Okay, It might be a bit early but We'll get'er goin anyway.

If you don't know the deal here it is.

Post your top 15 lists in this thread. You may post a list of less than 15 but no more than 15, only the first 15 will count. If a list is posted that is not in any paticular order, it will not count.

Please post your lists like in this format or close to it to make it easier for me when I an compilling the final overall list.

example:

1. Hypocrysy - Virus
2. Porcuine Tree - Deadwing
3. Strapping Young Lad - Alien

and so on and so forth..... Lists that don't follow this format will stil be counted. Its just to make things easier for me. Oh, ya and NO TIES!!!!!

PLEASE ONLY POST ONE LIST!!!!
If you would like to change your list just edit your origional list instead of posting another one otherwise the first list will only be counted. Last year there was well over 100 lists I had to go through and it is near imposible for me to go back and change any stats from an origional list.

Make sure that all albums on your list were infact released in 2005 and are not a re-release. Anything that falls under that is fair game, EPs, LPs, Compilations etc....

The dealine for lists will be Jan 2nd as this will be when I will start compiling the final overall list.

I think that covers everything.

So have fun and shit.....

Thanks again LOAF!

1. Enslaved-- Isa
2. Nevermore-- This Godless Endeavor
3. Bolt Thrower-- Those Once Loyal
4. Lurker of Chalice-- s/t
5. Primordial-- The Gathering Wilderness
6. Deceased-- As the Weird Travel On
7. Slough Feg-- Atavism
8. Circus Maximus-- The 1st Chapter
9. Deathspell Omega-- Kenose
10. King's X-- Ogre Tones
11. Behemoth-- Demigod
12. Manegarm-- Vredens Tid
13. Usurper-- Cryptobeast
14. Municipal Waste-- Hazardous Mutation
15. Napalm Death-- The Code is Red...Long Live the Code


and for Fatal Portrait:
16. Darkest Hour-- Undoing Ruin (thought this was going to be top 3...)
17. Manilla Road-- Gates of Fire

My list is of course subjet to modifications since I probably forgot a few mandatory releases...


1. Lurker of Chalice - s/t
2. Deceased - As the Weird Travel On
3. Thralldom - Black Sun Resistance
4. Dream Theater - Octavarium
5. The Mars Volta - Frances the Mute
6. Earth - HEX: Or Printing in the Infernal Method
7. Deathspell Omega - Kenose
8. Urfaust - Verraterischer, Nichtswurdiger Geist
9. The Gault - Even as All Before Us
10. Primordial - The Gathering Wilderness
11. Ondskapt - Dodens Evangelium
12. Porcupine Tree - Deadwing
13. Xasthur / Leviathan - split
14. Riverside - Second life Syndrome
15. Twilight - s/t
16. Sunn 0))) - Black 1
17. Municipal Waste - Hazardous Mutation
18. Dimhymn - Djävulens tid är kommen


And thanks to LOAF!

1. CRYPTOPSY - Once Was Not
2. CHILDREN OF BODOM - Are You Dead Yet?
3. BRUCE DICKINSON - Tyranny of Souls
4. PATHS OF POSSESSION - Promises in Blood
5. LEAVES' EYES - Vinland Saga
6. GOREROTTED - A New Dawn for the Dead
7. OPETH - Ghost Reveries
8. LURKER OF CHALICE - Lurker of Chalice
9. CORROSION OF CONFORMITY - In the Arms of God
10. HORDE OF WORMS - Unearthly Desolation E.P.
11. ABORTED - The Archaic Abattoir
12. SIX FEET UNDER - 13
13. IRON MAIDEN - Death on the Road
14. ARCTURUS - Sideshow Symphonies



I hope its not to late to include my updated list!

shit, okay, i just changed the example, lol.

subject to change... don;t these until it's all done!

1. aborted- the archaic abbatoire
2. gorerotted- a new dawn for the dead
3. blood red throne- altered genesis
4. gehenna- ww
5. belphegor- goatreich - fleshcult
6. nile- annihilation of the wicked
7. bloodbath- nightmares made flesh
8. wetwork- synod
9. gojira- from mars to sirius
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(FINAL Edit)
1. Nevermore- 'This Godless Endeavor'
2. Swarm Of The Lotus- 'The Sirens Of Silence'
3. Twilight- 'Twilight'
4. Cephalic Carnage- 'Anomalies'
5. Between The Buried And Me- 'Alaska'
6. Candlemass- 'Candlemass'
7. Akercocke- 'Words That Go Unspoken, Deeds That Go Undone'
8. Gojira- 'From Mars To Sirius'
9. High On Fire- 'Blessed Black Wings'
10. Crowpath- 'Son Of Sulphur'
11. Exodus- 'Shovel Headed Kill Machine'
12. God Forbid- 'IV: The Constitution Of Treason'
13. YOB- 'The Unreal Never Lived'
14. Neuraxis- 'Trilateral Progression'
15. Novembers Doom- 'The Pale Haunt Departure'

GREAT year for metal !!! Cheers LOAF!!!

MPB's Top 15 Albums Of 2005
1. Between The Buried And Me – Alaska (Victory)
2. Ulver – The Blood Inside (The End)
3. Nevermore – This Godless Endeavour (Century Media)
4. Extol – The Blueprint Dives (Century Media)
5. Red Knife Lottery – So Much Drama (Uprising)
6. Leaves’ Eyes – Vinland Saga (Napalm)
7. Since By Man – Pictures From The Hotel Apocalypse (Revelation)
8. Napalm Death – The Code Is Red…Long Live The Code (Century Media)
9. The Other Side Of The Sky – Rorschach (Retribute)
10. Akercocke - Words That Go Unspoken, Deeds That Go Undone (Earache)
11. Sigh – Gallows Gallery (Baphomet)
12. The Autumn Project – Fable (Imagine It)
13. Klimt 1918 – Dopoguerra (Prophecy)
14. Kylesa – To Walk A Middle Course (Prosthetic)
15. Midnight – Sakada (Black Lotus)

1. Exodus – Shovel Headed Kill Machine
2. Biomechanical – Empires of the Worlds
3. Children of Bodom – Are You Dead Yet?
4. Hypocrisy – Virus
5. Nevermore – This Godless Endeavour
6. Arch Enemy – Doomsday Machine
7. Widow – On Fire
8. Kreator – Enemy of God
9. SYL – Alien
10. Soilwork – Stabbing the Drama
11. Deceased – As the Weird Travel On

That's what I've got for now. The order should stay the same, but I'm gonna try to come up with 4 more to complete it.

1. Opeth ~ Ghost Reveries
2. Manilla Road ~ Gates Of Fire
3. Cryptopsy ~ Once Was Not
4. Swallow The Sun ~ Ghosts Of Loss
5. Old Man's Child ~ Vermin
6. Moonsorrow ~ Verisäkeet
7. Hypocrisy ~ Virus
8. Draconian ~ Arcane Rain Fell
9. Primordial ~ The Gathering Wilderness
10. God Dethroned ~ The Lair Of The White Worm
11. Destruction ~ Inventor Of Evil
12. Korpiklaani ~ Voice Of Wilderness
13. Belphegor ~ Goatreich-Fleshcult
14. Dew-Scented ~ Issue VI
15. Grand Magus ~ Wolf's Return

1. Kekal - Acidity
2. Frantic Bleep - The Sense Apparatus
3. Enslaved - Isa
4. The Meads of Asphodel - Damascus Steel
5. Carnival in Coal - Collection Prestige
6. Kamelot - The Black Halo
7. Nevermore - This Godless Endeavor
8. Subterranean Masquerade - Suspended Animation Dreams
9. Ulver - Blood Inside
10. Stream of Passion - Embrace the Storm
11. The Lord Weird Slough Feg - Atavism
12. Ram-Zet - Intra
13. Solefald - Red For Fire - An Icelandic Odyssey Part I
14. Uaral - Sounds of Pain
15. Sturmgeist - Meister Mephisto

15? damnit i made a top 20. oh well....


1-Candlemass-Candlemass
2-Deceased-And the weird travel on
3-C.O.C.-In the arms of god
4-Nile-Annihilation of the wicked
5-Primordial-The gathering wilderness
6-Aborted-The Archaic abbatoir
7-Opeth-Ghost reveries
8-Cryptopsy-Once was not
9-Hypocrisy-Virus
10-Soilwork-Stabbing the drama
11-Napalm Death-The code is red...long live the code
12-Slough Feg-Atavism
13-Cathedral-The garden of uneartly delights
14-Nevermore-This godless endeavor
15-Falconer-Grime vs.Grandeur


as usual,LOAF is da man for doing this.

I've got a question in regards to the rules of the list.

System of a Down recorded Mezmerize and Hypnotize as a double album, but released each half seperately, even though it's all one cohesive album. Do those releases count as two, or one?

I'm counting them as one.



1. Opeth - Ghost Reveries
2. Porcupine Tree - Deadwing
3. Corrosion Of Conformity - In the Arms Of God
4. Nevermore - This Godless Endeavor
5. Enslaved - Isa
6. Dream Theater - Octavarium
7. Fear Factory - Transgression
8. Clutch - Robot Hive/Exodus
9. System Of A Down - Mesmerize/Hypnotize
10. Candlemass - s/t
11. Cryptopsy - Once Was Not
12. Darkane - Layers Of Lies
13. Meshuggah - Catch 33
14. Judas Priest - Angel Of Retribution
15. Novembers Doom - The Pale Haunt Departure

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Cheers LOAF

1. Morgana Lefay "Grand Materia"
2. Helloween "Keeper of the Seven Keys: The Legacy"
3. Deceased "As The Wierd Travel On"
4. Crimson Moonlight "Veil of Rememberance"
5. Lanfear "Another Golden Rage"
6. Sieges Even "The Art of Navigating By The Stars"
7. Grave Digger "The Last Supper"
8. Zero Hour "A Fragile Mind"
9. Cryptopsy "Once Was Not"
10. Redemption "The Fullness of Time"
11. Dream Theater "Octavarium"
12. Candlemass "S/T"
13. Mourning Beloveth "A Murderous Circus"
14. Shaaman "Reason"
15. Savage Circus "Dreamland Manor"

1. ABORTED - The Archaic Abattoir
2. OPETH - Ghost Reveries
3. NEVERMORE - This Godless Endeavor
4. DARK TRANQUILLITY - Character
5. HYPOCRISY - Virus
6. HATE ETERNAL - I, Monarch
7. CRYPTOPSY - Once Was Not
8. CHILDREN OF BODOM - Are You Dead Yet?
9. NILE - Annihilation of the Wicked
10. THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER - Miasma
11. CHIMAIRA - Chimaira
12. ARCH ENEMY - Doomsday Machine
13. SIX FEET UNDER - 13
14. SOILWORK - Stabbing the Drama
15. DARKEST HOUR - Undoing Ruin

bam i came up with1 5

Here's my top 2:

1. Meshuggah - Catch 33
2. Soilwork - Stabbing the Drama

I'll watch other peoples list to see if there's anything else I liked this year. It's not looking good though, there's stilla few cd's I wish I could have bought...either way I think this was a lousy year for new releases.

Rankings still subject to change:

1. SIEGES EVEN - The Art of Navigating by the Stars
2. PANTOMMIND - Shade of Fate
3. REDEMPTION - The Fullness of Time
4. CIRCUS MAXIMUS - The First Chapter
5. LALU - Oniric Metal
6. SPHERIC UNIVERSE EXPERIENCE - Mental Torments
7. SCENES - Call Us at the Number You Provide
8. SHADOW GALLERY - Room V
9. NOVACT - Tales From the Soul
10.CLOUDSCAPE - s/t
11.ZERO HOUR - A Fragile Mind
12.DYNAMIC LIGHTS - Shape
13.ASCENSION THEORY - Answers
14.STREAM OF PASSION - Embrace the Storm
15.PAGAN'S MIND - Enigmatic:Calling


16.GREEN CARNATION - The Quiet Offspring
17.THE OLD DEAD TREE - The Perpetual Motion
18.RIVERSIDE - Second Life Syndrome

That album is definitely awesome!

Here's my finalized list. In no particular order.

1. Bolt Thrower - Those Once Loyal
2. Enslaved - Isa
3. Deathchain - Deathrash Assault
4. Nevermore - This Godless Endeavor
5. Municipal Waste - Hazardous Mutation
6. Cryptopsy - Once Was Not
7. Vader - The Art of War
8. Moonsorrow - Verisäkeet
9. Behemoth - Demigod
10. Kreator - Enemy of God
11. Nile - Annihilation of the Wicked
12. Naglfar - Pariah
13. Opeth - Ghost Reveries
14. Hypocrisy - Virus
15. Arsis - A Diamond for Disease

Honourable Mentions:

16. Immolation - Harnessing Ruin
17. Origin - Echoes of Decimation
18. Judas Priest - Angel of Retribution
19. Darkest Hour - Undoing Ruin
20. Dark Tranquillity - Character
21. Primordial - The Gathering Wilderness

1. Cryptopsy - Once Was Not
2. Akercocke - Words That Go Unspoken, Deeds That Go Undone
3. Nile - Annihilation of the Wicked
4. Old Man's Child - Vermin
5. Behemoth - Demigod
6. Nevermore - This Godless Endeavor
7. Hate Eternal - I, Monarch
8. Kreator - Enemy of God
9. Kamelot - The Black Halo
10. Opeth - Ghost Reveries

that reminds me of someting i wanted to ask.what do we do with albums that were released in 2004 but came out in North America in 2005(like Isa)?

do they count or not?

1. Ulver - Blood Inside
2. Subterranean Masquerade - Suspended Animation Dreams
3. Akercocke - Words That Go Unspoken, Deeds That Go Undone
4. Cryptopsy - Once Was Not
5. Slough Feg - Atavism
6. Isole - Forevermore
7. Candlemass - S/T
8. Deathspell Omega - Kenose
9. Primordial - The Gathering Wilderness
10. Dark Tranquillity - Character
11. Frantic Bleep - The Sense Apperatus
12. Porcupine Tree - Deadwing
13. Thee Plague of Gentlemen - Primula Pestis
14. Solefald - Red For Fire - An Icelandic Odyssey Part I
15. Sigh - Gallows Gallery

not final order, might change

1---nevermore (this godless endeavor)
2---candlemass (s/t)
3---helloween (the legacy)
4---reverend bizarre (crush the insects)
5---morgana lefay (grand materia)
6---cathedral (garden of unearthly delights)
7---primal fear (seven seals)
8---gamma ray (majestic)
9---destruction (inventor of evil)
10---grand magus (wolf's return)