Tak, ako vždy – prvé minúty nového roka sa rovnajú bilancovaniu toho predošlého. Ešte kým sa ponoríte do pohľadu na hudobný svet očami prispievateľov Metalopolis, pokúsim sa o pohľad na Valhallu očami jej zostavovateľa.

Prvýkrát nezvíťazil album skupiny, prislúchajúcej k metalovej scéne. Nepovažujem to za dôkaz odklonu redakcie od štýlu, ktorý dal tejto stránke názov, ale o potvrdenie faktu, že v zosieťovanom svete sa hranice medzi žánrami stierajú – hudba nikdy nebola tak dostupná ako dnes a chytiť sa do pasce výbornej dosky z iných hudobných končín je čoraz ľahšie. Aj preto sme pre vás pripravili sekciu „Miničlánky“, ktorá je ešte menej zviazaná akýmikoľvek obmedzeniami.

Tohtoročná Valhalla je zároveň tou najtesnejšou v histórii – neberte teda rebríček ako verdikt, ale ako zoznam nahrávok, ktoré nás v uplynulom roku zaujali, a za ktorými si stojíme.

Thorn

TOP 25 METALOPOLIS

1. PORTISHEAD - Third
2. ASVA - What You Don´t Know Is Frontier
3. CYNIC - Traced In Air
4. OTK - Okolo
5. TEXTURES - Silhouettes
6. VIRUS - The Black Flux
7. AYREON - 01011001
8. SEPTICFLESH - Communion
9. CULT OF LUNA - Eternal Kingdom
10. KLIMT 1918 - Just In Case We´ll Never Meet Again
11. MESHUGGAH - obZen
12. TESTAMENT - The Formation Of Damnation
13. OPETH - Watershed
14. METALLICA - Death Magnetic
15. NICK CAVE AND THE BAD SEEDS - Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!!
16. MADE OUT OF BABIES - The Ruiner
17. CRUEL - Ekvilibrium
18. AVANTASIA - The Scarecrow
19. BLAZE BAYLEY - The Man Who Would Not Die
20. A STORM OF LIGHT - And We Wept The Black Ocean Within
21. THE MARS VOLTA - The Bedlam In Goliath
22. TINDERSTICKS - The Hungry Saw
23. ROTTEN SOUND - Cycles
24. EVERGREY - Torn
25. ENSLAVED - Vertebrae

Arrow
1. SEPTICFLESH - Communion
2. CYNIC - Traced In Air
3. ENSLAVED - Vertebrae
4. OPETH - Watershed
5. SATYRICON - The Age Of Nero
6. THE VISION BLEAK - The Wolves Go Hunt Their Prey
7. VIRUS - The Black Flux
8. LEVIATHAN - Massive Conspiracy Against All Life
9. NACHTMYSTIUM - Assassins - Black Meddle Part I
10. DORNENREICH - In Luft geritzt

Dalas
DISFEAR - Live The Storm
5IVE - Hesperus
A STORM OF LIGHT - And We Wept The Black Ocean Within
ANNA TERNHEIM - Halfway To Fivepoints
ASVA - What You Don´t Know Is Frontier
BERSARIN QUARTETT - Bersarin Quartett
CULT OF LUNA - Eternal Kingdom
DĚTI DEŠTĚ - Love And Piss
GUAPO - Elixirs
KLIMT 1918 - Just In Case We´ll Never Meet Again
MADE OUT OF BABIES - The Ruiner
MERCAN DEDE - 800
NIYAZ - Nine Heavens
PORTISHEAD - Third
ROTTEN SOUND - Cycles
THE HOST - Receive
TORCHE - Meanderthal
UFOMAMMUT - Idolum

Darkmoor
Pro mě byl rok 2008 v kvalitě hudebních nahrávek dosti bídný. Slyšel jsem celou řadu nahrávek, ale jen máloco mě opravdu potěšilo, čili v žebříčku mám i věci, které by se v lepších časech mezi nejlepší vůbec nedostaly. Ale tak dejme tomu, že:

1. ANTIGONA - Rockopera
2. ILLUSTRATOSPHERE - Animage
3. CYNIC - Traced In Air
4. AYREON - 01011001
5. PAUL GILBERT - Silence Followed By A Deafening Roar
6. JAROMÍR NOHAVICA - Ikarus
7. BRATŘI EBENOVÉ - Chlebíčky
8. JEFF LOOMIS - Zero Order Phase
9. ANDROMEDA - The Immunity Zone
10. ASMODEUS - Muka Existence
+ mě potěšil zvýšení přísun technické muziky z domácích luhů a hájů. Jména jako MINDWORK, PERSONAL SIGNET ad. by mohla do budoucna trošku rozhýbat naši stojatou scénu.

Deadmann
1. KLIMT 1918 - Just In Case We´ll Never Meet Again
2. OTK - Okolo
3. JUNIUS - Junius
4. PORTISHEAD - Third
5. NICK CAVE AND THE BAD SEEDS - Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!!
6. TRINACRIA - Travel Now Journey Infinitely
7. BENEA REACH - Alleviat
7. CULT OF LUNA - Eternal Kingdom
7. NACHTMYSTIUM - Assassins - Black Meddle Part I
7. ROTTEN SOUND - Cycles
7. SKEPTICISM - Alloy
7. TEXTURES - Silhouettes

Koscj
1980 - 1980
CYNIC - Traced In Air
DARK GAMBALLE - Perpetuum Gamballe
E-FORCE - Modified Poison
FAIRY TALE - Dream
FERMATA - Live v Klube za zrkadlom
MESHUGGAH - obZen
MIKE PATTON - A Perfect Place
MISERY INDEX - Traitors
Müller spieva Lasicu, Lasica spieva Müllera, Lasica a Müller spievajú Filipa -
NEVERMORE - The Year Of The Voyager
NICK CAVE AND THE BAD SEEDS - Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!!
OPETH - Watershed
OTK - Okolo
ROTTEN SOUND - Cycles
TESSERACT - Promo 2007
TESTAMENT - The Formation of Damnation
TEXTURES - Silhouettes
THE MARS VOLTA - The Bedlam In Goliath
THE MELVINS - Nude With Boots
ZIMMER´S HOLE - When You Were Shouting At The Devil... We Were In League With Satan

Louis
1. BLAZE BAYLEY - The Man Who Would Not Die
2. ALESTORM - Captain Morgan´s Revenge
3. JUDAS PRIEST - Nostradamus
4. CRUEL - Ekvilibrium
5. ENEMY OF THE SUN - Shadows
6. SEPTICFLESH - Communion
7. CAVALERA CONSPIRACY - Inflikted
8. GRAILKNIGHTS - Alliance
9. SABATON - The Art Of War
10. KEEP OF KALESSIN - Kolossus
11. TESTAMENT - The Formation Of Damnation
12. SLIPKNOT - All Hope Is Gone
13. CRADLE OF FILTH - Godspeed On The Devil´s Thunder
14. DIE APOKALYPTISCHEN REITER - Licht
15. KRLEŠ - Perunovo requiem

Louža
1. AYREON - 01011001
2. IN FLAMES - A Sense Of Purpose
3. AVANTASIA - The Scarecrow
4. PERSONAL SIGNET - Badtime Stories
5. ICED EARTH - I Walk Among You
6. NEAL MORSE - Lifeline
7. PAUL GILBERT - Silence Followed By A Deafening Roar
8. PAIN - Cynic Paradise
9. CHILDREN OF BODOM - Blooddrunk
10. PYRAMAZE - Immortal
11. CIRCLE II CIRCLE - Delusions Of Grandeur
12. ICED EARTH - The Crucible Of Man
13. EVERGREY - Torn
14. MAGNUM - Wings Of Heaven Live
15. WHITESNAKE - Good To Be Bad
16. BLAZE BAYLEY - The Man Who Would Not Die
17. REVOLUTION RENAISSANCE - New Era
18. GLENN HUGHES - First Underground Nuclear Kitchen
19. IHSAHN - angL
20. TESTAMENT - The Formation Of Damnation
21. CAVALERA CONSPIRACY - Inflikted
22. CRADLE OF FILTH - Godspeed On The Devil´s Thunder

Manatar
FLOWING TEARS - Thy Kingdom Gone
HOLLENTHON - Opus Magnum
SAINT DEAMON - In The Shadows Lost From The Brave
HAGGARD - Tales Of Ithiria
EDENBRIDGE - MyEarthDream
DRACONIAN - Turning Season Within
AVANTASIA - The Scarecrow
CRUEL - Ekvilibrium
EVERGREY - Torn
AYREON - 01011001

Petra
WARREL DANE - Praises To The War Machine
JEFF LOOMIS - Zero Order Phase
ICED EARTH - The Crucible Of Man
CHILDREN OF BODOM - Blooddrunk
PYRAMAZE - Immortal
WHITESNAKE - Good To Be Bad
JORN - Lonely Are The Brave
TESTAMENT - The Formation Of Damnation
AVANTASIA - The Scarecrow
BRAINSTORM - Downburst
AMON AMARTH - Twilight Of The Thunder God
EVERGREY - Torn
LEGION OF THE DAMNED - Cult Of The Dead

Radicalcut
1. ASVA - What You Don´t Know Is Frontier
2. U.S.CHRISTMAS - Eat The Low Dogs
3. TINDERSTICKS - The Hungry Saw
4. ASCEND - Ample Fire Within
5. KING´S X - XV
6. GRAVEYARD - Graveyard
7. EARTH - The Bees Made Honey In The Lion´s Skull
8. GRAILS - Take Refuge In Clean Living
9. DARKTHRONE - Dark Thrones And Black Flags
10. THE MARS VOLTA - The Bedlam In Goliath
11. A STORM OF LIGHT - And We Wept The Black Ocean Within
12. GUAPO - Elixirs
13. MOGWAI - The Hawk Is Howling
14. dEUS - Vantage Point
15. NICK CAVE AND THE BAD SEEDS - Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!!
16. NINE INCH NAILS - The Slip
17. PORTISHEAD - Third
18. TIAMAT - Amanethes
19. VENETIAN SNARES - Detrimentalist
20. LIKE A KIND OF MATADOR - Halfway To Dangerous
21. KLIMT 1918 - Just In Case We´ll Never Meet Again
22. LEVIATHAN - Massive Conspiracy Against All Life

Reaper
DECREPIT BIRTH - Diminishing Between Worlds
PSYCROPTIC - Ob(Servant)
KLIMT 1918 - Just In Case We´ll Never Meet Again
SEVERED SAVIOR - Servile Insurrection
CYNIC - Traced In Air
GIGAN - The Order Of The False Eye
HATE ETERNAL - Fury & Flames
ORIGIN - Antithesis
HUMANOID - Remembering Universe
DARKANE - Demonic Art
DEEDS OF FLESH - Of What´s To Come
HOUR OF PENANCE - The Vile Conception
CRYPTOPSY - The Unspoken King
MESHUGGAH - obZen
CARNOPHAGE - Deformed Future // Genetic Nightmare
UNLEASHED - Hammer Battalion
BLOODBATH - The Fathomless Mastery

RIP
SMV - Thunder
TEXTURES - Silhouettes
GOJIRA - The Way Of All Flesh
A STORM OF LIGHT - And We Wept The Black Ocean Within
BENEATH THE MASSACRE - Dystopia
ANATHEMA - Hindsight
CYNIC - Traced In Air
MADE OUT OF BABIES - The Ruiner
ANIMOSITY - Animal
OPETH - Watershed
ORIGIN - Antithesis
THE SECRET - Disintoxication
MESHUGGAH - obZen
GENGHIS TRON - Board Up The House
ROTTEN SOUND - Cycles
LVMEN - Heron
GUAPO - Elixirs

Rudi
1. METALLICA - Death Magnetic
2. MADE OUT OF BABIES - The Ruiner
3. KING´S X - XV
4. HEAVEN SHALL BURN - Iconoclast
5. BLAZE BAYLEY - The Man Who Would Not Die
6. TEXTURES - Silhouettes
7. OPETH - Watershed
8. THE MARS VOLTA - The Bedlam In Goliath
9. EARTH - The Bees Made Honey In The Lion´s Skull
10. MESHUGGAH - obZen
11. CRADLE OF FILTH - Godspeed On The Devil´s Thunder
12. CRYPTOPSY - The Unspoken King
13. WEEZER - Weezer (The Red Album)
14. AYREON - 01011001
15. MOUTH OF THE ARCHITECT - Quietly
16. SOULFLY - Conquer
17. TESTAMENT - The Formation Of Damnation
18. TRIVIUM - Shogun
19. WINDS OF PLAGUE - Decimate The Weak
20. CRUEL - Ekvilibrium
21. SUICIDE SILENCE - The Cleansing
22. ORIGIN - Antithesis
23. CAVALERA CONSPIRACY - Inflikted
24. DECREPIT BIRTH - Diminishing Between Worlds
25. SATYRICON - The Age Of Nero
26. DEICIDE - Till Death Do Us Part
27. SLIPKNOT - All Hope Is Gone
28. CULT OF LUNA - Eternal Kingdom
29. NACHTMYSTIUM - Assassins - Black Meddle Part I
30. GUNS N´ ROSES - Chinese Democracy

Shnoff
1. VIRUS - The Black Flux
2. CULT OF LUNA - Eternal Kingdom
3. THE SOUNDBYTE/IRGENS - City Of Glass
4. SEPTICFLESH - Communion
5. PORTISHEAD - Third
6. NICK CAVE AND THE BAD SEEDS - Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!!
7. ATROX - Binocular
8. MESHUGGAH - obZen
9. CRUEL - Ekvilibrium
10. BURST - Lazarus Bird
11. ENSLAVED - Vertebrae
12. HOLLENTHON - Opus Magnum
13. KEEP OF KALESSIN - Kolossus
14. OTK - Okolo
15. SKITLIV - Amfetamin
16. ESOTERIC - The Maniacal Vale
17. OPETH - Watershed
18. TEXTURES - Silhouettes
19. BENEA REACH - Alleviat
20. NEVERMORE - The Year Of The Voyager

Stray
1. METALLICA - Death Magnetic
2. AC/DC - Black Ice
3. TESTAMENT - The Formation Of Damnation
4. BACKYARD BABIES - Backyard Babies
5. THE MARS VOLTA - The Bedlam In Goliath
6. OASIS - Dig Out Your Soul
7. THE RACONTEURS - Consolers Of The Lonely
8. WHITESNAKE - Good To Be Bad
9. GUNS N´ ROSES - Chinese Democracy
10. MÖTLEY CRÜE - Saints Of Los Angeles
11. COLDPLAY - Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends
12. SATYRICON - The Age Of Nero
13. DEATH ANGEL - Killing Season
14. DESTRUCTION - D.E.V.O.L.U.T.I.O.N.
15. JUDAS PRIEST - Nostradamus

Tears Of Death
1. VIRUS - The Black Flux
2. ASVA - What You Don´t Know Is Frontier
3. CULT OF LUNA - Eternal Kingdom
4. PORTISHEAD - Third
5. A STORM OF LIGHT - And We Wept The Black Ocean Within
6. ESOTERIC - The Maniacal Vale
7. LEVIATHAN - Massive Conspiracy Against All Life
8. OTK - Okolo
9. KLIMT 1918 - Just In Case We´ll Never Meet Again
10. MAR DE GRISES - Draining The Waterheart
11. SEPTICFLESH - Communion
12. TEXTURES - Silhouettes
13. ISOLE - Bliss Of Solitude
14. GOJIRA - The Way Of All Flesh
15. ANATHEMA - Hindsight
16. NACHTMYSTIUM - Assassins - Black Meddle Part I
17. LVMEN - Heron
18. OPETH - Watershed
19. EPHRAT - No One´s Words
20. CYNIC - Traced In Air
21. CRUEL - Ekvilibrium
22. COLDPLAY - Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends
23. SKEPTICISM - Alloy

Thorn
1. SUNN O))) meets NURSE WITH WOUND - Iron Soul Of Nothing
2. TINDERSTICKS - The Hungry Saw
3. OTK - Okolo
4. ASVA - What You Don´t Know Is Frontier
5. ASCEND - Ample Fire Within
6. PORTISHEAD - Third
7. DARKTHRONE - Dark Thrones And Black Flags
8. HAMMERS OF MISFORTUNE - Fields/Church Of Broken Glass
9. NICK CAVE AND THE BAD SEEDS - Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!!
10. TRINACRIA - Travel Now Journey Infinitely
11. ENSLAVED - Vertebrae
12. LIKE A KIND OF MATADOR - Halfway To Dangerous
13. BORIS - Smile
14. UFOMAMMUT - Idolum
15. LEVIATHAN - Massive Conspiracy Against All Life
16. LAIR OF THE MINOTAUR - War Metal Battle Master

V-dur
1. SUFFOCATE FOR FUCK SAKE - Blazing Fires And Helicopters On The Front Page Of The Newspaper. There’s A War Going On And I’m Marching In Heavy Boots.
2. Müller spieva Lasicu, Lasica spieva Müllera, Lasica a Müller spievajú Filipa -
3. TEXTURES - Silhouettes
4. TEMPLO DIEZ - Crowheart
5. ANIMAL ALPHA - You Pay For The Whole Seat, But You´ll Only Need The Edge
6. METROM & [YSPOTUA] - Atra Dies
7. TRANSIT - Decent Man On A Desperate Moon
8. HYATARI - They Will Surface
9. STILLE OPPRØR - S.o2
10. PORTISHEAD - Third
11. LVMEN - Heron
12. OTK - Okolo
13. MESHUGGAH - obZen
14. ANCESTRAL VOLKHVES - Perun do Vas!!!
15. MADE OUT OF BABIES - The Ruiner
16. EARTH - The Bees Made Honey In The Lion´s Skull
17. SATYRICON - The Age Of Nero
18. DEF LEPPARD - Songs From The Sparkle Lounge
19. UFOMAMMUT - Idolum
20. EMOR - Ouriver
21. CRUEL - Ekvilibrium
22. NICK CAVE AND THE BAD SEEDS - Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!!
23. HAMMERS OF MISFORTUNE - Fields/Church Of Broken Glass
Nesmierne ma teší, že som si pri sumarizácii Valhally tento rok našiel v rebríčku až troch slovenských zástupcov. Snáď bude tento trend pokračovať a slovenské kapely bude konečne počuť vďaka hudbe, ktorú produkujú, nie vďaka tonám výhovoriek, ktoré sú schopné okolo svojich zlých počinov narozprávať. V roku 2009 sa teším na novinky THE GATHERING, DEFTONES, Anneke Van Giersbergen, GIANT SQUID a zo všetkého najviac na skvelé albumy kapiel, o ktorých zatiaľ ani netuším, že existujú.