Donnerstag, 11. Mär 2010, 14:23
…with releases of the bands I consider as my favourites and others I hold significant anticipation for. Among many people, I feel delighted by the collective news since it feels like this year is going to have more anticipated releases of the bands than a few years earlier (2007 was a good year, though). Here I'll list those albums released so far this year, followed by the upcoming releases that have been announced (or hinted) for this year.
Released albums 2010 January-March
Demon Hunter - The World Is a Thorn
Genre: Alternative Metal/Metalcore
Satisfaction level: ***
Lostprophets - The Betrayed
Genre: Alternative Rock/Alternative Metal
Satisfaction level: ***
Meshuggah - Alive
Genre: Post-Thrash Metal/Technical Metal
Satisfaction level: Have only listened to my favourite songs but this live album does sound better than on their studio albums
Myrath - Desert Calls
Genre: Progressive Metal with oriental sound
Satisfaction level: Only listened to it twice but it has yet to sink in before I know…
Rage - Strings To A Web
Genre: Heavy Metal, Progressive Metal, Thrash Metal
Satisfaction level: ****
Anticipated upcoming albums for the rest of the year
Masterplan - Time To Be King
Genre: Power Metal, Heavy Metal with progressive influences
Anticipation level: *****
Avantasia - Angel Of Babylon and The Wicked Symphony
Genre: Power Metal, Symphonic Metal
Anticipation level: ***
Allen-Lande - The Showdown
Genre: Melodic Heavy Metal, Hard Rock
Anticipation level: ****
Anathema - We're Here Because We're Here
Genre: Atmospheric Rock, Progressive Rock
Anticipation level: ****
Devin Townsend/Devin Townsend Project - Live album (hopefully from the upcoming live show in Tuska Festival)
Genre: Progressive Metal, Progressive Rock
Anticipation level: *****
Devin Townsend Project - Deconstruction
Genre: Progressive Metal, Extreme Metal
Anticipation level: *****
Devin Townsend Project - Ghost
Genre: Progressive Rock, Ambient
Anticipation level: *****
Star One - Second album
Genre: Sci-fi themed Progressive Metal
Anticipation level: ****
ARK - Aradiokaos
Genre: Progressive Metal
Anticipation level: **** (I would've given it 5 if Jorn Lande the singer was taking part of it)
Cynic - Re-Traced
Genre: Technical death metal, progressive metal, jazz fusion
Anticipation level: ***
Alter Bridge - Alter Bridge III
Genre: Alternative Metal, Alternative Rock
Anticipation level: ****
Scott Stapp - Second solo album
Genre: Post-grunge, Alternative Rock, Hard Rock
Anticipation level: **
Linkin Park - 4th album
Genre: Alternative metal, Alternative Rock, Rap Rock, as if you've never heard of them…
Anticipation level: ***
Evanescence - 3rd album
Genre: Alternative metal, Gothic Rock and various dark sounds…
Anticipation level: **
Within Temptation - 5th album
Genre: Symphonic Metal, Gothic Metal
Anticipation level: ***
Delain - 3rd album
Genre: Symphonic Metal, Gothic Metal, Melodic Metal
Anticipation level: ****
This Will Destroy You - Tunnel Blanket
Genre: Post-rock, Ambient
Anticipation level: ***
The Reasoning - Adverse Chamber
Genre: Progressive Rock
Anticipation level: ****
Tarja - What Lies beneath
Genre: Symphonic Rock
Anticipation level: **
Therion - Sitra Ahra
Genre: Symphonic metal, Gothic Metal, Progressive Metal
Anticipation level: ***
Kamelot - 9th album
Genre: Power metal, Symphonic Metal
Anticipation level: **
Wolverine - Communication Lost
Genre: Progressive metal
Anticipation level: ****
James LaBrie - 4th studio album
Genre: Progressive metal
Anticipation level: ****
Default - 5th album
Genre: Alternative Rock, Hard Rock, Post-grunge
Anticipation level: ****
Globus - 2nd studio album
Genre: "Cinematic Rock", Orchestral, Classical Crossover
Anticipation level: ***
Jorn - 7th studio album
Genre: Heavy Metal, Hard Rock
Anticipation level: ****
The Ocean - Heliocentric
Genre: Sludge metal, Progressive metal, Post Metal
Anticipation level: ***
Roswell Six - Terra Incognita: A Line in the Sand
Genre: Progressive metal, progressive rock
Anticipation level: **
Serj Tankian - Music Without Borders
Genre: Alternative metal, experimental rock, art rock
Anticipation level: **
Demians - 2nd album
Genre: Melodic progressive rock
Anticipation level: *****
Equilibrium - ReKreatur
Genre: Viking Metal
Anticipation level: ***
Pain of Salvation - Road Salt 1: Ivory and Road Salt 2: Ebony
Genre: Progressive metal
Anticipation level: ***
Unitopia - Artificial
Genre: Progressive rock
Anticipation level: ***
Stone Sour - 3rd album
Genre: Alternative metal, hard rock, post-grunge?
Anticipation level: **
Myles Kennedy - Debut album
Genre: Hard rock, singer-songwriter, Alternative rock
Anticipation level: ***
That's it so far! I'll post a continuing blog to update the list for news, changes and my own opinions…