GMD Poll: Top 10 Metal Albums of 1992

[no country for old wainds]

4) The IVth Crusade by Bolt Thrower
An endless spiral of depravity...

"Trying to decide which Bolt Thrower is best is like trying to decide which Italian dish is best. You think of a good one and then you remember 4 other good ones and then you just go "............" and shut down and explode." - @CASSETTEISGOD

Chosen by:
Atomic Tide (#1)
Elric of Melniboné (#2)
-CyanideChrist- (#4)
EspaDa (#4)
CASSETTEISGOD (#5)
alex76 (#7)
Talos of Atmora (#8)
The Ozzman (#10)
Sirjack (n/a)

 

[no country for old wainds]

^great album and very close to making my top 10. I realize my top 10 is unpopular and recognize that DH album's strength and influence though, so I'm happy to see it make the list. Though yeahhh Images and Words is totally better and more influential

infinitely more influential, no doubt. i'm dubious about demolition hammer being particularly influential. i'm not denying they had a following before then, before someone jumps in about how they were huge where they grew up or whatever, but online at least they seemed an almost unknown band before 2008ish when they just blew up overnight. it seemed like a very short time between me not having even heard of them and their being a staple of the thrash canon. this is supported by only 35 of the 1007 ratings on RYM for this album being before 2008, only 3 of the 26 MA reviews, etc. i wonder what triggered the sudden surge.

edit: i guess century media reissued their stuff in 2008? that may be it

 

[Baroque]

And like Italian food, it's pretty much the same formula, but it works once in awhile

 

[no country for old wainds]

no offense to bolt thrower but they can't even begin to compete with italian food.

 

[Baroque]

infinitely more influential, no doubt. i'm dubious about demolition hammer being particularly influential. i'm not denying they had a following before then, before someone jumps in about how they were huge where they grew up or whatever, but online at least they seemed an almost unknown band before 2008ish when they just blew up overnight. it seemed like a very short time between me not having even heard of them and their being a staple of the thrash canon. this is supported by only 35 of the 1007 ratings on RYM for this album being before 2008, only 3 of the 26 MA reviews, etc. i wonder what triggered the sudden surge.

Definitely influential. I was just getting into guitar in 92 and most of the rock guitarists I knew went from wanting to play like EVH to wanting to play like John Petrucci. this album alone converted many people to metal and launched/popularized a whole new wave of prog metal

Yeah I'm not really sure when the DH craze started either, I hadn't really heard of them until a few years ago

 

[no country for old wainds]

fair enough, i don't doubt it. i'm thinking they must've slid back into some level of obscurity in the interim though.

 

[Baroque]

fair enough, i don't doubt it. i'm thinking they must've slid back into some level of obscurity in the interim though.

Oh no I was talking about dream theater, agreeing with you

 

[H.P. Lovecraft]

Definitely influential. I was just getting into guitar in 92 and most of the rock guitarists I knew went from wanting to play like EVH to wanting to play like John Petrucci. this album alone converted many people to metal and launched/popularized a whole new wave of prog metal

Yeah I'm not really sure when the DH craze started either, I hadn't really heard of them until a few years ago

Rather true. As much as I love both Eddie and Petrucci, among other ultra techy/showy players, a lot of budding guitarists are drawn, with almost pukish mindlessness, to the guy who plays the fanciest lick or the fastest arpeggio. They oft ignore technically sparser, but less bloated, and perhaps even more tasteful playing in favor of it.

 

[no country for old wainds]

oh duh. the clue being you named a legendary member of dream theater. ignore me lol

 

[Baroque]

Pretty excited to see the top 3 not gonna lie. No idea what they'll be

Perhaps demigod

 

[The Ozzman]

Drum tracks on IVth Crusade suck but yeah. Italian food is the shit as well.

 

[Phylactery]

Top 3 Demigod, Darkthrone and At the Gates?! Great result if so.

Also, you're probably going to get pretty bored of tallying up all these results soon. Let me know if you want me to do one in future.

 

[no country for old wainds]

3) The Red in the Sky is Ours by At the Gates
I cast you down from your throne of lies, and accuse you of a thousand sins...

"the red in the sky is ours destroys slaughter of the soul. Alf leaving the band was the worst possible thing for them. and for him too really - Oxiplegatz is kinda fucking strange. It is quite clear that Alf and Anders needed one another to balance their bad aspects out a bit. Alf had his weirdness kept in check, and Anders had his desire for 'simplicity' kept in check." - Mort Divine

Chosen by:
Phylactery (#1)
Mort Divine (#1)
crimsonfloyd (#1)
no country for old wainds (#1)
Dazed and Brutal (#2)
EspaDa (#2)
Slayed Necros (#3)
Vilden (#8)

 

[no country for old wainds]

Also, you're probably going to get pretty bored of tallying up all these results soon. Let me know if you want me to do one in future.

i'm enjoying it so far, but i will do cheers!

 

[TechnicalBarbarity]

Why the fuck is shit degenerating again after like 3 days? Jesus..

he must have missed the announcement.

 

[no country for old wainds]

2) A Blaze in the Northern Sky by Darkthrone
Diabolic forces in a ceremonial union...

"A Blaze in the Northern Sky is Darkthrone's best. And Kathaarian Life Code is pretty much the best black metal song ever." - @Vilden

Chosen by:
Vilden (#1)
Phylactery (#2)
crimsonfloyd (#2)
CASSETTEISGOD (#2)
Mort Divine (#3)
Atomic Tide (#4)
Talos of Atmora (#5)
TechnicalBarbarity (#6)
Dazed and Brutal (#6)
no country for old wainds (#8)

 

[Phylactery]

I can't believe you ranked Diabolical Fullmoon Mysticism over that Darkthrone album! Immortal are a weird band for me, though. Had they not recorded Pure Hololcaust, I'm not sure I'd even think they were a good band. I'm also surprised that you were the only person to include that album and Descend into the Absurd (I think anyway).

 

[no country for old wainds]

1) Slumber of Sullen Eyes by Demigod
Now I'm one with darkness forever...

"Slumber of Sullen Eyes would've likely won this without much competition a decade ago." - @Slayed Necros

Chosen by:
-CyanideChrist- (#1)
zerostatic (#1)
Master_Yoda77 (#1)
Slayed Necros (#2)
Mort Divine (#2)
no country for old wainds (#3)
Phylactery (#3)
Dazed and Brutal (#4)
Vilden (#5)
EspaDa (#5)
crimsonfloyd (#5)
Atomic Tide (#6)
alex76 (#6)
TechnicalBarbarity (#8)

 

[Talos of Atmora]

I'm kind of disappointed that Somewhere Far Beyond didn't get a spot in the top ten but this is still a fantastic list, regardless.

 

[no country for old wainds]

I can't believe you ranked Diabolical Fullmoon Mysticism over that Darkthrone album! Immortal are a weird band for me, though. Had they not recorded Pure Hololcaust, I'm not sure I'd even think they were a good band. I'm also surprised that you were the only person to include that album and Descend into the Absurd (I think anyway).

mort also picked the fleshcrawl, it's not that well liked in my experience though. people find the song structures overlong and meandering i guess, it's just everything i want out of death metal though, a proper successor to autopsy that isn't just a clone. i don't get how anyone could hear the perfect, crushing opener and not immediately think they were in the presence of one of the genre's platonic ideals, it's about as definitively DEATHLY as music gets. but yeah, i'm more surprised about BEYOND SANCTORUM failing to even hit double figures in points, although i'm not that big of a fan overall.

as for darkthrone, i think they more fully came into their own on the next two records, identity-wise, but there are several amazing moments/passages on the first one - i'm just not that invested in between, relative to my favourites. i flirted with all kind of placements on my list for that one. that's one classic where i feel like i must be missing some kinda magic that's gonna click one of these days - same goes for ONWARD TO GOLGOTHA. i do like it plenty though or i wouldn't have listed it.

i don't think immortal's debut is far from PH level personally.