dwellerINTHEdark
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About to head on a weeklong Caribbean cruise where I will be studying 2014 albums faithfully in my downtime.
GMD Poll: Top Ten Albums of 2014
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1. Inferi - The Path Of Apotheosis
Slugdge - Gastronomicon
Shylmagoghnar - Emergence
Horrendous - Ecdysis
Morbus Chron - Sweven
Yob - Clearing The Path To Ascend
Ne Obliviscaris - Citadel
Artificial Brain - Labyrinth Constellation
Mare Cognitum - Phobos Monolith
Singularity - Singularity
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Stargazer - Merging To The Boundless
Fallujah - The Flesh Prevails
Hannes Grossmann - The Radial Covenant
Spires - The Whisperer
Panopticon - Roads To The North
Mors Principium Est - Dawn of the 5th Era
Solbrud - Jærtegn
Blut Aus Nord – Memoria Vetusta III
Exmortus - Slave to the Sword
Darkest Era - Severance
Cormorant - Earth Diver
Slugdge - Gastronomicon
Shylmagoghnar - Emergence
Horrendous - Ecdysis
Morbus Chron - Sweven
Yob - Clearing The Path To Ascend
Ne Obliviscaris - Citadel
Artificial Brain - Labyrinth Constellation
Mare Cognitum - Phobos Monolith
Singularity - Singularity
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Stargazer - Merging To The Boundless
Fallujah - The Flesh Prevails
Hannes Grossmann - The Radial Covenant
Spires - The Whisperer
Panopticon - Roads To The North
Mors Principium Est - Dawn of the 5th Era
Solbrud - Jærtegn
Blut Aus Nord – Memoria Vetusta III
Exmortus - Slave to the Sword
Darkest Era - Severance
Cormorant - Earth Diver
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1) Seprevation - Consumed
2) Orange Goblin - Back From the Abyss
3) Horrendous - Ecdysis
4) Revocation - Deathless
5) Triptykon - Melana Chasmata
6) Animals As Leaders - The Joy of Motion
7) Crowbar - Symmetry in Black
8) Mastodon - Once More 'Round the Sun
9) Dead Congregation - Promulgation of the Fall
10) Morbus Chron - Sweven
HM: Behemoth / YOB / Electric Wizard / Saor / Teitanblood
Very fun year. Good year for old-school style death metal. Bloodbath's record completely nailed that thick Swedish buzzsaw sound, but man is that album boring. Horrendous on the other hand showed everyone how it's fucking done. Morbus Chron also did an excellent job, and it's weird to only have it ranked #10, but it was a stacked year.
I also really want to like Teitanblood's release from this year. There are some great moments interspersed throughout the album, but I just can't hang with that level of cacophony that fluffs the rest of it. The production is killer, but why do they need to resort to dragging shit out with meaningless blastbeats. It's not really atmospheric or "shoegaze" enough to warrant 10+ minute songs. Cut that shit in half and focus on the groovy parts.
2) Orange Goblin - Back From the Abyss
3) Horrendous - Ecdysis
4) Revocation - Deathless
5) Triptykon - Melana Chasmata
6) Animals As Leaders - The Joy of Motion
7) Crowbar - Symmetry in Black
8) Mastodon - Once More 'Round the Sun
9) Dead Congregation - Promulgation of the Fall
10) Morbus Chron - Sweven
HM: Behemoth / YOB / Electric Wizard / Saor / Teitanblood
Very fun year. Good year for old-school style death metal. Bloodbath's record completely nailed that thick Swedish buzzsaw sound, but man is that album boring. Horrendous on the other hand showed everyone how it's fucking done. Morbus Chron also did an excellent job, and it's weird to only have it ranked #10, but it was a stacked year.
I also really want to like Teitanblood's release from this year. There are some great moments interspersed throughout the album, but I just can't hang with that level of cacophony that fluffs the rest of it. The production is killer, but why do they need to resort to dragging shit out with meaningless blastbeats. It's not really atmospheric or "shoegaze" enough to warrant 10+ minute songs. Cut that shit in half and focus on the groovy parts.
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1) Exmortus - Slave to the Sword
2) Alestorm - Sunset on the Golden Age
3) Vader - Tibi et Igni
4) Overkill - White Devil Armory
5) Exodus - Blood In, Blood Out
6) Cannibal Corpse - A Skeletal Domain
7) Revocation - Deathless
8) Autopsy - Tourniquets, Hacksaws, and Graves
9) Godflesh - A World Lit only by Fire
10) Iron Reagan - The Tyranny of Will
2) Alestorm - Sunset on the Golden Age
3) Vader - Tibi et Igni
4) Overkill - White Devil Armory
5) Exodus - Blood In, Blood Out
6) Cannibal Corpse - A Skeletal Domain
7) Revocation - Deathless
8) Autopsy - Tourniquets, Hacksaws, and Graves
9) Godflesh - A World Lit only by Fire
10) Iron Reagan - The Tyranny of Will
man im having trouble with this one. Bunch of good shit came out this year. StarGazer is probably getting knocked off my list and there's a bunch of albums fighting for the last 3-4 spots.
no country for old wainds
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... it's on Joffrey's unranked list.
Most of the albums on my list wont be getting any votes, doesn't bother me.
Most of the albums on my list wont be getting any votes, doesn't bother me.
dwellerINTHEdark
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sure we can push it back a few days i guess. But get on it compa, don't make us wait too long.
Hopefully we get something from the 80's or 90's next time around. A few old-schoolers stayed out of this one and tbh i wouldn't want to do two 21st century years in a row. But the gods will be the ones to decide.
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I’m actually down for another 21st century year. This year was dope as fuck, and the last few old school years we have left are so good that they should be left for last. All good things must come to an end, so let’s stretch that end to the last drop
Phylactery
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Just realised we have not done 1997 yet. Not as strong as 1996 or 1998, but still a pretty good year in the 90s. Especially when it comes to black metal. Beyond the Wandering Moon and Witchcraft bitches.
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Phylactery
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Yeah but 1990 is more of a classic year. 1997 isn’t quite classic, but still a good year we haven’t done.
Nattens Madrigal - I like it a lot, but I’m not sure it’s appreciated around these parts. The obviously engineered production will put some off and it’s pretty derivative of classic Darkthone. Still, I think the melodies, atmosphere and songwriting are strong enough for it to be a worthwhile album.
I also think it has a weaker second half. First 4 tracks are my favourites.
Nattens Madrigal - I like it a lot, but I’m not sure it’s appreciated around these parts. The obviously engineered production will put some off and it’s pretty derivative of classic Darkthone. Still, I think the melodies, atmosphere and songwriting are strong enough for it to be a worthwhile album.
I also think it has a weaker second half. First 4 tracks are my favourites.
please try to cut back on the derogatory and misogynistic remarks. Thanks.
An yeah, its one of the few years that black metal probably came out on top, which also kind of indicates why it was a pretty weak year for metal. Nattens Madrigal, Under the Sign of Hell, Eld, The Third Storm of Cythraul being the best the genre had to offer. That being said there werea few other good albums that came out like Fearless Undead Machines, Unchain the Wolves, Darkside, Ophidian Wheel, Forever Underground, Dismember's Death Metal etc. but yeah overall a pretty weak year that i'm not really dying to get to.
Phylactery
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Yeah the Gorgoroth, Absu and Destroyer 666 albums rule! Darkside is a big step down from the debut but still pretty good.
“Unchain the Wolves” might be my favourite song of 1997.
“Unchain the Wolves” might be my favourite song of 1997.
CiG
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Off the top of my head my highlights for '97 are Puzzled Into Various Spaces, Rain Without End, Unchain the Wolves and The Divine Wings of Tragedy.
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