GMD Poll: Top 10 Metal Albums of 1995

[Phylactery]

Nocturnus, Merciless, Carnage, Hellwitch, Massacra, Athiest, Artillery and Blasphemy all released albums better than RIP that year imo. RIP is good (great at times), but I find it inconsistent.

 

[TechnicalBarbarity]

1990 had so many good albums. Rust in Peace, Cause of Death, Swallowed in Black, Seasons in the Abyss, From This Day Forward, Final Holocaust, Spiritual Healing, By Inheritance, Cracked Brain, Left Hand Path, Shotgun Justice, Master, Dark Recollections, Coma of Souls, Iced Earth, Oppressing the Masses, Piece of Time, Sanity Obscure, Slaughter in the Vatican, Tortured Existence, Suiciety etc.

Gonna be a hard fuckin' year to rank.

 

[TechnicalBarbarity]

Nocturnas, Merciless, Carnage, Hellwitch, Massacra and Blasphemy all released albums better than RIP that year imo. RIP is good (great at times), but I find it inconsistent.

definitely just your opinion. I wonder which of those bands will even crack the top 10 for that year. Hmmmm.

 

[HamburgerBoy]

On this forum I could definitely see Hammerheart beating RIP.

 

[EspaDa]

Wanna see COOOWBOOOOOYS FROOM HEEEELL win

 

[TechnicalBarbarity]

On this forum I could definitely see Hammerheart beating RIP.

nah, this place can get pretty ridiculous at times .. but not that's just full on helmet before you take a shower retardation.

 

[Phylactery]

God no. But considering Meshuggah made the top the ten for this year then it'll probably end up getting a spot unfortunately.

Cowboys From Hell is trash.

 

[HamburgerBoy]

If we're making predictions, my guess is something like (top to bottom obviously)

Hammerheart
Rust in Peace
Seasons in the Abyss
Painkiller
Fallen Angel of Doom
Cause of Death
Left Hand Path
By Inheritance
Tortured Existence
Piece of Time
(11)Cowboys from Hell

EDIT: Forgot Painkiller. Not sure if Cowboys would stick on or not after that; I figure Ozzman and one or two others will give it very high ratings and it will only need a few low votes to make it on, but same could easily occur for any of those albums.

Not sure how this forum views Spiritual Healing either, maybe I'm underestimating it relative to the other death metal on the list.

 

[EspaDa]

I never understood the Fallen Angel of Doom hype.

 

[Mort Divine]

spectrum of death would likely do well

 

[HamburgerBoy]

spectrum of death would likely do well

1988.

EDIT: But if you knew that, then yeah it will probably make it onto that year's top 10.

 

[Mort Divine]

1988.

EDIT: But if you knew that, then yeah it will probably make it onto that year's top 10.

wait...what? M-A has 1990, RYM has 1988, wikipedia has 1990

 

[no country for old wainds]

given how psychotic waltz have fared so far, maybe A SOCIAL GRACE will do well.

morbid saint's '88 demo was basically SPECTRUM OF DEATH under a different name i think?

 

[HamburgerBoy]

wait...what? M-A has 1990, RYM has 1988, wikipedia has 1990

The first print on that Mexican label was in 1990, but it had already been distributed a fair amount by tape in 1988.

 

[Mort Divine]

oh ok then makes sense

 

[HamburgerBoy]

given how psychotic waltz have fared so far, maybe A SOCIAL GRACE will do well.

Fingers crossed, though tbh it would only get about 5 points from me max because of the number of favorites I have from that year. I think it will come out just a little under, but maybe high number of esteemed-but-not-universally-admired albums will mean the various death metal releases will have diluted ratings rather than reaching a consensus, and all us prog-oriented guys will band together and put Waltz ahead.

 

[RadicalThrasher]

Starting paperwork....

 

[Burkhard]

1.The Gathering - Mandylion
1.Saint Vitus - Die Healing
1.Sieges Even - Sophisticated
4.The 3rd and the Mortal - Nightswan
5.Death - Symbolic
6.Coroner - Coroner
7.Voivod - Negatron
8.Shadow Gallery - Carved in Stone
9.Lordian Guard - Lordian Guard
10.Hades - Exist to Resist