Top 10 Albums of 2019 (Preliminary DTF Top 20 of 2019)

[Crow]

oh the astonishing is for sure worse but that release was like, an event, albeit an ill-conceived and kind of hilarious one
whereas distance over time... was released, and then everyone moved on

DT12 is their worst album though, for what it's worth. The last two releases were both improvements on the albums that came before them 

[Evermind]

For what it's worth, I really enjoy Distance Over Time, and this is coming from someone who though DT12 and TA were, well, not up to my taste, to say the least.

I wouldn't put it in my Top 5, but I think it may crack my Top 10, or maybe it'll be just outside it. It's a solid album tbh.

I really need to get my shit together and create this list.

[lonestar]

like a DT album has mattered less than this one

So you're saying you've still yet to hear The Astonishing. 

 




So at the moment I for sure have...

1- IQ- Resistance
2- Allegaeon- Apoptosis (honestly this has gotten more playtime than IQ, and came pretty close to toppling it)

The rest of the year is fairly jumbled up, I may or may not sort it out. Will definitely have Periphery, Soen, Thank You Scientists, Babymetal, Vanden Plas, Richard Henshall, Myrath

[Buddyhunter1]

DT12 is their worst album though, for what it's worth

That ain't it, chief.

[Crow]

DT12 is their worst album though, for what it's worth

That ain't it, chief.

my opinion is not going to be changed on this matter 

[Buddyhunter1]

I'm not going to try to change your opinion, I'm just letting you know that there's at least five other albums you would have been better off picking instead.

[Crow]

let me know which ones so i can "This ain't it, chief" your inevitably bad opinion.

[Buddyhunter1]

In no particular order

The Astonishing (enough said)
Distance Over Time (basically DT12 but not as good)
A Dramatic Turn Of Events (probably the most uninspired album they've ever made)
Systematic Chaos (some really high points but also some really low points and kind of a mess as a whole)
Falling Into Infinity (same as Systematic Chaos but with even greater extremes)
When Dream And Day Unite (who cares)
Awake (yeah, I know I'm in the minority here, but I don't get why this one is so highly rated)

[Crow]

Awake

That ain't it, chief.

[Sacul]

i started with DT and moved away from them,

Same. I still discover new music in the General Music subforum and quite some bands I like are discussed here 

Definitely this

My top so far:

• Lana del Rey Norman Fucking Rockwell! | Art Pop, Singer Songwriter
• Jambinai Onda | Post Rock, Traditional Korean Music
• Glen Hansard This Wild Willing | Singer Songwriter, Chamber Folk
• Weyes Blood Titanic Rising | Baroque Pop, Art Pop
• Nils Frahm All Encores | Contemporary Classic Music, Ambient, Post Minimalism
• The Comet Is Coming Trust in the Lifeforce of the Deep Mystery | Jazz Fusion, Nu Jazz
• Bent Knee You Know What They Mean | Art Rock, Progressive Rock
• Chelsea Wolfe Birth of Violence | Singer Songwriter, Gothic Country, Dark Folk
• Thom Yorke ANIMA | Glitch Pop, Ambient Pop
• Tim Bowness Flowers at the Scene | Art Rock, Progressive Rock

[Crow]

I reeeeally did not like the new Bent Knee. They've just completely lost me with every release after Shiny Eyed Babies. Say So sucked, Land Animal was boring, new one is unlistenable for me 
i am gonna pick up the LDR album tho, but i think there are better songs on it than the one you sent in my roulette

[SoundscapeMN]

I find the new Bent Knee disappointing as well, although I loved their last 3 albums pretty much all equally.

Noise Rock for the most part, I have no interest in.

[Luoto]

Ok, let's update this (7.5/10 or better)

1. Wilderun - Veil of Imagination (Symphonic prog metal)
2. Swallow the Sun - When a Shadow Is Forced Into the Light (Doom metal)
3. In Mourning - Garden of Storms (Proggy melodic death)
4. Maraton - Meta (Modern prog rock)
5. Disillusion - The Liberation (Extreme prog metal)
6. Insomnium - Heart Like a Grave (Melodic death)
7. Death's-Head and the Space Allusion - The Counterbalance (Modern heavy metal)
8. Eternal Storm - Come the Tide (Melodic death)
9. Soilwork - Verkligheten (Melodic death)

Forgot "Dhatsa" from my previous list. Also the new Wilderun is so good it probably makes my decade top 15.

[Zydar]

I have two more releases this year I'm looking forward to (The Flower Kings, and The Who). Then I can do my list 

[jingle.boy]

Oh, FFS.  I just did my first pass, and I've got 20.  I can begrudgingly drop 3, but after that, I've got no fucking clue which others I can drop  Didn't expect it to be that hard tbh.  Not like it'll matter, most are ones that haven't been mentioned by anyone else.  And unless some of my homies jump into this thread, they won't be either.  Some will still be a jingle-boy unique entry.

Nevermind... that was supposed to be for the Top 15 for the decade thread.

Top 10 for 2019 won't be too hard, but I'll fire it up closer to the end of the year.  It's been a bit of a soft year - lots of very good stuff, but not much that instantly jumps out and grabs my attention hard.

[Stadler]

Honeslty, there was not a lot out there for me.  I still have a couple I need to get to, but...

1. Rival Sons - Feral Roots
2. Flying Colors - Third Degree
3. Neal Morse Band - The Great Adventure
4. Devin Townsend - Empath
5. Alter Bridge - Walk The Sky
6. Taylor Swift - Lover (no, not a joke)
7. Dream Theater - Distance Over Time

The first five are legit in order; I like the Taylor Swift, but I don't know if it's really the "sixth best album of the year", I just don't have any better.  Same with the Dream Theater.  I've listened to it a total of three times and I can't imagine going back to it with any regularity.

Still have to listen to:
- Sammy Hagar and The Circle - Space Between
- Bruce Springsteen - Western Stars
- Liam Gallagher - Why Me? Why Not!
- Whitesnake - Flesh And Blood
- Coldplay - Everyday Life
- Lil Peep -  (no, not really; I just like the name "Lil Peep" and wish I thought of it).
- Tool - Fear Inoculum

[The Walrus]

The record I was anticipating to drop got delayed to early 2020 and my last 2 I'm anticipating come out this Friday. So, until my final update at the end of the year, here's my 2019 list:

1. Twilight Force - Dawn of the Dragonstar (symphonic power metal)
2. Avantasia - Moonglow (theatrical power metal / hard rock)
3. Voyager - Colours In The Sun (synth-drenched progressive metal)
4. Tycho - Weather (chillwave / IDM / indie / ambient)
5. NorthTale - Welcome To Paradise (power metal)

6. Turilli/Lione Rhapsody - Zero Gravity (Rebirth & Evolution) (symphonic metal)
7. Eternity's End - Unyielding (progressive power/speed metal)
8. Leprous - Pitfalls (progressive metal)
9. Master Boot Record - Internet Protocol (industrial electronic metal)
10. Galneryus - Into the Purgatory (power metal)

11. Opeth - In Cauda Venenum (progressive rock)
12. Majestica - Above the Sky (power metal)
13. Dream Theater - Distance Over Time (progressive metal)
14. Devin Townsend - Empath (progressive metal)
15. Arch Echo - You Won't Believe What Happens Next! (instrumental progressive metal)

16. Vision Divine - When All The Heroes Are Dead (power/progressive metal)
17. Flying Colors - Third Degree (progressive rock/pop)
18. Paladin - Ascension (thrash/power metal)
19. Dragonforce - Extreme Power Metal (power metal)
20. ShadowStrike - Legends of Human Spirit (power metal)

21. Lord - Fallen Idols (heavy metal)
22. Billie Eilish - When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? (ambient pop)
23. Sonata Arctica - Talviyö (progressive rock/metal)
24. Darkwater - Human (progressive metal)
25. Borknagar - True North (progressive folk/black metal)

26. Wind Rose - Wintersaga (power/folk metal)
27. Arch/Matheos - Winter Ethereal (progressive metal)
28. Rhapsody of Fire - The Eighth Mountain (symphonic power metal)

STILL HAVEN'T HEARD:
Jordan Rudess - Wired For Madness (progressive rock)
Tyr - Hel (progressive/folk metal)
Myrath - Shehili (middle-eastern progressive metal)
Artificial Language - Now We Sleep (progressive rock/metal)
Queensryche - The Verdict (progressive metal)
Insomnium - Heart Like A Grave (melodic death metal)
Vanden Plas - The Ghost Xperiment (progressive metal)
Taylor Swift - Lover (pop)
IQ - Resistance (neo-prog rock)

STILL WAITING FOR:
Blind Guardian - Legacy of the Dark Lands (November 8th)
The Dark Element - Songs The Night Sings (November 8th)

[Elite]

edit: what a fail this post was

[Zydar]

This is the Album of 2019 thread

[Elite]

This is the Album of 2019 thread

And I edited my post

[Zydar]

 

[Stadler]

What did Elite say?

[jingle.boy]

What did Elite say?

"I edited my post"

[lonestar]

 

[Stadler]

What did Elite say?

"I edited my post"

Where's that picture of Picard when I need it.   

[jingle.boy]

What did Elite say?

"I edited my post"

Where's that picture of Picard when I need it.   

[Elite]

What did Elite say?

Something along the lines of: ‘are you sure that’s not the new car smell with 3 albums released in the past 2 months in a top 10 list of the entire last decade?’

and when I hit send it dawned on me that this was not the thread I thought it was

[The Walrus]

What did Elite say?

Something along the lines of: ‘are you sure that’s not the new car smell with 3 albums released in the past 2 months in a top 10 list of the entire last decade?’

and when I hit send it dawned on me that this was not the thread I thought it was

 

[Crow]

What did Elite say?

Something along the lines of: ‘are you sure that’s not the new car smell with 3 albums released in the past 2 months in a top 10 list of the entire last decade?’

and when I hit send it dawned on me that this was not the thread I thought it was

This would've looked so galaxy brain if you left it up 

[Stadler]

What did Elite say?

Something along the lines of: ‘are you sure that’s not the new car smell with 3 albums released in the past 2 months in a top 10 list of the entire last decade?’

and when I hit send it dawned on me that this was not the thread I thought it was

HAHA, I'm kidding.   Since it's just you and me here and no one else is reading this, over in TAC's roulette thread, I was reading back and replied to a post "That's what she said", then went back and realized someone said that in LITERALLY the next post.  So I went back and deleted mine and put in " " instead. 

[jingle.boy]

What did Elite say?

Something along the lines of: ‘are you sure that’s not the new car smell with 3 albums released in the past 2 months in a top 10 list of the entire last decade?’

and when I hit send it dawned on me that this was not the thread I thought it was

Dude... I did the exact same thing just yesterday morning.   

[ariich]

What did Elite say?

Something along the lines of: ‘are you sure that’s not the new car smell with 3 albums released in the past 2 months in a top 10 list of the entire last decade?’

and when I hit send it dawned on me that this was not the thread I thought it was

Dude... I did the exact same thing just yesterday morning.   

In fairness, it's pretty confusing having two really similar threads active at the same time. I'm just trying to pay extra attention when I go into either.

[King Puppies and the Acid Guppies]

What did Elite say?

"I edited my post"

Where's that picture of Picard when I need it.   

[Juular]

Dream Theater - Distance Over Time
Nile - Vile Nilotic Rites
Sabaton - The Great War
Opeth - In Cauda Venenum
Cult Of Luna - A Dawn To Fear
The Neal Morse Band - The Great Adventure
Vitriol - To Bathe From The Throat Of Cowardice
Motorpsycho - The Crucible
Mayhem - Daemon
Obscure Infinity - Into The Vortex Of Obscurity
Nocturnus A.D. - Paradox
Ola Englund - Master Of The Universe


Chelsea Wolfe - Birth Of Violence
Devin Townsend - Empath
Leprous - Pitfalls
Singularity - Place Of Chains
Hyalithe - As If Sunlight Could Warm The Deceased
Allegaeon - Apoptosis

[SoundscapeMN]

0. Dirt Poor Robins - Dead Horse, Alaska (Red + Gold)

https://allmediareviews.blogspot.com/2019/11/2018-2019-albums-of-year.html


1. Vonavi - Reflection
2. Foals - Everything Not Saved Will Be Lost (Parts 1-2)
3. Arch / Matheos - Winter Ethereal
4. Ours - New Age Heroine II
5. Local Natives - Violet Street
6. Barock Project - Seven Seas
7. Owel - Paris
8. Moron Police - A Boat on the Sea
9. 22 - You Are Creating Limb 2
10. The Claypool/Lennon Delirium - South of Reality
11. Mutemath - Voice in the Silence [EP]
12. Bjorn Riis - A Storm is Coming
13. Courtney Swain - Between Blood and Ocean
14. Thank You Scientist - Terraformer
15. Motorpsycho - The Crucible
16. Disillusion - The Liberation
17. Northern Abbey - Ceremonies [EP]
18. Flying Colors - Third Degree
19. Sheena Ringo - 三毒史 (Sandokushi)
20. Cousin Tony's Brand New Firebird - New Romancer
21. Leprous - Pitfalls
22. Bent Knee - You Know What They Mean
23. Ray Alder - What the Water Wanted
24. Jolly - Family
25. Tuxedo - Tuxedo III
26. Jon Anderson - 1000 Hands
27. Dan Moxon - Lounge Singer
28. Erthlings - Indigo [EP]
29. Black Belt Eagle Scout -  At the Party With My Brown Friends
30. The Mercury Tree - Spidermilk
31. Rocco of the Snow - Prime Mover
32. Big Wreck - But for the Sun
33. Snarky Puppy - Immigrance
34. Dream Theater - Distance Over Time
35. iamthemorning - The Bell
36. East of the Wall - NP-Complete
37. Equipose - Demiurgus
38. Biffy Clyro -  Balance, Not Symmetry (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
39. Glasys - Defective Humanity
40. Hiromi - Spectrum
41. The Pneumatic Transit - Chordae Tendineae
42. Cats in Space - Day Trip to Narnia
43. King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard - Fishing for Fishies
44. Sermon - Birth of the Marvellous
45. Steve Hackett - At the Edge of Light
46. The Bird and the Bee - Interpreting the Masters Vol.2 Van Halen
47. Negroni's Trio - Acoustico
48. The New Pornographers - In the Morse Code of Brake Lights
49. Friendly Fires - Inflorescent
50. Tinlicker - This is Not Our Universe
51. The Hu Band - The Gereg
52, Muse - Simulation Theory
53, Gavin Castleton - Weak Ltd.
54. Buke and Gase - Scholars
55. Robyn Hitchcock and Andy Partridge - Planet England (EP)
56. Mind Cinema - Sleep Clinic
57. Facing New York - Dogtown
58. Amanda Palmer - There Will Be No Intermission
59. Queensryche - The Verdict
60. Dan Mangan - More or Less
61. Paige Drobot - Zero Thought [EP]
62. Blue Hawaii - Open Reduction Internal Fixation
63. Tropical Fuck Storm - Braindrops
64. ZW Band - If it's Real
65. Masvidal - Mythical

Still Haven't Heard but mean to:
Alcest - Spiritual Instinct
Alter Bridge - Walk the Sky
Banco del Mutuo Soccorso - Transiberiana
Battles - Juice B Crypts
The Contortionist - Our Bones [EP]
Kai Danzberg -Welcome to Euphoria
Iapetus - The Body Cosmic
King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard - Infest The Rats' Nest
Alan Parsons - The Secret
Radical Face - Therapy [EP]
Refused - War Music
Raphael Saadiq - Jimmy Lee
The Tea Club - If / When
Wilderun - Veil of Imagination
Wilco - Ode to Joy

Live
Long Distance Calling -
Michael Nesmith and Red Rhodes - Cosmic Partners
3 - Live at Bearsville Theater, Woodstock, NY


Why?
Opeth - In Cauda Venenum
Tool - Fear Inoculum