best cd's of 2007?

for me:

fear of a blank planet- porcupine tree
systematic chaos- dream theater
the blackening- machine head
paradise lost- symphony x
guided by fire- ghost brigade
dead reckoning- threshold
disconnected- profane omen

1. Dream Theater - Systematic Chaos
2. Redemption - Origin of Ruins
3. Symphony X - Paradise Lost
4. Bad Religion - New Maps of Hell
5. Bad Brains - Build A Nation
 
 
 

Some great ´new´ Dutch melodic/symphonic metalbands:
 
http://www.anewdawnband.com
http://www.magionband.com
 
 

 Dominici 
 Redemption
 Riverside
 Symphony X
 Dream Theater
 Pain of Salvation
 Aghora
 Porcupine Tree
 

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that Woven EP "Aftermath" is doing some serious climbing. The 1st 5 tracks atre fantastic!..it may be my EP of the year.

This is a list of albums I played most.
 
Between The Buried And Me - Colors
Porcupine Tree - Fear Of A Blank Planet
Dream Theater - Systematic Chaos

Textures - Drawing Circles
Mr. Bungle - California
SikTh - Death Of A Dead Day
The Dillinger Escape Plan - Ire Works
Rodrigo y Gabriela - Rodrigo y Gabriela

Planet X - Quantum
Devin Townsend - Ziltoid the Omniscient

 
Most of you probably aren't into Christian/gospel/New Orleans style bluesy stuff... but this guy's singing is just

Top 3 are definitely how I would rank them. 4-10 are somewhat interchangeable in position.

1. White Stripes - Icky Thump
2. Bruce Springsteen - Magic
3. Radiohead - In Rainbows
4. Arctic Monkeys - Favourite Worst Nightmare
5. Modest Mouse - We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank
6. Queens of the Stone Age - Era Vulgaris
7. Omar Rodriguez Lopez - Se Dice Bisonte, No Bufalo
8. Ben Weasel - These Ones are Bitter
9. The Shins - Wincing the Night Away
10. Spoon - Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga

What pretension! Everlasting peace. Everything must cease.

My Top 10 at the moment (in no order except for the Neurosis album):

Neurosis - Given To The Rising
Middian - Age Eternal
Porcupine Tree - Fear Of A Blank Planet
Ulver - Shadows Of The Sun
The Ocean - Precambrian
Sleepytime Gorilla Museum - In Glorious Times
Rush - Snakes And Arrows
Radiohead - In Rainbows
Devin Townsend - Ziltoid The Omniscient
Beardfish - Sleeping In Traffic

The extended list:

Phish - Vegas 96
Orange Goblin - Healing Through Fire
Nile - Ithyphallic
Tori Amos - American Doll Posse
Symphony X - Paradise Lost
Sigh - Hangman's Hymn
Melt Banana - Bambi's Dilemma
Bad Religion - New Maps Of Hell
Neal Morse - Sola Scriptura
Richie Kotzen - Return Of The Mother Head's Family Reunion
Kristofer Aström - Rainawaytown
Blood Red Throne - Come Death
Behemoth - The Apostasy
Hiromi's Sonicboom - Time Control
Tomahawk - Anonymous
Witchcraft - The Alchemist
Joe Bonamassa - Sloe Gin
Foo Fighters - Echoes, Silence, Patience And Grace


I still have so many new albums to listen to, so my list will most likely change.

In no particular order:
After Forever - After Forever
Amorphis - Silent Waters
Demon Hunter - Storm the Gates of Hell
Devin Townsend - Ziltoid the Omniscient
Dream Theater - Systematic Chaos
Kamelot - Ghost Opera
Porcupine Tree - Fear of a Blank Planet
Project 86 - Rival Factions
Nightwish - Dark Passion Play
Virgin Black - Reqiuem: Mezzo Forte

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Shit, I forgot the following:

Ted Leo and the Pharmacists - Living with the Living
Wilco - Sky Blue Sky
Arcade Fire - Neon Bible
Les Savy Fav - Let's Stay Friends
Dethklok - Dethalbum
Animal Collective - Strawberry Jam

What pretension! Everlasting peace. Everything must cease.

 
man I'm digging this!..some of these tracks are totally melancholy yet BEAUTIFUL..That Jimmy Gnecco track "Dove Coloured Sky" may be better than anything on the upcoming Ours record..at least his vocal performance. He sounds totally angelic on there. This is the kind of album (or the feeling it gives) in a way PT or Marillion didn't make this year.

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Slightly OT here, but Matt, did you know there is a version of this, UK/Europe, that
has 4 bonus tracks and a live DVD from the current tour?
Let me know if you want it and I'll see what I can do.

Yep, my buddy's already got it on order.

When he gets it, I'll check out the bonus tracks to see if they're worth me picking up the CD, as well. As for the live DVD, it sounds like it would be awesome to see, but it's PAL only. So, I wouldn't be able to view it anywhere but in my PC. If they hadn't already filmed the Eindhoven show for a DVD, I would probably be more inclined to try to hunt this CD/DVD down.

Thanks for the offer, though, Graham! Speaking of WT, one thing that I do definitely still have to hunt down is the new "All I Need" single for the unreleased bonus track.

 
Matt, I have the single here in front of me ready to send, shoot me an email with your mailing address.
I just got ThOE, with the bonus dvd.
It's decent, but quite dark and definately not sellable on its own.

Colors has been growing on me so much during the last few days, I think I have yet to modify my list again.

01. Porcupine Tree - Fear Of A Blank Planet (+ Nil Recurring)
02. Sage Francis - Human The Death Dance
03. El-P - I'll Sleep When You're Dead
04. Aesop Rock - None Shall Pass
05. Radiohead - In Rainbows
06. The Dillinger Escape Plan - Ire Works
07. Between The Buried And Me - Colors
08. Oceansize - Frames
09. Modest Mouse - We Were Dead Before The Ship Even Sank
10. Dälek - Abandoned Language
11. Rush - Snakes And Arrows
12. Saul Williams - The Inevitable Rise And Liberation Of NiggyTardust!
13. The White Stripes - Icky Thump
14. Dream Theater - Systematic Chaos
15. Battles - Mirrored

-> my music collection

My top 3 this year:
1) Dream Theater: Systematic Chaos
2) Avenged Sevenfold: Avenged Sevenfold
3) Nine Inch Nails: Year Zero

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Matt, I have the single here in front of me ready to send, shoot me an email with your mailing address.
I just got ThOE, with the bonus dvd.
It's decent, but quite dark and definately not sellable on its own.

 
Wow, thanks man!!
 
Please check your e-mail. I just sent you an e-mail through the Forum.  

Since this thread is all about music, figured since this year was a particularly great one for comedy albums I'd make a comedy album list. They're in no particular order save the first:

1. Paul F. Tompkins - Impersonal (Probably the best album ever recorded by an comic ever. Absolutely unbelievable.)
2. Steven Wright - I Still Have a Pony
3. Flight of the Conchords - The Distant Future
4. Jen Kirkman - Self Help
5. Patton Oswalt - Werewolves and Lollipops
6. Mike Birbiglia - My Secret Public Journal
7. Scharpling and Wurster - The Art of the Slap
8. V/A - Comedy Death Ray
9. Maria Bamford - How to Win!
10. Sklar Bros. - Sklar Maps

What pretension! Everlasting peace. Everything must cease.

Oops, I forgot one!

Revised:
1) Dream Theater: Systematic Chaos
2) Avenged Sevenfold: Avenged Sevenfold
3) Nine Inch Nails: Year Zero
4) Serj Tankian: Elect The Dead

Well... obviously "Systematic Chaos"!

I'd also recommend Joe Bonamassa: "Sloe Gin"

I'll probably get flamed for this but Kanye West's Graduation album was pretty damn good. ::runs away::

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I'll probably get flamed for this but Kanye West's Graduation album was pretty damn good. ::runs away::

 
Dude, Icky F'ing Thump was listed earlier, without flameage.  I wouldn't worry about it.

There's no end to my life
No beginning to my death
Death is life.

My 1st entry into this..and the easiest part likely.

Discs 85-51 (in reverse order)

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As of right now:

1. Porcupine Tree-Fear of a Blank Planet/Nil Recurring.  Nice 1-2 punch from the band this year.  Gavin Harrison's best performances with the band to date.
2. Between the Buried and Me-Colors.  These guys took a quantum leap forward with this album.  The jump from Alaska to this is comparable to Radiohead's leap from The Bends to OK Computer.
3. Dillinger Escape Plan-Ire Works.  Chris who?  Gil Sharone rocks the drums on what has to be DEP's most consistent and musical album to date.
4. Stateless-Stateless.  Great use of odd times, killer songs, and one of the best surprises of the year.
5. Blackfield-II.  There are some really beautiful and lush moments on this record.
6. Fair to Midland-Fables From a Mayfly.  Great songwriting, and obviously a very talented group.  The whole album flows really well, and Say When is a great closer.
7. Rush-Snakes and Arrows.  A nice return to form, and these songs worked really well live.  Didn't grab me at first listen, but it grew on me quickly.
8. Kaddisfly-Set Sail the Prairie.  Musically, this album is amazing.  Extremely dynamic, emotional, and incredibly ambitious.  The vocals kind of drag it down in places for me, though.  However, this is still an amazing record by a band that is obviously incredibly talented.
9. The Panic Division-Songs From the Glasshouse.  If Tears For Fears and Mr. Mister had a love child, this is what it would sound like, and I'm not saying that just because they cover Broken Wings on this album.  It takes everything I loved about 80s pop-rock and puts it into one hour of music.  The song Stay is one of the best songs of this year.
10. Nine Inch Nails-Year Zero.  Loved it when it came out, but I haven't played it much lately.   Great sonics, but it slows down a little in the second half.

Honorable Mentions:
Thrice-The Alchemy Index vol  I and II: Fire and Water.  I was surprised by this one as well.  Fire's okay, but Water is the side I've been drawn to.  This one has really gained on me lately.
Dream Theater-Systematic Chaos.  I liked it more than Octavarium, and for a while I thought was their best since Awake, but I just haven't played it lately.  Lyrics were a big let down for me.  I do appreciate the consistency of the mood of the album though, and ITPOE smokes the song Octavarium in my opinion.
The Receiving End of Sirens-The Earth Sings Mi Fa Mi.  This is my first experience with these guys, so I wasn't aware of the effect Casey Crescenzo's departure had on them, but I like this album.  Kind of sounds like they were thinking of excuses to stick some of the electronica aspects of the album in anywhere they could, but it's a solid album overall.
Three-The End is Begun.  After seeing them live with PT back in May, I thought the album was going to knock me out.  It didn't quite do that.  To my ears, it sounds a little thin, and it doesn't sound like they were entirely successful in translating the power of their live sound on to disc. 

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^hey Rom, you didn't dig The Dear Hunter much?..not many fans of TREOS who aren't into TDH anyway, just wondering.

The new Oceansize?

Nice list anyway..I may want to check out The Panic Division record now.

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Honorable Mentions:
Thrice-The Alchemy Index vol  I and II: Fire and Water.  I was surprised by this one as well.  Fire's okay, but Water is the side I've been drawn to.  This one has really gained on me lately.

It's cool that you dig the new Thrice. I'm like you, wherein I'm drawn to the Water disc more so than the Fire disc. From the tidbits that I've found on the next part of the Alchemy Index (Earth & Air), it should be more along the lines, in awesomeness, of the Water disc.

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DT - Systematic Chaos
Neal Morse - Sola Scriptura
Hiromi's Sonicbloom - Time Control (I just got it today, it's AWSOME!!!)
Jordan Rudess - The Road Home

Mention to Flower King's The Sum Of No Evil. Not there best, not what I was expecting but still a great album.

We're only as strong as life forced us to be.

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^hey Rom, you didn't dig The Dear Hunter much?..not many fans of TREOS who aren't into TDH anyway, just wondering.

The new Oceansize?

Nice list anyway..I may want to check out The Panic Division record now.

To be honest, I just like TREOS sound a bit more.  I respect what Casey's doing with TDH, but it just didn't hit me.  And I haven't heard the new Oceansize yet.  I'm a little low on funds right now, but I'm thinking I'll pick it up sometime after Christmas.  I've heard it's an awesome album. 

And yeah, the Panic Division disc is quite good.  I didn't really like it at first, but I've been listening to it a ton lately.  It's really different from their first record in terms of the songwriting.  I'm not really sure what's going on with them right now, though.  Their guitarist left about two months after the album was released, and they have yet to find a replacement.  They only toured for two months (including a brief stint on Kaddisfly's west coast tour back in Sept-Oct), and I think he left near the end of October.  It's too bad because he's an extremely talented musician.  From what I've heard through various channels, their lead singer, main songwriter is a bit difficult to work with.  It's too bad because I think they deserve a much wider audience.  I hope they can find a suitable replacement and get back on the road, because they deserve some success.

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50. Coheed - NWFT
49. Dream Theater - SC
48. PT - FoaBP
47. People For Audio - THE NEW ANCIENTS
46. Inme - DAYDREAM ANONYMOUS
45. Alter Bridge - BLACKBIRD
44. Serj Tankian - ELECT THE DEAD
43. Menomena - FRIEND AND FOE
42. The Polyphonic Spree - THE FRAGILE ARMY
41. Deas Vail - ALL THE HOUSES LOOK THE SAME

Ok, here is my top 10, mostly in order

1. Between The Buried and Me-Colors
2. Dream Theater-Systematic Chaos
3. Porcupine Tree-Fear of a Blank Planet
4. Alter Bridge-Blackbird
5. Chimaira-Resurrection
6. Coheed and Cambria-No World For Tomorrow
7. White Stripes-Icky Thump
8. Machine Head-The Blackening
9. Symphony X-Paradise Lost
10. Megadeth-United Abdominations

Planet X: Quantum

Ich möchte diesen Teppich nicht kaufen. Gute Reise!

It's time.
 
I count live albums, always have, always will.
 
1) Opeth ~ The Roundhouse Tapes. Moving into 'my favorite band' position
2) PT ~ FoaBP. Every song kills. Gavin is amazing. Love the concept. Flawless album.
3) Alter Bridge ~ Blackbird. Have not put a non-prog album up this high in years. Great hooks. Very heavy. I find
myself singing along to many songs.
4) Rush ~ Snakes and Arrows. I connected with it in a big way.
5) Symphony X ~ Paradise Lost. Just a great prog metal album all the way through.
6) BtBaM ~ Colors. Astonishing display of musicianship. I have to be in a mood though because it's so busy.
 
Honorable mentions
 
DT ~ SC. Felt it strongly upon it's release but skip 3 songs pretty regularly. ItPoE is stellar.
Scorpions ~ Humanity Hour. Nice production and sound and a really enjoyable album by a band that won't die.
 
 

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My top 5:

1. Nightwish "Dark Passion Play"
2. Within Temptation "The Heart Of Everything"
3. Amorphis "Silent Waters"
4. Symphony X "Paradise Lost"
5. Sonata Arctica "Unia"

I wanted to give a little love to some more CD's. After my top 5, here are my next 3. However, I haven't figured out who 9 and 10 are yet to round out the top 10.

6. Dark Tranquillity "Fiction"
7. Dream Theater "Systematic Chaos"
8. Iced Earth "Framing Armageddon - Something Wicked Part 1"

 
After some careful consideration, I would like to add #9 to my list...
 
01. Nightwish "Dark Passion Play"
02. Within Temptation "The Heart Of Everything"
03. Amorphis "Silent Waters"
04. Symphony X "Paradise Lost"
05. Sonata Arctica "Unia"
06. Dark Tranquillity "Fiction"
07. Dream Theater "Systematic Chaos"
08. Iced Earth "Framing Armageddon - Something Wicked Part 1"
09. Vanishing Point "The Fourth Season" (See avatar)
10. ?

As for #10... at this time, I honestly can't think of another CD I've heard this year that warrants inclusion on a "best of" list for me.

Porcupine Tree- Fear of a Blank Planet, Sorry but this album just ....PWNZ.....all the way. So much emotion.
 
Nightwish - Dark passion play, I Wasnt expecting a lot but.....GOD this album just kicked my ass from he first listen until now , and it will still kick my ass some more in 2008 for sure!
 
Dream Theater - Systematic Chaos, Even tho its not my favorite,  DT still manage to pull out a great album!
 
Other: Colors ( Mind blowing, yet ..sometime a bit long) three- the end is begun ( Realy great band.)

2+2=5 payin' attention?

Between The Buried And Me - Colors. Absolutely amazing album that I simply cannot stop listening to.
 
And the other two, Dream Theater - Systematic Chaos and Coheed & Cambria - No World For Tomorrow. Some honorable mention goes to Horse The Band, Three, and of course, Dethklok for their albums this year.

I've finally rounded up my top 10:

1-   Porcupine Tree – Fear of a Blank Planet
 
2-   Oceansize - Frames
 
3-   Riverside – Rapid Eye Movement
 
4-   Alan Morse – Four O’Clock and Hysteria
 
5-   The Gourishankar -  2nd Hands
 
6-   Thought Chamber – Angular Perceptions
 
7-   Dimension X - Implication of a Genetic Defense
 
8-   The Flower Kings – The Sum of No Evil
 
9-   Beardfish – Sleeping in Traffic: Part One
 
10- Ritual – The Hemulic Voluntary Band

Wilco - Sky Blue Sky

it might have cracked my top 50 if I had heard it early enough..so I'll rank it as 50b
 
Far Less - A TOAST OF BAD TASTE..ver cool stuff here. My early favorite tracks would have to be the beautiful "Gentleman (Go to Sleep)" and "A Surprise Funeral (For the Charmed)" however not really any bad songs on this one.

Here is my revised list. Now, it shouldn't change anymore.

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My Top 5 of 2007
 
Dream Theater - SC
Symphony X - Paradise Lost
Rush - Snakes and Arrows
Planet X - Quantum
Saga- 10,000 Days

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Here is my revised list. Now, it shouldn't change anymore.

 
2 Bright Eyes discs?..I knew he kinda broke out this year, but I didn't realize he realized more than one record.

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Here is my revised list. Now, it shouldn't change anymore.

2 Bright Eyes discs?..I knew he kinda broke out this year, but I didn't realize he realized more than one record.

2000:
"Second Thoughts" :: Compilation CD
"Blood of the Young" :: 7 inch
"T>A>Z Comp" :: Compilation
"3 New Hit Songs From Bright Eyes" :: 7"/CD, British single
"Fevers and Mirrors" :: CD/LP

2001:
"Oh Holy Fools- The Music of Son, Ambulance and Bright Eyes" :: CD/LP
"Don't Be Frightened of Turning the Page" :: CD
"SubPop" single release" :: 7 inch

2002:
"Amos House Volume II" :: Compilation CD
"There is No Beginning to the Story" :: CD/12"
"Lifted or The Story is in the Soil Keep Your Ear to the Ground" :: CD/LP
"Lover I Don't Have to Love- 3 More Hit Songs
from Bright Eyes" :: CD/7"
"A Christmas Album" :: Internet Only Release CD

2003:
"Saddle Creek 50" :: 2xCD/LP

2004:
"One Jug of Wine, Two Vessels" :: split CD/ L.Edition 10"
"Lua" :: CD Single
"Take It Easy (Love Nothing)" :: CD Single

2005:
"I'm Wide Awake It's Morning" :: CD/ LP
"Digital Ash in a Digital Urn" :: CD/ LP
"First Day of My Life" :: CD single
"Easy/ Lucky/ Free" :: CD single
"Easy/ Lucky/ Free" :: 7" single
"Motion Sickness (Live Recordings)" :: CD


Considering those releases I would say he is having a slow year.

Though some of those are compilation they all yield songs that were not heard until that particular release. And some may have the same name, but again have different songs on them. He is always offering something new.

I would also argue the "broke out this year" by saying I think he broke out in 2002 with Lifted.

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My top 5:

1. Nightwish "Dark Passion Play"
2. Within Temptation "The Heart Of Everything"
3. Amorphis "Silent Waters"
4. Symphony X "Paradise Lost"
5. Sonata Arctica "Unia"

I wanted to give a little love to some more CD's. After my top 5, here are my next 3. However, I haven't figured out who 9 and 10 are yet to round out the top 10.

6. Dark Tranquillity "Fiction"
7. Dream Theater "Systematic Chaos"
8. Iced Earth "Framing Armageddon - Something Wicked Part 1"

After some careful consideration, I would like to add #9 to my list...

01. Nightwish "Dark Passion Play"
02. Within Temptation "The Heart Of Everything"
03. Amorphis "Silent Waters"
04. Symphony X "Paradise Lost"
05. Sonata Arctica "Unia"
06. Dark Tranquillity "Fiction"
07. Dream Theater "Systematic Chaos"
08. Iced Earth "Framing Armageddon - Something Wicked Part 1"
09. Vanishing Point "The Fourth Season" (See avatar)
10. ?

As for #10... at this time, I honestly can't think of another CD I've heard this year that warrants inclusion on a "best of" list for me.

Have your heard Galahad? They are a prog-metalish band from England. You should check out their release Empires Never Last. I think you might dig them.

Galahad

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Have your heard Galahad? They are a prog-metalish band from England. You should check out their release Empires Never Last. I think you might dig them.

Galahad

 
Intriguing. The one clip I just played on MySpace had a VERY VERY strong Threshold vibe to my ears. Not that this is a bad thing, just an observation.
 
Thanks for the heads up on these guys. When I get some more time, I'll check out the other MySpace clips further.

To say that 2007 was a great year for music would be a massive understatement.  Definitely one of if not the best years for new prog releases in the 20+ years I've been listening the godly genre.  Made it incredibly hard to choose but here goes nothing:


1)  Epica-  The Divine Conspiracy   
This was a totally last minute entry.  After running across a couple Epica concert video clips on youtube, I decided to give em a try.  Holy fucking shit!  I was blown away and the album has only grown on me even more over the last week.  Every track is strong on this phenomenal album.

Beyond Simone Simmon's beautiful singing voice (quite possibly now my favorite female vocalist next to Annie Haslam) the rest of the band definitely has the chops from top to bottom.  I was pleasantly surprised to hear the keyboard and orchestral parts being favored ever so slightly in the mix over the guitars.  It really gives the feeling of a totally intense film score as a result.   I probably could've done without the death metal growls (of which there aren't a whole lot of), but they've grown on me a little (much like warming up to that side of Opeth a few years ago).  I VERY HIGHLY RECOMMEND this album!

2) Amaran's Plight- Voice in the Light
3) DT- SC
4) Puppet Show- The Tale of Woe  (Amazing album! Reminds me of Neal-era Spock's Beard.)
(5) Beardfish- Sleeping in Traffic: Part One
6) Phideaux- Doomsday Afternoon
7) Neal Morse- Sola Scriptura
8) Black Bonzo - Sound Of The Apocalypse
9) Thought Chamber- Angular Perceptions
10) Ritual - The Hemulic Voluntary Band
11) Big Big Train- The Difference Machine
12) Little Atlas- Hollow
13) Pain of Salvation- Scarsick
14) Symphony X- Paradise Lost
15) The Flower Kings- The Sum of No Evil
16) Kaipa- Angling Feelings
17) Opeth- The Roundhouse Tapes
18) Dominici- 03 A Trilogy Part 2
19) Genesis- Live Over Europe
20) Rush- Snakes & Arrows

Simone Simons is gorgeous

My 'Top 10 beside DT' (starting from #3, just in alphabetical order- and they are actually 11 because one is probably from 2006):

1. Porcupine Tree- 'Fear of a Blank Planet'
2. Blackfield- 'Blackfield II'
3. Amorphis- 'Silent Waters'
4. Anedokten- 'A Time of the Day'
5. Apocalyptica- 'Worlds Collide'
6. Dark Tranquillity- 'Fiction'
7. Jakko M. Jakszyk- 'The Bruised Romantic Glee Club' (or was that in 2006?)
8. Machine Head- 'The Blackening'
9. Nile- 'Ithyphallic'
10. Threshold- 'Dead Reckoning'
11. To-Mera- 'Transcendental'

Note: i am still waiting for my copy of 'Colors' to be delivered....

Edit: i was forgetting this one: Serj Tankian- 'Elect the Dead'

1. Between The Buried And Me-Colors
   
2. Radiohead-In Rainbows
   
3. Machine Head-The Blackening
   
4. Silverchair-Young Modern
   
5. Fair To Midland-Fables From A Mayfly
   
6. Kiss Kiss-Reality Vs. The Optimist
   
7. Porcupine Tree-Fear Of A Black Planet
   
8. Pain Of Salvation-Scarsick
   
9. Dream Theater-Systamatic Chaos
   
10. Rush-Snakes And Arrows
    
11. Kaddisfly-Set Sail The Prarie
    
12. Nine Inch Nails-Year Zero
    
13. Three-The End Is Begun
    
14. Arcade Fire-Neon Bible
    
15. Thrice-The Alchemy Index
    
16. Sleepytime Gorilla Museum-In Glorious Times
    
17. Symphony X-Paradise Lost

I won't shiver in the cold
I won't let the shadows take their toll
I won't cover my head in the dark
And I won't forget you when we part

Top 50 cds of 2007
 
 
1.       Neurosis-------Given to the Rising
2.       Porcupine Tree----Fear of a Blank Planet
3.       Between the Buried and Me----Colors
4.       Oceansize-----Frames
5.       Dream Theater-----Systematic Chaos
6.       Big Business----Here Come The Waterworks
7.       Queens of the Stone Age-----Era Vulgaris
8.       Pig Destroyer-----Phantom Limb
9.       Nine Inch Nails-----Year Zero
10.   Sleepytime Gorilla Museum-----In Glorious times
11.   Grinderman----Grinderman
12.   Thrice----The Alchemy Index Vol 1 & 2
13.   Ulver-----Shadows of the Sun
14.   High on Fire-----Death is this Communion
15.   Melt Banana--------Bambi’s Dillema
16.   Om-----Pilgrimage
17.   Clutch-------Beale Street to Oblivion
18.   Dillinger Escape Plan-------Ire Works
19.   Pelican---------City of Echoes
20.   Explosions in the Sky-------All of a Sudden, I Miss Everyone
21.   Bad Religion----------New Maps of Hell
22.   Machine Head------The Blackening
23.   Dinosaur Jr.--------Beyond
24.   Mondo Generator----------------Dead Planet
25.   Battles-----------------------Mirrored
26.   Jesu------------Conqueror
27.   Turbonegro-------Retox
28.   The Fall of Troy------------Manipulator
29.   Kaddisfly-----------Set Sail the Prarie
30.   Every Time I Die-------The Big Dirty
31.   The Black Dahlia Murder-------Nocturnal
32.   Rush----------Snakes and Arrows
33.   Devin Towsend--------------Ziltoid the Omniscient
34.   Kings of Leon-----------Because of the Times
35.   Tomahawk--------------Anonomyous
36.   3 --------------------The End is Begun
37.   Chimaira--------------Ressurection
38.   Pain of Salvation----------------Scarsick
39.   Alter Bridge------------Blackbird
40.   Demon Hunter------------Storm the Gates of Hell
41.   Planet X-----------------Quantum
42.   The Wildhearts-------------The Wildhearts
43.   Behold…the Arctopus-------------Skullgrid
44.   Horse the Band-----------------A Natural Death
45.   Coliseum---------------No Salvation
46.   Cephalic Carnage-------------------Xenosapien
47.   Silverchair-----------Young Modern
48.   Smashing Pumpkins--------------Zeitgeist
49.   Nile--------------Ithyphallic
50.   Avenged Sevenfold-----------Avenged Sevenfold
 
 
 

Step after step we try controlling our fate, when we finally start living its become too late

Dream Theater - Systematic Chaos
Symphony X - Paradise Lost
Porcupine Tree - Fear of A Blank Planet
Neal Morse - Sola Scriptura
Crowded House - Time on Earth
Pain of Salvation - Scarsick
Redemption - Origins Of Ruin
Between The Buried And Me - Colors
Rush - Snakes And Arrows
 
2007 Was A Great Year!

I will not Fear
Fear is the mind killer
I will face my Fear
I will let it pass through me

I realize now that I'm probably not going to buy any other cds this year so I'm making my list now. Just to point out, I love every album I bought that came out in 2007
 
The albums I bought this year in iTunes reverse alphabetical order. I reccommend any of them.
 
3- The End is Begun
Vital Remains- Icons of Evil
Tomahawk- Anonymous
Through The Eyes of The Dead- Malice
Thrice- The Alchemy Index Vol. 1 and 2
Symphony X- Paradise Lost
The Showdown- Temptation Come My Way
Shadows Fall- Threads of Life
Serj Tankian- Elect The Dead
Rush- Snakes and Arrows
Redemption- The Origins of Ruin
Queens of The Stone Age- Era Vulgaris
Porcupine Tree- Nil Recurring/Fear of a Dark Planet
Pig Destroyer- Phantom Limb
Pain of Salvation- Scarsick
Nile-  Ithyphallic
Mnemic- Passenger
Minus The Bear- Planet of Ice
Machine Head- The Blackening
Kamelot- Ghost Opera
Jordan Rudess- The Road Home
Job For A Cowboy- Genesis
Iced Earth- Overture of The Wicked/ Framing Armgeddon (Something Wicked pt. 1)
Horse The Band- A Natural Death
HIM- Venus Doom (I'm serious about it......it actually dosen't suck)
Hellyeah- Hellyeah
Hella- There's No 666 in Outer Space
From Autumn to Ashes- Holding a Wolf By The Ears
Five Finger Death Punch- The Way of The Fist
Fair To Midland- Fables From A Mayfly: What I Tell You Three Times Is True
Every Time I Die- The Big Dirty
Dream Theater- Systematic Chaos
Down- III: Over The Under
Divine Heresy- Bleed The Fifth
Dimmu Borgir- In Sorte Diaboli
Dillinger Escape Plan- Ire Works
Devin Townsend- Ziltoid The Onmiscient
Dethklok- Dethalbum
Darkest Hour- Deliver Us
Dark Tranquility- Fiction
Clutch- From Beale St. To Oblivion
Buring Inside- Burning Inside
Blotted Science- The Mechanics of Dimentia
The Black Deliah Murder- Nocturnal
Between The Buried and Me- Colors
Bad Religion- New Maps of Hell
Avenged Sevenfold- Avenged Sevenfold
As I Lay Dying- An Ocean Between Us
Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film For Theater Colon The Soundtrack
Amaran's Plight- Voice In The Light
Alter Bridge- Blackbird
Aborted- Slaughtered & Apparatus : A Methodical Overture
 
(All bolded are what I consider the best of the best)

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Jordan Rudess- The Road Home

 
Ow yeah I'll have to add that one to my list
Great album
 

I will not Fear
Fear is the mind killer
I will face my Fear
I will let it pass through me

Favourite Albums (In No Particular Order, despite being numbered):
1. Porcupine Tree - Fear of a Blank Planet / Nil Recurring
2. Lily Allen - Alright, Still
3. Marillion - Somewhere Else
4. Devin Townsend - Ziltoid The Omniscient
5. Machine Head - The Blackening
6. Between The Buried & Me - Colors
7. Rush - Snakes & Arrows
8. Dream Theater - Systematic Chaos
9. Nightwish - Dark Passion Play
10. Kanye West - Graduation

11. Sleepytime Gorilla Museum - In Glorious Times
12. Chimaira - Resurrection 
13. Within Temptation - The Heart Of Everything
14. Megadeth - United Abominations
15. Steve Vai - Sound Theories
16. Throwdown - Venom & Tears
17. Blotted Science - The Machinations of Dementia
18. Mark Ronson - Version
19. Ulver - Shadows of the Sun
20. Blackfield - Blackfield II
 
21. Shadows Fall - Threads of Life
22. Scorpions - Humanity (Hour 1)
23. Anubis Gate - Andromeda Unchained
24. Sigur Rós - Hvarf-Heim
25. Dethklok - The Dethalbum

 
 There are still a few albums I've not gotten around to listening to yet* (This list is only studio albums, no Live or Compilation cds are included)
* = Neal Morse - Sola Scriptura
      Avenged Sevenfold - Avenged Sevenfold
      From Autumn To Ashes - Holding A Wolf By The Ears
      The Dear Hunter - Act II: The Meaning Of And All Things Regarding Ms. Leading
      As I Lay Dying - An Ocean Between Us

BTBAM - Colors
Devin Townsend - Ziltoid the Omniscient
Bruce Springsteen - Magic
Dillinger Escape Plan - Ire Works

Dream Theater - Systematic Chaos
Porcupine Tree - Fear Of A Blank Planet
Blackfield - Blackfield II
Avenged Sevenfold - Avenged Sevenfold
Amorphis - Silent waters
Neal Morse - Sola Scriptura
Radiohead - In Rainbows
 
The Bon Jovi album was poor but then so is every album they've done since These Days so it wasn't a major shock.

Read between the lines
Criticise the words they're selling.
Think for yourself
And feel the walls become sand beneath your feet.

Been some big suprises and dissapointments but here's my top 50:
1.Helloween - Gambling with the devil  2cd  awesome cd my favourite of theirs since Master of the rings 
2.Pagan's Mind - God's Equation 2cd  best prog release for 2007 imo.
3.Circus Maximus - Isolate  - played this to death great cd
4.Gamma Ray - Land of the free 2 - their best in years
5.Therion - Gothic Kabbalah - they always release great cds
6.Threshold - Dead Reckoning - big suprise catchy cd
7.Epica - The divine conspiracy - Great performances all round
8.Amaran's Plight - Voice in the light - What a combination they couldn't go wrong
9.Redemption- Origins of ruin - as good as their previous awesome cd
10.Symphony X - Paradise lost - another band that ony releases quality cds.
11.Silent Force - I walk the earth
12.Iced Earth - Framing Armageddon sw 1
13.Thunderstone - Evoultion 4.0
14.King Diamond - Give me your soul please
15.Freedom Call - Dimensions
16.Avantasia lost in space 1 & 2
17.Elvenking - The Sythe
18.Nightwish - Dark Passion Play
19.Manticora - The black circus pt.2
20.Rob Rock - Garden of chaos
21.Evidence One - The sky is the limit
22.Dream Theater - Systematic Chaos
23.Symphorce - Become Death
24,Alterbridge - Blackbird
25.Machine Head - The blackening
26.Dreamscape - 5th season
27.Mystic Prohpecy - Satanic Curses
28.Porcupine Tree - Fear of the black planet
29.Devin Townsend - Ziltoid The Omniscient
30.Tarja - My winters storm
31.Nocturnal Rites - The 8th Sin
32.Insania - Agony the gift of life
33.Vision Divine  The 25th hour
34.Vanishing Point - The 4th season
35.Kotipelto - Serenity
36.After Forever - After forever
37.Pain - Pslams of extinction
38.Nuclear Blast Allstars - Into the light
39.Winds - Prominence and demise
40.Within Temptation - The heat of everything
41.Labyritnh - 6 days to nowhere
42.Megadeth - United abominations
43.Xandrai - Salome the seventh veil
44.Kamelot - Ghost opera - far from their best couple of stand out tracks.
45.Sonata Arctica - Unia - love this band ever since their 1999 debut. But not this cd real shame as Caleb is one of my favourite songs this year. If the other tracks hooked me in as much I'm sure it would be in my top 10.
The following were my biggest dissapointments for 2007:
46.Primal fear - New religion - gets boring
47.Ride the sky - New protection - heard it all before
48.Annihilator - Metal - worst Annihilator album in years 
49.Masterplan - MK11 - loss of two members has hurt.
50.Nostradameus - Pathway - nothing special
 

My Top 10 in no order:
1. Dream Theater-Systematic Chaos
2. Radiohead-In Rainbows
3. Machine Head-The Blackening
4. Coheed & Cambria-No World For Tommorow
5. Porcupine Tree-Fear of A Blank Planet
6. Between The Buried And Me-Colors
7. Parkway Drive-Horizons
8. Symphony X-Paradise Lost
9. Blackfield-Blackfield II
10.Opeth-The Roundhouse Tapes

Just One Second and I Was Left With Nothing.

My finalized list (this time for sure):

1. Anekdoten- A Time of Day
2. Phideaux- Doomsday Afternoon
3. Between the Buried and Me- Colors
4. Ulver- Shadows of the Sun
5. Sleepytime Gorilla Museum- In Glorious Times
6. Beardfish- Sleeping In Traffic Pt. 1
7. Radiohead- In Rainbows
8. Porcupine Tree- Fear of A Blank Planet/Nil Recurring
9. Machine Head- The Blackening
10. Opeth- The Roundhouse Tapes
11. Nine Inch Nails- Year Zero
12. Blackfield- Blackfield II
13. Genesis- Live Over Europe
14. Dream Theater- Systematic Chaos
15. Rush- Snakes & Arrows
 
Since 2007 was one of the BEST years in muisc, it was VERY hard narrowing it down and ranking albums.

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Hard list to make this year, as there were so many good albums:

1. Ulver - Shadows Of The Sun
2. Robert Fripp - At The End Of Time
3. Anekdoten - A Time Of Day
4. Sleepytime Gorilla Museum - In Glorious Times
5. Blackfield - Blackfield II
6. Beardfish - Sleeping In Traffic: Part One
7. Pig Destroyer - Phantom Limb
8. Alan Morse - Four O'Clock And Hysteria
9. Deathspell Omega - Fas - Ite, Maledicti, In Ignem Aeternum
10. Fish - 13th Star
    
11. Mayhem - Ordo Ad Chao
12. Nine Inch Nails - Year Zero
    

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50. Coheed - NWFT
49. Dream Theater - SC
48. PT - FoaBP
47. People For Audio - THE NEW ANCIENTS
46. Inme - DAYDREAM ANONYMOUS
45. Alter Bridge - BLACKBIRD
44. Serj Tankian - ELECT THE DEAD
43. Menomena - FRIEND AND FOE
42. The Polyphonic Spree - THE FRAGILE ARMY
41. Deas Vail - ALL THE HOUSES LOOK THE SAME

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40. Paulson - ALL AT ONCE (reissue w/ Bonus Tracks)
39. Marillion - SOMEWHERE ELSE
38. The End - ELEMENTARY
37. Porcupine Tree - NIL RECURRING (EP)
36. One Republic - DREAMING OUT LOUD
35. Omar Rodriguez-Lopez - SE DICE BISONTE, NO BUFALO
34. Woven - AFTERMATH (EP)
33. Bend Sinister - BEND SINISTER (EP)
32. Andre Matos - TIME TO BE FREE
31. Battles - MIRRORED

My top ten:

Anekdoten - A Time Of Day
Beardfish - Sleeping In Traffic: Part 1
Blackfield - II
Neurosis - Given To The Rising
Nine Inch Nails - Year Zero
Rush - Snakes And Arrows
Shining - Halmstad
Type O Negative - Dead Again
Ulver - Shadows Of The Sun
Frank Zappa - Buffalo


Honorable mentions:

Battles – Mirrored
Björk – Volta
Black Light Burns – Cruel Melody
Deathspell Omega – Fas – Ite Maledicti in Ignem Aeternum
Dave Gahan - Hourglass
King Diamond – Give Me Your Soul... Pleace
Marillion – Somewhere Else
Mayhem – Ordo Ad Chao
Paul McCartney – Memory Almost Full
Modest Mouse – We Were Dead Before The Ship Even Sank
Alan Morse – Four O’Clock & Hysteria
Neal Morse – Scola Scripture
Obituary – Executioner’s Return
Opeth – The Roundhouse Tapes
The Pax Cecilia – Blessed Are the Bonds
Pelican – City Of Echoes
Phideaux – Doomsday Afternoon
Planet X - Quantum
Porcupine Tree – Fear Of A Blank Planet
Porcupine Tree – Nil Recurring
Queens Of The Stone Age – Era Vulgaris
Radiohead – In Rainbows
Omar Rodriguez-Lopez - Se Dice Bisonte No Bufalo
Samael – Solar Soul
Sigh – Hangman’s Hymn
Silverchair – Young Modern
Sleepytime Gorilla Museum – In Glorious Times
Devin Townsend – Ziltoid The Omniscient
Van Der Graaf Generator – Real Time
Victimizer – The Final Assault
Scott Walker - And Who Shall Go To The Ball And What Shall Go To The Ball


Disappointments:

Dream Theater – Systematic Chaos
The Flower Kings – The Sum Of No Evil
Megadeth – United Abominations
Pain Of Salvation – Scarsick


Overall a fantastic year for music

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50. Coheed - NWFT
49. Dream Theater - SC
48. PT - FoaBP
47. People For Audio - THE NEW ANCIENTS
46. Inme - DAYDREAM ANONYMOUS
45. Alter Bridge - BLACKBIRD
44. Serj Tankian - ELECT THE DEAD
43. Menomena - FRIEND AND FOE
42. The Polyphonic Spree - THE FRAGILE ARMY
41. Deas Vail - ALL THE HOUSES LOOK THE SAME
40. Paulson - ALL AT ONCE (reissue w/ Bonus Tracks)
39. Marillion - SOMEWHERE ELSE
38. The End - ELEMENTARY
37. Porcupine Tree - NIL RECURRING (EP)
36. One Republic - DREAMING OUT LOUD
35. Omar Rodriguez-Lopez - SE DICE BISONTE, NO BUFALO
34. Woven - AFTERMATH (EP)
33. Bend Sinister - BEND SINISTER (EP)
32. Andre Matos - TIME TO BE FREE
31. Battles - MIRRORED

next 10 added 30-21

30. Blackfield - II
29. Fields - EVERYTHING LAST WINTER
28. The Pax Cecilia - BLESSED ARE THE BONDS
27. Cavil at Rest - ORION WAY (EP/3 EPs in 1)
26. The Apples in Stereo - NEW MAGNETIC WONDER
25. The New Pornographers - CHALLENGERS
24. Dark Tranquillity - FICTION
23. Strata - STRATA PRESENTS THE END OF THE WORLD
22. Neverending White Lights - ACT II: THE BLOOD AND THE LIFE ETERNAL
21. Thurisaz - CIRCADIAN RHYTHM

My music budget this year went mostly to DVDs.

1. WORLD'S APART REVISITED - Saga (DVD)

2. THE ROAD HOME - Jordan Rudess

3. FANTASIA: LIVE IN TOKYO - Asia (DVD)

4. VISIONS OF THE ENCHANTED LANDS - Rhapsody Of Fire (DVD)

5. MOOGFEST 2006 - Jordan Rudess, Jan Hammer, Mahavishnu Project, Keith Emerson (DVD)

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Hey guys, I'm trying to locate
 
Jakko M. Jakszyk - 'The Bruised Romantic Glee Club'.
 
It's sold out at Amazon, Burning Shed, etc...
 
Anybody have a copy to spare/sell?
 
Thanks!

Ammong many other albums previously mentioned, I'd like to add

*Frost - Milliontown
Cafe Tacvba - Sino

Of course Systematic Chaos.. but i was REALLY impressed with Fiction, by Dark Tranquillity. Not sure if many of you know them.. theyre melodic death metal basically, and the drummer's biggest inspiration is Mike

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