Your top 3 album picks of 2014?

[M3CHK1LLA]

like the title says, what are the 3 best albums you purchased this past year and why?

any surprises or disappointments? discover any new bands?

all genres welcomed in the discussion...

 

[InfestedRabite]

1. Cormorant - Earth Diver
2. The Mire - Glass Cathedrals
3. Into Orbit (local guys) - Caverns

 

[yingmin]

like the title says, what are the 3 best albums you purchased this past year and why?

Just the top three albums purchased this year? Or do they have to have been released this year as well?

 

[rokket2005]

My top 3 albums have been thus far.

1. Lights - Little Machines
2. Sia - 1000 Forms of Fear
3. Destrage - Are you Kidding Me? No

Haven't really enjoyed a lot of metal that's come out in the past few years, and I think the only metal album from last year that I really loved was Extol's s/t.

 

[yingmin]

I think the only metal album from last year that I really loved was Extol's s/t.

Oh, shit. I really need to check that out.

 

[TauSigmaNova]

I know I'll get judged to high heavens for this, but here:
Arch Enemy - War Eternal
Conquering Dystopia S/T
Marty Friedman - Inferno

Num 4 would have to be Sabaton - Heroes. Big Sabaton fan.

 

[BusinessMan]

Decapitated- blood mantra
Carnifex- die without hope
Vader- tibi et igni

Honorable mentions:
Behemoth- the satanist
Machine head- bloodstone and diamonds
Job for a cowboy- sun eater

So many good ones out this year.

 

[yingmin]

Best album of 2014 that I received against my will and haven't listened to: U2 - Songs of Innocence

 

[Brodessa]

I'd have to say SO FAR... My favorite three releases are...

Scott Walker & Sun O))) - Soused
Fallujah - The Flesh Prevails
Death Grips - Niggas on the Moon

Next 3 in line are,
Aphex Twin - Syro
Antemasque - S/T
Swans - To Be Kind

 

[ghostred7]

Marty Friedman - Inferno - it's marty
Opeth - Pale Communion - I love the 70s prog vibe I get from it
Jason Becker - Perpetual Burn - one of most amazing albums ever IMO. Needed to get it again

 

[TheStig1214]

Skyharbor- Guiding Lights
Mastodon- Once More Round The Sun
Animals as Leaders- The Joy Of Motion

Just all of my favorite bands this year happened to release albums.

 

[Lifestalker]

Animals As Leaders - Joy Of Motion
Disentomb - Misery
Conquering Dystopia - S/T

Honorable mentions:
Job For A Cowboy - Sun Eater
Rings of Saturn - Lugal Ki En
Cannibal Corpse - A Skeletal Domain

It's been a killer year. Very hard choices to make.

 

[MrPepperoniNipples]

Beyond Creation - Earthborn Evolution
Abysmal Dawn - Obsolescence
Animals as Leaders - Joy of Motion


Solid year for metal music. New Cannibal Corpse, Aborted, Inferi, Marty Friedman, all great albums. Hard to pick a top three.

 

[s_k_mullins]

Mastodon- One More Round the Sun
Machine Head- Bloodstone & Diamonds
Killer Be Killed- self titled

Just 3 really cool albums. I've had these on constant rotation lately.

 

[JD27]

It's tough, lot of good stuff this year, for me at least.

Top 3:
Behemoth - The Satanist
At The Gates - At War With Reality
Job For a Cowboy - Sun Eater

Honorable mentions:
Evergrey - Hymns For The Broken
Revocation - Deathless

Surprises I enjoyed:
Destrage - Are You Kidding Me? No.
Son of Aurelius - Under a Western Sun
Bloodshot Dawn - Demons
Dream The Electric Sleep - Heretics

 

[M3CHK1LLA]

there are a few bands mentioned that didn't know about...

 

[M3CHK1LLA]

Just the top three albums purchased this year? Or do they have to have been released this year as well?

released in 2014

 

[Mr-Jemhead93]

The Contortionist- Language
Fallujah- The Flesh Prevails
Intervals- A Voice Within

honorable mentions

Job For a Cowoboy- Suneater
Mastodon- Once More Around the Sun
Animals As Leaders- Joy of Motion
At the Gates- At War with Reality
The Acacia Strain- Coma Witch
Black Crown Initiate- The Wreckage of Stars

 

[Louis Cypher]

Godflesh - A World Lit Only by Fire
Yet to buy but expecting them to be awesome -
Job For a Cowoboy- Suneater
Machine Head- Bloodstone & Diamonds

 

[Sofos]

Behemoth - The Satanist
Babymetal - Babymetal
Devin Townsend - Z2