GMD Poll: Top Ten Albums of 1996

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Looks like we're off to a good start.

 

[Vegard Pompey]

no country's gonna have fun scanning this thread for lists.

of course, there aren't any.

 

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no country's gonna have fun scanning this thread for lists.

of course, there aren't any.

We should have a submission thread for lists only, and then a gladiator pit thread for discussions.

 

[Talos of Atmora]

There was some pretty good power metal this year as well. Holy Land, Episode, Tunes of War, Planet E, to name a few. This will be a good year.

 

[Vilden]

Work in progress, probably forgot lots of gems:

1. Scald - Will of the Gods is Great Power
2. Katatonia - Brave Murder Day
3. Summoning - Dol Guldur
4. Bathory - Blood on Ice
5. Burzum - Filosofem
6. Nokturnal Mortum - Lunar Poetry
7. Adramelech - Psychostasia
8. Arcturus - Aspera Hiems Symfonia
9. Bal-Sagoth - Starfire Burned Upon the Ice-Veiled Throne of Ultima Thule
10. Forgotten Woods - The Curse of Mankind

 

[rms]

Easiest #1 for me yet

Scald - Will of the Gods is Great Power
Sacramentum - Far Away From the Sun
Ulver - Kveldssanger
Sabbat - The Dwelling
Thy Forest - Forests of Witchery
Setherial - Nord...
The Lord Weird Slough Feg - S/T
Summoning - Dol Guldur
Burzum - Filosofem

can't find a worthy 10th as of today

 

[Vilden]

Hmm.. is kveldssanger allowed? May change my list then...

 

[Phylactery]

Well it's not a metal album so it probably shouldn't be.

Expected to see Vinterland and possibly Sacramentum on your list Vilden!

 

[Vilden]

Heh, I considered adding Sacramentum, may actually change my mind and add it before this ends.

 

[Phylactery]

What are we doing about compilations such as Grotesque's In the Embrace of Evil? Are they not allowed?

 

[Serjeant Grumbles]

Well it's not a metal album so it probably shouldn't be.

Indeed. There's plenty of good metal shit for this year, so there's no since in letting a folk album take the place of Satyricon - Nemesis Divina.

 

[Phylactery]

There are many better albums that Nemsis Divina that could take its place!

can't find a worthy 10th as of today

Kvist, BAN, Vinterland?

So I'm curious, is this the round BAN gets in or will they get snubbed again?

Well it's their best album so this is their chance!

 

[Krow]

Well it's their best album so this is their chance!

I'd agree with that.... maybe side with Ultima Thulee depending on the day.

 

[Talos of Atmora]

I don't like this album for whatever reason. Maybe I'm just not a power metal nut.

I do tend to have more power metal on my lists. At least from what I recall, anyway.

 

[spikes77]

Fun year.

In order:

1. Sacramentum - Far Away from the Sun
2. Amorphis - Elegy
3. Bethlehem - Dictius te Necare
4. Opeth - Morningrise
5. Edge of Sanity - Crimson
6. Forgotten Woods - The Curse of Mankind
7. Lux Occulta - Forever Alone Immortal
8. Neurosis - Through Silver and Blood
9. Burzum - Filosofem
10. Abigor - Opus IV

 

[rms]

Kvist, BAN, Vinterland?

blut aus nord? fuck that

don't know of the Kvist or Vinterland off the top of my head

 

[HamburgerBoy]

1. Annon Vin - A New Gate
2. Cryptopsy - None So Vile
3. Psychotic Waltz - Bleeding
4. Minas Tirith - The Art of Becoming
5. Bruce Dickinson - Skunkworks
6. Darkthrone - Goatlord
7. Thought Industry - Outer Space Is Just a Martini Away
8. Nevermore - The Politics of Ecstasy
9. Disciples of Power - Mechanikill
10. Sadist - Tribe

Good year for prog and alt metal, if not much else.

 

[no country for old wainds]

i kinda love SKUNKWORKS but i'm pretty dubious about calling it metal, even if it has some metal moments.

 

[HamburgerBoy]

@HamburgerBoy considering your interest in that redneck Demigod album, have you heard Waltari - Yeah! Yeah! Die! Die! Death Metal Symphony in Deep C ? I think you may find it even more ambitious, and I'm curious to hear what you think.

Someone recommended it to me years ago but I never got around to it. I'll put it on the queue for the weekend, thanks.

i kinda love SKUNKWORKS but i'm pretty dubious about calling it metal, even if it has some metal moments.

Remove Filosofem from the game and I'll retract my Skunkworks vote.

 

[no country for old wainds]

oh you.