Top 25 Albums Of The Decade (fun for everyone)

[Dick Sirloin]

One thing I've noticed from poring over the shit ton of 2000s albums that I own: The 90s was DEFINITELY a better decade for metal. If I did a top 25 for the 90s right now, I'd probably have about 15 metal-and/or-metal-type albums on there.

2000s: 10 or so, and some of them will definitely be borderline. That said, those 10 are mostly favorite-of-all-time top shelf sort of material, so I guess I should be pleased.

 

[Vittra]

Rough list (likely to be changes, not in order):

A Forest of Stars - The Corpse of Rebirth
Agalloch - The Mantle
Altar of Plagues - White Tomb
Bathory - Nordland I
Cobalt - Gin
Deathevokation - The Chalice of Ages
Dead Congregation - Graves of the Archangels
Destroyer 666 - Phoenix Rising
Drudkh - Forgotten Legends
Drudkh - Blood in Our Wells
Electric Wizard - Dopethrone
Katatonia - Last Fair Deal Gone Down
Hammers of Misfortune - The Bastard
Inquisition - Invoking the Majestic Throne of Satan
Misery's Omen - Hope Dies
Mitochondrion - Archaeaeon
Negura Bunget - Om
Ogre - Plague of the Planet
Orodruin - Epicurean Mass
Peste Noire - La Sanie des siècles - Panégyrique de la dégénérescence
Revelation - Release
Urfaust - Geist ist Teufel
The Lord Weird Slough Feg - Traveller
Velnias - Sovereign Nocturnal
Warning - Watching From a Distance

At first I thought this would be easy because of some very definite choices, but the lines blurred quite quickly .

A few of the countless many that I would REALLY like to put but there is just no room for:

Skagos - Ast
Shackles - Traitors' Gate
Proclamation albums
Katharsis albums

 

[Krilons Resa]

One thing I've noticed from poring over the shit ton of 2000s albums that I own: The 90s was DEFINITELY a better decade for metal. If I did a top 25 for the 90s right now, I'd probably have about 15 metal-and/or-metal-type albums on there.

I concur. I was thinking about this thread on my way to my first stop this morning in the work truck and came to the same conclusion. Not necessarily about metal but music in general.

 

[Krilons Resa]

Also, my #1 pick is a retardedly easy choice.

 

[Dick Sirloin]

I think I know what it is. Rest assured, that same album will be in my Top 5 at the end, no doubt about it.

 

[Ars Magna]

here are some that have not been mentioned yet that i'm pretty sure will be on the list

celtic frost "monotheist"
antimatter "planetary confinement" (or your pick of the others)
ataraxie "slow transcending agony"
skepticism "farmakon"
the angelic process "coma waering"
urfaust "geist ist teufel"
sólstafir "masterpiece of bitterness"
ekpyrosis "mensch aus gold"
void of silence "human antithesis"
deadboy & the elephantmen "if this is hell then i'm lucky"
david galas "the cataclysm"
empyrium "weiland"
agents of oblivion "agents of oblivion"
dolorian "dolorian" and "voidwards"
evoken "quietus"
abyssic hate "suicidal emotions"
kammarheit "the starwheel"
luror "cease to live" OR "the iron hand of blackest terror"
walknut "graveforests and their shadows"
helheim "the journeys & experiences of death"
steve von till "as the crow flies"'
ulver "perdition city" OR "shadows of the sun"
corrupted "el mundo frio"
cult of luna "cult of luna"
hate forest "purity"
indesinence "noctambulism"
silencer "death - pierce me"

hmm so already over 25, but then there's 20 more that i've forgotten, and some good ones in the lists posted above

This reminds me of a few things I need to buy.

 

[einride]

It'd be cool if everybody had their own thread and did a little write-up of each album (or at least the top 10)

i've started writing this

gettin' serious here folks

 

[Ellestin]

i've started writing this

gettin' serious here folks

I'll post mine the minute Jesus is born upon us

 

[Dick Sirloin]

I haven't listened to anything pre-2000 in the last month and a half. Still got a long way to go to get it to a solid top 30-40; then I'll let the albums duke it out for position. Got a pretty good idea of my top 10 though.

 

[Dev]

I have 20 but

1.need to catch up on recent releases (2008 & 9 especially)
2.All but one are not metal

 

[cthulufhtagn]

that was hard...probably won't be the same tomorrow but:

1. agalloch - the mantle
2. deathspell omega - fas - ite, maledicti
3. pig destroyer - terrifyer
4. drudkh - blood in our wells
5. tenhi - maaaet
6. spazz - crush kill destroy
7. klabautamann - der ort
8. leviathan - massive conspiracy against all life
9. tragedy - vengeance
10. isis - panopticon
wolves in the throne room - two hunters
taake - ...doedskvad
magrudergrind - sixty two tracks of thrash
kylesa - time will fuse its worth
paatos - timeloss
dungen - ta det lugnt
the coma lilies - s/t
phobia - grind your fucking head in
from ashes rise - nightmares
ludicra - hollow psalms
hanson brothers - my game
destroyer 666 - cold steel...
mf doom - operation doomsday
electric wizard - dopethrone
the devil's blood - come, reap

17 metal, 8 not

man i had to eliminate a lot of great stuff to narrow it down to 25...15 albums that didn't make the cut, and there's probably a lot more i'm forgetting:
merrimack - of entropy and life denial
dead moon - dead ahead
moonsorrow - voimasta ja kunniasta
del - both sides of the brain
craft - total soul rape
watain - casus luciferi
neurosis - the eye of every storm
danger doom - the mouse and the mask
insect warfare - world extermination
chaos moon - languor into echoes, beyond
asunder - a clarion call
godspeed you! black emperor - lift your skinny fists like antennas to heaven
splatterhouse - the house that the dead built
victims - ...in blood
ghostface killer - supreme clientele

 

[Dick Sirloin]

The point was to wait until the end of the year and do a long write-up, silly!

 

[cthulufhtagn]

you'll get what you get and like it, dammit

 

[einride]

1. agalloch - the mantle
2. deathspell omega - fas - ite, maledicti
3. pig destroyer - terrifyer
4. drudkh - blood in our wells
5. tenhi - maaaet
6. spazz - crush kill destroy
7. klabautamann - der ort
8. leviathan - massive conspiracy against all life
9. tragedy - vengeance
10. isis - panopticon
wolves in the throne room - two hunters
taake - ...doedskvad
magrudergrind - sixty two tracks of thrash
kylesa - time will fuse its worth
paatos - timeloss
dungen - ta det lugnt
the coma lilies - s/t
phobia - grind your fucking head in
from ashes rise - nightmares
ludicra - hollow psalms
hanson brothers - my game
destroyer 666 - cold steel...
mf doom - operation doomsday
electric wizard - dopethrone
the devil's blood - come, reap
merrimack - of entropy and life denial
dead moon - dead ahead
moonsorrow - voimasta ja kunniasta
del - both sides of the brain
craft - total soul rape
watain - casus luciferi
neurosis - the eye of every storm
danger doom - the mouse and the mask
insect warfare - world extermination
chaos moon - languor into echoes, beyond
asunder - a clarion call
godspeed you! black emperor - lift your skinny fists like antennas to heaven
splatterhouse - the house that the dead built
victims - ...in blood
ghostface killer - supreme clientele

cool, not one of these will be on my list

 

[cthulufhtagn]

cool, not one of these will be on my list

phew

 

[Krilons Resa]

del - both sides of the brain

You list this album but NOT Deltron 3030?!

C'MON MAN!

 

[Krilons Resa]

Pitchfork.com Top 50

50. Deerhunter, Microcastle (2008)***
49. Antony & the Johnsons, I Am a Bird Now (2005)
48. The Hold Steady, Separation Sunday (2005)***
47. Joanna Newsom, The Milk-Eyed Mender (2004)
46. The Shins, Chutes Too Narrow (2003)***
45. Fugazi, The Argument (2001)
44. D’Angelo, Voodoo (2000)
43. Luomo, Vocality (2000)
42. Grizzly Bear, Veckatimest (2009)***
41. Burial, Untrue (2007)
40. The National, Alligator (2005)***
39. Boredoms, Vision Creation Newsun (2000)
38. Phoenix, It’s Never Been Like That (2006)
37. Yo La Tengo, And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside-Out (2000)***
36. The Streets, Original Pirate Material (2002)
35. Spoon, Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga (2007)
34. Radiohead, Amnesiac (2001)***
33. Basement Jaxx, Rooty (2001)
32. Fleet Foxes, Fleet Foxes (2008)***
31. TV on the Radio, Return to Cookie Mountain (2006)***
30. Boards of Canada, Geogaddi (2002)
29. Bon Iver, For Emma, Forever Ago (2007)***
28. Kanye West, The College Dropout (2004)
27. Animal Collective, Sung Tongs (2004)
26. Fennesz, Endless Summer (2001)
25. Madvillian, Madvilliany (2004)
24. Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Fever to Tell (2003)
23. Broken Social Scene, You Forgot It In People (2002)***
22. M.I.A., Kala (2007)
21. Radiohead, In Rainbows (2007)***
20. Interpol, Turn on the Bright Lights (Matador, 2002)***
19. Spoon, Kill the Moonlight (Merge, 2002)***
18. Kanye West, Late Registration (2005)
17. LCD Soundsystem, Sound of Silver (2007)
16. Sufjan Stevens, Illinois (2005)***
15. The Knife, Silent Shout (2006)
14. Animal Collective, Merriweather Post Pavilion (2009)***
13. OutKast, Stankonia (2000)***
12. The White Stripes, White Blood Cells (2001)
11. Ghostface Killah, Supreme Clientele (2000)
10. The Avalanches, Since I Left You (2000)
9. Panda Bear, Person Pitch (2007)***
8. Sigur Rós, Ágaetis Byrjun (2000)
7. The Strokes, Is This It (2001)
6. Modest Mouse, The Moon & Antartica (2000)
5. Jay-Z, The Blueprint (2001)
4. Wilco, Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (2002)***
3. Daft Punk, Discovery (2001)
2. Arcade Fire, Funeral (2004)***
1. Radiohead, Kid A (2000)***

 

[Krilons Resa]

UNCUT's Top 150

#150-101--> http://www.uncut.co.uk/music/uncut/s...features/13805

#100-51---> http://www.uncut.co.uk/music/uncut/s...features/13806

#50-1-----> http://www.uncut.co.uk/music/uncut/s...features/13807

 

[Krilons Resa]

Here's a link to NME, a UK-based rock magazine, with its listing of:"The Top 100 Albums of the Decade," "The Top 100 Tracks of the Decade," "The Top 50 Albums of 2009," and "The Top 50 Tracks of 2009":

http://www.nme.com/list/albums-of-the-decade/158049

 

[Dick Sirloin]

Pitchfork.com Top 50

50. Deerhunter, Microcastle (2008)***
49. Antony & the Johnsons, I Am a Bird Now (2005)
48. The Hold Steady, Separation Sunday (2005)***
47. Joanna Newsom, The Milk-Eyed Mender (2004)
46. The Shins, Chutes Too Narrow (2003)***
45. Fugazi, The Argument (2001)
44. D’Angelo, Voodoo (2000)
43. Luomo, Vocality (2000)
42. Grizzly Bear, Veckatimest (2009)***
41. Burial, Untrue (2007)
40. The National, Alligator (2005)***
39. Boredoms, Vision Creation Newsun (2000)
38. Phoenix, It’s Never Been Like That (2006)
37. Yo La Tengo, And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside-Out (2000)***
36. The Streets, Original Pirate Material (2002)
35. Spoon, Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga (2007)
34. Radiohead, Amnesiac (2001)***
33. Basement Jaxx, Rooty (2001)
32. Fleet Foxes, Fleet Foxes (2008)***
31. TV on the Radio, Return to Cookie Mountain (2006)***
30. Boards of Canada, Geogaddi (2002)
29. Bon Iver, For Emma, Forever Ago (2007)***
28. Kanye West, The College Dropout (2004)
27. Animal Collective, Sung Tongs (2004)
26. Fennesz, Endless Summer (2001)
25. Madvillian, Madvilliany (2004)
24. Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Fever to Tell (2003)
23. Broken Social Scene, You Forgot It In People (2002)***
22. M.I.A., Kala (2007)
21. Radiohead, In Rainbows (2007)***
20. Interpol, Turn on the Bright Lights (Matador, 2002)***
19. Spoon, Kill the Moonlight (Merge, 2002)***
18. Kanye West, Late Registration (2005)
17. LCD Soundsystem, Sound of Silver (2007)
16. Sufjan Stevens, Illinois (2005)***
15. The Knife, Silent Shout (2006)
14. Animal Collective, Merriweather Post Pavilion (2009)***
13. OutKast, Stankonia (2000)***
12. The White Stripes, White Blood Cells (2001)
11. Ghostface Killah, Supreme Clientele (2000)
10. The Avalanches, Since I Left You (2000)
9. Panda Bear, Person Pitch (2007)***
8. Sigur Rós, Ágaetis Byrjun (2000)
7. The Strokes, Is This It (2001)
6. Modest Mouse, The Moon & Antartica (2000)
5. Jay-Z, The Blueprint (2001)
4. Wilco, Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (2002)***
3. Daft Punk, Discovery (2001)
2. Arcade Fire, Funeral (2004)***
1. Radiohead, Kid A (2000)***

HINT #1) my list will contain ten of these
HINT #2) two of them will be Radiohead

Working hard on this as we speak....