GMD Poll: Top Ten Albums of 2009
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H.P. Lovecraft
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I did. Thanks. Well, no shit. The two are intertwined given the medium, so yes.i think you misspelled congruous, bruh.
so is everything else, you imbecile. Are you trying to imply that i was taking a shot at his typing skills? And this twat has the nerves to call me dense. lmfao!
H.P. Lovecraft
Active Member
There's no wallet there, so I can't.
... show me on this doll where uncle gene touched you?
The Ozzman
Melted by feels
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7) For the Sake of No One by Revelation
Memories of pale lunar fictions...
"Welp, Ozzman likes Revelation? I guess they are now ruined for me." - @Master_Yoda77
"never listening to Revelation is a wise decision." - @HamburgerBoy
"If you like doom metal, you should also have a Revelation album. They're all excellent, so just pick one." - @Omni
"Revelation is awesome but I saw them play in front of 5 people with a 5$ entree fee, which has then turned into one of their last shows." - @rms
Chosen by:
CASSETTEISGOD (#1)
rms (#3)
Master_Yoda77 (#4)
Mort Divine (#7)
TOTAL: 29 POINTS
Memories of pale lunar fictions...
"Welp, Ozzman likes Revelation? I guess they are now ruined for me." - @Master_Yoda77
"never listening to Revelation is a wise decision." - @HamburgerBoy
"If you like doom metal, you should also have a Revelation album. They're all excellent, so just pick one." - @Omni
"Revelation is awesome but I saw them play in front of 5 people with a 5$ entree fee, which has then turned into one of their last shows." - @rms
Chosen by:
CASSETTEISGOD (#1)
rms (#3)
Master_Yoda77 (#4)
Mort Divine (#7)
TOTAL: 29 POINTS
H.P. Lovecraft
Active Member
Vegard Pompey
ALLY TO GOOD, NIGHTMARE TO YOU
So I guess you could say they were playing... for the sake of no one.
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6) On Pestilent Winds... by Excoriate
Unholy demons rush over the earth...
"Anyways, can't stop spinning Excoriate. Shit is so fucking good, riffs! RIFFS! FUCKING SO MANY RIFFS!" - @Mort Divine
"I really find like nothing at all special about Excoriate." - @V.V.V.V.V.
"Excoriate synthesizes many different death metal sounds, particularly 80s Brazil, extremely well. It presents very raw and chaotic ideas with the finesse of a 90s European texture." - @Dodens Grav
"So Excoriate is fucking great. The guitar tone on On Pestilent Winds is disgustingly awesome." - @General Zaroff
Chosen by:
Phylactery (#2)
Slayed Necros (#4)
Mort Divine (#4)
Anom@nder Rake (#5)
rms (#6)
-CyanideChrist- (#8)
TOTAL: 37 POINTS
Unholy demons rush over the earth...
"Anyways, can't stop spinning Excoriate. Shit is so fucking good, riffs! RIFFS! FUCKING SO MANY RIFFS!" - @Mort Divine
"I really find like nothing at all special about Excoriate." - @V.V.V.V.V.
"Excoriate synthesizes many different death metal sounds, particularly 80s Brazil, extremely well. It presents very raw and chaotic ideas with the finesse of a 90s European texture." - @Dodens Grav
"So Excoriate is fucking great. The guitar tone on On Pestilent Winds is disgustingly awesome." - @General Zaroff
Chosen by:
Phylactery (#2)
Slayed Necros (#4)
Mort Divine (#4)
Anom@nder Rake (#5)
rms (#6)
-CyanideChrist- (#8)
TOTAL: 37 POINTS
Vegard Pompey
ALLY TO GOOD, NIGHTMARE TO YOU
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that album is huge. it doesn't quite separate itself enough for me to love it, but it's a great throwback and pretty far removed from the caverncore fad of the time.
Phylactery
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May as well start with the title track then! Never fails to send me into a headbanging frenzy. The only issue is when it gets really fast, the drums tend to overpower the mix.
I don't know what's not to love about it. Sounds like it came right out of the late 80s. A disgusting rifffest with the songwriting to match. Shame they split up before this album was even released iirc. No bullshit, no frills, just pure old school death metal delivered with concviction and passion.
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Mort Divine
Shrine Maiden of the In-Crowd
its basically what would happen if you crossed consuming impulse with early sepultura, an album that despite not really doing anything original, just has immense staying power for me. gets by purely on its riffwork and overall aggression
its also oddly enough one of the few DM albums that has stuck with a lot of my metal friends that aren't super into death metal
its also oddly enough one of the few DM albums that has stuck with a lot of my metal friends that aren't super into death metal
Vegard Pompey
ALLY TO GOOD, NIGHTMARE TO YOU
Vegard Pompey
ALLY TO GOOD, NIGHTMARE TO YOU
Okay, this is basically everything I want out of OSDM. I regret not hearing this album in time to rank it now, might've made my list.
TechnicalBarbarity
Poser Disposer
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5) Engram by Beherit
NYT YLISTÄÄ SAATANAA!
"It's the potency of the album's fusion of the classic Beherit sound and riff work with new structural ideas that it seems Holocausto perfected during his non-metal stint. Subtle things like the samples in "Axiom Heroine", "All in Satan", and particularly the second movement of "Demon Advance" are effective in the sense that the experimental components of the music combine forces with the old school sensibilities to make something new yet familiar. Too much modern metal has the experimentation clashing with the genre's framework and creating a cluttered mess, but Engram is the exact opposite. Engram is just, fresh." - @Addo_Of_Nex
"Engram" is probably the single greatest thing in black metal since Burzum released Hvis Lyset Tar Oss back in 1994." - @Master_Yoda77
"Engram is better than Drawing Down the Moon. I've always liked some songs on DDtM but others come across as a bit silly and not so well thought out. Engram has a more singular vision and is better for it imo." - @Phylactery
"Engram isn't average. It's below average. And senior citizens fucking in a nursing home is more visceral than DDtM." - @crimsonfloyd
Chosen by:
Master_Yoda77 (#1)
Mort Divine (#2)
Slayed Necros (#3)
Onder (#4)
Vilden (#5)
Sirjack (#6)
Phylactery (#6)
TOTAL: 50 POINTS
NYT YLISTÄÄ SAATANAA!
"It's the potency of the album's fusion of the classic Beherit sound and riff work with new structural ideas that it seems Holocausto perfected during his non-metal stint. Subtle things like the samples in "Axiom Heroine", "All in Satan", and particularly the second movement of "Demon Advance" are effective in the sense that the experimental components of the music combine forces with the old school sensibilities to make something new yet familiar. Too much modern metal has the experimentation clashing with the genre's framework and creating a cluttered mess, but Engram is the exact opposite. Engram is just, fresh." - @Addo_Of_Nex
"Engram" is probably the single greatest thing in black metal since Burzum released Hvis Lyset Tar Oss back in 1994." - @Master_Yoda77
"Engram is better than Drawing Down the Moon. I've always liked some songs on DDtM but others come across as a bit silly and not so well thought out. Engram has a more singular vision and is better for it imo." - @Phylactery
"Engram isn't average. It's below average. And senior citizens fucking in a nursing home is more visceral than DDtM." - @crimsonfloyd
Chosen by:
Master_Yoda77 (#1)
Mort Divine (#2)
Slayed Necros (#3)
Onder (#4)
Vilden (#5)
Sirjack (#6)
Phylactery (#6)
TOTAL: 50 POINTS
Phylactery
Active Member
There's a newish bar opened near where I live that has a huge selection of beers and ciders. Anyway, the dukebox has fucking tracks from Engram on it. I'll have to put one on next time I'm there and watch as everyone leaves haha.
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4) Vast Oceans Lachrymose by While Heaven Wept
Once a king, now nameless, forgotten, swallowed by the seas of sand...
"The new While Heaven Wept album totally slays. It's heavy, epic, and at times a bit doomy (although far more power metal-influenced). Definitely a must though for fans of the genre, and probably one of the best albums of last year (in my opinion)." - @Einherjar86
"While Heaven wept is really good, especially Vast Oceans Lachrymose, exactly the stuff I'm looking for." - @Vilden
"VAST OCEANS is more about the emotional depths of each individual passage rather than how those passages fit and flow together, for me anyways. even when i love them i find them a little shallow and can see how they'd have the potential to put out some dross." - @no country for old wainds
Chosen by:
CASSETTEISGOD (#2)
Vilden (#2)
Krow (#3)
zabu of nΩd (#3)
no country for old wainds (#3)
Master_Yoda77 (#5)
Talos of Atmora (#9)
Vegard Pompey (#9)
TOTAL: 52 POINTS
Once a king, now nameless, forgotten, swallowed by the seas of sand...
"The new While Heaven Wept album totally slays. It's heavy, epic, and at times a bit doomy (although far more power metal-influenced). Definitely a must though for fans of the genre, and probably one of the best albums of last year (in my opinion)." - @Einherjar86
"While Heaven wept is really good, especially Vast Oceans Lachrymose, exactly the stuff I'm looking for." - @Vilden
"VAST OCEANS is more about the emotional depths of each individual passage rather than how those passages fit and flow together, for me anyways. even when i love them i find them a little shallow and can see how they'd have the potential to put out some dross." - @no country for old wainds
Chosen by:
CASSETTEISGOD (#2)
Vilden (#2)
Krow (#3)
zabu of nΩd (#3)
no country for old wainds (#3)
Master_Yoda77 (#5)
Talos of Atmora (#9)
Vegard Pompey (#9)
TOTAL: 52 POINTS
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3) Voice of Steel by Nokturnal Mortum
There are so few strange things in the world…
VOS is so killer. Full of a barbaric ferocity that I find unmatched by most albums. Can't wait for their new one." - @Pitiless Wanderer
"The Voice of Steel is such an audacious album. I know it's well-regarded, but I'm surprised it's not even more popular." - @MasterOLightning
"I might be the only one who didn't like Voice of Steel, especially compared to Weltanschauung." - @Mort Divine
"Regarding Nokturnal Mortum, they are such an up and down band. Lunar Poetry is strong, Goat Horns is excellent, and then there is a series of mediocre records followed by the phenomenal Voice of Steel." - @crimsonfloyd
Chosen by:
Vilden (#1)
Krow (#2)
no country for old wainds (#2)
Talos of Atmora (#2)
crimsonfloyd (#2)
RedinTheSky (#3)
Phylactery (#5)
Serjeant Grumbles (#10)
TOTAL: 61 POINTS
There are so few strange things in the world…
VOS is so killer. Full of a barbaric ferocity that I find unmatched by most albums. Can't wait for their new one." - @Pitiless Wanderer
"The Voice of Steel is such an audacious album. I know it's well-regarded, but I'm surprised it's not even more popular." - @MasterOLightning
"I might be the only one who didn't like Voice of Steel, especially compared to Weltanschauung." - @Mort Divine
"Regarding Nokturnal Mortum, they are such an up and down band. Lunar Poetry is strong, Goat Horns is excellent, and then there is a series of mediocre records followed by the phenomenal Voice of Steel." - @crimsonfloyd
Chosen by:
Vilden (#1)
Krow (#2)
no country for old wainds (#2)
Talos of Atmora (#2)
crimsonfloyd (#2)
RedinTheSky (#3)
Phylactery (#5)
Serjeant Grumbles (#10)
TOTAL: 61 POINTS
Phylactery
Active Member
What is everyone's favourite track on The Voice of Steel? It's the title track for me. The other tracks have high points as well, but none are as consistently great as the title track imo.
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