Year in Review: Music Pt. 1

Today's review is about the year that was in music, and since there is so much to cover, it will be broken into two parts.  Today will be all about the albums that came out this year.  However, since my top ten is not published yet, I cannot divulge exactly what is on the list.  I can, however, give some thoughts about a few releases here.  Another year, another no show from Wintersun, which means that it is dangerously approaching Chinese Democracy levels, where people will soon tune out once the album is finally released.  The new Skyforger was finally released...to mild reactions.  Speaking of hype, the new Orphaned Land album OrwarrioR had a lot to live up to based on the band's previous album Mabool.  Let's just say that it fell way short of those expectations.  There were a lot of middle of the road albums, which as you would expect, made compiling my year end list a task unto itself.  And then there were the albums that truly stood out, and while I can't necessarily say what exactly, perhaps the picture you see with this piece can tell you what stood out the most.

Tomorrow will be a live music review, so don't miss it (or if you do, no harm done).