GMD Poll: Top Ten Albums Of 1988

[The Ozzman]

1) Iron Maiden - Seventh Son of a Seventh Son
2) Metallica - ...And Justice For All
3) Queensryche - Operation: Mindcime
4) Megadeth - So Far, So Good...So What!
5) Slayer - South of Heaven
6) Testament - The New Order
7) Riot - Thundersteel
8) Liege Lord - Master Control
9) Death - Leprosy
10) Jason Becker - Perpetual Burn

That was difficult. Good year.

 

[Elric of Melniboné]

How long do I have to do this?

 

[no country for old wainds]

a few days at least

 

[-CC-]

Wut, I was thinking like 2 more weeks :O

 

[Elric of Melniboné]

1 - Queensrÿche - Operation: Mindcrime
2 - King Diamond - "Them"
3 - Crimson Glory - Transcendence
4 - Coroner - Punishment for Decadence
5 - Helstar - A Distant Thunder
6 - Flotsam and Jetsam - No Place for Disgrace
7 - Voivod - Dimension Hatröss
8 - Vicious Rumours - Digital Dictator
9 - Metallica - ...And Justice for All
10 - Riot - Thundersteel

 

[crimsonfloyd]

a few days at least

Whoa! You usually give 2.5-3 weeks. I've only graded 6 albums so far and still have a ton of albums that need multiple listens.

 

[no country for old wainds]

lol chill guys, i'm not gonna close any of these until it's clear nobody else intends to rate. the above was just a minimum. three weeks is a maximum i guess unless someone convinces me otherwise, i generally aim for two but we tend to run over that obviously. i'm not nearly ready either, this is the hardest year yet for me.

 

[Slammed]

1. Slayer - South Of Heaven
2. Death - Leprosy
3. Atrophy - Socialized Hate
4. Megadeth - So Far So Good So What
5. Anthrax - State Of Euphoria
6. Bolt Thrower - In Battle There Is No Law
7. Tankard - The Morning After
8. Carcass - Reek Of Purification
9. Helloween - Keeper Of The Seven Keys Pt. 2
10. Hobbs Angel Of Death - Hobbs Angel Of Death

Honourable Mentions go to,
D.R.I - 4 Of A Kind
Death Angel - Frolic Through The Park
Metallica - And Justice For All
Ozzy Osbourne - No Rest For The Wicked
Running Wild - Port Royal
Suicidal Tendencies - How Will I Laugh Tomorrow
Testament - The New Order

 

[The Ozzman]

And she still needs to pay with her life for it. You know, that and ever recording a note of her vacuous earsonomies.

I was at a wedding recently and I asked about what a certain song was and people gave me a weird look and said '...Taylor Swift...?' like I had killed their puppy or something.

Couldn't care less about her music.

 

[HamburgerBoy]

I've said far "worse" to bigger men than yourself.

I can't even imagine how big that rabbi's schnoz must have been.

 

[Krow]

I was at a wedding recently and I asked about what a certain song was and people gave me a weird look and said '...Taylor Swift...?' like I had killed their puppy or something.

Couldn't care less about her music.

I'd arg Tay Swift viciously, if you know what I mean.

 

[Talos of Atmora]

So, when is this finished? I read three weeks at some point.

 

[The Ozzman]

I'd arg Tay Swift viciously, if you know what I mean.

Oh I'm not at all saying I wouldn't either haha

 

[Anom@nder Rake]

1. Voivod - Dimension Hatröss
2. Bathory – Blood Fire Death
3. Realm – Endless War
4. King Diamond – “Them”
5. Death – Leprosy
6. Pestilence - Malleus Maleficarum
7. Razor - Violent Restitution
8. Bolt Thrower – In Battle There is No Law
9. Sadus – Illusions
10. Flotsam and Jetsam – No Place for Disgrace

 

[Serjeant Grumbles]

I was at a wedding recently and I asked about what a certain song was and people gave me a weird look and said '...Taylor Swift...?' like I had killed their puppy or something.

Couldn't care less about her music.

You must have really wanted free food/booze.

And she still needs to pay with her life for it. You know, that and ever recording a note of her vacuous earsonomies.

You just don't wanna have fun! Why does music always have to have substance? Why can't it ever just be bland and cloying?

 

[The Ozzman]

You must have really wanted free food/booze.

I've been friends with the groom for 20+ years and it was open bar. Can't say no. The fact that I wasn't actually in the wedding party was a sore spot for me though..

Most of the night it was pop country. I wanted to shoot myself in the head.

 

[no country for old wainds]

Most of the night it was pop country. I wanted to shoot myself in the head.

no country for old ozzman

 

[no country for old wainds]

i noticed that four of my RYM friends' top six tech thrash albums are from this year.

would you guys agree this is the best year for the sub-genre? they also have realm (14th), blind illusion (31st), mekong delta (33rd), sieges even (35th), doom (43rd) and target (44th) in the top 50.

 

[Baroque]

i noticed that four of my RYM friends' top six tech thrash albums are from this year.

would you guys agree this is the best year for the sub-genre? they also have realm (14th), blind illusion (31st), mekong delta (33rd), sieges even (35th), doom (43rd) and target (44th) in the top 50.

It's a fine year. Never really thought about a specific best year for tech thrash. The whole era of '88 to '92, each year is a contender. I might go top 3:

=1) '90
=1) '92
3) '88

But yeah it's easily in the top 3 years of time thus far. This year has quantity, and quality, but not the absolute highest quality, imo.

 

[TechnicalBarbarity]

Definitely a great year for technical thrash metal. But Illusions is not tech-thrash, that comes with their later albums.