Best ov Metal 2008: A Year-End List Thread

xpost Totally agree. I only got back into metal 5 years ago or so. Finding the metal threads here was a godsend. The quality and diversity is amazing. Melvins, Opeth and Nachtmystium have ruled the roost at my house this year.

Nominate Albums For ILM's Metal Albums Of The Year 2008 (closes Jan 1st )

Terrorizer's top 20:

01. ENSLAVED - Vertebrae (Indie Recordings)
02. CYNIC - Traced In Air (Season Of Mist)
03. NACHTMYSTIUM - Assassins: Black Meddle Part 1 (Candlelight)
04. GOJIRA - The Way Of All Flesh (Listenable)
05. TORCHE - Meanderthal (Hydra Head)
06. MESHUGGAH - ObZen (Nuclear Blast)
07. OPETH - Watershed (Roadrunner)
08. METALLICA - Death Magnetic (Warner)
09. BLOODBATH - The Fathomless Mastery (Peaceville)
10. ESOTERIC - The Maniacal Vale (Season Of Mist)
11. EARTH - The Bees Made Honey In The Lion's Skull (Southern Lord)
12. AC/DC - Black Ice (Sony)
13. ASVA - What You Don't Know Is Frontier (Southern Lord)
14. HAIL OF BULLETS - ...Of Frost And War (Metal Blade)
15. SEPTICFLESH - Communion (Season Of Mist)
16. DARKTHRONE - Dark Thrones And Black Flags (Peaceville)
17. LEVIATHAN - Massive Conspiracy Against All Life (Moribund)
18. GRAND MAGUS - Iron Will (Rise Above)
19. HARVEY MILK - Life... The Best Game In Town (Hydra Head)
20. SATYRICON - The Age Of Nero (Roadrunner)

I had a funny feeling Enslaved would win.

1) METALLICA – Death Magnetic (Warner)
2) TESTAMENT - Formation Of Damnation (Nuclear Blast)
3) OPETH – Watershed (Roadrunner)
4) ENSLAVED – Vertebrae (Nuclear Blast)
5) AC/DC – Black Ice (Sony)
6) DISMEMBER - Dismember (Regain)
7) MOTORHEAD – Motorizer (SPV)
8) WARREL DANE – Praises To The War Machine (Century Media)
9) DESTRUCTION – D.E.V.O.L.U.T.I.O.N. (AFM)
10) AMON AMARTH – Twilight Of The Thunder God (Metal Blade)
11) CHILDREN OF BODOM – Blooddrunk (Universal)
12) IHSAHN - angL (Candlelight)
13) GOJIRA - The Way Of All Flesh (Prosthetic)
14) WHITESNAKE – Good To Be Bad (SPV)
15) CRADLE OF FILTH - Godspeed On The Devil's Thunder (Roadrunner)
16) NACHTMYSTIUM - Assassins: Black Meddle Pt. 1 (Century Media)
17) IN FLAMES – A Sense Of Purpose (Koch)
18) SLIPKNOT - All Hope Is Gone (Roadrunner)
19) MISERY INDEX - Traitors (Relapse)
20) SATYRICON - The Age Of Nero (Roadrunner)
21) ICED EARTH – Crucible Of Man (SPV)
22) VENOMOUS CONCEPT - Poisoned Apple (Century Media)
23) GRAND MAGUS – Iron Will (Candlelight)
24) THE GATES OF SLUMBER – Conqueror (Profound Lore)
25) THE HAUNTED - Versus (Century Media)
26) EVERGREY – Torn (SPV)
27) HEADHUNTER – Parasite Of Society (AFM)
28) WEDNESDAY 13 - Skeletons (DR2)
29) URIAH HEEP – Wake The Sleeper (Universal)
30) INTO ETERNITY - The Incurable Tragedy (Century Media)
31) CAVALERA CONSPIRACY – Inflikted (Roadrunner)
32) DAYLIGHT DIES – Lost To The Living (Candlelight)
33) JOURNEY - Revelation (Nomota LLC)
34) UNLEASHED – Hammer Batallion (SPV)
35) BLOODBATH - Unblessing The Purity (Peaceville)
36) BENEATH THE MASSACRE - Dystopia (Prosthetic)
37) KING’S X – XV (InsideOut)
38) KIUAS – The New Dark Age (Spinefarm)
39) MESHUGGAH – obZen (Nuclear Blast)
40) AIRBOURNE - Runnin' Wild (Roadrunner)
41) DEATH ANGEL - Killing Season (Nuclear Blast)
42) BULLET – Bite The Bullet (Black Lodge)
43) THE HELLACOPTERS - Head Off (Psychout)
44) KRALLICE – Krallice (Profound Lore)
45) MOTLEY CRUE - Saints Of Los Angeles (Eleven Seven)
46) NORMA JEAN - The Anti Mother (Solid State)
47) EPICUREAN - A Consequence Of Design (Metal Blade)
48) HAMMERS OF MISFORTUNE – Fields/Church Of Broken Glass (Profound Lore)
49) HATE ETERNAL - Fury & Flames (Metal Blade)
50) STUCK MOJO – Southern Born Killers (Napalm)
51) BUCKCHERRY - Black Butterfly (Eleven Seven)
52) CYNIC - Traced In Air (Season Of Mist)
53) HATCHET – Awaiting Evil (Metal Blade)
54) DANKO JONES - Never Too Loud (Bad Taste)
55) GRAVEYARD – Graveyard (Tee Pee)
56) LEVIATHAN – Massive Conspiracy Against All Life (Moribund)
57) MIDNATTSOL - Nordlys (Napalm)
58) JUDAS PRIEST – Nostradamus (Sony BMG)
59) BIG ELF – Cheat The Gallows (Custard)
60) ZIMMERS HOLE – While You Were Shouting At The Devil… (Century Media)
61) JORN – Lonely Are The Brave (Frontiers)
62) KORPIKLAANI - Korven Kuningas (Nuclear Blast)
63) FALCONER – Among Beggars And Thieves (Metal Blade)
64) BRAINSTORM – Downburst (Metal Blade)
65) ALESTORM – Captain Morgan’s Revenge (Napalm)
66) HAIL OF BULLETS - ...Of Frost And War (Metal Blade)

First reaction: Journey?

Oh, that was Brave Words & Bloody Knuckles' year-end list.

It's more than a feeling... wait, no, that's Boston. I got nothing.

A lot of good in that list, but a whole heckuvalotta wrong as well. In my opinion, anyway!

starting with the no1! Lets hope the ilx metal poll is a good list.

ahem
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