Best Album of the Decade 2010 to 2019- AND WE HAVE A WINNER!!!!!!!!

[lonestar]

While they’re not the most engaging band, out of the last 100+ gigs I’ve been to, both of the Contortionist shows were some of the most creative. They’re one of those bands that make very interesting changes to their live sets. Cool unique interludes (not on the albums) and added layers to the original songs, a really rewarding show especially if you’re already familiar with the songs!

That's really cool and I like that a lot in live music 

They didn't really catch me the one time I saw them. Lead singer is just weird man, plus I was anxious for Tesseract to come out after them.

[cramx3]

Is the singer a contortionist? Because I find that stuff to be really weird and uncomfortable to watch 

[lonestar]

 


I don't know how to put it...his stage presence was just fucking weird. He seems like he was trying to act all trippy and surreal and just came across to me as a bit silly.

[Stadler]

How did you guys morph into talking about Tallah? 

(Sorry, couldn't resist).

[Train of Naught]

Is the singer a contortionist? Because I find that stuff to be really weird and uncomfortable to watch 

no, but I get what lonestar means, those weird improv intermissions are mostly the singer doing some gibberish with atmospheric / glitchy background music, and the stage presence he gives off (I think intentionally) is very bipolar in that he will act super calm during cleans, and move his mouth like a fucking demon during harsh vocals very unnecessarily over the top. But I like that theatric feel

[cramx3]

Yea, I guess I'll have to see for myself, but in general I like theatrics as well.  Sounds intriguing.  I'll give them some listens as the show gets closer for sure.

[lonestar]

Is the singer a contortionist? Because I find that stuff to be really weird and uncomfortable to watch 

no, but I get what lonestar means, those weird improv intermissions are mostly the singer doing some gibberish with atmospheric / glitchy background music, and the stage presence he gives off (I think intentionally) is very bipolar in that he will act super calm during cleans, and move his mouth like a fucking demon during harsh vocals very unnecessarily over the top. But I like that theatric feel

Exactly, I could sworn be was on drugs, and mentioned it to another dude at the show who just said "nah, he's just fucking weird"

[Buddyhunter1]

I remember when I first saw them live he introduced the song "Anatomy Anomalies" and added his own echo / delay to that title by just repeating it over and over, slightly lowering his voice each time.

To his credit it at least got me to remember the name of the song.

[lonestar]

 

[wolfking]

Here goes nothing;

1. Soilwork - The Ride Majestic
2. Primal Fear - Delivering the Black
3. James LaBrie - Static Impulse
4. Vega - What the Hell!
5. U.D.O. - Decadent
6. Dream Theater - Dream Theater
7. Fates Warning - Theories of Flight
8. Redemption - Long Night's Journey Into Day
9. Evergrey - Hymns For the Broken
10. Toby Hitchcock - Mercury's Down
11. Work of Art - In Progress
12. Blessed By A Broken Heart - Feel the Power
13. Solution .45 - For Aeons Past
14. Be'lakor - Vessels
15. Magnus Karlsson's Freefall - Freefall


16. Trivium - The Sin and the Sentance
17. Behemoth - The Satanist
18. James LaBrie - Impermanent Resonance
19. Insomnium - Heart Like A Grave
20. Slipknot - We Are Not Your Kind

I think in 6 months the last two have a chance of making the top 10.

[nattmorker]

Here goes nothing;

1. Soilwork - The Ride Majestic
...

That certainly is one hell of an album! I really love it!

[Luoto]

1. Wilderun - Sleep at the Edge of the Earth (2015)
2. Amorphis - Under the Red Cloud (2015)
3. Insomnium - Winter's Gate (2016)
4. Ghost Brigade - IV: One with the Storm (2014)
5. Be'lakor - Of Breath and Bone (2012)
6. The Ocean - Pelagial (2013)
7. Anthriel - The Pathway (2010)
8. Skein - Of Wings Unfolding (2014)
9. Ne Obliviscaris - Citadel (2014)
10. Enslaved - Axioma Ethica Odini (2010)
11. Pressure Points - False Lights (2015)
12. Wilderun - Veil of Imagination (2019)
13. Turbid North - Orogeny (2010)
14. Leprous - Coal (2013)
15. Omnium Gatherum - New World Shadows (2011)

[Evermind]

Here goes nothing;

2. Primal Fear - Delivering the Black

I think this is an absolute masterpiece and it shows how much amazing music was put out that this one didn't even make my Top 15. Great album.

[Evermind]

I also don't know what I was saying here but apparently autocorrect had its own ideas, just noticed this

2. Ayreon - The Theory of Everything

The album that reignited my love for progressive rock and metal and made me start buying physical CDs way more actively than earlier. My wallet isn't thankful, but I am. The story is good, the sinners are great, also the art is gorgeous.

[ThatOneGuy2112]

This was tough.

1. David Bowie - ★ (Blackstar) (2016)
2. Daughters - You Won't Get What You Want (2018)
3. Swans - The Seer (2012)
4. Weyes Blood - Titanic Rising (2019)
5. The Brave Little Abacus - Just Got Back From the Discomfort-We're Alright (2010)
6. Kendrick Lamar - To Pimp a Butterfly (2015)
7. The Hotelier - Home, Like Noplace Is There (2014)
8. Arcade Fire - The Suburbs (2010)
9. Kanye West - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (2010)
10. Vektor - Terminal Redux (2016)
11. The Tallest Man on Earth - The Wild Hunt (2010)
12. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Skeleton Tree (2016)
13. The Mars Volta - Noctourniquet (2012)
14. Viet Cong - Viet Cong (2015)
15. Alcest - Écailles de lune (2010)

[NoseofNicko]

This was tough.

1. David Bowie - ★ (Blackstar) (2016)
2. Daughters - You Won't Get What You Want (2018)
3. Swans - The Seer (2012)
4. Weyes Blood - Titanic Rising (2019)
5. The Brave Little Abacus - Just Got Back From the Discomfort-We're Alright (2010)
6. Kendrick Lamar - To Pimp a Butterfly (2015)
7. The Hotelier - Home, Like Noplace Is There (2014)
8. Arcade Fire - The Suburbs (2010)
9. Kanye West - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (2010)
10. Vektor - Terminal Redux (2016)
11. The Tallest Man on Earth - The Wild Hunt (2010)
12. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Skeleton Tree (2016)
13. The Mars Volta - Noctourniquet (2012)
14. Viet Cong - Viet Cong (2015)
15. Alcest - Écailles de lune (2010)

Very nice.

[wolfking]

Here goes nothing;

2. Primal Fear - Delivering the Black

I think this is an absolute masterpiece and it shows how much amazing music was put out that this one didn't even make my Top 15. Great album.

Perfect heavy metal.

[jingle.boy]

Here goes nothing;

2. Primal Fear - Delivering the Black

I think this is an absolute masterpiece and it shows how much amazing music was put out that this one didn't even make my Top 15. Great album.

Perfect heavy metal.

A simply glorious album.  One of the many start-to-finish 5* albums that still didn't make my Top 15.

[lonestar]

Ok so I've put up a deadline of Jan 1st. Any lists posted after that will not be accepted, as well as any lists edited after said date.

Here's my temporary list cut down to 15, I'll rank them eventually...

Allegaeon- Apoptosis
Amorphis- Queen of Time
Anathema- Weather Systems
Anciients- Voice of the Void
Beyond the Bridge- The Old Man and the Spirit
Dream Theater- A Dramatic Turn of Events
Flaming Row- Elinoire
Haken- Affinity
Haken- The Mountain
Headspace- I Am Anonymous
IQ- Resistance
IQ- The Road of Bones
Ostura- The Room
Speaking to Stones- Elements
Steven Wilson- The Raven that Refused to Sing
Tesseract- One
Voices from the Fuselage- Odyssey:The Destroyer of Worlds

[jingle.boy]

Ok, here's mine then.  I could probably interchange a handful of these at anytime, but this is as good a ranking as any.

1 Flaming Row / Elinoire
2 Epysode / Obsessions
3 Star One / Victims of the Modern Age
4 Anthriel / The Pathway
5 Beyond the Bridge / Old Man & The Spirit
6 Daydream XI / Circus of the Tattered and Torn
7 Symphony X / Underworld
8 Ostura / The Room
9 Vanden Plas / Chronicles of the Immortals Netherworld I
10 Evergrey / Hymns for the Broken
11 Magnus Karlsson's FreeFall / FreeFall
12 Mystery / Lies and Butterflies
13 Teramaze / Her Halo
14 Glass Mind / Haunting Regrets
15 Echoes / Nature | Existence

I had another 20 albums that are 5* top-to-bottom, and were very disappointing not to include.  But, it's kinda hard to make a Top 15 list with 35 albums.   

[King Puppies and the Acid Guppies]

Ok so I've put up a deadline of Jan 1st. Any lists posted after that will not be accepted, as well as any lists edited after said date.

Here's my temporary list cut down to 15, I'll rank them eventually...

Allegaeon- Apoptosis
Amorphis- Queen of Time
Anathema- Weather Systems
Anciients- Voice of the Void
Beyond the Bridge- The Old Man and the Spirit
Dream Theater- A Dramatic Turn of Events
Flaming Row- Elinoire
Haken- Affinity
Haken- The Mountain
Headspace- I Am Anonymous
IQ- Resistance
IQ- The Road of Bones
Ostura- The Room
Speaking to Stones- Elements
Steven Wilson- The Raven that Refused to Sing
Tesseract- One
Voices from the Fuselage- Odyssey:The Destroyer of Worlds

That's a mighty fine list (except ADTOE, I just don't like that album)

[lonestar]

Yeah, it's the only DT album of the decade I go back to on a regular basis, and the last three tracks have a very deep significance for me. I haven't gone to DT12 or the Astonshingly boring pretty in ages, and even D/T is losing traction.

[King Puppies and the Acid Guppies]

Yeah, it's the only DT album of the decade I go back to on a regular basis, and the last three tracks have a very deep significance for me. I haven't gone to DT12 or the Astonshingly boring pretty in ages, and even D/T is losing traction.

I find that I don't go back to any Post-Octavarium albums anymore. D/T was a small step in the right direction at least, but not enough to interest me as much as albums 15+ years ago.

[jingle.boy]

Yeah, it's the only DT album of the decade I go back to on a regular basis, and the last three tracks have a very deep significance for me. I haven't gone to DT12 or the Astonshingly boring pretty in ages, and even D/T is losing traction.

I find that I don't go back to any Post-Octavarium albums anymore. D/T was a small step in the right direction at least, but not enough to interest me as much as albums 15+ years ago.

Pretty much this.

[IDontNotDoThings]

Ok so I've put up a deadline of Jan 1st. Any lists posted after that will not be accepted, as well as any lists edited after said date.

Here's my temporary list cut down to 15, I'll rank them eventually...

Allegaeon- Apoptosis
Amorphis- Queen of Time
Anathema- Weather Systems
Anciients- Voice of the Void
Beyond the Bridge- The Old Man and the Spirit
Dream Theater- A Dramatic Turn of Events
Flaming Row- Elinoire
Haken- Affinity
Haken- The Mountain
Headspace- I Am Anonymous
IQ- Resistance
IQ- The Road of Bones
Ostura- The Room
Speaking to Stones- Elements
Steven Wilson- The Raven that Refused to Sing
Tesseract- One
Voices from the Fuselage- Odyssey:The Destroyer of Worlds

That list has 17 albums though

[Lethean]

It's too hard to make a list like this, so I took the easy way out and went by play count.

1    Katatonia - Dead End Kings
2    Threshold - Legends of the Shires
3    Katatonia - The Fall of Hearts
4    Leprous - Bilateral
5    Leprous - Coal
6    Dream Theater - The Astonishing
7    Solefald - Norrøn Livskunst
8    Tesseract - Sonder
9    Tesseract - Polaris
10    Angra - Omni
11    Arcturus - Arcturian
12    Riverside - Shrine of New Generation Slaves
13    Voyager - Ghost Mile
14    Need - Hegaiamas
15    Kingcrow - Phlegethon

[TAC]

How do you remember how many times you played them?

[IDontNotDoThings]

How do you remember how many times you played them?

I'm pretty sure that's a feature of most streaming services, & I think iTunes keeps track of that as well.

[King Puppies and the Acid Guppies]

How do you remember how many times you played them?

I'm pretty sure that's a feature of most streaming services, & I think iTunes keeps track of that as well.

There's also Last.fm which keeps track of how many times you play a song or album or band. And gives you all kinds of stats at the end of every month.

[TAC]

I was kidding. But what about in the car? Do you manually add those in?

[Lethean]

I use an iPod in the car, or pretty much whenever I'm not at home.

[lonestar]

Ok so I've put up a deadline of Jan 1st. Any lists posted after that will not be accepted, as well as any lists edited after said date.

Here's my temporary list cut down to 15, I'll rank them eventually...

Allegaeon- Apoptosis
Amorphis- Queen of Time
Anathema- Weather Systems
Anciients- Voice of the Void
Beyond the Bridge- The Old Man and the Spirit
Dream Theater- A Dramatic Turn of Events
Flaming Row- Elinoire
Haken- Affinity
Haken- The Mountain
Headspace- I Am Anonymous
IQ- Resistance
IQ- The Road of Bones
Ostura- The Room
Speaking to Stones- Elements
Steven Wilson- The Raven that Refused to Sing
Tesseract- One
Voices from the Fuselage- Odyssey:The Destroyer of Worlds

That list has 17 albums though

Oh, I forgot to mention I suck at counting, and that'll spell bad news for our house band since they were already on the line. The other cut might be either a Haken or IQ album, which is equivalent of choosing a child.

[jingle.boy]

When in doubt, scratch Haken

[TAC]

I made a list!

1. Dream Theater- A Dramatic Turn Of Events-2011
2. Iron Maiden-The Final Frontier-2010
3. Unisonic-Light Of Dawn-2014
4. Seven Sisters s/t-2016
5. Dream Theater-The Astonishing-2016
6. Iron Maiden-The Book Of Souls-2015
7. Theocracy-Ghostship 2016
8. Lost Domain-In The Waiting Room Of Death-2018
9. Michael Schenker Group-Bridge The Gap 2013
10. Tribulation-Down Below-2018
11. Saxon-Sacrifice-2013
12. Lor-In Forgotten Sleep-2017
13. Redemption-This Mortal Coil-2011
14. Armored Saint-Win Hands Down-2015
15. Avantasia-The Mystery Of Time-2013


...now I have to start working on a song list.

[Stadler]

Yeah, it's the only DT album of the decade I go back to on a regular basis, and the last three tracks have a very deep significance for me. I haven't gone to DT12 or the Astonshingly boring pretty in ages, and even D/T is losing traction.

I find that I don't go back to any Post-Octavarium albums anymore. D/T was a small step in the right direction at least, but not enough to interest me as much as albums 15+ years ago.

Pretty much this.

I'm in.