This year had been pretty good,
Slough Feg - Hardworlder
Therion - Gothic Kabbalah
Amorphis - Silent Waters
Turisas - The Varangian Way
Sigh - Hangman's Hymn
and
Behemoth - The Apostasy

WITCHFINDER GENERAL!!!

2007 31th October best of ''Buried Amongst The Ruins'' are out

Track List

1. Burning A Sinner
2. Satan's Children
3. Soviet Invasion
4. Rabies
5. R.I.P.
6. Satan's Children
7. Rabies
8. Phantasmagorical
9. Soviet Invasion

Tracks 1 & 2 are from the single "Burning A Sinner".
Tracks 3-5 are from the EP "Soviet Invasion".
Tracks 6-9 are live recordings from 1981.
Track 8 is previously unreleased.

WoW some days ago new Worship album came out where I can hear some sampels or songs

I have to add Forgotten Tomb - Negative Megalomaniac, though it's not very new it's now that I'm listening to it.

What a good album it keep my attention from the beggining though some of the lyrics are a turn off for me, a mix of heavyness and more lighter passages yet keeping in that dark melancholy atmosphere, the best song would be No Rehab (Final Exit).

So far Winds, Jesu and Forgotten Tomb are on the top of the list.

The Angelic Process - Weighing Souls With Sand is also a great release. Really didn't see that coming, fans of extreme music, in particular drone/doom should check it!

One thing I have to say is that 2007 has been one heck of a year for ProgMetal.
I mean, just look at the list:
Dream Theater - Systematic Chaos
Porcupine Tree - Fear Of A Blank Planet
Deadsoul Tribe - A Lullaby For The Devil
Riverside - Rapid Eye Movement
Symphony X - Paradise Lost
Opeth _The Roundhouse Tapes
Three - The End Has Begun
Devin Townsend - Ziltoid The Omniscient
Circus Maximus - Isolate
Pagan's Mind - God's Equation
Pain Of Salvation - Scarsick
Poverty's No Crime - Save My Soul

For me, this has been the best year for Prog in a long, long time. Personally, my favorites have been Dream Theater, Porcupine Tree, Three, Deadsoul Tribe, Riverside and Devin Townsend.

Pantokrator - AURUM
Virgin Black - Mezzo Forte

Just heard Locus Mortis' - Voust IT. not that original, but pretty good and entertaining non endless. Major influence is Casus Luciferi-era Watain and Glorior Belli. this is like the 6 or 7th good orthodox bm album this year. yay.

Written by Damnated on 25.11.2007 at 16:29

Just heard Locus Mortis' - Voust IT. not that original, but pretty good and entertaining non endless. Major influence is Casus Luciferi-era Watain and Glorior Belli. this is like the 6 or 7th good orthodox bm album this year. yay.

I listened to this band once, but do you know if they use keyboard in their music?

Written by FOOCK Nam on 29.11.2007 at 16:31

Written by Damnated on 25.11.2007 at 16:29

Just heard Locus Mortis' - Voust IT. not that original, but pretty good and entertaining non endless. Major influence is Casus Luciferi-era Watain and Glorior Belli. this is like the 6 or 7th good orthodox bm album this year. yay.

I listened to this band once, but do you know if they use keyboard in their music?

i don't know for a fact, but i personally believe that they do not use a keyboard.

@Damnated, I also guess so. Dont remember the song I listened but seemed that was rythm guitar

I haven't actually got that many albums from this year due to my now not downloading. However I have picked up so far.

Arch Enemy - Rise Of The Tyrant [7/10]
Darkthrone - F.O.A.D. [5/10]
Finntroll - Ur Jordens Djup [6/10]
Korpiklaani - Tervaskanto [8/10]
Nightwish - Dark Passion Play [7/10]
Overkill - Immortalis [7/10]
Sigh - Hangmans Hymn [9/10]
Turisas - The Varangian Way [8/10]

So a throughly average year I think - quite disappointed by Finntroll and Darkthrone releases, but equaled out by a stunning release by Sigh.

Now that the year is about to end, I've got this:
My picks
Dark Moor - Tarot: After the not so good Beyond the Sea (except for the wonderful Vivaldi's cover), I didn't expect this record, IMO is the best Effort from the spanish without Elisa, as they return to the strong symphonic sound and the neoclassical melodies, good one. 8.5

Moi dix Mois - Dixanadu: another return, after the experiment with industrial and electronic sounds, Mana's band bring a perfect mix with the last album electronic with the baroque sound of their first album, still being original.8.5

Arch Enemy - Rise of the Tyrant: If ain't broke, don't fix it, as simple as that. I like their sound so much, that I can enjoy this sound for a couple of years more, you know female growls, catch us (we, the guys)8

Dark Tranquillity - Fiction the same as Arch Enemy, if ain't broke, don't fix it, nothing new but that sound is so good that I even could receive well a new album with this sound.8

Gamma Ray - Land of the Free II, Kai didn't screwed it this time!!!, the Power metal god, brought us what we just was expecting, a return to the glorious, epic, fast, heavy and melodic sound of the original Land of the Free era, IMO maybe the band's finest even surpassing the original LotF and Powerplant.9.5

Machine Head - The Blackening, one of the few thrash albums of the year (I haven't had chance to listen to Necrodeath's Draculea), the band's finest, heavy, aggressive, fast, all what you can expect from a real thrash album combined with the modern sound.9

Letdowns/Dissapointments
I don't want to bash the bands out so I'll just write a list:
Manowar - Gods of War
Mayhem - Ordo Ad Chao
Apocalyptica - Worlds Collide
Marduk - Rom 5:12
Dimmu Borgir - In Sorte Diaboli
Iced Earth - Framin... Blah, blah, blah

Tomb Of.... Remastered and realised for new rear demos and old material, its great even a lot of are minimalistic music some ambient some BM but ggreat band

Zonaria - Infamy And The Breed
Autumn - My New Time
Moonsorrow - Viides Luku Hävitetty
Oceans of Sadness - The Mirror Palace (Belgian surprise Melodic Death)
Primordial - To The Nameless Dead
At The Lake - At The Lake EP (Polish underground violin metal)

for me a lot better than last year

I prefer year 2008.
There's so much there ,what I would like to have

Written by [user id=24776] on 08.12.2007 at 19:07

I prefer year 2008.
There's so much there ,what I would like to have

well we will see about it soon

Ive been waiting until the end of the year to post in this thread. For me its been a great year, very few albums I purchased have been letdowns, here is my list of albums that have been worth my money/time:
Behemoth-The Apostasy
Black Sabbath-The Dio Years
Danzig-Lost Tracks Of Danzig
Devildriver-The Last Kind Words
Ensiferum-Victory Songs
Finntroll-Ur Jordens Djup
Hail Of Bullets-Promo CD
High On Fire-Death Is This Communion
Manowar-Gods Of War
Marduk-Rom 5:12
Megadeth-United Abominations
Municipal Waste-The Art Of Partying
Ozzy Osbourne-Black Rain
Pelican-City Of Echoes
Shakra-Infected
The 69 Eyes-Angels
Turisas-The Varangian Way

My wastes of money:
Mayhem-Ordo Ad Chao
Iron Fire-Blade Of Triumph

I think the ratio of worthwhile albums to crap albums was pretty good for me, better than most years. Now lets see the concerts I went to this year (headlining bands listed only):
Dimmu Borgir
Chimaira
Heaven & Hell/Megadeth
Cannibal Corpse
Melechesh
Van Halen
And a shitload of local shows. None of those concerts were a waste of time or money for me, overall my favorite concert had to go to Heaven & Hell/Megadeth, Ill remember that one for a long time.

Written by albatros on 03.12.2007 at 16:52

Zonaria - Infamy And The Breed

This band is new and good music. I also own their album, but seems the band has got much attention.
EDIT: I mean they hasnt got...

Tomb Of... reameatared old and rear demos and a lot of hellenic bands realise for new them demos or 80ties albums(whit bonus tracks) great

2007 isn't a bad year, at least. I like the Akercocke album, and the Rotting Christ album isn't bad (Though I preferred some of their older albums), Anaal Nathrakh's new album is good, Dissident Saint's album is too (the vocals are quite original, IMO), as was Benighted's album, and Reverend Bizarre's final album was awesome.

Swallow The Sun - Hope, excellent work for doom fan.
Colosseum - Chapter I: Delirium. Check this band song Corridor Of Desolation, beautiful guitar.
InSomnius Dei: Illusion Of Silence. Loud riff doom, though I havent listened much to this one, so cant give judgement.

My favorites for the year:
Dark Tranquillity - Fiction
Ensiferum - Victory Songs
Dimmu Borgir - In Sorte Diaboli
Arch Enemy - Rise Of The Tyrant
Job For A Cowboy - Genesis
Behemoth - The Apostasy

´07 isn´t a bad year. my faavs in no particular order:
arch enemy - riserof the tyrant
amorphis - silent waters
exodus - the atrocity exhibition
megadeth - united abominations
dark tranquillity - fiction
susperia - cut from stone

Written by FOOCK Nam on 14.12.2007 at 09:10

Written by albatros on 03.12.2007 at 16:52

Zonaria - Infamy And The Breed

This band is new and good music. I also own their album, but seems the band has got much attention.

great album, and it's also on my top list for the year.

the rest:
dark tranquillity - fiction
freevil - burning
iced earth - framing armaggedon (something wicked, pt. 1)
kamelot - ghost opera
porcupine tree - fear of a blank planet
rush - snakes and arrows
scarpoint - the silence we deserve

I'm so bad at this

all I know is that the new Anaal Nathrakh album is my favorite for this year.

Written by FOOCK Nam on 14.12.2007 at 09:10

Written by albatros on 03.12.2007 at 16:52

Zonaria - Infamy And The Breed

This band is new and good music. I also own their album, but seems the band has got much attention.

I agree, this is a great album, its a shame not many people know about this band yet

2007 has been a good year i think. Anaal Nathrakh, I agree with the feeling on this album

Written by [user id=27683] on 18.12.2007 at 03:12

2007 has been a good year i think. Anaal Nathrakh, I agree with the feeling on this album

everyone keeps mentioning this album but i can't find it.

Damn, I forgot Anaal Nathrakh, Hell Is Empty And All Devils Are Here also is good stuff, and of course my fav in 2007. They have more epic songs than the 2006 stuff