2008 MUST HAVE ALBUMS

Possibly Venom-Hell

No one mentioned the new Motörhead yet....

SAXON1500 wrote:

NKOTB REUNION ALBUM.

I guess you're going to be Hangin' Tuff?

Anymore word on Aerosmith or Ace Frehley's album? I didn't think new Aerosmith was a lock for '08, but I thought Ace was? I haven't seen anything around him lately.

Also, what's the buzz on Queen + Paul Rodgers? Good? Bad?

Lurideath wrote:

Raped God 666 - The Executioner

That is the worst name for a band I've ever heard.

Why is that the worse name you've ever heard?

Just adding a little more to my list:

Jeff Loomis - Zero Order Phase
Toxic Holocaust - An Overdose of Death
Desilence - Wreck The Silence
Urn - Soul Destroyers
Destruction - D.E.V.O.L.U.T.I.O.N

LAIR OF THE MINOTAUR - War Metal Battle Master
TESTAMENT - The Formation Of Damnation
KATAKLYSM - Prevail
WARREL DANE - Praises to the Warmachine
DEATH ANGEL - Killing Season
MOONSPELL - Night Eternal
ARSIS - We are the Nightmare
PYRAMAZE - Immortal
KRISIUN - Southern Storm
STORMWARRIOR ~ Heading Northe
BATTLEROAR - To Death and Beyond
UNLEASHED ~ Hammer Battalion
MANILLA ROAD ~ Voyager
HATE ETERNAL ~ Fury & Flames
WARBRINGER ~ War Without End
BLACK TIDE - Light From Above
FACEBREAKER ~ Dead Rotten & Hungry
DECRIPIT BIRTH ~ Deminishing
ICED EARTH ~ The Crucible of Man
LONEWOLF ~ Made In Hell
GRAND MAGUS ~ Iron Will
BENEDICTION ~ Killing Music
WAYLANDER ~ Honour Amongst Chaos
DELIVER US FROM EVIL ~ Behold a Pale Horse

So far I am waiting for the new HEAVEN AND HELL. I hope it is released this year

I don't think it's been mentioned, so:

Keldian - Journey of Souls

Don't go in looking for Motorhead - Overkill or anything, but if you would be interested in lighter, very spacey melodic/power metal, this band has to be one of the best bands I've ever heard, melodically speaking. They just hit gold constantly. It's sort of a mix between Europe and Luca Turilli, with lower range, baritone-ish vocals. The MySpace is:

www.myspace.com/keldian

'Last Frontier', 'Lords of Polaris' (my favorite from the album), and 'Reaper' are all from the one that came out this year. Sidenote about 'Reaper': apparently the lyrics were inspired from the cover to the Twilight Zone single by Maiden. So you will hear a little Maiden influence too, mainly in how the lead guitar melodies are so dead on. Enjoy if this applies to you.

Orion Crystal Ice wrote:

I don't think it's been mentioned, so:

Keldian - Journey of Souls

Don't go in looking for Motorhead - Overkill or anything, but if you would be interested in lighter, very spacey melodic/power metal, this band has to be one of the best bands I've ever heard, melodically speaking. They just hit gold constantly. It's sort of a mix between Europe and Luca Turilli, with lower range, baritone-ish vocals. The MySpace is:

www.myspace.com/keldian

'Last Frontier', 'Lords of Polaris' (my favorite from the album), and 'Reaper' are all from the one that came out this year. Sidenote about 'Reaper': apparently the lyrics were inspired from the cover to the Twilight Zone single by Maiden. So you will hear a little Maiden influence too, mainly in how the lead guitar melodies are so dead on. Enjoy if this applies to you.

Nice! Just went to their page. Im sold i'll be picking their stuff up asap.

Add Extreme's Saudades de Rock to the list!

DEATH MAGNETIC!!!

Grand Magus - Wolf's Return
Isole - Bliss of Solitude
Septic Flesh - Communion
Circle II Circle - Delusions of Grandeur
Hail of Bullets - Of Frost and War
Arsis - We Are The Nightmare
Decrepit Birth - Diminishing Between Worlds
Benedictum - Seasons of Tragedy
Arcana - Raspail

Grand Magus' 2008 release is called Iron Will.

Melodic Rock fans should check out Marcello - Vestry. This may be on the light side for some of you guys but for eighties rooster rock with awesome leads and vocals this is unbeatable.

Melodic Rock (lighter variety):

Khymera-The Greatest Wonder
Journey-Revelation

Melodic Rock (more heavy):

Human Zoo-Over The Horizon
Whitesnake-Good To Be Bad

Heavy and fun:

Alestorm-Captain Morgan's Revenge
Grave Robber-Be Affraid

Power Metal (non-Euro power:

Warrel Dane-Praises To The War Machine
Brainstorm-Downburst

Power/Progressive Metal:

Axxis-Doom Of Destiny
Royal Hunt-Paradox II: Collision Course

Melodic Metal:

Avantasia-The Scarecrow
Firewind-The Premonition

Extreme/Thrash:

Testament-Formation Of Damnation
Moonspell-Night Eternal
Opeth-Watershed

Progressive metal:

Ayreon-01011001

Neo-Classical:

Empire-Chasing Shadows

Others (don't know what genre to call them):

Alice Cooper-Along Came A Spider
Circle II Circle-Delusions Of Granduer
Judas Priest-Notstodamus
Jon Oliva's Pain-Global Warning
Black Tide-Light From Above

Good but not "must haves":

Edenbridge-My Earth Dream
Soul Embraced-Dead Alive

Still need some time to decide:

Night Ranger-Hole In The Sun (only listened to it once, need to give it another spin)
Virgin Black-Requiem: Fortissimo (got it early this year but only gave it a couple of spins)

Yep, that new Royal Hunt definitely satisfies. It's not their best, as it seemed to be anticipated..which is a shame because it has so many seeds set up to be just that.... but it is definitely up there.


See what you think about Keldian and maybe put 'em on the Melodic Metal group there.

Orion Crystal Ice wrote:

See what you think about Keldian and maybe put 'em on the Melodic Metal group there.

Next time I can make it to Virgin, I will definatly look for them. Over the last couple of years I find myself more drawn to melodic metal and melodic hard rock more than anything else.