Heart of Metal's favorite albums of 2008: FINAL LIST

Wow, what a task this was! A total of 247 different albums were submitted! And there weren't many points difference between most of them. So here is the list:

1. 41 Metallica - Death Magnetic
   
2. 36 Testament - The Formation Of Damnation
   
3. 35 Motörhead – Motörizer
   
4. 30 AC/DC - Black Ice
   30 Jon Oliva's Pain - Global Warning
   
5. 23 Avantasia - The Scarecrow
   
6. 21 Warrel Dane - Praises to the War Machine
   
7. 19 Whitesnake - Good To Be Bad
   
8. 16 Helstar - The King Of Hell
   
9. 15 Firewind - The Premonition
   15 Theocracy - Mirror Of Souls
   
10. 13 Enslaved – Vertebrae
    13 Guns n' Roses - Chinese Democracy
    13 Judas Priest – Nostradamus
    13 Opeth – Watershed
    13 Rage - Carved In Stone
    
11. 12 Alice Cooper - Along Came A Spider
    12 Gama Bomb - Citizen Brain
    
12. 11 Iced Earth - The Crucible Of Man (Something Wicked Part 2)
    11 King's X - XV
    11 My Silent Wake - A Garland of Tears
    
13. 10 Communic - Payment of Existence
    10 Death Angel - Killing Season
    10 Evergrey -'Torn
    10 Metal Church - This Present Wasteland
    10 Moonspell - Night Eternal
    10 Once Dead - Visions Of Hell
    10 Sabaton - The Art Of War
    10 Sevendust - Hope and Sorrow
    10 The Sword - Gods Of The Earth
    
14. 9 Avenger of Blood - Death Brigade
    9 Ayreon – 01011001
    9 Cynic - Traced In Air
    9 Hexen - State Of Insurgency
    
15. 8 Brainstorm - 'Downburst'
    
16. 7 Alestorm - Captain Morgans Revenge
    7 Amon Amarth - Twilight of the Thunder God
    7 Exciter - Thrash Speed Burn
    7 House of Lords - Come To My Kingdom
    7 Pyramaze – Immortal
    7 Soulfly - Conquer
    
17. 6 Dokken - Lightning Strikes Again
    6 Driver - Sons Of Thunder
    6 Tesla - Forever More
    6 Toxic Holocaust - An Overdose of Death
    6 Warbringer - War Without End
    
18. 5 Bad Biscut – We Still Believe The Hype
    5 Benedictum - Seasons of Tragedy
    5 Cavalera Conspiracy - Inflikted
    5 Circle II Circle - Delusions Of Grandeur
    5 Darkthrone - Dark Thrones and Black Flags
    5 F*ck the Facts - Disgorge Mexico
    5 Gojira - The Way of All Flesh
    5 Grand Magus - Iron Will
    5 Jesse James Dupree-Rev It Up and Go Go
    5 Keldian - Journey of Souls
    5 Paradox – Electrify
    5 Pharaoh - Be Gone
    5 The Jim Jones Revue - S/T
    5 Theory of a Deadman - Scars and Souvenirs
    
19. 4 Axel Rudi Pell - Tales of the Crown
    4 Black Tide - Light From Above
    4 Bonded By Blood-Feed the Beast
    4 Crom – Vengeance
    4 Deathchain - Death Eternal
    4 Hail of Bullets - ...Of Frost and War
    4 Harmony - Chapter II: Aftermath
    4 Holy Moses - Agony of Death
    4 Jorn Lande - Lonely are the Brave
    4 Journey – Revelation
    4 Lechery – Violator
    4 Saint Deamon - In Shadows Lost From The Brave
    4 Unleashed - Hammer Battalion
    4 Venom – Hell
    
20. 3 Aborted - Strychnine.213
    3 Amanda Palmer - Who Killed Amanda Palmer
    3 Amaseffer - 'Exodus - Slaves For Life'
    3 Battlelore - The Last Alliance
    3 Bison b.c. - Quiet Earth
    3 Bobnoxious – Superscar
    3 Cataract - Cataract
    3 Dead Man - Euphoria
    3 Dreamtide - Dream And Deliver
    3 Electric Six – Flashy
    3 Elliots Keep-In Medias Res
    3 Flagitious Idiosyncrasy in the Dilapidation - Flagitious Idiosyncrasy in the Dilapidation
    3 Ginger - Market Harbour
    3 Grave Robber-Be Affraid
    3 Grayceon - This Grand Show
    3 Hardcore Superstar - Dreamin' In A Casket
    3 inexordium – inexordium
    3 Jeff Loomis - Zero Order Phase
    3 Kalapacs - Mitosz
    3 Khymera-The Greatest Wonder
    3 Krisiun - Southern Storm
    3 Mercenary - Architect of Lies
    3 Merciless Death - Realm of Terror
    3 Meshuggah - obZen
    3 Moon Safari - Blomljud
    3 Mötely Crüe – Saints Of Los Angeles
    3 Overdrive – Let The Metal Do The Talking
    3 Pagans Mind - Gods Equation
    3 Protest the Hero - Fortress
    3 Sebastian Bach – Angel Down
    3 Skepticism - Alloy
    3 Stricken - Self titled
    3 TAB the Band - Long Weekend
    3 The Drones - Havilah
    3 The Reptiles - Smell My Skin
    3 The Sidewalk Regrets - S/T
    3 Torche - Meanderthal
    3 Warpath - Damnation
    3 Yngwie Malmsteen - Perpetual Flame
    
21. 2 Almah – Fragile Equality
    2 Axxis-Doom Of Destiny
    2 Benediction - Killing Music
    2 Black Sabbath - Live at Hammersmith Odeon
    2 Bloodbath - The Fathomless Mastery
    2 Burst - Lazarus Bird
    2 Canvas Solaris - The Atomized Dream
    2 Carbon 9 – The Bull
    2 Coffins - Buried Death
    2 Dave Kusworth Group - Brink
    2 Daylight Dies - Lost to the Living
    2 Demain - Building an Empire
    2 Destruction - D.E.V.O.L.U.T.I.O.N
    2 Dirty Looks - California Free Ride
    2 Dirty Looks - Superdeluxe
    2 Disturbed - Indestructible
    2 Divinefire - 'Farewell'
    2 DragonForce- Ultra Beatdown
    2 Early Man - Beware the Circling Fin
    2 Earth - The Bees Made Honey In The Lion's Skull
    2 Eden's Curse - The Second Coming
    2 Edguy – Tinnitus Sanctus
    2 exodus - let there be blood
    2 Falconer - Among Beggars and Thieves
    2 Faith Factor - 'Against A Darkened Sky'
    2 Hatchet-Awaiting Evil
    2 Head On Collision - Ritual Sacrifice
    2 Hate Eternal - Fury & Flames
    2 Human Zoo-Over The Horizon
    2 Ihsahn - angL
    2 Into Eternity-The Incurable Tragedy
    2 Kingfisher - Sky Hallway of
    2 Korpiklaani - Korven Kuningas
    2 Lonewolf - Made In Hell
    2 Mudvayne- The New Game
    2 Neal Morse-Lifeline
    2 Pat Todd & The Rank Outsiders - Holdin' Onto Trouble's Hand
    2 Paul Westerberg - 49:00
    2 Pertness - Seven Times Eternity
    2 Portrait - Portrait
    2 Pro-Pain - No End In Sight
    2 Purgatory - Cultus Luciferi: The Splendour of Chaos
    2 Robert Forster - The Evangelist
    2 Royal Hunt - Collision Course
    2 Sammy Hagar – Cosmic Universal Fashion
    2 Serenity - Fallen Sanctuary
    2 Seventh Avenue - Terium
    2 Suspyre - When Time Fades...
    2 Temple of Blood – Overlord
    2 The Mars Volta - The Bedlam in Goliath
    2 The Quireboys - Homewreckers & Heartbreakers
    2 The Stoned - S/T
    2 Urn - Soul Destroyers
    2 ZZ Top-Live From Texas
    
22. 1 Action-Action
    1 Airbourne – Running Wild
    1 Alliance - Road to Heaven
    1 Andromeda - The Immunity Zone
    1 asia - phoenix
    1 Aura Noir - Hades Rise
    1 Battalion - Welcome to the Warzone
    1 Becoming the Archetype – The Dichotomy
    1 Belphegor - Bondage Goat Zombie
    1 Blaze Bayley – The Man Who Would Not Die
    1 Blessed by a Broken Heart - Pedal to the Metal
    1 Bob Catley - Immortal
    1 Brother Firetribe - Heart Full of Metal
    1 Byzantine - Oblivion Beckons
    1 Cain's Dinasty - Legacy Of Blood
    1 Candlemass - Lucifer Rising
    1 Cheap Time - S/T
    1 Cloudscape - Global Drama
    1 Crematory - Pray
    1 Cult of Luna - Eternal Kingdom
    1 Dan Baird And Homemade Sin - S/T
    1 Daughtry – Daughtry
    1 Diamond Dogs - It's Most Likely
    1 Drive-By Truckers - Brighter Than Creation's Dark
    1 Empire-Chasing Shadows
    1 Exmortus - In Hatred's Flame
    1 Farflung - A Wound in Eternity
    1 Genghis Tron - Board up the House
    1 Gloomy Grim - Under the Spell of the Unlight
    1 Grave - Dominion VIII
    1 Gravehill - Metal of Death & The Advocation of Murder
    1 Guillotine - Blood Money
    1 Hallows Eve - The Neverending Sleep
    1 Harmony - Chapter II: Aftermath
    1 Gutter Twins - Saturnalia
    1 H.E.A.T – s/t
    1 HeadHunter- Parasite Of Society
    1 In Flames - 'A Sense Of Purpose'
    1 Intronaut – Prehistoricisms
    1 Oronsword – Overlords Of Chaos
    1 Jacob's Dream – Dominion of Darkness
    1 Jefferson Starship - Jefferson's Tree of Liberty
    1 John Mellencamp – Life, Death and Freedom
    1 Kiss - Jigoku-Retsuden
    1 Love Injections - Trees On A Hill
    1 Marillion - Happiness is the Road
    1 Marshall Law - Razorhead
    1 Metal Witch - Risen from the Grave
    1 Mindwarp Chamber - Delusional Reality
    1 Powerquest- Master Of Illusion
    1 Nervecell - Preaching Venom
    1 Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!!
    1 Nocturnal Fear - Code Of Violence
    1 Putrevore - Morphed from Deadbreath
    1 Red Sparowes – Aphorisms
    1 Redimoni – Into The Coiling Arms of Mayhem
    1 Revolution Renaissance - New Era
    1 Russian Circles - Station
    1 Sathanas – Crowned Infernal
    1 Scarlet Angel - Enter The Magic
    1 Scars On Broadway- S/T
    1 Shinedown - The Sound of Madness
    1 Sinner - 'Crash & Burn'
    1 Sigur Ros - Með Suð Í Eyrum Við Spilum Endalaust
    1 Soul Embraced-Dead Alive
    1 Spiritualized - Songs In A&E
    1 Staind – The Illusion of progress
    1 Stam1na – Raja
    1 Stormlord - Mare Nostrum
    1 tankard - thirst
    1 Templar - Preaching To The Perverted
    1 Terdor - Axis Panzerzug Anno November 1942
    1 Terror - The Damned, The Shamed
    1 The Black Angels - Directions To See A Ghost
    1 The Gates Of Slumber – Conqueror
    1 The Showdown - Backbreaker
    1 Titanic - Wreckage
    1 Witchfinder General - Ressurrected
    1 X-Sinner - World Covered in Blood
    1 Zimmers Hole - When You Were Shouting at the Devil... We Were in League with Satan

Excellent list.

that's quite a list, wow.

Seems about right.

Crap! I forgot to put Airbourne on my list. It deserves a much higher place....oh well.

I can't believe Chinese Democracy made it into the Top 10. Take that, you haters!

Can't believe how far down Exodus are. Can't believe how high Whitesnake are. It's an interesting list

I didn't get to vote! j/k

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I can't Chinese Democracy made it into the Top 10. Take that, you haters!

I could comment on how much more sophisticated my tastes are.....
But I won't.

Cool list. Thanks for doing it, Kmorg.

Wow! Death Magnetic at #1.

ultmetal wrote:

Wow! Death Magnetic at #1.

I think it was due to the fact it is much better than St. Anger, and that there are many Metallica fanboys here.

Metallica tops the voters list in this months Scream Magazine also. It's also on the most dissapointing release list. Go figure!

kmorg wrote:

Metallica tops the voters list in this months Scream Magazine also. It's also on the most dissapointing release list. Go figure!

That makes total sense. A band as big as Metallica is always going to polarize people. Metal fans LOVE to argue...LOVE IT.

detuned wrote:

kmorg wrote:

Metallica tops the voters list in this months Scream Magazine also. It's also on the most dissapointing release list. Go figure!

That makes total sense. A band as big as Metallica is always going to polarize people. Metal fans LOVE to argue...LOVE IT.

No they don't.

"I'd like to buy an argument please"

Only I voted for X-SINNER - WORLD COVERED IN BLOOD.

I can't believed Metallica got #1

Fix

Wow, I'm really surprised Motorizer ranked so high.

Metal Misfit wrote:

Wow, I'm really surprised Motorizer ranked so high.

I am too. That album isn't that good.

If I had known about Bonded By Blood before today, I could have moved it up a notch (awesome thrash album).

SpectreFate wrote:

Metal Misfit wrote:

Wow, I'm really surprised The Formation Of Damnation ranked so high.

I am too. That album isn't that good.

Fixed.

SpectreFate wrote:

Metal Misfit wrote:

Wow, I'm really surprised Motorizer ranked so high.

I am too. That album isn't that good.

I wouldn't even say it's bad, just really bland. I was really active in CD buying this year and that was probably the one I listened to the least.

Metallica's death magnetic is actually good, but it doesn't deserve to be at no1

Chinese democracy in the top ten???


Nostradamus is underrated. It should be in n0 3, not motorizer .

SpectreFate wrote:

Metal Misfit wrote:

Wow, I'm really surprised Motorizer ranked so high.

I am too. That album isn't that good.

I thought Motorizer was awesome! Perhaps I am just a Motorhead...

Damn: inflikted at #18??? Sacrilege!