GMD Poll: Top Ten Albums of 1998

[CiG]

Oh yeah I'm totally "in-crowd."

 

[Sophii]

I hope I'm not late to this but

1.) Gorguts - Obscura
2.) System of a Down - SOAD
3.) Botch - American Nervoso
4.) Bolt Thrower - Mercenary
5.) Iron Monkey - Our Problem
6.) Crowbar - Odd Fellows Rest
7.) Zao - Where Blood and Fire Bring Rest
8.) Cathedral - Caravan Beyond Redemption
9.) Zilch - 3.2.1.
10.) King's X - Tape Head

 

[Serjeant Grumbles]

The deadline is still several weeks away.

 

[TechnicalBarbarity]

1 - Gorguts - Obscura
2 - Death - The Sound of Perseverance
3 - Arghoslent - Galloping Through the Battle Ruins
4 - Nifelheim - Devil's Force
5 - Nile - Amongst the Catacombs of Nephren-Ka
6 - Runemagick - The Supreme Force of Eternity
7 - Angelcorpse - Exterminate
8 - Morbid Angel - Formulas Fatal to the Flesh
9 - Inquisition - Into the Infernal Regions of the Ancient Cult
10 - Cryptopsy - Whisper Supremacy


HM:
Incantation - Diabolical Conquest
Blind Guardian - Nightfall in Middle-Earth
Holocaust - Covenant
Bolt Thrower - Mercenary
The Chasm - Deathcult for Eternity
Exhumed - Gore Metal
Dawn - Slaughtersun
Carcariass - Sideral Torment

 

[Sophii]

Nice, okay.
Was suggested this thread and thought it would be cool to jump on it.

I never realized how awesome of a year 1998 was. So many good albums.

 

[The Ozzman]

10.) King's X - Tape Head

Not metal but good to know others like them here

 

[Sophii]

King's X is weird. Some of their stuff is metal, most not. They are way too good of a band to not be put on a list.

 

[The Ozzman]

King's X is weird. Some of their stuff is metal, most not. They are way too good of a band to not be put on a list.

Coincidentally, Tapehead is their second best album

 

[Talos of Atmora]

Preliminary 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. Opeth - My Arms Your Hearse
6. Pathos - Uni versus Universe
7. Liquid Tension Experiment - s/t
8. The Chasm - Deathcult for Eternity: The Triumph
9. Labÿrinth - Return to Heaven Denied
10. Morbid Angel - Formulas Fatal to the Flesh

Still going through albums but I just thought I'd get a list out early.

 

[HamburgerBoy]

Fuck yeah, Seer's Tear at #1.

 

[Serjeant Grumbles]

Great year for power metal and gothic metal... which means next to none of my nominations are making the list

You said that already, although you amended your statement by saying gothic metal in general rather than gothic doom, probably to account for Theatre of Tragedy - Aégis, which does not have any doom in it. In fact, the overall metalness of that album is rather debatable, enough to call into question whether I should even put it on my top ten rather than giving that spot to something else. I had no such qualms about including Velvet Darkness They Fear for 1996, because only an idiot would think that was barely even metal. Then again, vilden put Katatonia - Discouraged Ones in his #3 spot, and I wouldn't even call that a metal album, more heavy alternative rock really.

Maybe you were also considering Tristania - Widow's Weeds, which I think merits an honourable mention, but I'm not sure about it making the top ten. I've found it to be the weakest of the first three, even though it has the best artwork, they had a cooler logo there than what they've used ever since, and it's the only one with any doominess in it.

 

[crimsonfloyd]

You said that already, although you amended your statement by saying gothic metal in general rather than gothic doom, probably to account for Theatre of Tragedy - Aégis, which does not have any doom in it. In fact, the overall metalness of that album is rather debatable, enough to call into question whether I should even put it on my top ten rather than giving that spot to something else. I had no such qualms about including Velvet Darkness They Fear for 1996, because only an idiot would think that was barely even metal. Then again, vilden put Katatonia - Discouraged Ones in his #3 spot, and I wouldn't even call that a metal album, more heavy alternative rock really.

When we do this game, I always pull out my CDs from the year and listen to them on the ride to and from work. Just started Aegis on the ride to work today and started asking myself the same thing: is this actually a gothic rock album rather than a gothic metal album? I think it’s more of a goth rock album with some metal riffs used for layering.

Maybe you were also considering Tristania - Widow's Weeds, which I think merits an honourable mention, but I'm not sure about it making the top ten. I've found it to be the weakest of the first three, even though it has the best artwork, they had a cooler logo there than what they've used ever since, and it's the only one with any doominess in it.

This will be high on my list. Epic songwriting that really maximizes the tensions and contrasts created by this style. Neck and neck with Velvet Darkness They Fear for the best album in the style.

 

[Atomic Tide]

1) Bruce Dickinson - The Chemical Wedding
2) Runemagick - The Supreme Force Of Eternity
3) Dawn - Slaughtersun (Crown of the Triarchy)
4) Obtained Enslavement - Soulblight
5) Cannibal Corpse - Gallery Of Suicide
6) Aeternus - ...and So The Night Became
7) Gorguts - Obscura
8) Nightwish - Oceanborn
9) Nile - Amongst the Catacombs of Nephren-Ka
10) Bolt Thrower - Mercenary

 

[Bloopy]

1. Stratovarius - Destiny
2. Mercyful Fate - Dead Again
3. Northwinds - Great God Pan
4. Solitude Aeturnus - Adagio
5. Tankard - Disco Destroyer
6. Boris - Amplifier Worship
7. Gorguts - Obscura
8. Isis - The Mosquito Control EP
9. Subtract - Quench
10. Electric Wizard - Supercoven

 

[Dak]

If @Dak does this I have a feeling Mercenary will hold the top spot on his list.



So far I've not had a year where there wasn't good genre diversity, looking back over my 90's year lists now (I keep them listed on my profile for easy reference) and there's a ton of doom, power metal, death metal, some grindcore, some trad/epic.

lol why didn't this mention pop up on my notifications. Somehow I get no notifications from the music side now. And Ozz got it.


1. Bruce Dickinson - The Chemical Wedding
2. Death - The Sound of Perseverance
3. Bolt Thrower - Mercenary
4. Amon Amarth - Once Sent From the Golden Hall
5. Iced Earth - Something Wicked This Way Comes
6. Metallica - Garage Inc
7. Dawn - Slaughtersun
8. Opeth - My Arms Your Hearse
9. Borknagar - The Archaic Course
10. Nile - Amongst the Catacombs

Mentions:
Katatonia - Discouraged Ones
Dying Fetus - Killing on Adrenaline
Yattering - Human's Pain

List subject to shifting.

Also realized Trauma - DetermiNation was a 2005 release. Could have bumped Coheed off for that. Fuckin google play music doesn't include year as a relevant sorter and neither does MA as far as I can see. Makes it difficult to do these quickly.

 

[The Ozzman]

1. Opeth - My Arms, Your Hearse
2. Death - The Sound of Perseverance
   
3. Bruce Dickinson - The Chemical Wedding
4. Bolt Thrower - Mercenary
5. Angelcorpse - Exterminate
6. Nile - Amongst the Catacombs of Nephren-Ka
7. Morbid Angel - Formulas Fatal to the Flesh
   
8. Suffocation - Despise the Sun
9. Meshuggah - Chaosphere
   
10. Blind Guardian - Nightfall in Middle Earth

HM: Dawn, Yattering, Amon Amarth

 

[Sirjack]

yyyeeeeaaaaaaaaaaggggghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

 

[CiG]

Once again, Nile is assured a spot in the resulting list.

 

[Master_Yoda77]

1) The Chasm - Deathcult for Eternity: The Triumph
2) Order From Chaos - An Ending in Fire
3) Inquisition - Into the Infernal Regions of the Ancient Cult
4) Absu - In the Eyes of Ioldanach
5) Praying Mantis - Forever in Time
6) Virgin Steele - invictus
7) Arghoslent - Galloping Thrugh the Battle Ruins
8) Solstice - New Dark Age
9) Runemagick - The Supreme Force of Eternity
10) Aeternus - And So the Night Became

HM:

Blind Guardian - Nightfall in Middle Earth
Grand Belial's Key - Mocking the Philanthropist
While Heaven Wept - Sorrow of Angels

 

[CiG]

Praying Mantis - Forever in Time