GMD Poll: Top Ten Albums of 1998

[CiG]

You know deep down you actually believe that though.

 

[The Ozzman]

You know deep down you actually believe that though.

Do I believe Venom is bad? Yes and have thought so for years.
Do I believe Celtic Frost is bad? I did for a while but I'm coming back around to the band. I gave Morbid Tales an honorable mention in the thread for that year tbh.
Do I believe Trivium is better than both? If we equate 'better' with 'more enjoyable' then it is a resounding 'Yes'

 

[CiG]

But fair enough.

 

[Omni]

Yet we owe Tom something for taking a poorly executed thread idea and improving on it? These wouldn't have happened without my idea. I was the first person to do something THAT involved with those lists rather than people just jizzing over lists they post with no real outcome.

Progenitors tend to be crap anyway. Take Venom and Celtic Frost for instance. Highly revered now but their craft has been refined numerous times over by bigger and better bands like Trivium.

When did I say that we owed Tom anything? He isn't acting like people need to thank him for starting threads, but this is not the first time that you have acted like people aren't acknowledging how great you are because you made a few topics on a heavy metal website.

 

[The Ozzman]

but this is not the first time that you have acted like people aren't acknowledging how great you are because you made a few topics on a heavy metal website.

I'll bite. Please find 5 instances of this that don't include this thread. I'm great because of other things not related to this website but that's another topic of discussion entirely.

 

[Vegard Pompey]

I'm great because of other things not related to this website

Good on you. Admittance is the first step to recovery.

 

[Omni]

I'll bite. Please find 5 instances of this that don't include this thread. I'm great because of other things not related to this website but that's another topic of discussion entirely.

Why would I need to find five things? I only need to find one other instance in order to be right about this not being the first time.

 

[crimsonfloyd]

Mercenary above Obscura and My Arms Your Hearse (which didn't even make the list)

 

[The Ozzman]

Good on you. Admittance is the first step to recovery.

Indeed it is.

Mercenary above My Arms Your Hearse (which didn't even make the list)

An absolute fucking travesty

 

[CiG]

Bolt Thrower > Opeth

 

[crimsonfloyd]

Bolt Thrower > Opeth

Totally disagree, but I could at least see the reasoning if we're talking about Realm of Chaos or War Master, but a run-of-the-mill Bolt Thrower album does not belong in the same discussion with one of the greatest extreme prog metal albums ever released.

 

[The Ozzman]

Bolt Thrower > Opeth

This is like saying Blind Guardian > Dio

 

[Omni]

My Arms Your Hearse is probably the best Opeth album, but that doesn't equate to much in my eyes. I love the album title anyway.

 

[Dak]

I figured the #1 would be the #1 based on the amount of wanking and fellating it has unduly received around here over the years.

 

[HamburgerBoy]

The Chasm doesn't even count for this board afaic, glad to see The Chemical Wedding on top.

 

[TechnicalBarbarity]

So the weakest Bolt Thrower alubum made the top 5? Smh

 

[HamburgerBoy]

Bolt Thrower is an in-crowd mainstay.

Though without hearing it, the general vibe I've gotten is that Mercenary is one of their more popular albums regardless

EDIT: Though apparently that vibe is wrong, it's #6 on RYM.

 

[TechnicalBarbarity]

Though without hearing it, the general vibe I've gotten is that Mercenary is one of their more popular albums regardless

Not really

 

[The Ozzman]

Mercenary is underrated but not their best

 

[HamburgerBoy]

Yeah I'm wrong about that, though maybe I've just seen/remembered its cover art more on this and other forums. I swear I've seen it posted and discussed more often than War Master at least but I dunno. Mercenary is reviewed more on M-A and also scrobbled more on LastFM than War Master, at least.