GMD Poll: Top Ten Albums of 1994

[Vilden]

7. Graveland- Carpathian Wolves: Carpathian Wolves is an unsettlingly dark album. Everything about this record just seethes darkness, from the vile snarls to the vicious riffs to the blaring synths that sound like the soundtrack to the doorway to Hell. The compositions are raw, tribal, and warlike, but also convey a profound, dark mysticism. The album also kicks off with the best piece of black ambient ever recorded.

This sums up alot of my thoughts on early Graveland. I mean they aren't very heavy, or fast, or that opprssive or extreme or anything, but they just OOZE EVIL. The atmosphere is great and the war drum and marching speed of alot of the songs makes it feel very militaristic.

 

[crimsonfloyd]

What. A. Fucking. Year. Mate.

1. Burzum - Hvis lyset tar oss

Please add at least four more albums to this so it can actually count.

 

[EspaDa]

Command acknowledged.

 

[no country for old wainds]

@alex76 @zerostatic @Phylactery @I-TEND-TO-DIE @Mort Divine @H.P. Lovecraft @Vegard Pompey @Funerary_Doom @Anom@nder Rake @EternalMetal @Satanstoenail @zabu of nΩd @RedinTheSky @Manic Ferocity @tagradh @CF87 @Omni @Draehl @Jimmy... Dead.

 

[Phylactery]

Crap. When are you closing this?!

 

[no country for old wainds]

i'm in no hurry as long as lists are still coming in.

 

[Sirjack]

Oh man, I think you should totally check out Regurgitate.

ha yeah l remember these guys, the name just didn't click
shit, carnivorous erection man, brutal and soundalike
shame they just sound like a brutal truth ripoff

 

[CiG]

shame they just sound like a brutal truth ripoff

Not sure what Brutal Truth you've listened to but I don't hear it lmao. I'll take them over Brutal Truth anyways.

 

[Sirjack]

i've only heard them all so yeah, not sure what i'm talking about.
take regurgitate over brutal truth
lol you outta your mind man

 

[Krow]

I agree with him really. Brutal Truth is really boring. (And regurgitate don’t sound much like them either)

 

[CiG]

Brutal Truth are one of the better generigrind bands though.

 

[Anom@nder Rake]

1. Incantation - Mortal Throne of Nazarene
2. Thergothon - Stream from the Heavens
3. Burzum - Hvis Lyset Tar Oss
4. Mayhem - De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas
5. Enslaved - Vikingligr Veldi
6. Emperor - In the Nightside Eclipse
7. Unholy - The Second Ring Of Power
8. Mortuary Drape - All the Witches Dance
9. Darkthrone - Transilvanian Hunger
10. Bethlehem - Dark Metal

 

[Satanstoenail]

ha yeah l remember these guys, the name just didn't click
shit, carnivorous erection man, brutal and soundalike
shame they just sound like a brutal truth ripoff

They sound much more like a Carcass ripoff to me. Guitar sound and vocals are pretty much identical. Also the first riff in that song is a direct ripoff of either a Napalm Death or Terrorizer riff, I can’t remember which.

 

[CiG]

Carcass is definitely much more likely, any deathgrind band worth their salt worships Symphonies of Sickness.

Edit: I've never really heard grindcore fans talk about bands being rip-offs of other bands btw, that's pretty funny in itself.

 

[Omni]

1. Mortuary Drape - All the Witches Dance
2. Mayhem - De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas
3. Gorgoroth - Pentagram
4. Ildjarn-Nidhogg - Norse
5. Solstice - Lamentations
6. Infester - To the Depths, in Degradation
7. Solitude Aeturnus - Through the Darkest Hour
9. Gorement - The Ending Quest
10. Incantation - Mortal Throne of Nazarene

 

[Omni]

1. Mortuary Drape - All the Witches Dance
2. Mayhem - De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas
3. Gorgoroth - Pentagram
4. Ildjarn-Nidhogg - Norse
5. Solstice - Lamentations
6. Infester - To the Depths, in Degradation
7. Solitude Aeturnus - Through the Darkest Hour
9. Gorement - The Ending Quest
10. Incantation - Mortal Throne of Nazarene

Oops, I spliced this together from multiple drafts of the same list. I forgot to add one album.

8. Septic Flesh - Mystic Places of Dawn

 

[Vegard Pompey]

1. Septic Flesh - Mystic Places of Dawn
2. Timeghoul - Panaramic Twilight

1. 3. Gorement - The Ending Quest
2. 4. Rotting Christ - Non Serviam
3. 5. Burzum - Hvis lyset tar oss

6. The Chasm - Procreation of the Inner Temple

7. Graveland - Carpathian Wolves
▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀9. Pentagram- Be Forewarned
10. Vauxdvihl - To Dimension Logic

I didn't get around to checking out everything on my backlog because I spent most of this month listening to Gorement and Rotting Christ.

 

[Mort Divine]

i'll try and get mine in tomorrow, if i don't post it then i probably won't

I'll at least post this here to remind myself to get fucking with it

1a. Burzum - Hvis Lyset Tar Oss
1b. Dawn - Nær sólen gar niþer for evogher
2. Virgin Steele - The Marriage of Heaven and Hell - Part One
3. Enslaved - Vikingligr Veldi
4. Skyclad - Prince of the Poverty Line
5. Running Wild - Black Hand Inn

 

[TechnicalBarbarity]

1. Septic Flesh - Mystic Places of Dawn
2. Timeghoul - Panaramic Twilight

1. 3. Gorement - The Ending Quest
2. 4. Rotting Christ - Non Serviam
3. 5. Burzum - Hvis lyset tar oss

6. The Chasm - Procreation of the Inner Temple

7. Graveland - Carpathian Wolves
▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀9. Pentagram- Be Forewarned
10. Vauxdvihl - To Dimension Logic

I didn't get around to checking out everything on my backlog because I spent most of this month listening to Gorement and Rotting Christ.

Did rms pass his crack pipe to you?

 

[Krow]

1. Septic Flesh - Mystic Places of Dawn
2. Timeghoul - Panaramic Twilight

1. 3. Gorement - The Ending Quest
2. 4. Rotting Christ - Non Serviam
3. 5. Burzum - Hvis lyset tar oss

6. The Chasm - Procreation of the Inner Temple

7. Graveland - Carpathian Wolves
▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀9. Pentagram- Be Forewarned
10. Vauxdvihl - To Dimension Logic

I didn't get around to checking out everything on my backlog because I spent most of this month listening to Gorement and Rotting Christ.

I really like your #8 pick.