My favourite albums from 2003

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The Earth Is Not a Cold Dead Place

Explosions in the Sky
1. First Breath After Coma
2. The Only Moment We Were Alone ●
3. Six Days at the Bottom of the Ocean
4. Memorial
5. Your Hand in Mine
- Post-rock
49

It Still Moves

My Morning Jacket
1. Mahgeetah
2. Dancefloors
3. Golden
4. Master Plan
5. One Big Holiday ●
6. I Will Sing You Songs
7. Easy Morning Rebel
8. Run Thru
9. Rollin' Back
10. Just One Thing
11. Steam Engine
12. One in the Same
- Indie rock
- Neo-psychedelia
48

The Morning Never Came

Swallow the Sun
1. Through Her Silvery Body
2. Deadly Inside
3. Out of This Gloomy Light ●
4. Swallow (Horror Pt. I)
5. Silence of the Womb
6. Hold This Woe
7. Under the Waves
8. The Morning Never Came
- Death-doom
- Melodic death metal
47

Crimson II

Edge of Sanity
1. Crimson II, Pt. 1 — The Forbidden Words
2. Crimson II, Pt. 2 — Incantation
3. Crimson II, Pt. 3 — Passage of Time
4. Crimson II, Pt. 4 — The Silent Threat
5. Crimson II, Pt. 5 — Achilles Heel ●
6. Crimson II, Pt. 6 — Covenant of Souls
7. Crimson II, Pt. 7 — Face to Face
8. Crimson II, Pt. 8 — Disintegration
9. Crimson II, Pt. 9 — Aftermath
- Melodic death metal
- Progressive death metal
46

No Cities Left

The Dears
1. We Can Have It
2. Who Are You, Defenders of the Universe?
3. Lost in the Plot
4. The Second Part
5. Don't Lose the Faith
6. Expect the Worst / 'Cos She's a Tourist
7. Pinned Together, Falling Apart
8. Never Destroy Us
9. Warm and Sunny Days
10. 22: The Death of All Romance ●
11. Postcard from Purgatory
12. No Cities Left
- Indie rock
- Chamber pop
45

Elephant

The White Stripes
1. Seven Nation Army ●
2. Black Math
3. There's No Home for You Here
4. I Just Don't Know What to Do with Myself
5. In the Cold, Cold Night
6. I Want to Be the Biy to Warm Your Mother's Heart
7. You've Got Her in Your Pocket
8. Ball and Biscuit
9. The Hardesy Button to Button
10. Little Acorns
11. Hypnotize
12. The Air Near My Fingers
13. Girl, you Have No Faith in Medicine
14. Well It's True That We Love One Another
- Garage rock revival
- Blues rock
44

Ok nefna tysvar Ty

Falkenbach
1. Vanadis ●
2. ... As Long as Winds Will Blow
3. Aduatuza
4. Donar's Oak
5. ... the Ardent Awaited Land
6. Homeward Shore
7. Farewell
- Viking metal
- Folk metal
43

Dopesmoker

Sleep
1. Dopesmoker ●
2. Hot Lava Man
- Stoner metal
- Doom metal
42

Where Lovers Mourn

Draconian
1. The Cry of Silence
2. Silent Winter
3. A Slumber Did My Spirit Seal
4. The Solitude
5. Reversio ad Secessum
6. The Amaranth ●
7. Akherousia
8. It Grieves My Heart
- Gothic metal
- Doom metal
41

Elements Pt. 2

Stratovarius
1. Alpha & Omega
2. I Walk to My Own Song
3. I'm Still Alive ●
4. Season of Faith's Perfection
5. Awaken the Giant
6. Know the Difference
7. Luminous
8. Dreamweaver
9. Liberty
- Power metal
- Symphonic metal
40

Elements Pt. 1

Stratovarius
1. Eagleheart
2. Soul of a Vagabond
3. Find Your Own Voice
4. Fantasia
5. Learning to Fly
6. Papillon
7. Stratofortress ●
8. Elements
9. A Drop in the Ocean
- Power metal
- Symphonic metal
39

Her Majesty the Decemberists

The Decemberists
1. Shanty for the Arethusa
2. Billy Liar
3. Los Angeles, I'm Yours ●
4. The Gymnast, High Above the Ground
5. The Bachelor and the Bride
6. Song for Myla Goldberg
7. The Soldiering Life
8. Red Right Ankle
9. The Chimbley Sweep
10. I Was Meant for the Stage
11. As I Rise
- Indie folk
- Chamber pop
38

The Wolf

Andrew W.K.
1. Victory Strikes Again
2. Long Live the Party
3. Tear It up
4. Free Jump
5. Never Let Down ●
6. Your Rules
7. The Song
8. Make Sex
9. Totally stupid
10. Really in Love
11. The End of Our Lives
12. I Love Music
- Hard rock
- Power pop
37

The Puppet Master

King Diamond
1. Midnight
2. The Puppet Master ●
3. Magic
4. Emerencia
5. Blue Eyes
6. The Ritual
7. No More Me
8. Blood to Walk
9. Darkness
10. So Sad
11. Christmas
12. Living Dead
- Heavy metal
- Progressive metal
36

Get Born

Jet
1. Last Chance
2. Are You Gonna Be My Girl
3. Rollover D.J.
4. Look What You've Done
5. Get What You Need
6. Move on
7. Radio Song
8. Get Me Outta Here
9. Cold Hard Bitch
10. Come Around Again
11. Take It or Leave It ●
12. Lazy Gun
13. Timothy
- Garage rock revival
- Hard rock
35

Fallen

Evanescence
1. Going Under
2. Bring Me to Life
3. Everybody's Fool
4. My Immortal ●
5. Haunted
6. Tourniquet
7. Imaginary
8. Taking Over Me
9. Hello
10. My Last Breath
11. Whisper
- Gothic rock
- Alternative rock
34

Mit Gas

Tomahawk
1. Birdsong
2. Rape This Day
3. You Can't Win ●
4. Mayday
5. Rotgut
6. Capt. Midnight
7. Desastre natural
8. When the Stars Begin to Fall
9. Harelip
10. Harlem Clowns
11. Aktion 13F14
- Alternative rock
- Avant-garde rock
33

A Flame to the Ground Beneath

Lost Horizon
1. Transdimensional Revelation
2. Pure
3. Lost in the Depths of Me ●
4. Again Will the Fire Burn
5. The Song of Earth
6. Cry of a Restless Soul
7. Think Not Foreber
8. Highlander (The One)
9. Deliverance
- Power metal
32

Kivenkantaja

Moonsorrow
1. Raunioilla ●
2. Unohduksen lapsi
3. Jumalten kaupunki / Tuhatvuotinen perintö
4. Kivenkantaja
5. Tuulen tytär/Soturin tie
6. Matkan lopussa
- Folk metal
- Viking metal
31

Nocturama

Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
1. Wonderful Life
2. He Wants You
3. Right out of Your Hand
4. Bring It on
5. Dead Man in My Bed
6. Still in Love
7. There Is a Town
8. Rock of Gibraltar
9. She Passed by My Window
10. Babe, I'm on Fire ●
- Alternative rock
- Post-punk
30

Swampsong

Kalmah
1. Heroes to Us ●
2. Burbot's Revenge
3. Cloned Insanity
4. The Third, the Magical
5. Bird of Ill Omen
6. Doubtful About It All
7. Tordah
8. Man with Mystery
9. Moon of My Nights
- Melodic death metal
- Power metal
29

Death Cult Armageddon

Dimmu Borgir
1. Allegiance
2. Progenies of the Great Apocalypse ●
3. Lepers Among Us
4. Vredesbyrd
5. For the World to Dictate Our Death
6. Blood Hunger Doctrine
7. Allehelgens død i helveds rike
8. Cataclysm Children
9. Eradication Instinct Defined
10. Unorthodox Manifesto
- Symphonic black metal
28

The Beyond

Cult of Luna
1. Inside Fort Meade
2. Receiver
3. Genesis ●
4. The Watchtower
5. Circle
6. Arrivaal
7. Leash
8. Clones
9. Deliverance
10. Further
- Atmospheric sludge metal
- Post-metal
27

Choirs of the Eye

Kayo Dot
1. Marathon
2. A Pitcher of Summer
3. The Manifold Curiosity ●
4. Wayfarer
5. The Antique
- Avant-garde metal
- Post-metal
26

The Eyes of Alice Cooper

Alice Cooper
1. What Do You Want from Me?
2. Between High School & Old School
3. Man of the Year ●
4. Novocaine
5. Bye Bye, Baby
6. Be With You Awhile
7. Detroit City
8. Spirits Rebellious
9. This House Is Haunted
10. Love Should Never Feel Like This
11. The Song That Didn't Rhyme
12. I'm So Angry
13. Backyard Brawl
- Garage rock
- Hard rock
25

Nordland II

Bathory
1. Fanfare
2. Blooded Shore
3. Sea Wolf
4. Vinland
5. The Land
6. Death and Resurrection of a Northern Son
7. The Messenger
8. Flash of the Silverhammer
9. The Wheel of Sun ●
10. Outro
- Folk metal
- Viking metal
24

Déjà Entendu

Brand New
1. Tatou
2. Sic Transit Gloria ... Gloria Fades ●
3. I Will Play My Game Beneath the Spin Light
4. Okay I Believe You, but My Tommy Gun Don't
5. The Quiet Things That No One Ever Knows
6. The Boy Who Blocked His Own Shot
7. Jaws Theme Swimming
8. Me vs. Maradona vs. Elvis
9. Guernica
10. Good to know That If I Ever Need Attention All I Have to Do Is Die
11. Play Crack the Sky
- Alternative rock
- Post-hardcore
23

As the Palaces Burn

Lamb of God
1. Ruin ●
2. As the Palaces Burn
3. Purified
4. 11th Hour
5. For Your Malice
6. Boot Scraper
7. A Devil in God's Country
8. In Defense of Our Good Name
9. Blood Junkie
10. Vigil
- Groove metal
- Thrash metal
22

Killing Joke

Killing Joke
1. The Death & Resurrection Show ●
2. Total Invasion
3. Asteroid
4. Implant
5. Blood on Your Hands
6. Loose Cannon
7. You'll Never Get to Me
8. Seeing Red
9. Dark Forces
10. The House That Pain Built
- Industrial metal
- Industrial rock
21

Office of Strategic Influence

OSI
1. The New Math (What He Said)
2. OSI
3. When You're Ready
4. Horseshoes and B-52's
5. Head
6. Hello, Helicopter
7. ShutDOWN ●
8. Dirt from a Holy Place
9. Memory Daydreams Lapses
10. Standby (Looks Like Rain)
- Progressive metal
- Progressive rock
20

Valley of the Damned

DragonForce
1. Invocation of the Apocalyptic Evil
2. Valley of the Damned ●
3. Black Fire
4. Black Winter Night
5. Starfire
6. Disciples of Babylon
7. Revelation
8. Evening Star
9. Heart of a Dragon
- Power metal
19

Below the Lights

Enslaved
1. As Fire Swept Clean the Earth
2. The Dead Stare
3. The Crossing
4. Queen of Night
5. Havenless ●
6. Ridicule Swarm
7. A Darker Place
- Progressive black metal
- Avant-garde metal
18

Decoration Day

Drive-By Truckers
1. The Deeper in
2. Sink Hole
3. Hell No, I Ain't Happy
4. Marry Me
5. My Sweet Annette ●
6. Outfit
7. Heathens
8. Sounds Better in the Song
9. (Something's GOt to) Give Pretty Soon
10. Your Daddy Hates Me
11. Careless
12. When the Pin Hits the Shell
13. Do It Yourself
14. Decoration Day
15. Loaded Gun in the Closet
- Southern rock
- Country rock
17

Absolution

Muse
1. Intro
2. Apocalypse Please
3. Time Is Running out
4. Sing for Absolution
5. Stockholm Syndrome
6. Falling Away From You
7. Interlude
8. Hysteria ●
9. Blackout
10. Butterflies and Hurricanes
11. The Small Print
12. Endlessly
13. Thoughts of a Dying Atheist
14. Ruled by Secrecy
- Progressive rock
- Alternative rock
16

Transatlanticism

Death Cab for Cutie
1. The New Year ●
2. Lightness
3. Title and Registration
4. Expo 86
5. The Sound of Settling
6. Tiny Vessels
7. Transatlanticism
8. Passenger Seat
9. Death of an Interior Decorator
10. We Looked Like Giants
11. A Lack of Color
- Art rock
- Indie rock
15

In Keeping Secrets of Silent Earth: 3

Coheed and Cambria
1. The Ring in Return
2. In Keeping Secrets of Silent Earth: 3 ●
3. Cuts Maked in the March of Men
4. Three Evils (Embodied in Love and Shadow)
5. The Crowing
6. Blood Red Summer
7. The Camper Velourium I: Faint of Hearts
8. The Camper Velourium II: Backend of Forever
9. The Camper Velourium III: Al the Killer
10. A Favor House Atlantic
11. The Light & the Glass
12. 21:13
- Post-hardcore
- Progressive rock
- Emo
14

Souvenirs

The Gathering
1. These Good People
2. Even the Spirits Are Afraid
3. Broken Glass
4. You Learn About It
5. Souvenirs ●
6. We Just Stopped Breathing
7. Monsters
8. Golden Grounds
9. Jelena
10. A Life All Mine
- Art rock
- Alternative rock
13

The Blessed Hellride

Black Label Society
1. Stoned and Drunk
2. Doomsday Jesus
3. Stillborn
4. Suffering Overdue
5. The Blessed Hellride
6. Funeral Bell
7. Final Solution
8. Destruction Overdrive ●
9. Blackened Waters
10. We Live No More
11. Dead Meadow
- Heavy metal
- Southern metal
12

Viva Emptiness

Katatonia
1. Ghost of the Sun ●
2. Sleeper
3. Criminals
4. A Premonition
5. Will I Arrive
6. Burn the Remembrance
7. Wealth
8. One Year from Now
9. Walking by a Wire
10. Complicity
11. Evidence
12. Omerta
13. Inside the City of Glass
- Alternative metal
- Progressive metal
11

The Impossibility of Reason

Chimaira
1. Cleansation
2. The Impossibility of Reason
3. Pictures in the Gold Room
4. Power Trip ●
5. Down Again
6. Pure Hatred
7. The Dehumanizing Process
8. Crawl
9. Stigmurder
10. Eyes of a Criminal
11. Overlooked
12. Implements of Destruction
- Groove metal
10

Meteora

Linkin Park
1. Foreword
2. Don't Stay
3. Somewhere I Belong
4. Lying from You
5. Hit the Floor
6. Easier to Run
7. Faint
8. Figure.09
9. Breaking the Habit
10. From the Inside
11. Nobody's Listening
12. Session
13. Numb ●
- Alternative metal
- Alternative rock
9

Dance of Death

Iron Maiden
1. Wildest Dreams
2. Rainmaker
3. No More Lies
4. Montsegur
5. Dance of Death ●
6. Gates of Tomorrow
7. New Frontier
8. Paschendale
9. Face in the Sand
10. Age of Innocence
11. Journeyman
- Progressive metal
- Heavy metal
8

Silence Is Easy

Starsailor
1. Music Was Saved
2. Fidelity
3. Some of Us
4. Silence Is Easy
5. Telling Them
6. Shark Food ●
7. Bring My Love
8. White Dove
9. Four to the Floor
10. Born Again
11. Restless Heart
12. Could You Be Mine?
13. At the End of a Show
- Baroque pop
7

Thirteenth Step

A Perfect Circle
1. The Package
2. Weak and Powerless ●
3. The Noose
4. Blue
5. Vanishing
6. A Stranger
7. The Outsider
8. Crimes
9. The Nurse Who Loved Me
10. Pet
11. Lullaby
12. Gravity
- Progressive rock
- Art rock
6

Birds of Pray

Live
1. Heaven
2. She
3. The Sanctity of Dreams
4. Run Away
5. Life Marches on
6. Like I Do
7. Sweet Release
8. Everytime I See Your Face
9. Lighthouse
10. River Town
11. Out to Dry
12. Bring the People Together
13. What Are We Fighting for? ●
- Alternative rock
5

Rainy Day Music

The Jayhawks
1. Stumbling Through the Dark
2. Tailspin
3. All the Right Reasons
4. Save It for a Rainy Day
5. Eyes of Sarah Jane
6. One Man's Problem
7. Don't Let the World Get in Your Way ●
8. Come to the River
9. Angelyne
10. Madman
11. You Look So Young
12. Tampa to Tulsa
13. Will I See You in Heaven
14. Stumbling Through the Dark (Reprise)
- Country rock
- Indie rock
4

De-loused in the Comatorium

The Mars Volta
1. Son et Lumiere
2. Inertiatic Esp
3. Roulette Dates (The Haunt of)
4. Tira me a las arañas
5. Drunkship of Lanterns
6. Eriatarka
7. Cicatriz Esp ●
8. This Apparatus Must Be Unearthed
9. Televators
10. Take the Veil Cerpin Taxt
11. Ambuletz
- Progressive rock
- Art rock
3

High Anxiety

Therapy?
1. Hey Satan You Rock ●
2. Who Knows
3. Stand in Line
4. Nobody Here But Us
5. Watch You Go
6. If It Kills Me
7. My Voodoo Doll
8. Limbo
9. Last Blast
10. Rust
- Alternative metal
- Punk rock
2

Train of Thought

Dream Theater
1. As I Am
2. This Dying Soul
3. Endless Sacrifice ●
4. Honor Thy Father
5. Vacant
6. Stream of Consciousness
7. In the Name of God
- Pogressive metal
1

Damnation

Opeth
1. Windowpane ●
2. In My Time of Need
3. Death Whispered a Lullaby
4. Closure
5. Hope Leaves
6. To Rid the Disease
7. Ending Credits
8. Weakness
- Pogressive rock

My favourite albums from 2003

The Earth Is Not a Cold Dead Place

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It Still Moves

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The Morning Never Came

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Crimson II

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No Cities Left

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Elephant

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Ok nefna tysvar Ty

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Dopesmoker

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Where Lovers Mourn

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Elements Pt. 2

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Elements Pt. 1

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Her Majesty the Decemberists

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The Wolf

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The Puppet Master

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Get Born

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Fallen

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Mit Gas

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A Flame to the Ground Beneath

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Kivenkantaja

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Nocturama

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Swampsong

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Death Cult Armageddon

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The Beyond

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Choirs of the Eye

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The Eyes of Alice Cooper

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Nordland II

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