THIS CONTEST HAS ENDED! Thanks To all who participated and to our winners, Prophet 180 and KK.
It’s that time of year where we begin to clean our respective areas of the office and we have unearthed a ton of great stuff, so we figured we would offer it up to our loyal blog readers! The first contest will focus on a ton of metal releases from the past year including the out of print Nil Recurring from PORCUPINE TREE, releases from Megadeth, Mudvayne, Dethklok and more. Plus some other fun stuff from the likes of Jagermeister. Read more for the complete list of prizes.
HOW TO ENTER: Leave a comment telling us your favorite metal release of the year. Make sure to use your real email address, otherwise we can’t contact you! The winner will be chosen when we launch the next contest.
The latest albums from
Porcupine Tree
Mudvayne
40 Below Summer
Dethklok
Revolution Mother
Megadeth (live album)
69 Eyes
Coheed and Cambria
Hell Within
Invitro
Atreyu
Hurt
Bigelf
DVDs from
Hell Yeah
All That RemainsPlus some other fun stuff!
Tags: Dethklok, Megadeth, Mudvayne, Porcupine Tree
Baroness – The Red Album, ya heard!
DETHKLOK obviously, so fucking brutal.
its gotta be Porcupine Tree’s “Fear of a Blank Planet”…and if you wanna be specific, then its the vinyl version too, as it also has the Nil Recurring EP on it – so basically thats 2 for 1…
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I would have to go with The End’s “Elementary” with Porcupine Tree’s “Fear of a Blank Planet” a close second.
PT’s Feaor Of A Blank Planet and the Nil Recurring EP. I wouldn’t exactly call them metal, though the heavy element is of course very important.
Best metal release is probably The Roundhouse Tapes from Opeth. A killer live document of a great show that covers most of the bands excellent catalogue. PT’s Fear/Nil are a close second but I do not really consider them to be “metal \m/ \m/
Best metal album of the year is either
Porcupine Tree – FOABP
Opeth – Roadhouse Tapes
3 – The End is Begun
Dream Theater – Systematic Chaos
Roundhouse *** aha
If it qualifies as heavy metal, then its “Fear of a Blank Planet”, one of the finest albums of the year, though Wilson’s “Continuum II” seems to me to have more in common with that genre. As with “progressive rock”, there’s a moment in time that seems to best fit the genre description, with more modern sounds variously described as “progressive metal”, “post metal”, “alternative metal” and so on. But I suppose that there’s something for the traditional heavy metal fan as well as the traditional progressive rock, space rock or psychedelic rock fan in Porcupine Tree’s genre-bending sound, so we’ll just stick with that.
Trap Them “Seance” on Deathwish Records…..very underrated band!
dethklok for sure.
too bad i didn’t see this earlier.
murderface better win this.
I have to agree with the other who selected Porcupine Tree’s “Fear of a Blank Planet.” And I would specify the DVDA version that includes the “Nil Recurring” EP.
Pelican-”City of Echoes”
Porcupine Tree’s Fear of a Blank Planet is THE definitive music here. It sets the bar real high for all the rest. Nil Recurring is such an amazing companion to FoaBP which can be listened to on its own but also mixed in to FoaBP. Pure spikey gold!!!
1-Anterior- Great Divide
2-M-Head- Blackening
3-Fear My Thoughts-Vulcanus
4-The Absence-Riders
5-EOE-The Forgotten Godess
Power of the Damager – Prong
The Last Sucker – Ministry
P-Tree is the best. While it’s not metal, has anyone heard Blackfield, steven’s other band? Any good?
machine head – the blackening. no question. game, set, match.
Mudvayne-By The People, For The People
Seether-Finding Beauty In Negative Spaces
Avenged Sevenfold-Avenged Sevenfold
It has to be porcupines tree.
Cheers Lucy xx