GMD Poll: Top 10 Metal Albums of 1995

[Talos of Atmora]

I think missed the point of "Where Dead Angels Lie" if you think it is saccharine. It's purely sardonic, with the way it mixes these quaint, angelic melodies with these bleaker and eviler melodies to describe the murder of the divine. It's deliciously iconoclastic.

Pretty much sums up why I like that track.

 

[crimsonfloyd]

Two of their best songs appear on their 1996 EP Sorgh Pa Svarte Vingar Fløgh



The best full length by them is Nær Solen Gar Niþer For Evogher.

Many of your points about SotLB simply don't ring true for me. Every song certainly doesn't stand out, it definitely has peaks and low points and isn't consistent. The Somberlain clicked with me far quicker due to its superior aesthetic and songwriting.

I'll check out those Dawn records.

As for SotLB, it looks like a difference in perspective (in which my perspective is right and yours is wrong )

 

[EspaDa]

To me this is the song that defines Dawn.

 

[TechnicalBarbarity]

The Somberlain >> Storm of the Light's Bane

Dissection >>> Dawn

 

[Phylactery]

The official list:

Far Away from the Sun > Naer Solen... > The Somberlain > Welcome my Last Chapter > Slaughtersun > Storm of the Light's Bane

 

[HamburgerBoy]

A Night at the Opera fucking sucks.

I began to enjoy it a lot more once I realized how much Crimson Glory there was in some of those melodies.

 

[no country for old wainds]

@HamburgerBoy ya, just a typo in the post, edited now

 

[no country for old wainds]

8) Pierced From Within by Suffocation
It will bring you to your knees...

"MOAR SUFFOCATION PLEAZE! what the fuck is wrong with you guys?" - @TechnicalBarbarity

Chosen by:
The Ozzman (#1)
EspaDa (#2)
TechnicalBarbarity (#2)
-CyanideChrist- (#6)
zerostatic (#8)
crimsonfloyd (#10)
Sirjack (N/A)

 

[no country for old wainds]

=6) Vampires of Black Imperial Blood by Mutiilation
I'm one with the fog...

"...probably the best bm-album from France." - @Vilden

Chosen by:
Vilden (#1)
crimsonfloyd (#2)
Dazed and Brutal (#4)
EspaDa (#5)
Krow (#7)
Talos of Atmora (#7)
spikes77 (#7)
Phylactery (#9)

=6) Scarlet Evil Witching Black by Necromantia
Turn from the light and live for eternity...

"Listen to Necromantia's SEWB and then Dimmu's PEM. They're pretty similar aesthetically. The former has a more necrotic, buzzy production; it's still suffocated by manic drumming, features clean vocals(Spiritdance, and that interlude), swirling dramatic keyboards and guitar(okay, bass) pyrotechnics. The only difference is that PEM is more overproduced but lets the guitars breathe in between the blasting sections with more accent on harmony and dynamics. It is brought down by processed vocals, though, and some industrial segments, but that's a minor flaw as I see it." - @DarkBliss

Chosen by:
Mort Divine (#1)
Krow (#2)
Slayed Necros (#4)
Phylactery (#5)
Talos of Atmora (#6)
Dazed and Brutal (#6)
rms (#7)

 

[no country for old wainds]

had to use the darkbliss quote lol sorry. classic shit. the original HBB?

 

[HamburgerBoy]

had to use the darkbliss quote lol sorry. classic shit. the original HBB?

I don't remember him, what did we have in common?

 

[no country for old wainds]

he used to constantly call people out for holding double standards, liking certain albums over others due to their reputation rather than any musical differences between them etc. i wouldn't be surprised if he used the phrase 'in crowd' at some point. he was a lot more emotional about it than you though ha

 

[no country for old wainds]

5) Symbolic by Death
In need of a fix called innocence...

"Death are and always will be one of the greatest DM bands of all time, no matter what any of you rabid forever Death hating clowns on this board say." - @TechnicalBarbarity

Chosen by:
TechnicalBarbarity (#1)
Baroque (#2)
The Ozzman (#2)
alex76 (#2)
Talos of Atmora (#5)
zerostatic (#6)
HamburgerBoy (#8)
Burkhard (#8)
I-TEND-TO-DIE (#n/a)

 

[CiG]

I love that artwork so much...

 

[no country for old wainds]

I love that artwork so much...

yeah it owns.

 

[no country for old wainds]

4) Thousand Swords by Graveland
We follow the trace of blood in the snow...

"a peyote trip into the ancient past, more authentic and transporting than any other "pagan" heavy metal record you might care to name." - @no country for old wainds

Chosen by:
Master_Yoda77 (#1)
Dazed and Brutal (#2)
Phylactery (#2)
no country for old wainds (#3)
Slayed Necros (#3)
Serjeant Grumbles (#3)
Vilden (#6)
TechnicalBarbarity (#8)

 

[TechnicalBarbarity]

Should Thousand Swords be above Symbolic ? Or has math failed me once again?

 

[HamburgerBoy]

From my math Graveland beats it by as many as 11 points, depending on how I-TEND-TO-DIE's vote was weighed.

 

[no country for old wainds]

3) Bergtatt by Ulver
She saw the hall of shadows, so cold and ever-blue...

"I find Garm's clean vocals here to be very ethereal. I know Ulver get a lot of shit, but I've always enjoyed this album and Nattens Madrigal. I used to listen to this a lot on my drive to and from University which was full of winding country roads surrounded by trees." - @Phylactery

Chosen by:
Vilden (#2)
rms (#2)
spikes77 (#2)
Phylactery (#4)
TechnicalBarbarity (#5)
Serjeant Grumbles (#5)
Atomic Tide (#6)
crimsonfloyd (#6)
Dazed and Brutal (#7)
EspaDa (#8)
no country for old wainds (#8)
Talos of Atmora (#9)

 

[no country for old wainds]

thousand swords got 60 and symbolic 59.5. i-tend-to-die's vote was worth 5.5 for the record

i could start posting the points as well as rankings if it'll help avoid confusion.