Author Topic: Top 10 Albums of 2019 (Preliminary DTF Top 20 of 2019) (Read 20598 times)

twosuitsluke · « **Reply #105 on:** July 08, 2019, 04:42:58 AM »

Quote from: The Curious Orange on July 08, 2019, 02:49:23 AM

Five albums so far in contention for Album of the Year:

Cellar Darling - The Spell
Big Big Train - Grand Tour
Dream Theater - Distance Over Time
Tedeschi Trucks Band - Signs
The Wildhearts - Renaissance Men

Renaissance Men is the album I've been waiting for The Wildhearts to release for years. It hasn't got some of the super catchy choruses some of the previous releases have but it's got a fucking great energy!

The Walrus · « **Reply #106 on:** July 17, 2019, 09:06:22 AM »

Quote from: TAC on July 03, 2019, 08:06:57 PM

Quote from: bosk1 on July 03, 2019, 12:20:03 PM
Quote from: bosk1 on July 02, 2019, 10:03:22 AM
4. Avantasia - Moonglow: It has fallen off a bit for me. I should listen to it more.
Listening to it today. You know, they really should have titled it "Moonblow" because it isn't very good.

Thank you. It's as if Avantasia has run its course on this album.

Well, memory is the first thing to go as you age, then taste, so this seems about right.

The Walrus · « **Reply #107 on:** July 17, 2019, 09:14:21 AM »

EDIT: Wow, 2019 is more active for my tastes than I anticipated back in January, when I only had a few albums on the radar...

TOP:
2. Tycho - Weather (amazing)
2. Avantasia - Moonglow (amazing) (these two are duking it out for top spot)
3. Eternity's End - Unyielding (technically released in 2018 but I got the 2019 release; amazing)
4. Majestica - Above the Sky (formerly ReinXeed) (excellent)
5. Turilli/Lione Rhapsody - Zero Gravity (Rebirth & Evolution) (very good but exhausting)
6. Master Boot Record - Internet Protocol (wow)
7. Dream Theater - Distance Over Time (good)
8. Billie Eilish - When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? (interesting)
9. Devin Townsend - Empath (good but exhausting)
10. ShadowStrike - Legends of Human Spirit (decent)
11. Arch/Matheos - Winter Ethereal (tedious)
12. Rhapsody of Fire - The Eighth Mountain (bad)

STILL WAITING FOR:
NorthTale - Welcome to Paradise (August 2nd)
Twilight Force - Dawn of the Dragonstar (August 16th)
Sonata Arctica - Talviyö (September 6th)
Wind Rose - Wintersaga (September 27th)
Opeth - In Cauda Venenum (September 27th)
Insomnium - Heart Like A Grave (October 4th)
Blind Guardian - Legacy of the Dark Lands (November 1st)
The Dark Element - Songs The Night Sings (November 8th)
Fairyland - Osyrhianta (late 2019)
Dragonforce -

(late 2019)

BARELY/HAVEN'T HEARD:
Jordan Rudess - Wired For Madness
Tyr - Hel
Myrath - Shehili
Artificial Language - Now We Sleep
Paladin - Ascension
Queensryche - The Verdict

I hope I didn't forget anything especially records I've listened to

SoundscapeMN · « **Reply #108 on:** July 18, 2019, 10:59:47 AM »

all finding their way into my mix of late...

Sheena Ringo
Jolly
Thank You Scientist

cramx3 · « **Reply #109 on:** July 18, 2019, 11:33:43 AM »

311 (one of my all time favorite bands) released a new album last friday, Voyager, which is good but not their best effort. As of now, it probably sits at the bottom of my albums of 2019 so far sadly. Seeing them tomorrow and then again Wednesday so maybe seeing some of the new songs live will change my opinion.

TAC · « **Reply #110 on:** July 18, 2019, 06:43:19 PM »

Quote from: Kattelox on July 17, 2019, 09:14:21 AM

3. Eternity's End - Unyielding (technically released in 2018 but I got the 2019 release; amazing)

Iuri Sanson

The Walrus · « **Reply #111 on:** July 19, 2019, 03:54:42 PM »

Yeah that EE album is ridiculously good power metal, renewed a bit of my faith in the genre. Most of it is trash these days but EE brings the goods. Iuri is nuts. "Under Crimson Moonlight" is my favorite song.

I keep forgetting albums. Added Billie Eilish to my list.

TAC · « **Reply #112 on:** July 19, 2019, 05:33:54 PM »

Quote from: Kattelox on July 19, 2019, 03:54:42 PM

Yeah that EE album is ridiculously good power metal, renewed a bit of my faith in the genre. Most of it is trash these days but EE brings the goods. Iuri is nuts. "Under Crimson Moonlight" is my favorite song.

Yeah, Evermind broke protocol and sent you the same Hibria tune I sent him.

K-Lox, the first two Hibria albums are MUST HAVES! No keyboards though. All metal!

The Walrus · « **Reply #113 on:** July 19, 2019, 05:57:41 PM »

Quote from: TAC on July 19, 2019, 05:33:54 PM

Quote from: Kattelox on July 19, 2019, 03:54:42 PM
Yeah that EE album is ridiculously good power metal, renewed a bit of my faith in the genre. Most of it is trash these days but EE brings the goods. Iuri is nuts. "Under Crimson Moonlight" is my favorite song.

Yeah, Evermind broke protocol and sent you the same Hibria tune I sent him.

K-Lox, the first two Hibria albums are MUST HAVES! No keyboards though. All metal!

I went back and listened to their first album (I forgot the title, sorry) after digging into Eternity's End. I remember it was really fun, and Iuri's voice was fantastic, but overall it's not something I'd put on over and over. It's really good for what it is though. I'd buy it if I ever ran across it for the right price, certainly. Not quite jonesing for more of their discography though, because I've heard they dropped off in a big way.

TAC · « **Reply #114 on:** July 19, 2019, 06:45:55 PM »

Yeah, after the first two albums, you can skip the rest.

Too heavy for ya?

The Walrus · « **Reply #115 on:** July 19, 2019, 06:52:35 PM »

Quote from: TAC on July 19, 2019, 06:45:55 PM

Yeah, after the first two albums, you can skip the rest.

Too heavy for ya?

I own black metal albums, just so you know

Crow · « **Reply #116 on:** July 19, 2019, 06:58:19 PM »

everyone and their mother owns an agalloch album tbh

The Walrus · « **Reply #117 on:** July 19, 2019, 07:45:32 PM »

Quote from: Cyril on July 19, 2019, 06:58:19 PM

everyone and their mother owns an agalloch album tbh

Hey, I also have Arcturus (if they count), Naglfar, Emperor, Bal-Sagoth, and at one point I had Burzum and Celtic Frost. It's the kiddy end of the black metal pool, but it counts

TAC · « **Reply #118 on:** July 19, 2019, 07:51:26 PM »

I'm interested to know what black metal albums everyone's mother owns.

Crow · « **Reply #119 on:** July 19, 2019, 08:22:36 PM »

The Mantle and Ashes Against the Grain

Burzum friggin' sucks by the way just saying
I always thought Celtic Frost were some power metal band but I've never listened to them

The Walrus · « **Reply #120 on:** July 19, 2019, 08:34:51 PM »

Burzum does suck, but Filosofem has a couple songs I used to like a lot as a teen.

Crow · « **Reply #121 on:** July 19, 2019, 08:36:06 PM »

you're not still a teen? would've thought so from all the cheese you consume

jingle.boy · « **Reply #122 on:** July 19, 2019, 08:44:17 PM »

@ Tim/Mike... I coulda swore I'd listened to EE, but apparently not. Gotta get around to that.

As for my Top 10, in no particular order (though, mostly by release date)

Starbreaker / Dysphoria
Avantasia / Moonglow
Dream Theater / Distance Over Time
Darkwater / Human
Aeon Zen / Inveritas
Myrath / Shehili
Restless Spirits / Restless Spirits
Diamond Head / The Coffin Train
Chaos Magic / Furyborn
Hollow Haze / Between Wild Landscapes and Deep Blue Seas

A couple that I can't put into the Top 10, because they are essentially EPs
Agonizer / New Tomorrow (just 4 tracks)
Into the Great Divide / A Life in Six Acts

King Puppies and the Acid Guppies · « **Reply #123 on:** July 19, 2019, 09:21:24 PM »

Quote from: Cyril on July 19, 2019, 08:22:36 PM

I always thought Celtic Frost were some power metal band but I've never listened to them

They are closer to Doom Metal with bits of Black Metal (except their Cold Lake album, which is some terrible Glam Metal, and their Prototype album, which was some form of comedy album, I mean there's no other excuse for it (but that was just a demo))

The Walrus · « **Reply #124 on:** July 26, 2019, 09:02:30 AM »

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senecadawg2 · « **Reply #125 on:** July 26, 2019, 10:39:50 AM »

Copeland

Better Oblivion Community Center
Falls of Rauros
Bill Callahan
Swallow the Sun
David Gray

Tim Bowness
Dream Theater
Downfall of Gaia
Avantasia
Soen

The Tallest Man on Earth
Astronoid
Saor
Glen Hansard

Devin Townsend

Crow · « **Reply #126 on:** July 26, 2019, 11:05:24 AM »

i don't remember my last list

1. A Novelist - Folie
2. Thank You Scientist - Terraformer
3. Illyria - The Carpathian Summit
4. Warforged - I: Voice
5. La Dispute - Panorama
6. Devin Townsend - Empath

everything i've spun enough to rate that was good enough to put here. i've got more stuff sitting on my desk rn though and am close to ordering more as well so i'm not sure i'm actually hurting for 2019 stuff that badly but i've been more selective this year than last year, i guess

The Walrus · « **Reply #127 on:** August 22, 2019, 12:29:20 PM »

Revised my list, decided to make a new post. I have a new album of the year and I'm confident nothing on the docket will top this one, and I've been waiting a long time for it. The top 5 albums are the only ones that have floored me upon listening to them; the top 2 are the only ones that have blown my f*$&ing mind over and over. The more I play them the better they get.

Still a lot left to hear, but it's all downhill from here for me. Also waiting for new Voyager album details next week. Hope that comes out this year.

1. Twilight Force - Dawn of the Dragonstar (symphonic power metal)
2. Avantasia - Moonglow (theatrical power metal / hard rock)
3. Tycho - Weather (chillwave / IDM / indie / ambient)
4. Arch Echo - You Won't Believe What Happens Next! (instrumental progressive metal)
5. Eternity's End - Unyielding (progressive power/speed metal)

6. Master Boot Record - Internet Protocol (industrial electronic metal)
7. NorthTale - Welcome To Paradise (power metal)
8. Majestica - Above the Sky (power metal)
9. Turilli/Lione Rhapsody - Zero Gravity (Rebirth & Evolution) (symphonic metal)
10. Dream Theater - Distance Over Time (progressive metal)

11. Paladin - Ascension (thrash/power metal)
12. Billie Eilish - When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? (ambient pop)
13. Devin Townsend - Empath (Devin Townsend)
14. Dragonforce - Extreme Power Metal (power metal)
15. Lord - Fallen Idols (heavy metal)

16. Darkwater - Human (progressive metal)
17. Arch/Matheos - Winter Ethereal (progressive metal)
18. ShadowStrike - Legends of Human Spirit (power metal)
19. Rhapsody of Fire - The Eighth Mountain (symphonic power metal)

STILL WAITING FOR:
Sonata Arctica - Talviyö (September 6th)
Opeth - In Cauda Venenum (September 27th)
Wind Rose - Wintersaga (September 27th)
Flying Colors - Third Degree (October 4th)
Insomnium - Heart Like A Grave (October 4th)
Vision Divine - When All The Heroes Are Dead (October 25th)
Leprous - Pitfalls (October 25th)
Blind Guardian - Legacy of the Dark Lands (November 1st)
Voyager - Colours in the Sun (November 1st)
The Dark Element - Songs The Night Sings (November 8th)
Fairyland - Osyrhianta (late 2019)

HAVEN'T HEARD/NEEDS MORE PLAYS:
Jordan Rudess - Wired For Madness
Tyr - Hel
Myrath - Shehili
Artificial Language - Now We Sleep
Queensryche - The Verdict

King Puppies and the Acid Guppies · « **Reply #128 on:** August 22, 2019, 07:36:50 PM »

Kat, you really need to give that Tyr album some listens. It's really good.

Buddyhunter1 · « **Reply #129 on:** August 22, 2019, 07:41:22 PM »

The score so far...

1: Devin Townsend - Empath (8/10)
2: King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard - Infest The Rats' Nest (8/10)
3: Dream Theater - Distance Over Time (7/10)
4: A Novelist - Folie (6-7/10, idk)
5: Thank You Scientist - Terraformer (6/10)
6: Periphery - Periphery IV: Hail Stan (6/10)

Crow · « **Reply #130 on:** August 22, 2019, 07:46:15 PM »

brutal

King Puppies and the Acid Guppies · « **Reply #131 on:** August 22, 2019, 07:47:04 PM »

Quote from: Buddyhunter1 on August 22, 2019, 07:41:22 PM

The score so far...

1: Devin Townsend - Empath (8/10)
2: King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard - Infest The Rats' Nest (8/10)
3: Dream Theater - Distance Over Time (7/10)
4: A Novelist - Folie (6-7/10, idk)
5: Thank You Scientist - Terraformer (6/10)
6: Periphery - Periphery IV: Hail Stan (6/10)

This seems about right, except for TYS and A Novelist.

Buddyhunter1 · « **Reply #132 on:** August 22, 2019, 07:52:18 PM »

I really wanted to love Terraformer but like, that album's really difficult to sit through in its entirety without zoning out halfway through.

The Walrus · « **Reply #133 on:** August 22, 2019, 08:10:48 PM »

Quote from: Puppies_On_Acid on August 22, 2019, 07:36:50 PM

Kat, you really need to give that Tyr album some listens. It's really good.

I keep thinking about it and then put it off. By The Light Of The Northern Star? Great. The Lay of Thrym? Fantastic. Valkyrja? So boring and forgettable I still haven't gotten through the whole thing. Literally made me lose interest in the band. Well, that and Heri taking 5+ months to send me his solo record, so I just told him to forget it and refund me.

Perhaps this weekend...

Ninjabait · « **Reply #134 on:** August 23, 2019, 09:08:04 AM »

Here's a short update of the Top 10 now that the new iamthemorning and Taylor Swift are out:

10/10
01. iamthemorning - The Bell

9/10
02. Dream Theater - Distance Over Time
03. Taylor Swift - Lover [initial impression, could potentially be #2 depending on how well it ages]
04. Carly Rae Jepsen - Dedicated
05. Billie Eilish - when we fall asleep, where do we go

8/10
06. Snarky Puppy - Immigrance
07. Delain - Hunter's Moon [EP]

7/10
08. Myrath - Shehili
09. Khalid - Free Spirit [EP]
10. LOONA - [X X]

Honestly, I've been pretty bad at keeping up with new releases this year lol. This is pretty much half of the new music I've heard so far, and there are only two big releases left that I'm looking forward to too (Opeth and Tool). A lot of the bottom half of the list I've listened to only once or twice. For me, this has been a great year for pop and a meh year for pretty much everything else.

romdrums · « **Reply #135 on:** August 24, 2019, 07:40:36 PM »

I don’t want to update my whole list, but I’ve really been digging The Chasing Monster’s new album Errant. Really well done post rock with hints of Mogwai and Toundra.

The Walrus · « **Reply #136 on:** August 24, 2019, 10:59:44 PM »

Glad to see some more love for that Billie Eilish album, Ninjabait.

EDIT: Updated mine to include the new Arch Echo.

The Walrus · « **Reply #137 on:** August 28, 2019, 08:47:21 AM »

New Vision Divine album "When All The Heroes Are Dead" set for October 25th.

EDIT: Whoops... wrong thread. Oh well

ariich · « **Reply #138 on:** August 28, 2019, 09:14:02 AM »

Ignored this thread when Puppies first made it because it was clearly way too early in the year.

Now is a good time though, so let's go for it. There's a lot of music I'm really digging so far - no 10/10s and only a handful of 9/10s, but a ton of 8/10s.

1. Frank Turner - No Man's Land (9/10)
2. Ihlo - Union (9/10)
3. Richard Henshall - The Coccoon (9/10)
4. Thank You Scientist - Terraformer (9/10)
5. Soilwork - Verkligheten (8/10)
6. The King Blues - 38 Minutes (8/10)
7. Alex Banks - Beneath the Surface (8/10)
8. Periphery - IV: Hail Stan (8/10)
9. Arch / Matheos - Winter Ethereal (8/10)
10. Dream Theater - Distance Over Time (8/10)

Other 8/10s for now (alphabetically):
Artificial Language - Now We Sleep
Astronoid - Astronoid
Biffy Clyro - Balance, Not Symmetry
Big Big Train - Grand Tour
Children of Bodom - Hexed
Devin Townsend - Empath
Eluveitie - Ategnatos
Mesadorm - Epicadus
Myrath - Shehili
Owel - Paris
Slipknot - We Are Not Your Kind
The Tea Club - If / When

cramx3 · « **Reply #139 on:** August 28, 2019, 01:28:26 PM »

1. Dream Theater - Distance Over Time
2. Avantasia - Moonglow
3. Devin Townsend - Empath
4. Slipknot - We Are Not Your Kind
5. Dirty Heads - Super Moon
6. Evergrey - The Atlantic
7. 311 - Voyager
8. Within Temptation - Resist

Still need to check out Sabaton and Battle Beast from already released this year, and looking forward to Voyager, Leprous, and The Dark Element.

News: Video of online chat between fans and members of Dream Theater: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sx8cLlXnHpA&feature=youtu.be (*no chickens were harmed during the filming of this chat)

Author Topic: Top 10 Albums of 2019 (Preliminary DTF Top 20 of 2019) (Read 20598 times)