Albums of the Year

Doctor J

It's coming around to the end of the year, just thinking of the highs and lows

Albums Of The Year
Pretty much an old school revival for me
Voivod - Voivod (I can't say enough nice things about this one)
Overkill - Killbox 13
Sepultura - Roorback
Nevermore - Enemies Of Reality

Gig(s) of the Year
Anthrax, just hope it's not another 7 years before I see them again (89, 96, 03, 10?)

New Bands (For Me)
Had my eyes opened to Nevermore and Opeth, I'm looking forward to hearing more from these guys in the future

Old Albums Rediscovered
Death - Symbolic
Coroner - Mental Vortex
Watchtower - Control & Resistance
Flotsam And Jetsam - Doomsday For The Deceiver
Forbidden - Forbidden Evil

Disappointment of the Year
Stanger. When I was a lad *** dream sequence beginning *** they were the best by a long, long way. Now they are a sad joke. I really wanted Stanger to be good, but it wasn't good. It wasn't even crap.

mr_angry

Albums Of The Year
I thrive on new music.
Biffy Clyro - The Vertigo of Bliss
Queens of the Stone Age - Songs For The Deaf
Mars Volta - De-Loused in the Comatorium
Audioslave - Audioslave

Gig(s) of the Year
Didn't go to any! *hangs head in shame*

New Bands (For Me)
Mew - Danish, and a bit weird, but good nonetheless.

Old Albums Rediscovered
Terrorvision - How To Make Friends And Influence People
The Cure - Disintegration

Old Songs Rediscovered
China Drum - Wuthering Heights (yes, the Kate Bush song, except mental)
The Sultans Of Ping FC - Where's Me Jumper? (It got a lot better with age)

Disappointment of the Year
Mansun breaking up. Bitter, bitter tears...

Oriel

Album Of The Year
Muse - Absolution

toffo

Albums Of The Year
Shadows Fall- The Art of Balance
Iron Maiden- Dance of Death
Sepultura- RoorBack

Gig of the year
Anthrax so far, hopefully Maiden next Monday

New Bands
Just started listening to Ill Nino.

Old Albums Rediscovered
The Almighty- Soul Destruction
Death- Human
Slayer- South of Heaven
Anthrax- Sound of White Noise
Megadeth- Peace Sells
Exodus- Bonded by Blood


Disappointment of the Year
St. Anger. Bad production, bad lyrics........ just complete and utter s***e

Vlad Drac

Albums Of The Year
Didn't think this year was that great for new stuff ...
Tomahawk - Mit Gas
Primus - Animals Should Not Try to Act Like Animals
Ween - Quebec

Gig(s) of the Year
Fu Manchu, Limelight, Belfast
Raging Speedhorn, Conor Hall, Belfast
The Hope Conspiracy, Auntie Annies, Belfast
Tomahawk & Melvins, Rock City Nottingham

New Bands (For Me)
The Hope Conspiracy where amazing live so i'm gonna have to check them out!

Disappointment of the Year
Cancelation of gigs, Tomahawk in Dublin and Clutch in Belfast ... That sucked! So did the new Fantomas album being delayed till January

Don1

Albums Of The Year
The Darkness - Permission To Land
Queens of The Stone Age - Songs For The Deaf
Dream Theatre - ????????
Nickelback - The Long Road (don't laugh)
Audioslave - Audioslave
Pantera - Re-inventing Hell

Gig of the year
Slane - bloody deadly imo

New Bands (to me)
Dream Theatre

Old Albums Rediscovered
Soundgarden - Badmotorfinger
Kerbdog - Kerbdog
P.U.S.A. - The Presidents.....2

Disappointment of the Year
Not gettin a ticket for The Darkness

ThenComesDudley

Albums of the Year
Firebird No.3
Mars Volta de-loused in the comatorium
Ministry Animositisomina

Gig of the year
Ministry (Waited 10 years to see em, was deaf for 2 days after)

New Bands (to me)
Orange Goblin

Old Albums Rediscovered
Sepultura Schizoprenia

Disappointment of the Year
Metallica St.Anger
Tomahawk cancelation
missing mars volta at witness( i only found this out last week)

Syd_Vicious

This is Syd_Vicious speaking...

Albums Of The Year:
Dream Theater - Train Of Thought
Porcupine Tree - In Absentia
Katatonia - Viva Emptiness

Gig Of The Year:
Haven't been to one this year

New Bands (For Me):
Porcupine Tree

Old Albums Rediscovered:
Veruca Salt - American Thighs
Metallica - Master Of Puppets

Disappointment Of The Year:
St. Anger by Metallica and that fact that Dream Theater aren't coming to Ireland during their World Tour

This has been Syd_Vicious speaking...

Gonzo

Albums of the Year
Arch Enemy - Anthems Of Rebellion
KMFDM - WWIII
Ministry Animositisomina

Gig of the year
Ministry

New Bands (for me)
Opeth
In Flames
Mars Volta

Old Albums Rediscovered
Death - Spiritual Healing
Sabbat - Dreamweaver
Coroner - Mental Vortex
Alice In Chains - Dirt
Nuclear Assault - Game Over

Disappointment of the Year
Metallica St.Anger - I really only like about 3 or 4 songs on it and even those songs are starting to bore me now.

cournioni

Albums of the Year:
The Haunted - One Kill Wonder
Arch Enemy - Anthems of Rebellion
Dream Theater - Train of thought

New Bands for me:
Sentenced
Decapitated

Gig of the year:
The Haunted in Whelan's.

Old Albums rediscovered:
Megadeth - Peace Sells
Testament - The Legacy
Sepultura - Arise
Slayer - Show No Mercy

Disappointment of the Year:
Ozzy. :mad:

projectmayhem

Originally posted by Doctor J
Sepultura - Roorback

that's a terrible album

Doctor J

Nonsense, it's quality. Against and Nation, I'd agree, were pretty weak, but Roorback is very, very decent.


Also, I forgot to add Anthrax - We've Come For You All in the album of the year category. What a class album!!!

Civilian_Target

Albums of the Year
Iron Maiden - Dance of Death
The Mars Volta - Deloused in the Comatorium
Johnny Cash - American IV : The Man Comes Around

Gigs of the year
Witness, that was so good, particularly The Mars Volta and Datsuns

New Bands/Artists (for me)
The Mars Volta
Fisto
Skypilot
Damien Dempsy
Johnny Cash - Only found out how good he was about 2 months before he died, and he's a band all on his own.

Old Albums Re-discovered
Black Sabbath - Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
Divine Comedy - Promenade
Rage Against The Machine - Renegades

Disappointments
Audioslave < Rage Against The Machine
Metallica's new album - Let us never speak of it again
Nu-metal is still here...
Johnny Cash not ever releasing another album
Still no really good rock nights in Belfast.

Ameirgin

Albums of the Year:
Iron Maiden - Dance of Death
Linkin Park - Meteora
Metallica - St Anger
Audioslave

Gigs of the year:
Whitesnake
Metallica/Linkin Park
Deep Purple/LynyrdSkynyrd

New Bands/Artists:
Nothing really new hit me this year - that's probably a great shame, but ah well..........

Old Albums/Bands Re-discovered:
Pantera's whole catalogue - It's been too long...
Clawfinger - as above
Lynyrd Skynyrd


Disappointments :
The Darkness live - that catsuit should be criminal!
Gary Moore pulling out of the Whitesnake support slot - even though the 'Snake biys more than made up for it!
Ozzy getting cancelled - that truly sucked!

mr_angry

Johnny Cash not ever releasing another album

Not strictly true. American VI is coming out next year, as part of a box-set of all the American recordings.

Doctor J

I just hope he doesn't put out as many albums as Tupac Shazam and that fat fella after they died

Kye^

hmmm

Album of the year?.....Not been a gud one imo really at all

spose Trapt - Trapt or New live RATM album? I personally liked the new Metallica Album tbh.

Best gig? erm....Leeway nah, em.......Rodrigo Y Gabriella, Spirit Store, Dundalk.



Old Classics: Any Pantera or RATM album.

MrJoeSoap

Muse - Absolution (Absolutely)

PS - I'm pretty sure I bought Songs For The Deaf mid-2002.

Keedowah

Album of the year has gotta be Trapt - its excellent.

Old album revisited - Machine Head - Burn My Eyes

Worst album - Metallica - St ANger - what a load of ring cheese

AngelofFire

Albums of the year.

AFI-sing the sorrow.
Linkin park(no abuse pls)-meteora

Kye^

Originally posted by Keedowah
Album of the year has gotta be Trapt - its excellent.

Old album revisited - Machine Head - Burn My Eyes

Worst album - Metallica - St ANger - what a load of ring cheese

was nodding along with ure choices there...Machine head - Burn My eyes...SWEET! (thx PORNAPSTER ) , Trapt, U know I love it

but.....

Sorry i Dont know y u all turned on metallica all of a sudden, Its different but its not dat bad if u give it a listen. I felt the same way at first. anyway its just an opinion.

Otherwise nice **** man!!

(Never met a trapt fan before )

Oriel

Albums of the Year
Muse - Absolution
Dream Theatre - Train Of Thought

Gigs of the year
Tori Amos

Disappointments
Audioslave
St. Anger
Johnny Cash's death
Michael Camen's death

mr_angry

Forgot about "Sing The Sorrow" - bloody good album.

And I'm pretty sure that since "No One Knows" was only released in June (and was the first single), that "Songs for the Deaf" was mid 2003. How time flies, huh?

feylya

Albums of the Year
Muse - Absolution
Dream Theatre - Train Of Thought
Metallica - St Anger

Gigs of the year
Metallica

Disappointments
The Darkness
Johnny Cash's death
Michael Kamen's death

feylya

Queens Of The Stone Age will release their new single, 'No One Knows', on 4th November 2002, via Interscope.

http://www.loudplanet.co.uk/news_1409_02.htm

Creamy Goodness

Originally posted by mr_angry
Albums Of The Year
I thrive on new music.
Biffy Clyro - The Vertigo of Bliss
Queens of the Stone Age - Songs For The Deaf

ditto i can't stop listening to biffy's album i got it when it's released and i still listen to it like i just bought it every song is a ****ing masterpiece.

the weird thing about it is they wrote and recorded the whole thing in 2 weeks

Lukin Black

Originally posted by AngelofFire
Linkin park(no abuse pls)-meteora

/me chucks a water bottle

Metallica gig was great. The only good thing that I can say about Linkin Park is good on them for staying on for more or less the full set. I wouldn't have put up with it.

I'll not say it was the worst album of the year, but my biggest disappointment was St. Anger. Can't decide what the best album was so far. Not a great year imho. Lost Dogs perhaps.

Kye^

I think it was stupid throwin **** at the mofos......

If u dont like em just dont watch em...fair enuff whoever booked them is a muppet but thats ****in life so put up with it, Go off and smoke some blow and then come back for metallica. Then again u want a plca in pit r wotever....aaaaa well....Just put up wit it, They didnt ask for that kinda abuse (Im on bout Linkin Park )

mr_angry

Originally posted by Cr3m0
ditto i can't stop listening to biffy's album i got it when it's released and i still listen to it like i just bought it every song is a ****ing masterpiece.

the weird thing about it is they wrote and recorded the whole thing in 2 weeks

I heard their label had the studio booked for 2 months, and they recorded the entire thing in 2 days, and hung around playing the PS2 for the rest!

Thats the Rock & Roll lifestyle folks. :ninja:

Kurdt

Originally posted by Syd_Vicious

Disappointment Of The Year:
St. Anger by Metallica and that fact that Dream Theater aren't coming to Ireland during their World Tour

This has been Syd_Vicious speaking... [/B]

dream theater played here about this time last year (well maybe a bit earlier, last autumn methinks)

Originally posted by Civilian_Target


Johnny Cash - American IV : The Man Comes Around

great choice! fantastic album! check out the other albums in the american series!


ALBUMS OF THE YEAR
johnny cash - american IV: the man comes around
elbow - cast of thousands
bell x1 - music in mouth
radiohead - hail to the thief
opeth - damnation
the blood brothers - burn, piano island, burn
superjoint ritual - a lethal dose of american hatred

GIGS OF THE YEAR
radiohead (olympia)
metallica (rds)
iron maiden (point)
fleetwood mac (point)
sepultura (tbmc)
audioslave (point)
the mars volta (witnness)

NEW BANDS (TO ME)
the mission
dEUS
dillinger escape plan
akercocke
in flames
sentenced
(the last 3 there due to this board. thanx ppl!)

DISAPPOINTMENTS
missing opeth
missing the haunted
missing nile
johnny cash dying
matthew barlow leaving iced earth

hmmmm
that is all

UnrealQueen

johnny cash is dead???

Kurdt

yup its true... happened in september


go here


http://www.johnnycash.com/index_intro.html


tis quite a good site

Kye^

Originally posted by Kurdt
audioslave (point)

Eh I was there and the only decent thing was sein Tom Morello And tim and Brad. Wasnt that gr8 a gig

UnrealQueen

Rammstein - Mutter

Kye^

Eh wrong topic Me thinks ?

cournioni

Originally posted by Kye^
Sorry i Dont know y u all turned on metallica all of a sudden, Its different but its not dat bad if u give it a listen. I felt the same way at first. anyway its just an opinion.

The only thing that album has going for it is that it is catchy, nothing more. It gets very very boring after a few listens.

nellieswellies

Albums of the year

Rory Gallagher, Wheels Within Wheels
Rodrigo Y Gabriela,Re-Foc

Gig of the year
Metallica



DVD of the year
Led Zepplin (over 5 hours live material)

Biggest dissapointment
St Anger, it would have come as no surprise had it not been hyped up so much before its release I would have just expected it to be crap.

Civilian_Target

Originally posted by Kurdt

great choice! fantastic album! check out the other albums in the american series!

GIGS OF THE YEAR
iron maiden (point)
audioslave (point)
the mars volta (witnness)

I already had American and American 3, so I reckoned 4 would be good, as long as it didn't take the American 2 road. It's much better than his old stuff.

Gotta agree with you on those gigs of the year, there were a few other excellent ones too, like Fisto in the QUBSU.

Kye^

Originally posted by nellieswellies
Albums of the year

Rodrigo Y Gabriela

The Reaper

The New Arch Enemy

Ancient1

beat me to it, Reaper.

Album of the Year

Arch Enemy - Anthems of Rebellion

Gig of the Year

Did Hate Eternal play this year? Or last? (need to cut down on booze)
Either way - Hate Eternal - amazing gig in Eamon Doran's.
And Sepultura.

AngelofFire

Originally posted by Lukin Black
/me chucks a water bottle

Metallica gig was great. The only good thing that I can say about Linkin Park is good on them for staying on for more or less the full set. I wouldn't have put up with it.

I'll not say it was the worst album of the year, but my biggest disappointment was St. Anger. Can't decide what the best album was so far. Not a great year imho. Lost Dogs perhaps.

if you didnt like LP why didnt you just get out of the arena when they were on. your quite lucky that i didnt see you throwing a bottle.

Kye^

I cudnt agree more.

The Reaper

Originally posted by Ancient1
beat me to it, Reaper.

Album of the Year

Arch Enemy - Anthems of Rebellion

thank for the name Ancient1

Kingp35

All You Metal Lovers gotta start listening to some quality music.

Matchbox Twenty - More Than You Think You Are

BEST ALBUM BY FAR PPL!!!!

JIZZLORD

BEST ALBUM:
nordland 2: bathory

BEST NEW ALBUM FOR ME:
****fun:autopsy
in the shadow of the horns: dark throne
reek of putrefaction: carcass

BEST REDISCOVERY
seasons in the abyss:slayer

DISSAPOINTMENT
helvete: nasum

Ronan|Raven

Albums Of The Year
Iron Maiden: Dance of Death

Gig(s) of the Year

Bloodstock, absoleutly great 2 days of metal and beer fuelled mayhem oh and Metallica and Iron Maiden also owned.

New Bands (For Me)
Opeth , Blind Guardian, Edguy.

Old Albums Rediscovered
Slayer: Diablous in Musica
Metallica: Ride the lightning, Kill em all.
A lot of Testaments old stuff.

Disappointment of the Year
St Anger... I like/loved! a few tracks on it and there are parts that I enjoy but muuuh I wanted Master Of Puppets again!

Kurdt

Originally posted by Kingp35
All You Metal Lovers gotta start listening to some quality music.

Matchbox Twenty - More Than You Think You Are

BEST ALBUM BY FAR PPL!!!!

if ya read thru the thread you'd see that its not all metal...

johnny cash
bell x1
tori amos
elbow
Rodrigo Y Gabriela
queens of the stoneage
muse
etc etc etc


matchbox twenty? why?

Kye^

Originally posted by Kurdt

Rodrigo Y Gabriela

Yea but they tend to play Metal even on their acoustics!!! )

j0e9o

album of the year without a doubt has to be

BUSTED!!!

Kurdt

Originally posted by Kye^
Yea but they tend to play Metal even on their acoustics!!! )

fair enuff... but i wouldnt call their album metal