GMD Poll: Top 10 Metal Albums of 1995

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

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"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)
 
From my math Graveland beats it by as many as 11 points, depending on how I-TEND-TO-DIE's vote was weighed.
 
3) Bergtatt by Ulver
She saw the hall of shadows, so cold and ever-blue...

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"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)
 
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.
 
2) Storm of the Light's Bane by Dissection
Can't resist the night's sweet blood...

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"You know, I've come across many BM fans who believe that Dissection was just generic melodeath posing as black metal (I know, hilarious) but the thing that makes the band so great is the fact that it's not just the sound but also the melodies that make the music sound the way it does. The Somberlain and Storm of the Light's Bane have this artistically-crafted and unique kind of malevolence to them which is why Dissection is considered so influential. I don't even know what the hell they meant with that statement. While being much more melodic compared to other BM bands, they still had that rough production quality that gave it its coldness." - @Talos of Atmora

Chosen by:
crimsonfloyd (#1)
Slayed Necros (#1)
Talos of Atmora (#1)
Vilden (#3)
TechnicalBarbarity (#3)
rms (#3)
Baroque (#5)
Dazed and Brutal (#5)
zerostatic (#5)
Atomic Tide (#7)
Phylactery (#8)
alex76 (#9)
-CyanideChrist- (#10)
 
1) Die Healing by Saint Vitus
Insanity is contagious, I speak from experience...

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"Just listened to Die Healing,a brilliant album but a rotten and unhappy one as well.No other album I know of really has the genuine atmosphere of filth that can come from drugs and the shit.Its a fucking awesome album but I always feel a bit sorry for them when I hear it and knowing a bit about the history of the band." - @JontRevolting

Chosen by:
Krow (#1)
CASSETTEISGOD (#1)
Burkhard (#2)
Mort Divine (#2)
HamburgerBoy (#4)
no country for old wainds (#4)
Vilden (#4)
Bloopy (#5)
Phylactery (#7)
Slayed Necros (#8)
Talos of Atmora (#8)
rms (#8)

Master_Yoda77 (#9)
Atomic Tide (#10)
I-TEND-TO-DIE (N/A)
 
Even though I only gave it a 9 it really pleases me that Saint Vitus got number 1 and Dissection didn't. It's a good album but ranking it higher than Graveland is just silly.
 
1) Saint Vitus - Die Healing | 86.5 from 15 votes
2) Dissection - Storm of the Light's Bane | 82 from 13 votes
3) Ulver - Bergtatt | 68 from 12 votes
4) Graveland - Thousand Swords | 60 from 8 votes
5) Death - Symbolic | 59.5 from 9 votes
=6) Mutiilation - Scarlet Evil Witching Black | 46 from 8 votes
=6) Necromantia - Scarlet Evil Witching Black | 46 from 7 votes
8) Suffocation - Pierced From Within | 42.5 from 7 votes
9) Blind Guardian - Imaginations From the Other Side | 39 from 5 votes
10) Meshuggah - Destroy Erase Improve | 37 from 5 votes
11) Nåstrond - Toteslaut | 34 from 4 votes
12) Darkthrone - Panzerfaust | 33 from 7 votes
13) Iced Earth - Burnt Offerings | 32 from 5 votes
14) Coroner - Coroner | 29.5 from 4 votes
15) Down - NOLA | 29 from 4 votes
16) My Dying Bride - The Angel and the Dark River | 27 from 3 votes
17) Summoning - Minas Morgul | 24 from 4 votes
=18) In the Woods... - Heart of the Ages | 23 from 4 votes
=18) The Gathering - Mandylion | 23 from 3 votes
=20) Vlad Tepes/Belketre - March to the Black Holocaust | 21 from 4 votes
=20) Vader - De Profundis | 21 from 4 votes
22) Abigor - Nachthymnen (...From the Twilight Kingdom) | 20 from 5 votes
=23) Fear Factory - Demanufacture | 19 from 4 votes
=23) Ved Buens Ende - Written in Waters | 16 from 3 votes
25) Skepticism - Stormcrowfleet | 18 from 3 votes
=26) Virgin Steele - The Marriage of Heaven and Hell Pt. 2 | 17 from 3 votes
=26) Revelation - Yet so Far | 17 from 3 votes
28) Voivod - Negatron | 16.5 from 3 votes
29) Order from Chaos - Dawn Bringer | 16 from 2 votes
=30) Blut Aus Nord - Ultima Thulée | 15 from 3 votes
=30) Blood Farmers - Blood Farmers | 15 from 2 votes
32) Paradise Lost - Draconian Times | 14.5 from 3 votes
33) Varathron - Walpurgisnacht | 14 from 5 votes
34) Dream Theater - A Change of Seasons | 13 from 2 votes
35) Motorhead - Sacrifice | 12.5 from 3 votes
36) Opeth - Orchid | 12 from 2 votes
=37) Morbid Angel - Domination | 11 from 3 votes
=37) Malevolent Creation - Eternal | 11 from 2 votes
=39) Sinister - Hate | 10.5 from 3 votes
=39) Yngwie Malmsteen - Magnum Opus | 10.5 from 2 votes
=39) Symphony X - The Damnation Game | 10.5 from 2 votes
=42) Deicide - Once Upon the Cross | 10 from 2 votes
=42) Lugubrum- Winterstones | 10 from 1 votes
=42) King Diamond - The Spider's Lullabye | 10 from 1 votes
=42) Tankard - Tankard | 10 from 1 votes
 
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so darkthrone missed out on the top 10 somewhat surprisingly, ALKAHEST didn't even make double figures and nor did onceuponatime forum darling UNITED ARYAN EVIL, immortal, gamma ray, absu, kataklysm, fleurety or dismember. SLAUGHTER OF THE SOUL got a single point.