GMD Poll: Top Ten Albums Of 1988

[no country for old wainds]

it's not what people were requesting, but it's a period we haven't really touched on yet. the tech 'n prog heads will be happy.

i'll post the full '84 results in the master thread later.

if someone else could link the rym chart thatd be good as i'm on my phone atm

scoring explained

previous poll results

pls list at least 5 thx

 

[Sirjack]

woohoo killer year!

 

[Baroque]

RYM
EPs
Metalstorm

 

[TechnicalBarbarity]

fuck yes, by far one of the best years.

 

[Baroque]

damn this might be the hardest year to rate yet

 

[The Ozzman]

60% of my list is going to be thrash hahaha

 

[TechnicalBarbarity]

damn this might be the hardest year to rate yet

without a doubt.

 

[Baroque]

60% of my list is going to be thrash hahaha

yeah i'm probably going 90% this year, with the exception being Death

Rough draft:
1) Target - Master Project Genesis
2) Death - Leprosy
3) Deathrow - Deception Ignored
4) Metallica - ...And Justice For All
5) Mekong Delta - The Music of Erich Zann
6) Megadeth - So Far, So Good... So What!
7) Despair - History of Hate
8) Sieges Even - Lifecycle
9) Nasty Savage - Indulgence
10) Testament - The New Order


Risk - The Daily Horror News ...From the Lost Side of the World
Stone - s/t
Grinder - Dawn for the Living
DRI - 4 of a Kind
Coroner - Punishment for Decadence
Crimson Glory - Transcendence
Riot - Thundersteel
Voivod - Dimension Hatross
Slayer - South of Heaven
Vio-Lence - Eternal Nightmare
Forbidden - Forbidden Evil
Candlemass - Ancient Dreams
Sadus - Illusions
Rigor Mortis - s/t
Pestilence - Malleus Maleficarum
Nuclear Assault - Survive
Vendetta - Brain Damage
Deathwish - Demon Preacher
Anacrusis - Suffering Hour
Realm - Endless War
Num Skull - Ritually Abused
Blind Illusion - The Sane Asylum
Incubus - Serpent Temptation
Atrophy - Socialized Hate
Cacophony - Go Off
Cerebral Fix - Life Sucks.. And Then You Die!
Dream Death - Journey Into Mystery
Hexenhaus - A Tribute to Insanity
Bulldozer - Neurodeliri
Sacred Reich - Surf Nicaragua
Flotsam and Jetsam - No Place For Disgrace

 

[TechnicalBarbarity]

1: Death - Leprosy
2: Megadeth - So Far, So Good ... So What!
3: Testament - The New Order
4: Coroner - Punishment for Decadence
5: Sadus - Illusions
6: Vio-Lence - Eternal Nightmare
7: Slayer - South of Heaven
8: Razor - Violent Restitution
9: Pestilence - Malleus Maleficarum
10: Metallica - ...And Justice For All.

man was this hard. I have every album on my list ranked at 4.5-5/5, except for AJFA.

HM
Bathory - Blood Fire Death
Hexenhaus - A Tribute to Insanity
Voivod - Dimension Hatross
Holy Terror - Mind Wars
D.R.I. - Four of a Kind
Anacrusis - Suffering Hour
Rigor Mortis - Rigor Mortis
Blind Illusion - The Sane Asylum
Blind Guardian - Battalions of Fear
Realm - Endless War
Deathrow - Deception Ignored
Despair - History of Hate
Riot - Thundersteel
Forbidden - Forbidden Evil
Stone - Stone

 

[The Ozzman]

1: Death - Leprosy
2: Megadeth - So Far, So Good ... So What!
3: Testament - The New Order
4: Coroner - Punishment for Decadence
5: Sadus - Illusions
6: Vio-Lence - Eternal Nightmare
7: Slayer - South of Heaven
8: Razor - Violent Restitution
9: Pestilence - Malleus Maleficarum
10: Metallica - ...And Justice For All.

man was this hard. I have every album on my list ranked at 4.5-5/5, except for AJFA.

HM
Hexenhaus - A Tribute to Insanity
Voivod - Dimension Hatross
Holy Terror - Mind Wars
D.R.I. - Four of a Kind
Anacrusis - Suffering Hour
Rigor Mortis - Rigor Mortis
Blind Illusion - The Sane Asylum
Blind Guardian - Battalions of Fear
Realm - Endless War
Deathrow - Deception Ignored
Despair - History of Hate
Riot - Thundersteel
Forbidden - Forbidden Evil
Stone - Stone

Might have to drop Metallica for Hexenhaus.

Do you have these memorized? I have to relisten to 34 albums....it's going to take me weeks hahaha

 

[TechnicalBarbarity]

yes everything in my top 10 is basically etched into my brain. And i'm not even joking.

Such a godly year.

 

[Talos of Atmora]

Oh, this is going to rule.

 

[Vegard Pompey]

FEARFUL VISIONS OF MAN WITHOUT GOOOOOOODDDDDDD

(fearful visions of lists without Adramelch)

 

[TechnicalBarbarity]

calling all in-crowders

 

[The Ozzman]

I still haven't heard Irae Melanox

 

[Krow]

A great year no doubt but I was hoping for a late 90s or forward year for some variety...

 

[Burkhard]

damn this might be the hardest year to rate yet

Fully agreed. One could say that 1988 is (nearly) an H.P. Lovecraft-year for me. It was the time where I bought about one album per week. By the way, I just noticed that RYM listed Drifter's "Nowhere to Hide" as a 1988-release, whereas it was in fact released in 1989. Drifter's debut "Reality Turns to Dust" was released in 1988, though (and not in 1987, as stated on RYM).

 

[Baroque]

@no country, what method do you use for RNG?

 

[RadicalThrasher]

Subject to Change

1.) Razor - Violent Restitution
2.) Vio-lence - Eternal Nightmare
3.) Uncle Slam - Say Uncle
4.) Wargasm - Why Play Around?
5.) Incubus - Serpent Temptation
6.)Death - Leprosy
7.) Num Skull - Ritually Abused
8.) D.R.I. - 4 of a Kind
9.) Rigor Mortis - s/t
10.) I.N.C. - The Visitor

Honorable mentions, some of these are easliy interchangeable with whats above.
No particular order:
Sadus - Illusions
Holy Terror - Mind Wars
Metallica - And Justice for All
Leeway - Born to Expire
ZnoWhite - Act of God
Target - Master Project Genesis
Suicidal Tendencies - How will I Laugh Tommorow.....
Megadeth - So Far, So Good.......So What?
Impulse Manslaughter - Logical End
Flames - Summon the Dead
Nuclear Assault - Survive
Crumbsuckers - Beast on my Back
Fearless Iranians from Hell - Holy War
Beowulf - Lost my Head......But I'm Back on the Right Track
Slayer - South of Heaven
Realm - Endless War
Pestilence - Malleus Maleficarum
Risk - The Daily Horror News
Iron Maiden - Seventh Son of a Seventh Son
Anacrusis - Suffering Hour
The Accused - Marth Splatterhead's Maddest Stories Ever Told
Dr. Know - Wreckage in Flesh

Yep tons of good stuff.

 

[Vegard Pompey]

This is my definite 1988 list and I will not change it at any point;

1. Adramelch - Irae Melanox
2. Celtic Frost - Cold Lake
3. The Roxx - Watch Us Cum
4. Toy Röz - Toy Röz
5. Poison - Open Up and Say... Ahh!
6. Testament - Testament to TB's Shit Taste
7. Krzysztof Penderecki - Threnody for TB's Lost Balls
8. The TB Sucks Orchestra - s/t
9. Not An Actual Band - Not An Actual Album
10. Remember That Time TB Inflated His Top 10 With Random Glam Albums He's Never Even Listened To In A Poorly Veiled Attempt To Circumvent The 5 Album-Minimum Rule Because He Needs His Opinions To Be Validated So Much That The Idea Of The Results Of A Community Poll Not Reflecting His Opinions Is Existentially Terrifying To Him? - s/t