surprisingly, this thread is about music

[rahvin]

the site bnr metal encourages users to vote for their choice of top ten metal records for each year (starting a long way back, with most of the polls obviously closed by now). what follows are the results from the year 2000 forward, as chosen by what i will from now on refer to as the internet, or 1337-speaking twelve-year-old counterstrike players for short.

you can comment on the results if you want - actually, i know you want to - but i'm mostly interested in knowing how many of the records listed (a) you've heard of; (b) you've listened to, possibly more than once; (c) you own, and whether by that you mean you bought the record or downloaded a scene leak or wrestled a master copy out of the hands of the drummer.

you don't have to be accurate, it's not a survey. just give me a general idea of how popular the popular stuff is around here. i'd like noobs and lurker to reply to this thread, too, as i can probably guess the answers of the regulars already and i like to be surprised. granted, i also like to sit cradling in my lap a ripe pineapple, so you shouldn't take my inclinations as a tell-tale sign of anything except maybe serious mental disorder.

2000

1. iron maiden - brave new world
2. halford - resurrection
3. nevermore - dead heart in a dead world
4. pantera - reinventing the steel
5. in flames - clayman
6. cradle of filth - midian
7. helloween - the dark ride
8. demons & wizards - demons & wizards
9. hammerfall - renegade
10. symphony x - v


2001

1. iced earth - the horror show
2. slayer - god hates us all
3. system of a down - toxicity
4. kreator - live kreation
5. opeth - blackwater park
6. megadeth - the world needs a hero
7. slipknot - iowa
8. dimmu borgir - puritanical euphoric misanthropia
9. children of bodom - follow the reaper
10. tool - salival


2002 vote here: http://www.bnrmetal.com/pages/vote-2002.htm

1. opeth - deliverance
2. blind guardian - a night at the opera
3. dark tranquillity - damage done
4. in flames - reroute to remain
5. immortal - sons of northern darkness
6. symphony x - odyssey
7. soilwork - natural born chaos
8. iron maiden - rock in rio
9. dream theater - six degrees of inner turbulence
10. nightwish - century child


2003 vote here: http://www.bnrmetal.com/pages/vote-2003.htm

1. iron maiden - dance of death
2. dimmu borgir - death cult armageddon
3. opeth - damnation
4. arch enemy - anthems of rebellion
5. children of bodom - hate crew deathroll
6. dream theater - train of thought
7. anthrax - we've come for you all
8. nevermore - enemies of reality
9. metallica - st. anger
10. cradle of filth - damnation and a day


2004 vote here: http://www.bnrmetal.com/pages/vote-2004.htm

1. megadeth - the system has failed
2. exodus - tempo of the damned
3. iced earth - the glorious burden
4. nightwish - once
5. cradle of filth - nymphetamine
6. lamb of god - ashes of the wake
7. mastodon - leviathan
8. slipknot - vol. 3: the subliminal verses
9. in flames - soundtrack to your escape
10. anthrax - music of mass destruction

 

[marduk1507]

Heh, interesting, Ive heard of all of the records, been listening to Opeth, Nevermore, Dream Theater, Iron Maiden, SOAD, Megadeth, Dimmu, DT and Mastodon and I own a lot of them, in all the forms youve mentioned. Its funny how the top tens of bnr match my own top tens and how the internet ones differ from them. BNR have a good taste!

 

[Salamurhaaja]

Who the fuck voted Opeth and, Hell forbid, Blind Crappian over DT, these people need
to be taken behind the sauna and given the final treatment.

As for the albums, heard most of them and came to the obvious conclusion that most
bands/music past 1996 sucks ass and doesn't warrant a second listening.

 

[Rusty]

I've heard of all of them. Additional information follows.


2000

1. iron maiden - brave new world - heard, own, and love
5. in flames - clayman - heard once, and dismissed
6. cradle of filth - midian - heard, own, and mildly enjoy


2001

2. slayer - god hates us all - heard but dismissed
5. opeth - blackwater park - heard, own, and love
7. slipknot - iowa - heard, despaired, and dismissed


2002

1. opeth - deliverance - heard, own, and like very much
3. dark tranquillity - damage done - heard, own, and quite like
4. in flames - reroute to remain - heard once, and dismissed
7. soilwork - natural born chaos - heard once, and dismissed
8. iron maiden - rock in rio - heard, own, and like very much
9. dream theater - six degrees of inner turbulence - heard, laughed, and dismissed


2003

1. iron maiden - dance of death - heard, own, and love
2. dimmu borgir - death cult armageddon - heard and dismissed
3. opeth - damnation - heard, own, and love
4. arch enemy - anthems of rebellion - heard and dismissed
5. children of bodom - hate crew deathroll - heard, laughed, and dismissed
9. metallica - st. anger - heard, despaired, and dismissed
10. cradle of filth - damnation and a day - heard and dismissed


2004

5. cradle of filth - nymphetamine - heard and dismissed
8. slipknot - vol. 3: the subliminal verses - heard and dismissed
9. in flames - soundtrack to your escape - heard, laughed, and dismissed

 

[Villain]

I have heard of most of those records, but have actually listened to less than half of them - and I don't feel bad for that.

The only really good ones from those lists are:

2000: None (Clayman by In Flames being the closest)

2001: Blackwater Park by Opeth

2002: Damage Done by you-know-who & Delivarance by Opeth

2003: None (Damnation by Opeth being the closest)

2004: None

-Villain

 

[King Chaos]

a) I've heard of all of them... I don't know many people (in to metal) who haven't.

b) 6 from 2000 - 8 from 2001 - 7 from 2002 - 9 from 2003 - 9 from 2004.

c) 3 from 2000 - 7 from 2001 - 5 from 2002 - 7 from 2003 - 7 from 2004.

Along with the general consensus so far I'd have to agree those lists are pretty shit. although a few of the albums would have made it in. I'm shocked to see In Their Darkened Shrines is not there (2002). Especially seen as though Immortal are, and they are equally (well maybe not quite) pummeling.

Interesting that Demons and Wizards made it into the 2000 list.

 

[Malaclypse]

i know all the bands, though i hardly have any of the records mentioned, even as mp3. i'm not too much into more classical /power metal, so stuff like maiden, halford, symphony x and the like make my ears bleed. so what i actually own is the following:

cradle of filth - midian -> quite decent to listen to once a year or so
in flames - clayman -> stays in the rack
system of a down - -> toxicity is played too often in discos and pubs to be played at home
opeth - blackwater park -> gets a spin every week
dimmu borgir - puritanical euphoric misanthropia -> impressive drumming, but don't listen to it that much, has worn out a bit
opeth - deliverance -> the songs could use a little more balance, but otherwise good
dark tranquillity - damage done -> i mostly play along to this one with drums
immortal - sons of northern darkness -> currently in my car, always funny
soilwork - natural born chaos -> can't really hear it anymore
dimmu borgir - death cult armageddon -> boring over time
opeth - damnation ok
metallica - st. anger -> i can hear cooking pots in the kitchen, thank you
cradle of filth - damnation and a day -> decent
mastodon - leviathan -> recently got into this, teh win!

 

[opacity]

most of these named bands I have never heard of.
on the contrary, most albums of 2004 that I count my favourites are not listed.

what the heck - who cares

 

[Symphonic Flames]

2000

5. in flames - clayman - heard, own, spins frequently
6. cradle of filth - midian - heard some tracks
7. helloween - the dark ride - heard some tracks
9. hammerfall - renegade - heard, own, last spin long time ago
10. symphony x - v - heard, own, spins frequently, best album in my collection IMO


2001

3. system of a down - toxicity - heard, own, last spin some time ago
5. opeth - blackwater park - heard, own, spins once in a while
9. children of bodom - follow the reaper - heard, own, spins once in a while

2002

3. dark tranquillity - damage done - heard some tracks, maybe to be bought somewhere in the future
4. in flames - reroute to remain, own, spins some more than once in a while
6. symphony x - odyssey, own, spins frequently
7. soilwork - natural born chaos - heard some tracks, not really enthousiastic
9. dream theater - six degrees of inner turbulence - heard, own, last spin long time ago
10. nightwish - century child - heard, own, spinned a few hours ago


2003

3. opeth - damnation - heard of, curious about its sound
4. arch enemy - anthems of rebellion - heard of
5. children of bodom - hate crew deathroll - heard of, heard Sixpound, nice one
6. dream theater - train of thought - heard of
9. metallica - st. anger - heard of, heard two tracks...
10. cradle of filth - damnation and a day - heard of


2004

2. exodus - tempo of the damned - heard of
3. iced earth - the glorious burden - heard of
4. nightwish - once - heard, own, spins once in while
5. cradle of filth - nymphetamine - heard of
8. slipknot - vol. 3: the subliminal verses - heard of
9. in flames - soundtrack to your escape - heard, own, spins once in while
10. anthrax - music of mass destruction - heard of, very nice title in combination with band name :Spin:

 

[La Rocque]

lamb of god - ashes of the wake
pantera - reinventing the steel
dark tranquillity - damage done
opeth - blackwater park
opeth - deliverance
opeth - damnation
tool - salival

Form this list the above are the only ones I play on a regular basis. A few others I play now and then, I would say I've heard close to everything listed ... much crapola
I never download, always buy the disc, I've probably at one time owned at least half of what's listed... Lamb of God, I will be praising them till my last breath, They are the future of metal.

 

[Neurotica]

a) i've heard of mostly all of them

b) i've listened to these

iron maiden - brave new world
in flames - clayman
cradle of filth - midian
symphony x - v
slayer - god hates us all
system of a down - toxicity
opeth - blackwater park
slipknot - iowa
dimmu borgir - puritanical euphoric misanthropia
children of bodom - follow the reaper
tool - salival
opeth - deliverance
dark tranquillity - damage done
in flames - reroute to remain
immortal - sons of northern darkness
symphony x - odyssey
soilwork - natural born chaos
dimmu borgir - death cult armageddon
opeth - damnation
arch enemy - anthems of rebellion
metallica - st. anger

c) I own these
iron maiden - brave new world
cradle of filth - midian
opeth - blackwater park
dimmu borgir - puritanical euphoric misanthropia
children of bodom - follow the reaper
tool - salival
opeth - deliverance
dark tranquillity - damage done
in flames - reroute to remain
soilwork - natural born chaos
opeth - damnation
arch enemy - anthems of rebellion

I think some of them are ok, none of them really blew me away or anything. Overall, I think the list isn't that great.

 

[Taliesin]

Wtf? In Flames finishing 4th in 2002 and CoB finishing 5th in 2003? And wtf is up with Iced Earth winning the 2001 poll? Not that Ive heard it, but.. you know?

a) i've heard of mostly all of them

b+c)

3. nevermore - dead heart in a dead world (I dont own it yet, but I absolutely love it)
5. in flames - clayman (I own that one, really good album tbh)
6. cradle of filth - midian (Dont own it, but it's not bad)
9. hammerfall - renegade (Listened to it a few times back when I was still a complete noob... brrrrrr )

8. dimmu borgir - puritanical euphoric misanthropia (Own it, apart from the ridiculous BM image, it's a good album IMO)
9. children of bodom - follow the reaper (Own it as well, pretty interesting album, good guitar work from Mr.Laiho)

3. dark tranquillity - damage done (Own it.. class album.. though a tad too accessable fro my taste)
4. in flames - reroute to remain (Dont own it.. boring stuff though quite entertaining in a concert)

2. dimmu borgir - death cult armageddon (Thought about buying it for 9 Euros a few days back.. entertaining album though horribly "epic")
4. arch enemy - anthems of rebellion (Dont own it, it gets boring after a while)
5. children of bodom - hate crew deathroll (By far their worst album so far.. repetetive, generic... pfff)
8. nevermore - enemies of reality (Dont own it yet But you cant ever be wrong with Nevermore )
9. metallica - st. anger (Nigga please )

4. nightwish - once (Own it.. ah well Nightwish )
9. in flames - soundtrack to your escape (Dont own it.. for some queer reason I never think of it as a bad album.. even though I do think it has nothing original about it.. hm)

 

[Traveler In Time]

2000

1. iron maiden - brave new world -- good album, but not the best of the year (c)
2. halford - resurrection -- great album, one of the best for sure (b)
3. nevermore - dead heart in a dead world -- good album, but i can't stand them (a)
4. pantera - reinventing the steel #
5. in flames - clayman -- great album, other candidate (b)
6. cradle of filth - midian -- bleeergh (a)
7. helloween - the dark ride -- great album, shows that Helloween don't need to be happy happy to be genius (c)
8. demons & wizards - demons & wizards -- good album, but it's too IcedEarth-ish (b)
9. hammerfall - renegade -- very good album, really good cliche haha (b)
10. symphony x - v -- Prog is not my area, but they're good (a)

I'd rather Hypocrisy's Into the Abyss the best

2001

1. iced earth - the horror show -- mediocre album (a)
2. slayer - god hates us all -- RIP Slayer (a)
3. system of a down - toxicity -- Nooooooooooo (b)
4. kreator - live kreation -- Pretty good live album (a)
5. opeth - blackwater park -- bleeeeeeeergh (b)
6. megadeth - the world needs a hero -- bleeeeeeeeeeeergh (a)
7. slipknot - iowa -- bleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeergh (a)
8. dimmu borgir - puritanical euphoric misanthropia -- bleeeeeeeeeeeergh
9. children of bodom - follow the reaper -- CoB rulessss, another great album (b)
10. tool - salival -- i don't know them

I'd rather Grave Digger's The Grave Digger and Destruction's Antichrist

2002

1. opeth - deliverance -- bleeeeeeeeeeeeergh (a)
2. blind guardian - a night at the opera -- I love BG, but ANATO is a piece of shit, no speedy songs, to much eletronic stuff (b)
3. dark tranquillity - damage done -- What can i say about these gods??? (c)
4. in flames - reroute to remain -- What can i say about these gods (c)
5. immortal - sons of northern darkness -- The worst Immortal album, but it's good (b)
6. symphony x - odyssey -- ahhnnnn, some good songs (a)
7. soilwork - natural born chaos -- Genius album (c)
8. iron maiden - rock in rio -- Good live album (c)
9. dream theater - six degrees of inner turbulence -- I can't stand them
10. nightwish - century child -- bleeeeergh

2003

1. iron maiden - dance of death -- Much better than BNW, this really rox (c)
2. dimmu borgir - death cult armageddon -- bleeeeergh
3. opeth - damnation -- bleeeeeeeeeeeergh
4. arch enemy - anthems of rebellion -- Another great album, AE is one of the best bands arround, Michael Amott is God (c)
5. children of bodom - hate crew deathroll -- CoB again, doing great things, as usual (c)
6. dream theater - train of thought -- ...
7. anthrax - we've come for you all -- Old Anthrax rips this crap away...neeeeeeeext (a)
8. nevermore - enemies of reality -- ..... (b)
9. metallica - st. anger -- ........................ (a)
10. cradle of filth - damnation and a day -- ..........................................

-I'd Rather Soundchaser(Rage), Sweet Vengeance(Nightrage), Soul Temptation(Brainstorm) and Rheingold(Grave Digger) one of the best.

2004

1. megadeth - the system has failed -- ... (a)
2. exodus - tempo of the damned -- i didn't heard it...
3. iced earth - the glorious burden -- good one (a)
4. nightwish - once -- ...
5. cradle of filth - nymphetamine -- .........................
6. lamb of god - ashes of the wake -- i don't know them
7. mastodon - leviathan -- ......
8. slipknot - vol. 3: the subliminal verses -- ........................................
9. in flames - soundtrack to your escape -- Yes, i like this one (b)
10. anthrax - music of mass destruction -- ...

I'd rather Behemoth's Demigod the best

 

[TheFourthHorseman]

I'll just go through these more or less collectively rather than year by year, since that would be boring.
Heard of all of the bands, which is no hard task for anyone involved in metal a bit deeper than the surface. On the list of every year, I've properly listened to 4-7 of the albums. Many artists would appear annually had they released an album, and I can't say that I've ever found a particular interest in Cradle Of Filth or Dimmu Borgir. Well those are pretty much the only ones though, even if not the only ones I've not heard. Prejudices.
Anyway, I own 1-3 albums from the 2000, 2002 and 2003 lists. I have owned 4 from the 2002 list, but I sold one and gave one away as a gift. I would like to own 3-6 albums per a list, meaning that I've downloaded all of those. I'm not sure I'll ever buy some of them, though, because some are kind of in the middle, not terribly bad but not much at all good either (or as good as they used to be). Or they just have too much bad parts to counter the good parts, like with both of the Dream Theater albums.

Alexi Laiho is a cunt. And a squirrel.

 

[opacity]

Alexi Laiho is a cunt. And a squirrel.

hey!

leave the squirrels out, will ya!

 

[solefald]

nteresting opinions around here

2000
1. iron maiden - brave new world-know it but dont nown it, some good songs, better than their last dance of death
2. halford - resurrection-dont know it and will never do:I hate hatlford and priest shit
3. nevermore - dead heart in a dead world-a classic,own it
5. in flames - clayman-own it like all IF releases. a good one,their last awesome album, I hope come clarity will beat this and let me forget soundtrack and r2r
7. helloween - the dark ride-same with halford
8. demons & wizards - demons & wizards-a good one, my little brother has this one,but not too much my stuff
9. hammerfall - renegade- :Spin: I just like glory to the brave when I started metal in 1997.
10. symphony x - v-dont know this, must be power metal right?

2001
1. iced earth - the horror show-their last with matthew barlow, own it, like it
2. slayer - god hates us all-I DONT LIKE SLAYER
3. system of a down - toxicity-great album, own it but its long here that I listened to it
4. kreator - live kreation. no friend of kreator
5. opeth - blackwater park-with this album I lost all interest in opeth
6. megadeth - the world needs a hero-not my stuff
7. slipknot - iowa-same with megadeth
8. dimmu borgir - puritanical euphoric misanthropia-some good songs, thats all
9. children of bodom - follow the reaper-own it, a good one
10. tool - salival-owned it, sold it for 80€ on ebay.tool gets boring and overrated

2002
1. opeth - deliverance-as I lost my interest in opeth.this one passed without any traces through my life
2. blind guardian - a night at the opera-own it, good proeggressive stuff.best german band ever
3. dark tranquillity - damage done-
4. in flames - reroute to remain-hm good but not great
5. immortal - sons of northern darkness-dont know it
6. symphony x - odyssey-dont know it
7. soilwork - natural born chaos-all songs sounds the same, soilwork repeats theirself, a predators portrait was great but this isnt it
8. iron maiden - rock in rio-nice live album.great atmosphere.dont own it
9. dream theater - six degrees of inner turbulence-the last DT album I bought
10. nightwish - century child-some great songs,they did some real good live shows for this album

2003
1. iron maiden - dance of death-boring
2. dimmu borgir - death cult armageddon-not my sound
3. opeth - damnation-hm must check this out one day
4. arch enemy - anthems of rebellion- some nice songs
5. children of bodom - hate crew deathroll-real bad one, and first COB album I did not bought.where is all the COB-magic gone???
6. dream theater - train of thought-dont know
7. anthrax - we've come for you all-dont know
8. nevermore - enemies of reality-great like all nevermore albums, must buy it next time together with the new one
9. metallica - st. anger-own it, interesting one but I hope they will do better next time
10. cradle of filth - damnation and a day-cradle always cradle

2004
1. megadeth - the system has failed-dont know it
2. exodus - tempo of the damned-same
3. iced earth - the glorious burden-the titletrack is unbelievable but the rest I forgot really fast
4. nightwish - once-good one but now nightwish are really trendy
5. cradle of filth - nymphetamine-cradle releases too much albums I dont wanna hear
6. lamb of god - ashes of the wake-dont know, but what I know of LOG makes me wish I never heard it. why is everyone into this band?
7. mastodon - leviathan-great album, must buy it next time.hearts alive is great.this band rocks
8. slipknot - vol. 3: the subliminal verses-
9. in flames - soundtrack to your escape-some good songs, but the magic is gone.own it
10. anthrax - music of mass destruction-???


but its always the same bands who are popular and in these top lists. I just wondered to find mastodon and dark tranquillity. nearly noone of my friends likes DT, or better knows DT.I always tell them how great they are and give them their cds...
but opeth are really popular now, but IMO a little bit overrated,(their first 3 albums are one of the ebst in metal ever )but after still life they repeated themself.

 

[KryptoN]

I know (of) most of them but own only handful of them. I've deleted the albums I haven't heard from the lists.

2000
1. iron maiden - brave new world
3. nevermore - dead heart in a dead world
4. pantera - reinventing the steel
5. in flames - clayman
6. cradle of filth - midian
9. hammerfall - renegade
10. symphony x - v
The only albums I actually like on this list are In Flames' Clayman and Pantera's Reinventing The Steel. Others are shit.

2001
3. system of a down - toxicity My brother bought this so unfortunately I have heard it. Extremely annoying.
4. kreator - live kreation I like, Kreator is great live.
5. opeth - blackwater park My favourite Opeth album, Ghost Reveries sounds better though but I'm not so sure yet.
8. dimmu borgir - puritanical euphoric misanthropia Dimmu's best album IMO, I like.
9. children of bodom - follow the reaper Good at first, now there's only like 2 or 3 songs I like on the album.

2002
1. opeth - deliverance Haven't listened to it much but it feels like a good album.
2. blind guardian - a night at the opera I've heard some songs, they were not good.
3. dark tranquillity - damage done An average DT album. I mostly like it.
4. in flames - reroute to remain Couple of good songs, bad sounds.
5. immortal - sons of northern darkness A cliché. Too cheesy and kvlt for me like every album by them.
7. soilwork - natural born chaos Soilwork's best album IMO. The last good one.
8. iron maiden - rock in rio Nowhere near good.
10. nightwish - century child Pretty nice, there is something I don't like in Tarja's voice though (or maybe it's how she pronounces english).

2003
1. iron maiden - dance of death Not good.
2. dimmu borgir - death cult armageddon A good album in its own way.
3. opeth - damnation Nice.
4. arch enemy - anthems of rebellion 50/50 with good and bad songs. And there is occasionally something in her voice I hate.
5. children of bodom - hate crew deathroll Quite bad.
6. dream theater - train of thought I don't like the vocals, and the music seems too bland.
8. nevermore - enemies of reality A couple of good songs.

2004
1. megadeth - the system has failed OK but not really my kind of music.
4. nightwish - once A few pretty bad songs (people seem to like them though) but other than that it's a nice CD.
5. cradle of filth - nymphetamine Certainly better than the earlier releases, but I still fucking hate Dani's ridiculous voice.
6. lamb of god - ashes of the wake Deleted after listening to a few of the songs.
7. mastodon - leviathan Deleted almost immediately.
8. slipknot - vol. 3: the subliminal verses Downloaded for the curiosity, then deleted after a couple of songs.
9. in flames - soundtrack to your escape 2 or 3 ok songs, very VERY bad overall sound. Still on my hard drive though.

:Smug:

 

[Siren]

i've heard of 32 of them.

i've listened to 9 of them once or more. i also own a copy of those 9 albums.

i have bought 4.

 

[distantsundave]

2000

1. iron maiden - brave new world I bought it and I think it's great
2. halford - resurrection I haven't listened to it at all
3. nevermore - dead heart in a dead world I despise all things Nevermore!
4. pantera - reinventing the steelA friend copied it for me - good stuff
5. in flames - clayman I bought it. In 2000, this was a very strange album for me. I wasn't happy where In Flames were going with their music. I didn't listen to it much after the first 30 spins. I listen to it more these days.
6. cradle of filth - midian Not interested
7. helloween - the dark ride Bought it - love it!
8. demons & wizards - demons & wizards Have heard of it. Haven't heard it. Interested.
9. hammerfall - renegade LMAO - These guys are great. I bought it second hand.
10. symphony x - v Haven't heard it


2001

1. iced earth - the horror show Strangely enough, I haven't encountered much of Iced Earth's material. Can't say I've been looking.
2. slayer - god hates us all I don't like Slayer and Slayer don't like me.
3. system of a down - toxicity I don't like System of a Down and System of a Down don't like me.
4. kreator - live kreation Bought it. Love it.
5. opeth - blackwater park Bought it. Loved it. Wore it out. Bought it again.
6. megadeth - the world needs a hero Bought it. Didn't like it. Sold it.
7. slipknot - iowa Heard it. Didn't like it.
8. dimmu borgir - puritanical euphoric misanthropia Heard it. Enjoyed it. It's on my to buy list. ** my to buy list is quite long**
9. children of bodom - follow the reaper Bought it. LEGEND.
10. tool - salival **Steels self for torrent of abuse** I DON'T LIKE TOOL!


2002 vote here: http://www.bnrmetal.com/pages/vote-2002.htm

1. opeth - deliverance Heard it. Liked it. Haven't bought it yet.
2. blind guardian - a night at the opera Haven't heard it yet!
3. dark tranquillity - damage done Heard it about a month after it's initial release. It was so hard to get here in Ireland. AMAZING album. Bought it!!
4. in flames - reroute to remain Was dubious about this purchase. Purchased it nonetheless without listening to it. Not bad. Sill have it.
5. immortal - sons of northern darkness Have listened to it lots. Borrowed it. Haven't returned it. Might return it! Excellent stuff.
6. symphony x - odyssey Haven't heard it.
7. soilwork - natural born chaos Bought it. Love it.
8. iron maiden - rock in rio Haven't heard it.
9. dream theater - six degrees of inner turbulence Haven't heard it.
10. nightwish - century child Haven't heard it.


2003 vote here: http://www.bnrmetal.com/pages/vote-2003.htm

1. iron maiden - dance of death Bought it. Love it. Not as good as Brave New World in my opinion.
2. dimmu borgir - death cult armageddon Haven't heard it.
3. opeth - damnation Haven't heard it.
4. arch enemy - anthems of rebellion Bought it. Think it's absolute poo.
5. children of bodom - hate crew deathroll Bought it. Love it. Excellent album.
6. dream theater - train of thought Haven't heard it.
7. anthrax - we've come for you all What a cd. I love it. I have a copy of it. Still haven't bought the original. It's on the list!!
8. nevermore - enemies of reality Haven't heard it. See above when it comes to Nevermore.
9. metallica - st. anger Plop
10. cradle of filth - damnation and a day Haven't heard it.


2004 vote here: http://www.bnrmetal.com/pages/vote-2004.htm

1. megadeth - the system has failed Haven't heard it.
2. exodus - tempo of the damned Haven't heard it.
3. iced earth - the glorious burden Haven't heard it.
4. nightwish - once Haven't heard it.
5. cradle of filth - nymphetamine Haven't heard it.
6. lamb of god - ashes of the wake Haven't heard it.
7. mastodon - leviathan Haven't heard it.
8. slipknot - vol. 3: the subliminal verses Haven't heard it.
9. in flames - soundtrack to your escape Bought it. Not bad.
10. anthrax - music of mass destruction Haven't heard it.

Excuse spelling mistakes. I'm tired and it's late. :Spin:

Dave

 

[Villain]

Heh, I just decided to rank all the albums I own from those lists - as there are not that many of them, I put them all together, not caring about years.

Dark Tranquillity: Damage Done - No, its not the best album of these past five years, but it certainly is better than anything else on these lists.

Opeth: Deliverance - A good Opeth-album with one great song (the title-track), but overall much weaker than, say, Still Life.

Opeth: Blackwater Park - A mediocre Opeth-album, but much better than anything else that came out in 2001.

Soilwork: Natural Born Chaos - The best Soilwork-album in my honest opinion.

Opeth: Damnation - Fine, certainly not bad, but I'd have expected so much more from Opeth.

In Flames: Clayman - A good album, just nowhere near The Jester Race or Whoracle.

In Flames: Reroute to Remain - Originally a huge disappointment to me, I have since started to like it a bit (still haven't bought StYE).

Children of Bodom: Hate Crew Deathroll - The best CoB-album in my opinion; refreshing song-structures.

Megadeth: The World Needs a Hero - An okay album.

Children of Bodom: Follow the Reaper - A couple of very good songs, but overall a weak album.

Dream Theater: Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence - A double-album with less than one album's worth of good material.

Nightwish: Century Child - The most boring Nightwish-album I have listened to; I still haven't bought Once because of how I felt with this one.

Pantera: Reinventing the Steel - The worst Pantera-album.

The rest - either pure crap or I just haven't bothered to buy them.

-Villain