GMD Poll: Top Ten Albums Of 1988

[DisconnectedFromReality]

1. Blood Fire Death
2. Leprosy
3. South of Heaven
4. Seventh Son of a Seventh Son
5. Operation: Mindcrime
6. Keeper of the Seven Keys II
7. And Justice for All
8. Kings of Metal
9. Thundersteel
10. Endless War

 

[Dazed and Brutal]

Shit missed this one too lol.

Albums:
1. Adramelch - Irae Melanox
2. Bathory - Blood Fire Death
3. Hellias - Revenge of Hellias
4. Helstar - A Distant Thunder
5. Rigor Mortis - Rigor Mortis
6. Razor - Violent Restitution
7. Slayer - South of Heaven
8. Liege Lord - Master Control
9. Manowar - Kings of Metal
10. Master Fury - Hell Party

EPS/Demos
1. Tormentor - Seventh Day of Doom
2. Nihilist - Premature Autopsy
3. Raven Bitch - Tear Down the Walls
4. Xandril - Perfect Darkness
5. Mutilated - Psychodeath Lunatics
6. Treblinka - Crawling in Vomits
7. Whetstone - Ancient Metal
8. Exmortis - Descent Into Chaos
9. Velle Witch - 血・貴婦人 Blood Noblewoman
10. Solar Eagle - Solar Eagle

Honorable Mensch:

King Diamond - "Them"
Hexenhaus - A Tribute to Insanity
Psychic Possessor - Toxin Diffusion
Bolt Thrower - In Battle There Is No Law!
Hobbs' Angel of Death - Hobbs Angel of Death
Pestilence - Malleus Maleficarum
Black Shepherd - Immortal Aggression

 

[Dog Hates Us All]

Metallica - ...And Justice For All
Megadeth - So Far, So Good, So What
Slayer - South Of Heaven
Danzig - self titled
Masters Of Reality - self titled
Anthrax - State Of Euphoria
Iron Maiden - Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son
Queensryche - Operation:Mindcrime
Suicidal Tendencies - How Will I Laugh Tomorrow...
D.R.I. - 4 Of A Kind

 

[Goodman]

1. Manowar - Kings of Metal
2. Running Wild - Port Royal
3. Helloween - Keeper of the Seven Keys: Part II
4. Judas Priest - Ram It Down
5. Saxon - Destiny
6. Virgin Steele - Age of Consent
7. Testament - The New Order
8. Grinder - Dawn For The Living
9. Rage - Perfect Man
10. Razor - Violent Restitution

 

[SoulDebtOfficial]

1. Iron Maiden-Seventh Son of a Seventh Son
2. Testament-The New Order
3. Voivod-Dimension Hatross
4. Slayer-South of Heaven
5. Death-Lepropsy
6. Nuclear Assault-Survive
7. Destruction-Release From Agony
8. Overkill-Under the Influence
9. Death Angel-Frolic Through the Park
10. Queensryche-Operation Mindcrime

 

[Burkhard]

1. Hexenhaus - A Tribute to Insanity
2. Death - Leprosy
2. Znowhite - Act of God
4. Anacrusis - Suffering Hour
5. Sieges Even - Life Cycle
6. Coroner - Punishment for Decadence
7. Voivod - Dimension Hatröss
8. Drifter - Reality Turns to Dust
9. Forbidden - Forbidden Evil
10. Mekong Delta - The Music of Erich Zann

Honourable mentions:
Helstar - A Distant Thunder
Flotsam & Jetsam - No Place for Disgrace
Fates Warning - No Exit
Meanstreak - Roadkill
Megadeth - So Far, So Good...So What!
Chastain - The Voice of the Cult
Testament - The New Order
Candlemass - Ancient Dreams
Saint Vitus - Mournful Cries

Made a few changes compared to my original list. Death and Anacrusis switched places as did Sieges Even and Voivod and also Coroner and Mekong Delta. I decided to put Znowhite at no. 2 together with Death and added another four honourable mentions.
Edit: Coroner moved up another three places to 6.

 

[Slayed Necros]

1. Vio-Lence - Eternal Nightmare



2. Rigor Mortis - Rigor Mortis



3. Coroner - Punishment For Decadence



4. Crimson Glory - Transcendence



5. Blind Guardian - Battalions of Fear



6. Bathory - Blood Fire Death



7. Sadus - Illusions



8. Adramelch - Irae Melanox



9. Razor - Violent Restitution



10. Voivod - Dimension Hatröss

 

[Burkhard]

After recently listening to Coroner's "Punishment for Decacdence" fully concentrated with my headphones, I realized how great Ron's bass-playing is and therefore this album went up another three places in my list to no. 6.

 

[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.

did we decide 'thundersteel' is a different year or something? surprised it ain't there otherwise. i also definitely should've listed 'perfect man' given how much i've always listened to it lol

 

[CiG]

This year was really difficult, for some reason I didn't think it would be.

1. Saint Vitus - Mournful Cries
2. Voïvod - Dimension Hatröss
3. Fates Warning - No Exit
4. Bathory - Blood Fire Death
5. Running Wild - Port Royal
6. Death SS - In Death of Steve Sylvester
7. Coroner - Punishment for Decadence
8. Sieges Even - Life Cycle
9. Blind Guardian - Battalions of Fear
10. O.L.D. - Old Lady Drivers

The 1988 Do-Over:


1. Voivod - Dimension Hatröss
Favourite song: "Macrosolutions to Megaproblems"

2. Napalm Death - From Enslavement to Obliteration
Favourite song: "Lucid Fairytale"

3. Death - Leprosy
Favourite song: "Pull the Plug"


4. Sadus - Illusions
Favourite song: "Torture"


5. Saint Vitus - Mournful Cries
Favourite song: "The Troll"


6. Carcass - Reek of Putrefaction
Favourite song: "Suppuration"


7. Slayer - South of Heaven
Favourite song: "Ghosts of War"


8. Bolt Thrower - In Battle There Is No Law!
Favourite song: "Psychological Warfare"


9. Manilla Road - Out of the Abyss
Favourite song: "Helicon"


10. Iron Maiden - Seventh Son of a Seventh Son
Favourite song: "Seventh Son of a Seventh Son"