GMD Poll: Top Ten Albums Of 1988

[no country for old wainds]

1) adramelch - irae melanox
2) anacrusis - suffering hour
3) holy terror - mind wars
4) rigor mortis - rigor mortis
5) metallica - ...and justice for all
6) death - leprosy
7) lust - we'll never die
8) voivod - dimension hatross
9) pestilence - malleus maleficarum
10) vio-lence - eternal nightmare

that was tough. there's really good stuff that wouldn't even make my top 20 for this year.

 

[Phylactery]

If you've not started counting them, I'll do an unordered list.

Adramelch - Irae Melanox
Realm - Endless War
Vio-lence - Eternal Nightmare
Coroner - Punishment for Decadence
Sadus - Illusions
Holy Terror - Mind Wars
Crimson Glory - Transcendence
Death - Leprosy
Bathory - Blood Fire Death (inconsistent as it is)
Rigor Mortis - Rigor Mortis

I'm not saying this is a bad year btw, I like plenty of stuff from it. I just don't care for it as much as most of the others we've done.

 

[zabu of nΩd]

I had no knowledge of the existence of Adramelch until this thread. Listening to Irae Melanox now, pretty awesome stuff.

It's hasty to rank an album after one listen, but I think this should be on my list, so I updated it.

 

[The Ozzman]

It's probably overrated like most albums everyone here says are the best of all time

 

[CiG]

Probably better than everything you like, including that album if you ever end up liking it.

 

[The Ozzman]

Probably better than everything you like, including that album if you ever end up liking it.

Wut? I've heard the album. I didn't cream my pants like everyone does when the album is mentioned typically.

Better than all of the 1000+ albums I own? Not by a long shot

 

[no country for old wainds]

i'll be starting the countdown soon, but i can reveal that this is easily the closest top ten we've had so far. insanely close really.

 

[no country for old wainds]

10) Eternal Nightmare by Vio-Lence
Doctor help me! At any cost! Please make it go away before I am totally lost...

"You don't like the first Vio-lence album? What the fucking fuck? Who the fuck doesn't like that? Also, Suicidal Tendencies?? WAR!! INSIDE MY HEAD!!! WAR!! INSIDE MY HEAD!! You should look at yourself from distance, like a philosopher, and fucking think about your values. Not liking Eternal Nightmare doesn't even fucking make sense, you had to make it up on LSD." - @Onder

"anyone that hates on Vio-Lence for their vocals needs to go jump off of a bridge. Eternal Nightmare is a top 10 all time thrash metal album ... if you dont like that album, then i dont fucking like you." - @TechnicalBarbarity

"Today marks the first time someone commented on the music I was listening too in the car. Was blasting Eternal Nightmare, some dude I think with face tattoos and piercings (but it was hard to tell because of the sun's glare) was all "FUCK YEAH VIO-LENCE" and threw me the horns. My autistic reaction time was a little slow and prevented me from taking a hand off of the steering wheel (even though we were stopped at a light) but I think I managed a smile, an audible "Yeah", and a high-impact headnod. I turned the music down a bit in anticipation of a potential brief conversation but wondered if I was actually being rude by not turning it up even more." - @HamburgerBoy

Chosen by:
Slayed Necros (#1)
rms (#1)
RadicalThrasher (#2)
Satanstoenail (#3)
TechnicalBarbarity (#6)
-CyanideChrist- (#6)
I-TEND-TO-DIE (#9)
no country for old wainds (#10)
Manic Ferocity (N/A)
Phylactery (N/A)

TOTAL: 61 POINTS

 

[no country for old wainds]

9) Seventh Son of a Seventh Son by Iron Maiden
So it shall be written... So it shall be done...

"SSoaSS is filler-free, perhaps the only Maiden album to be so. Very cohesive and compelling record from start to finish. The tracks are free bloated passages as well. The title track may be long, but it is perfectly paced and developed to function as the epic centerpiece of the album." - @crimsonfloyd

"It took hearing most of Seventh Son live to get me to really love that album. Hearing The Clairvoyant live was an experience I can't describe." - @The Ozzman

Chosen by:
The Ozzman (#1)
crimsonfloyd (#1)
EspaDa (#1)
Vilden (#2)
Atomic Tide (#2)
Krow (#4)
zabu of nΩd (#7)
Funerary_Doom (#7)
Satanstoenail (#10)

TOTAL: 64 POINTS

 

[RadicalThrasher]

10) Eternal Nightmare by Vio-Lence

 

[no country for old wainds]

something i noticed while searching: i-tend-to-die has voivod 10th in his 1988 list, and... 7th in the all time list he posted a week or two earlier. he sure went off that one fast.

 

[The Ozzman]

I-TEND-TO-CHANGE-MY-MIND

 

[Vegard Pompey]

I counted Adramelch's votes and it came out to 91 points. Did you mess up or did I?

 

[crimsonfloyd]

I like the addition of the total points.

 

[no country for old wainds]

I counted Adramelch's votes and it came out to 91 points. Did you mess up or did I?

i think you've counted rms' vote as unordered but he's clarified in the past that all his un-numbered lists are ordered.

you're right that i've fucked up though, funnily enough - i was just posting about it. turns out i somehow counted all of grumbles' votes twice ahahaha, i guess this was bound to happen eventually. it affects nothing i've posted so far except number 8, so i'm just gonna delete that post and carry on from there. apologies all!

 

[-CC-]

at HBB's Vio-lence story

 

[no country for old wainds]

8) "Them" by King Diamond
It is time for tea, it is time again!

"Good Christ y'all are gay. King Diamond is great. I love almost everything they/he's done. Melissa, Abigail, The Eye, and Them are some of my absolute favorite albums. Guitar work is nuts, Andy LaRoque is a god damned beast. Kings vocals are the tits. And Mickey Dee behind the kit was just awe worthy. So fun." - @divine_torture

"As I sit here and listen to Welcome To My Nightmare, I realize King Diamond himself was listening to this back in the day. Listen to Steven and The Awakening and compare it to some of the stuff found on Them. It's eerily similar." - @Krow

Chosen by:
Krow (#1)
RedinTheSky (#1)
zerostatic (#2)
Elric of Melniboné (#2)
Talos of Atmora (#3)
Atomic Tide (#4)
Funerary_Doom (#4)
Anom@nder Rake (#4)
Serjeant Grumbles (#5)
alex76 (#9)
zabu of nΩd (#10)
H.P. Lovecraft (N/A)
Manic Ferocity (N/A)

TOTAL: 87 POINTS

 

[no country for old wainds]

7) South of Heaven by Slayer
Death is fucking you insane!

"I used to think South of Heaven and Seasons were mediocre, but the more I listen to them the more I appreciate some the subtleties in their songwriting." - @HamburgerBoy

"Songs like Ghosts of War, Silent Scream, Read Between the Lies and Mandatory Suicide are some of their darkest, least cheesy and most accomplished. It's the album where they didn't have to prove how fast they could go anymore and instead focus on dynamics. It's also the album that Kerry King had the least to do with, which is definitely a good thing." - @Satanstoenail

"I think the vocals on South of Heaven are perfect for what they're doing. It really puts the emphasis on the lyrics. It's more like spoken poetry set to the soundtrack to Hell. And considering how intense and vivid the lyrics are I enjoy being able to take in each line." - @crimsonfloyd

"I fucking love South of Heaven and you can all get fucked." - @Satanstoenail

Chosen by:
Satanstoenail (#1)
zerostatic (#1)
Slammed (#1)
-CyanideChrist- (#2)
alex76 (#2)
Sirjack (#4)
The Ozzman (#5)
crimsonfloyd (#5)
zabu of nΩd (#6)
Funerary_Doom (#6)
TechnicalBarbarity (#7)
Serjeant Grumbles (#7)
I-TEND-TO-DIE (#8)

TOTAL: 88 points

 

[no country for old wainds]

6) Dimension Hatröss by Voivod
Creeping in your double mind, there's nothing they can't find...

"The most under rated album by them is 'Dimension Hatross' it was FAR FAR beyond it's time in 1988. And really, still pushes the boundary of metal." - @Blade

"ANUS can be pretty cool at very small times, like when Prozak praises Dimension Fucking Hatross." - @Jean-Pierre

"I didnt say those bands werent innovative i meant just not to the same degree Voivod were. All of the big four bands ran out of steam much faster while Voivod continued to evolve. I mean to me Hell Awaits isnt that unique for 1985 since you had bands like Bathory with The Return and Possessed with The seven churches. You also had demo bands making more evil and extreme music at the time. I think it was the standard evolution. That said in 1988 what metal albums sounded anything like Dimension Hatross?" - @MrTagoMago

Chosen by:
Talos of Atmora (#1)
Atomic Tide (#1)
Anom@nder Rake (#1)
Vegard Pompey (#2)
CASSETTEISGOD (#2)
ClichéUserName (#4)
Burkhard (#5)
Krow (#6)
Satanstoenail (#6)
Elric of Melniboné (#7)
RedinTheSky (#8)
no country for old wainds (#8)
-CyanideChrist- (#9)
EspaDa (#9)
I-TEND-TO-DIE (#10)
H.P. Lovecraft (N/A)

TOTAL: 91.5 POINTS

 

[no country for old wainds]

c+ping that made the formatting weird in ways i cannot fathom or be bothered to change sry. actually the formatting's been uneven throughout this countdown. this is officially a bad countdown.