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Triceratopsoil 
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 Posted: 27 Feb 2020 at 7:45am |
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One of the more interesting developments of this decade is Darkthrone completely abandoning black metal to channel their inner Motorhead/Venom/Celtic Frost
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Vim Fuego
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Posted: 27 Feb 2020 at 10:23am |
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I have rated/reviewed seven of those, and had to go all the way to 39 to find the first one!
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Posted: 27 Feb 2020 at 10:49am |
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There's a lot of albums I like in there. But it's kinda of a problem isn't it: we get so few ratings it only takes a few people with similar taste and our charts are completely dominated. We need more people rating/reviewing albums!
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666sharon666
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Posted: 27 Feb 2020 at 10:50am |
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Well they brought it back somewhat on the last two. Not exactly A Blaze in the Northern Sky anymore though.
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Triceratopsoil
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Posted: 27 Feb 2020 at 11:05am |
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Only 1 album there that has made (the current draft of) my list, Triptykon at #35, though a couple others that barely didn't make the cut I'm not very active with ratings/reviews though
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Vim Fuego
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Posted: 27 Feb 2020 at 11:12am |
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I have bouts of it. I haven't managed a review in a while, but some days I go through and click a few stars. I'm trying to be more proactive on it with new stuff I hear. With the make up of the users here, it's often the only rating those releases get.
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Nightfly
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Posted: 27 Feb 2020 at 2:33pm |
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Interesting to see that at least 8 of those will probably make my top 50.
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Posted: 27 Feb 2020 at 3:22pm |
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I'm not a huge black metal fan, but I've been quite interested in the rise of the anti-fascist side of it. Bands like Gaylord, Neckbeard Deathcamp and Dawn Ray'd.
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Unitron
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Posted: 27 Feb 2020 at 3:53pm |
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5 of those are definites on my list, and there's a few that might with a re-listen. As far as the lack of ratings go, yeah right now it's just the active forum users (which aren't many) mainly that are rating things. I have a couple suggestions though of getting more people, Discord and Plug.dj servers would be a good way to do so.
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If I say fuck two more times that's forty-six fucks in this fucked up rhyme
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vmoore
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Posted: 28 Feb 2020 at 7:11am |
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no one talks about the band Hexen. fuck i love the band Hexen. the first album State Of Insurgency is just straight up pure thrash with hints and glimmers of what they would do on their next album. their second and finel album Being and Nothingness is a fucking prog thrash masterpiece. i haven't found any other proggy thrash album that can touch it's brilliance. such a god damn shame this band doesn't exist anymore. Being and Nothingness is one of my top 5 favourite albums of the 2010s period. it is so hard to even pick out a favourite track. i can't even imagine what music the follow up to being and nothingness would have sounded like. here is the album cover
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Nightfly
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Posted: 28 Feb 2020 at 10:46am |
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^ Sounds like it might be worth checking it out. I'll give it a listen.
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Triceratopsoil
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Posted: 28 Feb 2020 at 3:20pm |
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I decided on a self-imposed limit of 2 albums per artist, and preferably 1 if there is a clear standout in their discography. I'm also gonna need to pick a date by which to finalize the 50 albums, or else there is no hope of getting them sorted
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Posted: 28 Feb 2020 at 7:35pm |
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adg211288
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Posted: 29 Feb 2020 at 11:05pm |
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Hexen sounds like it might be up my alley. Will definitely give that one a listen before finalising my best of the decade submission.
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Posted: 01 Mar 2020 at 3:16am |
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Seems the better place to put my WIP list. These are all my relevant 5 star ratings that I currently have on MMA. I have more ratings that I haven't added though. Sorted by genre for now, then I'll rank each one seperately. Then will come the hard part, merging them together for an overall top 50. Blind Guardian - At the Edge of Time Lovebites - Awakening From Abyss Eternity's End - Unyielding Blind Guardian - Beyond the Red Mirror Sinbreed - When Worlds Collide Lovebites - Clockwork Immortality Triosphere - The Heart of the Matter Wuthering Heights - Salt Grave Digger - Return of the Reaper Powerwolf - Blood of the SaintsOrden Ogan - To the End Iron Savior - The Landing Heavy (Ranked - 3 albums): Iron Maiden - The Book of Souls Hell - Human Remains Metal Church - Damned If You DoDeath (Ranked - 17 albums): Obscura - Omnivium Enthean - Priests of Annihilation Beyond Creation - Earthborn Evolution Lascaille's Shroud - The Roads Leading North Blood Incantation - Hidden History of the Human Race Beyond Creation - Algorythm Nile - What Should Not be Unearthed Esoctrilihum - Pandaemorthium (Forbidden Formulas To Awaken The Blind Sovereigns Of Nothingness) Gorguts - Colored Sands Fallujah - The Flesh Prevails Lascaille's Shroud - Interval 02: Parallel Infinities - The Abscinded Universe Obscura - Diluvium Barren Earth - Curse of the Red River The Faceless - AutotheismObscura - Akróasis Origin - Entity Mayan - Dhyana Black (Ranked - 28 albums): Progenie Terrestre Pura - oltreLuna Fen - Epoch Spectral Lore - III Agalloch - Marrow of the Spirit Mare Cognitum - Phobos Monolith Winterhorde - Underwatermoon Wodensthrone - Curse Mare Cognitum - Luminiferous Aether Hail Spirit Noir - Mayhem in Blue Winterhorde - Maestro Oranssi Pazuzu - Värähtelijä Fen - Winter Pillorian - Obsidian Arc Mare Cognitum/Spectral Lore - Sol Progenie Terrestre Pura - U.M.A. Uada - Devoid of LightAquilus - Griseus Entropia - Ufonaut Pure Wrath - Ascetic Eventide Vattnet Viskar - Settler Fen - Dustwalker Dordeduh - Dar de duh Saor - Aura Mesarthim - IsolateSojourner - Empires of Ash Wode - Servants of the Countercosmos White Ward - Futility Report Evilfeast - Elegies of the Stellar Wind Thrash (Ranked - 5 albums): Vektor - Outer Isolation Vektor - Terminal Redux Sacral Rage - Beyond Celestial Echoes King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard - Infest the Rats' NestVorbid - Mind Doom (Ranked - 3 albums): Avatarium - The Girl with the Raven Mask Spectral Voice - Eroded Corridors of Unbeing Paradise Lost - MedusaProg (Ranked - 6 albums): Haken - The Mountain Arch / Matheos - Sympathetic Resonance Enslaved - RIITIIR Threshold - Legends Of The Shires Haken - AquariusIhsahn - After Symphonic (Ranked - 4 albums): Epica - The Holographic Principle Xandria - Neverworld's End Epica - The Quantum Enigma Within Temptation - The Unforgiving Hard Rock (Ranked - 2 albums): Blood Ceremony - The Eldritch Dark Blood Ceremony - Lord of Misrule Final List Draft Iron Maiden - The Book of Souls
Progenie Terrestre Pura - oltreLuna Fen - Epoch Spectral Lore - III Agalloch - Marrow of the Spirit Mare Cognitum - Phobos Monolith Avatarium - The Girl with the Raven Mask Winterhorde - Underwatermoon Blind Guardian - At the Edge of Time Wodensthrone - Curse Lovebites - Awakening From Abyss Eternity's End - Unyielding Mare Cognitum - Luminiferous Aether Hail Spirit Noir - Mayhem in Blue Obscura - Omnivium Enthean - Priests of Annihilation Vektor - Outer Isolation Blind Guardian - Beyond the Red Mirror Winterhorde - Maestro Oranssi Pazuzu - Värähtelijä Beyond Creation - Earthborn Evolution Lascaille's Shroud - The Roads Leading North Fen - Winter Spectral Voice - Eroded Corridors of Unbeing Hell - Human Remains Blood Incantation - Hidden History of the Human Race Sinbreed - When Worlds Collide Lovebites - Clockwork Immortality Pillorian - Obsidian Arc Epica - The Holographic Principle Beyond Creation - Algorythm Nile - What Should Not be Unearthed Haken - The Mountain Mare Cognitum/Spectral Lore - Sol Paradise Lost - Medusa Blood Ceremony - The Eldritch Dark Progenie Terrestre Pura - U.M.A. Xandria - Neverworld's End Esoctrilihum - Pandaemorthium (Forbidden Formulas To Awaken The Blind Sovereigns Of Nothingness) Uada - Devoid of Light Aquilus - Griseus Blood Ceremony - Lord of Misrule Arch / Matheos - Sympathetic Resonance Vektor - Terminal Redux Gorguts - Colored Sands Entropia - Ufonaut Epica - The Quantum Enigma Triosphere - The Heart of the Matter Enslaved - RIITIIR Pure Wrath - Ascetic Eventide Wuthering Heights - Salt Sacral Rage - Beyond Celestial Echoes Threshold - Legends Of The Shires Vattnet Viskar - Settler Fallujah - The Flesh Prevails Fen - Dustwalker Lascaille's Shroud - Interval 02: Parallel Infinities - The Abscinded Universe Grave Digger - Return of the Reaper Dordeduh - Dar de duh King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard - Infest the Rats' Nest Obscura - Diluvium Saor - Aura Powerwolf - Blood of the Saints Metal Church - Damned If You Do Haken - Aquarius Barren Earth - Curse of the Red River Mesarthim - Isolate Sojourner - Empires of Ash The Faceless - Autotheism Wode - Servants of the Countercosmos Within Temptation - The Unforgiving White Ward - Futility Report Ihsahn - After Evilfeast - Elegies of the Stellar Wind Obscura - Akróasis Origin - Entity Vorbid - Mind Orden Ogan - To the End Iron Savior - The Landing Mayan - Dhyana Edited by TheHeavyMetalCat - 02 Mar 2020 at 11:40pm |
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adg211288
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Posted: 01 Mar 2020 at 4:00am |
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^ Not a bad idea. I always find it hard to really compare two releases of different genres. Right now I'm doing a lot of re-listening and sliding each album into the main list where it feels more appropriate, but some are getting changed again as I go. Inevitably there are going to be some albums I absolutely love that get no points and even some of my favourite bands are going to get shafted completely. I'm actually having some inner turmoil over Blind Guardian. I've historically rated their two 2010s albums as 4.5's which would preclude them completely from my top 50. But they're my favourite band of all time and it feels wrong not to include at least one of those albums somewhere. And they probably will get in there because I know it's because they are my favourite band I hold them to a higher standard than anyone else: I know there are power metal albums I like less that got 5 stars from me where At the Edge of Time only has 4.5, because it's not Somewhere Far Beyond.
In fact, I probably have a lot of 4.5's that deserve revaluation due to being growers. Cult of Luna/Julie Christmas is easily one of my most played releases of the last decade and I already had to up that one to 5 stars and it will definitely feature high on the final list even though based on original ratings it wouldn't have got a look in.
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adg211288
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Oh and @vmoore, got the Hexen album on and it's damn fine thrash. Unknown after one listen whether it will get a 5/5 and/or break top 50 for for the decade, but it's definite 4.5 first impression.
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Unitron
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Posted: 02 Mar 2020 at 4:12pm |
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@Colin, have you ever heard the sludge metal band Obake? I'm re-listening to their debut from 2011 now and forgot how great it is. I could see it being something up your alley:
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If I say fuck two more times that's forty-six fucks in this fucked up rhyme
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Triceratopsoil
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Posted: 02 Mar 2020 at 6:26pm |
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nope I'll check it out
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adg211288
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Posted: 03 Mar 2020 at 3:54am |
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Colin you've put Opeth - Heritage on your Non-Metal list. That album is in Metal Related so is eligible for the main list, not the bonus Non-Metal round.
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