The Ultimatemetal Forum Users Greatest Ever Album Poll

[random_phil]

1 - Dragonforce - Sonic Firestorm
2 - Dragonforce - Valley Of The Damned
3 - Emperor - Prometheus
4 - Opeth - Still Life
5 - Manowar - Kings Of Metal
6 - Satyricon - Nemesis Divina
7 - At The Gates - Slaughter Of The Soul
8 - Iron Maiden - Powerslave
9 - Emperor - Anthems To The Welkin At Dusk
10 - My Dying Bride - Turn Loose The Swans
11 - Frost - Talking To God
12 - Mercyful Fate - Melissa
13 - Opeth - Morningrise
14 - Mayhem - De Mysteris Dom Sathanas
15 - Nitro - O.F.R
16 - Burzum - Hvis Lysett Tar Oss
17 - Within Temptation - Mother Earth
18 - Nightwish - Oceanborn
19 - Metallica - Kill 'Em All
20 - Manowar - The Triumph Of Steel

 

[oneshotendsthiswar]

i cant do this in order, so heres a random top 20:

metallica-...and justice for all
testament-the new order
children of bodom-follow the reaper
decapitated-the negation/nihility tie
pantera-vulgar display of power
carcass-heartwork
at the gates-slaughter of the soul
in flames-colony
embodyment-embrace the eternal
suffocation-despise the sun
cannibal corpse-bloodthirst
naglfar-ex inferis
iron maiden-number of the beast
immortal-sons of northern darkness
sinergy-to hell and back
opeth-blackwater park
extol-undeceived
emperor-IX equilibrium
anthrax-the sound of white noise
slayer-reign in blood

 

[_SLAYERIZED_]

general note:

People who dont mention Slayer - Reign in blood should fuckin die. Cuz its not a matter of taste but a question of metalness...

yeah... my opinions suck!

 

[ubiquitos]

1. Children of Bodom - Hatebreeder
2. quo vadis - day into night
3. death - symbolic
3. iron maiden - powerslave
4. dimmu borgir - enthrone darkness triumphant
5. kalmah - swampsong
6. carcass - heartwork
7. dissection - storm of the lights bane
8. into eternity - buried in oblivion
9. iron maiden - number of the beast
10. blind guardian - follow the blind
11. in flames - the jester race
12. children of bodom - something wild
13. slayer - reign in blood
14. cryptopsy - none so vile
15. suidakra - emprise to avalon
16. old mans child - pagan prosperity
17. old mans child - ill natured spiritual invasion
18. children of bodom - follow the reaper
19. in flames - colony
20. iced earth - something wicked this way comes

 

[DiscipleOfPlato]

I too, have elected to restrict myself to one record per artist.

1. Savatage-"Gutter Ballet"
2. Slayer-"Reign in Blood"
3. Dream Theater-"Awake"
4. Anathema-"Eternity"
5. Arcturus-"Aspera Hiems Symfonia"
6. Burzum-"Hvis Lyset Tar Oss"
7. Queensryche-"Operation: Mindcrime"
8. Suffocation-"Pierced From Within"
9. Fates Warning-"The Spectre Within"
10. Iced Earth-"Iced Earth"
11. Death-"Human"
12. Amorphis-"Elegy"
13. Emperor-"Anthems to the Welkin at Dusk"
14. Opeth-"Morningrise"
15. Iron Maiden-"Powerslave"
16. Judas Priest-"Sad Wings of Destiny"
17. Black Sabbath-"Master of Reality"
18. Metallica-"Master of Puppets"
19. Watchtower-"Control and Resistance"
20. Pain of Salvation-"The Perfect Element Pt. 1"

That proved to be exceptionally difficult...not in any particular order or anything.

 

[Raumien]

1. Death - Individual Thought Patterns
2. Iced Earth - Burnt Offerings
3. Kreator - Endless Pain
4. Opeth - Morningrise
5. Nile - Black Seeds Of Vengeance
6. Black Sabbath - Master Of Reality
7. Ayreon - Into The Electric Castle
8. Dream Theater - Awake
9. Metallica - Ride The Lightning
10. Anacrusis - Suffering Hour
11. Celtic Frost - To Mega Therion
12. Megadeth - Peace Sells...But Who's Buying?
13. Dark Angel - Darkness Descends
14. Death - Sound Of Perseverance
15. Iron Maiden - Killers
16. King Diamond - Abigail
17. Bolt Thrower - War Master
18. Macabre - Sinister Slaughter
19. Electric Wizard - Come My Fanatics
20. Dimmu Borgir - Stormblast

 

[Angrafan]

1. Angra- Holy Land
2. Pain of Salvation- Remedy Lane
3. Pain of Salvation- The Perfect Element
4. Ark- Burn The sun
5. Conception- Flow


...All others change in a daily basis..

 

[Under a Stone]

This is going to be hard

1.The Chasm - Deathcult fro Eternity: The Triumph
2.Atheist - Unquestionable Presence
3.Sepultura - Beneath The Remains
4.Slayer - Hell Awaits
5.The Chasm - Conjuration of The Spectral Empire
6.Suffocation - Pierced From Within
7.Demilich - Nespithe
8.Dark Angel - Darkness Decends
9.Cathedral - Forest of Equilibrium
10.Massacra - Enjoy the Violence
11.Immolation - Here in After
12.Nocturnus - The Key
13.Incantation - Diablolical Conquest
14.Carcass - Necroticism: Descanting the Insalubrious
15.Exodous - Bonded by Blood
16.Fear Factory - Demanufacture
17.Black Sabbath - Paranoid
18.Morbid Angel - Blessed are The Sick
19.Forest Stream - Tears of Mortal Solitude
20.Emperor - In The Nightside Eclipse

 

[Life Sucks]

general note:

People who dont mention Slayer - Reign in blood should fuckin die. Cuz its not a matter of taste but a question of metalness...

yeah... my opinions suck!

It is no doubt one of the top five most influential metal CDs ever, but since it was released two decades ago, many bands influenced by them have improved upon the sound, like The Chasm for instance.

 

[Nico]

It is no doubt one of the top five most influential metal CDs ever, but since it was released two decades ago, many bands influenced by them have improved upon the sound, like The Chasm for instance.

Regardless of this fact, its influence is beyond 'improvement'. Doesnt matter if a band can do it better... what matters is the fact that it was done, and a lot of modern extreme metal wouldn't exist without it.

This is just my opinion, remember. I know it wasnt the only album to influence the genre, but it certainly hit the nail on the head for a lot of people.

 

[Generation_Speedkill]

1) Slayer - Reign in Blood
2) Metallica - Master of Puppets
3) Morbid Angel - Altars of Madness
4) Entombed - Left Hand Path
5) Children of Bodom - Hatebreeder
6) Emperor - In the Nightside Eclipse
7) Dimmu Borgir - Puritanical Euphoric Misanthropia
8) Opeth - Still Life
9) Iron Maiden - Number of the Beast
10) Soilwork - The Chainheart Machine
11) Slayer - Seasons in the Abyss
12) At the Gates - Slaughter of the Soil
13) In Flames - The Jester
14) Nile - Black Seeds of Vengance
15) Pantera - Cowboys from Hell
16) Meshuggah - Destroy Erase Improve
17) Strapping Young Lad - SYL
18) Bongzilla - Apogee
19) Fear Factory - Obsolete
20) Possessed - Seven Churches

 

[Profanity]

1) Iron Maiden - Powerslave
2) Black Sabbath - Heaven and Hell

I'll name some more later.

 

[Hammer of Might]

12) At the Gates - Slaughter of the Soil

 

[Ultimate_Symphony]

I can't do this in order, so i'll just list them in random order:

Ulver - Bergtatt
Aeternus - ...And So The Night Became
Arcane Sun - Arcane Sun
Blut Aus Nord - The Work Which Transforms God
Ulver - Nattens Madrigal
Astriaal - Renascent Misanthropy
The Chasm - Deathcult For Eternity: The Triumph
Lykathea Aflame - Elvenefris
Weakling - Dead As Dreams
Psypheria - Embrace The Mutation
Summoning - Dol Guldur
Windir - Arntor
Taake - Nattestid Ser Porten Vid
Death - Leprosy
Nevermore - The Politics Of Ecstasy
Drudkh - Autumn Aurora
Empyrium - Songs Of Moors And Misty Fields
Bethlehem - Dictius Te Necare
Suffocation - Pierced From Within
Atheist - Unquestionable Presence

 

[MrMajs]

It's almost impossible to list 20 albums.

1. Metallica - Master Of Puppets
2. Testament - The Legacy
3. Judas Priest - Painkiller
4. Pantera - Cowboys From Hell
5. Metallica - ...And Justice For All
6. Megadeth - Rust In Peace
7. Slayer - Reign In Blood
8. Iron Maiden - 7th Son Of a 7th Son
9. Iced Earth - Burnt Offerings
10. Metallica - Ride The Lighting
11. Testament - The Gathering
12. Sepultura - Arise
13. Death - The Sound Of Perservence
14. Annihilator - Alice In Hell
15. Dissection - Storm Of the Lights Bane
16. Exodus - Bonded By Blood
17. Metallica - Kill Em All
18. Dio - Holy Diver
19. Anthrax - Among The Living
20. Dream Theater - Images And Words

 

[_SLAYERIZED_]

It is no doubt one of the top five most influential metal CDs ever, but since it was released two decades ago, many bands influenced by them have improved upon the sound, like The Chasm for instance.

the chasm are without doubt great! but the first edition came out decades ago an they deserve more honor imo...

and the chasm is death metal and they have blastbeats and shit, something slayer didnt use on RIB (and in general) but still sound brutaler... no chasm song I can remember beats the destructive force of songs like Raining blood, Necrophobicm, Angel of Death etc... no comparison imo...

btw.... did you know The Chasm are supporting Mortem on a gig in the US... ist the first Mortem gig ever... hehe... look at this flyer

 

[SculptedCold]

The Chasm aren't about brutality, genius.

 

[_SLAYERIZED_]

of course not... but still whatever you say, you cant beat RIB... it didnt only came out so much earlier... but also there was nothing like that before...

 

[byrne]

hmmm i hate doing this, i always feel like im cheating bands.

as far as i can see, there are really only a few albums i can put in this sort of league.

Slayer - Show No Mercy
Death - Symbolic
Black Sabbath - Master Of Reality
At The Gates - Slaughter Of The Soul
Megadeth - Rust In Peace

 

[SlaughterofSoul]

btw.... did you know The Chasm are supporting Mortem on a gig in the US... ist the first Mortem gig ever... hehe... look at this flyer

I know about this gig. Makes me wish I lived in Chicago. I live too damn far away. I just got into Mortem at the beginning of the month(been into The Chasm for a while), and I haven't been able to take The Devil Speaks In Tongues out of my car. Just a fucking awesome album. Death metal done the right way.