Your favorite CDs of 2014.

Wovenhand
Letter 7

Think that's all for year.

That can be enough Redeemed Fool.

I've only bought 10 CDs this year.

Redeemed Fool wrote:

Wovenhand

Staybrite wrote:

I would have to say the biggest disappoint for me this year was that "Taker - It is Finished" anthology that Roxx put out.  The cd package itself is fine (Roxx did a good job with that), but nearly half of the material on the album is horrible in my opinion.  The band did have some good songs, but the out-take recordings were really poor quality and the second EPs worth of material they recorded with a different singer I found so cringe-worthy I couldn't even listen to those songs repeatedly.

Yeah, the demos were definitely weak.  But to me they show how things changed from their original take to the final versions (which the band wasn't always pleased with based on their notes).  And the other singer definitely did not fit the band's sound, IMOSHO.

Through The Dark Radio wrote:

Staybrite wrote:

I would have to say the biggest disappoint for me this year was that "Taker - It is Finished" anthology that Roxx put out.  The cd package itself is fine (Roxx did a good job with that), but nearly half of the material on the album is horrible in my opinion.  The band did have some good songs, but the out-take recordings were really poor quality and the second EPs worth of material they recorded with a different singer I found so cringe-worthy I couldn't even listen to those songs repeatedly.

Yeah, the demos were definitely weak.  But to me they show how things changed from their original take to the final versions (which the band wasn't always pleased with based on their notes).  And the other singer definitely did not fit the band's sound, IMOSHO.

Wait, the Hostile to the Gospel wasn't 2014 was it ??
I thought it was end of 2013. If it's 2014, then that belongs on my absolute FAVS of this year !

Guilty/Forgiven wrote:

Wait, the Hostile to the Gospel wasn't 2014 was it ??
I thought it was end of 2013. If it's 2014, then that belongs on my absolute FAVS of this year !

It was available for release from the artist at the end of 2013, but the record label didn't release it until 2014.  So IMHO it would be fair game for either year.  I had it in my list for 2013, so left it out of the running for this year.

"Hostile To The Gospel ended high in the list I made from 2013.

Now the job to make a top 10 of this year.

I did get the new King's Kaleidoscope and Needtobreathe.

Redeemed Fool wrote:

I did get the new King's Kaleidoscope and Needtobreathe.

I've never even heard of King's Kaleidoscope, what kind of music do they play?

Staybrite wrote:

Redeemed Fool wrote:

I did get the new King's Kaleidoscope and Needtobreathe.

I've never even heard of King's Kaleidoscope, what kind of music do they play?

From the Mars Hill Church page.

Kings Kaleidoscope is an indie rock worship band with roots at Mars Hill Church Ballard. Led by Chad Gardner, the band is made up of about a dozen musicians, including a string trio, a horns section, two drum kits, and definitely a cymbal or two.

That would describe them though they have distanced from MH after the Driscoll debacle.

That King's kaleidoscope album was pretty good. 
I liked their EP better though.

Redeemed Fool wrote:

That would describe them though they have distanced from MH after the Driscoll debacle.

Probably a good idea.

oteis wrote:

1. The Choir - Shadow Weaver
2. Michael Sweet - I'm Not Your Suicide
3. Wovenhand - Refractory Obdurate
4. Harmony - Theatre Of Redemption
5. Veni Domine - Light

Nice list.

I've been putting this off. Time to do it.

1. Northern Flame - Glimpse of Hope

2. Harmony - Theatre of Redemption

3. Hilastherion - Signs Of The End

4. Teramaze - Esoteric Symbolism

5. Halcyon Way - Conquer

6. Pylon - Homo Homini Lupus

7. Saint - Broad Is The Gate

8. War Of Ages - Supreme Chaos

9. Demon Hunter - Extremist

10. Veni Domine - Light


I'm leaving off some stuff but I narrowed the list to 10.

I still haven't done mine yet.  I have yet to listen to the new Teramaze and would like to reserve my list until after I hear it.  I hope I like it better than I did Harmony.

I have not bought many new release this year. So my list is very short.

Stryper- Live at the Whiskey
GX- Sinner
Chaotic Resemblace- Get The Hell Out

When the rush of making floral arrangements for Christmas is over, I will start with my top 10 for 2014

OK, here are a few of mine:

Harmony - "Theatre of Redemption"
Jupiter VI - "Movable Walls"
Veni Domine - "Light"
Letter 7 - "Trust"
Halcyon Way - "Conquer"
Sombre Holiday - "An Hour Of Light"
Sardis - "Escape"
Atkins May Project - "Empire Of Destruction"
Empire 21 - self titled
LNJ - "The Vow"
Razorigami - "Truths From Beyond The Machine"

All in all, it adds up to a pretty good year.

I've got Letter 7 - Trust coming for christmas, so I can't say how much I'll enjoy that, but the three standouts for me are...

Razorigami, Messenger and Disciple.  At the moment Messenger is sneaking ahead for album of the year...

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Razorigami, Messenger and Disciple.  At the moment Messenger is sneaking ahead for album of the year...

I am going to have to check out Messenger- I have heard only good things about their debut CD.

Dynamis, that's a very cool album.

Here's mine:


1.  SAINT - BROAD IS THE GATE
2.  Letter 7 - Trust
3.  Dean Berry - At the Crossroads
4.  Rhett Walker Band - Here's To the Ones
5.  Apologetix - Loaded 45s
6.  Apologetix - Singles Group
7.  Disciple - Attack
8.  Chaotic Resemblance - Get The Hell Out
9.  Seventh Day Slumber - We Are The Broken
10.  Empire 21 - Empire 21
11.  The Brave - Rise
12.  Razorigami - Truths From Beyond The Machine
13.  Sardis - Escape
14.  GX Project - Sinner


I could list others that I bought this year but I would just be listing them.  So, this year you get my top 14 instead of my top 15 or 20.

Other honorable mentions would be Relentless Flood, Flyleaf, Teramaze, and Saint's "Warriors Of The Son" 2014 remaster.

Musical turd category:  Guardian - Almost Home  (I have come to loathe this disc and will buy no future releases that are in this style from this band as it isn't what the fans really want.  Stryper and Saint have both learned to give us what we want to keep selling music.)