeth
Evergrey
Iced Earth
TSO (maybe, maybe not)
Heaven & Hell
Holy Blood

and other ones I don't know about or have yet to discover. Man, what a year!

rattpoison wrote:

Eyesore wrote:

Fat Freddy wrote:

Thus far this year my faves have been WE STILL BELIEVE THE HYPE by Bad Biscut and the 4-track EP by The Stoned.

Haven't bought much, have you? Haha. How is that The Stoned CD? (I really grammar sometimes; that question sounds so stupid.) Anyway, it's on my $5 To Buy list.

Just to throw my 2 cents in. Love the Stoned EP, just a great beer soaked paen to the frayed brown pages of 70's rock. Kinda like Black Sabbath on uppers riding shot gun with Humble Pie.

Sometimes I'd like to kill you. That's $1.50, at least.

Eyesore wrote:

Fat Freddy wrote:

Thus far this year my faves have been WE STILL BELIEVE THE HYPE by Bad Biscut and the 4-track EP by The Stoned.

Haven't bought much, have you? Haha. How is that The Stoned CD? (I really grammar sometimes; that question sounds so stupid.) Anyway, it's on my $5 To Buy list.

Nah, I really haven't. Having two kids that require constant food and clothing, to say nothing of the price of gas, has severely curtailed my CD spending.

But anyway, that Stoned EP is pretty good stuff. As Rattpoison said, they're like a 70s hard rock band with 21st Century production values. I hear a lotta Sabbath, Foghat, early Aerosmith, some MC5, etc. in their tunes.

I don't know yet what my favorites will be.

some I liked in no particular order:
Ayreon - 01011001
Alice Cooper - Along Came A Spider
Gama Bomb - Citizen Brain
Testament - The Formation of Damnation
Temple of Blood - Overlord
Whitesnake - Good To Be Bad
Avenger of Blood - Death Brigade
Death Angel - Killing Season
Dirty Looks - Superdeluxe
Grave Robber - Be Afraid
Grave Forsaken - Destined for Ascension
Sevendust - Chapter VII: Hope and Sorrow
Main Line Riders - Shot in the Dark
Mass - Crack of Dawn
Brainstorm - Downburst

Disappointing:
Seventh Power - Dominion & Power
Saint - Crime Scene Earth
Judas Priest - Nostradamus

i don't like nothing new so far...except maybe sacred oath's live....the others i like can't be considered as new releases....for example longings past, death dealer, m.darkness, lions breed etc....

Avantasia

Testament

The Sword

Saint Daemon

Whitesnake

Rage

Saint

Main Line Riders (was that 2008?)

Warbringer

Thrash Clash vol. 2

I think MLR was 2007.

opeth - watershed

Even though I purchase a lot of cd's throughout the year, very very few are "new releases". Of the few that I did pick up this year, the one that stands out is:

Testament - The Formation of Damnation

Great comeback and just an overall great release. Honorable mention goes out to Black Tide and Warrel Dane as well.

tohostudios wrote:

I think MLR was 2007.

from ult's site:
Main Line Riders - Shot in the Dark (Retroactive) 2008

however, wasn't Avenger of Blood 2007?

My two clear favorites based on number of spins would easily be...

Death Angel - Killing Season and Whitesnake - Good To Be Bad

Killing Season far surpassed my expectations. I love Death Angel but even I was surprised how much I took to this album.

Summer of 08 - I become a Whitesnake fan with this album. Slowly I'm getting the rest of the catalogue as a result.

My fav so far is Sabaton - The Art of War. Some of my other favs are:

Moon Safari – Blomljud
Judas Priest – Nostradamus
Revolution renaissance – New era
Keldian – Journey of Souls
Believe - YEsterday is a Friend
Votum - Time Must have a Stop
Amaseffer – Slaves for Life
Alliance - Road To Heaven
Brother Firetribe - Heart Full Of Fire
Journey - Revelation
Lechery - Violator
Firewind - The Premonition
Avantasia - Scarecrow
Leverage - Blind Fire
Lonewolf – Made in Hell
Human zoo - Over the Horizon
Farflung – a Wound in Eternity
Pertness – Seven Times Eternity
Pharoah – Be Gone
Seventh Avenue - Terium
Viron Ferrum Gravis
Deja Vu - Decibel disease
Alestorm – Captain Morgans revenge
Souljourners – Mind Control


Biggest disappointments:
Fires Of Babylon - S/T
Eluveittie – Slania
Death angel – Killing Season
Saint – Crime Scene Earth
Andre Matos – Time to be Free
Demians – Building an Empire
Powerworld – s/t
Scelerata – Skeletons Domination

Waiting for:
Impellitteri – Good and Evil
X Sinner

It's gonna be by somebody that (like me) doesn't have their head in 2008. The Sword probably (don't tell Gates of Slumber that though).

Lonewolf – Made in Hell

Forgot this like a dummy...it's great@!

So far, my favorite release is an acoustic ep from Agalloch called The White. The Sword, Testament, Death Angel, Opeth and Nachtmystium are all favorites,too.

Darn it, you guys are making me search for clips of all these bands' albums so I'll know if I wanna buy'em or not!

lonewolf
sacred oath
battleroar
forgotten realm

too many rereleases to be written down....and more yet to come(hopefully from mid september till late october)

1. Opeth - Watershed
2. The Mars Volta - The Bedlam in Goliath
3. Protest the Hero - Fortress
4. The Sword - Gods of the Earth
5. Meshuggah - obZen
6. Genghis Tron - Board up the House
7. Cult of Luna - Eternal Kingdom
8. Testament - Formation of Damnation
9. Sigur Ros - Með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust
10. Death Angel - Killing Season

Still to come:

Bison B.C. - Quiet Earth
Cynic - Traced in Air
Gojira - The Way of All Flesh
Intronaut - Prehistoricisms
Metallica - Death Magnetic

Bison B.C. - Quiet Earth
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What are these guys like?

I'd say that they're a little like Baroness only less progressive and a hint of punk? It's fast with heavy as an elephant riffs and sludgy/hardcore vocals.

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My tops as of right now are

Testament
Warbringer
Avenger of Blood

honorable mention
Powerslave (It's new to me)

Updated list:
Motorhead - Motorizer
Dirty Looks - California Free Ride
Dirty Looks - Superdeluxe
Iced Earth - The Crucible Of Man
Brainstorm - Downburst
Metallica - Death Magnetic
Main Line Riders - Shot in the Dark
Avenger of Blood - Death Brigade (official release date was January 8, 2008)
Death Angel - Killing Season
Sevendust - Chapter VII: Hope and Sorrow
Whitesnake - Good To Be Bad
Alice Cooper - Along Came A Spider
Gama Bomb - Citizen Brain
Testament - The Formation of Damnation
Fatality - Metal As Hell!: Chapter I
My Silent Wake - A Garland of Tears
Faith Factor - Against A Darkened Sky
AC/DC - Black Ice
Mass - Crack of Dawn
Ayreon - 01011001

Disappointing:
Seventh Power - Dominion & Power
Saint - Crime Scene Earth
Judas Priest - Nostradamus

TOXIC HOLOCAUST- AN OVERDOSE OF DEATH

mine so far:

Testament-Formation of Damnation
Death Angel-Killing Season
Hatchet-Awaiting Evil
Bonded by Blood-Feed the Beast
Gama Bomb-Citizen Brain
Hexen-State of Insurgency
Lechery-Violator
Jon Olivas Pain-Global Warning
Toxic Holocaust-An Overdose of Death

still need to get
Faith Factor-Against a Darkened Sky