2007 - ratings, best releases, etc.

omen of hate · Post by **omen of hate** » Thu Jul 05, 2007 6:53 pm

I'm now listening to new MALEVOLENT CREATION new album "Doomsday X". Though its not their best release, the album is very good !

Korgüll · Post by **Korgüll** » Fri Jul 06, 2007 1:36 am

omen of hate wrote:I'm now listening to new MALEVOLENT CREATION new album "Doomsday X". Though its not their best release, the album is very good !

Like VADER, MC have released too many mediocre albums!

Helm · Post by **Helm** » Fri Jul 06, 2007 5:06 am

I'm hoping the new The Vision Bleak will be out this year, and it will be the best album of 2007.

The new Candlemass record was just a tad better than the last one, but still nothing monumental. Leif is going through the motions, it seems to me. This goes from a guy that travelled from grc to swe to catch the 25th anniversary show so I'm not just saying that, my heart bleeds to say it.

Korgüll · Post by **Korgüll** » Fri Jul 06, 2007 1:41 pm

Helm wrote:I'm hoping the new The Vision Bleak will be out this year, and it will be the best album of 2007.

Is this emo?

Helm wrote:The new Candlemass record was just a tad better than the last one, but still nothing monumental.

Easily the best album of the year... so far!!!!!!

FenderMedium · Post by **FenderMedium** » Fri Jul 06, 2007 2:07 pm

The new candlemass gets worse the more I hear it. The only stand out track for me is of stars and smoke.

This The Vision Bleak seems to be some gothic metal joker shit

omen of hate · Post by **omen of hate** » Fri Jul 13, 2007 11:35 am

I've listened to new GOREFEST album "Rise to Ruin", it's very nice surprise, I didn't enjoy their reunion album "La Muerte", but this new one simply slays !

tearitup1234 · Post by **tearitup1234** » Fri Jul 13, 2007 2:34 pm

some of my 2007 favorites:

Slough Feg-Hardworlder
Pale Divine-Cemetary Earth
The Gates of Slumber-Villain,Villain DLP

Helm · Post by **Helm** » Fri Jul 13, 2007 2:35 pm

Is this emo?

What? No! It's awesome Heavy Metal. Listen to 'Carpathia' if you ever get the chance.

mordred · Post by **mordred** » Fri Jul 13, 2007 6:32 pm

The new Trouble is such a dissapointment. I don't know why I had any hopes for it, but I did. Boring, uninspired stuff. I am also not to happy with the new King Diamond. Pretty OK, but too melodic and unspectacular for a KD album. I thought it would be good, because lately every second KD album has been really good. Spider's Lullabye, Voodoo and Abigail II were ace, while the ones inbetween were not as good. Sadly, the new one is not really better than The Puppet Master.

Instead, I keep enjoying the hell out of the new Candlemass. Seriously, this is as good as the reunion album, which was already amazing. Candlemass just keeps being a synonyme for quality. Unbelievable.

Meanwhile, I can't wait to get the new Doomsword. The new song on their myspace sounds mindblowing, I'm sure the album will be killer. But I have to little money and too many new records to listen to to get it yet.

And I am waiting for the new Atlantean Kodex to turn up at my doorstep. It's gonna slay. In the end, 2007 will be a good year for metal.

The Sentinel · Post by **The Sentinel** » Fri Jul 13, 2007 6:39 pm

I heard the new Candlemass and it sounded very very good at first listen. I'm gonna definately get this one.

Post by **DaN** » Fri Jul 13, 2007 6:50 pm

I'm sitting here listening to SLOUGH FEG's "Atavism" CD for the umphteenth time and still won't click for me

Why - why - why??? They do everything right, i.e. they do what they've always done - churn out top-quality, original and epic pieces of Metal pound for pound and yet it goes in one ear out you mother. "Traveller" and "Down Among The Deadmen" had me in a vice after the first 2 spins but this one, it just doesn' move me maahn...

What I need to know from those of you who've heard it is:

How does "Hardworlder" compare to the last 3 SLOUGH FEG albums? Have The Weirdos gone down in the swamp of repetition forever? SAY IT ISN'T SO!!!

Helm · Post by **Helm** » Sat Jul 14, 2007 8:25 am

Holy shit, new Manes! Haven't heard yet, hope it's good. (Here's where a grumbly chorus of people complain about Manes in a 'best heavy metal releases' thread)

Atavism isn't hm... I wouldn't say it's their best, I also prefer Down Among The Deadmen. I think the problem with Slough Feg isn't that they don't write or play well or with conviction, it is that the actual material they come up with doesn't flow well. So you're left with quirky songs full of 'good parts' but whose overal structure doesn't mesh, and naturally only a few of them will then click with the listener.

hload · Post by **hload** » Wed Jul 25, 2007 10:00 pm

new zarpa

Noisenik · Post by **Noisenik** » Sun Jul 29, 2007 11:25 am

To add to the list:

Scariot - Momentum Shift (quite good prog power thrash, love those eastern scale riffs, nice surprise)

Megadeth - United Abominations (surprisingly not bad at all; their albums usually stuck in my ears, while this I can actually listen to ... smoothly)

Mortal Sin - An Absence Of Faith (cannot reach the first two but decent enough for 2007).

Post by **DaN** » Wed Aug 01, 2007 12:18 am

What are people's opinions of the last SLOUGH FEG album? Only had a quick listen to the first 3 tracks in a store and I was sorta underwhelmed..