Decibel Magazine's Top 100 Metal Albums Of The Decade.
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Posted by Marcel Hubregtse, 08.12.2009 - 21:49
Look out of your window because the sky may be falling. We made Decibel Magazine's "Top 100 Metal Albums of the Decade". 'Quietus' was listed at number 46. As all good lists do, we're sure the list will spark a heavy debate. But, so be it...we can proudly say we made the list.
1. Converge - Jane Doe
2. Cave In - Jupiter
3. Opeth - Blackwater Park
4. Isis - Oceanic
5. Mastodon - Remission
6. Katatonia - Last Fair Deal Gone Down
7. Queens of the Stone Age - Songs for the Deaf
8. Iron Maiden - Brave New World
9. Pig Destroyer - Phantom Limb
10. Electric Wizard - Dopethrone
11. Torche - Meanderthal
12. Discordance Axis - The Inalienable Dreamless
13. Baroness - Blue Record
14. Napalm Death - Enemy of the Music Business
15. Pelican - The Fire in Our Throats Will Beckon the Thaw
16. The Red Chord - Clients
17. Converge - Axe to Fall
18. Neurosis - A Sun That Never Sets
19. Melt-Banana - CellScape
20. Agalloch - Ashes Against the Grain
21. Enslaved - Isa
22. Tragedy - Tragedy
23. Fugazi - The Argument
24. Mare - Mare
25. Celtic Frost - Monotheist
26. Jesu - Silver
27. High on Fire - Surrounded By Thieves
28. Dimmu Borgir - Death Cult Armageddon
29. The Dillinger Escape Plan - Miss Machine
30. Andrew W.K. - I Get Wet
31. Mastodon - Leviathan
32. Craft - Fuck the Universe
33. Isis - Panopticon
34. Anaal Nathrakh - The Codex Necro
35. Shellac - 1000 Hurts
36. Witchcraft - Witchcraft
37. Killswitch Engage - Alive or Just Breathing
38. Pig Destroyer - Prowler in the Yard
39. Converge - You Fail Me
40. Deathspell Omega - Fas - Ite, Maledicti, in Ignem Aeternum
41. Primordial - The Gathering Wilderness
42. Opeth - Ghost Reveries
43. Nile - Annihilation of the Wicked
44. Watain - Sworn to the Dark
45. Between the Buried and Me - Alaska
46. Evoken - Quietus
47. Electric Wizard - Witchcult Today
48. Mastodon - Blood Mountain
49. Arsis - A Celebration of Guilt
50. The Dillinger Escape Plan - Ire Works
51. Ludicra - Fex Urbis, Lex Orbis
52. At the Drive-In - Relationship of Command
53. Isis - Celestial
54. Jesu - Jesu
55. Enslaved - Below the Lights
56. Cult of Luna - Somewhere Along the Highway
57. High on Fire - Death Is This Communion
58. Disfear - Live the Storm
59. Dying Fetus - Destroy the Opposition
60. Napalm Death - Time Waits for No Slave
61. Deftones - White Pony
62. Botch - An Anthology of Dead Ends
63. Converge - No Heroes
64. Hatebreed - Perseverance
65. Withered - Memento Mori
66. Leviathan - Tentacles of Whorror
67. Meshuggah - Catch 33
68. Thorns - Thorns
69. Rotten Sound - Murderworks
70. Trap Them - Seizures in Barren Praise
71. Deathevokation - The Chalice of Ages
72. Nachtmystium - Assassins: Black Meddle, Part I
73. Immortal - Sons of Northern Darkness
74. Nasum - Human 2.0
75. Fucked Up - Hidden World
76. Neurosis - Given to the Rising
77. Taint - The Ruin of Nova Roma
78. System of a Down - Toxicity
79. Akercocke - Words That Go Unspoken, Deeds That Go Undone
80. Warhorse - As Heaven Turns to Ash
81. Mayhem - Chimera
82. Gojira - From Mars to Sirius
83. Drowningman - How They Light Cigarettes in Prison
84. Pig Destroyer - Terrifyer
85. Watain - Casus Luciferi
86. Killswitch Engage - The End of Heartache
87. Psyopus - Ideas of Reference
88. The Haunted- The Haunted Made Me Do It
89. Cryptopsy - ...And Then You'll Beg
90. Asunder - Works Will Come Undone
91. Godflesh - Hymns
92. Cathedral - Endtyme
93. The Paper Chase - Now You Are One Of Us
94. Decapitated - Nihility
95. Coalesce - Ox
96. In Flames - Clayman
97. Battle of Mice - A Day of Nights
98. Cobalt - Gin
99. My Dying Bride - The Dreadful Hours
100. Slayer - World Painted Blood
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Written by Bad English on 10.12.2009 at 01:53 Oops forgot to edit the "we" out. We = Evoken.
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| Hellish Star Posts: 2966  |
What a redicilous list....
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| Konrad Mormon Storm Posts: 707  |
I think quite a few of those albums really deserve to be up there... Top lists are obviously just opinions so it's hard to criticize too much...but there are some albums on this list that don't deserve to be on the top 1000 albums of the decade. Decibel is obviously suffering from all timers...they remembered some albums that were like 10 years old and some that just came out. I will respond to one of the former comments and say that yes, they are totally justified in putting Brave New World that high. It was an incredibly progressive album...and their best since seventh son...
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| SerratedSyringe Posts: 510  |
I was pleasantly surprised to see three Pig Destroyer albums on the list. I'm not a huge fan of the stoner stuff, but at least it's not the worst thing they could have included.
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| Bad English Tage Westerlund Posts: 62029  |
Written by Hellish Star on 10.12.2009 at 14:32 Well even many of those albums are good and awesome, but list is well, weird, because there is othe rgood albums who's missing and I never made such list I even cant name my fav albums and songs, well Jup dont votes in rewiews to
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| Konrad Mormon Storm Posts: 707 |
Decibel has too many American bands on there...which, I guess is understandable because it's an American magazine...but Terrorizer, www.metalreview.com, and myself will have better, more well-balanced list.
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| Marcel Hubregtse Grumpy Old Fuck Elite Posts: 40071 |
Written by Konrad on 10.12.2009 at 21:37 There is no such thing as a well-balanced list when it comes to a top-100 over the decade  Or even a better list. And I think Terrorizer's list will be pretty similar to Decibel's.
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| Konrad Mormon Storm Posts: 707 |
Written by Marcel Hubregtse on 10.12.2009 at 21:53 I guess you're right...to some extent. Terrorizer will probably have more British bands. ...but I think the more albums a person/magazine listens to, the more balanced their list will be. If decibel only does 40 reviews a month (the majority of those bands being american) for example, and terrorizer 60, then Terrorizer's list should be more balanced...but not necessarily. So, I guess you're right...but you know what I mean. Semantics...
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| Marcel Hubregtse Grumpy Old Fuck Elite Posts: 40071 |
Written by Konrad on 10.12.2009 at 22:00 Decibel reviews loads of albums, more than Terrorizer the last time I checked. Although decibel is American and Terrorizer is English I don't think the lists will vary much (maybe MIthras in the Terrorizer list cause they always hype that band) since their tastes are almost spot on similar.
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| Konrad Mormon Storm Posts: 707 |
Written by Marcel Hubregtse on 10.12.2009 at 22:06 Could be true...but I'm sure it varies. I know that Decibel reviews more American bands than Terrorizer. I think Enslaved's Vertebrae will be #1 for Terrorizer.
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| Marcel Hubregtse Grumpy Old Fuck Elite Posts: 40071 |
Written by Konrad on 10.12.2009 at 22:11 I actually think Converge - Jane Doe will be one on the Terrorizer list as well
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| Konrad Mormon Storm Posts: 707 |
Written by Marcel Hubregtse on 10.12.2009 at 22:13 I wonder why that is? The album wouldn't be in my top 100. You?
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| Marcel Hubregtse Grumpy Old Fuck Elite Posts: 40071 |
Written by Konrad on 10.12.2009 at 22:15 Also not in mine, I don't like Converge to be honest. But somehow it is very popular with people that look down upon most metal and love all things alternative.
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| Konrad Mormon Storm Posts: 707 |
Written by Marcel Hubregtse on 10.12.2009 at 22:19 I grew up listening to hardcore along with metal (and many other genres) and I have never really met people with good taste in hardcore who like Converge. I will say their new album is 1000X better than Jane Doe, but nothing this band has ever done merits a top 100 of the decade. I wish they would at least say why. WWAAAK.
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| bard Posts: 171  |
There are three Mastodon albums in this list...three! You'd think lists like this would make room for more representation. And then stuff like Hatebreed? Just seems weird to me.
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| Konrad Mormon Storm Posts: 707 |
The only Hatebreed album that deserves to be on any list was a 90's album.
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| danielllewis Posts: 119  |
I don't like it at all I can't complain though since it seems like they're actually explored metal thoroughly, and not just added the most popular bands.
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| Konrad Mormon Storm Posts: 707 |
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| Syk myspace/bonerama Posts: 1504  |
Written by BitterCOld on 09.12.2009 at 19:01 Of course... ...What else is there to discuss, to prevent this from being a lock-worthy topic?
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| spirit_inblack harshhead Posts: 715  |
I find it extremely odd that based on the fact that this list was done by Decibel, and based on the other bands in the list, that there isn't a single Cattle Decapitation album in there.
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| BitterCOld The Ancient One Admin Posts: 15288  |
Written by Syk on 11.12.2009 at 04:48 there is a difference between discussion and useless bitching from people all butt hurt because their favorite album got omitted.
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| Darkside Momo Retired Elite Posts: 9089  |
Written by Marcel Hubregtse on 10.12.2009 at 22:13 I don't know if Vertebrae will #1, but it's pretty sure it'll be in the top 10. And yeah, I think that Jane Doe will be there too (in the top 100)
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| Ellrohir Heaven Knight Posts: 8669  |
I dont know too much of these albums, so i cant argue much about it, but at least i disagree with Agalloch's Ashes Against The Grain being rakned and The Mantle is not...
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| Marcel Hubregtse Grumpy Old Fuck Elite Posts: 40071 |
Written by Ellrohir on 11.12.2009 at 15:08 Yeah, although Ashes Against The Grain was good The Mantle was just vastly superior to it.
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| Ellrohir Heaven Knight Posts: 8669 |
Whoa, another time you agree with my opinion 
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| Marcel Hubregtse Grumpy Old Fuck Elite Posts: 40071 |
Written by Ellrohir on 11.12.2009 at 15:16 yeah. Don't you think we should cherish such rare instances?
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| X-Ray Rod Skandino Staff Posts: 18374  |
Written by SerratedSyringe on 10.12.2009 at 15:23 Yeah, me too! Although I think that Their debut should be in Phantom Limb's place and that Terrifyer would be higher than Phantom Limb. But yeah... ncie surprise! I also really liked that dopethrone was there as well  The are of course a lot of stuff I don't agree... I mean... Clayman, wtf? And also.. wtf with Neurosis man, Given to the rising should be in A Sun That Never Sets' place.. And guys-... please tell me why The Manical Vale isn't in the list!!!! ??!? For me that album was THE BEST CD... I'm just waiting until 1/1/11 so I can out loud that Esoteric - The Maniacal Vale is the best album of the last decade, period.
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| Marcel Hubregtse Grumpy Old Fuck Elite Posts: 40071 |
Written by X-Ray Rod on 11.12.2009 at 18:33 1/1/11?  That means you're a year late.The decade ends 31/12/2009 Or did your new century start at 1/1/2001?  EDIT: Maniacal Vale would be nr. 2 for me nr. 1 for sure would be Warning - Watching From A Distance.
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| X-Ray Rod Skandino Staff Posts: 18374 |
Written by Marcel Hubregtse on 11.12.2009 at 19:00 LMAO... right... anyway... I'm waiting until 1/1/10 because you never know if some band will put something right in the end of the year that would be amazing... But then again, that's really not possible because we're talking about THE VALE.
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| Marcel Hubregtse Grumpy Old Fuck Elite Posts: 40071 |
Written by X-Ray Rod on 11.12.2009 at 19:08 Well Esoteric themselves are currently already writing new material
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