2012's best of metal

Wilytank wrote:

Wodensthrone are releasing a new album in April. Looks like a predicted contender for album of the year.

Finally checked it out. Looks like I was right. This is just wave upon wave of epic.

So far, my top 5 albums of 2012 are:

1. Eluveitie: Helvetios

2. Taranis: Kingdom

3. Damnation Angels: Bringer of Light

4. Comus: Out of the Coma

5. Christian Mistress: Possession

My full list won't be published until December 31st Tongue

IMPF2112 wrote:

So far, my top 5 albums of 2012 are:

1. Eluveitie: Helvetios

2. Taranis: Kingdom

3. Damnation Angels: Bringer of Light

4. Comus: Out of the Coma

5. Christian Mistress: Possession

My full list won't be published until December 31st Tongue

comus....

COMUS

I DIDNT KNOW ABOUT THIS

now im contemplating ordering this album and first utterance on 12" vinyl.

Edited by SKwid - 13 Jun 2012 at 9:50am

So I'm officially on track to hit 80 albums for the year of 2012...just thought I'd share. Wink

When I started making lists on RYM, I thought it would be cool if this year I had a bigger list than all the previous ones, so it's kind of a silly little goal of mine.
My progress:
My 2012 List

My 2012 List

Arjen's album's really that high up?

I mean, I'm a huge fan of the guy ( still have some unfortunate holes in my collection, though), but that album isn't even special if you have listened to any other album he has released starting from Into the Electric Castle (the Vengeance, Bodine and first two Ayreon releases are mostly bad).

Some of those other releases sound promising, though. Thumbs Up

adg211288 wrote:

CCVP wrote:

Arjen's album's really that high up?

I (obviously) beg to differ on this one. I love the mix of styles on the album and I think the main concept disc especially is a masterpiece. A great mix of prog rock, metal and folk music.

OK, serious question, have you listened to any other album by him? He has released, so far, as a solo artist (and as a collaborator):

As Ayreon (where you can find ALL of the ideas existent on this album much better presented, developed and composed in the albums parked with a *):

-Final Experiment

-Actual Fantasy

-Into teh Electric Castle*

-Universal Migrator 1 and 2

-The Human Equation*

-01011001 (Y)*

As Star One (same as above, except this project isn't as eclectic as Ayreon)

-Space Metal

-Victims of the Modern Age*

As Guilt Machine:

-On this Perfect Day

As Ambreon (basically a lesser version of Ayreon):

-Fate of a Dreamer (the only one so far I still don't have a physical copy)

With Stream of Passion:

-Embrace the Storm (he wrote many of the songs here as well)

and countless minor participation roles.

Really, in all of those there is something better and much more original than on his "solo" (because all of his projects are solo) album. It is basically a second or third-tier redux of everything he has written so far, "prog-music-wise".

adg211288 wrote:

I've heard all of those except the Ambeon one. And I still think Lost in the New Real is one of his best albums, behind Into the Electric Castle and Victims of the Modern Age.

Wow, really? Shocked

CCVP wrote:

adg211288 wrote:

I've heard all of those except the Ambeon one. And I still think Lost in the New Real is one of his best albums, behind Into the Electric Castle and Victims of the Modern Age.

Wow, really? Shocked

Yes, really.

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An updated list of the 2012 releases I�ve listened to and reviewed so far:

Hail Spirit Noir - Pneuma
Omega Centauri - Universum Infinitum
Mondrian Oak - Aeon
Napalm Death - Utilitarian
Meshuggah - Koloss
Loincloth - Iron Balls of Steel
Terrorizer - Hordes of Zombies
Canaan - Of Prisoners, wandering souls and cruel fears
16 - Deep Cuts From Dark Clouds
Asphyx - Deathhammer
General Surgery - A Collection of Depravation
Spawn of Possession - Incurso
Agruss - Morok
Death - Vivus!
Liberteer - Better to Die on Your Feet Than Live on Your Knees
Marching Mind - The Sickness And The Theory
Royal Thunder - CVI
Syn Ze Sase Tri - Sub Semnul Lupulu
Ne Obliviscaris - Portal Of I
Fear Factory - The Industrialist
Kreator - Phantom Antichrist
Christian Mistress - Possession
Bereft - Leichenhaus
Bilocate - Summoning The Bygones
Black Breath - Sentenced to Life
Temple - Structures in Chaos
Horseback - Half Blood
Hour of Penance - Sedition
Dying Fetus - Reign Supreme
Torture Division - Satan, Sprit och V�ld
Gojira - L'Enfant Sauvage

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Been a couple of months, but this song still gets to me.