best metal albums of the decade

Karmakosmonaut · **Posted:** Sat Nov 21, 2009 1:04 am

The_Voice wrote:

...i just find it funny that even with your limited knowledge of metal you could still be so arrogant.

Yeah, so judging my knowledge of metal to be limited without actually knowing me well is not arrogant? To be honest: I'll gladly remain ignorant of your preferred fairy metal bands, even if by your exacting standards my opinion would then be null and void. You can go and post more of your long long lists of boring, mediocre albums to try and get your elitism across, evoking the image of prepubescent boys measuring their cocks, but I tried to post in this topic along the lines of what it was intended for in the first place; ie. not my ego.

And calling Mastodon crappy but simultaneously nominating all that power metal is the stupidest thing I've read on the boards this year, and there was Dead Machine to contend with. Bravo. Time for a slow clap.

Seconding Damnation by Opeth, though.

huskerc7 · **Joined:** Tue Aug 25, 2009 6:58 am **Posts:** 17565

yeah damnation really had me thrashing my head

Karmakosmonaut · **Posted:** Sat Nov 21, 2009 1:25 am

huskerc7 wrote:

yeah damnation really had me thrashing my head

Then again, you don't appear to have much of a head anyway.

huskerc7 · **Joined:** Tue Aug 25, 2009 6:58 am **Posts:** 17565

Karmakosmonaut wrote:

huskerc7 wrote:

yeah damnation really had me thrashing my head

Then again, you don't appear to have much of a head anyway.

I'm not the one calling a fucking acoustic album metal album of the fucking decade. How dense can you be? Are all people from the netherlands this dumb?

The_Voice · **Posted:** Sat Nov 21, 2009 1:50 am

Karmakosmonaut wrote:

Yeah, so judging my knowledge of metal to be limited without actually knowing me well is not arrogant?

Of course it is, call it fight fire with fire if you will.

Karmakosmonaut wrote:

To be honest: I'll gladly remain ignorant of your preferred fairy metal bands, even if by your exacting standards my opinion would then be null and void.

Ok, do as you will.

Karmakosmonaut wrote:

You can go and post more of your long long lists of boring, mediocre albums to try and get your elitism across, evoking the image of prepubescent boys measuring their cocks,

Im elitist? i posted fucking Edguy on my list, three times i believe, clearly not the cultest band around.

Karmakosmonaut wrote:

but I tried to post in this topic along the lines of what it was intended for in the first place; ie. not my ego.

So i guess mocking other people choices and caliing their picks mediocre was the intended purpose of this thread, if so then why are you arguing with me? i just did the same thing to you.

Karmakosmonaut wrote:

And calling Mastodon crappy but simultaneously nominating all that power metal is the stupidest thing I've read on the boards this year, and there was Dead Machine to contend with. Bravo. Time for a slow clap.

So Power Metal is an inferior genre now?, hows that for elitism you fucking hypocrite?, im glad you think my list is stupid because honestly i couldnt care less of what you think.

Legacy Of The Night · **Posted:** Sat Nov 21, 2009 4:42 am

I'd say Crack The Skye is an album of the decade, for me, at least.

I'd also have to add Burst's Lazarus Bird album. I dunno if anyone will agree with me there, but I would say it's one of the best of the decade.

Also, Katatonia's The Great Cold Distance.

Orion · **Posted:** Sat Nov 21, 2009 6:20 am

huskerc7 wrote:

I'm not the one calling a fucking acoustic album metal album of the fucking decade. How dense can you be? Are all people from the netherlands this dumb?

Yeah, I think Damnation is quite an enjoyable album, but metal album of the decade? :lol:

Also, Mastodon is the definition of overrated.

Oh, and this just in: If you like Power Metal, then you might actually put power metal on a "best of" list. Mind blowing, I know.

grandbazaar · **Posted:** Sat Nov 21, 2009 7:58 am

I don't get all the fuss about Mastodon.
They're an alright band but nothing special IMO.
I own "Crack the Sky" and it would never cross my mind to include it in my top five of the year nor would it be include in a top ten, so saying it's album of the decade is pure crazy talk.

ganeshaRules · **Posted:** Sat Nov 21, 2009 9:46 am

Another one I forget to put in my list:

Green Carnation - Light Of Day, Day Of Darkness

ZeroStatic · **Joined:** Sun Jun 21, 2009 7:58 am **Posts:** 18

Opeth - Blackwater Park

Would be my album of the decade.

Followed by:

Cynic - Traced In Air
Mastodon - Crack The Skye
Arsis - A Celebration of Guilt
Mercenary - The Hours That Remain

rio · **Posted:** Sat Nov 21, 2009 10:35 am

Kathaarian wrote:

rio wrote:

ganeshaRules wrote:

Cynic - Traced in Air is, imo, the album of the decade.

Yusss, high five! And by a long way, in my opinion.

It is good indeed but, seriously I'm curious what you guys find in that album that I don't.

IMO it's the flow of it. It drifts between these really subtle melodies, and massive leaps in dynamics, whilst sounding completely spontaneous... the way some classical orchestral piece would, rather than a metal band. The textures they use are so varied yet it all just flows naturally together. I just don't think there are any other bands in metal capable of playing the way Cynic does.

Dago · **Posted:** Sat Nov 21, 2009 10:55 am

Anyone that questions my list gets fucking shot tonight!

Karmakosmonaut · **Posted:** Sat Nov 21, 2009 12:08 pm

huskerc7 wrote:

Karmakosmonaut wrote:

huskerc7 wrote:

yeah damnation really had me thrashing my head

Then again, you don't appear to have much of a head anyway.

I'm not the one calling a fucking acoustic album metal album of the fucking decade. How dense can you be? Are all people from the netherlands this dumb?

Nominating an acoustic album was my way of saying what a dire state the metal genre is in nowadays, I guess. But cheers for nominating the likes of Chimera and Reinkaos :lol:

Also, Aborym - Fire Walk With Us.

Dago · **Posted:** Sat Nov 21, 2009 12:12 pm

I am pretty sure Are you Dead Yet? wins the thread.
Lock this shit!

Karmakosmonaut · **Posted:** Sat Nov 21, 2009 12:15 pm

Dago wrote:

I am pretty sure Are you Dead Yet? wins the thread.
Lock this shit!

Hey, don't say that, that's elitist. Everyone has the right to an opinion, even if they nominate Edguy and other stale power metal acts.

...not.

rio · **Posted:** Sat Nov 21, 2009 12:56 pm

Fuckenell, get your head out. "Right to an opinion" my arse......... maybe we should just let you choose everything from now on.

ganeshaRules wrote:

Another one I forget to put in my list:

Green Carnation - Light Of Day, Day Of Darkness

Another good one, although it pisses me off that it is all one track, despite not needing to be.

Orion · **Posted:** Sat Nov 21, 2009 3:44 pm

Karmakosmonaut wrote:

Dago wrote:

I am pretty sure Are you Dead Yet? wins the thread.
Lock this shit!

Hey, don't say that, that's elitist. Everyone has the right to an opinion, even if they nominate Edguy and other stale power metal acts.

...not.

Hellfire Club is an outstanding album. If you don't like power metal, that's fine, but other people do. I'm not really sure what's so hard to understand about that. I think Mastodon is horribly overrated, and I'm sure others agree with me, but for some reason you are the only one being a complete jackass.

OldSchool · **Posted:** Sat Nov 21, 2009 4:08 pm

In no order:

Destroyer 666 - Cold Steel... For An Iron Age
DsO - SMRC
Anaal Nathrakh - Hell Is Empty And All The Devils Are Here
Negura Bunget - Om
Cage - Hell Destroyer
Priest - Nostradamus
Slough Feg - Harldworder
Manilla Road - Voyager
Candlemass - Death Magic Doom
Solitude Aeturnus - Alone
Reverend Bizarre - So Long Suckers
Dawn Of Winter - The Peaceful Dead
Immolation - Unholy Cult
Vital Remains - Dechristianize
Napalm Death - Smear Campaign
Nasum - Human 2.0
Behemoth - Demigod
Sodom - s/t
Kreator - Hordes Of Chaos
Overkill - Ironbound

Karmakosmonaut · **Posted:** Sat Nov 21, 2009 6:01 pm

Orion wrote:

Hellfire Club is an outstanding album. If you don't like power metal, that's fine, but other people do. I'm not really sure what's so hard to understand about that. I think Mastodon is horribly overrated, and I'm sure others agree with me, but for some reason you are the only one being a complete jackass.

Not my fault if I try to stick to the topic and proceed to be told I know little of metal.

huskerc7 · **Joined:** Tue Aug 25, 2009 6:58 am **Posts:** 17565

Karmakosmonaut wrote:

Orion wrote:

Hellfire Club is an outstanding album. If you don't like power metal, that's fine, but other people do. I'm not really sure what's so hard to understand about that. I think Mastodon is horribly overrated, and I'm sure others agree with me, but for some reason you are the only one being a complete jackass.

Not my fault if I try to stick to the topic and proceed to be told I know little of metal.

yeah lady gaga's new album is one of my metal albums of the decade

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