GMD Poll: Top Ten Albums of 2001

[Slayed Necros]

would've made my list if I put more effort in

love the Bulldozer cover

 

[CiG]

it’s aight but only has two original songs on it, i won’t be listing it

Funnily enough it's the re-recording of "The Gravefields" that got me so hooked on the EP, I think it's better than the original.

 

[Somethingface]

Any fans of The Chasm's EP from this year? Don't think I've seen it listed besides mine.

Stop pushing in-crowd bands, ya silly knob

 

[dwellerINTHEdark]

1. Summoning - Let Mortal Heroes Sing Your Fame
2. Sigh - Imaginary Sonicscape
3. Forest of Shadows - Where Dreams Turn to Dust
4. Agalloch - Of Stone, Wind, & Pillor
5. Angizia - 39 Jahre für den Leierkastenmann
6. Finntroll -Jaktens Tid
7. Obsidian Gate - Colossal Christhunt
8. Virgin Black - Sombre Romantic
9. Deteriorot - In Ancient Beliefs
10. Theaters Des Vampires - Bloody Lunatic Asylum

 

[spikes77]

3. Forest of Shadows - Where Dreams Turn to Dust

ahh, have not thought about this one in a long time, remember it being good (mp3.com ftw )--it did get some attention around the opeth forum I believe.

 

[dwellerINTHEdark]

ahh, have not thought about this one in a long time, remember it being good (mp3.com ftw )--it did get some attention around the opeth forum I believe.

I'm glad I checked the ep list, it would've been a tragedy to overlook this death/ doom masterpiece.

 

[crimsonfloyd]

1. Kamelot- Karma
2. Emperor- Prometheus: The Discipline of Fire and Demise
3. Neurosis- A Sun that Never Sets
4. Dimmu Borgir- Puritanical Euphoric Misanthropia
5. Shape of Despair- Angels of Distress
6. Opeth- Blackwater Park
7. Tristania- World of Glass
8. Nagelfar- Virus West
9. Gorguts- From Wisdom to Hate
10. My Dying Bride- The Dreadful Hours

11-20 (unranked)
Grand Belial's Key- Judeobeast Assassination
Siegneur Voland- S/t
System of a Down- Toxicity
Falconer- S/T
Green Carnation- Light of Day, Day of Darkness
Summoning- Let Mortal Heroes Sing Your Fame
Enslaved- Monumension
Nightwish- Wish Master
Paysage d'Hiver- Winterkaelte
Lost Horizon- Awaken the World

Great year with tons of variety. Really hard to rank.

 

[CiG]

Great year with tons of variety. Really hard to rank.

Which album gets the Venom Award though?

 

[Phylactery]

He already listed it - that Emperor album.

 

[crimsonfloyd]

Which album gets the Venom Award though?

Probably the Summoning album. I love the second track and there are some other strong songs on it. However, it’s mostly a rehash of ideas they had already done, and less impressive than Dol Guldur. Yet, it will probably finish as a top two black metal album of the year.

That said, it’s a far less offensive winner than most years deliver.

 

[CiG]

Agreed. Sleep-inducing and offensiveness rarely intersect.

 

[-CC-]

1) Funebrarum - Beneath the Columns of Abandoned Gods
2) System of a Down - Toxicity
3) Vomitory - Revelation Nausea
4) Crowbar - Sonic Excess in its Purest Form
5) Sodom - M-16
6) Mörk Gryning - Maelstrom Chaos
7) Dimmu Borgir - Puritanical Euphoric Misanthropia
8) Entombed - Morning Star
9) Gojira - Terra Incognita
10) Bolt Thrower - Honour Valour Pride

HM: Psycroptic / Arch Enemy / Melechesh / Iniquity / Zyklon / Amon Amarth

Interesting year. Tons of teenage nostalgia that surprisingly held the test of time like Dimmu Borgir. I was going to put Funebrarum as #1 but as I was typing this I realized that Toxicity has never stopped getting plays from me since it came out and I always drum along a few of the tracks whenever I get behind the kit. It really is a flawless album. Pretty crappy year for Death Metal IMO, with the exception of a few albums. Psycroptic's debut was..ehh, and Iniquity's album this year was IMO quite disappointing. I guess that made room for melodic black metal and death n' roll stuff that I normally never put in these top 10's.

EDIT: Who the fuck am I kidding. Depths of Misery from Beneath the Columns of Abandoned Gods just came on. Doesn't get any better than this folks. Putting it back at #1.

 

[Somethingface]

1. Deeds of Flesh - Mark Of The Legion
2. Gorguts - From Wisdom To Hate
3. Dolorian - Dolorian
4. Absu - Tara
5. Lost Horizon - Awakening The World
6. Evoken - Quietus
7. Root - Black Seal
8. Lunar Aurora - Ars Moriendi
9. Funebrarum - Beneath The Columns Of Abandoned Gods
10. Summoning - Let Mortal Heroes Sing Your Fame

HMs: Axis of Advance, The Shadow Order, Lugubrum x 2, Averse Sefira, Vore, Deteriorot, Hammers of Misfortune, Vuvr, Twisted Tower Dire

 

[CiG]

For anybody still to post lists or finalize their shit, posting the results of this on Monday.

 

[Somethingface]

Since the Brits have voted to boycott Europe @no country for old wainds should be forced to come up with the top 10 English albums of the year IMO

 

[Bloopy]

Will we be doing top albums of 2019 next, given the thread for 2018 was posted towards the end of last December?

 

[CiG]

Yeah I'm doing 2019 next, and that will stay open for longer than usual.

 

[no country for old wainds]

^same with movies too?

 

[CiG]

Aren't you doing the 2019 films thread?

 

[no country for old wainds]

i'm happy to yeah, either way should i post it around the same time you post the albums one?