GMD Poll: Top Ten Albums of 2005

[Talos of Atmora]

In Progress

1. Hieronymus Bosch - Artificial Emotions
2. Nile - Annihilation of the Wicked
3. Stargazer - The Scream That Tore the Sky
4. Othyrworld - Beyond into the Night of Day
5. Opeth - Ghost Reveries
6. Galneryus - Advance to the Fall
7. Kamelot - The Black Halo
8. Adramelch - Broken History
9. Bolt Thrower - Those Once Loyal
10. Slough Feg - Avatism

 

[HamburgerBoy]

ha, unexpected. idk if i like this so much anymore but it's one i need to revisit.

Yeah I don't exactly love it and it seems way too long, but no doubt that it's really spastic and unique. At least I can say that I still listen to it out of curiosity rather than filling time.

 

[Slayed Necros]

1. Bekhira - L'Élu du Mal
2. Grand Belial's Key - Kosherat
3. Mortem - De Natura Daemonum
4. Slough Feg - Atavism
5. Dead Congregation - Purifying Consecrated Ground
6. Morrigan - Headcult
7. Infernum - Farewell
8. Bolt Thrower - Those Once Loyal
9. Macabre Omen - The Ancient Returns
10. Manilla Road - Gates of Fire

HM:

Pentacle - Under the Black Cross
Darkness Eternal - Misanthropic Annihilation

 

[CiG]

Main:

1. Reverend Bizarre - II: Crush the Insects
2. Slough Feg - Atavism
3. Bolt Thrower - Those Once Loyal
4. Nile - Annihilation of the Wicked
5. Manilla Road - Gates of Fire
6. Isole - Forevermore
7. StarGazer - The Scream that Tore the Sky
8. Grand Magus - Wolf's Return
9. Forsaken - Dominaeon
10. Bruce Dickinson - Tyranny of Souls

HM:

Toxic Holocaust - Hell on Earth
Abigail - Ultimate Unholy Death
Metal Inquisitor - Doomsday for the Heretic
Gjallarhorn - Nordheim
Ilium - Permian Dusk
Umbra Nihil - Gnoia
Coffins - Mortuary in Darkness

 

[TechnicalBarbarity]

Traveller and Hardworlder, their two best albums, shit all over Atavism.

 

[CiG]

Traveller and Hardworlder, their two best albums, shit all over Atavism.

I disagree.

1. Bekhira - L'Élu du Mal
2. Grand Belial's Key - Kosherat
3. Mortem - De Natura Daemonum
4. Slough Feg - Atavism
5. Dead Congregation - Purifying Consecrated Ground
6. Morrigan - Headcult
7. Infernum - Farewell
8. Bolt Thrower - Those Once Loyal
9. Macabre Omen - The Ancient Returns
10. Manilla Road - Gates of Fire

HM:

Pentacle - Under the Black Cross
Darkness Eternal - Misanthropic Annihilation

Awesome list. I'm kind of surprised you didn't include Cult of Daath. Are you a fan?

 

[HamburgerBoy]

Hardworlder isn't bad but it's pretty bland, the beginning of the end for Slough Feg, too much retro 70s self-aware bullshit. Atavism is a great album when listened to as an album and not a collection of songs.

 

[Slayed Necros]

I disagree.



Awesome list. I'm kind of surprised you didn't include Cult of Daath. Are you a fan?

I don't think I've ever heard them man. I saw their album somewhere in the RYM chart and thought it might be worth investigating. I'll have a listen.

 

[Slayed Necros]

Hardworlder is my favourite Slough Feg album by quite a margin. Pitchfork, here I come.

 

[CiG]

Slough Feg haven't released a bad album, that's why I don't autistically lash out when someone prefers one of their albums over the one I like the most.

 

[Vilden]

Does Nokturnal Mortum - Weltanchauung count? According to M-A the Ukrainian version (with ukrainian vocals) was released in 04 but the english version (with english vocals) in 05.

 

[HamburgerBoy]

I don't really want to contribute to this mess, but Hardworlder is my favourite Slough Feg album by quite a margin. Pitchfork, here I come.

What do you like about it?

 

[CiG]

I don't think I've ever heard them man. I saw their album somewhere in the RYM chart and thought it might be worth investigating. I'll have a listen.

I can't quite put my finger on who they remind me of.

 

[Slayed Necros]

What do you like about it?

I think it pulls off the retro 70s style exceptionally well. Definitely disagree that it comes across as a collection of songs (that's actually sort of how I feel about Deadmen and Twilight, despite liking both) - if anything it achieves the full, flowing album experience more effectively than Atavism imo.

 

[Master_Yoda77]

There really isn't anything from this year that really sticks out to me. Yeah, that Reverend Bizarre album is probably going to get the top spot because the Rev were and still are probably the best thing to ever happen to doom metal, but it's a pretty far cry away from that first album.

 

[HamburgerBoy]

I think it pulls off the retro 70s style exceptionally well. Definitely disagree that it comes across as a collection of songs (that's actually sort of how I feel about Deadmen and Twilight, despite liking both) - if anything it achieves the full, flowing album experience more effectively than Atavism imo.

Fair enough, there are some moments where the retro 70s aspect works well. I don't disagree that Deadmen and Twilight are collections of songs either tbh. Even Traveller, despite being a concept album, is like a collection of songs. Atavism is the only one that really feels totally cohesive and lyrically married to its music.

 

[CiG]

There really isn't anything from this year that really sticks out to me.

Macabre Omen and Kawir.

Yeah, that Reverend Bizarre album is probably going to get the top spot because the Rev were and still are probably the best thing to ever happen to doom metal, but it's a pretty far cry away from that first album.

I like it a lot but I don't think it quite reaches that level of massiveness that the rest of their records did. It did give us "Cromwell" though.

 

[CiG]

Actually, "By This Axe I Rule!" is probably my favourite track on that album.

 

[Vilden]

A first atempt, as usual it may undergo some changes. Lots of great eastern europe-NSBM around this time imo.

1. Nokturnal Mortum - Weltanchauung (english version)
2. Othyrworld - Beyond Into the Night of Day
3. Manilla Road - Gates of Fire
4. Forsaken - Dominaeon
5. Graveland - Fire Chariots of Destruction
6. Reverend Bizarre - II: Crush the Insects
7. Stargazer - The Scream That Tore the Sky
8. Astrofaes - ...Those Whose past is Immortal
9. Morrigan - Headcult
10. Temnozor' - Folkstorm of the Azure Nights

Runner ups:
Anubis Gate - The Perfect Forever
Falkenbach - Heralding - The Fireblade
Ataraxie - Slow Transcending Agony
Dead Congregation - Purifying Consecrated Ground
Slough Feg - Atavism
Bruce Dickinson - Tyranny of Souls
Isole - Forevermore

 

[HamburgerBoy]

2. Othyrworld - Beyond Into the Night of Day

We need to get this pumped into the top 10.