"The results are in! You nominated the albums. You voted for the albums. And now the results are in. With thousands of votes coming in, it’s been exciting to follow the process. Some only chose to vote for one album, others picked three. However, Slipknot took the lead quite quickly which was surprising since some […]"
THE BEST METAL ALBUMS OF 2014
The results are in!
You nominated the albums. You voted for the albums. And now the results are in. With thousands of votes coming in, it’s been exciting to follow the process. Some only chose to vote for one album, others picked three. However, Slipknot took the lead quite quickly which was surprising since some either regard them as not true metal, or a disappointing album because of the hype. But it’s clear that most of you did think it was the best album of the year. Beartooth comes in second and is the surprise hit since it hasn’t been one of the most active metal album on the site this year. Very close, with only a few votes behind, we find UK’s Architects and their massively popular album.
You’ll find the complete list below. And the comment section where you can vent your frustration or the conclusion that everyone is wrong except you. Even if you agree or disagree with the list, it was a lot of fun doing the list with you. Thanks to everyone who participated!
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Lantlos – Melting Sun
Mastodon – Once More Round the Sun
Pallbearer – Foundations of Burden
Anaal Natrakh – Desideratum
Vallenfyre – Splinters
Sheer Terror – Standing Up For Falling Down
Doom is letting me down this year … how typical :(
Pallbearer’s Foundation’s of Burden.
Yob’s Clearing the Path to Ascend.
Thou’s Heathen.
Conan’s Blood Eagle.
Fórn’s The Departure of Consciousness.
Opium Warlords’ Taste Our Sword of Understanding.
Nightfell’s The Living Ever Mourn.
Occultation’s Silence in the Ancestral House.
Mournful Congregation’s Concrescence of the Sophia.
Keeper’s MMXIV.
It’s been a HEAVY year for Doom! Jus’ saying. We even got a new Sleep track!
Only Yob and Mournful Congregatio I liked. MC: dreadful dreadful bass sound. Really makes that EP mediocre because of it .. YOB: Is awesome, but not good enough for a top X.
http://aphonicthrenody.bandcamp.com/album/when-death-comes
Cynic – Kindly Bent to Free Us
Arch Enemy – War Eternal
Bloodbath – Grand Morbid Funeral
Misery Index – The Killing Gods
Godflesh – A World Lit Only by Fire
Sockweb – Werewolf
Behemoth – The Satanist
Vallenfyre – Splinters
Lord Mantis – Death Mask
Arch enemy – War Eternal
In This Moment – Black Widow
Stream of Passion – A War of Our Own
Way too many good albums came out this year!
Anaal Nathrakh – Desideratum
Slipknot – .5: The Grey Chapter
Demon Hunter – Extremist
I haven’t yet heard new Machine Head though. And Behemoth was kinda good, but I just don’t like this band, which is why they’re not included in my top 3.
Pyscrence-A Frail Deception
Bloodshot Dawn-Demons
Crowbar-Symmetry In Black
I worship Crowbar, since album #1, but this one is the first in which I found myself te be irritated by the born-again-christian-lyrics .. and the melodyy and heaviness suffer from it.
Thou – Heathen
Atlas Moth – The Old Believer
Behemoth – The Satanist
1. Pianos Become The Teeth – Keep You
2. Slipknot – .5: The Gray Chapter
3. Being As An Ocean – How We Both Wondrously Perish
Honorable Mention: Amaranthe – MASSIVE ADDICTIVE
& This would be #3 if it wasn’t an EP: When We Were Wolves – Heartless EP
i wouldn’t say pianos become the teeth are metal, you know
Oh yeah. Replaced it. I forgot about the new ETID.
1. Every Time I Die – From Parts Unknown
2. Slipknot – .5: The Gray Chapter
3. Being As An Ocean – How We Both Wondrously Perish
Pyrrhon – Mother of All Virtues
Conan – Blood Eagle
Godflesh – A World Lit only by Fire
1.dahmer’s corpse eating on the innards of bastard children
2.decapitated koala
3.amputee’s rectum
1. Slipknot – .5: The Gray Chapter
2. Opeth – Pale Communion
3. Mastodon – Once More ‘Round the Sun
+Machine Head – Bloodstone & Diamonds
Cynic – Kindly Bent to free us
Prong – Ruining Lives
Judas Priest – Redeemer of Souls
Animals as Leaders – The Joy of Motion
Skyharbor – Guilding Lights
Behemoth – The Satanist
Crowbar – Symmetry in Black
There is nothing metal about Pale Communion.
Now that’s a silly thing to say.
Nope. It’s the cold hard truth.
Mastodon – Once more round the sun.
Thy Art Is Murder – Hate
Tides of Man – Young and Courageous ( not really metal, but awesome still )
Thy Art is Murder released a killer album, I agree, but it’s from 2012 not 2014 :P
1. The Body – I Shall Die Here
2. Darkspace – Dark Space III I
3. Godflesh – A World Lit Only By Fire
1. Beartooth – Disgusting
2. Affiance – Blackout
3. Every Time I Die – From Parts Unknown
1. Architects – Lost Forever // Lost Together
2. Monuments – The Amanuensis
3. Bury Tomorrow – Runes
+ and some more mentions
Chiodos – Devil
Beartooth – Disgusting
For Today – Fight The Silence
Crown the Empire – The Resistance: Rise Of The Runaways
Devil You Know – The Beauty of Destruction
Imminence – I
Mouth Of The South – Struggle Well
1. Slipknot: The Gray Chapter
2. Foo Fighters: Sonic Highways
3: Cynic: Kindly Bent to free us
I wouldn’t consider Foo Fighters metal. You’re free to replace it though.
Body Count – Manslaughter
Skindred – Kill The Power
United Nations – The Next Four Years
Would you guys consider The Algorithm metal enough? If so, Octopus4 is the killer albun of the year
It’s a close call, progressive metal yes – But it’s mainly electronic.
Architects – Lost Forever, Lost Together
Volumes – No Sleep
Silent Planet – The Night God Slept
Yeah, Volumes was good.
01 – Slipknot – .5: The Grey Chapter
02 – Monuments – The Amanuensis
03 – Mastodon – Once More Round The Sun
And many others…
For me it is impossible to select a Top 3 this year, I have to nominate at least four:
Darkest Era – Severance
Scar Symmetry – The Singularity (Phase I – Neohumanity)
Volumes – No Sleep
Ne Obliviscaris – Citadel
Slipknot: 5; The Gray Chapter
Machine Head: Bloodstone & Diamonds
Devil You Know: Beauty of Destruction
My best metal albums of the year:
1) Opeth – Pale communion
2) Threshold – For the journey
3) Machine head – Bloodstone & diamonds