Our friends at Relapse Records sent BITPOM a gigantic list of top five and top tens of the year from a bunch of artists on their excellent roster. Instead of parceling them out, like we’d initially planned, we’re going to just give you one gigantic list of year-end goodness.
Kevin Hufnagel / Dysrhythmia
01) Extra Life, Secular Works
02) Krallice, Krallice
03) Ocrilim, Annwn
04) Cynic, Traced in Air
05) Portishead, Third
06) Meshuggah, Obzen
07) Virus, The Black Flux
08) C-Section, C-Section
09) Fennesz, Black Sea
10) Zevious, Zevious
Ryan Lipynsky / Unearthly Trance:
01) Jex Thoth, Jex Thoth
02) Big Business, Tour EP III
03) Portishead, Third
04) Aura Noir, Hades Rise
05) Electric Wizard Witchcult Today
06) The VSS, Nervous Circuits (Re-release W/ Bonus stuff)
07) Darkthrone, Dark Thrones and Black Flags
08) Outlaw Order, Dragging Down the Enforcer
09) Arson Anthem, Arson Anthem EP
10) Harvey Milk, Life..The best Game in Town
Richard Hoak / Brutal Truth
01) Insek, Maaiers
02) Abiku, Left
03) Abiku, Right
04) Sickdrummer.com’s Brutal Beatings V.1 comp
05) Misery Index, Traitors
06) Spoonful of Vicodin, “pill poppin'” 7inch vinyl
07) Total Fucking Destruction, Peace, Love and Total Fucking Destruction
08) Black Ganion, First
09) FU, Love Children
10) Old Head, 2008 demos
Hamilton Jordan / Genghis Tron (guitar/programming)
01) Portishead, Third
02) Snowman, The Horse, The Rat, and the Swan
03) Invisible Conga People, “Cable Dazed/Weird Pains” 12″
04) Nine Inch Nails, The Slip
05) Krallice, Krallice
06) The Magnetic Fields, Distortion
07) M83, Saturdays = Youth
08) Pacific UV, Longplayer 2
09) Flying Lotus, Los Angeles
10) Wrath of the Weak, Alogon
Bobby Ferry: Guitar – 16
01) Made Out of Babies, Ruiner
02) Bison, Quiet Earth
03) Annihilation Time, Tales of the Ancient Age
04) Akimbo, Jersey Shores
05) Wetnurse, Invisible City
Cris Jerue: Vocals – 16
01) Black Flag, Slip It In
02) Black Flag, Damaged
03) Black Flag, Loose Nut
04) Black Flag, Jealous Again
05) Black Flag, My War
Jason Corley: Drummer – 16
01) Mumakil, Customized Warfare
02) Machetazo, Mundo Cripta
03) Ringworm, The Nevemous Grand Design
04) Fistula, Burdened By Your Existence
05) Eminem, Relapse
Tony Baumeister: Bass – 16
01) Made Out of Babies, The Ruiner
02) Crom, Hot Sumerian Nights
03) Melvins, Nude With Boots
04) The Mars Volta, The Bedlam in Goliath
05) Harvey Milk, Life…the Best Game in Town
CT / Rwake
01) ASG, Win Us Over
“This is the 1st cd in a very long time that i start right back over when it’s done. the lyrics and the vocals are liquid perfect and conquering. 100% flawless victory.”
02) Metallica, Death Magnetic
“I got to where i listened to this about 50 times right when it came out, and now i’m back on it again. ‘The Day That Never Comes’ man, that song is the shit. I’ve heard folks say “that song sound just like this one or that one” like it’s a bad thing. This album makes me proud to be a Metallica fan. Also ‘Suicide and Redemption’ is a favorite pick for me.”
03) Clouds, We Are Above You
04) Torche, Meanderthal
05) Deadbird, Twillight Ritual
Pete Benumb/Agenda of Swine
01) Misery Index, Traitors
02) Kingdom of Sorrow, Kingdom of Sorrow
03) Grace Alley, Demo
04) Kill the Client, all
Steffen Kummerer / Obscura
01) Cynic, Traced in Air
02) Dark Fortress, Eidolon
03) Noneuclid, The Crawling Chaos (flamenco based death metal with seven strings written by a classical composer from the Netherlands – just impressive!)
04) Opeth, Watershed
05) Sahg, II
Dave Witte / Burnt By The Sun, Municipal Waste
01) Leviathan, Massive Conspiracy Against All Life
“This record is the pinnacle of American Black Metal, so full of real emotion it transcends the label, becomes it’s own and beyond. Total perfection.”
02) Young Widows, Old Wounds
“A huge progressive leap from the last record that shows Widows comfortably writing memorable songs with balls while claiming today’s noise rock throne to boot.”
03) Meshuggah, Obzen
“The record that every band who ‘borrows'” from them wishes they could even think of writing AND their strongest record since Destroy, Erase, Improve. In one word: Bleed.”
04) Torche, Meanderthal
“The most crushingly heavy pop album ever, the masses don’t know it yet.”
05) AC/DC, Black Ice
“The best band ever.”
