As I reviewed more than 100 CD’s and EP’s I decided to pick out the most popular ones and select them to make the top 20 of my favorite ones. It was hard, very hard! The nice thing is that I have seen most of the artist on stage, confirming most of the time what I expected!

FAVOURITE ALBUMS OF 2014

1. VARIOUS ARTISTS Bluetown Electronica
2. CREMATORY Antiserum
3. ARKONA Yav
4. CESAIR Dies, Nox et Omnia
5. PLASTIC NOISE EXPERIENCE Therapy
6. XMH In Your Face
7. FOLK FOR THE PEOPLE Folk for the People: a benefit compilation for the victims of repression in Ukraine
8. ANCIENT BARDS A new dawn ending
9. PRONG Ruining Lives
10. WHISPERS IN THE SHADOW Beyond the Cycles of Time
11. DIARY OF DREAMS Elegies in Darkness
12. IN SLAUGHTER NATIVES Cannula Coma Legio
13. THE UNGUIDED 'Deathwalker' ft Hansi Kürsch of Blind Guardian (Zardonic Remix) + bonus...
14. VARIOUS ARISTS Cultural Differences Vol 1
15. LOVE? Electronically Yours
16. KIRLIAN CAMERA Black Summer Choirs
17. DIABULUS IN MUSICA Argia
18. DOLLS OF PAIN Déréliction
19. VARIOUS ARTISTS Der Eisenberg Sampler Vol 4
20. BLAK OPZ As Nations Decay

THE BEST EP'S OR SINGLES FROM 2014

1. AUTO-AUTO Underwater Sounds EP pt1 - EXLCUSIVE FOR PEEK-A-BOO
2. ALIEN VAMPIRES Hard Drugs & BDSM EP
3.  XMH The Blind
4. K-BEREIT A Forest EP
5. EX-RZ Bankers will never be Beggars
6. SUICIDE COMMANDO Unterwelt
7. STAR INDUSTRY Eyline
8. TOUCHING THE VOID Obsession EP
9. LOVELORN DOLLS The Thrill EP
10. FREAKANGEL Into the fire EP
11. PSY'AVIAH FEAT. KYOKO BAERTSOEN Our Common Future EP
12. TERROLOKAUST Scars that never heal ep
13. ASH CODE Empty Room (Single)
14. SCARLET SOHO Two Steps From Heartache EP
15. METSATÖLL Tõrrede Kõhtudes (In the Bellies of Barrels) - Single

Concert wise I must say that 2014 was a very good year, so it was extremely hard. And when I’m writing this, I still haven’t seen The Cure on stage in London, as they would surely make my top 3!

THE BEST CONCERTS FROM 2014

1. FIREMEN OF DEATH, XMH, IMPLANT, K-BEREIT & SYNTHETICA Terra Gotha XXI, Vlissingen, The Netherlands, 25/01/2014
2. METAL FEMALE VOICES FEST, 18/10/2014 Day 2 ft. Leaves' Eyes, Sirenia, The Sirens and more...
3. ELUVEITIE, ARKONA AND SKáLMöLD Trix, Antwerp (09/11/2014)
4. AKALOTZ, PLASTIC NOISE EXPERIENCE & PORTION CONTROL live in Concert At KAVKA, 02/05/2014, Antwerp, Belgium
5. METAL FEMALE VOICES FEST, 17/10/2014 Day 1 ft. MFV United, Ayin Aleph and more...
6. KIRLIAN CAMERA, ABSOLUTE BODY CONTROL, DER PRAGER HANDGRIFF, IC 434 & HERMAXISS live at JC The Klinker, Aarschot, 8/3/2014, Belgium
7. FRONT242 + RADICAL G live at Vooruit, Ghent, Belgium, 24/5/2014
8. SAIGON BLUE RAIN, SOROR DOLOROSA AND THE BREATH OF LIFE Fantastic.Night XLIII, TAG, Brussels, Belgium, 4/10/2014
9. ANNE CLARK + HERRB & SIMI NAH live in Concert at Zappa, 11/04/2014, Antwerp, Belgium
10. TEMPLES live at the Botanique, 31/3/2014, Brussels, Belgium

Filip VAN MUYLEM
26/12/2014