Out of the list I went with ABIII, another superb outing by Alter Bridge. But one album that should be on the list because it truly is a breakthrough album: Chasing the Grail by Fozzy. It definitely put their other albums to shame and really established Fozzy as a band that's here to stay, some of the best rock outings are available from Under Blackened Skies to Martyr No More to God Pounds His Nails. Great riffs along with great focals, I can't stop listening to it because it is that brilliant.
[POLL] Album Of The Year - 2010
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Hollywood Naitch
The current reigning and defending
I voted for Slash
Now, to be honest the album didnt QUITE live up to my expectations, I was really hoping for the greatest album ever haha.
Why did I vote for it? Well...Slash showed on this album his versatility as a guitarist. We all know the style that Slash played in GnR and Velvet Revolver, and even in the Snakepit. It was awesome, some of the greatest solo's of all time but you always knew it was Slash playing. He has his own distinctive style, be it the speed he played or the sound made by his axe.
On "Slash", he plays in so many different styles, each of which suits the guest vocalist. For example, on the one with Lemmy, it sounds like it could be a regular Motorhead song, as Slash captures the style of guitaring Lemmy uses perfectly.
Same with his duet with Avenged Sevenfolds M Shadows, where Slash plays a much faster style synonomous with A7X, again complementing Shadows vocals excellently.
Slash has a fucking awesome duet with Fergie from the Black Eyed Peas, which reminds me of the famous Run DMC and Aerosmith song "Walk This Way". I HATE Black Eyed Peas, and groaned when I saw Fergie was on this album, but she fucking kills it. Great rock voice,
The song with Kid Rock, "I Hold On" is great, as is the opening track "Ghost" which feaures Ian Astbury from The Cult. Also, Ozzy is brilliant on "Crucify The Dead", where Slash plays in a much slower style. Pretty much every song on the album is great, and really suit the guest vocalists style.
For one album to sound as good as this with such a variety of guitaring, featuring guest singers including:
Ian Astbury
Ozzy Osbourne
Fergie
Myles Kennedy (legend)
Iggy Pop
Kid Rock
Lemmy
M Shadows
plus Dave Grohl, Izzy Stradlin means its gotta be up there with the best. Overall, its not perfect...but its bloody good!
Now, to be honest the album didnt QUITE live up to my expectations, I was really hoping for the greatest album ever haha.
Why did I vote for it? Well...Slash showed on this album his versatility as a guitarist. We all know the style that Slash played in GnR and Velvet Revolver, and even in the Snakepit. It was awesome, some of the greatest solo's of all time but you always knew it was Slash playing. He has his own distinctive style, be it the speed he played or the sound made by his axe.
On "Slash", he plays in so many different styles, each of which suits the guest vocalist. For example, on the one with Lemmy, it sounds like it could be a regular Motorhead song, as Slash captures the style of guitaring Lemmy uses perfectly.
Same with his duet with Avenged Sevenfolds M Shadows, where Slash plays a much faster style synonomous with A7X, again complementing Shadows vocals excellently.
Slash has a fucking awesome duet with Fergie from the Black Eyed Peas, which reminds me of the famous Run DMC and Aerosmith song "Walk This Way". I HATE Black Eyed Peas, and groaned when I saw Fergie was on this album, but she fucking kills it. Great rock voice,
The song with Kid Rock, "I Hold On" is great, as is the opening track "Ghost" which feaures Ian Astbury from The Cult. Also, Ozzy is brilliant on "Crucify The Dead", where Slash plays in a much slower style. Pretty much every song on the album is great, and really suit the guest vocalists style.
For one album to sound as good as this with such a variety of guitaring, featuring guest singers including:
Ian Astbury
Ozzy Osbourne
Fergie
Myles Kennedy (legend)
Iggy Pop
Kid Rock
Lemmy
M Shadows
plus Dave Grohl, Izzy Stradlin means its gotta be up there with the best. Overall, its not perfect...but its bloody good!
Johnny Scumm
InZayn In The Membrane
Did you hear 'Baby Can't Drive'? 'Cos once I saw Nicole Scherzinger was singing on a song, I wasn't impressed, but then I heard her sing and that was fucking awesome.
Wade's Public Transit Bomb
Championship Contender
Maybe I am just being anti-social, but I don't know any of those albums.. It also seems like they are just one genre. =/
Tiger Chaos Theory
You ain't drawin' shit!
Awful.
Father Uncle Oscar
Dot com.
I went with AB III. I've always been a huge fan of Alter Bridge, and although it wasn't their best album, it still has plenty of quality tracks on it. For me, this barely beat out Enemy of the World from Four Year Strong, but that's only because FYS is from around my area.
Oh come on. I skimmed through this hoping Xfear would shit on it and make me laugh.
Lulz, shitty album choices are shitty. Though I didn't know Serj Tankian came out with a new album this year. I'm ashamed I missed it.
And now I'm going to completely undercut my own post by saying I nominate Year of the Black Rainbow merely out of fanboyism and the fact that I want Claudio Sanchez' wife/hair.
Lulz, shitty album choices are shitty. Though I didn't know Serj Tankian came out with a new album this year. I'm ashamed I missed it.
And now I'm going to completely undercut my own post by saying I nominate Year of the Black Rainbow merely out of fanboyism and the fact that I want Claudio Sanchez' wife/hair.
Fuck knows. You know how hard it is to justify being a major wrestling fan when their crowds mainly consist of fat guys in Iron Maiden shirts and the stench that consists of the paradoxical combination of body odour and soap? Some of you need to understand that it is 2010, not 1998.
Has to go to Kanye West's My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy or Drake's Thank Me Later for me. Mind you, if T.I.'s No Mercy had dropped before me writing this, I might be whistling a different tune.
The Jabroni
Dark Match Winner
I would say that album of the year is OK Go's "Of the Blue Colour of the Sky." It's unlike anything that OK Go had put out before it. Prior to 2010, they were generic pop/rock, but with a little bit more rock than pop. This year, they took it in a new direction. The album is unconventional, for them at least. It's not anything revolutionary, but it's definitely something incredible.
My runner-up would definitely be "Recovery." There's no explanation needed for that. If you've heard the album, you've heard the incredible ability displayed on each track.
My runner-up would definitely be "Recovery." There's no explanation needed for that. If you've heard the album, you've heard the incredible ability displayed on each track.
LitasRevenge79
Mrs. John Constantine
OK GO was a good one, and Alter Bridge was amazing too, but for me...I had to go with B.O.B.'s the Adventures of Bobby Ray. I LOVE that album. He's got an amazing knack for being able to blend seamlessly with other artists on his cd. I loved his original version of Airplanes, and then the Airplanes version 2 with him, Hayley Williams and Eminem as well. I also loved his Magic with Rivers Cuomo from Weezer. There isn't a bad song on that cd. This really was a hard choice for me to make.
Tiger Chaos Theory
You ain't drawin' shit!
All I wear is Iron Maiden shirts Macca.
You and me got a problem?
You and me got a problem?
I'm afraid to wear my fancy pants to wrestling events because of the riff raff which is liable to turn up. It's soul crushing.