Top 10 Albuns Of The Year (2019)

I only have 4 this year: 

1. MICHAEL SWEET: Ten
2. SAINT: The Calf - I don't have this yet but I heard the songs online and they sound really good. This one may rival their best work since 2004 like Hell Blade and The Revelation-Mark. 
3. Angelica: Without Words - I have this but haven't listened to i yet. I heard some of it online. Most everything Dennis puts out is top quality melodic hard rock.
4. Fear Not: For the Wounded Heart - This is a much more soulful album than Goodbye Lady Jane and the Fear Not self titled albums.

How is the new Saint considered a 20/20 release when we got it in 2019...? 

In no particular order:
Narnia - From darkness to light
Angelica - Without words
Rapture - Vacation from hell
Lovewar - Lovewar
Ritual Servant - Metallum Evangeli
Neon Cross - Anthology
Deliverance - Greeting of death

Honorable mention:
Love Life - Goodbye Lady Jane (reissue)
Red Sea - Blood (reissue)
Detritus - If but for One (reissue)
Detritus - Perpetual defiance (reissue)
Betrayal - Renaissance by death (reissue)
Betrayal - The passing (reissue)

Pro-Zak wrote:How is the new Saint considered a 20/20 release when we got it in 2019...? 

They shipped the pre-orders in 2019, but the official release date wasn't until January of 2020.

alldatndensum wrote:

Pro-Zak wrote:How is the new Saint considered a 20/20 release when we got it in 2019...? 

They shipped the pre-orders in 2019, but the official release date wasn't until January of 2020.

I didn't pre-order, still got mine before the 1st.

My Top 10 albums in no particular order:

Neal Morse: Jesus Christ The Exorcist
Neal Morse Band: The Great Adventure
Michael Sweet: Ten
Narnia: From Darkness To light
Lovewar: Lovewar
Ritual Servant: Metallum Evangelii
Saint: The Calf ( I consider this a 2019 release since I got it 12/27/19)
Signum Regis: The Seal of a New World
N.O.G.: Take It By Storm
Diviner: Realms Of Time

Worthy Albums to consider:

Darkhorse Hero: Darkhorse Hero
Pastor Brad: Rock This World
Pastor Brad: One Holy Night
Faith Head: Genesis-Ep
Lordchain: Civil War

Overall, it’s been a great year for new releases by some great bands!

Of all albums I bought this year, top 10 first:

1 - ShadowStrike - Legends of Human Spirit
2 - Turilli/Lione Rhapsody - Zero Gravity: Rebirth and Evolution
3 - Freedom Call - M.E.T.A.L.
4 - Wind Rose - Wintersaga
5 - Neal Morse Band - The Great Adventure
6 - Gloryhammer - Legends from Beyond the Galactic Terrorvortex
7 - Wilderun - Veil of Imagination
8 - Twilight Force - Dawn of the Dragonstar
9 - Neal Morse - Jesus Christ: The Exorcist
10 - Arcane Tales - Power of the Sky

The albums after that:
11 - Sabaton - The Great War
12 - Avantasia - Moonglow
13 - Blind Guardian's Twilight Orchestra - Legacy of the Dark Lands
14 - Beast in Black - From Hell With Love
15 - Rhapsody of Fire - The Eighth Mountain

This one I bought but put it on the "get rid of it" pile, because it was so underwhelming:
16 - Warrior Path - Warrior Path


A lot of albums, really. And overwhelmingly power metal. I'm planning on being more selective in my CD buying, and I'll see if I can make a more diverse list in terms of genre/subgenre. Forced diversity, always a great idea.

mothy wrote:This seems to be the year of top 10 re-issues.

My early candidates for new releases are:

Fearless - Chronicles of Ancient Wisdom

Wow, why is this band not signed yet? Thanks for mentioning them!

@Andreas89
Have you listened to that Fearless album already?

Yes I have, really good. I only consider albums that are released physically though, otherwise it might have been in my top 3.

Oops, I just found a link in my favorites leading to a thread about the Fearless album - started by you
Obviously I wanted to come back to it to check Fearless out...

I think there should be 2 separate lists for top albums of 2019:

1. New albums with all new material.
3. Reissues of older albums with the original songs and/or bonus tracks. One would base the ranking on the improvement of sound, packaging and how much you like the song overall. I bought several of these reissues this year and I have some on order. 

Any thoughts?