GMD Poll: Top Ten Albums of 1998

[TechnicalBarbarity]

Immolation > Incantation. Both great bands.

 

[Manic Ferocity]

You said you dont worship them, but you like them .. but not to the degree of other posters here. You never said you loved them. And i would be having this beautifully autistic conversation with you regardless of which bands were in question.

Ok fine you love Obscura, but not as much as you love Deathcult. Happy?

Why do you care? I want a thorough and concise explanation.

 

[crimsonfloyd]

1. Opeth- My Arm Your Hearse
2. Nargaroth- Herbstleyd
3. Nightwish- Oceanborn
4. Tristania- Widow's Weed
5. Labyrinth- Return to Heaven Denied
6. The Chasm- Deathcult for Eternity: The Triumph
7. Rhapsody- Symphony of Enchanted Lands
8. Blind Guardian- Nightfall in Middle Earth
9. Gorguts- Obscura
10. Incantation- Diabolical Conquest

-Phenomenal year. Every album in my top 10 is an A or an A-.
-50% of the list is power metal. Possibly the strongest year for power metal ever.
-Obscura would have ranked 5 if it wasn't for "Clouded". That song is total drain the middle of an otherwise fantastic album.

Honorable Mentions:
Edguy- Vain Glory Oprea
Stratovarius- Destiny
Nile- Amongst the Catacombs of Nephren-Ka
Grand Belial's Key- Mocking the Philanthropist
Running Wild- The Rivalry
Judas Iscariot- Distant in Solitary Night

The Venom Award (aka The Most Overrated Album of the Year Award):
Morbid Angel- Formulas Fatal to the Flesh

 

[TechnicalBarbarity]

Clouded is my least favorite song on the album. 4/5 song among a sea of perfect to near perfect compositions. Still a killer track though.

 

[HamburgerBoy]

Clouded is one of the standouts.

 

[Talos of Atmora]

Finalized List

1. Seer's Tear - Precious
2. Symphony X - Twilight in Olympus
3. Bruce Dickinson - The Chemical Wedding
4. Blind Guardian - Nightfall in Middle-Earth
5. Labÿrinth - Return to Heaven Denied
6. Pathos - Uni versus Universe
7. Morbid Angel - Formulas Fatal to the Flesh
8. Opeth - My Arms Your Hearse
9. Droÿs - And If...
10. Rhapsody - Symphony of the Enchanted Lands

Honorable Mentions

Inquisition - Into the Regions of the Infernal Cult
Stratovarius - Destiny
Grave Digger - Knights of the Cross
Solitude Aeturnus - Adagio
Liquid Tension Experiment - s/t
Elegy - Manifestation of Fear
Abigor - Supreme Immortal Art
Nile - Amongst the Catacombs of Nephren-Ka
The Chasm - Deathcult for Eternity: The Triumph
Dan Swanö - Moontower
Solstice - New Dark Age

Decided to fly the power and prog metal flags as well. It was a sensational year with some other standouts that have held up surprisingly well like Pathos and Droÿs. I couldn't justify keeping The Chasm in this year. A lot of much better albums outclassed Deathcult and I've grown to prefer the other albums from the band to it.

@crimsonfloyd Also, put Symphony X on your list since this was one of power metal's best years.

 

[The Ozzman]

Looks like Opeth is making the Top 10

 

[Talos of Atmora]

Looks like Opeth is making the Top 10

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Yeah, I'm glad to see that. Really deserves it.

 

[spikes77]

Fun year,

Arcane Sun - s/t
Opeth - My Arms, your hearst
Skepticsm - Lead and aether
Unholy - Rapture
Dan Swano - Moontower
Aeternus - And so the night became
Primordial - A journey's end
Blind Guardian - Nightfall in middle earth
Abigor - Supreme immortal Art
Solstice - New dark age

 

[Talos of Atmora]

Dan Swano - Moontower

This was released in 1999. Just giving you a heads up.

Abigor - Supreme immortal Art

I totally forgot this even came out this year. Damn it.

 

[no country for old wainds]

Fun year,

Arcane Sun - s/t
Opeth - My Arms, your hearst
Skepticsm - Lead and aether
Unholy - Rapture
Dan Swano - Moontower
Aeternus - And so the night became
Primordial - A journey's end
Blind Guardian - Nightfall in middle earth
Abigor - Supreme immortal Art
Solstice - New dark age

is this in order or not

 

[spikes77]

whoops, order:

1. Arcane Sun
2. Lead and Aether
3. Rapture
4. My Arms your hearst
5. Moontower (if we are still counting it as '98- what say you wainds)
6. A journey's end
7. And so the night became
8. Supreme immortal art
9. Nightfall in middle earth
10. New dark age

 

[no country for old wainds]

moontower is very much a '98 album according to discogs. *shrug*

 

[crimsonfloyd]

Finalized List
@crimsonfloyd Also, put Symphony X on your list since this was one of power metal's best years.

Haven't heard it. Couldn't get into The New Mythology Suite, but I'll give this one a shot.

 

[Talos of Atmora]

Haven't heard it. Couldn't get into The New Mythology Suite, but I'll give this one a shot.

It's less like that one so you should like it...probably.

 

[Talos of Atmora]

moontower is very much a '98 album according to discogs. *shrug*

And several other sites as well.

@spikes77 My bad.

 

[HamburgerBoy]

AllMusic got it wrong apparently and that made it to Wikipedia and RYM. To make matters more confusing, if you click the cover art on Swano's page above "Dan Swanö / 1998 / Moontower", you're provided an image caption: "Dan Swanö - 1999 - Moontower".

 

[CiG]

 

[Bloopy]

This magazine from 2000 says Moontower was released "(1/99)" ie. January 1999 . The 1998 on the back cover which Discogs used would be from when it was printed.

 

[Omni]

Why do you care? I want a thorough and concise explanation.

He doesn't care. That's why he spent multiple pages trying to convince me that I was lying when nothing about my statement was contradictory, before finally posting exactly the sentiment that I was stating during the argument that he started despite not caring about what I say.