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adg211288 ![]() Forum Admin Group ![]() ![]() Black Metal, Prog/AG Teams Joined: 05 Nov 2010 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 22025 |
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Yeah me to.
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Jbird ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() Joined: 12 Nov 2012 Status: Offline Points: 309 |
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My #1 album isn't even on the list
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adg211288 ![]() Forum Admin Group ![]() ![]() Black Metal, Prog/AG Teams Joined: 05 Nov 2010 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 22025 |
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^ Sorry, that one didn't even crack the top 100.
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rushfan4 ![]() MMA Special Collaborator ![]() ![]() Errors and Omissions Team Joined: 25 Mar 2010 Location: Michigan Status: Offline Points: 7485 |
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I only listened to the Amorphis album on Spotify one time, a day or two before submitting my picks. It was very impressive. I am tempted to purchase the CD despite the harsh vocals. With more listens it might have made my list.
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aglasshouse ![]() Collaborator ![]() ![]() Honorary Collaborator Joined: 12 Jul 2014 Location: GoodAsNew York Status: Offline Points: 943 |
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Rest in peace Hatchet, sweet prince.
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Vim Fuego ![]() Forum Admin Group ![]() ![]() Death, T/S/G, Grind, VA Teams Joined: 05 Jul 2015 Location: Canterbury, NZ Status: Offline Points: 6558 |
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I found this graph most telling. It didn't surprise me in the slightest. I think it quite accurately shows the general distribution of reviews and what everyone listens to here. Black metal followed by progressive followed by traditional.
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adg211288 ![]() Forum Admin Group ![]() ![]() Black Metal, Prog/AG Teams Joined: 05 Nov 2010 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 22025 |
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In case anyone was interested, I added the rest of the top 100 to the end of the presentation. No formatting or exact scores (many albums that far down are tied), just a list.
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adg211288 ![]() Forum Admin Group ![]() ![]() Black Metal, Prog/AG Teams Joined: 05 Nov 2010 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 22025 |
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Joint 36th, so it only just missed out on being included. By literally one point.
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Nightfly ![]() Forum Admin Group ![]() ![]() Death, D/S/D, T/S/G Teams Joined: 07 Apr 2010 Location: UK Status: Offline Points: 4980 |
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Thanks, I was going to ask if you could do that when you had time.
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Nightfly ![]() Forum Admin Group ![]() ![]() Death, D/S/D, T/S/G Teams Joined: 07 Apr 2010 Location: UK Status: Offline Points: 4980 |
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It made my top 30 but obviously by the result not too many people can have given them a vote.
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adg211288 ![]() Forum Admin Group ![]() ![]() Black Metal, Prog/AG Teams Joined: 05 Nov 2010 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 22025 |
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Amorphis is one of those bands I've listened to on occasion and enjoyed but never really completely got into.
Edited by adg211288 - 03 Apr 2016 at 12:41pm |
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Triceratopsoil ![]() MMA Special Collaborator ![]() ![]() Honorary Collaborator Joined: 17 Dec 2010 Location: Canada Status: Offline Points: 4197 |
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Thanks for your hard work Adam
![]() 2015 was a fantastic year for black metal, a genre I don't typically listen to much of but it dominated my list. My submissions, for the sake ofnon-collabs (#1 at the top) Mgla - Exercises in Futility Batushka - Litourgiya Drudkh - A Furrow Cut Short Sunn O))) - Kannon Krallice - Ygg hurr High on Fire - Luminiferous Enslaved - In Times Ahab - The Boats Of Glen Carrig Vattnet Viskar - Settler Outre - Ghost Chants Akhlys - The Dreaming I Deafheaven - New Bermuda Panopticon - Autumn Eternal Horn - Feldpost Leviathan - Scar Sighted Intronaut - The Direction of Last Things Melechesh - Enki Edited by Triceratopsoil - 03 Apr 2016 at 1:32pm |
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adg211288 ![]() Forum Admin Group ![]() ![]() Black Metal, Prog/AG Teams Joined: 05 Nov 2010 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 22025 |
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I've just reviewed the Panopticon album but we still need reviews for the others. Or comments.
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Jbird ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() Joined: 12 Nov 2012 Status: Offline Points: 309 |
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I do love these album of the year threads. I go to youtube and listen to a bunch of them
![]() My thoughts on Unleash The Archers…great singer, meh band. I've listened to them before, and my thoughts were pretty much the same. She needs a better band, and better songs. Panopticon…exactly why I don't care much for black metal. The song I listened to on youtube was roughly 7 minutes long, and had the exact same drum blast beat going on for the entire 7 minutes. No variation or anything. I DO realize that black metal can offer much more than that, but after listening to that song, I really don't want to hear any more of Panopticon. No offense to anyone here that likes them, just not my thing is all. And while I'm on the subject of black metal, there have been so many albums over the years I've heard people rave about, but when I listen to them it sounds like a 5-year old did the mixing and mastering. Is it part of the genre to do an intentionally bad job of recording/mixing/mastering? Again, no thanks. Avatarium…So far I really like what I hear. I may have to buy this, and I'm not a big doom metal fan either.
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adg211288 ![]() Forum Admin Group ![]() ![]() Black Metal, Prog/AG Teams Joined: 05 Nov 2010 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 22025 |
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I thought that Unleash the Archers writing was massively improved on Time Stands Still. I'd have given them 5 stars if I could shake the feeling that the growls are completely unnecessary in their sound. A bit cheesy at times for sure (Test Your Metal, for instance), but less so than many power metal bands are.
The Panopticon album is plenty varied to my ears, though not as much as the others I've heard from him I admit. You should try Kentucky (2012) out. It's a very different take on the genre.
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666sharon666 ![]() Forum Admin Group ![]() ![]() Black, HM/HR/Glam Teams Joined: 29 Dec 2010 Status: Offline Points: 4084 |
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Yeah Time Stands Still is miles ahead of their other work.
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adg211288 ![]() Forum Admin Group ![]() ![]() Black Metal, Prog/AG Teams Joined: 05 Nov 2010 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 22025 |
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Please check back to the presentation again to find an updated version. Still no quotes, but I added a video for each album. Also fixed a small mistake with the numbering.
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UMUR ![]() MMA Special Collaborator ![]() ![]() Errors & Omissions Team / Retired Admin Joined: 25 Mar 2010 Location: Denmark Status: Offline Points: 18139 |
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^Nice feature with the vids Adam
![]() ...just had a listen to a couple I didn´t know, and it´s a good way to get a short introduction.
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adg211288 ![]() Forum Admin Group ![]() ![]() Black Metal, Prog/AG Teams Joined: 05 Nov 2010 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 22025 |
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![]() https://play.spotify.com/user/adg211288/playlist/32VIvqzkCrJOj89XoHOVDH |
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Nightfly ![]() Forum Admin Group ![]() ![]() Death, D/S/D, T/S/G Teams Joined: 07 Apr 2010 Location: UK Status: Offline Points: 4980 |
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a nice touch Adam.
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