GMD Poll: Top Ten Albums Of 1988

[Vegard Pompey]

1. Adramelch - Irae Melanox
2. Voivod - Dimension Hatröss
3. X Japan - Vanishing Vision
4. Metallica - ...And Justice for All
5. Bathory - Blood Fire Death
6. Lust - We'll Never Die
7. Doom - Complicated Mind
8. Helloween - Keeper of the Seven Keys pt. II
9. Helstar - A Distant Thunder
10. Mephisto - Mephisto

This year saw the release of my favorite album of all time, Irae Melanox. That was the album that made me understand real heavy metal. When I first heard it I was into shitty prog metal. I used to be the kind of person who'd listen to Crystal Logic and think "this is interesting but the sound is too muddy and the singer is too nasal". Irae Melanox changed that. It made me a fan of metal that was... arcane, for lack of a better world. That sounded like it came from a different time and place altogether. And it's probably gonna lose the 10th spot on this list to fucking South of Heaven or something.

 

[CiG]

This year saw the release of my favorite album of all time, Irae Melanox. That was the album that made me understand real heavy metal. When I first heard it I was into shitty prog metal. I used to be the kind of person who'd listen to Crystal Logic and think "this is interesting but the sound is too muddy and the singer is too nasal". Irae Melanox changed that. It made me a fan of metal that was... arcane, for lack of a better world. That sounded like it came from a different time and place altogether. And it's probably gonna lose the 10th spot on this list to fucking South of Heaven or something.

My exclusion of it certainly didn't help, I wish I owned the album and had heard it enough to rate it. I certainly love what I've heard though.

 

[HamburgerBoy]

1. Adramelch - Irae Melanox
2. Voivod - Dimension Hatröss
3. X Japan - Vanishing Vision
4. Metallica - ...And Justice for All
5. Bathory - Blood Fire Death
6. Lust - We'll Never Die
7. Doom - Complicated Mind
8. Helloween - Keeper of the Seven Keys pt. II
9. Helstar - A Distant Thunder
10. Mephisto - Mephisto

This year saw the release of my favorite album of all time, Irae Melanox. That was the album that made me understand real heavy metal. When I first heard it I was into shitty prog metal. I used to be the kind of person who'd listen to Crystal Logic and think "this is interesting but the sound is too muddy and the singer is too nasal". Irae Melanox changed that. It made me a fan of metal that was... arcane, for lack of a better world. That sounded like it came from a different time and place altogether. And it's probably gonna lose the 10th spot on this list to fucking South of Heaven or something.

Adramelch is in a lot of people's lists, without going back and checking things I bet it's going to be at least in the top 5.

Glad to see Doom and Mephisto as well. Mephisto's S/T had that same first-listen "Holy fuck this is from another world" impact on me that Irae Melanox did, maybe even more strong, unfortunately it didn't quite hold up for me to that extent. More people need to hear that album at least once.

 

[no country for old wainds]

@EspaDa @Master_Yoda77 @Dazed and Brutal @Phylactery @I-TEND-TO-DIE @Funerary_Doom @EternalMetal @RedinTheSky @gand1234 @spikes77

just a warning that i'll be announcing results this coming weekend.

 

[Funerary_Doom]

1. Sabbat - History of a Time to Come : I fucking love this album. I really wish that this lineup stayed together. Also, I want my hands on Dreamweaver so bad.

2. Bathory - Blood Fire Death: This reminds me so much of my teenage years. Always get crazy feels when I listen to this album.

3. Dark Quarterer - The Etruscan Prophecy: I love the guitar work on this album so much. It's one I've revisited within the past year (maybe because of those mixtape games? And loved again all over again.

4. King Diamond - Them: King Diamond was basically my teenage years. Also, really love this album.

5. Adramelch - Irae Melanox: I actually heard this recently (within the past year or two) and I had it on repeat. Amazing album.

6. Slayer - South of Heaven

7. Iron Maiden - Seventh Son of a Seventh Son

8. Cloven Hoof - Dominator

9. Pantera - Power Metal: This is the only Pantera album I've enjoyed the whole way through.

10. Virgin Steele - Age of Consent: Let it Roooooooaaarrrrrrrr ROAR! I use to listen to this album a lot.

Anyone finding how much their taste have changed doing these lists? On my iTunes I have stuff like OLD that I dont listen to anymore and a few others. Also Sabbat beating Bathory is nuts to me. Teenage me would be disappointed, but that Sabbat album rules. Also, from seeing everyone's lists theres a shit ton of stuff I havent heard yet from this year.

 

[Talos of Atmora]

I added The Etruscan Prophecy on my list. I thought that it came out in 1989 for some odd reason.

 

[Mort Divine]

yay more love for sabbat

 

[EspaDa]

1. Iron Maiden - Seventh Son of a Seventh Son
2. Adramelch - Irae Melanox
3. Metallica - ...And Justice for All
4. Napalm Death - FETO
5. Helloween - Keeper of the Seven Keys Pt. II
6. Crimson Glory - Transcendence
7. Death - Leprosy
8. Running Wild - Port Royal
9. Voivod - Dimension Hatröss
10. Queensryche - Operation: Mindcrime

 

[Serjeant Grumbles]

1. Adramelch - Irae Melanox
2. Voivod - Dimension Hatröss
3. X Japan - Vanishing Vision
4. Metallica - ...And Justice for All
5. Bathory - Blood Fire Death
6. Lust - We'll Never Die
7. Doom - Complicated Mind
8. Helloween - Keeper of the Seven Keys pt. II
9. Helstar - A Distant Thunder
10. Mephisto - Mephisto

This year saw the release of my favorite album of all time, Irae Melanox. That was the album that made me understand real heavy metal. When I first heard it I was into shitty prog metal. I used to be the kind of person who'd listen to Crystal Logic and think "this is interesting but the sound is too muddy and the singer is too nasal". Irae Melanox changed that. It made me a fan of metal that was... arcane, for lack of a better world. That sounded like it came from a different time and place altogether. And it's probably gonna lose the 10th spot on this list to fucking South of Heaven or something.

You need to change your title now.

 

[Vegard Pompey]

Because I left out The Etruscan Prophecy? It falls pretty far short of the debut for me.

 

[HamburgerBoy]

S/T is definitely better, way too much neoclassical guitar wank on The Etruscan Prophecy.

 

[I-TEND-TO-DIE]

1. Anacrusis - Suffering Hour
2. Blind Illusion - The Sane Asylum
3. Coroner - Punishment For Decadence
4. Forbidden - Forbidden Evil
5. Rigor Mortis - s/t
6. Sabbat - History of a Time to Come
7. Saint Vitus - Mournful Cries
8. Slayer - Sout of Heaven
9. Vio-Lence - Eternal Nightmare
10. Voivod - Dimension Hatröss

 

[Sirjack]

christ, l left out Sabbat. lm editing my top ten wains

 

[no country for old wainds]

1. Anacrusis - Suffering Hour
2. Blind Illusion - The Sane Asylum
3. Coroner - Punishment For Decadence
4. Forbidden - Forbidden Evil
5. Rigor Mortis - s/t
6. Sabbat - History of a Time to Come
7. Saint Vitus - Mournful Cries
8. Slayer - Sout of Heaven
9. Vio-Lence - Eternal Nightmare
10. Voivod - Dimension Hatröss

i'm assuming this is in alphabetical rather than preferential order

 

[I-TEND-TO-DIE]

No I think it's also preferential. Suffering Hour is one of my absolute faves. Same goes for Coroner.
It's really strange haha

 

[no country for old wainds]

closing this tonight.

 

[Vegard Pompey]

About time.

 

[no country for old wainds]

come on @Phylactery it only takes 30 seconds to copypaste a list from anus.com

 

[Vegard Pompey]

He's busy becoming gradually more inactive until he ultimately disappears from this forum forever.

 

[RadicalThrasher]

Looking forward to the results. Tip my hat to anyone that has Violent Restitution on their list. @-CyanideChrist- buy ya a beer if you're ever in Chicago for putting it in that #1 spot.

Same for Eternal Nightmare and Serpent Temptation, a fucking crime if those albums don't make it. Great, tough year to rate.