GMD Poll: Top Ten Albums of 2002

[Burkhard]

1. Atrox - Terrestrials
2. Madder Mortem - Deadlands
(insert huge gap here)
3. Nightwish - Century Child
4. Reverend Bizarre - In the Rectory of the Bizarre Reverend
5. Krux - Krux

 

[Slayed Necros]

Only managed a top five the first time around, fuckin hopeless. This was a great year

1. The Chasm - Conjuration of the Spectral Empire



2. Deathspell Omega - Inquisitors of Satan



3. Manilla Road - Spiral Castle



4. Deströyer 666 - Cold Steel... for an Iron Age



5. Morrigan - Enter the Sea of Flames



6. Immolation - Unholy Cult



7. Dub Buk – Іду На Ви!



8. Nehëmah – Light Of A Dead Star



9. Cauldron Born - ...And Rome Shall Fall



10. Dark Moor - The Gates of Oblivion

 

[CiG]

Vegard needs to step up and help me rep Doomsword. Fuckin' nerd.

 

[no country for old wainds]

1. the chasm – conjuration of a spectral empire
2. wolfnacht – heidentum
3. dark moor – the gates of oblivion
4. venedae – siedem kamiennych oblicz
5. reverend bizarre – in the rectory of the bizarre reverend
6. immolation – unholy cult
7. arghoslent – incorrigible bigotry
8. agatus – the weaving fates
9. dub buk - Іду на ви!
10. belenos – spicilege

peste noire – macabre transcendance...
cauldron born - ...and rome shall fall
manilla road – spiral castle
cremation - retaliation
arcturus – the sham mirrors
astrofaes – ancestors’ shadows
doomsword – resound the horn
destroyer 666 – cold steel... for an iron age
gospel of the horns – a call to arms
stutthof – towards thy astral path

probably the best year of the 21st century for me although i've not really checked that in any detail

albums
1) the chasm – conjuration of a spectral empire
2) asmodée - symptômes de ruine
3) reverend bizarre – in the rectory of the bizarre reverend
4) wolfnacht – heidentum
5) dark moor – the gates of oblivion
6) exhausted prayer – what completely is not
7) g.o.d. - incandescent
8) pentagram – first daze here (decided to count it here as nobody really heard it in 2001)
9) the dying light – survival guide to the apocalypse
10) dub buk - iду на ви!

HMs (any of these could be my #10 really)
eviscerate – beneath dying skies
ludicra – hollow psalms
mortal decay – forensic
nile – in their darkened shrines
queiron – impious domination
venedae – siedem kamiennych oblicz

songs
1) pentagram – last days here
2) the chasm – the 3 long songs
3) wolfnacht – licht des sieges
4) dark moor – by the strange path of destiny
5) cauldron born – finder of the black stone
6) asmodée – l'amour et le crâne
7) reverend bizarre – cirith ungol
8) manticora – filaments of armageddon
9) the dying light – the idol usurped
10) destroyer 666 – shadow

asmodée was the big revelation, it quickly rose to 5 stars for me. highly recommend to all.

 

[Slayed Necros]

Only managed a top five the first time around, fuckin hopeless. This was a great year

1. The Chasm - Conjuration of the Spectral Empire

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2. Deathspell Omega - Inquisitors of Satan

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3. Manilla Road - Spiral Castle

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4. Deströyer 666 - Cold Steel... for an Iron Age

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5. Morrigan - Enter the Sea of Flames

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6. Immolation - Unholy Cult

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7. Dub Buk – Іду На Ви!

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8. Nehëmah – Light Of A Dead Star

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9. Cauldron Born - ...And Rome Shall Fall

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10. Dark Moor - The Gates of Oblivion

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Couple years later and my list has changed a fair bit.

1. The Chasm - Conjuration of the Spectral Empire
2. Deathspell Omega - Inquisitors of Satan
3. Ophiolatry - Anti-Evangelistic Process
4. Nehëmah - Light of a Dead Star
5. Immolation - Unholy Cult
6. Nile - In Their Darkened Shrines
7. Ancestral Malediction - Demoniac Holocaust
8. Mortal Decay - Forensic
9. Dub Buk - Іду На Ви!
10. Graven - Perished and Forgotten