ok, let's see the lists there folks!
here's mine:

1. candlemass – candlemass
2. bolt thrower – those once loyal
3. audrey horne – no hay banda
4. judas priest – angel of retribution
5. charon – songs for the sinners
6. sentenced – the funeral album
7. kreator – enemy of god
8. to/die/for – IV
9. exodus – shovel headed kill machine
10. green carnation – the quiet offspring
11. nuclear assault – third world genocide
12. end of green – dead end dreaming
13. opeth – ghost reveries
14. tnt – all the way to the sun
15. porcupine tree – deadwing

Wild. I have some metal in my list this year. Much better year than 2004.

1) Kings X- Ogre Tones
2) Stryper- Reborn
3) Green Carnation- Quiet Offspring
4) Coldplay- X&Y
5) Seventh Day Slumber- Once Upon A Shattered Life
6) Tony Iommi & Glenn Hughes- Fused
7) Kamelot- The Black Halo
8) System of a Down- Mezmerize
9) Porcupine Tree- Deadwing
10) Dream Theater- Octavarium
11) Opeth- Ghost Reveries
12) Thunderstone- Tools of Destruction
13) Low- The Great Destroyer
14) Judas Priest- Angel of Retribution
15) Arcturus- Sideshow Symphonies

kings x would probably be my number 16 honestly. it is way better that the last couple records.

I adore that album. MUCH better than their last few. Actually, the best one since "Ear Candy", in my opinion.

Totally dig the TNT record too. Good choice.

I can never have JUST a "best of..." list.

BEST NEW CDS OF 2005-

King's X - "Ogre Tones"- the last three cds have been crap, thanks god they did this!

Primordial - "Gathering Wilderness" - I'm really glad he doesn't do the black metal vocals anymore.

Akercocke - "Words that..." proggy, but not "Dream theater"

Enslaved - "Isa" (because Below the lights wasn't released in 2005)

Callisto - "true nature unfolds" - this is the best band out of those Isis, Neurosis, Cult of luna type bands.


FORESHADOWING THIS TO BE GREAT CD FROM 2005, BUT I SHOULD GET IT ON FRIDAY IN THE MAIL-

The Ocean- "Aeolian"

NEW TO ME IN 2005 (I must have been living in a cave)

Voivod - "Killing Tecnology"- I know, I love voivod, but I never payed attention to this cd, but I bought it a couple months ago and love it. ps I did have it on Cassette and record, but never listened much.

Enslaved- ALL their CDS(see above)

Mindrot(esp Forlorn)
Morgion(esp Soliari)

BIGGEST DISAPPOINTMENT OF 2005
Confessor= "Unraveled" - this is not as bad as Abigail 2, but...OH MY GOD!!!!

BAND YOU'D LIKE TO SEE WITH A PREVIOUS LINE-UP TOGETHER AGAIN WITH A NEW CD!-
The 3rd and the Mortal- with Anne Marie singing again.
Thought Industry - the "Mods Carve the pig..." line-up!


Awesome Book series-
The Complete fiction of William Hope Hodgson by Nightshade books, it's a five volume set, four have come out. He's one of the guys who influenced H.P. Lovecraft. He does a lot of Nautical fiction in a Lovecraft type of way. Some novel titles are - "The Boats of Glen Carrig"(awesome!), "House on the borderland" , "Nightland", ect.


Looking forward to in 2006 -
Univers Zero -"Live" comes out Feb 7th


Can anyone tell me if Dark Suns "Existence" is worth buying?

Dave

I can never do a top 10 in any given year. Most of my purchases year in and year out are of albums released at least a year before the one I'm in.

well, it pains me to say i don't have a definitive toop ten/fifteen from this year. i'll give a shot at it though

1. marah - if you didn't laugh you'd cry
2. candlemass - candlemass
3. judas priest - angel of retribution
4. charon - songs for the sinners
5. ryan adams and the cardinals - cold roses
6. porcupine tree - deadwing
7. kamelot - the black halo
8. john hiatt - master of disaster
9. arcturus - sideshow symphonies
10. iommi - fused
11. end of green - dead end dreaming
12. kreator - enemy of god
13. hypocrisy - virus
14. great big sea - the hard and the easy
15. primordial - the gathering wilderness

biggest disappointment: bruce springsteen - devils and dust (minus the title track which is quite good the rest of this record blows goats)

so far this year: the new DTB and DBT (devin townsend band and drive-by truckers respectively rule)

favourite tunes from last year:
ryan adams - sweet illusions
marah - walt whitman bridge
candlemass - the black dwarf
kamelot - when the lights are down
kreator - enemy of god
porcupine tree - lazarus
ryan adams - let it ride
bruce springsteen - devils and dust
great big sea - cod liver oil

best video game from last year: god of war

best book: neil gaiman - anansi boys

that should just about cover it

It was a tough year to come up with a top 15. There were a lot of albums I didn't get to listen to till the end of the year. Man I miss being able to spend all day listening to someonelses cds. Placing them in order was tougher than coming up with 15.

1 Opeth - Ghost Reveries
2 Kretor - Enemy Of God
3 Exodus - Shoelhead Kill Machine
4 Ram-Zet - Intra
5 Leaves Eyes - Vinland Saga
6 Arcturus - Sideshow Symphonies
7 Tristania - Ashes
8 Nevermore - Godless Endevour
9 Candlemass - Candlemass
10 Hypocrisy - Virus
11 Green Carnation - Quiet Offspring
12 The Old Dead Tree - Perpetual Motion
13 Nightrage - Decent Into Chaos
14 Judas Priest - Angel Of Retribution
15 Strapping Young Lad - Alien

still with mouth agape over a.j. having syl at 15!!!!!