1. Mastodon—Blood Mountain
2. Battle of Mice—A Day of Nights
3. Converge—No Heroes
4. Nachtmystium—Instinct: Decay
5. Cult of Luna—Somewhere Along the Highway
6. Jesu—Silver
7. Celtic Frost—Monotheist
8. Enslaved—Ruun
9. Tragedy—Nerve Damage
10. Gojira—From Mars to Sirius
11. Agalloch—Ashes Against the Grain
12. Burst—Origo
13. Isis—In the Absence of Truth
14. Akercocke—Words...
15. Taint—The Ruin of Nova Roma
16. Craft—Fuck the Universe
17. The Hope Conspiracy—Death Knows Your Name
18. Napalm Death—Smear Campaign
19. Planes Mistaken For Stars—Mercy
20. Iron Maiden—A Matter of Life and Death
21. Suffocation—s/t
22. Fucked Up—Hidden World
23. Dragonforce—Inhuman Rampage
24. Jucifer—If Thine Enemy Hunger
25. Killswitch Engage—As Daylight Dies
26. Katatonia—The Great Cold Distance
27. Unearthly Trance—Trident
28. Goatwhore—A Haunting Curse
29. Scott Walker—The Drift
30. Genghis Tron—Dead Mountain Mouth
31. Made Out of Babies—Coward
32. Engineer—Reproach
33. Lamb of God—Sacrament
34. Boris—Pink
35. Kylesa—Time Will Fuse Its Worth
36. Protest the Hero—Kezia
37. Cretin—Freakery
38. The Sword—Age of Winters
39. Mogwai—Mr. Beast
40. First Blood—Killafornia
oh, that’s decibel magazine’s top 40 for the year. i’d like to take all the credit and say that my review in decibel made all the writers go buy a copy, but i have no idea if this is true.
I have yet to hear the new Cult of Luna, was it as good as the poll indicates?
i never heard it. everyone on here, er, there, or wherever we were, liked it.
I heard a Fucked Up track the other day and really liked it. How is the rest of the album?
I’m disappointed that wasn’t Scott Walker’s albums of the year list.
Rock-A-Rolla’s Top 30 Albums Of The Year.
30 Acid Mothers Temple—Starless & Bible Black Sabbath
29 Jazkamer—Metal Music Machine
28 Jamie Saft & Merzbow—Merzdub
27 Oxbow—Love That’s Last
26 Grief—Alive
25 Ghostdigital—In Cod We Trust
24 OOIOO—Taiga
23 The Residents—Tweedles
22 Unearthly Trance—The Trident
21 Made Out Of babies—Coward
20 Yellow Swans—Psychic Secession
19 Current 93—Black Ships Ate The Sky
18 Slayer—Christ Illusion
17 Wizardzz—Hidden City
16 Boris—Pink
15 Subtle—For hero, For Fool
14 Wolf Eyes—Human Animal
13 Whitehouse—Ascetici-sts
12 Converge—No Heroes
11 Kayo Dot—Dowsing Anemone With Copper Tongue
10 Isis—In The Absence Of Truth
09 Jesu—Silver
08 Liars—Drum’s Not Dead
07 Zombi—Surface To Air
06 Dub Trio—New heavy
05 John Zorn—Moonchild
04 Othrelm—Behold The Arctopus
03 Peeping Tom—Peeping Tom
02 Sunn O))) & Boris—Altar
01 Melvins—(A) Senile Animal
scott seward is metal is fuck. walker also.
What about you, Jim?
i scott nuthin’. sorry.
What’s your favourite metal albums this year then?
I is post-genre. Post-sober, too.
I really like the Fucked Up album.
I also like 7, 16, 18 and 34 (of the top list), ashamed to say I haven’t heard any of the others.
I would say check out 1, 3, 5, 6, 13, 15, 27, and 29 too (From Decibel list)
36 (protest the hero) is FUCKIN CRAZY
What label’s that on?
Vagrant
That Craft album came out so early in the year I thought it was a 2005 release, but yeah, it’s fucking great.
04 Othrelm—Behold The Arctopus
this is a two song split on crucial blast. i liked it [it was one of my last decibel reviews] but c’mon, really?
The packaging is pretty...Especially on the oriental carpet.
Dragonforce is one of the most retarded things I’ve ever heard.
I wonder if they just didn’t like the other Mastodon record.
i went to go see dragonforce earlier this year. they were jumpin on trampolines it was outta control! also: totally retarded.
They’re playing near me tonight but I’m seeing Jackie O Motherfucker instead. I’ll let myself out