GMD Poll: Top Ten Albums of 1990

[TechnicalBarbarity]

1990
RYM ALBUM LIST
RYM EP LIST

Reminder of the rules:
- please submit at least *5* releases. But just remember, real men vote at 10.
- first place in your rankings gets 10 points, 2nd gets 9, etcetc, 10th gets 1.
- feel free to post more than 10, but only the top 10 will get points.
- feel free to post less than 10, the same scoring will apply.
- feel free not to rank your picks, in which case all ten picks will get 5.5 points.
- if you're so much of a dick that you have to post more than 10 unranked picks, only the first 10 will count. In other words, go back to rule #3

please try to submit your lists by March 26th

 

[Sophii]

Hype. I'll look through the RYM list while at work and post mine tonight.

 

[TechnicalBarbarity]

My final top ten will look something like this...

1 - Megadeth - Rust in Peace
2 - Death - Spiritual Healing
3 - Sadus - Swallowed in Black
4 - Razor - Shotgun Justice
5 - Atheist - Piece of Time
6 - Slayer - Seasons in the Abyss
7 - Vio-lence - Oppressing the Masses
8 - Obliveon - From This Day Forward
9 - Master - Master
10 - Artillery - By Inheritance



11 - Believer - Sanity Obscure
12 - Morbid Saint - Spectrum of Death
13 - Massacra - Final Holocaust
14 - Despair - Decay of Humanity
15 - Destruction - Cracked Brain
Carnage - Dark Recollections
Merciless - The Awakening
Obituary - Cause of Death
Stone - Colours
Sodom - Better Off Dead
Entombed - Left Hand Path
Demolition Hammer - Tortured Existence
Testament - Souls of Black
Kreator - Coma of Souls


*heads up, Atheist's Piece of Time was first released in 1989 in the UK

 

[The Ozzman]

I cannot remember: Are ties allowed now or not?

 

[The Ozzman]

Pantera - Cowboys from Hell
Megadeth - Rust in Peace
Obituary - Cause of Death
Forbidden - Twisted into Form
Razor - Shotgun Justice
Entombed - Left Hand Path
Slayer - Seasons in the Abyss
Death - Spiritual Healing
Kreator - Coma of Souls
Queensryche - Empire

Something like that. I may rank them at some point but that is my list as of now.

 

[no country for old wainds]

yawn, shit year

 

[CiG]

Seriously?

 

[TechnicalBarbarity]

yawn, shit year

 

[Sophii]

I have a good 30+ to go through, fuck!

 

[Slammed]

1. Judas Priest – Painkiller
2. Megadeth - Rust in Peace
3. Slayer - Seasons in the Abyss
4. Exhorder - Slaughter in the Vatican
5. Bruce Dickinson - Tattooed Millionaire
6. Incubus - Beyond the Unknown
7. Atrophy - Violent by Nature
8. Anthrax - Persistence of Time
9 . Exodus - Impact Is Imminent
10. Iron Maiden - No Prayer for the Dying

HM
Obituary - Cause of Death
Death - Spiritual Healing
Suicidal Tendencies - Lights Camera Revolution
Lawnmower Deth - Ooh Crikey It's... Lawnmower Deth
Light Force - Break the Curse
The Obsessed – The Obsessed

 

[no country for old wainds]

Seriously?

no

actually, now i've seen slammed's list... yes

 

[Sophii]

1.) Megadeth - Rust in Peace
2.) Slayer - Seasons of the Abyss
3.) Bathory - Hammerheart
4.) Nocturnus - The Key
5.) Winter - Into Darkness
6.) Testament - Souls of Black
7.) Cannibal Corpse - Eaten Back to Life
8.) Tiamat - Sumerian Cry
9.) Gargoyle - 檄 Furebemi
10.) Cerebral Fix - Tower of Spite

HM:
Alice in Chains - Facelift
Exhorder - Slaughter in the Vatican
Vio-Lence - Oppressing the Masses
Pantera - Cowboys From Hell
Queensryche - Empire
Saint Vitus - V
Tourniquet - Stop the Bleeding
Seventh Angel - The Torment
Sadus - Swallowed in Black
Sodom - Better off Dead
Black Sabbath - Tyr
Samhain - Final Descent
Impetigo - Ultimo Mondo Cannibale

 

[Baroque]

This will most likely change but going based on memory

1) Megadeth - Rust in Peace
2) Obliveon - From This Day Forward
3) Artillery - By Inheritance
4) Believer - Sanity Obscure
5) Mekong Delta - Dances of Death
6) Judas Priest – Painkiller
7) Dio - Lock Up the Wolves
8) Atheist - Piece of Time
9) Despair - Decay of Humanity
10) Obituary - Cause of Death

Trouble - s/t
Kreator - Coma of Souls
Seventh Angel - The Torment
Acid Reign - Obnoxious
Sacred Reich - The American Way
Death - Spiritual Healing
Xentrix - For Whose Advantage?
Iced Earth - s/t
Risk - Dirty Surfaces
Stone - Colours

 

[jimmy101]

Alice in Chains - Facelift

What's the official word on this? Allowed, or not allowed?

 

[Sophii]

What's the official word on this? Allowed, or not allowed?

Considering I have it as an honorable mention and not on the top 10 list, i dont see why it wouldnt. I mean yeah its a 90s Alt Metal album but its got some standard fair heavy metal on there too.

 

[Oblivious Maximus]

1. Black Sabbath - Tyr
2. Psychotic Waltz - A Social Grace
3. Saint Vitus - V
4. Alice in Chains - Facelift
5. Danzig - II: Lucifuge
6. Winter - Into Darkness
7. Pantera - Cowboys from Hell
8. Count Raven - Storm Warning
9. Celtic Frost - Vanity/Nemesis
10. Trouble - Trouble

 

[Krow]

Tyr is a fine fucking choice!

 

[Allfader]

Bathory - Hammerheart
Deicide - Deicide
Obituary - Cause of Death
Danzig II - Lucifuge
Artillery - By Inheritance
Death - Spiritual Healing
Dio - Lock Up The Wolves
Nocturnus - The Key
Merciless - The Awakening
King Diamond - The Eye

 

[TechnicalBarbarity]

...is that list in order sir?!

 

[CiG]

I'm getting conflicting information about Into the Mirror Black. Is it a 1989 album or a 1990 album? Mine says 1990 but a bunch of sites say otherwise.