Decibel Magazine Top 40 of 2004

[Nate The Great]

If you're interested. Decibel Magazine is sort of like the American Terrorizer. I think I've tried to turn some of you guys onto the magazine because of their excellent journalism skills. The magazine is pretty much concentrated in the "core" genres, but they do tend to branch out a bit. I'm not saying I agree with this top 40, but at least it is interesting.

1. Dillinger Escape Plan - Miss Machine
2. Converge - You Fail Me
3. Mastodon - Leviathan
4. Mayhem - Chimera
5. Old Man Gloom - Christmas
6. Killswitch Engage - The End of Heartache
7. PsyOpus - Ideas of Reference
8. Isis - Panopticon
9. Shadows Fall - The War Within
10. Comets on Fire - Blue Cathedral
11. Neurosis - The Eye of Every Storm
12. Pig Destroyer - Terrifyer
13. Planes Mistaken for Stars - Up in Them Guts
14. Mare - s/t
15. The Power and the Glory - Call Me Armageddon
16. Lickgoldensky - s/t
17. Candiria - What Doesn't Kill You . . .
18. Time in Malta - Alone With the Alone
19. Wasteland - October
20. Ludicra - Another Great Love Song
21. Mono - Walking Cloud and Deep Red Sky, Flag Fluttered and the Sun Shined
22. The Haunted - rEVOLVEr
23. Motorhead - Inferno
24. Watain - Casus Luciferi
25. Terror - One With the Underdogs
26. Jesu - Heartache
27. Melvins + Lustmord - Pigs of the Roman Empire
28. Noxagt - The Iron Point
29. Darkthrone - Sardonic Wrath
30. The Blood Brothers - Crimes
31. The Hidden Hand - Mother Teacher Destroyer
32. Cult of Luna - Salvation
33. Anata - Under a Stone With No Inscription
34. Premonitions of War - Left in Kowloon
35. God Forbid - Gone Forever
36. Hot Cross - Fair Trades and Farewells
37. Remembering Never - Women and Children Die First
38. Lair of the Minotaur - Carnage
39. These Arms Are Snakes - Oxeneers of The Lion Sleeps When Its Antelope Go Home
40. Unearth - The Oncoming Storm

 

[Black Winter Day]

That's a lot of -core!

They have Watain as 2004. INteresting.

 

[Nate The Great]

The new issue also has a feature where they go Christmas shopping with Akercocke. A few highlighted gifts include: porn, Star Wars action figurs, and Jimi Hendrix doll.

 

[MFJ]

if by interesting you mean stupid

i hope so. And the new Mayhem in the top 5? no fucking way.

 

[Nate The Great]

I can't agree with Mayhem that high either.

I can agree with their number 1, 2, and 3 choices. I'm not saying my list will look like that, but all those albums are easily top 10 for me.

 

[Krilons Resa]

That is awful. Where the fuck is the doom?! the black?! 99.9% of my top30 of this year isn't mentioned in that list.

 

[NAD]

3. Mastodon - Leviathan

Needs to be lower.

8. Isis - Panopticon

Needs to be higher.

21. Mono - Walking Cloud and Deep Red Sky, Flag Fluttered and the Sun Shined

The song lizard sent me was AWESOME, I should get this. Fans of GY!BE take note.

27. Melvins + Lustmord - Pigs of the Roman Empire

I'm starting to get into these dudes after all these years. The Melvins.

 

[neal]

for a list that pretty much has the 'big' -core ones covered, today is the day is conspicuously missing.

 

[Krilons Resa]

for a list that pretty much has the 'big' -core ones covered, today is the day is conspicuously missing.

Very true. WTF?!:Smug:

 

[NADs]

I no like teh list iether.

 

[General Zod]

With the exception of Isis, and perhaps God Forbid, none of those CDs would make my Top 50.

Zod

 

[Black Winter Day]

7. PsyOpus - Ideas of Reference
10. Comets on Fire - Blue Cathedral
13. Planes Mistaken for Stars - Up in Them Guts
15. The Power and the Glory - Call Me Armageddon
16. Lickgoldensky - s/t
19. Wasteland - October
21. Mono - Walking Cloud and Deep Red Sky, Flag Fluttered and the Sun Shined
25. Terror - One With the Underdogs
26. Jesu - Heartache
28. Noxagt - The Iron Point
30. The Blood Brothers - Crimes
34. Premonitions of War - Left in Kowloon
36. Hot Cross - Fair Trades and Farewells
40. Unearth - The Oncoming Storm

Never even heard of these... can someone tell me about a few of these?

 

[Erik]

"Casus Luciferi" > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > "Chimera"

 

[Erik]

Never even heard of these... can someone tell me about a few of these?

I will tell you about Jesu since it's the only one I know (I think that Plane/Star band is fagcore, i.e. emo though fyi):

Jesu is the new project of Justin Broderick (GODFLESH)... That particular release is a 2-track "EP" which nevertheless clocks in at about 40 minutes. It's basically Godflesh goes doom/sludge something. Slow, melancholic but still with the machine-like/industrial twist to it, typical Godflesh riffs and drum machine patterns. You should try it, I liked it.

 

[JayKeeley]

20. Ludicra - Another Great Love Song

Hmm, someone liked it after all. I knew it was worth more than 4/10!

 

[Demonspell]

Way too -core dominated, but it does its share of decent inclusions from outside their focus. That said, only 3, 8, & 11 are guaranteed of appearing in my top whatever list...

 

[JayKeeley]

I have to say, bands like God Forbid, Shadows Fall, The Haunted, Killswitch Engage are all overrated. They are the fallout victims from the demise of nu-Metal (essentially mall-thrash rats). Good for 3 months, and then shelved forever.

It is bands like Mastodon and Isis that will probably take over the rule of that audience, which is a good thing because at least their music makes you think. I dunno, maybe it's a stretch...

 

[Black Winter Day]

Shadows Fall are fun as hell, although for some reason I'm not really planning on buying the new one. I guess if you have one or two, you're good.

 

[JayKeeley]

Don't get me wrong, Shadows Fall serve a purpose for that kinda entertainment. God Forbid are even better! It's just that these aren't exactly "albums for life" if you know what I mean.

P.S. new shadows fall < anything else they've ever done IMO

 

[IOfTheStorm]

I have to say, bands like God Forbid, Shadows Fall, The Haunted, Killswitch Engage are all overrated. They are the fallout victims from the demise of nu-Metal (essentially mall-thrash rats). Good for 3 months, and then shelved forever.