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Album of the Year 2019

  • 08-12-2019 6:12pm
    #1
    Passenger
    Registered Users Posts: 6,144 ✭✭✭


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    It's tradition for this time of year to see what albums Boardsies have rated highly during the year.

    Not gonna bother with the whole nominating/voting like previous years as interest was waning.

    What were your standout Rock & Metal releases in 2019?


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  • #2
    lord lucan
    Registered Users Posts: 9,573 ✭✭✭lord lucan


    Not much for me this year so I'm going to go with Beserker from Amon Amarth,belter of an album.


  • #3
    RayCon
    Registered Users Posts: 4,835 ✭✭✭RayCon


    Opeth : In Cauda Venenum


  • #4
    Jelle1880
    Registered Users Posts: 9,839 ✭✭✭Jelle1880


    For me it has to be Atlantean Kodex- The Course of Empire


  • #5
    greedygoblin
    Registered Users Posts: 1,649 ✭✭✭greedygoblin


    Wilderun - Veil of Imagination


  • #6
    baamus
    Registered Users Posts: 89 ✭✭baamus


    Couldn't say I spent much time listening this year but here's a few I liked

    Candlemass
    Nile
    Soilwork
    Sunn O)))

    Liked Opeth too, surely will add more later


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  • #7
    One_More_Mile
    Registered Users Posts: 223 ✭✭One_More_Mile


    Insomnium- Heart like a grave
    Amon Amarth -Berserker


  • #8
    Gonzo
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 16,699 Mod ✭✭✭✭Gonzo


    Acid Reign - Age of Entitlement
    Sacred Reich - Awakening
    Slipknot - We are not your kind
    Tool - Fear Inoculum
    Jinjer - Macro


  • #9
    nacho libre
    Registered Users Posts: 16,624 ✭✭✭✭nacho libre


    Blood Incantation- Hidden History of the Human Race


  • #10
    Lithium93_
    Registered Users Posts: 48,990 ✭✭✭✭Lithium93_


    Just off the top of my head...

    Death Angel - Humanicide
    Overkill - The Wings Of War
    Amon Amarth - Berzerker
    Devin Townsend - Empath
    Slipknot - We Are Not Your Kind
    Alter Bridge - Walk The Sky
    Dream Theater - Distance Over Time
    Baroness - Gold & Grey
    Whitesnake - Flesh & Blood
    Airbourne - Boneshaker


  • #11
    Mushy
    Registered Users Posts: 21,098 ✭✭✭✭Mushy


    The Darkness- Easter Is Cancelled


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  • #12
    LillySV
    Registered Users Posts: 1,750 ✭✭✭LillySV


    Kill switch engage atonement and tool fear innoculum


  • #13
    Say Your Number
    Moderators, Entertainment Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 10,728 Mod ✭✭✭✭Say Your Number


    The Spell by Cellar Darling is my favourite album of the year, it's rare a 60 minute album feels more like a 40 minute album, followed closely by Legends from Beyond the Galactic Terrorvortex by Gloryhammer, as cheesy as it gets, but great fun.

    Others for me:

    Volbeat - Rewind, Replay, Rebound
    Beast in Black - From Hell With Love
    Airbourne - Boneshaker
    Joanne Shaw Taylor - Reckless Heart


  • #14
    Vudgie
    Registered Users Posts: 858 ✭✭✭Vudgie


    Tool - Fear Inoculum


  • #15
    Dargull
    Registered Users Posts: 110 ✭✭Dargull


    The Wildhearts - Renaissance Men
    Whiskey Myers - Whiskey Myers
    The Dark Element - Songs the Night Sings
    Insomnium - Heart Like a Grave


  • #16
    LoughNeagh2017
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,074 ✭✭✭LoughNeagh2017


    Tonight Alive's 2 albums before they turned pop, not a bad song on them. They are a pop rock female fronted band.


  • #17
    Anesthetize
    Registered Users Posts: 1,459 ✭✭✭Anesthetize


    Cult of Luna - A Dawn to Fear
    Alcest - Spiritual Instinct
    Blood Incantation - Hidden History of the Human Race
    Mgla - Age of Excuse
    Deathspell Omega - The Furnaces of Palingenesia

    Also a special mention to Lingua Ignota - Caligula. Despite not being rock or metal, it makes the vast majority of metal seem warm and cuddly in comparison.


  • #18
    Parkman77
    Registered Users Posts: 82 ✭✭Parkman77


    Tool - Fear Inoculum.
    Amon Amarth - Berserker.

    Special Mentions :
    Killswitch Engage - Atonement
    Slipknot - We Are Not Your Kind


  • #19
    Ravenholm
    Registered Users Posts: 205 ✭✭Ravenholm


    Tool - Fear Inoculum
    Gatecreeper - Deserted
    Devin Townsend - Empath


  • #20
    machiavellianme
    Registered Users Posts: 12,378 ✭✭✭✭machiavellianme


    Top 5:
    Slipknot - we are not your kind
    Bad Religion - age of unreason
    Amon Amarth - berserker
    Lagwagon - railer
    Refused - War music

    Most over rated:
    Tool - fear innoculum


  • #21
    GLaDOS
    Moderators, Regional East Moderators Posts: 23,197 Mod ✭✭✭✭GLaDOS


    I found it a weak enough year tbh :(

    Rammstein and Tool's albums were...good. Not amazing by their own very high standards.

    Decent releases from Pelican, 65daysofstatic and The Aristocrats as well.

    Struggle to rate any of them much higher than 7.5/10.

    Haven't listen to Devin Townsend's latest but tbh I've found his last few albums very samey...

    Didn't know Alcest had a new release, will give it a listen.

    Cake, and grief counseling, will be available at the conclusion of the test



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  • #22
    machiavellianme
    Registered Users Posts: 12,378 ✭✭✭✭machiavellianme


    GLaDOS wrote: »
    I found it a weak enough year tbh :(

    Rammstein and Tool's albums were...good. Not amazing by their own very high standards.

    Decent releases from Pelican, 65daysofstatic and The Aristocrats as well.

    Struggle to rate any of them much higher than 7.5/10.

    Haven't listen to Devin Townsend's latest but tbh I've found his last few albums very samey...

    Didn't know Alcest had a new release, will give it a listen.

    Completely agree. In fact I actually preferred the Lindemann album to the Rammstein one.


  • #23
    LoughNeagh2017
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,074 ✭✭✭LoughNeagh2017


    LoughNeagh2017 wrote: »
    Tonight Alive's 2 albums before they turned pop, not a bad song on them. They are a pop rock female fronted band.

    I misread the title.
    Album of the year is probably Lacuna Coil - Black Anima, there is nothing great about metal these days, the most interest bands are the ones deep in the underground like Draconian or something. Slipknots album was ok but nothing that would get you sweating with excitement, fanboys worship Corey Taylor and praise him when he gets his average scream back, there are tiny bands in the underground with far superior screams that his cigarette burnt scream. Sometimes it is painful to listen to, especially live back in 2015/16.


  • #24
    s8n
    Registered Users Posts: 3,832 ✭✭✭s8n


    Tool - Fear Inoculum


  • #25
    machiavellianme
    Registered Users Posts: 12,378 ✭✭✭✭machiavellianme


    Dargull wrote: »
    The Wildhearts - Renaissance Men
    Whiskey Myers - Whiskey Myers
    The Dark Element - Songs the Night Sings
    Insomnium - Heart Like a Grave

    Gave it a spin. Great shout. Its no Earth vs or Phuq but pretty decent.
    Strongly considering going to the gig in Belfast on the back of it.


  • #26
    Dargull
    Registered Users Posts: 110 ✭✭Dargull


    machiavellianme wrote: »
    Gave it a spin. Great shout. Its no Earth vs or Phuq but pretty decent.
    Strongly considering going to the gig in Belfast on the back of it.

    Glad you liked it. I think they’re a band that constantly release decent to very good records almost always under the radar. I won’t make it to the Belfast gig myself. I wish they’d come and play in Dublin sometime. Haven’t been down here since 2004.


  • #27
    Nea
    Registered Users Posts: 1,073 ✭✭✭Nea


    Wilderun - Veil of Imagination
    Soen- Lotus
    Opeth - ICV
    Borknagar - True North


  • #28
    sentient_6
    Registered Users Posts: 2,780 ✭✭✭sentient_6


    Im really surprised no one has said Rotting Christ - The Heretics. Definitely album of the year for me.


  • #29
    RicketyCricket
    Registered Users Posts: 732 ✭✭✭RicketyCricket


    Strange year of music for me, not a lot grabbed my attention. Sadly the Tool album did nothing for me, two good songs on it imo and I hated the Slipknot album. Didn't know Nile had released anything last year so will definitely check that out. Best albums I've heard are:

    Rival Sons - Feral Roots
    The Wildhearts - Renaissance Men.

    Nothing else comes to mind.


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