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2008′S RUNNING BEST/WORST

Here are AMR’s choices for best and worst of 2008…so far. There are no number limits to either list and they’re not in any particular order, its just a tally of great albums and tragic albums we come across during the year highlighted in one, convenient location. At the end of the year when we come up with our top 10 lists, it’s a good guess we will be working from this bad boy.

BEST

  1. Eluveitie - Slania
  2. Birds of Prey - Sulfur & Semen
  3. Pagan’s Mind - God’s Equation
  4. Disfear - Live the Storm
  5. Avantasia - The Scarecrow
  6. Byzantine - Oblivion Beckons
  7. Black Tide - Light From Above
  8. Warbringer - War Without End
  9. Annihilator - Metal
  10. Protest the Hero - Fortress
  11. Scar Symmetry - Holographic Universe
  12. Amon Amarth - Twilight of the Thundergod
  13. Textures - Silhouettes
  14. Slipknot - All Hope Is Gone
  15. Judas Priest - Nostradamus
  16. Fracture Point - Inherit the Downfall
  17. Opeth - Watershed
  18. Kataklysm - Prevail
  19. Warrel Dane - Praises to the War Machine
  20. Dead to Fall - Are You Serious?
  21. Heaven Shall Burn - Iconoclast
  22. Arsis - We Are the Nightmare
  23. In Flames - A Sense of Purpose
  24. Genghis Tron - Board Up the House
  25. Norther - N
  26. Meshuggah - obZen
  27. Brain Drill - Apocalyptic Feasting
  28. Tiles - Fly Paper

WORST

  1. For the Fallen Dreams - Changes
  2. Here I Come Falling - Oh Grave, Where Is Thy Victory
  3. Maroon - The Cole Heart of the Sun
  4. Gamma Ray - Land of the Free II
  5. Hate Eternal - Fury & Flames
  6. Death Angel - Killing Season
  7. Cryptopsy - The Unspoken King
  8. Iced Earth - The Crucible of Man
  9. Metallica - Death Magnetic
  10. Dragonforce - Ultra Beatdown
  11. Emmure - The Respect Issue
  12. With Blood Comes Cleansing - Horror
  13. Whitechapel - This is Exile
  14. The Red Shore - Consecrated

Comments

Comment from miamicarey
Time: September 19, 2008, 9:54 am

Let me start off by saying that you certainly know allot more about Metal than me.. I listened to all of these albums and disagree with some of your choices. Avantasia -The Scarecrow? (Not!) Annihilator -Metal was put out in 2007.. If that’s the case, you should have Every Time I Die - The Big Dirty. You don’t have Norma Jean - THe Anti Mother? Shame on you.. I’m grateful that you have Black Tide -Light From Above, Miami Rules..

Comment from CARTER
Time: September 19, 2008, 10:41 am

Iced Earth’s new one should be in there I guess huh.

Comment from cody
Time: September 19, 2008, 5:41 pm

Miami - Avantasia’s album is incredible IF you are into melodic metal. Annihilator’s album debuted in 2007, but was released in the U.S. in 2008, therefore it gets kudos here! Norma Jean is not a band I am fond of, and from what I have heard form the Anti Mother on Sirius, it is absolute shite.

Carter - You’re right, I am a neglectful asshole who should be ashamed. I will update immediately.

Comment from miamicarey
Time: September 19, 2008, 6:54 pm

Hey, Thanks for the feedback! Do you by any chance know “Metal Head” Jim Powell from the Baltimore area? Please give the Anti Mother a chance… Your website is great, do you mind if I add the link to mine? -miamicarey

Comment from Henrique
Time: October 14, 2008, 4:28 pm

You have Death Magnetic among the runners for worst album and All Hope is Gone among the runners for the best? Oh my God

Comment from cody
Time: October 14, 2008, 5:54 pm

Henrique - Death Magnetic was a shitty album in its current official released form, and I enjoyed All Hope Is Gone. Why don’t you talk about the many others we have in the best of column eh? Did you just come in to make fun of that particular opinion?

Comment from Ezra
Time: October 16, 2008, 3:06 pm

Nostradamus is terrible. Not DM terrible but still,

Comment from cody
Time: October 16, 2008, 6:09 pm

Well at least we can agree Death Magnetic sucked.

Comment from coled24
Time: October 17, 2008, 10:55 am

Whew, I was beginning to wonder if there were any non-DM fans out there.

SUICIDE! I’VE ALREADY DIED BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH!

Comment from Tenho
Time: October 17, 2008, 8:58 pm

Ezra, what didn’t you like about Nostradamus?
I for one, thought it was great, as long as you had an open mind when you first listen to it.

Comment from TheTony
Time: November 17, 2008, 10:12 pm

Hey good call for Eluveitie my good sir. BTW, do you know if Swashbuckle’s newest album released like said for Sept/Oct?

Comment from Tim Keaton
Time: January 5, 2009, 5:47 am

Where’s Gojira-The Wall of All Flesh under the Best of 2008? Really guys? Leaving that album out is like…a crime against metal.

Comment from cody
Time: January 5, 2009, 1:11 pm

I actually simply forgot to add it to this list Tim, but you are right, that is a great album. If you check out the main page, however, I believe Cole or Nate did include it in their best of lists for the year.

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