GMD Poll: Top Ten Albums of 2000

[no country for old wainds]

i disagree with that. He clearly favors a lot of the circle-jerk albums around here.

do you ever have days when you won't let your own shadow out of your sight for fear it may start plotting against you?

 

[TechnicalBarbarity]

was i lying though?

Just be a fucking man for once and post your list earlier instead of waiting minutes before putting out the results and skewing them.

 

[TechnicalBarbarity]

Black Seeds is their 2nd album though, cant be two before it, guess you could have been talking about In Their Darkened Shrines since Talos mentioned it but we arent doing 2002 yet of course.

My mistake. I meant Black Seeds is the weakest album from their first four.

 

[Mort Divine]

nilefi - black seeds in the sunset

 

[Mort Divine]

 

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Mort smoked that spice

 

[TechnicalBarbarity]

the coke high is done, hes totally on a comedown now.

 

[Atomic Tide]

1) Iron Maiden - Brave New World
2) Immolation - Close To A World Below
3) Armored Saint - Revelation
4) Destroyer 666 - Phoenix Rising
5) Decapitated - Winds of Creation
6) Vader - Litany
7) King Diamond - House of God
8) Venom - Resurrection
9) Nightwish - Wishmaster
10) Orange Goblin - The Big Black

.... way too many HM's to list.

 

[TechnicalBarbarity]

Winds of Creation and Supernatural Addiction are without a doubt going to be my #1 and #2 picks.

 

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Winds of Creation is probably going to be my #1 too, at least top 3.

 

[Burkhard]

Not much of interest for me this year:

1. Atrox - Contentum
2. Aghora - Aghora
3. Nightwish - Wishmaster
4. Dreams of Sanity - The Game
5. Within Temptation - Mother Earth

The only really outstanding album for me is "Contentum", though "Aghora" came as a positive surprise when I was looking for a 5th album to include. I'd probably like it more, if the vocals were more original and heading in the direction of those by Monika Edvardsen on Contentum.

 

[CiG]

I've not heard of Aghora but if you're in some way comparing them to Atrox I should probably give 'em a look?

Unfortunate that Contentum probably won't make the final list, it's such a good record.

 

[Burkhard]

I've not heard of Aghora but if you're in some way comparing them to Atrox I should probably give 'em a look?

I don't think their music doesn't sound very much like Atrox. It's just that their music doesn't give me the impression I've heard it a thousand times before. I think it has far more Jazz influences than Atrox and at least parts of it remind me of Watchtower. The reason why a mentioned Monika Edvardsen in this context is that I think some crazy weird vocal lines would make this kind of music even more interesting. Aghora also have a female singer, but she sings with a clean and normal voice and her vocal lines are rather moderate.

Unfortunate that Contentum probably won't make the final list, it's such a good record.

I'd assume that especially the vocals on this album are too far out there for the vast majority here. I once described them as a mixture of Kate Bush (in her early days - there are some parts in "Gather in Me No More" where Monika actually does sound like Kate Bush), Nina Hagen (as regards the craziness) and some oriental influences.

 

[CiG]

Just decided to take out Abscess (10th spot) and put in Sabbat's Satanasword.

Primordial has my #1 spot this year easily, but have to really sort out the rest. Really good year though.

Don't forget to do your list man.

8 impetigo - faceless ep

Fucking great record, but it was released in 1991.

I once described them as a mixture of Kate Bush (in her early days - there are some parts in "Gather in Me No More" where Monika actually does sound like Kate Bush), Nina Hagen (as regards the craziness) and some oriental influences.

I can definitely see that now that you mention it.

 

[Mort Divine]

1. primordial - spirit the earth aflame
2. the lord weird slough feg - down among the deadmen
3. the chasm - procession to the infraworld
4. virgin steele - the house of atreus: act ii
5. destroyer 666 - phoenix rising
6. katharsis - 666
7. goatsnake - flower of disease
8. koyaanisqatsy - from the yearning to burst the perpetual circle
9. quicksand dream - aelin: a story about destiny
10. macabre - dahmer

 

[zerostatic]

1) Vader - Litany
2) Decapitated - Winds of Creation
3) Macabre - Dahmer
4) Immolation - Close to a World Below
5) Children of Bodom - Follow the Reaper
6) The Lord Weird Slough Feg - Dawn Among the Deadmen
7)Nile - Black Seeds of Vengeance
8) Krisiun - Conquerors of Armageddon
9) Exhumed - Slaughtercult
10) Dying Fetus - Destroy the Opposition

 

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1) Decapitated - Winds of Creation
2) Dying Fetus - Destroy the Opposition
3) Martyr - Warp Zone
4) Nile - Black Seeds of Vengeance
5) Vader - Litany
6) Coffin Texts - Gods of Creation, Death & Afterlife
7) The Chasm - Procession to the Infraworld
8) Mortuary Drape - Tolling 13 Knell
9) Electric Wizard - Dopethrone
10) Runemagick - Resurrection in Blood

Everytime I listen to Winds of Creation I keep thinking about the fact that Vitek was only 15 years old when that album was recorded. When I was 15 I was jerking off at home and playing shitty Korean MMO's. Respect.

 

[HamburgerBoy]

Lineage II?

 

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That's the one

 

[HamburgerBoy]

Never played it but I remember fapping to screencaps of scantily-clad night elf chicks around when it came out.