DelainHere we are, another cliched list, everyone makes a post like this when the year comes to an end, but who cares? Those are nice, so whatever, let's continue, shall we?
2009 is ending. For most people in my country it was one hell of a sh*tty year, even one of the richest Brazilians lost one of his best friends this year, music suffered with the death of Michael Jackson and the world never saw so many people dressed as a zombie Michael in Halloween.
But hey, I'm a metalhead, so let's talk about METAL!
This year was full of nice surprises and terrible disappointments, so, let's go see the best and the worst of this year.
Oh yeah, before I forget, I'm no expert, I'm only 17 years old, so don't try to kill me or my family if you don't agree with what I say, all right?
So, first let's see...
THE BEST
1. Delain's April Rain (both album and song)
I have to admit that I never heard about Delain before, and god knows how angry I am at myself for never hearing about them before.
So, I listened to both of their albums and a single at once, and I have to say: THEY ARE AWESOME!
Charlotte Wessels went from unknown to my favorite singer in a matter of minutes, I got addicted to both of their albums and I still listen to their songs every week even when I'm addicted to other bands.
Also, their videoclip for April Rain was very good, it reminds me of some videoclips from Kamelot, such as Human Stain.
2. Epica's The Classical Conspiracy and Design Your Universe
The first one I am proud to say that is the best live album I've ever listened to. The orchestra was great and the band even gave their own 'twist' to an old song known by nerds, geeks and young padawans everywhere: The Imperial March of John Williams, wich sounded awesome with guitars and drums. Not to mention Simone Simons' voice, that was beautiful as ever, on the songs that had vocals (mostly songs from Epica).
Also, Design Your Universe proved to be a better album than I could've anticipated. To me, it was the best Epica album so far.
Certainly, this was Epica's year; I have only one minor complain: NO DVD LAUNCHED WITH THE CLASSICAL CONSPIRACY?!
3. HammerFall's No Sacrifice, No Victory
One of their best albums, it doesn't shine to me as Threshold did, but it's still a very nice album that shows their evolution.
Cans still sings as good as always, backing vocals still sound nice, and this album has one of the best covers they made so far:
My Sharona.
If you are a fan of power metal and HammerFall, LISTEN TO IT NOW!!!!
4. Helloween's Unarmed - Best of 25th Anniversary
So far, the album was released only in Japan, but everyone already listened at least to this album's version ofDr. Stein, wich sounds awesome.
I was never a great fan of Helloween, specially the vocals, but this album shines amongst their best. Once you are able to do so, buy this beautiful album! It's definetly worth your money AND time.
I was even forced to change my opinion about Andi Deris, who sings very well here.
5. Rammstein's Liebe ist für alle da
Well, I can't say this album was beautiful because... well.... the first single was called Pussy and we're talking about Rammstein, who doesn't do things in a beautiful way.
But, the album was awesome. Some very catchy songs and it has heavier songs than previous Rammstein albums. Definetly an album worth the wait.
Now, the things that people didn't like very much, prepare yourself for...
THE WORST
1. Rammstein's videoclips
While the album was worth the wait, we can't say the same about the videoclips. The videoclip of Pussy can be found in porn sites and has sex, sex and more sex. Women won't like it AT ALL. At least it shows that they still are controversial.
Also, more recently, they released the videoclip for Ich tu dir weh, wich seems very uninspired for Rammstein's standarts, but at least Till Lindemann put some LEDs inside his own mouth and had to make a hole in his cheeks to pass the wiring, a hole that was talked about in metal news sites everywhere.
2. Uhhmmm.... well... er..... can't think of anything else......
The Bands of the Year
Delain proved to be better than before
Epica had their best year so far
Eluveitie ventured into the acoustic lands and did one hell of a great job, almost becoming a completely new band
Amaranthe became suddenly famous when announced to be opening a few Kamelot shows in Europe
Queensrÿche launched a very pariotic album that many people talked about at the time of it's launch
Sons of Seasons, Oliver Palotai's solo project, launched it's debut album with the guest appearance of Epica's Simone Simons and proved to be one hell of a good band
2009 is ending. For most people in my country it was one hell of a sh*tty year, even one of the richest Brazilians lost one of his best friends this year, music suffered with the death of Michael Jackson and the world never saw so many people dressed as a zombie Michael in Halloween.
But hey, I'm a metalhead, so let's talk about METAL!
This year was full of nice surprises and terrible disappointments, so, let's go see the best and the worst of this year.
Oh yeah, before I forget, I'm no expert, I'm only 17 years old, so don't try to kill me or my family if you don't agree with what I say, all right?
So, first let's see...
THE BEST
1. Delain's April Rain (both album and song)
I have to admit that I never heard about Delain before, and god knows how angry I am at myself for never hearing about them before.
So, I listened to both of their albums and a single at once, and I have to say: THEY ARE AWESOME!
Charlotte Wessels went from unknown to my favorite singer in a matter of minutes, I got addicted to both of their albums and I still listen to their songs every week even when I'm addicted to other bands.
Also, their videoclip for April Rain was very good, it reminds me of some videoclips from Kamelot, such as Human Stain.
2. Epica's The Classical Conspiracy and Design Your Universe
The first one I am proud to say that is the best live album I've ever listened to. The orchestra was great and the band even gave their own 'twist' to an old song known by nerds, geeks and young padawans everywhere: The Imperial March of John Williams, wich sounded awesome with guitars and drums. Not to mention Simone Simons' voice, that was beautiful as ever, on the songs that had vocals (mostly songs from Epica).
Also, Design Your Universe proved to be a better album than I could've anticipated. To me, it was the best Epica album so far.
Certainly, this was Epica's year; I have only one minor complain: NO DVD LAUNCHED WITH THE CLASSICAL CONSPIRACY?!
3. HammerFall's No Sacrifice, No Victory
One of their best albums, it doesn't shine to me as Threshold did, but it's still a very nice album that shows their evolution.
Cans still sings as good as always, backing vocals still sound nice, and this album has one of the best covers they made so far:
My Sharona.If you are a fan of power metal and HammerFall, LISTEN TO IT NOW!!!!
4. Helloween's Unarmed - Best of 25th Anniversary
So far, the album was released only in Japan, but everyone already listened at least to this album's version of
Dr. Stein, wich sounds awesome.I was never a great fan of Helloween, specially the vocals, but this album shines amongst their best. Once you are able to do so, buy this beautiful album! It's definetly worth your money AND time.
I was even forced to change my opinion about Andi Deris, who sings very well here.
5. Rammstein's Liebe ist für alle da
Well, I can't say this album was beautiful because... well.... the first single was called Pussy and we're talking about Rammstein, who doesn't do things in a beautiful way.
But, the album was awesome. Some very catchy songs and it has heavier songs than previous Rammstein albums. Definetly an album worth the wait.
Now, the things that people didn't like very much, prepare yourself for...
THE WORST
1. Rammstein's videoclips
While the album was worth the wait, we can't say the same about the videoclips. The videoclip of Pussy can be found in porn sites and has sex, sex and more sex. Women won't like it AT ALL. At least it shows that they still are controversial.
Also, more recently, they released the videoclip for Ich tu dir weh, wich seems very uninspired for Rammstein's standarts, but at least Till Lindemann put some LEDs inside his own mouth and had to make a hole in his cheeks to pass the wiring, a hole that was talked about in metal news sites everywhere.
2. Uhhmmm.... well... er..... can't think of anything else......
The Bands of the Year
Delain proved to be better than before
Epica had their best year so far
Eluveitie ventured into the acoustic lands and did one hell of a great job, almost becoming a completely new band
Amaranthe became suddenly famous when announced to be opening a few Kamelot shows in Europe
Queensrÿche launched a very pariotic album that many people talked about at the time of it's launch
Sons of Seasons, Oliver Palotai's solo project, launched it's debut album with the guest appearance of Epica's Simone Simons and proved to be one hell of a good band
