best metal albums of the decade

Legacy Of The Night · **Posted:** Thu Nov 19, 2009 4:17 am

Definates :

Converge -- Jane Doe
Neurosis -- Given To The Rising
Arsis -- A Celebration Of Guilt
Opeth -- Blackwater Park
Between The Buried And Me -- Colors

Serious contenders (under consideration) :

Blind Guardian -- A Night At The Opera
Nevermore -- Dead Heart In A Dead World
Dream Theater -- Six Degrees Of Inner Turbulence
Protest The Hero -- Kezia

stevelovesmoonspell · **Posted:** Thu Nov 19, 2009 4:37 am

Suffocation-Pierced from Within
Deicide-Legion
Converge-Jane Doe
Cryptopsy-None so Vile
Behemoth-Demigod
Dark tranquillity-Character
Cannibal Corpse-Tomb of the Mutilated
Cult of Luna-Somewhere along the highway
Mayhem-De mysteriis Dom Sathanas
Blut Aus Nord-The work which transforms God
Moonspell-Wolfheart
Deathspell Omega-SMRC

Legacy Of The Night · **Posted:** Thu Nov 19, 2009 4:51 am

Definately DsO's SMRC

But De Mysteriis was released in 1994, Pierced From Within in 1995, Legion in 1992, None So Vile in 1996, Tomb Of The Mutilated in 1992, and Wolfheart in 1995.... None of these are in the 00's.

stevelovesmoonspell · **Posted:** Thu Nov 19, 2009 5:11 am

Legacy Of The Night wrote:

Definately DsO's SMRC

But De Mysteriis was released in 1994, Pierced From Within in 1995, Legion in 1992, None So Vile in 1996, Tomb Of The Mutilated in 1992, and Wolfheart in 1995.... None of these are in the 00's.

oh snaps, didn't recognize the prompt there. Thanks for the save

Behemoth-Demigod
Defeated Sanity-Psalms of the Moribund
Arcturus-Sideshow Symphonies
Deicide-Stench of redemption (maybe not pivotal, but a damn good comeback)
Decrepit Birth-Diminishing between worlds

Afro_D-Shak · **Posted:** Thu Nov 19, 2009 5:15 am

Immortal - Sons of Northern Darkness
Heavenly - Dust To Dust
Coheed & Cambria - Good Apollo I'm Burning Star IV Volume I: From Fear Through The Eyes Of Madness
Bal-Sagoth - The Chtonic Chronicles
Equilibrium - Sagas
Sonata Arctica - Silence
Wintersun - Wintersun
DragonForce - Sonic Firestorm
Edguy - Hellfire Club
Iron Savior - Condition Red
Between The Buried And Me - Colors (The Great Misdirect is also under consideration)
Symphony X - Paradise Lost
The Stone - Umro
Necrophagist - Epitaph

noodles · **Posted:** Thu Nov 19, 2009 5:16 am

Legacy Of The Night wrote:

Converge -- Jane Doe
Neurosis -- Given To The Rising
Protest The Hero -- Kezia

These'd probably be there for me although choosing an album is hard for all three bands.

traptunderice · **Posted:** Thu Nov 19, 2009 5:39 am

Here's Metalsucks compiled list:
#1 - Mastodon -Leviathan
#2 – Lamb of God, As the Palaces Burn
#3 – Opeth, Blackwater Park
#4 – Killswitch Engage, Alive or Just Breathing
#5 – Converge, Jane Doe
#6 – Killswitch Engage, The End of Heartache
#7 – Lamb of God, Ashes of the Wake
#8 – In Flames, Clayman
#9 – Gojira, From Mars to Sirius
#10 – Opeth, Ghost Reveries
#11 – Deftones, White Pony
#12 – Tool, Lateralus
#13 – Mastodon, Blood Mountain
#14 – System of a Down, Toxicity
#15 – Nachtmystium, Assassins: Black Meddle, Part 1
#16 – Machine Head, The Blackening
#17 – Hatebreed, Perseverance
#18 – Lamb of God, New American Gospel
#19 – Mastodon, Remission
#20 – Shadows Fall, The War Within
#21 – Slipknot, Vol. 3: The Subliminal Verses

It kinda blows but it they polled a lot of musicians.

traptunderice · **Posted:** Thu Nov 19, 2009 5:41 am

DEP - Ire Works
Converge - Jane Doe
DsO - SMRC
Pig Destroyer - Terrifyer
Akercocke - Goat of Mendes/Words Unspoken.
Slough Feg - Atavism/Traveller.
Anaal Nathrakh - Hell is Empty.
High on Fire - Blessed Black Wings.
Cryptopsy - Once Was Not.
Meshuggah - Catch 33.
Tool - Lateralus.
Electric Wizard - Doooopethroone.
Behemoth - Satanica.
WITTR - Diadem of 12 Stars.
Arsis -- A Celebration Of Guilt.

DevotedWalnut · **Posted:** Thu Nov 19, 2009 5:44 am

jesus the 00's suck

traptunderice · **Posted:** Thu Nov 19, 2009 5:47 am

DevotedWalnut wrote:

jesus the 00's suck

It's more like your tastes do.

Afro_D-Shak · **Posted:** Thu Nov 19, 2009 5:49 am

traptunderice wrote:

DevotedWalnut wrote:

jesus the 00's suck

It's more like your tastes do.

I was about to say, this was definitely not a good decade for Thrash, though there were some pretty good acts to come out of the Thrash Revival scene.

DevotedWalnut · **Posted:** Thu Nov 19, 2009 5:52 am

Afro_D-Shak wrote:

traptunderice wrote:

DevotedWalnut wrote:

jesus the 00's suck

It's more like your tastes do.

I was about to say, this was definitely not a good decade for Thrash, though there were some pretty good acts to come out of the Thrash Revival scene.

Pretty good is not album of the decade level. Plus, unlike popular belief, I do like a lot more then just thrash.

Everything you guys are posting I either don't like or have no ambition to hear.

stevelovesmoonspell · **Posted:** Thu Nov 19, 2009 6:00 am

DevotedWalnut wrote:

Afro_D-Shak wrote:

traptunderice wrote:

DevotedWalnut wrote:

jesus the 00's suck

It's more like your tastes do.

I was about to say, this was definitely not a good decade for Thrash, though there were some pretty good acts to come out of the Thrash Revival scene.

Pretty good is not album of the decade level. Plus, unlike popular belief, I do like a lot more then just thrash.

Everything you guys are posting I either don't like or have no ambition to hear.

george michaels doesnt count

traptunderice · **Posted:** Thu Nov 19, 2009 6:03 am

DevotedWalnut wrote:

Everything you guys are posting I either don't like or have no ambition to hear.

I'd recommend finding the ambition to check out the Electric Wizard, Cryptopsy and Slough Feg. Other than that I can see what you're saying. So what would you put on a list?

traptunderice · **Posted:** Thu Nov 19, 2009 6:04 am

stevelovesmoonspell wrote:

DevotedWalnut wrote:

Afro_D-Shak wrote:

traptunderice wrote:

DevotedWalnut wrote:

jesus the 00's suck

It's more like your tastes do.

I was about to say, this was definitely not a good decade for Thrash, though there were some pretty good acts to come out of the Thrash Revival scene.

Pretty good is not album of the decade level. Plus, unlike popular belief, I do like a lot more then just thrash.

Everything you guys are posting I either don't like or have no ambition to hear.

george michaels doesnt count

I'm starting to think V might have a point.

DevotedWalnut · **Posted:** Thu Nov 19, 2009 6:30 am

stevelovesmoonspell wrote:

DevotedWalnut wrote:

Afro_D-Shak wrote:

traptunderice wrote:

DevotedWalnut wrote:

jesus the 00's suck

It's more like your tastes do.

I was about to say, this was definitely not a good decade for Thrash, though there were some pretty good acts to come out of the Thrash Revival scene.

Pretty good is not album of the decade level. Plus, unlike popular belief, I do like a lot more then just thrash.

Everything you guys are posting I either don't like or have no ambition to hear.

george michaels doesnt count

What is your purpose?

DevotedWalnut · **Posted:** Thu Nov 19, 2009 6:32 am

traptunderice wrote:

DevotedWalnut wrote:

Everything you guys are posting I either don't like or have no ambition to hear.

I'd recommend finding the ambition to check out the Electric Wizard, Cryptopsy and Slough Feg. Other than that I can see what you're saying. So what would you put on a list?

I will admit that I do like Cryptopsy, besides the newest one. And everybody tells me to check out Slough Feg, so I guess now I finally will.

I really don't have a list. Sure there are albums that came out in the last 9 years that I really like, but album of the decade? I don't think so. To get that title, you really have to release something worthwhile, and I just haven't heard it yet.

noodles · **Posted:** Thu Nov 19, 2009 6:38 am

off the top of my head

Warning - Watching From a Distance
Zebulon Pike - The Deafening Twilight
Slough Feg - Traveller
Reverend Bizarre - III So Long Suckers
Hammers of Misfortune - The August Engine, maybe The Bastard
Protest the Hero - Kezia, mebbe Fortress
Converge - You Fail Me
Neurosis - Given to the Rising, it's more metal than The Eye of Every Storm

(checks his RYM 5 star albums)
Devin Townsend - Terria, maybe Accelerated Evolution or Addicted
Strapping Young Lad - Alien
Buried Inside - Chronoclast
East of the Wall - Farmer's Almanac

(maybe these too)
Battle of Mice - A Day of Nights
Arsis - A Celebration of Guilt
Between the Buried and Me - Colors
The Dillinger Escape Plan - Ire Works

yay

If I had to choose one album, it'd probably be Zebulon Pike's The Deafening Twilight because that kind of non-shred instrumental metal is the coolest thing to happen in the genre. Them, Slough Feg, and Protest the Hero are the ones I associate most with listening to metal because they're just about awesome riffs and catchy songs rather than making me want to do pussy shit like cry.

grandbazaar · **Posted:** Thu Nov 19, 2009 8:05 am

Angra - Temple of Shadows
Kamelot - Epica
Dark Tranquillity - Character
Evergrey - In Search of Truth
Katatonia - Viva Emptiness
Lacuna Coil - Comalies
Dream Theater - Train of Thought
Nevermore - Dead Heart, In a Dead World
Nightwish - Century Child
Porcupine Tree - Fear of a Blank Planet
Scar Symmetry - Pitch Black Progress
Sentenced - The Funeral Album
Swallow The Sun - The Mourning Never Came
Daylight Dies - Dismantling Devotion
Entwine - DiEversity
Into Eternity - The Scattering of Ashes
Protest The Hero - Kezia
Sonata Arctica - Silence
Novembers Doom - Novella Reservoir
Novembre - The Blue
In Flames - Clayman
Charon - Tearstaind

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