GMD Top 250 (based on RYM ratings)

[no country for old wainds]

=179) Satan - Cruel Magic | 3.93 from 7 ratings

=179) Dead Congregation - Promulgation of the Fall | 3.93 from 7 ratings

=179) Saint Vitus - Die Healing | 3.93 from 7 ratings

=179) Bolt Thrower - ...For Victory | 3.93 from 7 ratings

=179) King Crimson - Lizard | 3.93 from 7 ratings

178) Burzum - Burzum | 3.70 from 10 ratings

177) Immolation - Dawn of Possession | 3.62 from 12 ratings

176) Alice in Chains - Dirt | 3.78 from 9 ratings

175) Altar / Cartilage - Ex Oblivione / The Fragile Concept of Affection | 4.08 from 6 ratings

=173) Voivod - Dimension Hatross | 3.68 from 11 ratings

=173) Motorhead - Overkill | 3.68 from 11 ratings

172) Eddie Noack - Psycho | 5.00 from 3 ratings

=167) The Lord Weird Slough Feg - Down Among the Deadmen | 3.88 from 8 ratings

=167) Immolation - Failures for Gods | 3.88 from 8 ratings

=167) Obituary - Cause of Death | 3.88 from 8 ratings

=167) Savatage - Hall of the Mountain King | 3.88 from 8 ratings

=167) The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Are You Experienced? | 3.88 from 8 ratings

 

[no country for old wainds]

=162) Ulver - Bergtatt | 3.75 from 10 ratings

=162) Bolt Thrower - War Master | 3.75 from 10 ratings

=162) Voivod - Nothingface | 3.75 from 10 ratings

=162) Sepultura - Morbid Visions | 3.75 from 10 ratings

=162) Crimson Glory - Crimson Glory | 3.75 from 10 ratings

=160) Dark Moor - The Hall of the Olden Dreams | 4.30 from 5 ratings

=160) The Stooges - Fun House | 4.30 from 5 ratings

=158) Death - Human | 3.67 from 12 ratings

=158) Megadeth - Killing Is My Business... and Business Is Good! | 3.67 from 12 ratings

=156) Aspid - Кровоизлияние | 4.00 from 7 ratings

=156) Pixies - Doolittle | 4.00 from 7 ratings

=151) Vektor - Outer Isolation | 3.83 from 9 ratings

=151) The Chasm - The Spell of Retribution | 3.83 from 9 ratings

=151) Deicide - Deicide | 3.83 from 9 ratings

=151) Vio-Lence - Eternal Nightmare | 3.83 from 9 ratings

=151) Diamond Head - Lightning to the Nations | 3.83 from 9 ratings

 

[CiG]

=179) Satan - Cruel Magic | 3.93 from 7 ratings

=179) Dead Congregation - Promulgation of the Fall | 3.93 from 7 ratings

=179) Saint Vitus - Die Healing | 3.93 from 7 ratings

=179) Bolt Thrower - ...For Victory | 3.93 from 7 ratings

=179) King Crimson - Lizard | 3.93 from 7 ratings

178) Burzum - Burzum | 3.70 from 10 ratings

177) Immolation - Dawn of Possession | 3.62 from 12 ratings

176) Alice in Chains - Dirt | 3.78 from 9 ratings

175) Altar / Cartilage - Ex Oblivione / The Fragile Concept of Affection | 4.08 from 6 ratings

=173) Voivod - Dimension Hatross | 3.68 from 11 ratings

=173) Motorhead - Overkill | 3.68 from 11 ratings

172) Eddie Noack - Psycho | 5.00 from 3 ratings

=167) The Lord Weird Slough Feg - Down Among the Deadmen | 3.88 from 8 ratings

=167) Immolation - Failures for Gods | 3.88 from 8 ratings

=167) Obituary - Cause of Death | 3.88 from 8 ratings

=167) Savatage - Hall of the Mountain King | 3.88 from 8 ratings

=167) The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Are You Experienced? | 3.88 from 8 ratings

Interesting mix of stuff right there.

 

[no country for old wainds]

100 done, 150 more to go

 

[challenge_everything]

I should probably make it my project to listen to anything I'm not familiar with here.

 

[no country for old wainds]

=149) Opeth - Morningrise | 3.73 from 11 ratings

=149) Pagan Altar - Pagan Altar | 3.73 from 11 ratings

=147) Iron Maiden - The Number of the Beast | 3.65 from 13 ratings

=147) Black Sabbath - Heaven and Hell | 3.65 from 13 ratings

146) My Dying Bride - The Angel and the Dark River | 4.17 from 6 ratings

=142) The Lord Weird Slough Feg - Traveller | 3.94 from 8 ratings

=142) Gorguts - The Erosion of Sanity | 3.94 from 8 ratings

=142) Massacra - Final Holocaust | 3.94 from 8 ratings

=142) Trouble - The Skull | 3.94 from 8 ratings

=138) Lykathea Aflame - Elvenefris | 3.80 from 10 ratings

=138) Incantation - Mortal Throne of Nazarene | 3.80 from 10 ratings

=138) Morbid Saint - Spectrum of Death | 3.80 from 10 ratings

=138) Cirith Ungol - Frost and Fire | 3.80 from 10 ratings

=136) Bathory - Hammerheart | 3.71 from 12 ratings

=136) Manilla Road - Mystification | 3.71 from 12 ratings

135) Megadeth - Peace Sells... But Who's Buying? | 3.63 from 15 ratings

=131) Sepultura - Schizophrenia | 3.77 from 11 ratings

=131) Voivod - Killing Technology | 3.77 from 11 ratings

=131) Rush - Moving Pictures | 3.77 from 11 ratings

 

[no country for old wainds]

=131) Rainbow - Rising | 3.77 from 11 ratings

 

[no country for old wainds]

=124) Blut Aus Nord - The Work Which Transforms God | 3.89 from 9 ratings

=124) Master's Hammer - Ritual | 3.89 from 9 ratings

=124) Tormentor - Anno Domini | 3.89 from 9 ratings

=124) Coroner - Punishment For Decadence | 3.89 from 9 ratings

=124) The Cure - Pornography | 3.89 from 9 ratings

=124) Discharge - Hear Nothing See Nothing Say Nothing | 3.89 from 9 ratings

=124) Wishbone Ash - Argus | 3.89 from 9 ratings

=119) At the Gates - Gardens of Grief | 4.07 from 7 ratings

=119) Agalloch - Ashes Against the Grain | 4.07 from 7 ratings

=119) Runemagick - The Supreme Force of Eternity | 4.07 from 7 ratings

=119) Cocteau Twins - Treasure | 4.07 from 7 ratings

=119) Queensryche - The Warning | 4.07 from 7 ratings

 

[CiG]

Wishbone Ash.

 

[no country for old wainds]

118) Slayer - Seasons in the Abyss | 3.68 from 14 ratings

=116) Dawn - Nær sólen gar niþer for evogher | 4.40 from 5 ratings

=116) Mad River - Mad River | 4.40 from 5 ratings

115) Possessed - Seven Churches | 3.75 from 12 ratings

=111) Gorement - The Ending Quest | 3.85 from 10 ratings

=111) At the Gates - With Fear I Kiss the Burning Darkness | 3.85 from 10 ratings

=111) Terrorizer - World Downfall | 3.85 from 10 ratings

=111) Candlemass - Nightfall | 3.85 from 10 ratings

=107) Sodom - In the Sign of Evil | 4.00 from 8 ratings

=107) Immolation - Unholy Cult | 4.00 from 8 ratings

=107) Dissection - The Somberlain | 4.00 from 8 ratings

=107) Dark Angel - Darkness Descends | 4.00 from 8 ratings

106) Burzum - Filosofem | 3.73 from 13 ratings

105) Sodom - Persecution Mania | 3.82 from 11 ratings

 

[challenge_everything]

Awesome list so far. Baffled how The Somberlain ranks above SotLB though.

 

[CiG]

Mad River. <3

 

[crimsonfloyd]

Awesome list so far. Baffled how The Somberlain ranks above SotLB though.

You're baffled that the more popular album ranks higher? I could see disagreeing, but I don't see how you could be baffled.

 

[Slayed Necros]

172) Eddie Noack - Psycho | 5.00 from 3 ratings

Haha fucking awesome.

 

[challenge_everything]

You're baffled that the more popular album ranks higher? I could see disagreeing, but I don't see how you could be baffled.

Thanks Captain Literal, I'm baffled that anyone here would rank the obviously inferior Somberlain over SotLB.

 

[crimsonfloyd]

Thanks Captain Literal, I'm baffled that anyone here would rank the obviously inferior Somberlain over SotLB.

Clearly it’s not obvious, since many disagree with you.

 

[challenge_everything]

Well shame on me for expressing an opinion on a discussion board which is dying a slow death. Good chat

 

[no country for old wainds]

in what world is the somberlain more popular than SOTLB anyway? maybe on underground metal forums but certainly not overall. on the RYM charts for example the somberlain is barely in the top 1000 while SOTLB is in the top 400, with a higher average rating and nearly double the volume of ratings

 

[crimsonfloyd]

in what world is the somberlain more popular than SOTLB anyway? maybe on underground metal forums but certainly not overall. on the RYM charts for example the somberlain is barely in the top 1000 while SOTLB is in the top 400, with a higher average rating and nearly double the volume of ratings

Not even on underground metal forums, as the results here illustrate.

 

[no country for old wainds]

Not even on underground metal forums, as the results here illustrate.

... you're the one who said the somberlain is more popular? this conversation is melting my brain. i also don't know what challenge_everything was talking about in the first place given that SOTLB hasn't placed yet and will probably rank higher than the somberlain (although i haven't checked).