GMD Poll: Top Ten Albums of 1985

[The Ozzman]

I'll have a go at this one. Just getting the list on the proverbial paper for now:

Slayer - Hell Awaits
Exodus - Bonded by Blood
Anthrax - Spreading the Disease
Dokken - Under Lock and Key
Carnivore - Carnivore
Megadeth - KIMB
ADX - Execution
Yngwie - Marching Out
Kreator - Endless Pain
Possessed - Seven Churches
Celtic Frost - To Mega Therion
Dio - Sacred Heart
Armored Saint - Delirious Nomad

 

[Baroque]

1. Watchtower - Energetic Disassembly (top 5 material, you jackasses)

Indeed, top 1 material, only the worthy know

 

[TechnicalBarbarity]

doubt it'll make anyone's list, but just a reminder we decided in the '86 thread that TORMENT IN FIRE was '85.

dammit i forgot about this

 

[Atomic Tide]

1) Slayer - Hell Awaits
2) Dio - Sacred Heart
3) Exodus - Bonded By Blood
4) S.O.D. - Speak English Or Die
5) Sacrifice - Torment In Fire
6) Possessed - Seven Churches
7) Celtic Frost - To Mega Therion
8) Bathory - The Return...
9) Destruction - Infernal Overkill
10) D.R.I. - Dealing With It

HM

Exciter, English Dogs, Dark Angel, Razor, Armored Saint, C.O.C., Venom, Accept, Loudness, Hallows Eve, Omen, Kreator, Anthrax, Trouble...

 

[Slammed]

Probably wont make a huge difference but I decided to change my top 10. Anthrax is out and Armored Saint is in.

 

[CiG]

For some reason I thought Energetic Disassembly was '86, damn it I might have to swap it in with something.

 

[Burkhard]

The following list is still subject to some minor changes. I wouldn't have expected Overkill's debut that high before revisiting it after more than two decades.

1. Fates Warning - The Spectre Within
1. Helloween - Walls of Jericho
3. Sacrilege - Behind the Realms of Madness
4. Overkill - Feel the Fire
5. Helloween - Helloween
6. Vicious Rumors - Soldiers of the Night
7. Trouble - The Skull
8. Agent Steel - Skeptics Apocalypse
9. Chastain - Mystery of Illusion
10. Megadeth - Killing is my Business...

 

[no country for old wainds]

1. fates warning - the spectre within
2. slayer - hell awaits
3. sodom - in the sign of evil
4. blitzkrieg - a time of changes
5. exodus - bonded by blood
6. fatal violence - s/t
7. helloween - s/t
8. trouble - the skull
9. destruction - infernal overkill
10. savage grace - master of disguise

 

[CiG]

@Master_Yoda77 we need more doomsters and Maniila Roadsters in here voting ffs.

 

[HamburgerBoy]

Voting for all two doom metal albums from this year?

 

[CiG]

3 you cuck. Trouble, Saint Vitus and Pentagram. Black Hole too even though I didn't vote for it, he might.

Also, more votes for Manilla Road.

 

[HamburgerBoy]

I always forget about that Saint Vitus album for some reason. In any case, basically all the other main subgenres were doing better that year.

 

[CiG]

Well clearly since there was only 4 doom metal albums released that year, but imo they're all top tier.

 

[HamburgerBoy]

The Skull is the weakest of the first three Trouble albums by a fair margin (though still good overall) and that Black Hole album is not good.

 

[CiG]

The Skull is the weakest of the first three Trouble albums by a fair margin (though still good overall)

Agreed, but not saying much because Trouble's first four are masterpieces basically.

Edit: actually, "The Wish" is a top 5 Trouble tune for me.

 

[CiG]

Ozzman really wasn't lying when he told me GMD is dead, holy shit lmao.

 

[Slammed]

Well say something interesting that invites discussion

 

[CiG]

I would but I'm just not that interesting.

 

[Slammed]

I can tell you what's going to happen on TV in a few hours but that's as interesting as I get tonight.

 

[CiG]

I don't even have television.