your top 2014 metal releases

Well it took me hours of listening, but here is finally my list:

1- riot: unleash the fire

2- primal fear: delivering the black

3- wolf: devil seed

4- exodus: blood in blood out

5- judas priest: redeemer of souls

This top 5 is final. Still working though on the cds which will make my final top 10.

here is the remaining list:

6- grave digger: return of the reaper

7- gamma ray: empire of the undead

8- hatriot: dawn of the new centurion

9- iced earth: plagues of babylon

10- overkill: white devil armory.

This was easy for me cuz I only bought four 2014 releases, so here's all four in order of preference:

Uno: Overkill - White Devil Armory
Dos: Accept - Blind Rage
Tres: Kix - Rock Your Face Off
Quatro: Body Count - Manslaughter

...note, these rankings are subject to change without notice cuz one of my office mates just gifted me with a Best Buy gift card for Christmas, which I'll most likely burn on the new Priest and/or AC/DC (I haven't decided which yet).

Fat Freddy wrote:

This was easy for me cuz I only bought four 2014 releases, so here's all four in order of preference:

Uno: Overkill - White Devil Armory
Dos: Accept - Blind Rage
Tres: Kix - Rock Your Face Off
Quatro: Body Count - Manslaughter

...note, these rankings are subject to change without notice cuz one of my office mates just gifted me with a Best Buy gift card for Christmas, which I'll most likely burn on the new Priest and/or AC/DC (I haven't decided which yet).

Go for priest. Ac/dc didn't do much for me, so far.

Overkill - White Devil Armory
Helstar - This Wicked Nest
Exodus - Blood In, Blood Out
Beyond Creation - Earthborn Evolution

Harem Scarem--Thirteen
AC/DC--Rock or Bust
Winger--Better Days Comin'
Unruly Child--Down The Rabbit Hole (Side 1)
Arch Enemy--War Eternal
H.E.A.T.--Tearin' Down the Walls
Evergrey--Hymns for the Broken
Rubicon Cross--Rubicon Cross
Opeth--Pale Communion
Judas Priest--Redeemer of Souls
Sanctuary--The Year the Sun Died
Grinder Blues--S/T
Work of Art--Framework
Tesla--Simplicity
KXM--KXM
Michael Sweet--I'm Not Your Suicide
Allen/Lande--The Great Divide
Kix--Rock Your Face Off
Iced Earth--Plagues of Babylon
Lynch Mob--Sun Red Sun

Gilbert wrote:

Go for priest. Ac/dc didn't do much for me, so far.

I've been doing without the Priest longer, so that'll probably be my pick... tho I'll get the AC/DC too eventually of course

Melana Chasmata by Triptykon
Slaves To The Grave by Rigor Mortis
For Those Which Are Asleep by The Skull
The Quantum Enigma by Epica
White Devil Armory by Overkill
Kindly Bent To Free Us by Cynic
Impact Velocity by Menace
The Serpent & The Sphere by Agalloch
Immortal Legacy by Hirax
War Eternal by Arch Enemy
Blind Rage by Accept
Blood Mantra by Decapitated
Kings Among Men by Crimson Shadows
Orgins by Eluveitie

I'm no good at numbered lists so here's my top 20 in alphabetical order:

AC/DC - Rock or Bust (Best album in years)
At The Gates - At War with Reality
Cannibal Corpse - A Skeletal Domain (See AC/DC)
Exodus - Blood In Blood Out
Hatriot - Dawn of the New Centurion
Hirax - Immortal Legacy
Horrendous - Ecdysis
Iron Reagan - The Tyranny of Will
Judas Priest - Redeemer of Souls (Enjoyable, some reviews/opinions I've seen seem a little harsh)
Misery Index - The Killing Gods
Morfin - Inoculation
Nausea - Condemned to the System
Overkill - White Devil Armory
Ripper - Raising the Corpse
Rigor Mortis - Slaves to the Grave
Rude - Soul Recall
Shards of Humanity - Fractured Frequencies
Slough Feg - Digital Resistance
The Haunted - Exit Wounds
TrenchRot - Necronomic Warfare

Honorable mentions to Haunting and Violent Hammer, who put out my favorite demos this year in Sealed Shut and More Victims.

This year has been great! I've noticed that my tastes have been a lot darker this year!


25. Autumns Dawn - Gone
24. Witch Mountain - Mobile of Angels
23. Nasheim - Solens Vermod
22. Dark Fortress - Venereal Dawn
21. Kuolemanlaakso - Tulijoutsen
20. Fen - Carrion Skies
19. Opeth - Pale Communion
18. Blues Pills - Blues Pills
17. Primordial - Where Greater Men Have Fallen
16. Shylmagoghnar - Emergence
15. Death Penalty - Death Penalty
14. Devin Townsend Sky Blue/Dark Matters
13. Reek - Necrogenesis
12. Sylvaine - Silent Chamber Noisy Heart
11. Wayfarer - Children of the Iron Age
10. Pallbearer - Foundations of Burden
9. Yob - Clearing the Path to Ascend
8. Shrapnel - The Virus Conspires
7. Alcest- Shelter
6. Agalloch - The Serpent & the Sphere
5. Panopticon Roads to the North
4. Epitimia - (un)Reality
3. Mare Cognitum - Phobos Monolith
2. Saor - Aura
1. Triptykon- Melana Chasmata


Of course if this year is anything to go by, there will be plenty from 2014 that I'll only get into in 2015.

DELAIN - The Human Contradiction

PRIMAL FEAR - Delivering the Black

AC/DC - Rock or Bust

SAINT - Broad is the Gate

WITHIN TEMPTATION - Hydra


there are some others I purchased but these have gotten the most traction with me this year.... I've also bought more CD's released this year than I have in a LONG TIME.....

Hmm, it was a great year, for my taste, so I'm sure I'll miss something, but let's see...

Albums, that delivered as expected:
AC/DC - Rock or Bust
Accept - Blind Rage
Judas Priest - Redeemer of Souls
Slash - World on Fire (Although this one could be counted as surprise as well - Something on it just resonates with me. Love it sooo much)
Bullet - Storm of Blades

Albums, that surprised positively (Some nice traditional metal newcomers in here. Gotthard excluded, of course):
Gotthard - Bang!
The Dagger - s/t
Black Trip - Goin' under
Ambush - Firestorm
Air Raid - Point of Impact

Honorable mention: Wolf - Devil Seed. Some really strong tunes on it. But in overall too monotone for me, so it doesn't make it into the above list.

I poosted this in my notes on FB, so here you go. I don't just have a top 10, I had a top 10 in each sub-genre.

Death Metal:
Massacre - Back from Beyond
Gravehill - Death Curse
Vader - Tibi et Igni
Acheron - Kult des hasses
Bloodbath - Grand Morbid Funeral
Autopsy - Tourniquets, Hacksaws & Graves
Centinex - Redeeming Filth
Incantation – Dirges Of Elysium
Cannibal Corpse - A Skeletal Domain
Vallenfyre - Splinters


Thrash Metal:
Rigor Mortis - Slaves To The Grave
The Haunted - Exit Wounds
Thanatos - Global Purification
Exmortus - Slave to the Sword
Exodus – Blood In, Blood Out
Exordium Mors - The Apotheosis Of Death
Barbarous - Massacre In A-Minor
Hatriot - Dawn Of The New Centurion
Cavalera Conspiracy - Pandemonium
Overkill - White Devil Armory


Heavy Metal/Power Metal:
Grave Digger - Return of the Reaper
Primal Fear - Delivering the Black
Wolf - Devil Seed
Marty Friedman - Inferno
Riot V - Unleash The Fire
Panzer - Send Them All To Hell
Devin Townsend - Z²
Metsatoll - Karjajuht
Dio - Live In London Hammersmith Apollo 1993
Helstar - The Wicked Nest



Folk/Viking/Pagan Metal:
Equilibrium - Erdentempel
Celtibeerian - Keltorevolution
Einherjer - Av Oss, For Oss
Folkearth - Balder’s Lament
Arkona - Yav
Vanir - The Glorious Dead
Primordial - Where Greater Men Have Fallen
Mägo de Oz - Ilussia
Elvenking - The Pagan Manifesto
Alestorm - Sunset on the Golden Age



Black Metal:
1349 - Massive Cauldron of Chaos
Mayhem - Esoteric Warfare
Abigor - Leytmotif Luzifer
Mysticum - Planet Satan
Taake - Stridens hus


Best EP's:
Suffer - Instruments of Grace
The Haunted - Eye of the Storm
Scarnival - Scarnival
Skelethal - Interstellar Knowledge Of The Purple Entity


Honorable Mentions:
Korzus - Legion
Mägo de Oz - Celtic Land of Oz
Fatalist - Promo 2014
Portrait - Crossroads
Misery Index - The Killing Gods
Gridlink - Longhena
Burden Of Grief - Unchained
Belphegor – Conjuring the Dead
Kampfar - Djevelmarkt


Best Concerts and local shows:
70,000 Tons of Metal Cruise
Massacre/Obituary/Spun In Darkness/Lethal Injection
Exmortus
Throwback Metal Fest
Sons of Satan (Tribute to Venom)
King Diamond
Accept


Biggest Let Downs:
Accept - Blind Rage
Sanctuary – The Year the Sun Died
At The Gates – At War With Reality
Judas Priest – Redeemer Of Souls
Quiet Riot - 10

Still wanting to get so much stuff I haven't heard yet. Hard to make a list.

Been listening to the new Steel Prophet and Riot a lot lately.

Hey, ultmetal, check your private messages.

ultmetal wrote:

Still wanting to get so much stuff I haven't heard yet. Hard to make a list.

Been listening to the new Steel Prophet and Riot a lot lately.

What about the new "Slash"?

Top 25 of 2014:

1. Accept - Blind Rage
2. Panzer - Send Them All To Hell
3. Overkill - White Devil Armory
4. Primal Fear - Delivering The Black
5. Iced Earth - Plagues Of Babylon
6. Judas Priest - Redeemer Of Souls
7. The Dagger - The Dagger
8. Born Of Fire - Dead Winter Sun
9. Triosphere - The Heart Of The Matter
10. Evergrey - Hymns For The Broken
11. Burning Nitrum - Molotov
12. Rigor Mortis - Slave To The Grind
13. Noble Beast - Noble Beast
14. Dynazty - Renatus
15. Rival Sons - Great Western Valkyrie
16. Lords Of Black - Lords Of Black
17. Vital Science - Imaginations On The Subject Of Infinity
18. Mindmaze - Back From The Edge
19. Bullet - Storm Of Blades
20. Gunfire - Age Of Supremacy
21. Ichabod Krane - Ichabod Krane
22. Uriah Heep - Outsider
23. Grave Digger - Return Of The Reaper
24. Hagel Stone - Where Is Your God Now?
25. Brainstorm - Firesoul

Wargod

I'm surprised no one has mentioned October 31 - Bury the Hatchet on their list

GrandNational wrote:

I'm surprised no one has mentioned October 31 - Bury the Hatchet on their list

That would probably be on my list if I had it.

choosemetal wrote:

GrandNational wrote:

I'm surprised no one has mentioned October 31 - Bury the Hatchet on their list

That would probably be on my list if I had it.

me too. I also need to get the new dagger and bullet. hopefully on my next trip.

as there will be no increment this year, I will need to limit my purchases for a while

Prong - Ruining Lives
Crowbar - Symmetry In Black
Exodus - Blood In Blood Out
Overkill - White Devil Armory

My Top Albums of 2014 Random order will add more to list
Judas Priest Redeemer Of Souls
Accept Blind Rage
Ac/dc Rock Or Burst
Adrenalin Mob Men Of Honor
Adrenalin Rush S/T
Hammerfall (r)evolution
Axel Rudi Pell - Into the Storm
Burzum - The Ways of Yore
YOB - Clearing the Path To Ascend
Anthrax - Chile On Hell DVD
Iron Reagan - Tyranny of Will
Sepultura and Les Tambours du Bronx - Metal Veins: Alive at Rock in Rio
Stallion - Rise and Ride
Texas In July - Bloodwork
Jon Lord, Deep Purple & Friends - Celebrating Jon Lord
Kissin' Dynamite - Megalomania
Mr. Big - ...The Stories We Could Tell
Orange Goblin - Back From The Abyss
Rigor Mortis - Slaves To The Grave
Sixx:A.M. - Modern Vintage
Texas Hippie Coalition - Ride On
Ozzy Osbourne - Memoirs of a Madman
Holy Dragons - Dragon Inferno
Crazy Lixx - Crazy Lixx
King Diamond - Dreams of Horror

Judas Priest- Redeemer of Souls
Skull- For Those Which Are Asleep
Tesla- Simplicity
Accept- Blind Rage
AC/DC - Rock or Bust
Rage- Soundchaser Archives
Black Label Society - Catacombs of the Black Vatican
Sevendust- Time Travelers and Bonfires
Iced Earth- Plagues of Babylon
Mastodon- Once More Around the Sun
Opeth-Pale Communion
Helix- Bastard of the Blues

Kenn Nardi- Dancing With the Past
Exodus- Blood In, Blood Out
Rigor Mortis- Slaves to the Grave
Sanctuary- The Year the Sun Died
Body Count- Manslaughter
Vader- Tibi Et Igni
Hatriot- Dawn of the New Centurion
Tormenter- Prophetic Deceiver
Tourniquet- Onward to Freedom

Top MUSIC releases of 2014.

1. Opeth - Pale Communion
2. Black Moth - Condemned To Hope
3. Pink Floyd - The Endless River
4. Orange Goblin - Back From The Abyss
5. Purson - In The Meantime (EP)
6. Triptykon - Melana Chasmata
7. The Skull - For Those Which Are Asleep
8. Witch Mountain - Mobile Of Angels
9. Haken - Restoration (EP)
10. Judas Priest - Redeemer Of Souls

Honorable mentions:

Yob - Clearing The Path To Ascend
Pallbearer - Foundations Of Burden
IQ - The Road Of Bones

Reissues:

Jethro Tull - A Passion Play (Steven Wilson remix)
Jethro Tull - Warchild (Steven Wilson remix)
Yes - The Yes Album (Steven Wilson remix)
Yes - Relayer (Steven Wilson remix)
Gentle Giant - The Power And The Glory (Steven Wilson remix)