Diario

Agree or disagree, this is my list: http://mindinversion.wordpress.com/2008/12/30/ryans-year-in-metal-2008/






Nachtmystium, Boris, Meshuggah, Cursed, Krisiun, Harvey Milk, Cavalera Conspiracy, Rotten Sound, Cult of Luna, Testament, Blacklisted, Krallice, Fucked Up, Bloodbath, Enslaved, Cynic, A Storm of Light, Hellhammer, Hate Eternal, The Mars Volta, Torche, Spylacopa, Behemoth, Tombs, Hennes Siste Høst, Ambassador Gun, Gay Witch Abortion, Decapitated, Ministry, Modern Life Is War, Bossk, Metallica, Dead To Fall, The Crinn, Converge, Blue Ox, Snapcase, Mastodon, Slayer, Napalm Death, Sacred Reich, The Dodos, Atlas Sound, Jay Electronica, Tobacco, Grails, Deerhunter, One Day as a Lion, Santogold, Mogwai, King Khan & The Shrines ,A Silver Mt. Zion, Rage Against the Machine, Vampire Hands, Doomtree

This year I will have a two part list - first the EPs, then all the albums.
Have fun reading, check out artists you don't know and comment if you want :)


-7-
Behemoth
Ezkaton

2 very good new songs, 2 good covers, 3 live tracks - a decent EP. You get what you expect. Behemoth stay Behemoth. But I don't know if this was all that necessary because they have already released a live album (At the Arena Ov Aion - Live Apostasy) this year. They better have put these two releases together. But anyway, it's worth a listen. Especially because their drummer is not human. I know, it's triggered as hell, but still - insane.
Highlights:
Chant For Ezkaton 2000 e.v., Jama Pekel


-6-
Coldplay
Prospekt's March EP

Well, I'll talk about Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends later... but if the whole album would have been more like this (but without Jay-Z) I would have been happy. I guess that says about all. Very nice EP, better than the actual album…