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Last Active 02-24-11 3:55 am
Joined 02-21-06
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| Surprises + Disappointments Of 2008 So Far
Self explanatory, list is divided in half. | | 1 |  | Coldplay
Viva La Vida
I knew it'd probably be better than X & Y, but didn't think it would be so good and trump everything they've done so far. | | 2 |  | Metallica
Death Magnetic
I didn't even expect much from this, but they made an album fairly comparable to early efforts (including quality). | | 3 |  | Children of Bodom
Blooddrunk
Not good, but not really that bad either. If nothing else, it made me think I'll love their early albums. | | 4 |  | Anberlin
New Surrender
Only a surprise because I thought the producer and unusually brief time between their last album would make it underwhelming. Quite the opposite. | | 5 |  | All That Remains
Overcome
Former Trivium producer Jason Suecof makes Phil's vocals weak and emotionless while helping them make a bunch of b-side material. | | 6 |  | Amon Amarth
Twilight of the Thunder God
Boring and completely forgettable. Despite all the hype and being a fairly big fan of melodeath, I'll stick to Dark Tranquillity instead. | | 7 | | Heaven Shall Burn
Iconoclast (Part 1:The Final Resistance)
"Endzeit" had me expecting a much better album, but besides that and "Black Tears" the album wasn't very interesting. | | 8 |  | Inhale Exhale
I Swear...
For some reason I thought they'd make a significantly better album. | |
rasputin
10.13.08 | eh. Coldplay and CoB were pretty bad, and Death Magnetic was only okay. Anberlin is fantastic though. I also think Twilight of the Thunder God was pretty good. | BallsToTheWall
10.13.08 | Completely agree with 5,6, and 7 although I expected HSB to put out a quality album. 4 didn't strike a chord with me unfortunately. | bastard
10.13.08 | I agree with 1 and 2. | renegadestrings
10.13.08 | i really like 7 tbh. met my expectations definitely, Endzeit does have a sense of epic-ness that's not present in a good majority of the songs | McP3000
10.13.08 | i love you for 6 and its comment | Captain North
10.13.08 | I enjoy 7. *shrug* I agree with 1, 4, and 5. | jingledeath
10.13.08 | I agree with 1,2,3,4,5 but a HELL NO to 6. |
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