RC March Madness - your personal final top 10

[Necromunchkin]

Lost Horizon - Awakening the World
Wolves in the Throne Room - Diadem of 12 Stars
The Chasm - Conjuration of the Spectral Empire
Destroyer 666 - Phoenix Rising
Hammers of Misfortune - The August Engine
Negura Bunget - N' Crugu Bradului
Pagan Altar - Lords of Hypocrisy
Primordial - The Gathering Wilderness
Slough Feg - Traveller
The Crown - Deathrace King

 

[MFJ]

top spot would be colour haze

 

[Demilich]

My top 11 just because all of these deserve to be top-something:

1. Colour Haze - Colour Haze
2. Warning - Watching From a Distance
3. Hammers of Misfortune - The August Engine
4. Tool - Lateralus
5. Agalloch - The Mantle
6. Slough Feg - Traveller
7. Katatonia - Viva Emptiness
8. Woods of Ypres - Against the Seasons
9. Primordial - The Gathering Wilderness
10. Negura Bunget - N' Crugu Bradului
11. Reverend Bizarre - In The Rectory Of The Bizarre Reverend

Good thread idea, btw.

 

[Demonspell]

Agalloch - The Mantle (undisputed #1, all others unranked)
Nevermore - This Godless Endeavor
Isis - Panopticon
Orphaned Land - Mabool
Katatonia - Viva Emptiness
Hammers Of Misfortune - The August Engine
Maudlin Of The Well - Leaving Your Body Map
Primordial - The Gathering Wilderness
Enslaved - Below The Lights
Arcturus - The Sham Mirrors

 

[Demilich]

top spot would be colour haze

goddamnit max, i owe you BIG time for introducing me to this band

never mind other things like the guitar and all that
edit: beers are on me if i ever meet you in person!

 

[MajestikMøøse]

I can't even really pull a whole ten worthy albums out of the list, but in a general, but not 100% fixed order:

Agalloch - The Mantle
Negura Bunget - N' Crugu Bradului
Sólstafir - Masterpiece of Bitterness
Wolves in the Throne Room - Diadem of 12 Stars
Deathspell Omega - Si Monumentum Requires, Circumspice
Moonsorrow - Verisäkeet

the rest of the albums in the tournament fare from a three or four more pretty good albums, a couple more average albums, and a bunch of total crap.

 

[JayKeeley]

You can't just pick 10 for the hell of it? wtf

And anyone who doesn't highlight their #1 choice doesn't get tallied. Fuck me some of you have difficulty following simple instructions.

 

[skeptik]

It's not that I can't follow simple instructions, I just don't read them.

 

[JayKeeley]

haha, I would sig that.

 

[MajestikMøøse]

I'm not a number! I'M A FREE MAN!

 

[En Vind Av Sorg]

1) Empyrium - Weiland
2) Negura Bunget - N' Crugu Bradului
3) Angra - Temple of Shadows
4) Woods of Ypres - Against the Seasons
5) Agalloch - The Mantle
6) Colour Haze - Colour Haze
7) Symphony X - V: The New Mythology Suite
8) Immortal - Sons of Northern Darkness
9) Nevermore - This Godless Endeavor
10)Wolves in the Throne Room - Diadem of 12 Stars

 

[Reign in Acai]

Agalloch - The Mantle
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Wolves in the Throne Room - Diadem of 12 Stars
Isis - Panopticon
Ayreon - Human Equation
Gojira - From Mars to Sirius
Woods of Ypres - Against the Seasons
Hammers of Misfortune - The August Engine
Tool - Lateralus
Primordial - The Gathering Wilderness
Pyramaze - Melancholy Beast

 

[Thanatopsis123]

Drudkh - Blood in our Wells
Wolves in the Throne Room - Diadem of 12 Stars
Deathspell Omega - Si Monumentum Requires, Circumspice
Immortal - Sons of Northern Darkness
Isis - Panopticon
Vital Remains - Dechristianize
Empyrium - Weiland
Nile - In Their Darkened Shrines
Nokturnal Mortum - Weltanschauung
Agalloch - The Mantle

 

[EricT]

Wolves in the Throne Room - Diadem of 12 Stars
Drudkh - Blood In Our Wells
Reverend Bizarre - In The Rectory Of The Bizarre Reverend
Slough Feg - Traveller
Green Carnation - Light of Day, Day of Darkness
Hammers of Misfortune - The August Engine
Agalloch - The Mantle
Nevermore - This Godless Endeavor
Enslaved - Below the Lights
Nokturnal Mortum - Weltanschauung


Not in any particular order, obviously.

 

[Hell Mike]

Deströyer 666 - Phoenix Rising
Deathspell Omega - Si Monumentum Requires, Circumspice
The Chasm - Conjuration of the Spectral Empire
Reverend Bizarre - In The Rectory Of The Bizarre Reverend
Negura Bunget - N' Crugu Bradului
Nile - In Their Darkened Shrines
Pagan Altar - Lords of Hypocrisy
Primordial - The Gathering Wilderness
Agalloch - The Mantle
Celtic Frost - Monotheist

Also, there's a few that I haven't given near enough (or in some cases, none) time to put up there but might fit in very well... I think D666 would be my favourite of the bunch actually, battled by Primordial, Deathspell Omega and Negura Bunget probably in that order. Conclusively, this shit has been shaping up pretty well, though proving that Agalloch, while good, is very overrated.

 

[Johanna]

Primordial - The Gathering Wilderness
Destroyer 666 - Phoenix Rising
Negura Bunget - N' Crugu Bradului
Moonsorrow - Verisäkeet
Deathspell Omega - Si Monumentum Requires, Circumspice
Bruce Dickinson - Tyranny of Souls
Reverend Bizarre - In The Rectory Of The Bizarre Reverend
Enslaved - Below the Lights
Nokturnal Mortum - Weltanschauung
Agalloch - The Mantle

Though I can't say I've heard most of the albums on that list enough or at all to make a fair comparison. I need to listen to Warning, Wolves in the Throne Room, Pagan Altar and The chasm cause I have a feeling that they might be rokkin'...

 

[lurch70]

Into Eternity - Buried in Oblivion
Immortal - Sons of Northern Darkness
Destroyer 666 - Phoenix Rising
#3 Isis - Panopticon
Maudlin of The Well - Leaving Your Body Map
#2 Negura Bunget - N' Crugu Bradului
#1 Gojira - From Mars to Sirius
Celtic Frost - Monotheist

 

[JayKeeley]

wow, no Hammers from you?!? that's weird, you were shell shocked by their utter awesomeness when you saw them live

 

[Krilons Resa]

Lateralus is the best godamn album of the decade...hands down.


[/imo]

 

[Trylakos]

Arcturus-The Sham Mirrors
Agalloch- The Mantle
Maudlin of the Well- Leaving your body map
Katatonia- Viva Emptiness
Isis- Panopticon
Mastadon-Leviathan
Gojira- From Mars to Sirius
Destroyer 666- Pheonix Rising
Neurosis- A sun that Never Sets
Immortal- Sons of Northern Darkness



definitely probably one of the more mainstream possibilities, but this is my legit list, with Arcturus being at the top, because that album is great.I've also realized that most of my favourite music is within the past decade, possibly because its the era I grew up in maybe?