Best/worst of 2002

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putridtorture

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Ok, thought I'd add a new topic because I am bored as fuck. Anyway, what did you think were the best of 2002?

Best album:
Best gig:
Best live band:
Best newcomer:
Best Musical Highlight of 2002:
Best Non-Musical highlight of 2002:

Worst album:
Worst gig:
Worst live band:
Worst newcomer:
Worst Musical Highlight of 2002:
Worst Non-Musical highlight of 2002:

Most promising release for 2003:
Most promising upcoming gig for 2003:
Most promising festival for 2003:
Most promising event for 2003:


That shall keep us busy for a while :)
 

Maraska

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Best album: Dark Lunacy - Devoid
Best gig: DREAM THEATER + Pain of Salvation
Best live band: Dream Theater....
Best newcomer: umm... dunno
Best Musical Highlight of 2002:
Best Non-Musical highlight of 2002: ??

Worst album: dunno
Worst gig: Doom Night Festival
Worst live band: Misantropus
Worst newcomer: dunno
Worst Musical Highlight of 2002: ?
Worst Non-Musical highlight of 2002: ?

Most promising release for 2003: Opeth - "Damnation"
Most promising upcoming gig for 2003: Dark Lunacy
Most promising festival for 2003: WACKEN
Most promising event for 2003: WACKEN
 

konstrukt

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Best album: Nile - In Their Darkened Shrines
Best gig: Manowar/Immortal
Best live band: Today is the Day
Best newcomer: Hmm...
Best Musical Highlight of 2002: Michael Jackson trying to throw his child out the window in Berlin.
Best Non-Musical highlight of 2002: the Raelians cloning people www.rael.org

Worst album: In Flames
Worst gig: Nevermore CD preview show. (see below)
Worst live band: Origin
Worst newcomer: dunno...
Worst Musical Highlight of 2002: Nevermore show in Los Angeles. Soundman RUINED the show. Worst sound I've ever heard at a show.
Worst Non-Musical highlight of 2002: I moved to Los Angeles

Most promising release for 2003: Nevermore and Stratovarius CDs
Most promising upcoming gig for 2003: Opeth/Lacuna Coil/Paradise Lost
Most promising festival for 2003: WOA (DUH!!!)
Most promising event for 2003: Elections in Holland, Israel and Sweden's Euro vote. (I'm a political whore)
 
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Supercharger

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Best album: Pathos - Katharsis
Best gig: Dark Tranquility november 2002
Best live band: Savatage at Wacken 2002
Best newcomer: Killswitch engage
Best Musical Highlight of 2002: My ever expending cd collection
Best Non-Musical highlight of 2002: Meeting fallen_knight and his girlfriend at Wacken 2002

Worst album: Every fuckin' popalbum released only made for geating a few extra bucks..
Worst gig: Manowar december 2002
Worst live band: Manowar
Worst newcomer: Too many fuckin' new-metalbands
Worst Musical Highlight of 2002: Britny Spears, Avril lavigne,,the list is endless...
Worst Non-Musical highlight of 2002: a flaming row with two of my closest friends

Most promising release for 2003: The new control denied album
Most promising upcoming gig for 2003: No mercy 2003
Most promising festival for 2003: wacken open air
Most promising event for 2003: My trip to Sweden probably somehere in July 2003
 

Sodomy&Lust

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I'm too lazy to think all the answers.....

-Best Album: ask me again in 2004
-Best Gig: Slayer in Madrid
-Worst Gig: Angra in Rock-Machina (Spain)

-Worst Non-Musical highlight of 2002: my father leaving home.

-Best Non-Musical highlight of 2002: I'll spend one whole year in Germany!!(after september 2003)
 
Best album: Nightwish
Best gig: 1001Watt (festival)
Best live band: Godsize
Best newcomer: Beyond God
Best Musical Highlight of 2002: Beyond God debut concert
Best Non-Musical highlight of 2002: Met my girlfriend :)

Worst album: DDE
Worst gig: X-Girl
Worst live band: Bare Egil Band :)
Worst newcomer: some bullshit popband
Worst Musical Highlight of 2002: MTV
Worst Non-Musical highlight of 2002: My uncle died...

Most promising release for 2003: Beyond God
Most promising upcoming gig for 2003: Beyond God
Most promising festival for 2003: Wacken
Most promising event for 2003: Getting my new Harley
 

Pil

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Best album: A Night At The Opera (Blind Guardian)
Best gig: Blind Guardian (Wacken)
Best live band: Manowar/Blind Guardian
Best newcomer: Ensiferum (was that 2002?)
Best Musical Highlight of 2002: WACKEN!!!
Best Non-Musical highlight of 2002: first kiss (shut up you :p :D)

Worst album: uhh...
Worst gig: Cassady I think (local high school punkish band)
Worst live band: Cassady (I know, not really fair 'cause they're amateurs), ah well, otherwise Katatonia probably (sorry, not my kinda music, and definately not very stimulating live ;))
Worst newcomer: Thunderstone
Worst Musical Highlight of 2002: gee... ehm.. Nickelback? :p
Worst Non-Musical highlight of 2002: being dumped probably (see above ;))

Most promising release for 2003: DragonForce - Valley Of The Damned
Most promising upcoming gig for 2003: Blind Guardian Festival
Most promising festival for 2003: Blind Guardian Festival/Wacken (dunno what to expect of the former really, the latter will most certainly rule!)
Most promising event for 2003: trip through Africa I think 8)

NP: HammerFall - Angel Of Mercy
 

gnoff

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Originally posted by Pil
Best newcomer: Ensiferum (was that 2002?)

I believe that their album was released in 2001, but the first time I ever heard of them was in 2002.
But they are really good!
Can't even get their album via the site where I buy most of my records, sold out, darnit.
Oh well, can keep on listening to the mp3's until they get new copies I guess.
 

gnoff

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Best album: Amon Amarth - Versus the World
Best gig: In Flames + Soilwork + Pain
Best live band: Amon Amarth
Best newcomer: Arise
Best Musical Highlight of 2002: WOA 2002
Best Non-Musical highlight of 2002: Sky diving from 4000 meter

Worst album: Don't listen to bad music ;)
Worst gig: Arise @ Ekens Gard, Haninge. The people fucking left after the two sucky opening bands and missed a great fucking show with Amaran and Arise! (The gig was great, the audience sucked!)
Worst live band: Bigelf
Worst newcomer: Couldn't say
Worst Musical Highlight of 2002: Missed UDO at WOA! :( (was too drunk)
Worst Non-Musical highlight of 2002: Broke up with my girlfriend

Most promising release for 2003: Ensiferum
Most promising upcoming gig for 2003: Twisted Sister
Most promising festival for 2003: WOA 2003
Most promising event for 2003: WOA 2003
 

Iscariot

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Best album:Dark tranquillity-Damage done
Best gig:COB at DOA
Best live band:In Flames
Best newcomer:Ephemeral Intoxication:D
Best Musical Highlight of 2002:WOA
Best Non-Musical highlight of 2002:the day I went to Sixflags last september

Worst album:haven't bough a bad album
Worst gig:Sinister
Worst live band:dunno
Worst newcomer:las Ketchup:)
Worst Musical Highlight of 2002:MTV awards (Eminem best singer?:confused: )
Worst Non-Musical highlight of 2002:

Most promising release for 2003:I don't know
Most promising upcoming gig for 2003:No Plans yet
Most promising festival for 2003:Wacken
Most promising event for 2003:Summer vacation
 

Aegir

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Best album: Iron Maiden - Rock In Rio
Best gig: Bruce Dickinson (Wacken)
Best live band: Dying Fetus
Best newcomer:
Best Musical Highlight of 2002: Wacken, of course!
Best Non-Musical highlight of 2002: A certain night I had involving an ounce of bud...

Worst album: Most chart music
Worst gig: Didn't see any bad ones!
Worst live band: As above
Worst newcomer: Ummm...
Worst Musical Highlight of 2002: Hmmmm...
Worst Non-Musical highlight of 2002: My ex-girlfriend :)

Most promising release for 2003: If Die Apokalyptischen Reiter have anything coming out then I'm sure it will be amazing
Most promising upcoming gig for 2003: Die Apokalyptischen Reiter at Wacken :)
Most promising festival for 2003: Oh come on - WOA!
Most promising event for 2003: WOA, baby!
 

berserkur

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Best album:Soilwork -natural born chaos
Best gig: Slayer in Madrid
Best live band: Dream Theater in Madrid
Best newcomer: my grandma
Best Musical Highlight of 2002: Wacken
Best Non-Musical highlight of 2002:

Worst live band: Candlemass


Most promising release for 2003: Nevermore
Most promising upcoming gig for 2003: Iced earth
Most promising festival for 2003: döhhh WOA
Most promising event for 2003: capitalist imperialism
 
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