GMD Poll: Top Ten Albums of 1993

[Vegard Pompey]

I am expanding my horizons in death/black metal, but it's distinctly not my favorite kind of metal so I only have so much will to keep exploring the genre canon. Though there is a subtype of both genres I am particularly fond of; for death metal, it's the kind of winding early melodeath I've talked about before, and for black metal, it's the more first-wave influenced, riffy, midpaced kinda stuff along the lines of Celtic Frost, Sigh and Barathrum. And Flames of Hell, whatever the fuck that is.

 

[no country for old wainds]

And here I was thinking you were expanding your horrizons in death/black metal!

I agree on Varathron vs Rotting Christ. I’ve owned his Majesty for years and while I do like it a lot, it’s never matched up to Rotting Christ or Necromantia for me. I prefer their sophomore actually and I recommend you check that one out if you haven’t.

and the fourth one, tis great

 

[no country for old wainds]

1) at the gates - with fear i kiss the burning darkness
2) darkthrone - under a funeral moon
3) torchure - the essence
4) necrophobic - the nocturnal silence
5) catacomb - in the maze of kadath
6) depressive age - lying in wait
7) eucharist - a velvet creation
8) immortal - pure holocaust
9) burzum - det som engang var
10) rotting christ - thy mighty contract
10) brutality - screams of anguish

don't wanna drop one of those last two so fuck it, they get 0.5 each.

HM:
obliveon - nemesis
christ agony - unholyunion
disciples of power - invincible enemy
supuration - the cube
horrified - in the garden of the unearthly delights

could've easily named 20 HMs i really like but went for the more obscure or unexpected ones. awesome year.

 

[Talos of Atmora]

What was the cutoff date for this one?

 

[CiG]

Well, we've got well over 30 list submissions so who is even left to submit theirs at this point?

 

[Vegard Pompey]

I probably should've checked out the Torchure, I really liked that one song you submitted in the mixtape game way back.

 

[Phylactery]

I still need to post mine! Will get on it soon.

 

[no country for old wainds]

I probably should've checked out the Torchure, I really liked that one song you submitted in the mixtape game way back.

you also gave an obliveon song 10/10 iirc

 

[Vegard Pompey]

Haha I don't remember that. Don't even know what genre they are.

 

[no country for old wainds]

tech thrash. the song was 'frosted avowals', your review was "RIFFS"

 

[Vegard Pompey]

I do have a way with words.

 

[Phylactery]

It was the round where Obliveon got ROBBED by Pestilence.

 

[CiG]

 

[no country for old wainds]

i like how i literally went on vacation for three days and came back and there's still no phylactery list let alone any results

reminds me of my polls tbh

 

[The Ozzman]

There's no deadline in the original post so of course there's no sense of urgency for people to provide lists or for results to be tallied.

 

[Phylactery]

Sorry lads. I’ll have my list sorted very soon!

 

[Mort Divine]

 

[rms]

1. Necrophobic - The Nocturnal Silence






2. Varathron - His Majesty at the Swamp
3. Rotting Christ - Thy Mighty Contract
4. Dissection - The Somberlain
5. Necromantia - Crossing the Fiery Path
6. Utumno - Across the Horizon
7. Darkthrone - Under a Funeral Moon
8. Rippikoulu - Musta sermonia

 

[Talos of Atmora]

I lol'd

 

[Phylactery]

1. Necrophobic - The Nocturnal Silence
2. Immortal - Pure Holocaust
3. Mystifier - Goetia

Next few are unranked because this is too fucking hard.

Darkthrone - Under a Funeral Moon
Catacomb - In the Maze of Kadath
Rotting Christ - Thy Mighty Contract
Dissection - The Somberlain
God Macabre - The Winterlong
At the Gates - With Fear I Kiss the Burning Darkness (went into this pretty sure that this would not make the top 10, but the peaks are way too fucking high for it not to.)
Emperor/Enslaved - Emperor/Hordanes Land

Honourable mentions:

Dark Tranquillity - Skydancer
Purtenance - Member of Immortal Damnation
Obliveon - Nemesis
Eucharist - A Velvet Creation
Rippikaulu - Musta Seremonia
Demilich - Nespithe
dISEMBOWELMENT - Transcendance into the Peripheral
Insanity - Death After Death
Horrified - In the Garden of the Unearthly Delights
Moondark - The Shadowpath
Sentenced - North From here
Necromantia - Crossing the Fiery Path
Unanitmated - In the Forest of the Dreaming Dead
Creepmime - Shadows
Varathron - His Majesty at the Swamp
Amorphis - Privilege of Evil