Doing this off the cuff and know I'll miss some but for starters...

Exodus - Tempo of the Damned
Cardinal Sin - Resurrection
Blistered Earth - s/t
Necrophagist - Epitaph

more to come...

suffocation-souls to deny
ascendancy-rise of a dead empire
nasum-shift
deicide-scars of the crucifix
misery index-dissent
anoxia -intense killings
Bane of existence-H.S.S.

all that i can think of right now..more to come also....

i'll agree with you're blistered earth pick and add to it:

Hypocrisy-The Arrival
The Dillinger Escape Plan-Miss Machine
God Forbid-Gone Forever
Iced Earth-The Glorious Burden
converge-You Fail Me

bloodbath - nightmares made flesh
clutch - blast tyrant

MALEVOLENT CREATION - WARCULT AND THE LIVE SOUTH IN AMERICA
VADER - THE BEAST


are the only 2 cd's that truely kicked my ass this year that i can think of

Metal:
Darkthrone "Sardonic wrath"
Motorhead "Inferno"
Toxic Holocaust "Evil never dies" (even though I think it came out in 2003)
Engorged - the new one I can't remember the name

Non metal:
Pharaoh Overlord "The battle of the axehammer (live)"
Comets On Fire - the new one on Sub Pop, can't remember the name either

Local:
Conifer

...more to come...

2004 cd's that i just cannot stop listening to:
Ascendancy-ROADE
Misery Index- Dissent
Anoxia- Intense Killings
The Cure- S/T
David Cross- It's not Funny

...but nothing this year came close to last year's
Vital Remains-Dechristianize

dread_104 said:

i was about to say the same thing dread. I really enjoyed the wretched spawn though, as well as the glorious burden, and Im sure there are a few others.

necrophagist - epitaph
crotchduster - big fat box of shit
vader - the beast
exodus - tempo of the damned
decapitated - the negation
candiria - what doesn't kill you
dream theater - train of thought
goratory - rice on suede
cattle decapitation - humanure
invocation of nehek - st
chastisement - alleviation of pain

dread_104 said:

While making my list I thought about this as well...

1: MOTORHEAD/Inferno
2: MOTORHEAD/Inferno
3: MOTORHEAD/Inferno
4: MOTORHEAD/Inferno
5: MOTORHEAD/Inferno
6: MOTORHEAD/Inferno
7: MOTORHEAD/Inferno
8: MOTORHEAD/Inferno
9: MOTORHEAD/Inferno
10 MASTODON/Leviathan

on the other side....

a couple cd's that i was really anticipating came out and totally sucked; dillinger, killswitch, diecast, caliban. the kid who likes the new dillinger should be shot, it's awful.

old man gloom - christmas
tom waits - real gone

Oh yea i forgot about the negation. Awsome record.

tbone_r said:

i'm assuming you don't like it becuase it doesnt sound exactly like calculating infinity. i don't know what you expected, but anyone who ever expected that band to not try and push their music in different directions was misled. i put it on my list because while they did "tone it down a bit (its still ridiculous), they made the insane technicality that they had before actually listenable. i love calculating infinity, but its not a cd i can listen to more that one time in a good while because it is just that intense.

or you can just shoot

i will agree that the new killswitch, caliban, and diecast all were dissapointing however.

The new Morgion is the only '04 cd in my possession off of the top of my head.

Nasum-shift
necrophagist-epitaph
misery index-dissent

new dillinger escape plan is fucking awful....that new singer must jerk off to mike pattons face on a coffee mug every morning.
..new converge was awful as well..
the kids of widney high have to do another cd within a few days and that will be the best album of the year hands down.

only CD i can think of for 2004 that i own would be Rotting Christ's "sanctus diavolos" fuckin awesome disc, those guys never let me down!

1. Goratory - Rice on Suede
2. Nargaroth - Geliebte des Regens
3. Necrophagist - Epitaph
4. Stabwound - Human Boundaries
5. Psyopus - Ideas of Reference
6. Brodequin - Methods of Execution
7. Liturgy - Dawn of Ash
8. Teratism - Service for the Damned
9. Misery Index - Dissent
10. Krieg - The Black House

Nasum - Shift
Pig Destroyer - Terrifyer
Misery Index - Dissent
Shadows Fall - The War Within
Arsis - A Celebration of Guilt
Goratory - Rice on Suede

damnose said:

lotta tom waits lately. my guitarist just recently mentioned that he was a fan, and he never knew that i was either. guess it never came up...

Anaal Nathrakh-Domine Non Es Dignus

Kalopsia said:

worst album of the year.

Aborted - the haematobic
Ascendancy - rise of a dead empire
Bane Of Existence - humanity's splintered salvation
Bodies In The Gears Of The Apparatus - simian hybrid prototype
Brodequin - methods of execution
Christ Denied - drink...drink the blood
Clitorture - s/t
Devourment - 138 Re-issue/discography
Estuary - to exist and endure
Goratory- Rice on Suede
Morbid Angel - Blessed are the sick remaster/reissue
Necrophagist - onset of putrefaction re-issue
Pig Destroyer - Terrifyer
Raising Kubrick - the inportant ting is moral choice
Stabwound - Human Boundaries
Terminally Your Aborted Ghost - 7"
Torsofuck - erotic diarrhea fantasy
Virgin Black - elegant...and dying

theres more, im just bored now. and here's the shit thatll get me yelled at for liking it:

Goretex: the art of dying
Mr. Hyde: barn of the naked dead
My Morning Radio: we put the end in friends
Necro: prefix for death

i still think the guys in dillinger are really talented, they just came out w/ a really shitty main stream sounding cd. i expect more from them

1. Clutch "Blast Tyrant"
2. Isis - "Panopticon"
3. Mastodon - "Leviathan"
4. Neurosis - "Eye of the Storm"
5. Goatsnake - "Trampled Under Hoof"
6. Conifer - "s/t"
7. Bjork - "Medúlla"
8. Bongzilla - "Apogee"
9. Pig Destroyer - "Terrifyer"
10. Swarm of the Lotus - "when white becomes black"
11. Entombed - "Inferno/Averno"
12. Backstabbers Inc. - "Kamikaze Missions"
13. Sunn 0))) - "WHITE II"
14. Nasum - "Shift"
15. Ocean - "demo"
16. YOB - "Illusion of Motion"
17. Walls of Jericho - "All Hail the Dead"
18. St. Vitus - "V"
19. PsyOpus - "Ideas Of Refference"
20. Zeke - "Til the Livin' End"

tbone_r said:

I'm sort of bothered by the fact that a lot of their songs sound similar. I've had minimal exposure to their music but the guitars on parts of "Setting Fire To Sleeping Giants" (around the time when Greg is screaming "Tonight, baby you can have it") sound a lot like every other song of theirs I've heard. I guess it's their signature guitar sound but I'm not a fan of it.

Splatterhouse-The house that dead built
Aborted-The haemotobic Ep
Goratory-Rice on suede
Cliteater-Clit'em all
Anoxia-Intense killings
Life at Zero-Demo 2004
Lord Gore-Resickened
Gorerotted-Only tools and corpses
Engorged-Where monsters dwell
WTN-Rest in Pestilence(purely for the Impetigo cover,with Mark Sawickis on guitar)

my top 13

1. Mastodon - Leviathan
2. Dark Tranquillity - Exposures: In Retrospect & Denial
3. Finntroll - Nattfodd
4. Lamb of God - Ashes of the Wake
5. Shadows Fall - The War Within
6. Meshuggah - I (EP)
7. Ensiferum - Iron
8. Vehemence - Helping the World to See
9. Nasum - Shift
10. The Haunted - rEVOLVEr
11. Into Eternity - Buried in Oblivion
12. Pig Destroyer - Terrifyer
13. Carnal Forge - Aren't You Dead Yet?

i havent heard the new haunted, i hear bad things though. my fave is still ...made me do it

clitorture - s/t
pig destroyer - terrifyer
converge - you fail me
teratism - service for the damned
conifer - s/t
misery index - dissent
psyopus - ideas of reference

Blue... you've got mail.

nice!

lady_czerach NLI said:


that album sucked

Well I havent bought many from THIS year, but so far Vader, Insomnium Thats about it I believe.

assuck said:

LOL.

hahahahaha

Finntroll -Natfod
Velvet Cacoon - Genevieve
Blut Aus Nord - The Work Which Transforms God
Death Spell Omega - De Circum...
Windir double CD
Deicide "Scars of the Crucifix"
Dark Throne - Sardonic Wrath
Local: Horn of Valere "Blood of the Heathen Ancients"
Gorerotted "Only Tools and Corpses"

Deicide "Scars of the Crucifix"

Really?

Gorerotted - Only Tools and Corpses
Lord Gore - Resickened
Dissector...Ate My Neighbors
Teratism - Service For The Damned
Mastodon - Leviathan
Pig Destroyer - Terrifyer
Splatterhouse - House the dead built
Brodequin - Methods of Execution
Cattle Decapitation - humanure
Suffocation-souls to deny

WetNurse

Nightwish - Once

Psyopus- Ideas of reference
Vehemence- Helping the world to see
Nasum- Shift

Was King Diamond Puppet master from 04? If so than it's on my list.

Album of the year: My Dying Bride - Songs of Darkness, Words of Light

Runners up: Darkthrone - Sardonic Wrath
Ascendancy - Rise of a Dead Empire

THE BEST ARE
NAPALM DEATH-LEADERS NOT FOLLOWERS 2
GORATORY-RICE ON SUEDE
CRIPPLE BASTARDS-DESPERATLY INCENSITIVE
SUFFOCATION-SOULS TO DENY

burn this for me
Brodequin - Methods of Execution

CongoogetalZobotomy said:

morgion- cloaked by ages...
anaal nathrakh- domine...
anathema- a natural disaster

this isnt an album but the new skinless dvd rulez!

top albums of 2000 gore

Nasum(RIP) - Shift
Psyopus - Ideas of Reference
Crown- Crowned Unholy
BackStabbers Inc - Kamikazee Missions
Fantomas - Surgical Sound Specimens
Futuristic Puke Records - License To Grind
Jack Scratch and The Neuromancer - Finger on The pulse of a Dead Dream

Exodus-Tempo of the Damned
The Crown-Possession 13
Megadeth-The System has Failed
The Haunted-Revolver

But that pretty much acounts far all the new music I bought in 2004. I hate everything.

Barry Manilowe- Greatest Hits

I'm soooo mad about the shitty sounding production and over compression on the new brodequin.
besides that everyone listed off almost every other cd I loved...
except From a Second Story Window.

WhyamIandasshole said:

Those ones, and:
Fantomas-Delìrium Cordìa
Kaada/Patton-Romances
BLS-Hangover Music

I liked the exodus album but don't own it.

I just sat around and listened to Tesla for the most part.

The only Anaal Nathrakh album I have is Total Fucking Necro. How does the new one compare?