GMD Poll: Top 10 Metal Albums of the 1990s

[crimsonfloyd]

1. Burzum- Hvis lyset tar oss
2. Megadeth- Rust in Peace
3. Darkthrone- Transilvanian Hunger
4. Blind Guardian- Imaginations From the Other Side
5. Cryptosy- None So Vile
6. Emperor- Anthems to the Welkin at Dusk
7. Opeth- Morningrise
8. At the Gates- The Red in the Sky is Ours
9. Incantation- Mortal Throne of the Nazarene
10. Neurosis- Through Silver in Blood

 

[Burkhard]

And now for something (nearly) completely different:

1. Fear of God - Within the Veil
2. The 3rd and the Mortal - Tears Laid in Earth
2. Nightwish - Oceanborn
4. Coroner - Grin
5. The Gathering - Mandylion
6. Madder Mortem - Mercury
7. Anacrusis - Reason
8. Sieges Even - Steps
9. Solitude Aeturnus - Into the Depths of Sorrow
10. Psychotic Waltz - A Social Grace

Close, but no cigar (unranked):
Psychotic Waltz - Into the Everflow (if the entire album was as good as the title track and "Ashes", it might have made the top 5)
Coroner - Mental Vortex (without the boring and overlong cover of "I Want You", it might have made the top 10)
Death - Spiritual Healing
Dreams of Sanity - Komödia
Voivod - Phobos
Hexenhaus - Dejavoodoo
Sieges Even - A Sense of Change
Megadeth - Rust in Peace
Saint Vitus - Die Healing

The 3rd and the Mortal and Nightwish both at no. 2 is not a typo! Therefore, both get 8,5 points.

 

[TechnicalBarbarity]

1. The Chasm
2. The Chasm

 

[Vegard Pompey]

Oops I meant to post that list on my no country account

 

[CiG]

1. Impetigo - Ultimo Mondo Cannibale
2. Autopsy - Shitfun
3. Impetigo - Horror of the Zombies
4. Abscess - Seminal Vampires and Maggot Men
5. Macabre - Sinister Slaughter
6. Autopsy - Acts of the Unspeakable
7. Saint Vitus - Die Healing
8. Nuclear Death - Bride of Insect
9. Autopsy - Mental Funeral
10. Pungent Stench - Been Caught Buttering

These are the 1990's albums I return to the most as time goes on. Ultimo Mondo Cannibale continues to be my most listened album of any genre or era.

Spoiler: NSFW

 

[Bloopy]

Hey yeah yeah hey yeah hey hey what can ya do

1. Danzig - Danzig II: Lucifuge
2. Megadeth - Countdown to Extinction
3. Metallica - Reload
4. Danzig - Danzig III: How the Gods Kill
5. Megadeth - Rust in Peace
6. Slayer - Seasons in the Abyss
7. Overkill - Horrorscope
8. Saint Vitus - V
9. Tankard - The Tankard
10. Earth - Extra-Capsular Extraction

11. Danzig - Danzig 6:66: Satan's Child
12. Life of Agony - River Runs Red
13. Crisis - Deathshead Extermination
14. Melvins - Houdini
15. Pentagram - Be Forewarned
16. Winter - Into Darkness
17. Vader - De Profundis
18. Corrupted - Paso Inferior
19. Electric Wizard - Come My Fanatics...
20. Saint Vitus - Die Healing

Judas Priest, Northwinds, Cathedral, Nocturnus and Stratovarius were on the cusp. I considered extending my list even further but 2 contradictions to my previous lists will do. Be Forewarned and Die Healing need to go up a spot or two in my yearly lists.

edit: moved Pentagram up a bit further.

 

[no country for old wainds]

please give warning before closing this thx

 

[-CC-]

1) Demigod - Slumber of Sullen Eyes
2) Demilich - Nespithe
3) Megadeth - Rust in Peace
4) Amorphis - Privilege of Evil
5) Entombed - Left Hand Path
6) Entombed - Clandestine
7) Meshuggah - Destroy Erase Improve
8) Down - NOLA
9) Meshuggah - Chaosphere
10) Edge of Sanity - Crimson

 

[alex76]

1. Carcass - Necroticism - Descanting the Insalubrious
2. Pestilence - Testimony of the Ancients
3. Slayer - Seasons in the Abyss
4. Sepultura - Arise
5. Entombed - Clandestine
6. Megadeth - Rust in Peace
7. Iced Earth - Burnt Offerings ← I would put Days of Purgatory here if it wasn't a compilation.
8. Pantera - Cowboys from Hell
9. Ozzy Osbourne - No More Tears
10. Hammerfall - Legacy of Kings

This can't be right...

 

[Bloopy]

@Opeth17 When are you likely to have a list for us? Happy to leave this open for some time yet.

 

[SonOfNun]

@Opeth17 When are you likely to have a list for us? Happy to leave this open for some time yet.

wooo boy. I've started pulling what I think might be tops from each year so I can assemble them in some fashion. Even if I just try to go with a snapshot based on feeling I think it's gonna take some time. No way I can go about it in any kind of systematic fashion. When should I have it in?

 

[Bloopy]

Idunnolol might drop a 1 week warning on 17th July or somesuchlike

 

[CiG]

Will you do 00's after this?

 

[Bloopy]

Safe to assume we will just for giggles. Might post it closer to the end of the year though.

 

[no country for old wainds]

‘00s will be more interesting in some ways as there’s less of an established canon.

 

[SonOfNun]

I've whittled my list down to about 30 albums.

 

[Bloopy]

7 dayssss

@Opeth17 and @no country for old wainds in a race to be the champion of list slowness. Though I recall @TechnicalBarbarity promised a list in another thread somewhere and we're expecting that one around the time the Earth and moon are tidally locked.

 

[no country for old wainds]

1. at the gates - with fear i kiss the burning darkness
2. the chasm - deathcult for eternity: the triumph
3. at the gates - the red in the sky is ours
4. sacramentum - far away from the sun
5. burzum - hvis lyset tar oss
6. mayhem - de mysteriis dom sathanas
7. ved buens ende - written in waters
8. arghoslent - galloping through the battle ruins
9. virgin steele - invictus
10. darkthrone - under a funeral moon

 

[SonOfNun]

I'm going to go ahead and submit a list so as to not hold this up any longer. There's a lot of stuff I know that I haven't rated (and much more that I don't know), but nothing that I think would change my Top 10 right now. This list, especially the honorable mentions and rankings, could look quite different in the future.

1. Type O Negative – October Rust (1996) – 4.91/5 RYM, 98/100
2. Crimson Thorn – Unearthed (1994) – 4.91/5 RYM, 98/100
3. Trouble – Trouble (1990) – 4.9/5 RYM, 98/100
4. Tiamat – A Deeper Kind of Slumber (1997) – 4.85/5 RYM, 97/100
5. Obituary – Cause of Death (1990) – 4.78/5 RYM, 96/100
6. Malevolent Creation – Stillborn (1993) – 4.75/5 RYM, 95/100
7. Mortification – Scrolls of the Megilloth (1992) – 4.75/5, 95/100
8. Six Feet Under – Haunted (1995) – 4.73/5 RYM, 95/100
9. Schaliach – Sonrise (1996) – 4.69/5 RYM, 94/100
10. Agalloch – Pale Folklore (1999) – 4.69/5 RYM, 94/100

Honorable Mentions:

11. Megadeth – Countdown to Extinction (1992) – 4.68/5 RYM, 94/100
12. Pestilence – Testimony of the Ancients (1991) – 4.67/5 RYM, 93/100
13. Massacre – From Beyond (1991) – 4.67/5 RYM, 93/100
14. Obituary – The End Complete (1992) – 4.67/5 RYM, 93/100
15. Death – Symbolic (1995) – 4.67/5 RYM, 93/100
16. In Flames – Jester Race (1996) – 4.65/5 RYM, 93/100
17. Cannibal Corpse – The Bleeding (1994) – 4.65/5 RYM, 93/100
18. Obituary – Back From the Dead (1997) – 4.65/5 RYM, 93/100
19. Death – Spiritual Healing (1990) – 4.63/5 RYM, 93/100
20. Opeth – My Arms, Your Hearse (1998) – 4.63/5 RYM, 93/100
21. Opprobrium – Beyond the Unknown (1990) – 4.63/5 RYM, 93/100
22. Saint Vitus – V (1990) – 4.63/5 RYM, 93/100
23. Saint Vitus – Die Healing (1995) – 4.63/5 RYM, 93/100
24. Cemetary – An Evil Shade of Grey (1992) – 4.63/5 RYM, 93/100
25. Lake of Tears – Greater Art (1994) – 4.63/5 RYM, 93/100
26. Edge of Sanity – Crimson (1996) – 4.63/5 RYM, 93/100
27. Dark Tranquillity – Skydancer – 4.61/5 RYM, 92/100
28. Megadeth – Rust in Peace (1990) – 4.61/5 RYM, 92/100
29. Tourniquet – Stop the Bleeding (1990) – 4.6/5 RYM, 92/100
30. Opeth – Morningrise – 4.6/5 RYM, 92/100

 

[Bloopy]

9th=) Like an Ever Flowing Stream (1991) by Dismember [13 points]
9th=) Clandestine (1991) by Entombed [13 points]
8th) Nespithe (1993) by Demilich [14 points]
6th=) Hvis lyset tar oss (1994) by Burzum [16 points]
6th=) Slumber of Sullen Eyes (1992) by Demigod [16 points]

5th) Painkiller (1990) by Judas Priest [17 points]