Cumartesi 11 Eki 2008, 17:16
The number of exceptionally great albums released over the past three years has taken a heavy decline, especially this year. With all the terrible things happening this year, like my graduation, Hurricane Ike, the loss of my long beloved cat Bessie, and the reformation of New Kids On the Block, I was hoping there would be lots of good music for balance. So far, I haven't found much and the year is almost over.
Here, my friends, is a list I've compiled of every album that's come out this year that I've taken the time to listen to, divided into four groups, two positive and two negative: the excellent, the enjoyable, the unimpressive, and the crap.
EXCELLENT STUFF:
Have a Nice Life - Deathconsciousness
Opeth - Watershed
Portishead - Third
These Arms Are Snakes - Tail Swallower & Dove
These Arms Are Snakes / Tropics split 7"
Venetian Snares - Detrimentalist
COOL STUFF:
Alestorm - Captain Morgan's Revenge
Animal Style - Open Air
Jacob Bannon - The Blood of Thine Enemies
Beck - Modern Guilt
Boris - Smile
Foxy Shazam - Introducing
Merzbow - Here
Dan Le Sac vs Scroobius Pip - Angles
MEDIOCRITY:
Agalloch - The White EP
Anaemia - Promo demo
Architects / Dead Swans split 7"
Arson Anthem - Arson Anthem
Artefact - Ruins
Being Killed - Massacre of the Living
Bloodbath - Unblessing the Purity
Cryptacize - Dig That Treasure
Earth - The Bees Made Honey in the Lion's Skull
Firebrand Boy - Songs for Cake
Genghis Tron - Board Up the House
Gijs Gieskes - Molen
Hegemon - Contemptus Mundi
Inner Surge - An Offering
Knights of the Abyss - Shades
Meshuggah - obZen
Metallica - Death Magnetic
Mudhoney - The Lucky Ones
The Offspring - Rise and Fall, Rage and Grace
Revolution Renaissance - New Era
Saattue - Jäähyvästi
This or the Apocalypse - Monuments
Thrice - The Alchemy Index: Vol. 3 & 4: Air & Earth
Warbringer - War Without End
Why? - Alopecia
Yerzmyey - FREAKuencies
CRAP, FAIL, AND CANCER:
Bob Gore - Mighty Dragon Cum Romance
Children of Bodom - Blooddrunk
Cavalera Conspiracy - Inflikted
Cryptopsy - The Unspoken King
Warrel Dane - Praises to the War Machine
Del tha Funkee Homosapien - Eleventh Hour
Dark Fortress - Eidolon
Deicide - Till Death Do Us Part
Feral Children - Feral Children EP
Hate - Morphosis
In Flames - A Sense of Purpose
Kataklysm - Prevail
Kingdom of Sorrow - Kingdom of Sorrow
Norman Bates - Plaguebearer
Orphan Hate - Blinded By Illusions
Salt the Wound - Carnal Repercussions
Saving Grace - Behind Enemy Lines
Slipknot - All Hope Is Gone
Sufferatory - Pseudophilosophic
With Blood Comes Cleansing - Horror
Vale of Pnath - Vale of Pnath
Venom - Hell
Out of everything, I'd say my #1 of the year would be Have A Nice Life's debut double album. Absolute worst would go to Saving Grace - Behind Enemy Lines.
Do opine.