The Top 5 List Thread
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challenge_everything
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I'm in this basket too. Although I also put Lizard nearly on par with those two albums as well. Specifically Steven Wilson's remastered version because it fixed many of the sound quality issues of the original.
The Ozzman
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challenge_everything
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Had no clue there was another Elend fan here. They never made a bad album.
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the umbersun might be my all-time favourite album, and the sophomore is close as well (in a clumsy from the lost years kinda way). great band in general, the only album i never got into was the last one.
TechnicalBarbarity
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CiG
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top 5 songs on cruel magic:
1) into the mouth of eternity
2) ghosts of monongah
3) my prophetic soul
4) ophidian
5) the doomsday clock
1) into the mouth of eternity
2) ghosts of monongah
3) my prophetic soul
4) ophidian
5) the doomsday clock
CiG
Approximately Infinite Universe
1. Maggie Cheung (In the Mood for Love)
2. Gong Li (Miami Vice)
3. Tang Wei (Blackhat)
4. Jada Pinkett Smith (Ali)
5. Gwyneth Paltrow (Flesh and Bone)
Honourable mention for Marisa Tomei in The Wrestler.
EspaDa
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top 5 tracks on The Red in the Sky Is Ours
1. Neverwhere
2. Windows
3. Kingdom Gone
4. Within
5. The Red in the Sky Is Ours/The Season to Come
1. Neverwhere
2. Windows
3. Kingdom Gone
4. Within
5. The Red in the Sky Is Ours/The Season to Come
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1. within
2. through gardens of grief
3. kingdom gone
4. neverwhere
5. city of screaming statues
order varies but those are the clear top 5 for me
2. through gardens of grief
3. kingdom gone
4. neverwhere
5. city of screaming statues
order varies but those are the clear top 5 for me
CiG
Approximately Infinite Universe
5 favourite things about grindcore:
1. When they mix it with dance music.
2. When they incorporate groovy psychedelic riffs.
3. Dual vocals.
4. Sampling films, news clips and porn.
5. When they play the snare so it sounds like ping pong.
1. When they mix it with dance music.
2. When they incorporate groovy psychedelic riffs.
3. Dual vocals.
4. Sampling films, news clips and porn.
5. When they play the snare so it sounds like ping pong.
Phylactery
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Switch 3 and 4 and mine is the same.
Top 5 tracks on Altars of Madness:
1. Maze of Torment
2. Chapel of Ghouls (best blast beats ever?)
3. Lord of All Fevers and Plague
4. Immortal Rites
5. Damnation
Fucking tough and I am actually note sure about it. I need Visions from the Darkside and Evil Spells on there, but Damnation is super underrated. Blasphemy is obviously the weakest for me but outside of that it's super consistent. And anyone that says Bleed for the Devil is a weak track can fuck right off. Super intense, violent and chaotic maelstrom of a track. And those leads are dizzying.
Top 5 tracks on In the Nightside Eclipse:
1. Into the Infinity of Thoughts
2. Towards the Pantheon
3. Cosmic Keys to My Creation and Times
4. I Am the Black Wizards (EP version would rank higher)
5. The Majesty of the Nightsky
Top 5 tracks on Altars of Madness:
1. Maze of Torment
2. Chapel of Ghouls (best blast beats ever?)
3. Lord of All Fevers and Plague
4. Immortal Rites
5. Damnation
Fucking tough and I am actually note sure about it. I need Visions from the Darkside and Evil Spells on there, but Damnation is super underrated. Blasphemy is obviously the weakest for me but outside of that it's super consistent. And anyone that says Bleed for the Devil is a weak track can fuck right off. Super intense, violent and chaotic maelstrom of a track. And those leads are dizzying.
Top 5 tracks on In the Nightside Eclipse:
1. Into the Infinity of Thoughts
2. Towards the Pantheon
3. Cosmic Keys to My Creation and Times
4. I Am the Black Wizards (EP version would rank higher)
5. The Majesty of the Nightsky
CiG
Approximately Infinite Universe
*best blast beats ever by a band Phylactery finds to be acceptable
Definitely not the best ever in my opinion. Brutal Truth do those blastbeats in their sleep.
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The Ozzman
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Revised Top 5 Dio albums at this time since we are getting close to that poll:
1) Holy Diver
2) The Last in Line
3) Killing the Dragon
4) Dream Evil
5) Master of the Moon
...
6) Lock Up the Wolves
7) Strange Highways
8) Sacred Heart
After #2, it gets really hard to rank them. The only one easy to put dead last is Sacred Heart. Everything from 3-7 could be interchanged depending on the day. This list could change by the time we get to the actual poll. Lock Up the Wolves and Strange Highways are about even but LUtW is probably my favorite of the two if I had to pick one.
1) Holy Diver
2) The Last in Line
3) Killing the Dragon
4) Dream Evil
5) Master of the Moon
...
6) Lock Up the Wolves
7) Strange Highways
8) Sacred Heart
After #2, it gets really hard to rank them. The only one easy to put dead last is Sacred Heart. Everything from 3-7 could be interchanged depending on the day. This list could change by the time we get to the actual poll. Lock Up the Wolves and Strange Highways are about even but LUtW is probably my favorite of the two if I had to pick one.
EspaDa
Damage Case
Altars of Madness
1. Immortal Rites
2. Chapel of Ghouls
3. Maze of Torment
4. Lord of All Fevers and Plague
5. Visions from the Dark Side
1. Immortal Rites
2. Chapel of Ghouls
3. Maze of Torment
4. Lord of All Fevers and Plague
5. Visions from the Dark Side
Phylactery
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Top 5 moments on Deathcult for Eternity:
1. 2:31 - 4:05 in "Apocalypse"
"Dressed in putrefaction and gore, kings of the universe of the deceased-ahahaha! They were the main fiendish fear, they are the spirits that will reign again, they swore to return to spread the suffering, and with anxiety my heart is pounding faster, as I wait."
The way he says "gore", "fiendish fear" and the whole "oooohhh and with anxiety my heart is pounding faster" is fucking incredible and that laugh at the end of "deceased". Can't get enough of this shit. I don't even care what he's on about, it all just sound so huge and important and meaningful.
2. 3:30 - 4:32 in "In Superior Torment"
"Kill, destroy, erase all the mediocrity, uuuugggghhhhh-ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! Blood must be shed with no mercy, BLOOD MUST BE SHED WITH NO MERCY!"
The way the song just collapses into this slow, doomy section is masterful. I know a lot of people don't care for those "glam" wails, but I fucking love them. An emotional tour-de-force.
3. A Portal to Nowhere. Hard to pinpoint specific moments in this song because it's pretty much my favourite song of all time but I'll mention 1:16 - 1:31 and 5:56 - 6:45.
"an infinite search of empty answers is my futureaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhh-euuughhh! Left in shadows with a flickering candle, I'm entering into this portal to nowhere NOWHERE!"
Just fucking incredible.
4. 2:00 - 400 in "The Triumph (of My Loss...)"
"Where are those grey moments of pleasure.
I am the dawn, I'm the night!
I can create and destroy, I will always be the lonely walker.
Together as one fortune and misery, I'm a warrior full of hate and wisdom!"
Shit, the way that melody, barely even audible at first appears over the heavy rhythm! Fucking chills. Some more amazing vocal inflections here with the way he says "pleasure" and "lonely walker" and that scream of pure anguish as the blasting chaos erupts with that incredible riff. This is how you punctuate a song with savagery and violence. Godly.
5. 5:02 - 6:22 in "Possessed by Past Tragedies"
"Impaled in the spikes of sorrow, I have vanished. Then, I awake into an obscure dungeon where I awake just to realize that my tragedy of pleasure was just a dream..."
Just an amazing ending to the song.
Honourable mentions:
0:00 - 1:20 in "Revenge Rises/Drowned in the Mournful Blood"
3:00 - 3:30 in "No Mercy (Our Time is Near)
Top 5 tracks overall:
1. A Portal to Nowhere
2. Apocalypse
3. In Superior Torment
4. Possessed by Past Tragedies
5. Revenge Rises/Drowned in the Mournful Blood
While I fucking adore that section in "The Triumph" I listed, I don't like the rest of the song nearly as much so it doesn't make my overall top 5.
1. 2:31 - 4:05 in "Apocalypse"
"Dressed in putrefaction and gore, kings of the universe of the deceased-ahahaha! They were the main fiendish fear, they are the spirits that will reign again, they swore to return to spread the suffering, and with anxiety my heart is pounding faster, as I wait."
The way he says "gore", "fiendish fear" and the whole "oooohhh and with anxiety my heart is pounding faster" is fucking incredible and that laugh at the end of "deceased". Can't get enough of this shit. I don't even care what he's on about, it all just sound so huge and important and meaningful.
2. 3:30 - 4:32 in "In Superior Torment"
"Kill, destroy, erase all the mediocrity, uuuugggghhhhh-ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! Blood must be shed with no mercy, BLOOD MUST BE SHED WITH NO MERCY!"
The way the song just collapses into this slow, doomy section is masterful. I know a lot of people don't care for those "glam" wails, but I fucking love them. An emotional tour-de-force.
3. A Portal to Nowhere. Hard to pinpoint specific moments in this song because it's pretty much my favourite song of all time but I'll mention 1:16 - 1:31 and 5:56 - 6:45.
"an infinite search of empty answers is my futureaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhh-euuughhh! Left in shadows with a flickering candle, I'm entering into this portal to nowhere NOWHERE!"
Just fucking incredible.
4. 2:00 - 400 in "The Triumph (of My Loss...)"
"Where are those grey moments of pleasure.
I am the dawn, I'm the night!
I can create and destroy, I will always be the lonely walker.
Together as one fortune and misery, I'm a warrior full of hate and wisdom!"
Shit, the way that melody, barely even audible at first appears over the heavy rhythm! Fucking chills. Some more amazing vocal inflections here with the way he says "pleasure" and "lonely walker" and that scream of pure anguish as the blasting chaos erupts with that incredible riff. This is how you punctuate a song with savagery and violence. Godly.
5. 5:02 - 6:22 in "Possessed by Past Tragedies"
"Impaled in the spikes of sorrow, I have vanished. Then, I awake into an obscure dungeon where I awake just to realize that my tragedy of pleasure was just a dream..."
Just an amazing ending to the song.
Honourable mentions:
0:00 - 1:20 in "Revenge Rises/Drowned in the Mournful Blood"
3:00 - 3:30 in "No Mercy (Our Time is Near)
Top 5 tracks overall:
1. A Portal to Nowhere
2. Apocalypse
3. In Superior Torment
4. Possessed by Past Tragedies
5. Revenge Rises/Drowned in the Mournful Blood
While I fucking adore that section in "The Triumph" I listed, I don't like the rest of the song nearly as much so it doesn't make my overall top 5.
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