Decibel Releases Top 40 Metal Albums of 2008
The January Issue of Decibel Magazine features their annual list of the top 40 metal albums of the year. I’ll refrain from posting the full list here, but you can find it all over the Internet, including in this Decibel forum thread.
Obviously everyone’s top albums list for this year is going to be a little different, but since Decibel is an “extreme music” magazine, they try to please everyone with their choices. As a result, the list contains a great deal of metalcore, stoner rock, etc., but only a handful of black or death metal albums.
Most “best of” lists that come out this year will likely contain most of 2008’s higher-profile releases such as Opeth’s “Watershed,” Meshuggah’s “ObZen,” Nachtmystium’s “Assassins,” Cynic’s “Traced In Air” and Enslaved’s “Vertebrae,” as well as the new albums from Intronaut, Gojira, Esoteric and Amon Amarth. One surprise on Decibel’s list for me was “What You Were“ by North, a promising sludge/post-metal band from Arizona.
