GMD Votes: Top 10 Traditional/Doom albums

[The Ozzman]

Top 10:

Candlemass Epicus Doomicus Metallicus 17 251 1
Manilla Road Crystal Logic 17 226 2
Judas Priest Sad Wings Of Destiny 17 212 3
Pagan Altar Volume 1 17 211 4
Mercyful Fate Don't Break The Oath 17 205 5
Trouble Psalm 9 17 196 6
Fates Warning Awaken The Guardian 17 193 7
Black Sabbath Paranoid 17 192 8
Black Sabbath Master of Reality 17 190 9
Satan Court In The Act 17 184 10

11-20:

Jag Panzer Ample Destruction 17 178 11
Mercyful Fate Melissa 17 177 12
Judas Priest Stained Class 17 177 12
Cirith Ungol King Of The Dead 17 168 14
Fates Warning The Spectre Within 17 165 15
Warning Watching From A Distance 17 149 16
Angel Witch Angel Witch 17 140 17
Adramelch Irae Melanox 17 130 18
Solstice New Dark Age 17 118 19
Dio Holy Diver 17 108 20

Holy Diver being last sucks

I did not include Baroque's list because he explicitly indicated that after his top 5 he didn't really listen to any of the others and that skews everything, so sorry Baroque. Listen to all the albums next time, please.

Voting closes a week from today. Please, please, please listen to all the albums before rating them.

 

[TechnicalBarbarity]

? Him not regularly listening to every album on the list voids his votes? You shouldn't have included my votes either if that was the case.

 

[crimsonfloyd]

Yeah that makes no sense. As long as you' ve heard them at some point in time, your opinion is valid. Of course, it's better if you listen to them before voting.

 

[The Ozzman]

I'm done dealing with you guys. You will have to deal with it or wait until I get back to work Monday before making your lists so I can add in Baroque's choices.

Not listening to an album for a long time and then attempting to rank them by how much you like albums is extremely inefficient in my opinion. That's why I think it's 'less' valid

 

[The Ozzman]

Thread locked until Monday

 

[The Ozzman]

Okay. Thread updated to include everyone's choices. Voting closes NEXT Friday or if the thread dies before that time.

 

[Nephilim96]

1. Black Sabbath - Paranoid
2. Judas Priest - Sad Wings of Destiny
3. Black Sabbath - Master of Reality
4. Mercyful Fate - Don't Break the Oath
5. Trouble - Psalm 9
6. Candlemass - Epicus Doomicus Metallicus
7. Pagan Altar - Volume 1
8. Fates Warning - Awaken the Guardian
9. Satan - Court in the Act
10. Manilla Road - Crystal Logic

 

[crimsonfloyd]

I'm gonna give trouble a few more listens before voting. Already given Satan a few more listens and it's a joke that it's in the top 10.

 

[rms]

1.) Manilla Road - Crystal Logic
2.) Candlemass - Epicus Doomicus Metallicus
3.) Fates Warning - Awaken The Guardian
4.) Trouble - Psalm 9
5.) Pagan Altar - Volume 1
6.) Mercyful Fate - Don't Break The Oath
7.) Satan - Court In The Act
8.) Judas Priest - Sad Wings Of Destiny
9.) Black Sabbath - Paranoid
10.) Black Sabbath - Master of Reality

 

[The Ozzman]

I'm gonna give trouble a few more listens before voting. Already given Satan a few more listens and it's a joke that it's in the top 10.

I wouldn't say it's a joke necessarily, but I do agree that Court in the Act is not as great as people suggest.

 

[crimsonfloyd]

To be clear, I'm not saying the record itself is a joke (I mean, it's good) but being ranked as a top 10 all time tradional heavy metal record is indeed a joke.

 

[no country for old wainds]

if everything was as good as the last song i'd probably put it top 1, but yeah, i don't necessarily rate it THAT high. i probably prefer A TIME OF CHANGES as a whole. either way, brian ross is arguably the best vocalist ever imo.

 

[no country for old wainds]

1) Fates Warning - Awaken the Guardian
2) Manilla Road - Crystal Logic
3) Judas Priest - Sad Wings of Destiny
4) Trouble - Psalm 9
5) Candlemass - Epicus Doomicus Metallicus
6) Black Sabbath - Paranoid
7) Satan - Court in the Act
8) Mercyful Fate - Don't Break the Oath
9) Pagan Altar - Volume 1
10) Black Sabbath - Master of Reality

top 3 are a lock, after that i found it pretty tough all the way down, but there ya go.

 

[J.]

1. Pagan Altar - Volume 1
2. Black Sabbath - Master of Reality
3. Trouble - Psalm 9
4. Manilla Road - Crystal Logic
5. Black Sabbath - Paranoid
6. Candlemass - Epicus Doomicus Metallicus
7. Fates Warning - Awaken the Guardian
8. Satan - Court in the Act
9. Mercyful Fate - Don't Break the Oath
10. Judas Priest - Sad Wings of Destiny

 

[The Ozzman]

1) Judas Priest - Sad Wings of Destiny
2) Mercyful Fate - Don't Break the Oath
3) Black Sabbath - Paranoid
4) Black Sabbath - Master of Reality
5) Candlemass - Epicus Doomicus Metallicus
6) Trouble - Psalm 9
7) Pagan Altar - Volume 1
8) Satan - Court in the Act
9) Fates Warning - Awaken the Guardian
10) Manilla Road - Crystal Logic

 

[Master_Yoda77]

1) Judas Priest - Sad Wings of Destiny
2) Pagan Altar - Volume I
3) Mercyful Fate - Don't Break the Oath
4) Candlemass - Epicus Doomicus Metallicus
5) Manilla Road - Crystal Logic
6) Fates Warning - Awaken the Guardian
7) Black Sabbath - Master of Reality
8) Trouble - Psalm 9
9) Satan - Court in the Act
10) Black Sabbath - Paranoid

I'd glady trade Warning or Cirith Ungol for Satan and "Paranoid" but this list is still pretty good.

 

[Burkhard]

1) Candlemass - Epicus Doomicus Metallicus
2) Fates Warning - Awaken the Guardian
3) Trouble - Psalm 9
4) Black Sabbath - Paranoid
5) Mercyful Fate - Don't Break the Oath
6) Satan - Court in the Act
7) Black Sabbath - Master of Reality
8) Manilla Road - Crystal Logic
9) Pagan Altar - Volume 1
10) Judas Priest - Sad Wings of Destiny

 

[Slayed Necros]

1. Fates Warning - Awaken the Guardian
2. Satan - Court in the Act
3. Manilla Road - Crystal Logic
4. Candlemass - Epicus Doomicus Metallicus
5. Mercyful Fate - Don't Break the Oath
6. Judas Priest - Sad Wings of Destiny
7. Trouble - Psalm 9
8. Black Sabbath - Paranoid
9. Pagan Altar - Volume 1
10. Black Sabbath - Master of Reality

 

[HamburgerBoy]

1. Candlemass - Epicus Doomicus Metallicus
2. Trouble - Psalm 9
3. Mercyful Fate - Don't Break the Oath
4. Judas Priest - Sad Wings of Destiny
5. Black Sabbath - Paranoid
6. Black Sabbath - Master of Reality
7. Satan - Court in the Act
8. Fates Warning - Awaken the Guardian
9. Pagan Altar - Volume 1
10. Manilla Road - Crystal Logic

Crystal Logic is the only joke here.

 

[The Ozzman]

Banal Logic, amirite?