MACHINE HEAD, KILLSWITCH ENGAGE, MEGADETH Members Reveal Favorite Albums Of 2008

January 6, 2009

The official Roadrunner Records web site has been updated with top-album picks for 2008 from a number of artists that are signed to the label, including members of MACHINE HEAD, MEGADETH, DEVILDRIVER, KILLSWITCH ENGAGE and TRIVIUM. A few of the selections follow below. The entire list can be found at this location.

Shawn Drover (MEGADETH)

01. CYNIC - Traced in Air
02. TESTAMENT - The Information Damnation
03. MESHUGGAH - Obzen
04. CHILDREN OF BODOM - Blooddrunk
05. OPETH - Watershed
06. EVERGREY - Torn
07. BLOTTED SCIENCE - The Machinations of Dementia
08. AIRBOURNE - Runnin' Wild
09. INTO ETERNITY - The Incurable Tragedy
10. BRAIN DRILL - Apocalyptic Feasting

Frédéric Leclercq (DRAGONFORCE)

01. GUNS N' ROSES - Chinese Democracy
02. DISTURBED - Indestructible
03. SLIPKNOT - All Hope Is Gone
04. CYNIC - Traced in Air
05. CRADLE OF FILTH - Godspeed on the Devil's Thunder
06. ULTRA VOMIT - Objectif Thunes
07. SEBASTIEN TELLIER - Sexuality
08. ALICE COOPER - Along Came a Spider
09. MOTLEY CRUE - Saints of Los Angeles
10. METALLICA - Death Magnetic

Matt Heafy (TRIVIUM)

01. COLDPLAY - Viva La Vida
02. COLDPLAY - Prospekt's March
03. MAXIMUM THE HORMONE - Tsume Tsume Tsume
04. LONDON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA - Mozart's Requiem
05. GOJIRA - The Way Of All Flesh
06. AMON AMARTH - Twilight of the Thunder God
07. SLIPKNOT - All Hope Is Gone
08. OPETH - Watershed
09. METALLICA - Death Magnetic
10. TRIVIUM - Shogun

Robb Flynn (MACHINE HEAD)

01. ALL SHALL PERISH - Awaken The Dreamers
02. METALLICA - Death Magnetic
03. TRIVIUM - Shogun
04. WINDS OF PLAGUE - Decimate The Weak
05. LIL WAYNE - The Carter III
06. LA COKA NOSTRA - A Brand You Can Trust
07. SLIPKNOT - All Hope Is Gone
08. WHITECHAPEL - This Is Exile
09. MESHUGGAH - Bleed
10. BLEEDING THROUGH - Sister Charlatan

Joel Stroetzel (KILLSWITCH ENGAGE)

01. KINGS OF LEON - Only by the Night
02. RYAN ADAMS AND THE CARDINALS - Cardinology
03. RADIOHEAD - In Rainbows
04. TOMMY EMMANUEL - Center Stage
05. ALL THAT REMAINS - Overcome
06. NICK CAVE AND THE BAD SEEDS - Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!!
07. Augustana - Can't Love (Can't Hurt
08. IN FLAMES - A Sense of Purpose
09. NADA SURF - Lucky
10. RAY LAMONTAGNE - Gossip in the Grain

Paolo Gregoletto (TRIVIUM)

01. METALLICA - Death Magnetic
02. MACHINE HEAD - The Blackening Special Edition
03. COLDPLAY - Viva La Vida
04. GOJIRA - The Way of All Flesh
05. SLIPKNOT - All Hope Is Gone
06. AMON AMARTH - Twilight of the Thunder God
07. PROTEST THE HERO - Fortress
08. AC/DC - Black Ice
09. OPETH - Watershed
10. TRIVIUM - Shogun

Max Cavalera (SOULFLY; CAVALERA CONSPIRACY; SEPULTURA)

01. BAD BRAINS - Build a Nation
02. DISFEAR - Live the Storm
03. GOJIRA - The Way of All Flesh
04. GOGOL BORDELLO - Gypsy Punks
05. TURBO TRIO - Turbo Trio
06. INCITE - Divided We Fail
07. AGNOSTIC FRONT - Warriors
08. AMON AMARTH - Twilight of the Thunder God
09. AGORAPHOBIC NOSEBLEED - Insect Warfare
10. HIRAX - The New Age of Terror

Justin Foley (KILLSWITCH ENGAGE)

01. CYNIC - Traced in Air
02. MESHUGGAH - Obzen
03. CULT OF LUNA - Eternal Kingdom
04. SIGUR ROS - Með Suð Í Eyrum Við Spilum Endalaust
05. GOJIRA - The Way Of All Flesh
06. MOGWAI - The Hawk Is Howling
07. NINE INCH NAILS - The Slip
08. UNDEROATH - Lost In The Sound Of Separation

Michael Spretizer (DEVILDRIVER)

01. THE BIRTHDAY MASSACRE - Walking With Strangers
02. AMON AMARTH - Twilight of the Thunder God
03. MINDLESS SELF INDULGENCE - If
04. ALL THAT REMAINS - Overcome
05. GOJIRA - The Way of All Flesh
06. IN FLAMES - A Sense of Purpose
07. CHILDREN OF BODOM - Blood Drunk
08. OPETH - Watershed
09. RAUNCHY - Wasteland Discotheque
10. TESTAMENT - The Formation of Damnation

Jonathan Miller (DEVILDRIVER)

01. IN THIS MOMENT - Dream
02. GUNS N' ROSES - Chinese Democracy
03. SLIPKNOT - All Hope Is Gone
04. SHINY TOY GUNS - Seasons of Poison
05. ENYA - ...And Winter Came
06. ALL THAT REMAINS - Overcome
07. METALLICA - Death Magnetic
08. ALL SHALL PERISH - Awaken The Dreamers
09. MUDVAYNE - The New Game
10. TRIVIUM - Shogun

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