Album of the Year - ROUND 2

[i0th2]

In round 1 we had 16 submissions with a total of 108 albums, of those 22 received multiple nominations so they'll make up the shortlist. In this round select your top 5 from the shortlist, points will be awarded depending on placing so the order matters this time. Again I'll give it 2 weeks so voting closes at the end of 31st Jan.

THE SHORTLIST

Alestorm - Curse Of The Crystal Coconut
Brothers of Metal - Emblas Saga
Bütcher - 666 Goats Carry My Chariot
Countless Skies - Glow
Dark Fortress - Spectres from the Old World
Dark Tranquillity - Moment
Demons & Wizards - III
Draconian - Under A Godless Veil
Ensiferum - Thalassic
Enslaved - Utgard
Finntroll - Vredesvävd
Hellripper - Affair of the Poisons
Katatonia - City Burials
Necrophobic - Dawn of the Damned
Paradise Lost - Obsidian
Sólstafir - Endless Twilight of Codependent Love
Svalbard - When I Die, Will I Get Better?
Testament - Titans of Creation
The Ocean - Phanerozoic II: Mesozoic / Cenozoic
Unleash the Archers - Abyss
Warbringer - Weapons of Tomorrow
Winterfylleth -The Reckoning Dawn

[i0th2]

My votes:

1st - Brothers of Metal - Emblas Saga
2nd - Demons & Wizards - III
3rd - Dark Tranquillity - Moment
4th - Unleash the Archers - Abyss
5th - Countless Skies - Glow

[gavdann]

1. Draconian - Under A Godless Veil
2. Bütcher - 666 Goats Carry My Chariot
3. Hellripper - Affair of the Poisons
4. Dark Fortress - Spectres from the Old World
5. Necrophobic - Dawn of the Damned

[Cassius]

1) Warbringer - Weapons of Tomorrow
2) Finntroll - Vredesvävd
3) Winterfylleth -The Reckoning Dawn
4) Alestorm - Curse Of The Crystal Coconut
5) Necrophobic - Dawn of the Damned

[Soze]

1. Enslaved - Utgard
2. Solstafir - Endless Twilight of Codependent Love
3. Bütcher - 666 Goats Carry My Chariot
4. Finntroll - Vredesvävd
5. Ensiferum - Thalassic

[bloodfiend]

1. Unleash The Archers - Abyss
2. Enslaved - Utgard
3. Alestorm - Curse Of The Crystal Coconut
4. Dark Fortess - Spectres From The Old World
5. Demons & Wizards - III

[ribbons69]

1 - Demons and Wizards
2 - Unleash The Archers
3 - Brothers of Metal.

Best I can do with that list I'm afraid.

[i0th2]

1 - Demons and Wizards
2 - Unleash The Archers
3 - Brothers of Metal.

Best I can do with that list I'm afraid.

Fine by me, three quality albums there

[gazsetsfire]

Shocking... no Armored Saint!!!
But from the list here are mine...

1.;Ensiferum
2.;Necrophobic
3. Dark Tranquillity
4.;Alestorm
5.;Enslaved

[Czech's Mate]

1) Enslaved
2) Solstafir
3) The Ocean
4) Svalbard
5) Winterfylleth

For my tastes and also a pleasant improvement on recent years, I thought it was a pretty good year for releases. Shame I didn't get to see any of these performed live

[Kylan_Paassa]

1.Draconian - Under A Godless Veil
2. Dark Tranquillity - Moment
3. Svalbard - When I Die, Will I Get Better?
4. Finntroll - Vredesvävd
5. Katatonia - City Burials

[Skippy]

1. Katatonia (by a mile)
2. Paradise Lost
3. The Ocean
4. Demons and Wizards (not that I want to give anything to him right now)
5. Solstafir (I guess)

[Ghost]

1)Dark Fortress - Spectres from the Old World
2)Draconian - Under A Godless Veil
3)Hellripper - Affair of the Poisons
4)Testament - Titans of Creation
5)Warbringer - Weapons of Tomorrow

[north sea storm]

Countless skies
Dark Tranquility
Testament
Katatonia
Demons and wizards

[cheesemason]

1. Enslaved - Utgard
2. Solstafir - Endless Twilight of Codependent Love
3. Paradise Lost - Obsidian
4. Draconian - Under A Godless Veil
5. Finntroll - Vredesvävd

Still cant believe noone else voted for Oceans of Slumber in the first round. May well have been my number 1