GMD Poll: Top 10 Metal Albums of 2003

[Krow]

@no country for old wainds

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

Hopefully
1. - 10
2. - 9
3. - 8
4. - 7
5. - 6
6. - 5
7. - 4

Because giving other stuff extra points by rating less albums is exploiting the point system and being a faggot.

 

[Phylactery]

Well it should be obvious what my number one pick for this year is going to be. I've got a lot of relistening to do before I can order the rest though.

 

[Talos of Atmora]

1. Edge of Sanity - Crimson II
2. Grave Digger - Rheingold
3. Lost Horizon - A Flame to the Ground Beneath
4. DoomSword - Let Battle Commence
5. Drudkh - Forgotten Legends
6. Bathory - Nordland II
7. Fairyland - Of Wars in Osyrhia
8. Hammers of Misfortune - The August Engine
9. Kamelot - Epica
10. The Lord Weird Slough Feg - Traveller

 

[Vilden]

I think Let the Battle Commence is the worst Doomsword album, never really liked it.

 

[The Ozzman]

Sargeist - Satanic Black Devotion
Iron Maiden - Dance of Death
Drawn and Quartered - Extermination Revelry
Trivium - Ember to Inferno
DevilDriver - DevilDriver
Dream Theater - Train of Thought
Katatonia - Viva Emptiness
Black Label Society - The Blessed Hellride
Opeth - Damnation
Enslaved - Below the Lights

 

[crimsonfloyd]

Damnation isn't a metal album.

 

[Serjeant Grumbles]

I think Let the Battle Commence is the worst Doomsword album, never really liked it.

tho

 

[-CC-]

Slough Feg is going to miss out on the top 10 because of people's inconsistency between calling them Slough Feg and The Lord Weird Slough Feg, essentially splitting their votes in half.

That's actually the case in Spotify. They've been split into two separate artists with different albums on each listing. Fucking annoying.

 

[Serjeant Grumbles]

That's actually the case in Spotify. They've been split into two separate artists with different albums on each listing. Fucking annoying.

That's true; I've seen it for meself.

But that's actually less annoying than completely different artists of the same name being merged together on a single page.

 

[-CC-]

Oh yeah. I had no idea the masterminds behind Slumber of Sullen Eyes also wrote classics such as "The Pride of General Custer".

 

[EspaDa]

Damnation isn't a metal album.

Indeed. Not a single metal element to be found on Damnation.

 

[The Ozzman]

Fuck it. No country can just leave it out.

 

[H.P. Lovecraft]

No order. Just validate the first ten, like last time.

Reverend Bizarre - Harbinger of Metal
Sleep - Dopesmoker
Bathory - Nordland II
The Lord Weird Slough Feg - Traveller
Nunslaughter - Goat
Dream Theater - Train of Thought
While Heaven Wept - Of Empires Forlorn
Grave Digger - Rheingold
Sargeist - Satanic Black Devotion
Drudkh - Forgotten Legends
Darkthrone - Hate Them
DoomSword - Let The Battle Commence
Hammers of Misfortune - The August Engine
Blood Duster - Blood Duster
John Arch - A Twist of Fate
Drawn and Quartered - Extermination Revelry
Twisted Tower Dire - Crest of the Martyrs
Grand Magus - Monument
Vital Remains - Dechristianize
Black Label Society - The Blessed Hellride
Marilyn Manson - The Golden Age of Grotesque
Overkill - Killbox 13
Deströyer 666 - Terror Abraxas
Portal - Seepia

 

[-CC-]

This year is gonna have a wild top 10. So far it seems only Drudkh and Slough Feg will be for-sure's. I had predicted Blut Aus Nord to win this year, but so far I'm the only guy who voted for them? UM done changed.

 

[HamburgerBoy]

Oh yeah. I had no idea the masterminds behind Slumber of Sullen Eyes also wrote classics such as "The Pride of General Custer".

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What in the fuck is this? This is pretty fucking weird stuff actually. Only CDBaby could publish music as avant-garde as this.

Like the tracklisting reveals that this album contains two 11 minute songs, a 13 minute song, two 17 minute songs, and a 20 minute song. One of these 11 minute songs rotates between cheap synth-banjo and wall-of-sampling-bullshit noise-metal for its duration as far as I can tell. Other songs sound like a Z-rate redneck Cocteau Twins. This is visionary. Far more interesting than Slumber. Thanks for posting this.

 

[-CC-]

This is visionary. Far more interesting than Slumber. Thanks for posting this.

You're not actually wrong. And mind you, Slumber is my favorite metal album of all time.

 

[CiG]

I think Let the Battle Commence is the worst Doomsword album, never really liked it.

I definitely prefer it to the debut.

 

[Phylactery]

3. Mi'gauss - Open Season

What's this? Never heard of it.

 

[Slayed Necros]

What's this? Never heard of it.

Death metal, fairly melodic, somewhat reminiscent of Arghoslent.

 

[The Ozzman]

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