GMD Poll: Top 10 Metal Albums of 1995
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Master_Yoda77
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I like Nightfall because it's ambitious but I think it fails. It has good songs, but I never want to listen to it.
And where in the holy hell did I ever say that Die Healing was bad?
And where in the holy hell did I ever say that Die Healing was bad?
Phylactery
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Master_Yoda77
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Oh, I totally thought NoCountry was talking to Floyd about me.
CiG
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crimsonfloyd
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When I rank or grade albums, I listen to them as pure works of art, abstracted from factors such as influence, popularity, or underground backlash. As a result, I tend to have more unique perspectives than most people. I guess that's weird.
SotLB is 8 while Two Hunters is 85.
SotLB is massively superior to Somberlain. Somberlain has its moments where it peaks, but SotLB is at the peak from start to finish. It also has a purer and more complete vision.
Sacramentum and Dawn have never resonated with me. I'm sure I'll give them another shot when we do 96 and 98, but even if I have a paradigm shift, there's no way they're passing SotLB.
CiG
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@crimsonfloyd Honestly, for me, Sunbather has always been one of those albums that gained acclaim based entirely upon the circumstances surrounding it rather than its actual merits. You know, the constant bickering regarding what genre it is, the attempts of many critics to look cool by opposing the so-called "elitists" 
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CiG
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crimsonfloyd
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@crimsonfloyd Honestly, Sunbather has always been one of those albums that gained acclaim based entirely upon the circumstances surrounding it rather than its actual merits. You know, the constant bickering regarding what genre it is, the attempts of many critics to look cool by opposing the so-called "elitists"
Did you not read my post? I ignore all that shit when I evaluate albums. I don't give a fuck about whether hipsters or writers from mainstream websites love the album. I'm not gonna pretend to think a record isn't great just because other people who are in "the wrong crowd" also love the album. That's stupid as fuck.
There's a certain balance of despair and hope in that record that I have experienced but never been able to put to words and have rarely heard put to music. Sunbather captures that sound. That's the cliffnotes version of why I hold it in such high esteem.
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wainds, did you disqualify Coroner's S/T? It has an EP's worth of new songs, that's what I gave it first place for, not the compiled older ones.
I agree with you on that. That was just my own opinion regarding the album's overall acclaim, not your own personal opinion of it.
I wasn't really impressed with it back then and now, I still think it's rather orthodox both within a shoegaze context and a black metal context. Especially when other bands (Agalloch, for example) have done that kind of genre-mixing with better results.
Vegard Pompey
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I never listen to Nightfall because the one billion interludes completely kill the flow of that album. That said the title track is fucking transcendent and some of the other songs are good too.
Follow the Blind is the best BG by a wide margin.
Follow the Blind is the best BG by a wide margin.
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I've always liked the interludes, honestly.
It's in my top 5.
It's a bit underwhelming to me but it does have some awesome tracks.
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A Night at the Opera > Nightfall > Imaginations.
Imaginations could have been awsome, the title track, Bright Eyes, I'm Alice for example rules but songs like Born in a Mourning Hall and Another Holy War are among BGs worst.
I agree with @Vegard Pompey about Nightfall, too much nonsens on the album and songs that are annoying but also lots of epic stuff.
While I agree that the 1000 Hansi thing is annoying at first (I also hated it), when you get over it A Night At the Opera is just filled with awsome songs and And The There Was Silence rules fucking supreme.
Guess this is too much of a controversial opinion so I also say that Somewhere Far Beyond is still their peak.
Imaginations could have been awsome, the title track, Bright Eyes, I'm Alice for example rules but songs like Born in a Mourning Hall and Another Holy War are among BGs worst.
I agree with @Vegard Pompey about Nightfall, too much nonsens on the album and songs that are annoying but also lots of epic stuff.
While I agree that the 1000 Hansi thing is annoying at first (I also hated it), when you get over it A Night At the Opera is just filled with awsome songs and And The There Was Silence rules fucking supreme.
Guess this is too much of a controversial opinion so I also say that Somewhere Far Beyond is still their peak.
Master_Yoda77
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