GMD Poll: Top Ten Albums of 1999

[no country for old wainds]

RYM album chart
RYM EP chart

please submit your lists by 11pm UTC on JULY 6th.

(reminder of the rules:
- please submit at least 5 releases.
- first place in your rankings gets 10 points, 2nd gets 9, etcetc, 10th gets 1.
- feel free to post more than 10, but only the top 10 will get points.
- feel free to post less than 10, the same scoring will apply.
- feel free not to rank your picks, in which case all ten picks will get 5.5 points.
- if you're so much of a dick that you have to post more than 10 unranked picks, i'll work out the mathS. basically there's no way you can sabotage this so fuck you!)

 

[Omni]

 

[Omni]

P.S. I like how your post implies that you'll be doing any of the math.

 

[HamburgerBoy]

1. Sore Plexus - Haptephobic
2. The Lord Weird Slough Feg - Twilight of the Idols
3. Sabbat - Karisma
4. TellTaleHard - Spiral Stairs
5. Immolation - Failures for Gods
6. Gamma Ray - Power Plant
7. Terror Squad - The Wild Stream of Eternal Sin
8. Testament - The Gathering
9. Nevermore - Dreaming Neon Black
10. Sion - Reflexiones
Bewitched - Dragonflight
Dim Mak - Enter the Dragon
Windham Hell - Reflective Depths Imbibe
Metal Church - Masterpeace
Dornenreich - Bitter ist's dem Tod zu dienen
Angel Dust - Bleed
Opeth - Still Life
Dichotic - Lowest Common Denominator
Civil Defiance - Circus of Fear
Sore Sight - La Muerte Llama
Seasons of the Wolf - Lost in Hell
Clockwork - Surface Tension

Rough draft. 11 through Clockwork all have potential to overtake 7-10 upon relistens (if I give them the chance).

 

[HamburgerBoy]

Also, hilariously bad year for the OGs.

 

[Oblivious Maximus]

1. Godflesh - Us and Them
2. Type O Negative - World Coming Down
3. Unholy - Gracefallen
4. Melvins - The Maggot
5. Runemagick - Enter the Realm of Death
6. Pentagram - Review Your Choices
7. Candlemass - From the 13th Sun
8. Penance - Proving Ground
9. Darkthrone - Ravishing Grimness
10. Anal Cunt - It Just Gets Worse

 

[Krow]

Weird all over the place year. TotG is my favorite Slough Feg. In past years Agalloch would have been much higher. Devourment gets number two for taking what Suffocation did before them and making it something disgusting, stupid... and a vicious knuckledragging gorefest. COPRO PHAGIA! Great Cannibal Corpse album... and a bunch of awesome black metal.

1. The Lord Weird Slough Feg - Twilight of the Gods
2. Devourment - Molesting the Decapitated
3. Dornenreich - Bitter ist's dem Tod zu dienen
4. Cannibal Corpse - Bloodthirst
5. Paysage d'Hiver - S/T
6. Windir - Arntor
7. Agalloch - Pale Folklore
8. Sabbat - Karisma
9. Cirith Gorgor - Onwards to Spectral Defile
10. Runemagick - Enter the Realm of Death

 

[crimsonfloyd]

Great year and a deep year. There will be some great albums that will miss out on my top 10.

 

[Slayed Necros]

1. Kyprian's Circle - Noitatulen vartija
2. Nox Intempesta - Damnanus - Dominum
3. Warloghe - The First Possession
4. Sabbat - Karisma
5. Disciples of Mockery - Prelude to Apocalypse
6. Immolation - Failures For Gods
7. Dominus Xul - The Primigeni Xul (I Condemned My Enemies)
8. Aeternus - Shadows of Old
9. Avenger - Fall of Devotion, Wrath and Blasphemy
10. Adramelech - Pure Blood Doom

HM:



List edited. Somehow I initially forgot about that fucking beastly Dominus Xul album. I blame RYM.

 

[Phylactery]

One of the weaker 90s year I’d say, but still good.

I don’t mind doing the results for this one either. Let me know.

 

[Phylactery]

1. Kyprian's Circle - Noitatulen vartija
2. Warloghe - The First Possession
3. Sabbat - Karisma
4. Immolation - Failures For Gods
5. Disciples of Mockery - Prelude to Apocalypse
6. Aeternus - Shadows of Old
7. Avenger - Fall of Devotion, Wrath and Blasphemy
8. Adramelech - Pure Blood Doom
9. Runemagick - Enter the Realm of Death
10. Deeds of Flesh - Path of the Weakening

HM:

Nice list. That Avenger album fucking rules. Surprised to see no mention of Bewitched - Dragonflght from you!

You’re also one of the last people I thought would be listing Deeds of Flesh!

 

[Slayed Necros]

Nice list. That Avenger album fucking rules. Surprised to see no mention of Bewitched - Dragonflght from you!

You’re also one of the last people I thought would be listing Deeds of Flesh!

I completely forgot about the Bewitched album, thanks for the reminder. It'll probably bump Deeds of Flesh out. I'm not often in the mood for that style of death metal but it hits the spot perfectly when I am. I should probably revisit Angelcorpse and Demoncy while I'm at it.

 

[Master_Yoda77]

Paysage d FUCKING HEVER! Ice-cold Anti-Social!

 

[The Ozzman]

List so I have it for ranking:

Black Label Society - Sonic Brew
Control Denied - The Fragile Art of Existence
Testament - The Gathering
Type O Negative - World Coming Down
Opeth - Still Life (lol at being #1 on RYM)
Gorgasm - Stabwound Intercourse
Virgin Steele - The House of Atreus, Act I
Megadeth - Risk
Marduk - Panzer Division Marduk
Liquid Tension Experiment - Liquid Tension Experiment 2
Children of Bodom - Hatebreeder
Agalloch - Pale Folklore
Demons and Wizards - S/T
Immortal - At the Heart of Winter
Dream Theater - Metropolis Part 2
Amon Amarth - The Avenger
Katatonia - Tonight's Decision
In Flames - Colony
Amorphis - Tuonela
Burzum - Hildskjalf
Manes - Under Ein Blodraud Maane
Disgorge - Cranial Impalement

Decent year

 

[Dak]

Summoning - Stronghold
October Tide - Grey Dawn
In Flames - Colony
Soilwork - The Chainheart Machine
Evergrey - Solitude Dominance Tragedy
Sodom - Code Red
Immortal - At The Heart of Winter
Agalloch - Pale Folklore
Mithotyn - Gathered Around the Oaken Table
Black Label Society - Sonic Brew

HM:
Atomic Bitchwax - The Atomic Bitchwax
Windir - Arntor
Powerman5000 - Tonight the Stars Revolt

 

[The Ozzman]

Black Label Society - Sonic Brew

Forgot this one

 

[Phylactery]

I completely forgot about the Bewitched album, thanks for the reminder. It'll probably bump Deeds of Flesh out. I'm not often in the mood for that style of death metal but it hits the spot perfectly when I am. I should probably revisit Angelcorpse and Demoncy while I'm at it.

You’re also missing Nox Intempesta! Sort it out!

I remember that one because I discovered it was a 1999 release when trying to do my 1998 list.

 

[Vegard Pompey]

Finally, another year where I can be my contrarian self and put a Sigh album at #1!

 

[Phylactery]

Finally, another year where I can be my contrarian self and put a Sigh album at #1!

Listen to this! I don’t fully understand your likes and dislikes in black metal so I’ve no idea if you’d like it. But you should give it a shot because it slays.

 

[Phylactery]

Is it just me, or was this a pretty shit year for death metal? I can think of Sargantus - The Enlightenment and Immolation - Failures for Gods and I need to revisit Adramelech - Pure Blood Doom and Nominon - Diabolical Bloodshed. Is there anything I'm missing?