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Official Metallus Maximus Members Top Metal Releases Of 2008

[Hellboy]

With the end of the year just around the corner, let's see what the members have been spinning for 2008.
This should be interesting...

HellBoy's Top 20 Metal Releases Of 2008

01 AYREON - 01011001
02 OPETH - Watershed
03 TESTAMENT - The Formation of Damnation
04 GRAND MAGUS - Iron Will
05 FIREWIND - The Premonition
06 PYRAMAZE - Immortal
07 YNGWIE MALMSTEEN - Perpetual Flame
08 WARREL DANE - Praise To The War Machine
09 JORN - Lonely Are The Brave
10 WHITESNAKE - Good To Be Bad
11 CYNIC - Traced In Air
12 BENEDICTUM - Seasons of Tragedy
13 DEATH ANGEL - Killing Season
14 ICED EARTH - The Crucible Of Man
15 JUDAS PRIEST - Nostradamus
16 EVERGREY - Torn
17 AVANTASIA - The Scarecrow
18 LAAZ ROCKIT - Left For Dead
19 LOUDNESS - Metal Mad
20 IVANHOE - Lifeline

[Metal_King]

Shit, now I have to do it. 

[Venom]

VENOM'S TOP 20 (or as close to one as I can do)

1. Testament-Formation of Damnation
2. Death Angel-Killing Season
3. Whitesnake-Good To Be Bad
4. Opeth-Watershed
5. Sabaton-The Art of War
6. Evergrey-Torn
7. Metallica-Death Magnetic
8. Jorn-Lonely Are The Brave
9. Hail Of Bullets-...Of Frost And War
10. Pyramaze-Immortal
11. Firewind-The Premonition
12. Paradox-Electrify
13. Yngwie Malmsteen-Perpetual Flame
14. Loudness-Metal Mad
15. Helstar-King of Hell
16. Brainstorm-Downburst
17. Pharaoh-Be Gone
18. Volbeat-Guitar Gansters and Cadillac Blood
19. Scar Symmetry-Holographic Universe
20. Destruction-D.E.V.O.L.U.T.I.O.N.

Honorable mentions:
Jeff Loomis-Zero Order Phase
Laaz Rockit-Left For Dead
Airbourne-Runnin' Wild
Warrel Dane-Praise To The War Machine
Avantasia-The Scarecrow
Ayreon-01011001

[Metal_King]

1. Paradox - Electrify
2. Testament - Formation of Damnation
3. Brainstorm - Downburst
4. Death Angel - Killing Season
5. Perzonal War - Bloodline
6. Evergrey - Torn
7. Destruction - D.E.V.O.L.U.T.I.O.N.
8. Laaz Rockit - Left For Dead
9. Metallica - Death Magnetic
10. AC/DC - Black Ice
11. Judas Priest  - Nostradamus
12. Dragonforce - Ultra Beatdown

I have a top 12...the others I have not heard yet. 

I still need to hear TANKARD!!, Volbeat, Motorhead, Helstar, Pyramaze, Loudness, Sabaton, Avantasia, Warrel Dane, and Ivanhoe. 

[Pelata]

Here's my official list that I turned into TeethOfTheDivine.com:

2008 Overall Favorites
King's X - XV
Jorn - Lonely Are The Brave
Enslaved - Vertebrae
Apostle Of Solitude - Sincerest Misery
Harem Scarem - Hope
Pyramaze-Immortal
Opeth - Watershed
House Of Lords - Come To My Kingdom
Helstar - The King Of Hell
Testament - The Formation Of Damnation

2008 Favorite "Wussy Rock" Albums
Rick Springfield - Venus In Overdrive
Khymera - The Greatest Wonder
Bryan Adams - 11
Kip Winger - From The Moon To The Sun

2008 Honorable Mention
My Silent Wake - A Garland Of Tears
Iced Earth - The Crucible Of Man
Draconian - Turning Season Within
Starbreaker - Loves Dying Wish
Daylight Dies - Lost To The Living
Eden's Curse - Second Coming
Whitesnake - Good To Be Bad
Pantheist - Journey Into Lands Unknown

2008 Favorite "New To Me" Albums/Bands
In Flames - Lunar Strain
Tenhi (in general)
Empyrium - A Wintersunset...
Beneath The Frozen Soil (in general)

2008 Favorite Movie
The Dark Knight

2008 Disappointments
Yngwie Malmsteen - Perpetual Flame
Metallica - Death Magnetic
Def Leppard - Songs From The Sparkle Lounge
Journey - Revelation
Death Angel-Killling Season
That U2 did not release an album...
Missing the King's X/Extreme show in Charlotte...

[Metal_King]

space saved

NOW YOU ARE THINKING!! 

[Firefarter]

list finalized

1-Benediction-Killing music
2-Dismember-S/T
3-Cynic-Traced in air
4-Weezer-S/T(a.k.a. the Red album)
5-Warrel Dane-Praise to the war machine
6-Hail of bullets-...Of frost and war
7-Toxic Holocaust-An overdose of death
8-Pharaoh-Be gone
9-In Flames-A sense of purpose
10-Woods of Ypres-Woods III:Deepest roots and darkest blues
11-Opeth-Watershed
12-Grave-Dominion VIII
13-Origin-Antithesis
14-Aborted-Strychnine 213
15-Bloodbath-The fathomless mastery
16-Testament-The formation of damnation
17-Kataklysm-Prevail
18-Satyricon-The age of Nero
19-Ayreon-01011001
20-Amon Amarth-Twilight of the thundergod

[Protag]

Nobody cares what I listen to so I don't see a point in making a list.

[Hellboy]

Nobody cares what I listen to so I don't see a point in making a list.

Protag, don't say that!
It's all about sharing what we enjoy and hoping to discover what made an impression on fellow metalheads.
There's already a few releases I want to check out from other people's lists. I personally look forward to find out what rocked your boat and everybody else...

It's all about the Metal! 

[Release]

I've become so bored with checking out new stuff this year that a big chunk of my list isn't even metal. 
Plus, 4 of them wouldn't even be counted in many lists because they're live or technically older than 2008. 

1. New Model Army - Fuck Texas Sing for Us (Live album, shouldn't even count but c'mon, who didn't see that one coming in at #1?  )
2. Cruel April - Cruel April (Recorded in 2006, released independently this year, shouldn't even count)
3. Volbeat - Guitar Gangsters & Cadillac Blood
4. Brave - Monuments
5. U.D.O. - Mastercutor Alive (Live album, shouldn't even count)
6. Therion - Live Gothic (Live album, shouldn't even count)
7. Metallica - Death Magnetic
8. Cavalera Conspiracy - Inflikted
9. Burst - Lazarus bird
10. The Zydepunks - Finisterre
11. Sordal - In Fort Knox With a Penny
12. R.E.M. - Accelerate
13. Riverside - Schizophrenic Prayer

[Firefarter]

Nobody cares what I listen to so I don't see a point in making a list.

how else are we gonna laugh at you?

[Pelata]

Added my list...

[Venom]

2008 Disappointments
Yngwie Malmsteen - Perpetual Flame
Metallica - Death Magnetic
Death Angel-Killling Season

[Rex]

1. Warrel Dane - Praise To The War Machine
2. Firewind - The Premonition
3. Metallica - Death Magnetic
4. Opeth - Watershed
5. Evergrey - Torn
6. Pyramaze - Immortal
7. Iced Earth - The Crucible Of Man
8. Demain - Building an Empire
9. Axel Rudi Pell - Tales Of The Crown
10. Jorn - Lonely Are The Brave
11. Into Eternity-The Incurable Tragedy
12. Judas Priest  - Nostradamus
13. Testament - Formation of Damnation

[Protag]

Nobody cares what I listen to so I don't see a point in making a list.

how else are we gonna laugh at you?

Never needed me to make a list before to do that!