Albums Of The Year 2024

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[Mower Liberation Front]

Borknagar - Fall
Bruce Dickinson - The Mandrake Project
Flotsam & Jetsam - I Am The Weapon
Ironflame - Kingdom Torn Asunder
Judas Priest - Invincible Shield
Lovebites - Lovebites II
Orden Ogan - The Order of Fear
Rage - Afterlifelines
Scanner - The Cosmic Race
The Crown - Crown of Thorns

[Thorn]

That's in order? Love the Scanner shout.

[Mower Liberation Front]

That's in order? Love the Scanner shout.

Alphabetical order, yes.

[Don Gately]

The mandrake project is a solid album kinda forgot about it

[londonleatherboy]

thought it was dreadful...was a big fan of his solo stuff down the years in all

[Thorn]

Really? I thought it was very decent myself part from that soppy number towards the end

[Carnage]

I'm a major Maiden fan but haven't taken to any of their side projects. In terms of Bruce: Tattooed Millionaire was woeful, I listened to one other - possibly The Chemical Wedding - but didn't think much of it. I don't hear anything of interest in his solo stuff.

[Thorn]

The Chemical Wedding is a masterpiece but...each to his own I suppose!

[Anvil]

Chemical Wedding, Accident of Birth and Tyrant of Souls are all great.  New one has it's moments but not a patch on those three.  A few weaker tracks, especially near the end really let it down.

As for the rest Balls to Picasso has a couple of good tracks but the rest is pretty mediocre.

[Ducky]

I'd put The Chemical Wedding right at the top of anything he's (and Smith's) ever done with Powerslave and Seventh Son.

[Rosco]

Hyperdontia-Harvest of malevolence.

Severe Torture- torn from the jaws of death.

Oxygen destroyer- Guardian of the universe.

Skeletal Remains- Fragments of the ageless.

200 stab wounds- Manual manic procedures.

Replicant-Infinite mortality.

Undeath- More Insane.

Aborted- Vault of horrors.

[Yung Led Zeppelin]

Hyperdontia-Harvest of malevolence.

Severe Torture- torn from the jaws of death.

Oxygen destroyer- Guardian of the universe.

Skeletal Remains- Fragments of the ageless.

200 stab wounds- Manual manic procedures.

Replicant-Infinite mortality.

Undeath- More Insane.

Aborted- Vault of horrors.

Have to check out the Replicant one, absolutely love their previous effort

[Polaris]

And possibly in order:

Ulver - Liminal Animals
Blood Incantation - Absolute Elsewhere
Defeated Insanity - Chronicles of Lunacy
Judas Priest - Invincible Shield
My Dying Bride - A Mortal Binding
Devin Townsend - Powernerd

[Ducky]

Whoa, miffed at myself for missing the new Defeated Sanity. Bounced off the last album, but gonna fire this up for the cold walk home.