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Great work Paul!
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Originally posted by Nightfly Nightfly wrote:

Originally posted by adg211288 adg211288 wrote:

As per usual, there's also a List Challenge for this year's result. Check off how many you've heard here: https://www.listchallenges.com/metal-music-archives-best-of-the-year-2020

41 for me. 

One of the tings I like about these end of year lists is there's always something new to discover you've missed. I've already ordered the Gaerea album and have Eternal Champion on my to buy list.

Glad to hear! I promise you won't be disappointed! Superb USPM!!


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Glad to see Psychotic Waltz got so high on the list! I friggin' LOVE that album!Big smile
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There's a few on Discogs but the price is high. Only a limited number of copies pressed, though a second press seems to be down as being released today. It's for sale on Nuclear Blast directly, with the caveat on UK orders being put on hold indefinitely (thanks muchly Brexit, I presume). 
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The Soilwork EP is really good, especially the 16 minute title track. It's classed as an EP but longer than some albums at 36 minutes. 

I was looking to buy it but can't find any hard copies anywhere.
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There's quite a few on here where I own something else by the artist but didn't check these releases out: Anubis Gate, My Dying Bride, Katatonia (I do only have the death-doom stuff though), Alestorm, Rage, Dark Tranquillity, Trivium & Fates Warning.

I reckon Soilwork, Conception, Coexistence, Ensiferum and yet more on there may be up my street too. 
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Quadrant is good. The Hatebreed album is solid. My only comment is that it’s something you’ll have heard many times before. The Trivium album is very good in my opinion.
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Originally posted by Unitron Unitron wrote:

Nice!

Surprised Armored Saint didn't get in the top 25 with how many votes it got.

Originally posted by adg211288 adg211288 wrote:

As per usual, there's also a List Challenge for this year's result. Check off how many you've heard here: https://www.listchallenges.com/metal-music-archives-best-of-the-year-2020


Got 10, all ones I voted for. Only ones I haven't heard that I could see myself checking out at some point would be the new Hatebreed and Trivium albums. Maybe Sepultura too, as Machine Messiah was really good but I just haven't been in the mood.

Quadra is better than Machine Messiah.
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Nice!

Surprised Armored Saint didn't get in the top 25 with how many votes it got.

Originally posted by adg211288 adg211288 wrote:

As per usual, there's also a List Challenge for this year's result. Check off how many you've heard here: https://www.listchallenges.com/metal-music-archives-best-of-the-year-2020


Got 10, all ones I voted for. Only ones I haven't heard that I could see myself checking out at some point would be the new Hatebreed and Trivium albums. Maybe Sepultura too, as Machine Messiah was really good but I just haven't been in the mood.


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Originally posted by adg211288 adg211288 wrote:

As per usual, there's also a List Challenge for this year's result. Check off how many you've heard here: https://www.listchallenges.com/metal-music-archives-best-of-the-year-2020

17!
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I tried to love that album. It wouldn't click. A first for Haken. It's not bad for me per se, but I just couldn't find that same spark that made earlier releases stand out. 
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How Haken votes have fallen in 2020 (#62). They're usually way up - 2018 at #3, 2016 at #16.

Virus was around the middle of my list. Obviously not a lot of love for this one.
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Originally posted by Nightfly Nightfly wrote:

Originally posted by adg211288 adg211288 wrote:

As per usual, there's also a List Challenge for this year's result. Check off how many you've heard here: https://www.listchallenges.com/metal-music-archives-best-of-the-year-2020

41 for me. 

One of the tings I like about these end of year lists is there's always something new to discover you've missed. I've already ordered the Gaerea album and have Eternal Champion on my to buy list.

Fairly low number for me this year with 31, though not surprising when I wasn't sure I'd get a submission of 30 at first. 
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Originally posted by DippoMagoo DippoMagoo wrote:

Great job, Paul! I've never actually listened to Hail Spirit Noir before, so I may need to change that soon, lol

I hadn't either. I saw how highly it was being rated by everyone else so thought I should try in case I was missing something I'd love. It didn't make my list...Wink
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Originally posted by adg211288 adg211288 wrote:

As per usual, there's also a List Challenge for this year's result. Check off how many you've heard here: https://www.listchallenges.com/metal-music-archives-best-of-the-year-2020

41 for me. 

One of the tings I like about these end of year lists is there's always something new to discover you've missed. I've already ordered the Gaerea album and have Eternal Champion on my to buy list.
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Originally posted by TheHeavyMetalCat TheHeavyMetalCat wrote:

Great work! Clap

(By the way, the image for Green Carnation is ever so slightly out of line with the rest of the grid)

Thanks for pointing that out Asley. I've tried to fix it and it keeps going back into the same place. Hmmm, very strange. think I may need to ask someone more technically minded like Adam.

Edit: Well done Adam for sorting it. Clap


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Thanks everyone!
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Excellent job! There were some surprises indeed, I thought Deftones would be higher on the list. 

And, as usual, many bands to know!
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Originally posted by DippoMagoo DippoMagoo wrote:

Great job, Paul! I've never actually listened to Hail Spirit Noir before, so I may need to change that soon, lol

You'll have a shock at how different the latest is to their first three. 
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Great job, Paul! I've never actually listened to Hail Spirit Noir before, so I may need to change that soon, lol
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