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All three issues are related to pre-album release singles... 1) When a band releases singles prior to the album release, one at a time, and with each single they ask you to pay just a bit more by adding on the song you just purchased a month earlier. Case in point: Witherfall's upcoming album is pre...

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File under: "Stuff I really wanted to love but does nothing for me"

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RYUJIN - Ryujin Japanese "samurai metal" ... at its core this is melodic death metal, somewhere in the Children of Bodom vein, but with lots of Japanese folk influences, a heavy dose of power metal cheese, and a mixture between cleans and scream. The album was co-written and co-produced by Matthew ...

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Big thanks for your list, I have actually been waiting for it! :) Thank you - I'm glad to hear someone appreciates it :) I obviously agree with Katatonia, The Anchoret, Avenged Sevenfold, Einar Solberg, and Tesseract placements. I have to admit that I didn't get into A7X at first and I only started...

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So glad you like those. Avenged Sevenfold is incredible. I can't get enough of that album. The funny part is that I didn't see any references until this album until the end of year lists ANYWHERE. All of a sudden it starts showing up on proggy end of year lists, with zero reviews in most places I r...

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LarryD wrote: ↑
Mon Jan 01, 2024 11:15 am
Brilliant write up ...... I'll dissect this when I have some time ...... :O)

Thanks old man ... I mean, thanks Larry

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My only regret at the moment is that I read through this on my phone first. I'll be home sometime tomorrow so I'll be able to listen to things properly then. I've got a lot of homework to do I can tell. Let me know once you've "done your homework" here haha .. some of these should definitely appeal...

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Guillaume wrote: ↑
Tue Jan 02, 2024 6:48 pm
Congrats for taking the time to do this. I'll investigate it further later but I know it takes A LOT of time. You always make me discover some new fine bands I missed.
Check out my own top 50 when you can.

thanks G - yeah let me know what you like/don't like. I posted a comment on your list

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Claus. Great write up! It still boggles my mind how you even accomplish this. Just to get 100 you have to average 2 discs a week, and probably way more when you consider the ones that didn’t make the list. And then to be able to spend enough time to absorb the music and come up with a ranking… you ...

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Had 11 meetings and stand-ups today at work, so not a ton of time to listen to music. That said, managed to listen to While Heaven Wept ("Vast Oceans..." and "Suspended at Apherlion") - also listened to Dead Lord 's "Goodbye Repentance" (remastered version), and went for a run over my lunch break an...

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.....they picked Eternal Idol and the raves began ......and the crosstalk about which one was better, this one or Headless Cross ..... I don't remember the outcome, but it's cool that we all have our stories to tell over certain bands / music ...... While I like "Eternal Idol" quite a bit, I think ...

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..... he just takes whatever is before him, and moves it up to another level. Take Tony Martin for example ... he did the same thing with Black Sabbath. When they started not to sound like Black Sabbath, you didn't care because his vocals were just so incredible, you had to like it ..... Your post ...

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I'm surprised Claus that you don't like live concerts...........I take it that means that you don't like going to concerts either? I love concerts ... I used to run a nightclub where we had concerts 5-6 nights a week (primarily metal/hard rock), I was music journalist for a bunch of years, and I wa...

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While I likely listened to hundreds of albums last year, I ultimately bought 63 albums, all vinyl. I don't buy any other format. I bought 23 fewer albums last year than the year before. I hope to continue that trend! So hear are the ten in order of purchase with some commentary: I also bought less ...

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I/O Earth / Sanctuary - I think that Sir Exar Kun and I are the only two on this board that follows this band. And I believe that we have from the beginning. It is the brainchild of another single individual, Dave Cureton I believe, who is a multi -instrumentalist and vocalist and writes most or al...

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Such a great list - lots of stuff on here I never listened to but will have to check out. #50 Dominum - Hey Living People #49 ScreaMachine - Church Of The Stream #48 Megaton Sword - Might And Power #42 Robledo - Broken Soul #40 Magnus Karlsson's Free Fall - Hunt The Flames #38 Skull And Crossbones –...

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I had a very slow year - but I listened to a lot of music. Like others, it was hard for me to come up with a Top 10 because I didn't love that many discs. What is happening, I think , is that the more metal that I listen to that I don't like, is taking me away from the metal that I do like - and al...

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10. Saturnus – The Storm Within Back in January, had you provided me with a list of all albums to be released throughout 2023, my response would be that “The Storm Within” would become my favorite Danish release, and most likely a contender for overall album of the year. As evidenced by the placemen...

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35. Mercenary – Soundtrack to the End Times The once so great Danish melo-death’ers in Mercenary went through a bunch of years (actually, pretty much a decade and a half) of not much to show for, except two mediocre releases in “Metamorphosis” and “Through Our Darkest Days”. Such a shame, as their s...

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69. Crowne – Operation Phoenix Like the debut “Kings in the North”, Crowne’s second album (“Operation Phoenix”) comes across as a perfect party-hard rock album. Big melodies, sing-along-choruses, and a happy atmosphere. I think I described the first album as a mix of Eclipse, Europe and Dynazty musi...

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Happy New Year. While other people have decided that this was the year where it wasn’t worth their time to write down the deep thoughts on every release in their top-list, and instead just do a one-line description or a YouTube link, I still spent a considerable amount of time jotting down paragraph...

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Nope, this isn't about LarryD ... it's actually about myself (although Larry sure is a GOM). As I'm sitting here on the last day of the year reflecting on life and whatnot, I realized how I'm slowly turning into a grumpy old man. Besides my absolute aversion to way too many things, including people ...

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****Like anyone who has said anything about this disc - it's all true. The Doom has taken a back seat to a more melodic power metal style now, and they could pass for any great melodic power metal band out there, except this band has Andy Engberg, and he takes the whole disc to another level as alw...

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****This disc gets praise everywhere - this is a quality prog rock band that brings Styx meets Yes to mind instantly upon hearing the multiple Yes-like vocal harmonies, and the pop-like Styx-like prog rock .....I have not gotten through this whole thing, and I look forward to the 21:00 track ..... ...

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This year for me personally has been a complete roller coaster. Luckily things have turned out amazing for me in the past few months and I couldn't be happier. Glad to hear that - nice to end off the year on a happy note for sure. So I swore off doing top 10s years ago because I just found I didn't...

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I'm gonna be pleased to be back home in non-Christmas times, that's all I'm gonna say atm. LOL - I can't stand 99% of Christmas music, so ... I'm listening to a band called POLLEN and their newest album "Uncanny Valley" as they popped up in my Amazon Music suggestion list. I know nothing about them...

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Various material from ANTIMATTER and S LEEPING PULSE . I can listen to Mick Moss sing all day long. There's something so calming to his voice. The funny thing is that the closest comparison to way of singing is Eddie Vedder from Pearl Jam - and I can't stand Eddie Vedder (I think he sounds like a cr...

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My Top 10 of 2023: 10. DGM - Life A blend of progressive/power metal with melodic hard rock - more focus on songs than clinical virtuosity. 9. Dødheimsgard - Black Medium Current Avant-garde black metal with Peaceville's mark of approval. 8. Subsignal - Poetry of Rain Mellow yet captivating prog ro...

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1a. Small Leaks Sink Ships - Low Tide 1b. Hotel of the Laughing Tree - Faraway Friends 3. East of the Wall - A Neutral Second 4. Giant Sky - Giant Sky II 5. Team Me - Return to the Riverside I don't know any of these, but I managed to listen to all 5 albums yesterday. Small Leaks Sink Ships and Hot...

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Good year for me, but not mind blowing. Feel free to comment on the list or give suggestions on missing items. I don't know ... there were some albums that I consider mind-blowing (well, at least one that i found brought something completely unique to the table this year). 1. No Spun - Opus, Sorry ...

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Just discovered these and haven’t listened to the whole album yet, but sounds killer so far. Surprised to not see any talk about them. Kinda doomy powerish ala latest Sorcerer maybe. Love the vocals! https://youtu.be/be6mZFACLC4?si=cmSSM4XI3DDAEcFq Yes, this is a great album and it's on my year-end...

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I love love love the album ... absolutely incredible. I will admit, after getting the entire album, that there does seem to be something odd going on with the production. It is like you describe it "a blanket of distortion", which is such a shame. It's very difficult getting this super clean "Polyp...

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WITHIN TEMPTATION / Bleed Out - I've been backing off of WT for the past few discs now .... when bands start to change sound, style, or members, I start to head south. That has always been my way, and WT is no different. The days of saying that Sharon's voice is worth the price of the disc are long...

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Just a few tracks in this morning..... The sound is OK, but could be a lot sharper. The bass tends to overpower the guitars, which end up sounding a bit muddy as a result. Damian, however, sounds freakin' GLORIOUS and is full front and center in the mix. Just hearing him sing some of the "older" so...

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20. Sermon // Of Golden Verse 16. Soen // Memorial 12. Lovebites // Judgement Day 11. The Anchoret // It All Began with Loneliness 8. Kamelot // The Awakening 6. Riverside // ID.Entity 4. Ne Obliviscaris // Exul 3. Molybaron // Something Ominous 1. Fires in the Distance // Air Not Meant for Us Heck...

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