Best of 2014 thus far?

[Fat Freddy]

(Shrugs) I dunno, I've only bought old sh*t so far this year.

 

It's almost August and the only 2014 release I've bought so far this year has been Body Count's Manslaughter. Wow. I suck.

 

I'm sure I'll get to the new Judas Priest, Overkill, Tesla and a few others eventually but haven't had the time/$$ to seek them out thus far.

[Glen]

You are not alone - I rarely buy more than 20 discs a year - just the best stuff. The rest I check out on Spotify.

[swriter]

awesome yr to me so far!!!!

 

Winger

Gothard

Alien

Heat'

Stan Bush

Overland

Vandenberg

Diesel

Seven

House of Lords

 

and, Loverboy, Uriah Heep, Sage, Nazareth, Night Ranger in the distance

[Geoff]

You obviously really like the new Edguy album.....personally I think its weak as shit (apart from about 2 tracks)

 

Could you just explain to me what each track is actually about (part from Love Tyger) because Im damned if I know ;-)

 

Yeah, apart from the lyrics not making much sense, I find the dude so hard to understand for the most part. Most the time I can't understand what he's saying, and then if I do understand, I wonder why he's singing it. I don't mind portions of the disc... portions.

[Glen]

Just a small update......top spot changed.

 

Seven would crack 90% if the mediocre 'Diana' had been dropped.

 

Still a bunch to rate which will fall in the 10-20 range.

 

1. Seven - 7 - 89

2. HEAT - Tearing Down The Walls - 87

3. Confess - Jail - 85

4. Steel Panther - All You Can Eat - 83

5. Brother Firetribe - Diamond In The Firepit - 83

6. Night By Night - NXN - 82

7. Darkhorse - Let It Ride - 82

8. Johnny Lima - My Revolution - 80

9. Night Ranger - High Road - 80

10. Pretty Maids - Louder Than Ever - 80

 

11. Winger - Better Days Comin - 78

12. Pretty Wild - s/t - 76

13. Overland - Epic - 75

14. Alien - Eternity - 75

15. Dynazty - Renatus - 74

16. Sunstrike - s/t - 73

17. LRS - Down To The Core - 67

18. Primal Fear - Delivering The Black - 61

19. House Of Lords - Precious Metal - 60

20. Edguy - Space Police - 57

 

21. Moonkings - s/t - 55

22. Red Dragon Cartel - s/t - 52

23. Magnum - Escape From The Shadow Gardens - 51

[AlphaMale]

Yeah... I have a bunch to rate too.

[AlphaMale]

My update coming.... with these releases:

 

Niva

Unbreakable

Darkhorse

Accept

Black Tora

Dragonforce

Kix

Saints Of Sin

White Trash Presidents

Will The Thrill

[swriter]

the running ten are

 

Uriah Heep

Stan Bush

Saga

Seven

Overland

Diesel

Winger

Alien

Vandenberg

just waiting for one more to show signs of a top ten

[Glen]

Im stoked for the last 4 months of this year.

 

So many promising releases due to hit.....hell, most of my top 10 could change with this lot due -

 

Work Of Art

Harem Scarem

Vega

Wigelius

Crazy Lixx

Adriangale

In Faith

[The Rocker]

Im stoked for the last 4 months of this year.

 

So many promising releases due to hit.....hell, most of my top 10 could change with this lot due -

 

Work Of Art

Harem Scarem

Vega

Wigelius

Crazy Lixx

Adriangale

In Faith

Tango Down!!!

[JC_AOR]

Im stoked for the last 4 months of this year.

 

So many promising releases due to hit.....hell, most of my top 10 could change with this lot due -

 

Work Of Art

Harem Scarem

Vega

Wigelius

Crazy Lixx

Adriangale

In Faith

Yeah Glen I totally agree. Some highly anticipated releases there- WOA, Harem Scarem and Crazy Lixx most definitely but all those bands are capable of a great album. I'm not sure who 'in Faith' are though? To be honest so far this year I've been pretty disappointed with the quality in the AOR/MHR genre. Seven is at the top of my list also but even that release is not mind blowibg. Hopefully one of these other bands can show everyone how its done.

[Kim_Hp]

Still got a lot of catching up to do but so far my top 5 faves are:

1. H.E.A.T - Tearing Down The Walls - 100%
2. Seven - 7 - 95%
3. Steel Panther - All You Can Eat - 95%
4. Sonic Station - Next Stop - 87%
5. Pretty Wild - s/t - 70%

Still looking forward to Care of Night, White Widdow (coming November) and Houston which will all most likely end up high on the list at the end of the year.

[AlphaMale]

As it stands today:

 

Alpha's Top 10 Hard Rock

1. NIGHT BY NIGHT 92%

2. CONFESS 90%

3. KIX 88%

4. H.E.A.T. 87%

5. SUNSTRIKE 85%

6. STEEL PANTHER 84%

7. SAINTS OF REBELLION 83%

8. DEVILS RUN 82%

9. MACH 22 82%

10. BOMBAY BLACK 82%

Alpha's Top 10 Heavy Metal

1. ACCEPT 90%

2. JUDAS PRIEST 90%

3. PRETTY MAIDS 87%

4. PRIMAL FEAR 85%

5. OVERKILL 84%

6. DYNAZTY 82%

7. NIGHTMARE 80%

8. IRON SAVIOR 80%

9. HAMMERFALL 80%

10. EDGUY 78%

[Glen]

 

 

Im stoked for the last 4 months of this year.

 

So many promising releases due to hit.....hell, most of my top 10 could change with this lot due -

 

Work Of Art

Harem Scarem

Vega

Wigelius

Crazy Lixx

Adriangale

In Faith

Yeah Glen I totally agree. Some highly anticipated releases there- WOA, Harem Scarem and Crazy Lixx most definitely but all those bands are capable of a great album. I'm not sure who 'in Faith' are though? To be honest so far this year I've been pretty disappointed with the quality in the AOR/MHR genre. Seven is at the top of my list also but even that release is not mind blowibg. Hopefully one of these other bands can show everyone how its done.

 

In Faith are a new band........debut album due soon.

 

Expect some pretty excellent melodic rock

 

Cheers

[Glen]

 

 

Im stoked for the last 4 months of this year.

 

So many promising releases due to hit.....hell, most of my top 10 could change with this lot due -

 

Work Of Art

Harem Scarem

Vega

Wigelius

Crazy Lixx

Adriangale

In Faith

Tango Down!!!

 

I suspect TD will be good, but not in the league of the others mentioned.

 

Hope to be proved wrong of course ;-)

[Metal T]

pretty decent year for METAL so far...imo

[swriter]

UPDATE Best of the yr for me so far

Work Of Art

Winger

Gothard

Alien

Heat'

Stan Bush

Overland

Vandenberg

Diesel

Seven

House of Lords

Uriah Heep

, Saga

[The Rocker]

UPDATE Best of the yr for me so far

Work Of Art

Winger

Gothard

Alien

Heat'

Stan Bush

Overland

Vandenberg

Diesel

Seven

House of Lords

Uriah Heep

, Saga

4 of my favorites this year so far are:

 

H.E.A.T

House Of Lords

Tango Down

Brother Firetribe

[AlphaMale]

Man... this TANGO DOWN cd is kicking my ass!! Stellar!!

[The Rocker]

Man... this TANGO DOWN cd is kicking my ass!! Stellar!!

\m/

[lettard]

 

Man... this TANGO DOWN cd is kicking my ass!! Stellar!!

\m/

 

Agreed

[The Rocker]

After hearing all the samples for the new Crazy Lixx, I am leaning towards it for album of the year.

[AlphaMale]

Can't wait to hear it Rocker.

[KING]

Evergrey - hymns for the broken

 

Allen / Lande - the great divide

[Fat Freddy]

2014's almost over and I've only bought four current releases - Body Count, Overkill, Accept and Kix. I've listened to a bunch of others via Spotify but not enuff to really go "this sh*t rocks" or "this sh*t sucks."

 

So of the four actual CDs I've bought I'd say it's a toss up between Overkill's "White Devil Armory" and Accept's "Blind Rage," for whatever that's worth.