Wednesday, September 23, 2009

Top Ten - 2008

I rated 61 albums released in 2008. There were some pretty big releases last year, and while I like a lot of them, not many of the big names made my top ten. (Note: There was a recent change to the Top Ten as Anthem knocked out Ross the Boss).



2008 Top Ten:
91.45 -- Uriah Heep - Wake the Sleeper
89.75 -- Rage - Carved In Stone
89.57 -- Blood Ceremony - Blood Ceremony
89.36 -- Grand Magus - Iron Will
89.26 -- Anthem - Black Empire
89.21 -- Billy Lee Janey - Soul Driver
88.19 -- Order of Nine - A Means To Know End
87.36 -- Overdrive - Let the Metal Do the Talking
87.15 -- Metal Church - This Present Wasteland
87.03 -- Avantasia - The Scarecrow

Other 2008 releases:
86.97 -- Ross the Boss - New Metal Leader
86.64 -- Blaze Bayley - The Man Who Would Not Die
86.55 -- Circle II Circle - Delusions of Grandeur
86.25 -- Firewind - The Premonition
86.06 -- Motörhead - Motorizer
85.90 -- Thy Majestie - Dawn
85.75 -- Metallica - Death Magnetic
85.58 -- Warrior Soul - Chinese Democracy
85.46 -- Crystallion - Hattin
85.42 -- Brainstorm - Downburst
85.33 -- Black Tide - Light from Above
84.35 -- Graveyard - Graveyard

84.29 -- Dominici - O3 - A Trilogy Part 3
84.17 -- Mötley Crüe - Saints of Los Angeles
83.88 -- Crystal Eyes - Chained
83.35 -- Benedictum - Seasons of Tragedy
82.77 -- Robin Trower - Seven Moons
82.62 -- Hibria - The Skull Collectors
81.81 -- Whitesnake - Good to Be Bad
81.53 -- Pyramaze - Immortal
81.30 -- Michael Schenker Group - In the Midst of Beauty
80.84 -- Iced Earth - The Crucible of Man - Something Wicked Part II
80.74 -- Ten Years After - Evolution
79.94 -- Edguy - Tinnitus Sanctus
79.32 -- Judas Priest - Nostradamus
79.12 -- Sabaton - The Art of War
79.11 -- Helstar - The King of Hell
78.57 -- Yngwie Malmsteen - Perpetual Flame
78.50 -- Lääz Rockit - Left for Dead
77.17 -- Jørn - Lonely are the Brave
76.58 -- Revolution Renaissance - New Era
76.30 -- Royal Hunt - Collision Course: Paradox II
76.00 -- Bassinvaders - Hellbassbeaters
74.84 -- Dragonforce - Ultra Beatdown
74.53 -- Hydrogyn - Deadly Passions
74.13 -- Alice Cooper - Along Came A Spider
72.91 -- Queen - The Cosmos Rocks
71.60 -- Jon Oliva's Pain - Global Warning
71.37 -- Dokken - Lightning Strikes Again
69.47 -- Blackmore's Night - Secret Voyage
68.72 -- Guns 'n' Roses - Chinese Democracy
68.32 -- Bob Catley - Immortal
67.33 -- AC/DC - Black Ice
65.95 -- Def Leppard - Songs from the Sparkle Lounge
65.50 -- Lauren Harris - Calm Before the Storm
65.17 -- Axel Rudi Pell - Tales of the Crown
64.31 -- Chris Caffery - House of Insanity
63.54 -- Manilla Road - Voyager
61.78 -- Presto Ballet - The Lost Art of Time Travel
60.05 -- Haggard - Tales of Ithiria
29.90 -- Vigilante - IV


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