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Topic: The Official Best of 2003 Thread
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Nuclear Vampire
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posted December 14, 2003 00:27
    
Okay, we all new it was coming, so here it is. What albums were your faves of 2003? I thought it was a pretty decent year for music. 1. Children Of Bodom - Hate Crew Deathroll
2. Dimmu Borgir - Death Cult Armageddon
3. Iron Maiden - Dance Of Death
4. Cradle Of Filth - Damnation And A Day
5. Marduk - World Funeral
6. Enslaved - Below The Lights
7. Opeth - Damnation
8. Strapping Young Lad - SYL
9. Arch Enemy - Anthems Of Rebellion
10. Metallica - St. Anger
11. Helloween - Rabbit Don't Come Easy
12. Anthrax - We've Come For You All
13. Voivod - Voivod
14. Nevermore - Enemies Of Reality
15. Satyricon - Volcano
...and bringing up the rest of the top 20 are (in no particular order) :
Rage - Soundchaser
Darkthrone - Hate Them
Naglfar - Sheol
Eidolon - Apostles Of Defiance
The Haunted - One Kill Wonder honorable mention goes to The Mars Volta - Deloused In The Crematorium I still have yet to hear a bunch of other albums from 2003. I only heard one or two songs but really liked them: Grave Digger - Rheingold
Mors Principum Est - Inhumanity
Vital Remains - Dechristianize
E-Force - Evil Forces
Project Failing Flesh - A Beautiful Sickness (I must get this one)
King Diamond - The Puppet Master
Akercocke - Choronzon
Necronomicon - The Sacred Medicines So I got lots of shopping to do with my X-mas gift cards 
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Tangento
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posted December 14, 2003 02:50
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Originally posted by Nuclear Vampire:
10. Metallica - St. Anger
1. Strapping Young Lad - SYL
2. Killing Joke - Killing Joke
3. Voivod - Voivod
(do I sense a trend here?)
4. Thinking Plague - In Extremis
5. Steve Hackett - To Watch the Storms
6. Stan Ridgway & Pietra Wexstun - Blood Show Soundtrack
7. Fantomas - Delirium Cordia (not out yet, but I've heard it)
8. Devin Townsend Band - Accelerated Evolution
9. The Locust - Plague Soundscapes
10. Destruction - Metal Discharge and please keep that Mars Volta shit AWAY
EDIT:
you guys reminded me of a few oversights.
(this really was a good year)
Kreator - Live Kreation
Melt Banana - Cell Scape
Tomahawk - Mit Gas
Prong - Scorpio Rising AND, this is the year I discovered
CARDIACS ...who rule the fucking cosmos. -------------------- "You have the option to drill additional holes in the label,
causing the record to rotate off the side of the turntable" -Tom Ellard - Severed Heads
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schroeder
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posted December 14, 2003 06:35
In no particular order:
Porcupine Tree - In Absentia (European Release)Voivod - Voivod (Multiverse) Dream Theater - Train Of Thought King Crimson - Power To Believe Opeth - Damnation A Perfect Circle - 13th Step Overkill - Killbox 13 OSI - OSI Tomahawk - Mit Gas ...more when my brain is functioning better -------------------- yawn
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LivingEvil
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posted December 14, 2003 07:55
Voivod
Prong-Scorpio Rising (import)-wont be out in the U.S. until 2004
Killing Joke
Anthrax
BLS
MSG
Slayer-Soundtrack to the Apocalypse
Municipal Waste
......the rest escapes me.Years worst-Iron Maiden!
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Skul
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posted December 14, 2003 10:25
Skully's picks for 2003:1. King Diamond - The Puppet Master
2. Rage - Soundchaser
3. Helloween - Rabbit Dont Come Easy
4. Cold - Year Of The Spider
5. Kreator - Live Kreation
6. Type O Negative - Life is Killing Me
7. Mononc' Serge & Anonymus - L'Académie du Massacre
8. Anthrax - We've Come For You All
9. Voivod - Voivod
10. Metal Shop - Hole Patrol Best DVD:
Kreator - Live Kreation: Revisionned Glory Biggest surprise: St. Anger Biggest disapointment: VV not touring Europe, and generally dropping the ball. Quote of the Year: "I came for the music".
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Cthon
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posted December 14, 2003 10:59
i really didnt put them in the order of importance, but id say "cell-scape" is hands down my fave this year.Against Me! - As The Eternal Cowboy
Boy Sets Fire - Tomorrow Come Today
Burns Out Bright - Demo for forthcoming Deep Elm album
Cave-In - Antenna
Coheety - Danger
Dead Low Tide- Dead Low Tide
Drag The River - Live At the Green Door
Drivin n' Cryin - Detroit City Rock
Dysrhythmia - Pretest
Erase Errata - At Crystal Palace
Escape Grace - Escape Grace
Fountains of Wayne - Welcome Interstate Managers
Frank Black and the Catholics - Show Me Your Tears
Guyana Punchline - Direkt Aktion
Jane's Addiction - Strays
Killing Joke - Killing Joke
Marion - Marion
Mastodon - Remission (reissue)
Melt~Banana - Cell Scape
Metallica - St. Anger
Pavers/ No Show - split
Rancid - Indestructible
Spitfire Revolver - Bring On The Snakes
Strapping Young Lad - SYL
The Kills - Keep On Your Mean Side
The Last - L.A. Explosion (reissue)
The Mars Volta - Deloused in the Comatorium
The New Pornographers - Electric Version
Tomahawk - Mitgas
Turbonegro - Scandinavian Leather
Voivod - Voivod if the new Probot, Fantomas, Prong, Khanate, Mondo Generator or Neurosis had been owned by yours truly yet, they would all have probably made the list, its safe to say. -------------------- www.myspace.com/mastersofpunkrock
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AngelRat
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posted December 14, 2003 13:41
Hmmmmm...well....Ok then, my list for 2003: 1.Enslaved - Below the Lights
2.Neurosis & Jarboe - s/t
3.Sleep - Dopesmoker
4.King Crimson - The Power To Believe
5.Edge Of Sanity - Crimson II
6.Alchemist - Austral Alien
7.Opeth - Damnation
8.Vital Remains - Dechristianize
9.Kreator - Live Kreation
10.A Perfect Circle - Thirteenth Step
11.Voivod - Voivod -------------------- "Appearing like Ra"
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neutrino
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posted December 15, 2003 01:16
(more or less chronological order)Krux
Voivod
Enslaved - Below the Lights
Tomahawk - Mit Gas
Prong - Scorpio Rising
Anthrax - WCFYA
Office of Strategic Influence
Nebula - Atomic Ritual
Macabre - Murder Metal
E-Force - Evil Forces
and some pretty good releases:
The Locust - Plague Soundscapes
Destruction - Metal Discharge
Morbid Angel - Heretic
Erase Errata - At Crystal Palace
Dream Theater - Train of Thought
Edge Of Sanity - Crimson II
Vital Remains - Dechristianize
Killing Joke Live:
Cryptopsy
Nuclear Assault (I still have to hear the new Neurosis, Mithras, Melt Banana, Khanate, Project Failing Flesh...)
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Slaytanic
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posted December 15, 2003 08:20
Cool! My faves in no particular order, of course:DIMMU BORGIR - Death Cult Armaggedon;
KREATOR - Live Kreation;
VITAL REMAINS - Dechristianize;
DREAM THEATER - Train Of Thought;
METALLICA - St. Anger;
ANTHRAX - We've Come For You All;
MACHINE HEAD - Through The Ashes Of Empires. Year's worst: IRON MAIDEN - Dance Of Death;
SEPULTURA - Roorback. Special mention: The "thrash rips" thread.  -------------------- "Forty-five moments of perfection translated through a cautionary escape into the perils of the mundane, the inherent entropy in ultimate order, and the potential threats of eternal, unchecked apathy in civilization; all cloaked in musical expression so thoughtful, creative and forward thinking that almost a quarter-century later, few can even comprehend it, much less match it." (autothrall)
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schroeder
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posted December 15, 2003 18:03
Well, I picked up the new King Diamond today and had a chance to listen to about 1/2 of it on the way home from the store. First impressions:
typical King Diamond story telling (I guess that's not a bad thing)Andy LaRue 'smokes'!!! I think I've grown tired of the Kings singing. Maybe a few listens and it will sound better to these ears. Gotta watch the dvd, yet. -------------------- yawn
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X-D
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posted December 17, 2003 16:51
My entries for this year...1. King Crimson: The Power to Believe (Excellent! And I like this one much more so than their previous Bruford-less effort.) 2. Project: Failing Flesh: A Beautiful Sickness (Brutal stuff from Eric & the Gutierrez bros. who tear shit up on this fine release!!! Love this album lots!) 3. Enslaved: Below the Lights (Took me longer to get into than Monumension, alas the psychadelic & uncompromised nature of Enslaved once again wins me over.) 4. Tomahawk: Mis Gas (I've never been a big oogler of Patton, but this guy hooks up with some of the best cats out there and makes amazing tunes. This disc is no exception.) 5. E-Force: Evil Forces (Post-Voivod Eric is something quite wonderful indeed! This album crushes!) 6. Kreator: Live Kreation (The throne has been conquered! What a worthy purchase!) 7. Led Zeppelin: How The West Was Won (Who else could release 30-year old recordings this fucking sweet!? Well, King Crimson could too, but the list of bands would be mighty short. This 3-disc set rules!) 8. Voivod: Voivod (Tunes like 'The Multiverse' and 'Divine Sun' keep this puppy in the top 10 for me. Although this album was a bit of a disapointment overall, I still like it quite a bit and it shall not suffer the 8-year dust collecting exile endured by my copy of Angel Rat. Poopoo on the bad touring desicions!) Clutch: Slow Hole To China (West-Virginia's finest crank out more quality home-brewed jams! These guys also get best show of the year too! Clutch JAM live!) 10. Opeth: Damnation (Pretty cool IMO) And rounding out the top 20:
11. End Of Level Boss: Experiment EP (Amazing h! I am hooked!))
12. Sunn 0))): White1
13. Strapping Young Lad: SYL
14. Ohgr: SunnyPsyOp
15. Mastodon: Remission (reissue)
16. Alchemist: Austral Alien
17. Main: Transiency EP
18. YOB: Catharsis (all I have is a rough mix of this album which is absolutly amazing!!!)
19. Rapoon: Rhiz
20. Type O Negative: Life Is Killing Me The "train-wreck that I cannot ignore" award goes to Metallica for the amazing mistake of 'St. Anger'. A record that I hate so much I kinda like and I can't say why! They tried too hard this time and it hurts (them)! Sepultura and Iron Maiden both dropped the ball big-time in 2003 and released completely uninspiring albums. At least Sepultura's has cool artwork... What was Maiden thinking!? Musically, I will remember 2003 mostly for my untimely obsession with Deep Purple (circa 1968-75), and the 'Rare Thrash Rips' thread! Cheers to all who have shared! -------------------- I am a robot... bleep blop bloop
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Megz
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posted December 17, 2003 17:24
Hey X-D, you're in the Seattle area, right? Deep Purple's playing the Paramount in February. You gonna go? (Thin Lizzy opening)--Meg -------------------- ummm.....I got nothin' today :-(
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Slaytanic
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posted December 18, 2003 07:21
Additions to my list:KRISIUN - Works Of Carnage;
END OF LEVEL BOSS - Experiment EP. -------------------- "Forty-five moments of perfection translated through a cautionary escape into the perils of the mundane, the inherent entropy in ultimate order, and the potential threats of eternal, unchecked apathy in civilization; all cloaked in musical expression so thoughtful, creative and forward thinking that almost a quarter-century later, few can even comprehend it, much less match it." (autothrall)
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posted December 15, 2003 04:12
