Metal Hammer Critics’ Top 50 Albums 2008: 9-7
Come on in to check out number’s 9 to 7 from this year’s Metal Hammer Critics’ Poll as we get closer to the number 1 spot.
9. GRAND MAGUS
IRON WILL
Rise Above
“A well rounded classic metal affair, Iron Will is a veritable maelstrom of heads down riffing and thundering drums, serving to strengthen their odes to all things fire and brimstone. Jettisoning their doom tendencies that have made previous albums cumbersome, Grand Magus have delivered their definitive album.”
CAREN GIBSON
(July 2008, issue 180, 188 points)
8. MESHUGGAH
OBZEN
Nuclear Blast
“Each track offers a unique experience, be it tight intensity or apocalyptic menace. With obZen, Meshuggah have unveiled a summation of their own esoteric craft and have set a new benchmark that will surely resonate in the halls of metal’s future.”
LEANDER GLOVERSMITH
(April 2008, issue 177, 244 points)
7. SLIPKNOT
ALL HOPE IS GONE
Roadrunner
“Insanely heavy and as ugly as the sickest of sins, All Hope Is Gone is stuffed to the gills with gruesome, churning guitar tones and waves of interwoven noise and discord that fizz and fester with malicious intent.”
DOM LAWSON
(September 2008, issue 183, 246 points)
Check out the rest of the Metal Hammer Critics Top 50.
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obZen was amazing, definatly should be higher than All Hope Is Gone.
top 6 left then……
Opeth
Amon Amarth
Metallica
Gojira
Scar Symmetry
Bloodbath
won’t happen but thats my top 6 lol
all hope is gone should not be this high, it was a good but still dissapointing album, looks like uroboros isn’t gonna make it lol
Anyone who’s bought the mag will know Scar Symmetry and Bloodbath aren’t in the remaining slots I’m afraid to say.
But 4 out of 6 ain’t bad
Only 6 left. Hopeless.
Where’re the bands I like? They’re not better than BMTH(#47)? Are you kidding?
gojira has to be number 1, not only the album of the year but my fave album of all time
GOJIRA HAS TO BE IN TOP 5.
Aya – you have a shit musical taste. Shut up. As for the list. Haha shit as usual. Thanks Hammer you really know how to pick good albums.
@ Kris
Watch yourself. You don’t know what you were talking about.
I do support these metalcore bands but I love Meshuggah, Opeth, Gojira as well. Just a bit depressed…It seems that there’s no room for these promising talents this time.
PS:
Obzen hit #8 here yet it stood at #32 on Decibel’s list…Your counterpart is more critical, Hammer. LOL
Opeth
Amon Amarth
Metallica
Gojira
Testament
Unearth
What, no Sodom?….pity