GMD Poll: Top Ten Albums of 1996

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@no country for old wainds when are you closing the poll?

 

[HamburgerBoy]

Well, in fairness not a single in-crowd representative included it in their top 10 here, but I don't really remember anyone hating on it. Looks like I might be wrong. Apparently Mort Divine liked Cryptopsy until Dodens told him not to in 2006, then a year later he finds Cryptopsy totally boring apparently. Manic Ferocity made a couple posts calling them extremely boring in 2010. Omni never mentioned them. no wainds was shitting all over them in 2003 before Dodens even got on board, hot damn.

 

[HamburgerBoy]

Production is dissonant and shrill, it's also replete with earsplitting treble spikes. There's an annoying amount of bass slapping. Vocals are decent, talent is displayed at times but the performance is generic overall. They'd be acceptable if the music was better. Songs are devoid of structure and direction. Tempo changes are inexplicable, they exist merely for the sake of it. Drumming is the standard blast-fill, sure it's done capably but who really cares? The release is energetic, but it grates on the listener's nerves over an extended period of time.

 

[CiG]

I'm definitely unlike any of them, so I'd appreciate it if you stopped lumping me in with them.
Ungentle Exhumation was one of the first metal CDs I ever purchased, Cryptopsy fucking rule.

 

[HamburgerBoy]

I'm definitely unlike any of them, so I'd appreciate it if you stopped lumping me in with them.
Ungentle Exhumation was one of the first metal CDs I ever purchased, Cryptopsy fucking rule.

Where did I lump you in with them?

 

[no country for old wainds]

that sounds like something demiurge would write so that probably means i wrote it

this btw

i'll announce results friday. i know most of these probably won't bother but final call for: @Funerary_Doom @Serjeant Grumbles @Phylactery @I-TEND-TO-DIE @RadicalThrasher @Dazed and Brutal

 

[RadicalThrasher]

I'm out on this one

 

[HamburgerBoy]

this btw

stupid but lol

 

[CiG]

Where did I lump you in with them?

I just mean in general.

 

[Serjeant Grumbles]

1. Satyricon - Nemesis Divina
2. Limbonic Art - Moon in the Scorpio
3. Theatre of Tragedy - Velvet Darkness They Fear
4. Arcturus - Aspera Hiems Symfonia
5. Scald - Will of the Gods Is a Great Power
6. Therion - Theli
7. Thy Serpent - Forests of Witchery
8. Nevermore - The Politics of Ecstasy
9. Katatonia - Brave Murder Day
10. Burzum - Filosofem

Honourable Mention
Sacramentum - Far Away From the Sun
Kvist - For kunsten maa vi evig vik
Lunar Aurora - Weltengänger
Cryptopsy - None So Vile
Blut aus Nord - Memoria Vetusta I: Fathers of the Icy Age
Tristitia - Crucidiction
Iced Earth - The Dark Saga
Moonspell - Irreligious
Gorgoroth - Antichrist
Sirrah - Acme

 

[TechnicalBarbarity]

... i totally thought None So Vile was going to make your top 10.

 

[Mort Divine]

Apparently Mort Divine liked Cryptopsy until Dodens told him not to in 2006, then a year later he finds Cryptopsy totally boring apparently

I have no real proof of anything, but I imagine this was around the time I started moving away from technical death metal in general. There is a lot of it I used to like that I can't be bothered with anymore.

 

[The Ozzman]

I have no real proof of anything

Except for a forum search amirite?

July 27, 2006:

http://ultimatemetal.com/forum/threads/recommendations-thread.284185/page-122#post-5169601

I can't quote from that thread apparently because it's closed.

July 3, 2007:

Yeah, but Flo gets boring as shit. Tomás is always doing these cool little fills and shit that keep the drumming interesting. Seriously half the time I'm listening to Elvenefris I'm paying attention to the drum work - however whenever I try to do the same with Cryptopsy I'm just bored as all fuck. Not that I can ever listen to Cryptopsy without drifting off anyways.

 

[Slayed Necros]

It's not like anything changes in ten fucking years.

 

[The Ozzman]

Much to the chagrin of the in crowd 'Bands should never change their sound and grow' mentality.

 

[Mort Divine]

I don't think I'd say going from "eh they're ok" to finding them boring isn't that big a deal anyways.

 

[Krow]

Much to the chagrin of the in crowd 'Bands should never change their sound and grow' mentality.

Lol. Cryptopsy grew mentally when they released The Unspoken King alright.

 

[rms]

It's not like anything changes in ten fucking years.

just went and listened to some In Flames tunes from my younger days and I cant believe how much I liked that shit back in high school

 

[Vilden]

I'm not even sure if I've ever listened to Cryptopsy, just assumed they suck. Still do.

 

[The Ozzman]

I'm not even sure if I've ever listened to Cryptopsy, just assumed they suck. Still do.

Blasphemy Made Flesh would like a word with you.