Metalreview.com top 100
Soze
essential albums of the noughties list made for some interesting
reading...and has helped me find a few great albums I wasn`t aware of. It`s
not in any order and they intentionally didn`t pick any one band twice. Here
it is!
Morbid Angel - Gateways to Annihilation
In Flames - Clayman
Behemoth - Zos Kia Cultus
Lamb of God - As the Palaces Burn
Yob - The Illusion of Motion
Primordial - The Gathering Wilderness
All Shall Perish - The Price of Existence
Neurosis - Given to the Rising
Withered - Folie Circulaire
Napalm Death - Time Waits for No Slave
Electric Wizard - Dopethrone
Manilla Road - Atlantis Rising
Porcupine Tree - In Absentia
Darkthrone - Hate Them
Disillusion - Back to the Times of Splendour
Bolt Thrower - Those Once Loyal
Jesu - Jesu
Ahab - The Call of the Wretched Sea
Krallice - Krallice
Argus - Argus
Vader - Litany
Converge - Jane Doe
Arghoslent - Incorrigible Bigotry
Arcturus - The Sham Mirrors
Edge of Sanity - Crimson II
Yrkoon - Occult Medicine
Municipal Waste - Hazardous Mutation
Candlemass - Candlemass
Pharaoh - The Longest Night
Elite - We Own the Mountains
Dying Fetus - Destroy the Opposition
Green Carnation - Light of Day, Day of Darkness
Meshuggah - Nothing
Reverend Bizarre - In the Rectory of the Bizarre Reverend
Hammers of Misfortune - The August Engine
Exodus - Tempo of the Damned
Darkand - Layers of Lies
Witchcraft - Firewood
I - Between Two Worlds
Ulcerate - Everything is Fire
Nasum - Human 2.0
Weakling - Dead As Dreams
Emperor - Prometheus
Dream Theater - Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence
Enslaved - Below the Lights
Anata - Under a Stone With No Inscription
Nile - Annihilation of the Wicked
Solitude Aeturnus - Alone
Dismember - Dismember
Heaven and Hell - The Devil You Know
Lykatheas Aflame - Elvenfris
Isis - Oceanic
Agalloch - The Mantle
Vital Remains - Dechristianize
Deathspell Omega - Si Monumentum Requires, Circumspice
Akercocke - Words That Go Unspoken
Wolves in the Throne Room - Diadem of Twelve Stars
Negura Bunget - Om
Unexpect - In a Flesh Aquarium
Mithras - Behind the Shadows Lie Madness
Immolation - Close to a World Below
Absu - Tara
Katatonia - Last Fair Deal Gone Down
Kataklysm - Shadows & Dust
Mastodon - Remission
Melechesh - Sphynx
Wintersun - Wintersun
Gojira - From Mars to Sirius
Deicide - The Stench of Redemption
Revelation - Release
Destroyer 666 - Pheonix Rising
Opeth - Blackwater Park
Impaled - Mondo Medicale
Amon Amarth - Versus the World
Pig Destroyer - Terrifyer
Pelican - The Fire in Our Throats Will Beckon the Thaw
High On Fire - Blessed Black Wings
Suffocation - Suffocation
Isole - Bliss of Solitude
Giant Squid - The Ichthyologist
The Crown - Deathrace King
Bloodbath - Resurrection Through Carnage
The Lord Weird Slough Feg - Traveller
The Chasm - The Spell of Retribution
Necrophagist - Epitaph
Decapitated - Organic Hallucinosis
Insomnium - Above the Weeping World
Warning - Watching from a Distance
Dead Congregation - Graves of the Atchangels
Grand Magus - Iron WIll
Iron Maiden - Brave New World
Devin Townsend - Terria
Immortal - Sons of Northen Darkness
Blut Aus Nord - The Work Which Transforms God
Anaal Nathrakh - Domine Non Es Dignus
Arsis - A Celebration of Guilt
Between the Buried and Me - Alaska
Nevermore - This Godless Endeavor
Drudkh - Blood in Our Wells
Decrepit Birth - Diminishing Between Worlds
TJ Xenos
> This is probably my favourite metal review site out there and their top 100
> essential albums of the noughties list made for some interesting
> reading...and has helped me find a few great albums I wasn`t aware of. It`s
> not in any order and they intentionally didn`t pick any one band twice. Here
> it is!
I mean, with the restrictions, I can't really argue with the bands
picked, maybe the album selected, but seriously, 100 bands who've
released a relevant album in the 00s? I'd probably have to pad it
with in flames and shit too lol
> Yob - The Illusion of Motion
My favorite, but I haven't heard the first 2.
> Napalm Death - Time Waits for No Slave
LNF2 was probably the best thing they've done this decade. All their
albums from Enemy... on are kind of the same to me. I kinda want to
say The Code... was my favorite more recent one. This one they picked
is the newest, no? Probably explains why it was in their minds...
> Electric Wizard - Dopethrone
DUH.
> Municipal Waste - Hazardous Mutation
DUH.
> Dying Fetus - Destroy the Opposition
Not the biggest fan of this lot, but this is generally considered
their best.
> Exodus - Tempo of the Damned
Woulda gone with SHKM. Didn't like this one that much, and I'm
actually a souza guy.
> I - Between Two Worlds
DUH.
> Nasum - Human 2.0
Helvete is my favorite album by them.
> Weakling - Dead As Dreams
Great call here.
> Nile - Annihilation of the Wicked
Their schtick has been old for the whole decade.
> Destroyer 666 - Pheonix Rising
curious choice. unusually melodic and less aggressive outing from
them.
> Impaled - Mondo Medicale
> High On Fire - Blessed Black Wings
> Immortal - Sons of Northen Darkness
DUH to all of these.
> Blut Aus Nord - The Work Which Transforms God
Possibly my favorite album by them. I love the dark ambient vibe on
this.
> Anaal Nathrakh - Domine Non Es Dignus
Last decent thing they did, but not their best.
Soze
"TJ Xenos" <talv...@aol.com> wrote in message
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On Dec 22, 7:08 am, "Soze" <I...@salsbury42.freeserve.co.uk> wrote:
> This is probably my favourite metal review site out there and their top
> 100
> essential albums of the noughties list made for some interesting
> reading...and has helped me find a few great albums I wasn`t aware of.
> It`s
> not in any order and they intentionally didn`t pick any one band twice.
> Here
> it is!
>I mean, with the restrictions, I can't really argue with the bands
>picked, maybe the album selected, but seriously, 100 bands who've
>released a relevant album in the 00s? I'd probably have to pad it
>with in flames and shit too lol
Pffft, Clayman would have been a no brainer pick for me! There`s plenty of
stuff not to my tastes here* and plenty that I`d have picked that are
missing ( Finntroll, Kreator, Destruction, Celtic Frost, Dark Tranquility,
Windir, Moonsorrow, Megadeth ) but overall it`s a good cross section of
albums.
> Yob - The Illusion of Motion
> My favorite, but I haven't heard the first 2.
*see above
> Napalm Death - Time Waits for No Slave
>LNF2 was probably the best thing they've done this decade. All their
>albums from Enemy... on are kind of the same to me. I kinda want to
>say The Code... was my favorite more recent one. This one they picked
>is the newest, no? Probably explains why it was in their minds...
The last 3-4 Napalm albums have all been fairly similar sounding and of
consistent quality, could have picked anyone really. I`d have gone for Enemy
of the Music Business personally.
> Exodus - Tempo of the Damned
>Woulda gone with SHKM. Didn't like this one that much, and I'm
>actually a souza guy.
I think this is a great album, the last Exodus album that really sounds like
Exodus IMO. I lilke the 2 since but considering how few old members are left
and what they now sound like part of me wishes they`d just changed their
name.
> Weakling - Dead As Dreams
> Great call here.
I like this although the singer can be a bit over-bearing...a band who`s
shortest song is over 10 minutes and you like them??!
> Nile - Annihilation of the Wicked
> Their schtick has been old for the whole decade.
I loved them up to this album and then I`d have started to agree...although
I`ve really enjoyed the new one.
> Destroyer 666 - Pheonix Rising
>curious choice. unusually melodic and less aggressive outing from
>them.
I`d have picked Cold Steel...but this album has my favourite track...I Am
the Wargod.
> Blut Aus Nord - The Work Which Transforms God
>Possibly my favorite album by them. I love the dark ambient vibe on
>this.
I`ve been really getting into this band after enjoying this year`s release a
lot. I think my first exposure to them was Mort which put me off, this is a
phenomenal album as is most of their back catalogue.
> Anaal Nathrakh - Domine Non Es Dignus
> Last decent thing they did, but not their best.
Hmmm, you may want to look away from my top 10 for `09 then!!
audiophile
> > Yob - The Illusion of Motion
>
> My favorite, but I haven't heard the first 2.
It's definitely one of the top albums of the decade.
> > Napalm Death - Time Waits for No Slave
>
> LNF2 was probably the best thing they've done this decade. All their
> albums from Enemy... on are kind of the same to me. I kinda want to
> say The Code... was my favorite more recent one. This one they picked
> is the newest, no? Probably explains why it was in their minds...
I gotta admit that while I'm Napalm fanboy, the last 6 albums got very
limited spins.
At the end of the day, I always go back to Scum and HC.
> > Electric Wizard - Dopethrone
>
> DUH.
Also top contender.
> > Exodus - Tempo of the Damned
>
> Woulda gone with SHKM. Didn't like this one that much, and I'm
> actually a souza guy.
This is by leaps and bounds my favorite Exodus of the decade. The
others don't come remotely close.
> > I - Between Two Worlds
>
> DUH.
I think I'm the only one in this group that found this record meh.
> > Nile - Annihilation of the Wicked
>
> Their schtick has been old for the whole decade.
My contempt of this band is well documented ;)
> > Destroyer 666 - Pheonix Rising
>
> curious choice. unusually melodic and less aggressive outing from
> them.
And hilariously, it's also my favorite.
> > High On Fire - Blessed Black Wings
>
> DUH to all of these.
I have actually grown to prefer Death is the Communion over time, but
both are absolutely essential.
e.
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porcupine tree is not REMOTELY metal
Bomber
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Wow, I like about 17 of these.
Soze
"Bomber" <bom...@bomber.bomb> wrote in message
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17?? I`ve just had a quick run through and I like 61 to some extent or
another.
tom.m...@gmail.com
> "TJ Xenos" <talvi...@aol.com> wrote in message
>
> news:b1f8ceb0-681d-4f61...@o28g2000yqh.googlegroups.com...
> On Dec 22, 7:08 am, "Soze" <I...@salsbury42.freeserve.co.uk> wrote:
>
> > This is probably my favourite metal review site out there and their top
> > 100
> > essential albums of the noughties list made for some interesting
> > reading...and has helped me find a few great albums I wasn`t aware of.
> > It`s
> > not in any order and they intentionally didn`t pick any one band twice.
> > Here
> > it is!
> >I mean, with the restrictions, I can't really argue with the bands
> >picked, maybe the album selected, but seriously, 100 bands who've
> >released a relevant album in the 00s? I'd probably have to pad it
> >with in flames and shit too lol
>
> Pffft, Clayman would have been a no brainer pick for me! There`s plenty of
> stuff not to my tastes here* and plenty that I`d have picked that are
> missing ( Finntroll, Kreator, Destruction, Celtic Frost, Dark Tranquility,
> Windir, Moonsorrow, Megadeth ) but overall it`s a good cross section of
> albums.
I have heard Clayman, and I believe it to be the best of the In
Flames albums I have heard, but I doubt I'd have it as a top 100.
Tom
tom.m...@gmail.com
> I have actually grown to prefer Death is the Communion over time, but
> both are absolutely essential.
>
> e.
> --
> porcupine tree is not REMOTELY metal
That may be true, but that album is better than a lot/most of those
on that list.
Tom
tom.m...@gmail.com
> > Nevermore - This Godless Endeavor
> > Drudkh - Blood in Our Wells
> > Decrepit Birth - Diminishing Between Worlds
>
> Wow, I like about 17 of these.
See, you're just not "metal" enough. Quit listening to RiD, and get
with the times.
Tom
Soze
"tom...@juno.com" <tom.m...@gmail.com> wrote in message
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A top 100 of the decade where no band is to be repeated twice? I`d probably
have to start picking bands I wasn`t overly fussed about by the time I got
halfway through!
tom.m...@gmail.com
I am not sure how many of these albums I have heard, some of them I
have heard other albums by the bands named. I just didn't count. So,
let's see..Hmm, 28. apparently. With a few being bands I have heard
stuff by, but maybe not the listed album. Damn, I counted the actual
albums I have heard, and it's.... 17,
Tom
Soze
Poppycock!!! e`s final statement was 5/6th`s correct.
porcupine tree is not REMOTELY interesting
tom.m...@gmail.com
> "tom_...@juno.com" <tom.madm...@gmail.com> wrote in message
> > I have heard Clayman, and I believe it to be the best of the In
> >Flames albums I have heard, but I doubt I'd have it as a top 100.
>
> A top 100 of the decade where no band is to be repeated twice? I`d probably
> have to start picking bands I wasn`t overly fussed about by the time I got
> halfway through!
It becomes a task. What to include, what not to include. If it's a
metal list, though I'd have to limit it to "real Metal" and not radio
rock bands hiding behind a "metal" label.
That would leave out a lot of stuff I like, but so be it.
Tom
tom.m...@gmail.com
> > e.
> > --
> > porcupine tree is not REMOTELY metal
> > That may be true, but that album is better than a lot/most of those
> >on that list.
>
> Poppycock!!! e`s final statement was 5/6th`s correct.
>
> porcupine tree is not REMOTELY interesting
Let's see, I know what I like, and I like that album. Just because
you don't doesn't mean it's not a great album. I know a lot of the DM
bands on that list I probably wouldn't listen to their albums more
than 10-15 times tops.
Tom
100? or more?
p t
list. alot of the stuff i don't care for, not a big fan of Doom/Stoner
etc. the list of bands Soze ran down not on the list i of course agree
with.
tom.m...@gmail.com
Guess that makes you more metal than Bomber or I am. I don't like
stoner much, but I do like Doom a lot.
Tom
Bomber
I can't help it if it's a shitty list.
Bomber
There's a pile I haven't even heard of on the list. I really have no
interest in researching it all either. I have too much to listen to as it
is. Of the 17 I like...oops 18 ( didn't see Darkane ) I think about three of
those would end up on my top 100 of the decade.
Dennis Mullinax
audiophile
> "tom_...@juno.com" <tom.madm...@gmail.com> wrote in message
I, too, enjoy In Absentia more than most of the albums on that list,
but PT has no business being on a metal list for any reason.
I think In Flames *at their best* are boring, but at least they belong
on a list about metal.
e.
--
separating opinion from fact
audiophile
Doom and stoner have a *lot* in common.
e.
--
most stoner bands list sabbath as their primary influence
Soze
For sure...I was only poking you to get a reaction. There`s not much trad /
power metal on there which is possibly why Bomber isn`t well catered
for...Candlemass, Pharaoh, Maiden, Hammers of Misfortune, Heaven and Hell,
Slough Feg...about all I can see. I`m guessing he`d have the likes of Gamma
Ray, Helloween and Edguy in his list.
I wouldn`t call Green Carnation metal either btw.
Soze
"audiophile" <audio...@gmail.com> wrote in message
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On Dec 22, 7:21 pm, "tom_...@juno.com" <tom.madm...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Dec 22, 6:09 pm, PrimeTime-...@webtv.net (p t) wrote:
>
> > i own 26 of those on the list, and have 17-18 cd's by other band on the
> > list. alot of the stuff i don't care for, not a big fan of Doom/Stoner
> > etc. the list of bands Soze ran down not on the list i of course agree
> > with.
>
> Guess that makes you more metal than Bomber or I am. I don't like
> stoner much, but I do like Doom a lot.
>Doom and stoner have a *lot* in common.
Have you heard `Urna`? Just tried giving their last album a go, far too slow
and ponderous for my tastes but it might be more to yours. Sounds like
something Tom Warrior would write if he was having a bad day.
kev...@gmail.com
Yea looking back over the years Clayman had the biggest impact on me
of any IF cd. The later ones are good, but forgettable.
audiophile
> "audiophile" <audiophi...@gmail.com> wrote in message
I have not heard Uma. Tried checking myspace but no links.
Do you have a link to some of their songs online?
e.
--
likes slow and ponderous
Bomber
I don't like Edguy,Pharaoh,Slough Feg, or the Maiden album listed. I've
never heard of Hammers Of Misfortune. The only Candlemass I like are the
last two. I'd say Green Carnation are Metal . The album listed is most
certainly Metal.
tom.m...@gmail.com
> "tom_...@juno.com" <tom.madm...@gmail.com> wrote in message
Oh, ok. It's not you, it's the list. Got it.
Tom
tom.m...@gmail.com
> > porcupine tree is not REMOTELY interesting
>
> I, too, enjoy In Absentia more than most of the albums on that list,
> but PT has no business being on a metal list for any reason.
>
> I think In Flames *at their best* are boring, but at least they belong
> on a list about metal.
>
> e.
> --
> separating opinion from fact
There are some riffs on PT albums that are as metal as most any band
has. But, yeah, I'd not label them "metal"
Tom
Damn good though. You got The Incident yet?
tom.m...@gmail.com
> > Guess that makes you more metal than Bomber or I am. I don't like
> > stoner much, but I do like Doom a lot.
>
> Doom and stoner have a *lot* in common.
>
> e.
> --
> most stoner bands list sabbath as their primary influence
They may have a lot in common, but they don't end up with the same
result. I usually bore of any stoner song within seconds. While I can
listen to Doom metal happily almost all the time.
Tom
Soze
"Bomber" <bom...@bomber.bomb> wrote in message
You`re just a fussy assed bastard!!
Soze
http://www.myspace.com/urnaproject
Urna. U R N A. No `m`s involved!
tom.m...@gmail.com
> >Doom and stoner have a *lot* in common.
>
> Have you heard `Urna`? Just tried giving their last album a go, far too slow
> and ponderous for my tastes but it might be more to yours. Sounds like
> something Tom Warrior would write if he was having a bad day.
If Tom Warrior was having a bad day? I hate to even imagine how
dreary this must be.
Tom
Sounds like a winner. I'll have a listen, providing I can find some
songs.
tom.m...@gmail.com
> I don't like Edguy,Pharaoh,Slough Feg, or the Maiden album listed. I've
> never heard of Hammers Of Misfortune. The only Candlemass I like are the
> last two. I'd say Green Carnation are Metal . The album listed is most
> certainly Metal.
I've heard of Hammers of Misfortune, just don't think I've actually
heard any songs.
Tom
tom.m...@gmail.com
>
> http://www.myspace.com/urnaproject
>
> Urna. U R N A. No `m`s involved!
They are listed as a "funeral doom" metal band. Yeah, that's very
uplifting stuff.
Tom
Soze
They`re a spin off of Slough Feg. Who it astounds me anybody could not like!
Have you ever heard of a band called Alcest? Saw them described as shoegaze
black metal which I found hard to imagine...sounds like some early 90`s
indie / Cure type band playing depressing heavy music. Not entirely sure
what I make of it just yet!
http://www.myspace.com/alcestmusic
tom.m...@gmail.com
> > I've heard of Hammers of Misfortune, just don't think I've actually
> >heard any songs.
>
> They`re a spin off of Slough Feg. Who it astounds me anybody could not like!
>
> Have you ever heard of a band called Alcest? Saw them described as shoegaze
> black metal which I found hard to imagine...sounds like some early 90`s
> indie / Cure type band playing depressing heavy music. Not entirely sure
> what I make of it just yet!
>
> http://www.myspace.com/alcestmusic
No, I have not heard of them. Listening now. Yeah, this is uplifting
as well.
I guess people listen to this when they are down and think, "you
know, my life might suck right now, but it's no where near as bad as
this is"
Tom
Soze
Can`t see this being something I go back to...more indie than
metal...reminds me of an old UK indie band called `Ride` from the early
90`s. Black metal my arse!!
John
> This is probably my favourite metal review site out there and their top 100
> essential albums of the noughties list made for some interesting
> reading...and has helped me find a few great albums I wasn`t aware of. It`s
> not in any order and they intentionally didn`t pick any one band twice. Here
> it is!
>
> Drudkh - Blood in Our Wells
> Decrepit Birth - Diminishing Between Worlds
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
--
John
Bomber
Now this sounds good! I didn't bother clicking the link until you said
'funeral doom'. The only other band I've heard in this 'genre' is Longing
For Dawn ( which I really like):
http://www.myspace.com/longingfordawn
I guess Ahab fit in there as well. Their first one is excellent, the second
one sucks. I usually use this type of music to fall asleep to.
Bomber
How much of the list do you actually like? Not how many you have heard of.
p t
gonna check them out before i saw this list. however, i will be
checking out Disillusion and Kallice due to this list.
the word essential should never be used with Lamb of God, BtBaM and
Gojira zzzzzzzzzzz :) i can listen to Gojira, but find them mostly
boring.
audiophile
Listening to it now, it's okay I suppose.
I had my fill of stuff like this in the 90's with Thergothon,
Skepticism, Morgion, etc.
e.
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they were less over the top bombastic
Soze
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>i picked up some Deathspell Omega and Wolves in the throne Room, i was
> gonna check them out before i saw this list. however, i will be
> checking out Disillusion and Kallice due to this list.
Deathspell Omega are fantastic...the French are producing some brilliant
black metal nowadays, this, Blut Aus Nord and De Magia Veterum are all
great.
I saw WitTR at Hellfest this year and didn`t enjoy them, took a while after
that to bother going back and listening to them but this album is brilliant.
Krallice are OK, a little overly technical for my tastes in
BM...Disillusion`s first is great, I think both Tom and myself had it as
album of the year when it came out. The second is awful though sadly.
> the word essential should never be used with Lamb of God, BtBaM and
> Gojira zzzzzzzzzzz :) i can listen to Gojira, but find them mostly
> boring.
I agree entirely, Gojira are just one of those "what`s the big deal?" bands
for me. Insanely boring yet the metal community seems to love them en masse.
LoG and godawful. Never really listened to BtBaM.
Soze
"Bomber" <bom...@bomber.bomb> wrote in message
The following would all make a top 100 list for me...or at the very least
other albums by the same bands. Ther`s lots of other stuff I like (
Dismember, Morbid Angel, Emperor, Weakling, Arghoslent, Edge of Sanity
etc. ) but I don`t rate so highly. The 4th Emperor album is the only one I
don`t think is amazing.
In Flames - Clayman
Disillusion - Back to the Times of Splendour
Vader - Litany
Municipal Waste - Hazardous Mutation
Elite - We Own the Mountains
Exodus - Tempo of the Damned
I - Between Two Worlds
Ulcerate - Everything is Fire
Enslaved - Below the Lights
Anata - Under a Stone With No Inscription
Nile - Annihilation of the Wicked
Lykatheas Aflame - Elvenfris
Deathspell Omega - Si Monumentum Requires, Circumspice
Akercocke - Words That Go Unspoken
Negura Bunget - Om
Absu - Tara
Wintersun - Wintersun
Deicide - The Stench of Redemption
Destroyer 666 - Pheonix Rising
Opeth - Blackwater Park
Impaled - Mondo Medicale
Amon Amarth - Versus the World
The Lord Weird Slough Feg - Traveller
Necrophagist - Epitaph
Iron Maiden - Brave New World
Immortal - Sons of Northen Darkness
Blut Aus Nord - The Work Which Transforms God
tom.m...@gmail.com
> > Have you ever heard of a band called Alcest? Saw them described as
> > shoegaze
> > black metal which I found hard to imagine...sounds like some early 90`s
> > indie / Cure type band playing depressing heavy music. Not entirely sure
> > what I make of it just yet!
>
> >http://www.myspace.com/alcestmusic
> > No, I have not heard of them. Listening now. Yeah, this is uplifting
> >as well.
> > I guess people listen to this when they are down and think, "you
> >know, my life might suck right now, but it's no where near as bad as
> >this is"
>
> Can`t see this being something I go back to...more indie than
> metal...reminds me of an old UK indie band called `Ride` from the early
> 90`s. Black metal my arse!!
I didn't see the black metal in it either.
Tom
tom.m...@gmail.com
> > Urna. U R N A. No `m`s involved!
> > They are listed as a "funeral doom" metal band. Yeah, that's very
> >uplifting stuff.
>
> >Tom
>
> Now this sounds good! I didn't bother clicking the link until you said
> 'funeral doom'. The only other band I've heard in this 'genre' is Longing
> For Dawn ( which I really like):
Funeral Doom hooks you in, then?
> http://www.myspace.com/longingfordawn
>
> I guess Ahab fit in there as well. Their first one is excellent, the second
> one sucks. I usually use this type of music to fall asleep to.
First one good, second one sucks. How many bands like this are
there, (in your opinion) Know it's not Judas Priest as you like their
11th album too much.
Tom
tom.m...@gmail.com
> > > See, you're just not "metal" enough. Quit listening to RiD, and get
> > >with the times.
>
> > >Tom
>
> > I can't help it if it's a shitty list.
> > Oh, ok. It's not you, it's the list. Got it.
> How much of the list do you actually like? Not how many you have heard of.
I like pretty much the ones I have heard and/or bought. I probably
would listen to almost any of the albums on that list and like
something. I mean, yeah, I am no where near the Black or Death metal
fan some of you are. So some of the albums may be a once or twice
listening thing.
Tom
tom.m...@gmail.com
> i picked up some Deathspell Omega and Wolves in the throne Room, i was
> gonna check them out before i saw this list. however, i will be
> checking out Disillusion and Kallice due to this list.
With Disillusion make sure you get the right album. Apparently the
second album is rubbish.
> the word essential should never be used with Lamb of God, BtBaM and
> Gojira zzzzzzzzzzz :) i can listen to Gojira, but find them mostly
> boring.
e. will comment.
Tom
tom.m...@gmail.com
> I saw WitTR at Hellfest this year and didn`t enjoy them, took a while after
> that to bother going back and listening to them but this album is brilliant.
> Krallice are OK, a little overly technical for my tastes in
> BM...Disillusion`s first is great, I think both Tom and myself had it as
> album of the year when it came out. The second is awful though sadly.
If not the AotY, in the conversation. I can't really remember what
album that year.
Tom
audiophile
It doesn't bother if someone doesn't like Gojira, but they should
_never_ be mentioned in the same sentence as LOG.
That's like lumping Nevermore and Pantera.
e.
--
BtBaM is boring
Bomber
> On Dec 22, 6:07 pm, "Soze" <I...@salsbury42.freeserve.co.uk> wrote:
>
>> > e.
>> > --
>> > porcupine tree is not REMOTELY metal
>> > That may be true, but that album is better than a lot/most of those
>> >on that list.
>>
>> Poppycock!!! e`s final statement was 5/6th`s correct.
>>
>> porcupine tree is not REMOTELY interesting
>
>> Let's see, I know what I like, and I like that album. Just because
>>you don't doesn't mean it's not a great album. I know a lot of the DM
>>bands on that list I probably wouldn't listen to their albums more
>>than 10-15 times tops.
>
> For sure...I was only poking you to get a reaction. There`s not much trad
> / power metal on there which is possibly why Bomber isn`t well catered
> for...Candlemass, Pharaoh, Maiden, Hammers of Misfortune, Heaven and Hell,
> Slough Feg...about all I can see. I`m guessing he`d have the likes of
> Gamma Ray, Helloween and Edguy in his list.
>
> I wouldn`t call Green Carnation metal either btw.
>
Looking at my top releases of the year, there are 2 Power Metal bands on it
(Powerwolf,Grave Digger) and neither are the Helloween/Gamma Ray type of PM.
I think Heaven And Hell is the only Trad Metal on it. Keep guessing I guess.
Soze
"Bomber" <bom...@bomber.bomb> wrote in message
HaH is in your top 10?? I guess I`ll find out over the next week.
Soze
I find both Gojira and LoG extremely boring. Although LoG irritate me as
well whilst if Gojira are on it doesn`t bother me.
Bomber
I thought the H&H was awesome. I have a top 12 on my Last FM page.
Ritchie
here given my limited taste in heavy metal.
Soze
"Bomber" <bom...@bomber.bomb> wrote in message
I have a tentative top 20 worked out although that`s been recently skewed by
me hearing something I think is awesome. It`ll be tweaked and printed on New
Year`s Day! You have 3 in that top 12 that`ll make mine...I like another 5
of them but not to any great extent. The other 4...are not for me.
tom.m...@gmail.com
> > Looking at my top releases of the year, there are 2 Power Metal bands on
> > it (Powerwolf,Grave Digger) and neither are the Helloween/Gamma Ray type
> > of PM. I think Heaven And Hell is the only Trad Metal on it. Keep guessing
> > I guess.
>
> HaH is in your top 10?? I guess I`ll find out over the next week.
I like it, but probably not.
Tom
tom.m...@gmail.com
> > e. will comment.
> >It doesn't bother if someone doesn't like Gojira, but they should
> >_never_ be mentioned in the same sentence as LOG.
> >That's like lumping Nevermore and Pantera.
>
> I find both Gojira and LoG extremely boring. Although LoG irritate me as
> well whilst if Gojira are on it doesn`t bother me.
I haven't really listened to Gojira, but I don't have any problems
with LoG. If they're bigger than your favorite bands it's because they
have really toured a hell of a lot.
That said, I doubt I will be listening to any LoG albums in the near
or far future.
Tom
tom.m...@gmail.com
> > I thought the H&H was awesome. I have a top 12 on my Last FM page.
>
> I have a tentative top 20 worked out although that`s been recently skewed by
> me hearing something I think is awesome. It`ll be tweaked and printed on New
> Year`s Day! You have 3 in that top 12 that`ll make mine...I like another 5
> of them but not to any great extent. The other 4...are not for me.
What's this new awesome thing?
Tom
tom.m...@gmail.com
> H&H TDYK is my AOTY for me. That should be of no surprise to anyone
> here given my limited taste in heavy metal.
As e. is apt to say, there are some godly riffs on the album, but
there are a couple songs I don't care for much, but it is a worthy
album and no regrets of putting down actual cash to buy it.
Tom
tom.m...@gmail.com
Bomber
Well that's more than I'd thought you would like. There's hope for you yet!
Bomber
>>>
>>
>>
>> I thought the H&H was awesome. I have a top 12 on my Last FM page.
>
> I have a tentative top 20 worked out although that`s been recently skewed
> by me hearing something I think is awesome. It`ll be tweaked and printed
> on New Year`s Day! You have 3 in that top 12 that`ll make mine...I like
> another 5 of them but not to any great extent. The other 4...are not for
> me.
>
I'm guessing Amorphis,Rebellion,Grave Digger and H&H are not for you. I'll
be deciding which 2 of the twelve will get the axe to make a top 10 soon.
Soze
"Bomber" <bom...@bomber.bomb> wrote in message
Kind of...I don`t dislike the HaH, just found it hugely underwhelming. It`s
actually poised to win another of my lists! Powerwolf was the other one I
don`t like...I liked the song I heard on myspace originally but when I
actually heard the album I found it all a bit over-bearing.
Soze
I don`t have any problems with their success, good luck to them. I just
think they`re rubbish!! Listening to them irritates me, not the fact they`ve
done well for themselves.
Soze
Between the Buried and Me.
Soze
Nothing you`d approve of. Wolves in the Throne Room. I saw them at Hellfest
and thought they were boring and haven`t really paid them much attention
since. Listened to the latest album out of curiosity a few days back and
loved it. I put it down to them playing in a packed tent when it was 30C
outside and twice as hot in...I just remember them giving me a headache!
audiophile
Haha, when Ian calls something overbearing it's like seeing a Chris
Rock fan call something obnoxious ;)
e.
--
powerwolf is supremely gay :)
Soze
On Dec 25, 3:06 pm, "Soze" <I...@salsbury42.freeserve.co.uk> wrote:
> "Bomber" <bom...@bomber.bomb> wrote in message
> >news:7pjoas...@mid.individual.net...
>
> >>> I thought the H&H was awesome. I have a top 12 on my Last FM page.
>
> >> I have a tentative top 20 worked out although that`s been recently
> >> skewed
> >> by me hearing something I think is awesome. It`ll be tweaked and
> >> printed
> >> on New Year`s Day! You have 3 in that top 12 that`ll make mine...I like
> >> another 5 of them but not to any great extent. The other 4...are not
> >> for
> >> me.
>
> > I'm guessing Amorphis,Rebellion,Grave Digger and H&H are not for you.
> > I'll be deciding which 2 of the twelve will get the axe to make a top 10
> > soon.
>
> Kind of...I don`t dislike the HaH, just found it hugely underwhelming.
> It`s
> actually poised to win another of my lists! Powerwolf was the other one I
> don`t like...I liked the song I heard on myspace originally but when I
> actually heard the album I found it all a bit over-bearing.
>Haha, when Ian calls something overbearing it's like seeing a Chris
>Rock fan call something obnoxious ;)
I have to rise to the bait here...OK, I like Blind Guardian, Helloween,
Gamma Ray, Sabaton and Therion...but I can`t really think of anything else
that could be construed as particularly bombastic / over-bearing / flowery.
5 bands out of the 500 on my lastfm page is a pretty small percentage!!!
audiophile
> "tom_...@juno.com" <tom.madm...@gmail.com> wrote in message
LoG are a good poster child for the blandification of metal.
They very expertly sucked all the soul and feeling from 80's thrash
and replaced it with overproduction.
Yawn.
e.
--
metalcore sucks beyond belief
John
> This is probably my favourite metal review site out there and their top 100
> essential albums of the noughties list made for some interesting
> reading...and has helped me find a few great albums I wasn`t aware of. It`s
> not in any order and they intentionally didn`t pick any one band twice. Here
> it is!
>
> Morbid Angel - Gateways to Annihilation
> In Flames - Clayman
> Behemoth - Zos Kia Cultus
> Lamb of God - As the Palaces Burn
> Yob - The Illusion of Motion
> Primordial - The Gathering Wilderness
> All Shall Perish - The Price of Existence
> Neurosis - Given to the Rising
> Withered - Folie Circulaire
> Napalm Death - Time Waits for No Slave
> Electric Wizard - Dopethrone
> Manilla Road - Atlantis Rising
> Porcupine Tree - In Absentia
> Darkthrone - Hate Them
> Disillusion - Back to the Times of Splendour
> Bolt Thrower - Those Once Loyal
> Jesu - Jesu
> Ahab - The Call of the Wretched Sea
> Krallice - Krallice
> Argus - Argus
> Vader - Litany
> Converge - Jane Doe
> Arghoslent - Incorrigible Bigotry
> Arcturus - The Sham Mirrors
> Edge of Sanity - Crimson II
> Yrkoon - Occult Medicine
> Municipal Waste - Hazardous Mutation
> Candlemass - Candlemass
> Pharaoh - The Longest Night
> Elite - We Own the Mountains
> Dying Fetus - Destroy the Opposition
> Green Carnation - Light of Day, Day of Darkness
> Meshuggah - Nothing
> Reverend Bizarre - In the Rectory of the Bizarre Reverend
> Hammers of Misfortune - The August Engine
> Exodus - Tempo of the Damned
> Darkand - Layers of Lies
> Witchcraft - Firewood
> I - Between Two Worlds
> Ulcerate - Everything is Fire
> Nasum - Human 2.0
> Weakling - Dead As Dreams
> Emperor - Prometheus
> Dream Theater - Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence
> Enslaved - Below the Lights
> Anata - Under a Stone With No Inscription
> Nile - Annihilation of the Wicked
> Solitude Aeturnus - Alone
> Dismember - Dismember
> Heaven and Hell - The Devil You Know
> Lykatheas Aflame - Elvenfris
> Isis - Oceanic
> Agalloch - The Mantle
> Vital Remains - Dechristianize
> Deathspell Omega - Si Monumentum Requires, Circumspice
> Akercocke - Words That Go Unspoken
> Wolves in the Throne Room - Diadem of Twelve Stars
> Negura Bunget - Om
> Unexpect - In a Flesh Aquarium
> Mithras - Behind the Shadows Lie Madness
> Immolation - Close to a World Below
> Absu - Tara
> Katatonia - Last Fair Deal Gone Down
> Kataklysm - Shadows & Dust
> Mastodon - Remission
> Melechesh - Sphynx
> Wintersun - Wintersun
> Gojira - From Mars to Sirius
> Deicide - The Stench of Redemption
> Revelation - Release
> Destroyer 666 - Pheonix Rising
> Opeth - Blackwater Park
> Impaled - Mondo Medicale
> Amon Amarth - Versus the World
> Pig Destroyer - Terrifyer
> Pelican - The Fire in Our Throats Will Beckon the Thaw
> High On Fire - Blessed Black Wings
> Suffocation - Suffocation
> Isole - Bliss of Solitude
> Giant Squid - The Ichthyologist
> The Crown - Deathrace King
> Bloodbath - Resurrection Through Carnage
> The Lord Weird Slough Feg - Traveller
> The Chasm - The Spell of Retribution
> Necrophagist - Epitaph
> Decapitated - Organic Hallucinosis
> Insomnium - Above the Weeping World
> Warning - Watching from a Distance
> Dead Congregation - Graves of the Atchangels
> Grand Magus - Iron WIll
> Iron Maiden - Brave New World
> Devin Townsend - Terria
> Immortal - Sons of Northen Darkness
> Blut Aus Nord - The Work Which Transforms God
> Anaal Nathrakh - Domine Non Es Dignus
> Arsis - A Celebration of Guilt
> Between the Buried and Me - Alaska
> Nevermore - This Godless Endeavor
> Drudkh - Blood in Our Wells
> Decrepit Birth - Diminishing Between Worlds
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
Glad I have a few but man, some of these I've never heard of.
--
John
tom.m...@gmail.com
> > I find both Gojira and LoG extremely boring. Although LoG irritate me as
> > well whilst if Gojira are on it doesn`t bother me.
> > I haven't really listened to Gojira, but I don't have any problems
> >with LoG. If they're bigger than your favorite bands it's because they
> >have really toured a hell of a lot.
> > That said, I doubt I will be listening to any LoG albums in the near
> >or far future.
>
> I don`t have any problems with their success, good luck to them. I just
> think they`re rubbish!! Listening to them irritates me, not the fact they`ve
> done well for themselves.
Ok, I guess that's the point I was trying to make. There's so much
other stuff I'd rather hear.
Tom
tom.m...@gmail.com
I looked that up after I posted. I have never heard them, and that
they're hardcore or metalcore probably means I won't bother.
Tom
Now on a 70's retro kick
tom.m...@gmail.com
> >Haha, when Ian calls something overbearing it's like seeing a Chris
> >Rock fan call something obnoxious ;)
>
> I have to rise to the bait here...OK, I like Blind Guardian, Helloween,
> Gamma Ray, Sabaton and Therion...but I can`t really think of anything else
> that could be construed as particularly bombastic / over-bearing / flowery.
> 5 bands out of the 500 on my lastfm page is a pretty small percentage!!!
Never heard Wolves in the Throne Room As for your flowery likes, I
don't really like three of them.
Tom
tom.m...@gmail.com
> > I don`t have any problems with their success, good luck to them. I just
> > think they`re rubbish!! Listening to them irritates me, not the fact they`ve
> > done well for themselves.
>
> LoG are a good poster child for the blandification of metal.
>
> They very expertly sucked all the soul and feeling from 80's thrash
> and replaced it with overproduction.
>
> Yawn.
>
> e.
> --
> metalcore sucks beyond belief
Tell it, e.
Tom
BUZZKILL
"John" <itsn...@here.com> wrote
>> Porcupine Tree - In Absentia
>> Heaven and Hell - The Devil You Know
>> Iron Maiden - Brave New World
> Glad I have a few but man, some of these I've never heard of.
These are the only 3 I've heard, and I love all three of them. I'm not much
into death or black metal which explains why I haven't heard most of them.
tom.m...@gmail.com
There's always time to do some catching up.
Tom
3 down 97 to go.
tom.m...@gmail.com
Wait a sec, you've never heard Nevermore? They're not DM or BM, so
maybe you'd like them.
Tom
BUZZKILL
I've heard some of their stuff but I haven't heard their latest album. I
like them but I'm not a huge fan.
Soze
"BUZZKILL" <watuzi...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:pv6dnXOAbMTDAKvW...@centurytel.net...
Nevermore are like a triple amount of awesomeness multiplied by a large dose
of awesomeness and then maxed to an amount of awesomeness beyond all human
understanding.
At this point they are fed through an awesome machine that awesomes them up
through an infinity level of awesomeness which transcends all known levels
of previous awesomeness.
I like them.
tom.m...@gmail.com
> > I've heard some of their stuff but I haven't heard their latest album. I
> > like them but I'm not a huge fan.
>
> Nevermore are like a triple amount of awesomeness multiplied by a large dose
> of awesomeness and then maxed to an amount of awesomeness beyond all human
> understanding.
>
> At this point they are fed through an awesome machine that awesomes them up
> through an infinity level of awesomeness which transcends all known levels
> of previous awesomeness.
>
> I like them.
Excuse Ian as he changes his pants.
Tom
audiophile
> "BUZZKILL" <watuziNOS...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
>
> news:pv6dnXOAbMTDAKvW...@centurytel.net...
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> > "tom_...@juno.com" <tom.madm...@gmail.com> wrote in message
Yeah, they're pretty okay.
e.
--
if you're into that kinda thing
Cornholio
As do I, they're easily one of my favorite bands. They were one of the
few metal bands that originated in the 90's that I felt really helped
push the genre forward.
p t
tom.m...@gmail.com
> > Nevermore are like a triple amount of awesomeness multiplied by a large dose
> > of awesomeness and then maxed to an amount of awesomeness beyond all human
> > understanding.
>
> > At this point they are fed through an awesome machine that awesomes them up
> > through an infinity level of awesomeness which transcends all known levels
> > of previous awesomeness.
>
> > I like them.
>
> Yeah, they're pretty okay.
>
> e.
> --
> if you're into that kinda thing
Reading his comments, it's sort of hard to tell what "that kinda
thing" is.
Tom
cailinsdad
<I...@salsbury42.freeserve.co.uk> wrote:
>Pffft, Clayman would have been a no brainer pick for me! There`s plenty of
>stuff not to my tastes here* and plenty that I`d have picked that are
>missing ( Finntroll, Kreator, Destruction, Celtic Frost, Dark Tranquility,
>Windir, Moonsorrow, Megadeth ) but overall it`s a good cross section of
>albums.
Seriously. I don't know how you can make that list without Jaktens
Tid or Nattfodd. IMO, they are the leaders of a metal genre that has
flourished this decade.
cailinsdad
<I...@salsbury42.freeserve.co.uk> wrote:
>Can`t see this being something I go back to...more indie than
>metal...reminds me of an old UK indie band called `Ride` from the early
>90`s. Black metal my arse!!
I like that album. It's relation to Black Metal is that Alcest began
life as a black metal band. That is not a black metal album.
BUZZKILL
>> Nevermore are like a triple amount of awesomeness multiplied by a
>> large dose of awesomeness and then maxed to an amount of awesomeness
>> beyond all human understanding.
>>
>> At this point they are fed through an awesome machine that awesomes
>> them up through an infinity level of awesomeness which transcends
>> all known levels of previous awesomeness.
>>
>> I like them.
>
> Yeah, they're pretty okay.
Maybe I should rediscover them.
BUZZKILL
I just can't stomach cookie monster vocals. The closest thing to CM death
vocals that I can stand are the vocals on Wildhoney by Tiamat.
tom.m...@gmail.com
> > There's always time to do some catching up.
>
> > Tom
>
> > 3 down 97 to go.
>
> I just can't stomach cookie monster vocals. The closest thing to CM death
> vocals that I can stand are the vocals on Wildhoney by Tiamat.
It must be real hard to find metal you like these days then, seems
like almost all of them have some sort of CM type vocals.
Tom
Bomber
Not really. If you put no effort whatsoever into looking, then ya, they all
have CM type vocals. I think the current trend is to have female fronted
bands.
BUZZKILL
Tell me about it. That's why most metal I like is classic metal.
Soze
Looking through this list there are bands that don`t have cookie monster
vocals...
Electric Wizard
Porcupine Tree
Manilla Road
Arcturus
Candlemass
Pharaoh
Hammers of Misfortune
Slough Feg
Exodus
Witchcraft
Dream Theater
Solitude Aeturnus
Heaven and Hell
Agalloch
Mastodon
Grand Magus
Iron Maiden
Nevermore
probably a few more that I don`t know of...
p t
i checked out the new Grave Digger and like it. they are new to me, i
will check out their back catalog, any suggestions? never heard
Powerwolf, will check them out as well.
Ritchie
That's why I am happy listening to my classic metal cd's. I can barely
tolerate CM vocals. I like when a band sometimes uses them in
combination with clean vocals. I can tolerate Opeth because they are
amazing musicians, but I cant tell you the last time I listened to an
Opeth cd. I also hate when people say just think of cm vocals as part
of the music blah blah blah. CM vocals suck big time!
Bomber
"p t" <PrimeT...@webtv.net> wrote in message
news:4070-4B3...@storefull-3172.bay.webtv.net...
I just heard Grave Digger for the first time this year as well. In addition
to the new one, I really like 'The Last Supper' , 'The Grave Digger' and
'Excalibur'.
Bomber
"Ritchie" <ritch...@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:5b1c350b-6713-461c...@s31g2000yqs.googlegroups.com...
Next thing you know people will be saying 'just think of the bass as part of
the music' . Crazy talk!
audiophile
> "tom_...@juno.com" <tom.madm...@gmail.com> wrote in message
Exactly.
I have put very little effort into finding new metal this year, and
yet have still heard plenty of non-DM vocals.
e.
--
today's music ain't got the same soul
as that old time rock n roll!!
audiophile
I was being largely facetious there, being on record as one of their
biggest fanboys here :)
All their albums save the debut and Enemies of Reality are essential,
IMO
e.
--
the vocals are off putting to many, however
Ritchie
> "Ritchie" <ritchie1...@gmail.com> wrote in message
>
> - Show quoted text -
I meant to say as part of the instruments, but you know what I
meant :)
Yes vocals are part of the instruments but they shouldn't sound like
the vocalist is constipated and trying to take a dump and sing at the
same time.