2004 thus far (sept.)

[drone]

what do you think about this year's music as a whole? top 5 fav albums? what else are you looking forward to? what surprised you this year?

i'll kick it off and say this year has been good to me. i'm a fan of a pretty wide variety of music and i was happy with the releases i was waiting for. new bands(for me) that caught my attention have also pleased my ears (the bled, D.E.P., unearth)

top 5:
1.shadows fall - the war within
2.atreyu - the curse
3.lamb of god - ashes of the wake
4.my chemical romance - three cheers for sweet revenge
5.dillinger escape plan - miss machine

close calls:
modest mouse - good news for people who love bad news
unearth - the oncoming storm
incubus - a crow left of the murder
killswitch engage - the end of heartache

looking forward to:
the used
SOAD
mudvayne
judas priest
the mars volta
a perfect circle
deftones (or is that 2005?)

to top it all off.... (i guess this could have made like 3 different threads, but oh well) i was surprised by this years ozzfest turnout. a fucking awesome lineup... and a lack of people. sure there weren't many HUGE bands like korn, marilyn manson, or disturbed this year, but i would have thought there would have been a bigger turnout for sabbath, priest, and slayer.

[Nine]

Uh.. I thought The Last Samurai's soundtrack was really good.

[mess]

In any order:

1. Saul Williams - Saul Williams
2. Interpol - Antics
3. The Firey Furnaces - Blueberry Boat
4. A.C. Newman - The Slow Wonder
5. A few others, for the sake of filling the slot, Nightwish's Once

[destroy the map]

close calls:
unearth - the oncoming storm
killswitch engage - the end of heartache

looking forward to:
the used
SOAD
mudvayne
the mars volta
a perfect circle
deftones (or is that 2005?)

i agree with all that is quoted.
i actually already have a hold of the new The Used cd and it's ok. there's a few songs that are REALLY good and some that are 'ok'. they were never a favorite band of mine, but i like some of the songs on the new album. they definitely should just stick to being a heavier band. blahhh to the soft songs.

[matt-]

Kanye West - College Dropout
Ashlee Simpson - Autobiography
My Chemical Romance - Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge
Talib Kweli - The Beautiful Struggle
Royce Da 5'9" - Death is Certain

In no particular order really. College Dropout was like my snowboarding CD for last winter and I hella played it out. Autobiography is somewhat recent and I played the shit out of it. Of course, all my friends made fun of me. Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge was like my CD of the summer and I played it pretty much non-stop. I didn't listen to The Beautiful Struggle THAT much, but I liked it a lot. Death is Certain was somewhat like The Beautiful Struggle but there were a bunch of songs off of it that I played over and over.

[Ser]

"Autobiography is somewhat recent and I played the shit out of it. Of course, all my friends made fun of me."

wow just wow

[matt-]

Ban

[Defrag]

The three albums I really liked thus far:

Morrissey - You are the Quarry
David Byrne - Grown Backwards
Franz Ferdinand - Self-Titled

[WrathChild]

Bad Religion - The Empire Strikes First
Leftover Crack - Fuck World Trade

are two that stand out to me

[Thrash]

"Autobiography is somewhat recent and I played the shit out of it. Of course, all my friends made fun of me."

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[ALieN]

ones i enjoyed from this year..

Arsis - Celebration of Guilt
Evergrey - The Inner Circle
Iced Earth - The Glorious Burden
Dream Evil - The Book of Heavy Metal
Edguy - Hellfire Club
Ensiferum - Iron
Fear Factory - Archetype
Exodus - Tempo of the Damned
Hypocrisy - The Arrival
Skyfire - Spectral
Therion - Lemuria / Sirius B

[vekkio]

The three albums I really liked thus far:

Franz Ferdinand - Self-Titled

Hell yea, another fan of Ferdinand

[sani]

Brant Bjork "Local Angel"
The Hidden Hand "Propaganda"
Fu Manchu "Start The Machine"
Ufomammut "Snailking"
Clutch "Blast Tyrant"
Orange Goblin "Thieving From The House Of God"

also thought ferdinand was good

[lb_]

Sparta- Porcelain
The Cure- The Cure
Garden State Soundtrack
Morrisey- You are the quarry
and I have high hopes for the new Jimmy Eat World cd, I've yet to listen to it though.

[matt-]

Yes, I forgot about The Cure's new CD.

That was awesome too!

[sani]

agh, the cure's new cd and sparta were as good as it gets damnit :(

[Griffith-]

Clutch - Blast Tyrant (like mentioned above, listed to them since their first album)
Flogging Molly - within a mile of home
ShortBus LB
Zao - The Funeral of God
Bad Religion - The Empire Strikes First

[lb_]

agh, the cure's new cd and sparta were as good as it gets damnit :(
^5 sani <3

[goldplatypus]

Exodus - Tempo of the Damned

oh i want that one

[CerberusWG]

Fly Pan Am - N'ecoutez Pas
Magyar Posse - Kings of Time
Tortoise - It's All Around You
Interpol - Antics

[sd-]

hmmm thats tough, for me I would say:
Nightwish- Once
Underoath- they're only chasing safety
KsE- end of heartache
My chem. romance- sweet cheers
atreyu- the curse

:cool: :cool: :cool:

[Defrag]

Morrisey- You are the quarry


^5. First of the Gang to Die is simply the most brilliant song I've heard in such a long time. Puts a smile on my face every time I hear it, and that to me is what music is all about.

[JuiCe]

VR - contraband (best cd i've listened to in a while)

i'd say something about alter bridge but i only like they're single =/

[CerberusWG]

VR - contraband (best cd i've listened to in a while)

i'd say something about alter bridge but i only like they're single =/

And Alter Bridge is a terrible, terrible rehash of another awful band: Creed.

[mon]

sparta - porcelain
action action - dont cut your fabric to this years fashion
mad caddies - songs in the key of eh
unearth - oncoming storm
lucky boys confusion - commitment
those stand out in my mind