The Ultimatemetal Forum Users Greatest Ever Album Poll

Behemoth - Demigod
Bathory - Under the Sign of the Black Mark
Suffocation - Effigy of the Forgotten
Cannibal Corpse - Eaten Back to Life
Testament - The Gathering
Dying Fetus - Killing On Adrenaline
Immolation - Majesty & Decay
Entombed - Left Hand Path
Massacre - From Beyond
Immortal - Blizzard Beasts
Emperor - In the Nightside Eclipse
Death - Symbolic
Iron Maiden - Piece of Mind
Autopsy - Severed Survivals
Dissection - Reinkaos
Amon Amarth - With Oden On Our Side
Burzum - Filosofem
Toxic Holocaust - An Overdose of Death
Havok - Time Is Up
Mercyful Fate - Don't Break the Oath
 
Thought I'd just go with my top 5 from each of my favorite genres.

Going with the same format

Death:

The Chasm - Deathcult For Eternity: The Triumph
At the Gates - The Red in the Sky Is Ours
Demigod - Slumber of Sullen Eyes
Ares Kingdom - Incendiary
Eucharist - A Velvet Creation

Black:

Burzum - Hvis Lyset Tar Oss
Sacramentum - Far Away From the Sun
Negura Bunget - OM
Katharsis - VVorld VVithout End
Darkthrone - A Blaze in the Northern Sky

Doom:
Revelation - Release
Saint Vitus - Born Too Late
Candlemass - Nightfall
Black Sabbath - Master of Reality
Reverend Bizarre - I: In The Rectory Of The Bizarre Reverend

Other:
Agalloch - The Mantle
Primordial – Spirit The Earth Aflame
Skyclad – Prince Of The Poverty Line
Manilla Road – Crystal Logic
Fates Warning - Awaken the Guardian
 
In no particular order:

01 - Runemagick - The Supreme Force of Eternity
02 - Taake - Hordalands Doedskvad
03 - Absu - Tara
04 - Nagelfar - Hünengrab im Herbst
05 - The Chasm - Deathcult for Eternity: The Triumph
06 - Morbid Angel - Covenant
07 - Deathspell Omega - Si Monvmentvm Reqvires, Circvsmpice
08 - Candlemass - Tales of Creation
09 - Demigod - Slumber of Sullen Eyes
10 - Sepultura - Beneath the Remains
11 - Slayer - Reign in Blood
12 - King Diamond - Abigail
13 - Iron Maiden - Powerslave
14 - Death - Human
15 - Darkthrone - Hate Them
16 - Enslaved - Below the Lights
17 - Black Sabbath - Master of Reality
18 - Dismember - Like an Ever Flowing Stream
19 - Dissection - Storm of the Light's Bane
20 - Bathory - Under the Sign of the Black Mark
 
Not in order:

1 - Black Sabbath - Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
2 - Black Sabbath - Sabotage
3 - Warning - Watching From A Distance
4 - 40 Watt Sun - The Inside Room
5 - Burzum - His Lyset Tar Loss
6 - Burzum - Filosofem
7 - Thy Light - Suici.de.pression
8 - Nyktalgia - Nyktalgia
9 - Gris - Il Etait Un Foret
10 - Drudkh - Blood In Our Wells
11 - Wodensthrone - Loss
12 - Demigod - Slumber Of Sullen Eyes
13 - Demilich - Nespithe
14 - The Chasm - Farseeing The Paranormal Abysm
15 - Judas Priest - Sad Wings Of Destiny
16 - Deathspell Omega - Si Monvmentvm Reqvires, Circvmspice
17 - Agalloch - Marrow Of The Spirit
18 - Mayhem - De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas
19 - Bathory - Under The Sign Of The Black Mark
20 - Slayer - Hell Awaits
 
tough call, but....

1. Ulver - Bergtatt
2. Agalloch - The Mantle
3. Moonsorrow - V: Havitetty
4. Opeth - My Arms, Your Hearse
5. Immortal - At The Heart of Winter
6. Satyricon - Nemesis Divina
7. Candlemass - Epicus Doomicus Metallicus
8. Emperor - In the Nightside Eclipse
9. Dissection - Storm of the Light's Bane
10. Summoning - Stronghold
11. Enslaved - Below the Lights
12. Mayhem - De Mysteris Dom Sathanas
13. Limbonic Art - Ad Noctum, Dynasty of Death
14. Burzum - Hvis Lyset Tar Oss
15. Gojira - From Mars to Sirius
16. Keep of Kalessin - Armada
17. Bathory - Under the Sign...
18. Morgion - Solinari
19. Negura Bunget - OM
20. Wolves in the Throne Room - Two Hunters

no particular order. and i prefer not to list multiple artists in the same list
 
Not in order:

1 - Black Sabbath - Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
2 - Black Sabbath - Sabotage
3 - Warning - Watching From A Distance
4 - 40 Watt Sun - The Inside Room
5 - Burzum - His Lyset Tar Loss
6 - Burzum - Filosofem
7 - Thy Light - Suici.de.pression
8 - Nyktalgia - Nyktalgia
9 - Gris - Il Etait Un Foret
10 - Drudkh - Blood In Our Wells
11 - Wodensthrone - Loss
12 - Demigod - Slumber Of Sullen Eyes
13 - Demilich - Nespithe
14 - The Chasm - Farseeing The Paranormal Abysm
15 - Judas Priest - Sad Wings Of Destiny
16 - Deathspell Omega - Si Monvmentvm Reqvires, Circvmspice
17 - Agalloch - Marrow Of The Spirit
18 - Mayhem - De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas
19 - Bathory - Under The Sign Of The Black Mark
20 - Slayer - Hell Awaits

how is the worst agalloch your favorite of theirs?
 
Soundwise, it's the blackest and most organic IMO, so naturally I was attracted to it. I actually never got into the other Agalloch albums until I heard Marrow of the Spirit; after that, it was much easier to get into the folkier sound of The Mantle, the more post sound of Ashes, etc etc.

To this day I still believe Marrow is the best. Every aspect just fucking tickles me.
 
It is their worst by a huge margin. It being their "most metal" might be why people here would like it most, but fuck that.

Faustian Echoes is their most metal release thus far (haven't listened to the new album) and it shits on Marrow.
 
Marrow is the best. Faustian Echoes a close second. To this day I still don't find the others as expressive or visceral. I understand that they have different musical goals, and I dig them, but to nowhere near the same extent.
 
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... everything else follows these two albums.