DigitalMetal.com Staff Picks 2005!
After going through 2006 and 2004, we’ve arrived back in time to the year 2005. Chronology has no place in time travel… and we need to fix our De Lorean. Anyway, not only did 2005 saw Youtube come alive, certain bands achieved massive and well deserved breakthroughs as well. Primordial finally saw limelight with The Gathering Wilderness and Nevermore was up on everyone’s lips with This Godless Endeavor. Most importantly. what were YOUR favorites from 2005?
Because there are never enough year end lists, here are the staff picks of 2005 from those that were kind enough to submit them.
Chris Dick
1. Opeth – Ghost Reveries
2. Rapture – Silent Stage
3. Arcturus – Sideshow Symphonies
4. Primordial – The Gathering Wilderness
5. Kamelot – The Black Halo
6. Dark Tranquillity – Character
7. Swallow the Sun – Ghosts of Loss
8. Slumber – Fallout
9. Bolt Thrower – Those Once Loyal
10. Akercocke – Words That Go Unspoken, Deeds That Go Undone
Erik Thomas
1. Between the Buried and Me, Alaska
2. Primordial, The Gathering Wilderness
3. Opeth, Ghost Reveries
4. Equlibrium, Turis Fratyr
5. Embrace the End, Counting Hallways to teh Left
6. Aes Dana, Formors
7. Neuraxis, Trilateral Progression
8. Despised Icon, The Healing Process
9. The Berzerker, World of Lies
10. Hiretsukan, End States
Apollyon
1. Nevermore, This Godless Endeavor
2. Primordial, The Gathering Wilderness
3. Gojira, From Mars to Sirius
4. Bolt Thrower, Those Once Loyal
5. Gorefest, La Muerte
6. Kingston Wall, Real Live Thing
7. Nile, Annihilation of the Wicked
8. Antimatter, Planetary Confinement
9. Rapture, Silent Stage
10. Amoral, Decrowning
Grimulfr
1. Horna, Envaatnags Eflos Solf Esgantaavne
2. Satanic Warmaster, Carelian Satanist Madness
3. Belphegor, Goatreich- Fleshcult
4. Averse Sefira, Tetragrammatical Astygmata
5. Sargeist, Disciple of the Heinous Path
6. 1349, Hellfire
7. Aes Dana, Formors
8. Morrigan, Headcult
9. Brume d’Automne, Fiers et Victorieux
10. Primordial, The Gathering Wilderness
John Gnesin
1. Overmars, Affliction, Endocrine, Vertigo
2. Jesu, Jesu
3. Solefald, Red for Fire: An Icelandic Odyessy
4. Bolt Thrower, Those Once Loyal
5. Horse the Band, The Mechanical Hand
6. Ulver, Blood Inside
7. Impure Wilhelmina, L’amore, l’morte, l’enfance Perdue
8. Modern Life is War, Witness
9. Antigama, Zeroland
10. Behold…The Arctopus, Nano-nucleonic Cyborg Summoning
Shawn Pelata
1. JOURNEY, Generations
2. KING’S X, Ogre Tones
3. TNT, All The Way To The Sun
4. STARBREAKER, Starbreaker
5. THE MOB, The Mob
6. KEITH URBAN, Be Here
7. NICKELBACK, All The Right Reasons
8. GOTTHARD, Lipservice
9. ALLEN LANDE, The Battle
10. BON JOVI, Have A Nice Day
Brent Mittelstadt
1. Rosetta, The Galilean Satellites
2. Opeth, Ghost Reveries
3. The Project Hate, Armageddon March Eternal
4. Buried Inside, Chronoclast
5. Avenged Sevenfold, City of Evil
6. Arsis, A Diamond for Disease
7. Enslaved, Isa
8. Strapping Young Lad, Alien
9. Bolt Thrower, Those Once Loyal
10. Moonsorrow, Verisakeet
Fred Phillips
1. Black Label Society, Mafia
2. Sentenced, The Funeral Album
3. God Forbid, IV: Constitution of Treason
4. Jon Oliva’s Pain, Tage Mahal
5. Soilwork, Stabbing the Drama
6. Opeth, Ghost Reveries
7. Nevermore, This Godless Endeavor
8. Kiuas, The Spirit of Ukko
9. Corrosion of Conformity, In the Arms of God
10. Bruce Dickinson, A Tyranny of Souls
Damien Boorman
1. Nevermore, This Godless Endeavour
2. Between the Buried and Me, Alaska
3. Watchmaker, Erased From the Memory of Man
4. Gojira, From Mars to Sirius
5. Opeth, Ghost Reveries
6. Despised Icon, The Healing Process
7. Porcupine Tree, Deadwing
8. Prostitute Disfigurement, Left in a Grisly Fashion
9. Neuraxis Trilateral Progression
10. Through the Eyes of the Dead, Bloodlust
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That’s right…I’m a rebel. :-)
on Apr 19th, 2010 at 09:06mine!
1. Opeth – Ghost Reveries
2. Burst – Origo
2. Akercocke – Words That Go Unspoken
3. Porcupine Tree – Deadwing
4. Gojira – From Mars to Sirius
5. Nevermore – This Godless Endeavour
6. Rapture – Silent Stage
7. Nile – Annihilation of the Wicked
8. Averse Sefira – Tetragrammatical Astygmata
9. Through the Eyes of the Dead – Bloodlust
10. Impure Wilhelmina – L’Amour
(Enslaved – Isa and Slumber – Fallout were both 04 otherwise they would be top 5 here too)
on Apr 19th, 2010 at 09:37Here’s my top 10 in no order:
Akercocke – Words That Go Unspoken, Deeds That Go Undone
Fall of the Leafe – Vantage
Lurker of Chalice – Lurker of Chalice
Leviathan – Howl Mockery at the Cross
Crowbar – Lifesblood for the Downtrodden
Withered – Memento Mori
Aphotic – Failure
Jesu – Jesu
Neuraxis – Trilateral Progression
Nevermore – This Godless Endeavor
Honorable mentions:
on Apr 19th, 2010 at 14:02Immolation – Harnessing Ruin
The Dying Light – The Killing Plan
Strapping Young Lad – Alien
Byzantine – …and They Shall Take Serpents
The Absence – From Your Grave
Becoming the Archetype – Terminate Damnation
Chimaira – S/T
Darkane – Layers of Lies
Hypocrisy – Virus
Equilibrium – Turis Fratyr
Dark Tranquillity – Character
And Gojira, Nile, Meshuggah, Neuraxis, Darkest Hour
on Apr 19th, 2010 at 19:20I have probably listened to Bolt Thrower’s “Those Once Loyal” more than any record I have ever owned.
on Apr 20th, 2010 at 20:54Would have to take Nile and Amoral off my list. Haven’t listened to either of albums since 2005 or 2006. I’d probably add Fall of the Leafe and Akercocke to the list instead. Or Overmars.
on Apr 22nd, 2010 at 09:11nobody has mentioned High on Fire – Blessed Black Wings or Novembers Doom – The Pale Haunt Departure? or how about 2005 releases by Solstafir, Lay Down Rotten and Green Carnation?
on Apr 24th, 2010 at 10:49Fuck. You’re right. Solstafir’s Masterpiece of Bitterness should be right at the top five. Too bad I only found about it at the beginning of this year, or was it late last year… anyway. The opening track beats a truckloads of albums by itself.
on Apr 24th, 2010 at 11:57You motherfuckers completely stole my idea!!!!! ;)
01. Nevermore – This Godless Endeavor
on Apr 25th, 2010 at 01:2602. Kamelot – The Black Halo
03. Between The Buried And Me – Alaska
04. YOB – The Unreal Never Lived
05. Nile – Annihilation Of The Wicked
06. Opeth – Ghost Reveries
07. Equilibrium – Turis Fratyr
08. Swallow The Sun – Ghosts Of Loss
09. Mercenary – 11 Dreams
10. Pelican – The Fire In Our Throats Will Beckon The Thaw