GMD Poll: Top Ten Albums of 2017

[Draehl]

LOL is that possible?

CTRL+SHIFT+V will paste plain text if you have something with a hyperlink/weird formatting, etc. At least in Chrome.

 

[Talos of Atmora]

So, is the list coming anytime soon?

 

[no country for old wainds]

already answered that

 

[TechnicalBarbarity]

... in other words, who knows.

 

[no country for old wainds]

1) wampyrinacht - we will be watching - les cultes de satan et les mystères de la mort
2) fin - arrows of a dying age
3) ultra silvam - ultra silvam
4) argus - from fields of fire
5) wolfnacht - ypervoreia
6) circle of dawn - northern savonian black metal
7) rupture - rise of the mass graves
8) beastiality - worshippers of unearthly perversions
9) horns and hooves - morbid lust
10) procession - doom decimation

click the album titles for sample songs (or the whole thing if it's a short demo/EP). nothing that really felt #1-worthy here, but there's still plenty of good shit.

@Phylactery will be pleased with such a BM-dominated list. azaxul might've made it too with more listens, and fleurety is the oddball curiosity i'll spend some more time with although it seems half fascinating half obnoxious. none of it is as good as the sorcier des glaces album from last year though.

i wish i was more enamoured with recent trad in a supposedly great year, but eh. hellwell, sons of crom (trad/BM hybrid), night, stygian fair, ravage and pagan altar were all pretty cool, off the top of my head. again, nothing to match the magic of last year's lethal steel IMO.

i quite liked plenty of thrash/speed leaning stuff like power trip, condor, malokarpatan (great cover art, lyrics, samples, that wild first couple mins, sixth track... the rest is just solid to me), bonehunter, bunker 66 etc, but only rupture, death/thrash from china of all places, really stood out. i didn't hear much pure DM i really enjoyed, but i'm pretty picky with it these days.

richard dawson's peasant is my overall AOTY by far of course, and on a short list of all-time favourites.

gonna try to keep track of new music better this year.

 

[no country for old wainds]

... in other words, who knows.

it'll be saturday if nobody requests extra time. i suppose we're getting to the point where requesting extra time should be rejected anyway, but i don't rly mind if anyone wants a day extension or something.

 

[CiG]

1) wampyrinacht - we will be watching - les cultes de satan et les mystères de la mort

Definitely buying this asap.

but only rupture, death/thrash from china of all places, really stood out.

 

[Slayed Necros]

3) ultra silvam - ultra silvam

I was going to ask if you'd heard this. Awesome stuff, especially the third track.

 

[Vegard Pompey]

rms' list had me laughing for a solid minute, what in the fuck

 

[rms]

shit is pretty ugly

 

[Vilden]

@Dazed and Brutal as far as i know you can't upload pics/gifs, you can only link them (by clicking the Image icon above and entering the URL of the image).

You do know that you have a large "upload file" beside the "post reply" button right?

 

[no country for old wainds]

fuck i'm almost as dumb as dazed and brutal

 

[TechnicalBarbarity]

fuck i'm almost as dumb as dazed and brutal

don't make fun of yourself.

 

[Master_Yoda77]

I fully admit that my top 10 list is not exactly representative of what I think should be in the top 10 since I totally forgot about the new Goatmoon album that came out and hot damn that one was excellent. But it's good enough I guess.

 

[no country for old wainds]

GMD Top Ten Albums of 2017
=9) Woe to the Vanquished by Warbringer*
Waters that once gave life run red...

"The new Warbringer album is great but not as good as Worlds Torn As Under or Waking Into Nightmares." - @Azerzakos

"Fucking hell!
New Warbringer absolutely blows away the new Havok" - @Krigloch the Furious

"The new Havok is good too, but yeah the new Warbringer destroys. Pretty impressive considering half the band left and they were considering calling it quits 1-2 years ago." - @Baroque

"easy one of the best modern thrash bands." - @TechnicalBarbarity

Chosen by:
TechnicalBarbarity (#1)*
Dak (#2)
Baroque (#3)
zerostatic (#3)
TOTAL POINTS: 25

=9) Obituary by Obituary*
Back to the realm of the living dead...

"the thing l find with every new Obituary release is that, the first song l hear is almost killer and then l hear the album and its just not killer obituary" - @Sirjack

"My opinion thus far is that it's their best since World Demise." - @The Ozzman

"Finally got around to giving the new Obituary a crank or two, and, as Bobby Blitz might exclaim, "Jesus Christ in a Slayer t-shirt!", you boys weren't joshing when you said this was arguably their finest since The World Demise." @H.P. Lovecraft

"Songs on the new Obituary are fantastic but too short. In some ways it feels like a sampler/preview of itself. Still love the album." - @Baroque

"It's good stuff to crank up and jump off the couch to." - @Satanstoenail

"what a surprisingly great fucking album" - @CASSETTEISGOD

Chosen by:
Baroque (#1)
Slammed (#4)
The Ozzman (#4)
Talos of Atmora (#10)
TOTAL POINTS: 25

*after tech barb's late entry, obituary is now 11th and warbringer is =7th with a total of 35.

 

[Master_Yoda77]

Woah we skipping number 10 or something?

 

[no country for old wainds]

if you have two in joint 9th that makes 10 yo

 

[Master_Yoda77]

But that's not how you've done it in the past, right? Or am I fucking crazy?

 

[no country for old wainds]

8) Urn by Ne Obliviscaris*
An abyss of dying dreams...

"Hands down the best metal band in Australia." - @Hubster

"Ne Obliviscaris make me feel ashamed to be Australian." - @CASSETTEISGOD

"I know I've said it before, but Ne Obliviscaris popped up on my shuffle again and they are the number one example of a band I'd fuckin love if not for the clean vocals. Easily number one. I stomach them for the sake of the instrumental craftsmanship, but grimace a little bit every time. Sounds like a teenager fresh out of puberty." - @Carpe Mortem

"Yeah all of you need Ne Obliviscaris in your lives. This album kicks ass, might be their best in some ways and i loved the first album." - @Baroque

"When the new Ne Obliviscaris comes out I am going to experience an erection lasting longer than 4 hours." - @Eligos

Chosen by:
Victim of Deception (#1)
Baroque (#2)
crimsonfloyd (#2)
TOTAL POINTS: 28

*late entry from tech barb means this is now 9th.

 

[no country for old wainds]

But that's not how you've done it in the past, right? Or am I fucking crazy?

it is but it doesn't usually work out that way. usually it's 10 and 11 which are tied in which case i have to fucking do extra entries