2007 - ratings, best releases, etc.

Helm · Post by **Helm** » Tue Dec 25, 2007 7:29 am

I listened to Outre, didn't do anything for me. This is my top five HM releases this year:

Doomsword, Paradise Lost (yes, seriously, it's very good), Mekong Delta, Stygian Shore, Sacred Oath.

A good-going mention goes to Amaran's Plight, the new Primordial (which I just haven't listened to long enough to tell if it's one of the best of the year), Pale Divine, Reverend Bizarre and the little non-metal mention to The Psyke Project – Apnea

Mattila · Post by **Mattila** » Tue Dec 25, 2007 5:52 pm

Nifelheim “Envoy of Lucifer”
Primordial “To the Nameless Dead”
Candlemass “King of the Grey Islands”
Superchrist “Headbanger”
Sarcofagus Inc ”Core Values”

Great stuff, although with the exception of Sarcofagus, no real surprises there. I also liked Portrait and Saturnalia Temple, for example.

Crimson Angel · Post by **Crimson Angel** » Wed Dec 26, 2007 1:31 am

My top 5 for 2007:

Twisted Tower Dire - Netherworlds
Symphony X - Paradise Lost
Evidence One - The Sky Is The Limit
Saxon - The Inner Sanctum
Therion - Gothic Kabbalah

The Sentinel · Post by **The Sentinel** » Wed Dec 26, 2007 10:03 am

Zion's Abyss "TALES" and Stychian Shore were the best releases for me, I rate both records 10/10

DMR · Post by **DMR** » Fri Dec 28, 2007 6:20 am

I only bought seven new releases that I liked, so I present my Top 7 of '07:

1. Helloween - Gambling With the Devil (unexpectedly great comeback)
2. Gamma Ray - Land of the Free II
3. Doomsword - My Name Will Live On
4. Turisas - The Varangian Way
5. Korpiklaani - Tervaskanto
6. Manowar - Gods of War
7. Ministry - The Last Sucker

There were a couple albums of interest that I never got around to checking out, like the new Mekong Delta. Helm, what's it sound like? I haven't heard anything about it.

Helm · Post by **Helm** » Fri Dec 28, 2007 10:31 am

It sounds like prime Mekong Delta, meaning Dances of Death era. The drum production is atrocious.

I've also been liking the new Primordial and the new Nifelheim lots but it's too early to say if they're so amazing. Must listen to Zion's Abyss. Will listen to TTD's Netherworlds soon.

msp · Post by **msp** » Fri Dec 28, 2007 4:10 pm

I can't remember half of the new releases I bought this year but the following stick out as being particulary good for me

(in no order)

Symphony X - Paradise Lost
Slough Feg - Hardworlder
The Lamp of Thoth - Cauldron of Witchery 10"
Threshold - Dead Reckoning
Hammers of Misfortune - The Locust Years (possibly came out in 2006??)
Age of Nemesis - Terra Incognita
Khallice - The Journey
Candlemass - King of the Grey Islands
Vital Remains - Icons of Evil

DMR · Post by **DMR** » Sat Dec 29, 2007 1:58 am

Helm wrote:It sounds like prime Mekong Delta, meaning Dances of Death era. The drum production is atrocious.

OK, I'll try to pick up a copy. Hopefully it'll get a US release eventually.

msp wrote:Hammers of Misfortune - The Locust Years (possibly came out in 2006??)

Yeah, that was 2006. Good album. I think Hammers are one of the best American metal bands around right now (not that they have much competition).

nar marratuk · Post by **nar marratuk** » Mon Jan 07, 2008 9:57 pm

DESTRUCTOR. forever in leather
TALES OF MEDUSA. triumphant serenade
ATLANTEAN KODEX. the pnakotic demos
PORTRAIT. into the nothingness ep
STYGIAN SHORE. the shore will arise
NECROS CHRISTOS. triune impurity rites
CAULDRON. into the cauldron
CANDLEMASS. king of the grey islands
PRIMORDIAL. to the nameless dead
SLOUGH FEG. hardworlder
THE LAMP OF THOTH. cauldron of witchery
TWISTED TOWER DIRE. netherworlds
GRAVEYARD DIRT. shadows of old ghosts
SIROCCO. the march through crimson frost
DOOMSWORD. my name will live on
SYMPHONY X. paradise lost
HOLY MARTYR. still at war
MASS EXTINCTION. creations undoing demo cd