What Are Your Favourite Metal Albums of The Year so Far?

Nephilim Wolf

Just wondering what your favourite albums of the year so far are? It's actually been a very good year for metal for me. Normally I'd only hear a couple of great albums a year, but this year is very good. Here's mine:

Amon Amarth - Surtur Rising
Thulcandra - Under a Frozen Sun
Draconian - A Rose For The Apocalypse
Omnium Gatherum - New World Shadows
Blood Ceremony - Living With The Ancients
Arch Enemy - Khaos Legions
Demonaz - March Of The Norse
In Solitude The World, The Flesh, The Devil
Amorphis - The Beginning of Times
Septic Flesh - The Great Mass
Primordiall - Redemption at The Puritan's Hand
While Heaven Wept - Fear Of Infinity

Mushy

Mastodon, that is all.

nyarlothothep

Falconer, Armod

lord lucan

Just Anthrax's Worship Music so far.

Elysian

Opeth - Heritage
Mastodon - The Hunter
Wolves In The Throne Room -Celestial Lineage
Animals As Leaders - Weightless

Kess73

Don't think I have heard a truly great new album as of yet this year.

Been some good ones, and quite a few let downs, but I am still holding out for that great one. Some of the best albums released this year were remastered classic albums.

The good new albums so far this year for me are


White Wizzard - Flying Tigers
Mastodon - The Hunter
Black Stone Cherry - Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea
Jane's Addiction - The Great Escape Artist
Five Fingered Death Punch - American Capitalist
While Heaven Wept - Fear Of Infinity
The Answer - Revival
Skindred - Union Black
Slaves To Gravity - Underwaterouterspace
Devin Townsend Project - Deconstruction

ride-the-spiral

Altar of Plagues - Mammal
Between the Buried and Me - The Parallax: Hypersleep Dialogues EP
Amorphis - Beginning of Times
Born of Osiris - The Discovery
Circle Takes the Square - Decompositions Vol 1. EP
Devin Townsend - Ghost & Deconstruction
Explosions in The Sky - Take Care, Take Care, Take Care
Mogwai - Hardcore Will Never Die but You Will
Scale The Summit - The Collective
Protest The Hero - Scurrilous
Thomas Giles - Pulse
Wolves In The Throne Room - Celestial Lineage
Touché Amore - Parting The Sea Between Brightness and Me
Machine Head - Unto The Locust

It's been a good year I think.

Shreddingblood

Scurrilous - Protest The Hero
The Hunter - Mastodon
Unto The Locust - Machine Head
Redemption At The Puritan's Hand - Primordial

deathrider

Haven't really gotten many great Metal records this year (well, not ones that have been released this year anyways. I've been listening to Body Count and Nuclear Assault instead), but I'm really enjoying Kittie's I've Failed You album, and off course Anthrax's Worship Music has to be the best thing I've heard in feck knows how long.

Useful.Idiot

Been an absolutely storming year so far for me! So many great releases, especially in death metal!

Primordial - Redemption at the Puritan's Hand
Ulcerate - The Destroyers of All
Altar of Plagues - Mammal
Mastodon - The Hunter
Necros Christos - Doom of the Occult
Negative Plane - Stained Glass Revelations
Disma - Towards the Megalith (heaviest album I have heard in a long time!)
Absu - Abzu
Amon Amarth - Surtur Rising
Desolate Shrine - Tenebrous Towers
KEN Mode - Venerable
Nader Sadek - In The Flesh
Aosoth - III
Azarath - Blasphemer's Malediction
Tombs - Path of Totality
Wolves in the Throne Room - Celestial Lineage
Blut Aus Nord - 777 Sect(S)
The Atlas Moth - An Ache for the Distance
Rotten Sound - Cursed

Angron

I have a few I've liked quite a bit..

Deicide - To Hell With God
Children of Bodom - Relentless Reckless Forever
Sylosis - Edge of the Earth
Shining - Född Förlorare
Arch Enemy - Khaos Legions
Decapitated - Carnival is Forever


So far however, my favourite has been Passion by Anaal Nathrakh. It's not quite as good as In the Constellation of the Black Widow, but it's still great.

Nephilim Wolf

Useful.Idiot wrote: »

Been an absolutely storming year so far for me! So many great releases, especially in death metal!

Primordial - Redemption at the Puritan's Hand
Ulcerate - The Destroyers of All
Altar of Plagues - Mammal
Mastodon - The Hunter
Necros Christos - Doom of the Occult
Negative Plane - Stained Glass Revelations
Disma - Towards the Megalith (heaviest album I have heard in a long time!)
Absu - Abzu
Amon Amarth - Surtur Rising
Desolate Shrine - Tenebrous Towers
KEN Mode - Venerable
Nader Sadek - In The Flesh
Aosoth - III
Azarath - Blasphemer's Malediction
Tombs - Path of Totality
Wolves in the Throne Room - Celestial Lineage
Blut Aus Nord - 777 Sect(S)
The Atlas Moth - An Ache for the Distance
Rotten Sound - Cursed

You might also enjoy these great albums as well.;)

Thulcandra - Under a Frozen Sun
Omnium Gatherum - New World Shadows
Septic Flesh - The Great Mass

Richy06

Devin Townsend - Ghost & Deconstruction
Mastodon - The Hunter
Monstro - Monstro
Dream Theater - A Dramatic Turn Of Events
Black Country Communion - 2
Shardborne - Aeonian Sequence

InigoMontoya

Mastodon - The Hunter
Novembers Doom - Aphotic
Nader Sadek - In The Flesh
Fleshgod Apocalypse - Agony
Gorod - Transcendence (EP)
Dopethrone - Dark Foil
Abysmal Dawn - Leveling The Plane Of Existence
Necrophagia - Deathtrip 69
Leprous - Bilateral
Primordial - Redemption at the Puritan's Hand
Shangren - Warriors Of Devastation
Silent Stream of Godless Elegy - Navaz
Sectu - Inundate
Deicide - To Hell With God
Demonaz - March Of The Norse

StaticAge11

I expect to be flamed for this but . . .
Trivium - In Waves

chin_grin

YOB - Atma.
Black Cobra - Invernal.
Rwake - Rest.

for me.

Lucifer31

Saxon - Call To Arms
Anthrax - Worship Music
Amon Amarth - Surtur Rising
Opeth - Heritage

Dante

I don't know what the collective opinion is (Presuming its negative) but I actually really like In Waves.

bradlente

Don't think Mastodons new one is that great,On a lot of lists in here though all the same.Expected a bit more.

The new Darkest Hour,Sylosis,Opeth,Unearth,Times of Grace All Shall Perish and Textures albums I've all enjoyed.Just got Abzu haven't listened to it yet but if its anything like their last album it can go up on that list.

I usually find my favourite album of the year is something 10 years old that I'm only coming accross now

Nephilim Wolf

I discovered a few more albums that are really outstanding this year:

Moonsorrow - Varjoina Kuljemme Kuolleiden Maassa
Wolves in The Throne Room - Celestial Lineage
Hell – Human Remains
In Solitude - The World. The Flesh. The Devil
Raventale - Bringer Of Heartsore
Insomnium - One For Sorrow

Just Like Heaven

Sylosis Edge of the earth
Letlive Fake History
Decapitated Carnival is Forever
Shardborne Aeonion Sequence
Dir en Grey Drum Spiro Spero

If the hero in error thing came out this year, that too. Great release.

Motley Crue

William Shatner Searching From Major Tom (I have it, does it count?)
Toxic Holocaust Conjure and Command
Turisas Stand Up and Fight

Planemo

Devin Townsend - Deconstruction
Greyceon - All We Destroy
40 Watt Sun - The Inside Room
[R]evolution Of A Sun - Hell
Lamp - Sagittarius
Ken Mode - Venerable
Amebix - Sonic Mass
Primordial - Redemption At The Puritan's Hand
The Book Of Knots - Garden Of Fainting Stars

Biggest surprise of the year has to be Today Is The Day - wasn't expecting much after the last 2 but it fúcking owned

StaticAge11

DaaaaaaaaaaN wrote: »

I don't know what the collective opinion is (Presuming its negative) but I actually really like In Waves.

Just in my experience, saying your a fan of Trivium or A7X gets alot of flack from the hardcore metal community =/

nacho libre

Absu - Abzu
Altar of Plagues - White Tomb
Amon Amarth - Surtur Rising
Benighted - Asylum Cave
Blut Aus Nord: 777: Sect(s) / The Desanctification
Deafheaven - Roads to Judah
Dornenreich - Flammentriebe
Krallice - Diotima
Moonsorrow - Varjoina Kuljemme Kuolleiden Maassa
Mitochondrion - Parasignosis
Negative Plane - Stained Glass Revelations
Necros Christos - Doom of the Occult
Primordial - Redemption at the Puritan's Hand
Septic Flesh - The Great Mass
Sólstafir - Svartir Sandar
Ulcerate - The Destroyers of All
Wolves in The Throne Room - Celestial Lineage

lord lucan

Enjoying Venom's new one,Fallen Angels. Not a classic but some great tunes with the usual assortment of corny lyrics about Satan.:)

Joe_Dull

Great year for a few of my favourite bands!

In Flames - Sounds of a Playground Fading
Dream Theater - A Dramatic Turn of Events
Scar Symmetry - The Unseen Empire
Trivium - In Waves (surprising return to form IMO)
Korn - The Path of Totality
Amorphis - The Beginning of Times
Arch Enemy - Khaos Legions
And So I Watch You From Afar - Gangs
and, surprisingly,
Foo Fighters - Wasting Light

Reiketsu

Dum Spiro Spero- Dir en grey
Unto The Locust- Machine Head
The Hunter- Mastodon

And although it doesn't fall into rock/metal, I also really like 'New Album' by Boris.

Motley Crue

Motley Crue wrote: »

William Shatner Searching From Major Tom (I have it, does it count?)
Toxic Holocaust Conjure and Command
Turisas Stand Up and Fight

I'd also like to add

Ghost Opus E
In Flames Sounds of A Playground Fading
Black Dahlia Murder Ritual

RepliesWithGif

StaticAge11 wrote: »

I expect to be flamed for this but . . .
Trivium - In Waves

Nea

Ghost's album was 2010 otherwise it would be my No 1 for this year.

Hell - Human Remains
Amorphis - The Beginning of Times
A Pale Horse Named Death - And Hell Will Follow Me
Primordial - Redemption at the Puritan's Hand
Jane's Addiction - The Great Escape Artist
Shardborne - Aeonian Sequence

rednik

Black Country Communion - 2
Chickenfoot - III
Steven Wilson - Grace for drowning
Journey - Eclipse
Def Leppard - Mirrorball
Yes - Fly from here
Robbie Robertson - How to become clairvoyant
Lindsey Buckingham - Seeds we sow
Whitesnake - Forevermore
Sixx AM - This is gonna hurt
The Cars - More like this
The Waterboys - An appointment with Mr Yeats

There's some cheese in there.;)

Kess73

Nea wrote: »

[A Pale Horse Named Death - And Hell Will Follow Me

I totally forgot about this album when making my list in October.

RayCon

Ive liked a few different releases during the year but I think the album Ive enjoyed most is :

Graveyard : Hisingen Blues

Dark Artist

MaYaN - Quarterpast
Nightwish - Imaginaerum
Dream Theater - A Dramatic Turn of Events
Protest the Hero - Scurrilous

PickledLime

Haven't really picked up much stuff (that came out this year), but Obscura's 'Omnivium' gets my vote by a country mile. Also, hooray for -

Cynic - 'Carbon Based Anatomy'
Evile - 'Five Serpent's Teeth' [sic].

fracturedphase

Red Enemy - What we're contained in is what we are worth