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This Year in Music

2008 in music

  • Good.

    Votes: 6 40.0%

  • Dunno.

    Votes: 8 53.3%

  • Bad.

    Votes: 1 6.7%
  • Total voters
    15
Valerunner

Valerunner

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So was 2008's music good or what?

To me, it was legendary. First was Metallica's release of Death Magnetic, returning to their thrash roots and Iced Earth welcoming Matt Barlow back with The Crucible of Man, and former vocalist Ripper Owens finds a new calling with Malmsteen, releasing Perpetual Flame which was quite epic. Lest we forget ACDC's Black Ice which is pretty damn good, showing that the Aussies still have a few stuff under their sleeves. Plus Chinese Democracy from Rose and his new bandmates delivers. A bit late, but it delivers.

So it was good.

Discuss.
 
haven't heard much stuff from this year, besides like Watershed, Twilight Of The Thunder God, Með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust, and lol Viva La Vida. so I don't know. though I might've forgotten some other stuff that I've listened to that were from this year. either way, last year was definitely so much better.
 
Is Með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust any good? I like Gobbledigook, and I'm considering buying the album.

(also I don't care what anyone says Viva La Vida kicks ass >(
 
No. Nothing majorly significant to me. Black and Gold and a few other tracks were good as one-offs and Murray Gold's new Torchwood track was stunning, but generally quite bland.-Hey, its my opinion.
 
Grimdour The Desecrater said:
So was 2008's music good or what?

To me, it was legendary. First was Metallica's release of Death Magnetic, returning to their thrash roots and Iced Earth welcoming Matt Barlow back with The Crucible of Man, and former vocalist Ripper Owens finds a new calling with Malmsteen, releasing Perpetual Flame which was quite epic. Lest we forget ACDC's Black Ice which is pretty damn good, showing that the Aussies still have a few stuff under their sleeves. Plus Chinese Democracy from Rose and his new bandmates delivers. A bit late, but it delivers.

So it was good.

Discuss.
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Not a single one of those records is good, and a fair few of them are abominable (Guns, Malmsteen.)

The new Iced Earth was okay, but the songwriting is below par (Matt being back is good, don't get me wrong, but the songs still suck). Metallica went back in time a little bit, and its their best since the s/t, but it's still bland and overlong. AC/DC just released the same album they did last time, which is uninteresting.

There were a lot of good records, but they come from weird places. Alpha is completely forgetting the new Cynic, which is a masterpiece. Watershed is alright. Twilight rules. I don't like the new Coldplay as its all the same to me but I guess that is fairly decent.

The new Anathema, Meshuggah, Gojira, Steven Wilson, Protest the Hero, all good.

I dont like the new Sigur Ros.

New God is an Astronaut is ok. Crystal Castles is ok. Portishead is decent. ASMZ's new one was decent. Draconian's new one was excellent.

This is all I can think off of the top of my head but there are more.
 
Zeta Reticuli said:
Is Með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust any good? I like Gobbledigook, and I'm considering buying the album.
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personally I found it kind of boring, there were only like 3 songs that caught my attention while listening, it was a disappointment after Takk..., but eh, then again I've yet to give it a more in-depth listen.

edit: oh yeah, forgot about Cynic - Traced In Air, and that reminds me that I've forgotten about Pain - Cynic Paradise as well. and just remembered that obZen and Fortress were released this year as well. and Steven Wilson's solo album is great.
 
Cynic Paradise is ok, has some good tracks, but it's not as consistent as some of the other Pain records (mainly my favourite Dancing with the Dead). It feels rushed.
 
Awesome albums of 2008:
Amanda Palmer - Who Killed Amanda Palmer?
Angelspit - Blood Death Ivory
Ayria - Hearts for Bullets
Battlelore - The Last Alliance
Blackmore's Night - Secret Voyage
Britney Spears - Circus
Coldplay - not even going to say it
Flowing Tears - Thy Kingdom Gone
Forever Slave - Tales for Bad Girls
Haggard - Tales of Ithiria
Indica - Valoissa
Katy Perry - One of the Boys
L'Âme Immortelle - Namenlos
Midnattsol - Nordlys
Portishead - Third
Qntal - Translucida
Sound Horizon - Moira
Within Temptation - Black Symphony

Yeah, 2008's been a pretty good year for me.
 
Only 2 artists I really listened to put out albums this year. Coldplay (everybody knows what it is), and Ali Project (Kinsho and Keikan Shijin). And unfortunately, I haven't been able to listen to Ali Project's new albums. Viva la Vida or Death and All His Buddies isn't bad, though.

Otherwise, some random anime singles from some other Japanese artists.
 
oh yeah, 3 more albums I've forgotten about:

Oasis - Dig Out Your Soul, which is imo their worst album to date, The Shock Of The Lightning is the only somewhat decent song on it, and even that is pretty much just recycled material, a carbon copy of their previous stuff

Keane - Perfect Symmetry, which had quite a couple of very interesting songs

and Nickelback - Dark Horse, which I've yet to listen to (and before you Nickelback haters ask why would I bother, well imo All The Right Reasons was quite a good album, and I've just youtube'd up 3 songs from the new album and I thought those were decent as well)
 
I think the only album I own released this year is Viva La Vida. Kind of pathetic, but I have Vampire Weekend lying around somewhere and I think I'm about to buy Third by Portishead, Dear Science by TV on the Radio, and Fleet Foxes so *shrug*

EDIT: The only Sigur Ros album I have is (), and it's uh... I don't know how to say, it's kind of boring most of the time because the songs are so drawn-out and the lyrics are the same throughout the album, but if you're in the right mood it can be great. Should I bother getting Takk... or Með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust or a different album?

EDIT 2: I forgot I own The Slip by Nine Inch Nails and I dunno if you would consider In Rainbows to be released this year but if you do I own that too.

EDIT 3: OH and Here We Stand by the Fratellis and Systematic Chaos by Dream Theater.
 
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There have been some very good albums released by some bands I like this year. Cradle of Filth have released their first decent album in about eight years, amazing comeback. Both Satyricon and Deicide have released very solid albums, as have Hail Of Bullets. The definite highlight of this year for me though has been Get Dead Or Die Trying by The Rotted (formerly Gorerotted). I've listened to this almost every day since I bought it on release, fucking amazing, gets better with every listen. A future extreme metal classic.

There's also been some disappointing ones however. Metallica's new one wasn't awful but was pretty average, certainly not deserving of the praise heaped upon it, recent albums by newer thrash bands such as Evile or Municipal Waste shit all over it completely. I only managed to get through it once tbh, actually genuinely boring in some places. Metallica should stick to playing the classic songs live.

The thing that really fucked up this year was Cryptopsy's new one. I mean jesus christ what were they thinking. Anyone who's heard the album will know what I mean. Fucking atrocious.
 
Katy Perry's album wasn't half bad. I admit the single was catchy.

But Ultra Beatdown was more of the same from Dragonforce. Bland and fast as always.
 
Zeta Reticuli said:
I think the only album I own released this year is Viva La Vida. Kind of pathetic, but I have Vampire Weekend lying around somewhere and I think I'm about to buy Third by Portishead, Dear Science by TV on the Radio, and Fleet Foxes so *shrug*
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Third is good but if you haven't heard Dummy get that first, I didn't really like TV on the Radio much

EDIT: The only Sigur Ros album I have is (), and it's uh... I don't know how to say, it's kind of boring most of the time because the songs are so drawn-out and the lyrics are the same throughout the album, but if you're in the right mood it can be great. Should I bother getting Takk... or Með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust or a different album?
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Get Takk and Agaetis Byrjun, new one is a waste of time

Also DragonForce sucks people

EDIT 2: I forgot I own The Slip by Nine Inch Nails and I dunno if you would consider In Rainbows to be released this year but if you do I own that too.
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slip is mediocre, in rainbows counts as 2007

EDIT 3: OH and Here We Stand by the Fratellis and Systematic Chaos by Dream Theater.
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sc is from 2007, june even
 
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