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What crazy lists there are over here. I don't think I've listened to even 5 new albums released this year. I need to check out the Pain of Salvation album, so many people have it on their album of the year lists. I've heard and bought I think Haken, Nine Inch Nails and John Petrucci this year. I don't think I've bought or heard anything else.
From a Mega Man Legends island jamming power metal to a Walrus listening to black metal, I like your story arc.
albums from this year that stand out to me, in no particular orderSpanish Love Songs - Brave Faces EveryoneSpectral Lore & Mare Cognitum - Wanderers: Astrology of the NineRannoch - Reflections Upon DarknessBagdadski Vor - Колхида Golden Ashes - In the Lugubrious Silence of Eternal Night Olhava - LadogaSvalbard - When I Die, Will I Get Better? Taylor Swift - Folklore i have plenty more albums i've heard and bought just not fully sure on how i feel about them all
“Zantera / Sacul music”
I want your D if it's still up for grabs
I outpopped Sacul
Zydar is my new hero. I just laughed so hard I nearly shat.
On my Top list for 2020 there are three metal albums (Haken, Pain of Salvation, Fates Warning).
posted mine last weekend.http://allmediareviews.blogspot.com/2020/11/2020-albums-of-year.html
Quote from: Zydar on November 24, 2020, 07:04:12 AMOn my Top list for 2020 there are three metal albums (Haken, Pain of Salvation, Fates Warning).You and I are NOT a match! Haha.
Quote from: SoundscapeMN on November 24, 2020, 07:57:33 AMposted mine last weekend.http://allmediareviews.blogspot.com/2020/11/2020-albums-of-year.htmlAwesome! Are the ones yet to be released the only other albums you plan on listening to? It would also be cool (just a personal thing) to see the genres of each act, as I like perusing these and checking out what I don't know or a genre I might want to listen to
Quote from: The Walrus on November 24, 2020, 07:59:06 AMQuote from: SoundscapeMN on November 24, 2020, 07:57:33 AMposted mine last weekend.http://allmediareviews.blogspot.com/2020/11/2020-albums-of-year.htmlAwesome! Are the ones yet to be released the only other albums you plan on listening to? It would also be cool (just a personal thing) to see the genres of each act, as I like perusing these and checking out what I don't know or a genre I might want to listen to the ones yet to be released are coming out in December I recall, or they weren't out when I posted that. I will try and listen to them. although given the many records I have yet to, and lack of time it seems, I can't be sure when.genres? I honestly hate classifying stuff with tags. A lot of it is progressive rock and/or progressive metal of a kind. Or "progressive college rock" as I have called it. Some of it is Pop, Power Pop, Electronic or Dance Music, some of it is folk, Jazz, instrumental, or "Post Rock" at points.I dunno, maybe look it up on rateyourmusic or wikipedia if you can't find more detail on the forum here?
Palimpsest is the first PTH album I've willingly listened to and I liked it a lot. I went in expecting to hate it because of the type of music it is.
Hey Stadler, your PM inbox is full.
Derek Sherinian probably stands 10 feet away from the urinal, shoots from downtown, and announces loudly that he's making history.
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kezia is still the best one
Whittled it down to a top 25 which was really hard. I underestimated the amount of good metal albums this year for my taste. I think this is pretty accurate to what a top 25 in January might look like, but I did this pretty quickly, so as of right now...1. Eminem - Music To Be Murdered By [rap]2. Unreqvited - Mosaic II (La Déteste Et La Détresse) [atmospheric black metal]3. Christian Münzner - Path of the Hero [instrumental shred]4. Nightwish - Human. |: Nature. [symphonic metal]5. Testament - Titans of Creation [thrash metal]6. Master Boot Record - Floppy Disk Overdrive [electronic industrial metal]7. Fairyland - Osyrhianta [symphonic metal]8. Unreqvited - Empathica [atmospheric black metal]9. Caligula's Horse - Rise Radiant [progressive metal]10. Lady Gaga - Chromatica [pop]11. The Weeknd - After Hours [R&B]12. Tycho - Simulcast [electronic]13. Ages - Uncrown [melodic black metal]14. Unleash the Archers - Abyss [power metal]15. Taylor Swift - Folklore [acoustic/pop]16. Falconer - From A Dying Ember [folk metal]17. Skeletoon - Nemesis [power metal]18. Emyn Muil - Afar Angathfark [atmospheric black metal]19. Adamantis - Far Flung Realm [power metal]20. Bruce Springsteen - Letter To You [rock]21. Kylie Minogue - DISCO [pop/disco]22. ACDC - Power Up [hard rock]23. Chris Stapleton - Starting Over [country/rock/blues]24. Lunatic Soul - Through Shaded Woods [avant-garde/progressive]25. Paloma Faith - Infinite Things [pop] <--- fighting for album of the year, where Eminem was holding it since the start of January, do not sleep on this if you like pop music please I'm begging you
Just popping in to say Luke, you were right.
Quote from: The WalrussnipI love seeing lists that are so diverse. Loving music...all genres and styles.
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Everyone else, except Wolfking is wrong.
I'll have to start giving this some thought. Not a lot blew me away truthfully.
That's a word salad - and take it from me, I know word salad
I fear for the day when something happens on the right that is SO nuts that even Stadler says "That's crazy".
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Quote from: wolfking on December 10, 2020, 12:20:45 AMI'll have to start giving this some thought. Not a lot blew me away truthfully.Agreed. A lot of really 'solid' stuff, but not much really captivated me. I think my tastes are just getting a little more critical. 15+ years of musical accumulation (it was about 2005 that I really started my adulthood journey of exploring and consuming new music/bands) seems to have mostly filled my needs.
I'm only back here to finish what I started. Taylor Swift had to come out and announce a second album the day after I finalized my top 25 for 2020, go figure, so that very likely could end up replacing one of the albums here, but whatever, here is my top 25 for 2020 (left to right, top to bottom), along with one of my favorite songs linked for each record in case anybody gives enough of a shit to check them out. Happy Holidaysfull size image [4000x4000]1. Paloma Faith - Infinite Things [pop] Supernatural2. Kylie Minogue - DISCO [dance/pop] Say Something3. Miley Cyrus - Plastic Hearts [pop] Never Be Me4. Bruce Springsteen - Letter To You [rock] The Power of Prayer5. Eminem - Music To Be Murdered By [rap] Farewell6. Chris Stapleton - Starting Over [country] Whiskey Sunrise7. Tycho - Simulcast [chillwave] Cypress8. Taylor Swift - Folklore [folk/pop] Exile (feat. Bon Iver)9. Grimes - Miss Anthropocene [pop] IDORU10. Purity Ring - WOMB [synthpop] pink lightning11. Willie Nelson - First Rose Of Spring [country] Blue Star12. Falconer - From A Dying Ember [folk metal/power metal] Rejoice the Adorned13. Lady Gaga - Chromatica [pop] Sine From Above (feat. Elton John)14. Fairyland - Osyrhianta [symphonic metal] Hubris Et Orbis15. Skeletoon - Nemesis [power metal] Wake Up The Fire16. Christian Münzner - Path of the Hero [instrumental shred/guitar hero type stuff] Deep Space #1117. Emyn Muil - Afar Angathfark [atmospheric black metal] Arise in Gondolin (extended)18. Testament - Titans of Creation [thrash metal] Code of Hammurabi19. Unreqvited - Empathica [atmospheric black metal] Empathica II: Everwinter20. ACDC - Power Up [hard rock] Kick You When You're Down21. Caligula's Horse - Rise Radiant [progressive metal] The Tempest22. Nightwish - Human. |: Nature. [symphonic metal] How's the Heart?23. Ages - Uncrown [melodic black metal] Illicit State24. Lunatic Soul - Through Shaded Woods [folk] Navvie25. Unleash the Archers - Abyss [power metal] Legacy
Quote from: jingle.boy on December 10, 2020, 04:25:28 AMQuote from: wolfking on December 10, 2020, 12:20:45 AMI'll have to start giving this some thought. Not a lot blew me away truthfully.Agreed. A lot of really 'solid' stuff, but not much really captivated me. I think my tastes are just getting a little more critical. 15+ years of musical accumulation (it was about 2005 that I really started my adulthood journey of exploring and consuming new music/bands) seems to have mostly filled my needs.Pretty much. Don't have the time or patience if something doesn't grab me.Still have quite a few to check out also; Pyramaze, Vanishing Point, Stryper, Pain of Salvation, Vanden Plas, Fates Warning, UDO, John Petrucci. As usual, I'm very behind.