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New Opeth Album Tops Unrestrained's 2005 List

posted Dec 9, 2005 at 2:55 AM by darkstar.  (5 Comments)

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Canada’s UNRESTRAINED! Magazine has named Opeth’s "Ghost Reveries" as the #1 Album of 2005 in their year-end issue that will be on stands December15th, 2005.

The full Top 20 of 2005 (as chosen by the staff) is as follows:

UNRESTRAINED! TOP 20 OF 2005

1. Opeth - Ghost Reveries (Roadrunner)
2. Nevermore – This Godless Endeavour (Century Media)
3. Primordial – The Gathering Wilderness (Metal Blade)
4. Clutch - Robot Hive/Exodus (DRT)
5. Lurker Of Chalice – Lurker Of Chalice (Southern Lord/Total Holocaust)
6. Deathspell Omega – Kenose (N.E.D./Ajna Offensive)
7. Corrosion Of Conformity - In The Arms Of God (Sanctuary)
8. Hypocrisy – Virus (Nuclear Blast)
9. Strapping Young Lad – Alien (Century Media)
10. Between The Buried And Me – Alaska (Victory)
11. Dark Tranquillity - Character (Century Media)
12. Ulver – The Blood Inside (The End)
13. Napalm Death - The Code Is Red... Long Live The Code (Century Media)
14. Rammstein - Rosenrot (Universal)
15. Torche – Torche (Robotic Empire)
16. Green Carnation – The Quiet Offspring (The End Records)
17. Leaves’ Eyes – Vinland Saga (Napalm)
18. Jesu - Jesu (Hydra Head)
19. Slough Feg – Atavism (Cruz Del Sur)
20. Red Knife Lottery – So Much Drama (Uprising)

For more information, visit www.unrestrainedmag.com.

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5 Comments on "New Opeth Album Tops Unrestrained's 2005 List"

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WhylordWhy's avatar

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1. WhylordWhy writes:

What makes me laugh about this list is the fact that Corrosion Of Conformity's cd is better than Btbam? Cold day in hell.

# Dec 9, 2005 @ 4:05 AM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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2. zMETALlica writes:

nevermore's album should be #1. opeth's new one is a love or hate thing, i didn't like it. but i know plenty of people who loved it. DT's new album ruled and it should be higher on that list, overall better than other lists i've seen :)

# Dec 9, 2005 @ 1:45 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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3. RememberMetal? writes:

holygod, thats much better than that rubish/compost heap list fromCloseup.....

Alot of racket is being made about Jesu, though I myself haven't checked them out yet.....They're on alot of lists this year.

I've loved Opeth since "Still Life" came out and by odd chance am listening to "Ghost of Perdition" (the winamp picked this out of 4000 songs) as of this post. A fantastic and deserving record IMHO....

I'd like to see SYL's next record be at or near the top of these lists, they've been plugging away for years, they need to get the full attention they deserve.

I'm not much of a Clutch fan but they too ought to be more publicly acknowledged if for nothing more than being unmoved by trends and growing a rabid and violently loyal fanbase.

Strangely I'm happy to see that Rammstein can still turn heads as well. Nevermore are certainly on a roll popularly speaking as well.

# Dec 9, 2005 @ 3:12 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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4. Symbolic writes:

Wow, Green Carnation got in there? Thats pretty cool, nothing Tops Ghost Reveries though, that album owns everyone on that list.

# Dec 9, 2005 @ 6:57 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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5. Symbolic writes:

And Deathspell Omega f***ing rule!

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