2008 Albums

[Girls Are Pretty]

I'm trying to collect a comprehensive list of good albums from '08 so I can form an informed list of my fav albums of the year, and to discover some new music. What I know (off the top of my head):

A Forest of Stars- The Corpse of Rebirth
Adele- 19
Alghazanth- Wreath of Thevetat
Amon Amarth- Twilight of the Thunder God
Apathia- Through Depression and Ruins
Ásmegin- Arv
Ayreon- 01011001
Birdflesh- The Farmers' Wrath
Blindead- Autoscopia: Murder in Phazes
Boris- Smile
Broken Social Scene Presents Brendan Canning- Something for All of Us
The Bug- London Zoo
The Cancer Conspiracy- Omega
Cat Power- Dark End of the Street
Cat Power- Jukebox
Chumbawamba- The Boybands Have Won
Coldplay- Viva La Vida
Cult of Luna- Eternal Kingdom
Cwill- Trotz Allem
Cynic- Traced in Air
Dan le Sac Vs Scroobius Pip- Angles
Darkspace- III
Deadlock- Manifesto
Death Cab for Cutie- Narrow Stairs
Deathspell Omega- Veritas Diaboli Manet in Aeternum: Chaining the Katechon
Den Saakaldte- Øl, Mørke og Depresjon
Dir en Grey- UROBOROS
Dismember- Dismember
Doom:VS- Dead Words Speak
East of the Wall- Farmer's Almanac
Eluveitie- Slania
Equilibrium- Sagas
Enslaved- Vertebrae
Esoteric- The Maniacal Vale
The Evpatoria Report- Maar
Falconer- Among Beggars and Thieves
Feist- I Feel It All Single
Fleet Foxes- Fleet Foxes
Foals- Antidotes
Gama Bomb- Citizen Brain
Gang Gang Dance- Saint Dymphna
Genghis Tron- Board Up the House
Girl Talk- Feed the Animals
Gnarles Barkley- The Odd Couple
God is an Astronaut- God is an Astronaut
Ida Maria- Fortress Round My Heart
Iced Earth- The Crucible of Man
Ihsahn- angL
Impavida- Eerie Sceneries
In Flames- Sense of Purpose
Irrwisch- Irrwisch (fapfapfap)
Jason Mraz- We Sing, We Dance, We Steal Things
Jenny Lewis- Acid Tongue
Judas Priest- Nostrodamus
Karkwa- Le Volume de Vent
Kauan- Tietäjän Laulu
The Killers- Day & Age
Kings of Leon- Only By the Night
Lantlôs- Lantlôs
Leviathan- Massive Conspiracy Against All Life
Lifelover- Konkurs
M83- Saturdays=Youth
Margot & the Nuclear So and So's- Animal!
Margot & the Nuclear So & So's- Daytrotter Sessions EP
Marnie Stern- This Is It and I Am It and You Are It and So Is That and He Is It and She Is It and It Is It and That Is That
The Mars Volta- Bedlam in Goliath
Mason Jennings- In the Ever
Megan Callahan- After the Fire (plugging a friend)
Metallica- Death Magnetic
MGMT- Oracular Spectacular
Midori- Hello Everyone. Nice to Meet You. We Are Midori
Mirrorthrone- Gangrene
Misery's Omen- Hope Dies
Motörhead- Motörizer
Mouth of the Architect- Quietly
Mount Eerie- Black Wooden Cieling Opening
MUCC- Shion
Murder By Death- Red of Tooth and Claw
My Education- Bad Vibrations
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds- Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!!
Nine Inch Nails- Ghosts I-IV
Nine Inch Nails - The Slip
Njiqahdda- Nji. Njiijn. Njiiijn
Nyktalgia- Peisithanatos
Mindless Self Indulgence- If
of Montreal- Skeletal Lamping
OhGr- Devils in my Details
Opeth- Watershed
Paddy Casey- Addicted to Company, pt. 1
Pain- Cynic Paradise
Peordh- Glaring From Spacious Woods and Mountains of Eternal Frost
Portishead- Third
Q-Tip- The Renaissance
The Racontures- Consolers of the Lonely
Radiohead- In Rainbows
Raventale- Long Passed Days
Red Sparowes- Aphorisms EP
Scar Symmetry- Holographic Universe
Scouting for Girls- Scouting for Girls
Sgt.- Stylus Fantasticus
She & Him- Volume One
Sig Ar Tyr- Beyond the North Winds
Sigur Rós- Með Suð Í Eyrum Við Spilum Endalaust
Skepticism- Alloy
Slug's Revenge- Revenge is Never a 4 Letter Word
Star Fucking Hipsters- Until We're Dead
Stephen Malkmus- Real Emotional Trash
Steve Von Till- A Grave is a Grim Horse
Supreme Beings of Leisure- 11i
Taake- Taake
Tankard- Thirst
Testament- The Formation Of Damnation
This Is Past- Alice in Uglyland
Tiamat- Amanethes
Tim Myers- The Good Life EP
Totalselfhatred- Totalselfhatred
Toumani Diabate- The Mande Variations
Toxic Holocaust- An Overdose of Death
TV on the Radio- Dear Science
Tyr- Land
Uncle Outrage- The Chinchilla Album
The Underneath- Moonflower
Unleashed- Hammer Battalion
Vampire Weekend- Vampire Weekend
Venetian Snares- Detrimentalist
Vreid- Milorg
Why?- Alopecia
Wolf Parade- At Mount Zoomer

[dethklok]

Slipknot - All Hope is Gone
Trivium - Shogun
All That Remains - Overcome
Cavalera Conspiracy - Inflikted
Testament - The Formation Of Damnation

[ShaneInFlames]

Quite an amzing memory you got there .

Anyone heard of PAIN?

He has a new album out, I like it.

[DE3p]

I must really be getting old, i know about two you listed there :s

[Lukeydoodly]

Origin - Antithesis
Abigail Williams - In The Shadow of A Thousand Suns

[Cyanyde]

Metallica - Death Magnetic
Guns N Roses - Chinese Democracy
ACDC - Black Ice
Nickelback - Black Horse
Staind - Illusion Of Progress
Linkin Park - Minutes to Midnight

That's the last few I got.. all pretty good too.
I didn't know that In Flames had a new one.. nice list! :D

[Girls Are Pretty]

Anyone heard of PAIN?

Yes, I have in fact and do in fact have Cynic Paradise. Thank you for reminding me. :)

Keep goin' dudes.

I must really be getting old, i know about two you listed there :s

A lot of these bands won't really be familiar unless you're deep into whatever genre they are. So don't feel bad.

[Hammy]

Colplay-Viva La Vida
Scouting for Girls-Scouting for Girls
Oasis-Dig up your Soul

By the way Minutes to Midnight by Linin Park was released in 2007 but It's awesome nonetheless

[Halfeatendonkey]

The only one i can pull out of my mind ATM

Black Tide - Light from above

I love this band, as it inspires me alot as all the members are (What ive heard from different sources) around 16 years old. And they sound Amazing.

[Infest0125]

Slipknot - All Hope is Gone

GREAT ALBUM.

Metallica - Death Magnetic

No thanks... Metallica just seems to lose a little more with each album.

Linkin Park - Minutes to Midnight

They've sold out.

Guns N Roses - Chinese Democracy

Heard a few songs off of it and it's definitely worth looking into.

Marnie Stern- This Is It and I Am It and You Are It and So Is That and He Is It and She Is It and It Is It and That Is That

The title mindfucked me...

All That Remains - Overcome

Pretty good... Two Weeks is my ringtone :D

[Halfeatendonkey]

Quoting: dethklok
Slipknot - All Hope is Gone


GREAT ALBUM.

I have to agree and disagree.

Some songs are great, because they dont sound like the other ones and they kinda got a new tone and clang to it. But some are just horrible.

[Infest0125]

Some songs are great, because they dont sound like the other ones and they kinda got a new tone and clang to it. But some are just horrible.

I admit, it's a new direction for Slipknot and I was shocked at first, but they've proven they can do fast, heavy and brutal, and also make light and deep songs.

[Halfeatendonkey]

I admit, it's a new direction for Slipknot and I was shocked at first, but they've proven they can do fast, heavy and brutal, and also make light and deep songs.

Word.

Slipknot is atm my favourit band, and i just frickin' love the 9.0 Live album.

Its my favourit too atm, and then comes All hope is gone.

Im actully going to buy some real Slipknot wallpapers when i get money. Kickass.

[Infest0125]

Yea Slipknot is definitely in my Top 10 right now with All Hope Is Gone... I still need to check out 9.0 Live...

[Halfeatendonkey]

I still need to check out 9.0 Live...

Yeah dude im telling you, it is so fucking awesome. I mean, their best 25 top frickin' songs on 1 album, packed with ultimate audience power. One thing that bring this album to the top is the audience. I mean they are so, uhm (Don't know the words in english), but they sing along with the song in a great way, and all that shit, you can really feel the power.

If you want i could list the songs thats in the album.

[Infest0125]

I mean they are so, uhm (Don't know the words in english), but they sing along with the song in a great way, and all that shit, you can really feel the power.

Like any Iron Maiden concert is what I'm thinking of. An energetic crowd really can enhance the performance so much. As for the song list, I think I'll just look it up on Itunes later, but I'm hoping they have (Sic) on it. I'd love to hear it live... Also was this before or after they released Vol. 3?

[Halfeatendonkey]

Like any Iron Maiden concert is what I'm thinking of. An energetic crowd really can enhance the performance so much. As for the song list, I think I'll just look it up on Itunes later, but I'm hoping they have (Sic) on it. I'd love to hear it live... Also was this before or after they released Vol. 3?


(SIC) is on it man, and its frickin' love.

And yes, its 1 year after Vol. 3, so you can just imagine how great 9.0 Live is ;)

[Infest0125]

And yes, its 1 year after Vol. 3, so you can just imagine how great 9.0 Live is ;)

It's probably like an orgy in my ears.

[table spoon]

Linkin Park and Metallica? I beleive he wanted good albums of 2008.

[Halfeatendonkey]

Like any Iron Maiden concert is what I'm thinking of. An energetic crowd really can enhance the performance so much.

I know what you mean, ive been to some Maiden concerts and its brutal.


It's probably like an orgy in my ears.

It sure is, and the best part is that they have really picked out the top 25 songs. Atleast MY 25, and every song on that damn album is just fucking awesome. Can't get any better dude.

Linkin Park and Metallica? I beleive he wanted good albums of 2008.

Please don't do that, or this thread will turn into a flame fest.

[smoresforbrawl]

Quoting: Cyanyde
Linkin Park - Minutes to Midnight


They've sold out.
Didn't they debut on mtv... what did they do to sell out more than that? Do the only do songs about frito lay brand chips and snacks?

[Plankie]

The AC/DC album was pretty good. One of the better with Brian... Still, not as good as good ol' Powerage.

[koddak99]

Children Of Bodon - Blooddrunk - 2008

awsome album

[Halfeatendonkey]

AC/DC - Black Ice
Airbourne - Runnin' Wild
Children of Bodom - Blooddrunk (Awesome)
In Flames - Sense of Purpose (Brutal album)
Mindless Self Indulgence - If
Slipknot - All hope is gone (Awesome)
Black Tide - Light from above

Those are the new albums of 2008 that i got.

[smoresforbrawl]

star fucking hipsters - until we're dead

[Braniac]

Weezer- Red Album

My kind of music

[Girls Are Pretty]

Updated with some stuff from here and that I found elsewhere. I'm not listening to Slipknot or Nickelback tyvm.

[Platypus]

I can has Raconteurs?

edit: nevermind, on there already.

[Girls Are Pretty]

<3

[Infest0125]

I can has Raconteurs?

Never got into them... They were too slow and boring for my taste. No offense.

Weezer- Red Album

Not into Weezer. Sorry.

[Platypus]

Never got into them... They were too slow and boring for my taste. No offense.
Too slow? The fuck?

[Trickstyle01]

its good too see other people dig bands like Genghis Tron, and the Mars Volta, way too many people just automatically hate music thats different.

[Girls Are Pretty]

its good too see other people dig bands like Genghis Tron, and the Mars Volta, way too many people just automatically hate music thats different.

This is true.

[lilsamuraijoe]

Did you buy all those albums?

My top 08 would have to be....

1. Radiohead - In Rainbows
2. The Killers - Day &amp; Age
3. Metallica - Death Magnetic

[Platypus]

its good too see other people dig bands like the Mars Volta

I really like what they are doing with their longer songs, it's nice to hear experimentation that sounds good.

2. The Killers - Day &amp; Age
Egh, it was ok. I mean, the first couple songs are pretty good, once we get to A Dustland Fairytale it starts to go downhill for me. Hot Fuss was an amazing first album for a band, but Sams Town didn't live up to the hype. This album is better than Sams Town, but i think they are still having trouble deciding what they want to sound like.

/rant

[l4d_JD]

you cant really compile a list of the best albums of 2008 cause everyones list would be different because of that persons taste in music xD

however, i think the kooks 2nd album 'konk' is amazing and should be placed on everyones list lolhypocrit ^_^

[darkmessiah]

Foals - Antidotes

Yeh got Vampire Weekend but not Foals!!
Glad you got the Nine Inch Nails on there and of Montreal, gj

Did the Killers release Day and Age this year or last year?

[Platypus]

Did the Killers release Day and Age this year or last year?
This year, like 2 weeks ago.

[caboos]

All That Remains - Overcome
oh hell yeah!

[Girls Are Pretty]

Thanks guys. Just remembered that Gang Gang Dance released an album this year.

And no, I did not buy all these albums. Some I do not have yet, but will download. This isn't my list, it's a list of 2008 albums period.

[darkmessiah]

This year, like 2 weeks ago.
Lol, thanks, I guess I'm behind the times....

[masterblaze0]

1. Radiohead - In Rainbows

Wasn't that actually 07? I don't remember it being 08

Either way, it's fucking win.

[Infest0125]

1. Radiohead - In Rainbows

I should check this out...

2. The Killers - Day &amp; Age

Doesn't appeal to much to me. They've gotten a lil different.

3. Metallica - Death Magnetic

I've said it before I'll say it again. Metallica is going downhill with every new album.

I was hyped up for it at first but after hearing it it was really mediocre, and compared to their old stuff I just couldn't stand it...

[darkmessiah]

Wasn't that actually 07? I don't remember it being 08

Either way, it's fucking win.
January 1st or something 2008, feels like 07 right? hehe

[Girls Are Pretty]

Probably leaked in 2007.

[masterblaze0]

January 1st or something 2008, feels like 07 right? hehe

XD yup!

Probably leaked in 2007.

If Radiohead didn't intend that, a damn shame.I should check this out...

You'll love it.

[Girls Are Pretty]

Eh. So much of the music I have is leaks. lol

[darkmessiah]

Oh you don't even know. I'm so lucky I got Deerhunter and Skeletal Lamping so early...




legally of course... Bradford Cox and Kevin Barnes gave the music early to me...

[Girls Are Pretty]

Kevin Barnes gave the music early to me...

You God damn lucky bastard. Skeletal Lamping is an orgasm for my ears.

[darkmessiah]

Hahaha, I love that album, Nubile Miscreants, Gallery Piece, Hollow, and Nonpareil are great tracks

[McPeepants92]

Eagles of Death Metal-Heart On

[darkmessiah]

Hey, didn't know Eagles came out with a new one, yay

[Girls Are Pretty]

Hahaha, I love that album, Nubile Miscreants, Gallery Piece, Hollow, and Nonpareil are great tracks

&quot;Plastis Wafers&quot; and &quot;Elegant Caste&quot; too. I also love the bizarre humour behind &quot;Women's Studies Victim&quot;. &quot;Hollow&quot; is alright.