GMD Poll: Top 10 Metal Albums of 2003

[no country for old wainds]

soooo we move forward 20 years. the least 'classic' year we've done so far, so i'm not sure how this is gonna go in terms of number of votes, but it's kind of intriguing all the same. certainly we're all more likely to discover things we haven't heard already.

gonna say a minimum of 5 releases this time around, to stop people moaning. scoring explained here.

RYM album list
RYM EP list

i'll try to speed up the results process this time, this week was unusually busy for me.

 

[The Ozzman]

I'm out. I barely have 10 releases for this year.

 

[Krow]

Looks like Slough Feg = Drudkh > everything else for me this year.

 

[Talos of Atmora]

Hmm...this will be interesting.

 

[Talos of Atmora]

Looks like Slough Feg = Drudkh > everything else for me this year.

I don't know. There were still quite a few great albums this year.

 

[crimsonfloyd]

Not a clasic year, but there were a handful of great black metal releases (Drudkh, Blut Aus Nord, Leviathan) and numerous solid releases. There's so many bands once you get to the 00s, that the only real challenge is thinning thigs down.

 

[Talos of Atmora]

There was some pretty good power metal this year as well.

 

[Talos of Atmora]

I'm out. I barely have 10 releases for this year.

Put them on anyway. The minimum is 5, so why not?

EDIT: Besides, I came up with 15 right off the top of my head.

 

[CiG]

Zod damn this year is stacked!

1. The Lord Weird Slough Feg - Traveller
2. Reverend Bizarre - Harbinger of Metal
3. Bathory - Nordland II
4. DoomSword - Let Battle Commence
5. While Heaven Wept - Of Empires Forlorn
6. Place of Skulls - With Vision
7. Grave Digger - Rheingold
8. Hammers of Misfortune - The August Engine
9. Enslaved - Below the Lights
   
10. Grand Magus - Monument

Honourable mentions were like 15 strong, so I'll just mention this one that I love so much:

 

[HamburgerBoy]

Bad year for bigger name acts, but still some great stuff from the smaller guys.

1. Ulysses Siren - Above the Ashes (I forget if demo comps count, remind me)
2. The Lord Weird Slough Feg - Traveller
3. Hammers of Misfortune - The August Engine
4. Thalidomide - Le paradis du mal
5. Extol - Synergy
6. Spawn of Possession - Cabinet
7. Hypnotheticall - Thorns
8. Lost Horizon - A Flame to the Ground Beneath
9. John Arch - A Twist of Fate
10. Complex 7 - Process

Oh wait I promised to go full autism...

PropheXy - Enforce Evolve
Wayd - Decadance
Hellfire - Recoffination
Moon of Soul - Titokszülő
Root - Madness of the Graves
Invocator - Through the Flesh to the Soul
Atrox - Orgasm
Overkill - Kill Box 13
Decapitado - Blacked
Wolverine - Cold Light of Monday
Cage - Darker Than Black
Asmodeus - Sabat v Carnegie Hall
Image - Drowning in the Sea of Life
Rage - Soundchaser
Nevermore - Enemies of Reality
Voivod - Voivod
Virus - Carheart
Red Wine - Sueños y locura
Holocaust - Primal
Anthrax - We've Come for You All
Iron Maiden - Dance of Death
Machine Head - Through the Ashes of Empires
Pharaoh - After the Fire
Helloween - Rabbit Don't Come Easy
Grave Digger - Rheingold
Dream Theater - Train of Thought
Metallica - St. Anger
Skid Row - Thickskin
Queensrÿche - Tribe
Morbid Angel - Heretic

 

[Talos of Atmora]

8. John Arch - A Twist of Fate

Matt Hardy's favorite EP.

 

[Krow]

I'm going to go ahead and make a preliminary list I think. Will probably change it before the dust settles.

1. The Lord Weird Slough Feg - Traveller
2. Drudkh - Forgotten Legends
3. Reverend Bizarre - Harbinger of Metal
4. Ghoul - Maniaxe
5. While Heaven Wept - Of Empires Forlorn
6. Toxic Holocaust - Evil Never Dies
7. Nunslaughter - Goat
8. Mutiilation - Majestas Leprosus
9. Nocternity - Onyx
10. Enslaved - Below the Lights

 

[TechnicalBarbarity]

1 - Spawn of Possession - Cabinet
2 - Destroyer 666 - Terror Abraxas
3 - Wolfbrigade - In Darkness You Feel No Regrets
4 - Psycroptic - The Scepter of the Ancients
5 - Vital Remains - Dechristianize
6 - Slough Feg - Traveller
7 - Gory Blister - Art Bleeds
8 - Enslaved - Below the Lights
9 - Severed Savior - Brutality is Law
10 - Runemagick - Darkness Death Doom

 

[Baroque]

Metalstorm's list:

http://www.metalstorm.net/bands/albums_top.php?album_year=2003

 

[Talos of Atmora]

@Baroque As much as I love Damnation, I don't think it has much relevance in this list.

 

[CiG]

Metalstorm's list:

http://www.metalstorm.net/bands/albums_top.php?album_year=2003

Pretty crummy list.

 

[Baroque]

I was into Progressive Metal exclusively in 2003 so this list is going to mostly reflect that

1) Dream Theater - Train of Thought
2) Twelfth Gate - Summoning
3) Adagio - Underworld
4) Extol - Synergy
5) Hammers of Misfortune - The August Engine
6) Municipal Waste - Waste 'Em All
7) Overcast - Under the Face of Chaos
8) Windir - Likferd
9) Edge of Sanity - Crimson II
10) Destruction - Metal Discharge

HM:
DGM - The Hidden Place
Diablo Swing Orchestra - Borderline Hymns
Sleep - Dopesmoker
Enslaved - Below the Lights
Parallaxe - Parallaxe
Serdce - Аритмия
Toxic Holocaust - Evil Never Dies

 

[Baroque]

@Baroque As much as I love Damnation, I don't think it has much relevance in this list.

me either, just giving a 2nd opinion to RYM

 

[Baroque]

@no country for old wainds

How does scoring work if we only rate say, 7 albums?

 

[CiG]

You fucking wish.