Your Top 10 Hard Rock/Metal Released In 2001

Killing Ground by Saxon
The World Needs A Hero by Megadeth
Lions by Black Crowes
Carnival Diablos by Annihilator
Death- Pierce Me by  Silencer
Mechanical Warfare by Jag Panzer
The Deep End Vol. 1 by Gov't Mule
Poets And Madmen by Savatage
Wages OF Sin by Arch Enemy
In Search Of Truth by Evergrey

1. Annihilator - Carnival Diablos (I love Joe Comeau's vocals!)
2. Avantasia - The Metal Opera (the original, and still the best)
3. Sonata Arctica - Silence (one of the defining albums of Euro Power)
4. Gamma Ray - No World Order! (it was a good year for Power Metal)
5. Rage - Welcome to the Other Side (the first CD with the best Rage lineup)
6. Within Temptation - Mother Earth (their high point)
7. Savatage - Poets and Madmen (my favourite band of all-time)
8. Iced Earth - Horror Show (Jack, Dragon's Child, Wolf...)
9. Falconer - Falconer (I've only recently really gotten into Falconer. This is a gem.)
10. Twisted Tower Dire - The Isle of Hydra (their best album. Torchbearers of US Power)

I didn't want to put a cover album in the top 10, but I just want to point out how awesome Powergod's Bleed for the Gods - That's Metal, Lesson 1 is.

Edguy- Mandrake
Kreator- Violent Revolution
Iced Earth- Horror Show
Sodom- M-16
Destruction- The Antichrist
Savatage- Poets and Madmen
Gama Ray- No World Order

Flotsam And Jetsam - My God
Wayne - Metal Church
Gamma Ray - No World Order
Grave Digger - The Grave Digger
Iced Earth - Horror Show
Vicious Rumors - Sadistic Symphony
Warrior - Code Of Life
Annihilator - Carnival Diablos
Rage - Welcome To The Other Side
Reverend - A Gathering Of Demons

The Cult - Beyond Good And Evil
Iced Earth - Horror Show
Jag Panzer - Mechanized Warfare
Onward - Evermoving
Savatage - Poets & Madmen
W.A.S.P. - Unholy Terror
Halford - Live Insurrection
Armored Saint - Nod To The Old School
Misfits - Cuts From The Crypt
Annihilator - Carnival Diablos

Fat Freddy wrote:

Armored Saint - Nod To The Old School

Forgot about that one.

Almost bought a German 2 disc version once, but it was more $ than I spend on any CD. Then realized after looking at mine later on. The only difference between the two versions is like one tune.

Opeth - Blackwater Park
Kreator - Violent Revolution
Green Carnation - Light Of Day,Day Of Darkness
Annihilator - Carnival Diablos
Katatonia - Last Fair Deal Gone Down
Pig Destroyer - Prowler In The Yard
Sigh - Imaginary Soniscape
Arch Enemy - Wages Of Sin
WASP - Unholy Terror
Saxon - Killing Ground

007 wrote:

Wayne - Metal Church
Warrior - Code of Life

Both great! Forgot these 2