Black Sabbath, AC/DC, Green Day and Cold Chisel.
+ Slash and Tenacious D
As we start March we get closer and closer to the releases of new albums in 2012. 2011 I thought presented some fairly interesting stuff overall, but there wasn't a whole lot that really wowed me about the year, and nothing released was a major landmark event (Other then maybe Anthrax having a new album after 8 years.) This year though we seem to have a few more high profile releases on the way. We've already had the phenominal A Different Kind of Truth from Van Halen come out and show us how good of an album that older artists can put out. So my question to you is, "What albums are you most looking forward to this year?". These can be albums that have concrete dates, tentative 2012 release dates, or an album that has been long rumored that might materialize.
Mine are as follows:
Black Sabbath 2012 - I'll go ahead and get this one out of the way as I expect to see it in the majority of replies to the thread. The idea that Tony, Geezer, and Ozzy are working on a concrete album is exciting enough. Obviously there is the whole Bill situation that I think concerns the majority of us, but I think were all still very curious to see how this turns out. The original Sabbath has had 3 (4 if you count Who's Fooling Who?, 2 if you don't count Selling My Soul or WFW) new tracks, and they've had varying responses. They tried to make an album once before and it didn't work. Now with Tony's cancer this could be the final hurrah for Sabbath (If it wasn't already) and they seem to be determined to make this work, so I can say I'm looking forward to it if for nothing else curiosity's sake.
Kiss - Monster - Without going into my thoughts on Kiss currently, I can say I'm looking forward to this album. I enjoyed parts of Sonic Boom and if nothing else it was better then the mach reunion album and many of the unmasked Kiss albums (Pun Intended). I'm very curious as to where they go, Tommy and Eric both have the sort of convential Kiss album under their respective belts now, so how will they evolve, if at all. Gene and Paul still have some ability to write, so there is still some potential for something.
Slash - Apocalyptic Love - Slash did right with a good start to a solo career. Sure all the commercial stuff he's did recently is laughable, but the man can still play. Myles Kennedy is an awesome singer in my mind and I'm curious to see where they take a full collaboration. You're A Lie is what we have so far and it's sort of average which worries me somewhat, but I still remain slightly optimistic for the album.
Alice In Chains 2012 - I enjoyed Black Gives Way To Blue a lot, so I wouldn't mind some more material from the band. Yes Layne not being there hurts still, but they've moved on and have a lot of potential still yet.
Soundgarden 2012 - I'm a big Soundgarden fan, enjoying all of their material, but I have to question how a new album will turn out. With every album they progressed in a different direction. Will that remain the same? In a way I hope so, in a way not. Soundgarden is great when they're playing heavier stuff and Down On The Upside missed most of that despite being a brilliant album. I'm very curious is to what it will sound like, and I think several other here may be too.
Alright that's not all I have to say, but I should probably quit for the time being.
Black Sabbath, AC/DC, Green Day and Cold Chisel.
+ Slash and Tenacious D
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Well I don’t want no preacher telling me about the god in the sky
No I don’t want no one to tell me where I’m gonna go when I die
I wanna live my life, I don’t want people telling me what to do
I just believe in myself, ’cause no one else is true
Black Sabbath and Slash for 2012.
Motley Crue and Black Country Communion for 2013 more than likely.
There's probably an album or two that I've forgotten about as well since I have this nagging feeling that there's another one I was somewhat excited for a month or two ago. Don't really buy too many new albums as I just don't dig most of whats popular these days. Of course I will continue building my collection of older albums.
"I don't care which god you follow, whose promises you swallow" - Ronnie James Dio
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I'll just go for Sabbath, Slash and maybe AIC for now, then we'll see what time will tell.
Would be cool if a new Soundgarden-album was somewhere between Badmotorfinger and Superunknown...
AAAAhahhahahhahhahaahhahhahahahha!!!!!!! (pointing)
" All we are saying is let's eat some brains" John Lennon 2008
New Black Sabbath, for obvious reasons.
Cannibal Corpse-Torture. From the songs we have, I think it's gonna be one of their best.
New Obituary album is supposed to come out this year. No title or date yet, but I'm still looking forward to it, since they've yet to disappoint me.
Pagan Altar-Never Quite Dead. What fan of doomy, occult metal doesn't love these guys? The new song they released a while ago sounds amazing.
And of course, the new Bedemon album, their first real studio album since their last releases were just demo compilations. I hope it can live up to the standard set by Randy Palmer, RIP.
Iron Maiden - En Vivo!
Whatever else may come, I'm not expecting it so may this year surprise me.
"I'll SWALLOW YOUR SOUL!"
-Benjamin Franklin
I think this year is very extensive as to what new releases I'm keeping my eyes on...the most important releases will reach my collection as soon as possible...
A.R.G. Entrance 22.02.
A.R.G. One World Without The End 22.02.
ASPHYX Deathhammer 2CD 29.02. (ordered already from the local Top Ten store)
DEATH Vivus! 2CD 07.03.
IRON MAIDEN En Vivo! 2DVD&2CD 26.03.
ALICE COOPER No More Mr Nice Guy Live 3CD 28.03.
AXEL RUDI PELL Circle Of The Oath 28.03.
OVERKILL The Electric Age 28.03.
ACCEPT Stalingrad 06.04.
SAXON Eagles Over Wacken DVD&CD 20.04.
UNLEASHED Odalheim 20.04.
ARJEN LUCASSEN Lost In The New Real 23.04.
PARADISE LOST Tragic Idol 24.04.
TESTAMENT The Dark Roots Of Earth 27.04.
PANTERA Vulgar Display Of Power CD&DVD 15.05.
KREATOR Phantom Antichrist 01.06.
LUCA TURILLI Ascending To Infinity 29.06.
GRAVE Summer 2012
MORGOTH The Curse Is Back...DVD Summer 2012
HYPOCRISY Autumn 2012
NILE Autumn 2012
SODOM Autumn 2012
CRIMSON GLORY Bang Your Head!!! DVD 2012
LORDI Scarchives Vol. 1 CD&DVD 2012
SNOWY SHAW Alive! CD&DVD 2012
U.D.O. Live In Sofia 2DVD 2012
W.A.S.P. The Crimson Idol DVD 2012
"HALLOWEEN RIFFS, WALL-TO-WALL GUITARS"
I love a lot of your choices Sabbathman as we share quite a few. I am only going to put releases that are new albums and not Best Of's or Live CD's. These will all be purchased and not downloaded.
Number 1 is obviously Black Sabbath, no question. I am so anxious for this it is crazy.
After Sabbath the next CD I most anticipating is Moonspell - Alpha Noir (This is going to be a double CD of one disc their aggressive side and the other the more gothic side)
These I already own from 2012 that I was anxious for:
Asphyx - Deathhammer
To Die For - Samsara
Primal Fear - Unbreakable
Orange Goblin - A Eulogy For The Damned
Lacuna Coil - Dark Adrenaline
Goatwhore - Blood For The Master
Dragonland - Under The Grey Banner
Alcest - Les Voyages De Lame
Freedom Call - Land Of The Crimson Dawn
Savage Messiah - Plague Of Conscience
Pharaoh - Bury The Light
Eluveitie - Helvetios
Nothnegal - Decadence
Here are some that are coming soon:
Overkill - The Electric Age
Unleashed - Odalheim
Testament - The Dark Roots Of The Earth
Kreator - Phantom Antichrist
Barren Earth - The Devil's Resolve
Borknagar - Urd
Drudkh - Eternal Turn Of The Wheel
Ministry - Relapse
Epica Requiem For The Indifferent
Heidevolk - Batavi
Naglfar - Teras
Woods Of Ypres - Woods 5
Anathema - Weather System
Paradise Lost - Tragic Idol
Running Wild - Shadowmaker
Sonata Arctica - Stones Grow Her Name
Rage - 21
Swallow The Sun - Emerald Forest and the Blackbird
Grave
Sodom
That is all I can think of for now but I am sure there is more. Should be a great year for music.
A sickened mind and spirit - The mirror tells me lies
Could I mistake myself for someone - Who lives behind my eyes?
Will he escape my soul - Or will he live in me?
Is he trying to get out - Or trying to enter me?
- Diary Of A Madman
Hmmm, from the top of my head:
Accept- Stalingrad: Last album was amazing, Tornillo blends well with them so this should rock
Black Country Communion: 3 (assuming that's the title) They've been pretty good thus far about putting out solid albums steadily, so we'll see if we get a new one this year; it should be good.
Black Sabbath- Who knows if this'll actually happen and if it'll be good if it does; Bill not being there worries me, but hopefully it'll still be awesome
Kill Devil Hill: Vinny and Rex's new group; I think I'm gonna get supergroup fatigue soon, but this'll be good
Portnoy/Sheehan/Kotzen: Really dissapointed Portnoy/Sykes ain't happening, but this looks pretty promising too.
SOUNDGARDEN! Just got into them too....and big, this should be really good, but we'll see
The new Slash song kinda was offputting; not that memorable, but neither was By the Sword and I loved his debut, so we'll see. I liked Myles' voice alot and Slash can still play killer music, so I'm hoping for the best. Also Metallica and AC/DC are overdue for new albums, but I don't know if they'll put anything out this year.
The one I'm REALLY excited for and am crossing my fingers for is Aerosmith's new album with Jack Douglas. He was onboard their best stuff, so it's very promising that he's producing this one, but we've been promised an album since 2008, so we'll see if it happens this time.
Black Sabbath new album
Overkill new album
Testament new album
Ac/Dc new album
Iron Maiden En Vivo
and those are all that I know about that interest me so far
Do what thou will shall be the whole of the law
Portnoy/Sykes folded... Well fuck I was looking forward to that one, hopefully Sheehan and Portnoy can make something out of their collaboration. As for the rest of what you mentioned I'm in line with. I had completely forgotten about King Devil Hill and Accept, very much looking forward to the both of those as well.
BCC I was waiting to post on, they've put out two phenominal albums, but I hope that they try some stufff that's really out there, or else it's just going to be more of the same, which may not be bad, but I'm afraid I'll get tired of it. Something a little more like the Fused album maybe
As for Aerosmith, well.... In the past few years I've seen Tyler deteriorate so much that I'm not sure I want anther Aerosmith album. Just Push Play wasn't really all that good and Honkin On Bobo was passable even if I did like parts of it. I'm sure the rest of the guys can play just fine, but I wonder if Tyler's involvement will be the downfall of the project...
Anyways I've got a few more I'm looking forward to that I've remembered:
Slayer - Slayer's not let me down so far, so why should I doubt them too much? It would be nice to see them try something different again ratehr than play it safe, but I'll take a new album regardless.
Metallica - After their laughable involvement with Lou Reed (Which to be honest doesn't take much away from the band, but god it's hard to stomach the album as a whole), they've been trying to recover, Beyond Magnetic was more of Death Magnetic, but like it's parent album suffers from bad production. While it's a step in the right direction, I'm still waiting for a proper Metallica album that isn't overly compressed and still to some extent catering to the people they won over with Load. Those 30 year anniversary shows showed some real potential, and I don't doubt their ability, so I want to see it happen.
Guns N Roses - Hey I can dream can't I? Unlike most people I enjoyed Chinese Democracy and I'm very curious to see what old uncle Axl has left in him. He's still got a hell of a voice that could be used well, and hopefully with the current line-up of the band we can see a more focused album rather than the all over the place CD. It would be awesome to see, but I highly doubt that it will happen.
Testament - The Dark Roots of the Earth - Testament has always been a great band, and the last album continued to show that. After the "reunion" album if you will they can only get better I'm assuming. They've all still got it so I expect something really good, shame Paul Bostaph won't be drumming though![]()
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A sickened mind and spirit - The mirror tells me lies
Could I mistake myself for someone - Who lives behind my eyes?
Will he escape my soul - Or will he live in me?
Is he trying to get out - Or trying to enter me?
- Diary Of A Madman
There's still an 11 yeven years waiting period for that one...
No, really, i don't think Chinese Democracy was all THAT bad, but i think it would've come across much better if it was called what it is: a Axl Rose solo-album. But i guess he don't have any confidence in his own name (like Slash) and has to rely on the G'N'R-brand. Sad...
But as for a next album, he said his plan was Chinese Democracy to be the first part of a triology (like Use Your Illusion was a double), but then it's really about time the second part comes now.
Tip to Axl: Use Your Megalomania!
AAAAhahhahahhahhahaahhahhahahahha!!!!!!! (pointing)
" All we are saying is let's eat some brains" John Lennon 2008
Well the ones I know that are coming...
BLAZE BAYLEY - The King Of Metal
CATHEDRAL - The Last Spire (Final Album)
CANDLEMASS - Psalms For The Dead (Final Album)
JON OLIVA'S PAIN - TBA
DORO - TBA
DOWN - EP
SLAYER -TBA (If it's gonna come out this year)
DEEP PURPLE - TBA (This might be pushed back to early 2013 though)
ROB ZOMBIE - TBA (This too might come out in 2013 rather than this year)
And even though I'm not having any really high hopes for the new Sabbath album, I'm still looking forward to it....but I'm almost 100% sure that they won't be able to beat The Devil You Know...
Those are the ones I'm really looking forward to...
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-Too many flames, with too much to burn, and life's only made of paper. Oh how I need to be free of this pain but it goes over and over and over again-
One additional release no one seems to have mentioned (apologies if someone has mentioned it and I missed it) but I've geard mention of a new RUSH album that should be out in May (I can't find yet what it's going to be called).
Obviously I am also looking forward to many of the albums already mentione by others.
My name is Lucifer please take my hand.
1) Testament
2) Laibach - 'We Come In Peace' (they've done the soundtrack for the film Iron Sky - in which the Nazis relocated to the dark side of the moon in 1945, and in 2018 they're coming back. It's out in April).
Overkill and Borknagar will be interesting too.
As for Sabbath, I've swayed back to low-to-moderate expectations. Looking forward to it, but not overly excited about it yet (that might change, I guess I'll give it a listen before allowing myself to become too optimistic)
I don't need wings to reach the sky
And I don't need hands to hold you tight...
~~~ Coroner ~~~
I don't know I just liked the fact they had found a fairly stable drummer. I think Paul is a great person too, I love his style, as I also love Gene's. It's just I thought it was nice Paul had found another place like he did in Slayer. I think both are great drummers, I would put them both up with Benante and Lombardo, even if Gene may be better. Though I'd rather not have Chris Adler from Lamb of God standing in for any extent. No offense to him, I just don't think he fits Testament all that well.
Clockwork Angels is the new Rush album; yeah, I kinda forgot about that one; its a year and a half overdue though. The Caravan/BU2B showed real promise, those were two of their best songs in years, so hopefully that album will rock.
Also forgot Slayer, Testament, and Overkill--should all be good, all three of those bands had solid last albums.
I'm looking forward to new Sabbath and Warlord the most. Also Candlemass, Pagan Altar, Saint Vitus, and Hour of 13.
Monty Python and the Holy Grail pic extravaganza! http://www.black-sabbath.com/vb/showthread.php?t=31523
Black Sabbath
Rush
Testament
ZZ Top
Joe Walsh
Ahh! "Clockwork Angels" rings a bell now you mention it, thanks for that. I read it has a Japanese release in May so a rest of the world release must be around then also (famous last words!).
Just realised there's a new Stranglers album just out called Giant (probably not much interest on these boards), a little difficult to get hold of a physical copy (Play and Amazon are both out of stock and it's only just come out FFS!) so I might have to down load it instead.
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My name is Lucifer please take my hand.
in addition to many of the ones already mentions I am looking forward to the new Garbage LP - not your kind of people - 5/15 - been waiting 7 years for a new LP & going to see them live in april at edgefest
At least my hair is all mine, My teeth are my own, but everything else is on a permanent loan I'm on a low budget - Ray Davies
-Too many flames, with too much to burn, and life's only made of paper. Oh how I need to be free of this pain but it goes over and over and over again-
Today I'm going to see Blaze Bayley; since I haven't exactly heard anything on his new album 'The King of Metal', I might as well just listen what they got there.
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"I'll SWALLOW YOUR SOUL!"
-Benjamin Franklin
Looking forward to the new RUSH, Cannibal Corpse, Napalm Death, Testament, & VoiVod. I hope the Sabbath album happens, but only if Ward is involved.
"Clutching violently we whisper with a liquefying cry
Any deadly final answers that are surely doomed to die."
Black Sabbath - TBA
Saint Vitus - Lillie: F-65
Cathedral - The Last Spire
Candlemass - TBA
Orchid - TBA
"If you’re in the memories of the good old days or when life was much better, make an attempt to find “now” because surely you will perish in yesterday." - Bill Ward
dev, I've already got Napalm Death's latest, 'Utilitarian' album. I think it's a pummeling, powerhouse of a record that I'm guessing that you'd enjoy just as much as I am. I'm also expecting CC's upcoming 'Torture' disc to be an ace album, again. I reckon I won't mind checking out both Testament's and Voivod's new stuff (I wasn't even aware of it, tbh).
Anyway, it's almost mid-March, and I've already bought and loved several new quality albums, i.e. from Van Halen, Napalm Death, Goatwhore, Asphyx, Psycroptic, and 1-2 others.
Now, as for the remainder of the year, I'm most avidly awaiting the following (ones I can remember right now)
Cannibal Corpse ~ Torture
Overkill ~ The Electric Age
Ministry ~ Relapse
Municipal Waste ~ The Fatal Feast
Fear Factory ~ The Industrialist
Kreator ~ can't remember the name
...and also strongly rumoured/confirmed new albums from GWAR, Slayer, Sodom, Marduk, Incantation, Nile, Behemoth, Autopsy, Sick Of It All, and Cathedral.
Let's see how things turn out, for the rest of 2012. I'm guaranteed to buy ALL of the new stuff from the bands I just mentioned.
Meantime, it's only VAN HALEN I'm living and loving, right now.![]()
"Music is like girlfriends to me; I'm ceaselessly amazed by the (sucky) choices other dudes make" ---David Lee Roth
Hey RLP, have you checked out the new one from Biohazard? I was going to add it to my list, but I bought it the other day, so technically I'm not looking forward to it, but already enjoying it
Anyway, so far so good, I'm liking it a lot - the reunited full original line up does deliver, shame they couldn't all stick around after they recorded it, looks like this will be the last from the classic line up.
I don't need wings to reach the sky
And I don't need hands to hold you tight...
~~~ Coroner ~~~
Yeah I picked up the Napalm album yesterday & totally agree. I thought Time Waits was a total surprise & an album hard to put down, and this new one follows suit.
I forgot Fear Facory had a new one coming but after liking the last release I will definitely give the follow up a chance.
Kreator are somewhat hit or miss with me but Im hopefull their latest will live up to my expectations. Same sentiments with Cathedral, their last 2 studio albums really didnt do anything for me. Knowing this is their last Im curious, but a little hesitant.
I will also add to my list the latest by Corrosion Of Conformity, which is out but I wasnt able to find a copy of. Sirus radio has been playing cuts frequently enough, and its definitely catching my attention.
"Clutching violently we whisper with a liquefying cry
Any deadly final answers that are surely doomed to die."
@Totentanz
Oh no, tanz, I didn't know about the new Biohazard album at all.Thanks for the mention. I like the band quite a lot; probably even started an old thread on them here. What's the new album called? Are the new songs more in the hardcore punk vein, or more heavy metal (or a cool fusion of the two that Biohazard is famous for)? I'd hope they don't dabble in the rap/hip-hop elements they occasionally did, in the past.
On another note, I wish The Misfits would surprise us fans by conjuring up an all-new record this year.. I wouldn't mind another new Danzig album, even.
@devstorm
Glad to know that you also dig new-ND, just as I thought you would.
Yea, I hope you also decide to snap up new-Fear Factory whenever it's out (I think it might be June). Again, I'm hoping we both get lucky with that one.
I can only agree about Kreator; didn't like Hordes of Chaos much at all. But I'm a silly sucker for instinctively buying anything new by the thrash vets. Case in point: my continuing to gamble on buying Megadeth (and Anthrax) albums
Cathedral always strikes chords with me--even their lesser, weaker albums (like their last two, I'd agree). And I'm a sentimental sod too, and given how it will be their swansong, I'd definitely buy 'The Last Spire' and expect it to be a cool coda to Cathedral's career.
Darn, dev, you give me another priceless tip here. I wasn't aware of new CoC. Do you know the band line-up for this one? And maybe I'm being very unrealistic, but I honestly hope they'd make even a partial return to their scorching and furious hardcore punk-metal sound a la Eye for an Eye/Animosity/Technocracy era. I loved that CoC greatly. Perhaps even make the new album a self-titled one. Have you heard their last one, 'In the Arms of God'? That was very decent sludge metal, if I remember right.
And, dev, you know given how many people on this forum often complain about a desperate dearth of quality new music, or admit how they dislike and/or don't even buy much new music at all, I'm sometimes honestly shocked at my own continuing habit of seeking out, finding, buying and loving plenty of quality new music, all year round, year after year.![]()
"Music is like girlfriends to me; I'm ceaselessly amazed by the (sucky) choices other dudes make" ---David Lee Roth
I completely forgot about Rush's new album being on the way. I've loved listening to Caravan and BU2B, and two years is a hell of a period between lead single and album release, but if it's anything like those singles I can say it will be a brilliant album! And after hearing Stalingrad I'm also very excited for Accept's new album, Mark can do a hell of a job on lead vocals and Accept is making a fierce comeback at the moment from the looks of things.
As for the new albums front of things another one has crossed my mine being the Freddie Mercury/Michael Jackson duets recorded back in the early 80's which I'm very curious to see. I like both artists and I think that there is a lot of potential in this sort of project that has been hidden for years. And plus there's nothing wrong with a little more of Freddie Mercury's great vocals![]()
>>TECHNICIÄNS ÖF SPÅCE
SHIP EÅRTH THIS IS
YÖÜR CÄPTÅIN SPEÄKING
YÖÜR ØÅPTÅIN IS DEA˝D<<
Rize of the fenix!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The new album's called 'Reborn In Defiance' - you should be alright with it, as it's primarily metal driven with hardcore elements, not much in the way of hip hop creeping in, can't think of any passages that go down that route. I'm enjoying it so far, it's pretty solid and getting a few spins from me![]()
I don't need wings to reach the sky
And I don't need hands to hold you tight...
~~~ Coroner ~~~
Picked up Cannibal Corpse last night...
Outstanding release from the masters of Brutal!
"Clutching violently we whisper with a liquefying cry
Any deadly final answers that are surely doomed to die."
The final album by Candlemass has been given a title and the artwork has been revealed!
Release date in June!
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-Too many flames, with too much to burn, and life's only made of paper. Oh how I need to be free of this pain but it goes over and over and over again-
I am picking this up tomorrow with the new Napalm Death and The first Ghost CD, should make for some good listening. And is a great way to start the new year of music - Van Halen is the only 2012 release I have so far.
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Really looking forward to this and the new Cathedral!
Do what thou will shall be the whole of the law
Right now I'm aiming to buy these as soon as possible...
IRON MAIDEN En Vivo! 2DVD&2CD 26.03.
ALICE COOPER No More Mr Nice Guy Live 3CD 28.03.
AXEL RUDI PELL Circle Of The Oath 28.03.
Later on during the spring and summer...
SAXON Eagles Over Wacken DVD&CD 20.04.
PARADISE LOST Tragic Idol 24.04.
PANTERA Vulgar Display Of Power CD&DVD 15.05.
LUCA TURILLI Ascending To Infinity 29.06.
"HALLOWEEN RIFFS, WALL-TO-WALL GUITARS"