My Top 20 Albums of 2008

So here it is, the end of 2008. Time to make my choices for Top 20 albums of the year. I started this list months ago then left it alone for a long time then tried working on it again a couple of months back but ended up discovering more great 2008 releases to add to it. A couple of things that surprised me while making this list - an album I was sure a few months back would end up in my Top 5 actually came in at #10 and one album I thought would at least make it to my Top 20 didn't make the list at all. Here are my choices:

1. Crystallion - Hattin'
2. Fireland - Fireland
3. Borealis - World of Silence
4. Memoira - Memoira
5. Incrave - Dead End
6. Pertness - Seven Times Eternity
7. Crom - Vengeance
8. Flowing Tears - Thy Kingdom Gone
9. Leif Edling - Songs of Torment - Songs of Joy
10. Blinded Rain - Destination Unknown
11. Crown of Glory - A Deep Breath of Life
12. Heavenwood - Redemption
13. Orden Ogan - Vale
14. Viron - Ferrum Gravis
15. Brainstorm - Downburst
16. Lacrimas Profundere - Songs for the Last View
17. Powerworld - Powerworld
18. Symphonity - Voice From the Silence
19. Saint Deamon - In Shadows Lost From the Brave
20. Cain's Dynasty - Legacy of Blood


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Top Albums of 2008

Oh my FREAKING gawd - I have one month to make my "Top Albums of 2008" list!!! Right now the song "Come Insanity" by Inmoria is playing - how very fitting for this moment. Arrrrgh!!!!!!

Great new band out of Sweden

Gotta love Sweden for having great talent such as the combined talents of the guys in a new band called Inmoria. Do you like Tad Morose, Morgana Lefay, God Awful Machine and Steel Attack? If you do then I'm sure you'll like this band which features members/ex-members of these bands. Really, really great heavy metal listening. Check them out at Inmoria @ Myspace or at their official website Inmoria Official Website where you can download their songs for free. Excellent music!


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Great Melodic Metal Discovery

If you like female-fronted melodic metal then you simply must listen to this new band I discovered recently. They're called Memoira and they're from Satakunta, Finland. I love Finland for all the great metal bands coming from there. What a country!!

Memoira play rather epic metal that has progressive melodic and gothic orchestral parts and they are known for strong melancholic melodies and heavy guitar walls - and I LOVE heavy guitars!

Here's the link to their MySpace page so give them a listen and see if you like ...

Memoira @ MySpace


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