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BitterCOld's Top 50 Of The Zeroes
The "better half" of my top 100 of the Zeroes. In list format, now with album covers!
| 1. | Warning - Watching From A Distance |
| 2. | Negură Bunget - OM |
| 3. | Primordial - To The Nameless Dead |
| 4. | Neurosis - Given To The Rising |
| 5. | Mastodon - Crack The Skye |
| + 45 more |
Epic Album Closers
Some albums are really good. Many of these are good all the way around. And, in many cases, there is a single song that stands out, sometimes it's the last song on the album. This is a list of those…
| 1. | !T.O.O.H.! - Order And Punishment (Řád A Trest) |
| 2. | Abigail Williams - Becoming |
| 3. | Agalloch - The Mantle |
| 4. | Amon Amarth - Versus The World |
| 5. | Anekdoten - Vemod |
| + 117 more |
Top 50 Album Covers (Updated)
My personal top 50 list.
(In no particular order)
(In no particular order)
| 1. | Decrepit Birth - Polarity |
| 2. | Agoraphobic Nosebleed - Agorapocalypse |
| 3. | Blue Öyster Cult - Blue Öyster Cult |
| 4. | Joe Satriani - Time Machine |
| 5. | Earth - The Bees Made Honey In The Lion's Skull |
| + 45 more |
Black Metal Miscellanea
Personally I find Black Metal to be a very difficult genre to get into, hence the meager length of my list which contains all the albums I've really enjoyed to date, in no order. Recommendations are…
| 1. | Potentiam - Bálsýn |
| 2. | Grabnebelfürsten - Dynastie Oder Wie Man Herrschaft Definert |
| 3. | Deathspell Omega - Si Monumentum Requires, Circumspice |
| 4. | Sigh - Hangman's Hymn- Musikalische Exequien |
| 5. | Sigh - Imaginary Sonicscape |
| + 44 more |
F3ynman's Checklist
Here are albums (ordered by subgenre) that I want to listen to, but haven't yet.
For some albums, I've heard one or two songs, but not the entire album. Therefore, these albums still await…
For some albums, I've heard one or two songs, but not the entire album. Therefore, these albums still await…
| 1. | Burning Witch - Crippled Lucifer |
| 2. | Below The Sun - Envoy |
| 3. | God Is An Astronaut - All Is Violent, All Is Bright |
| 4. | Fórn - The Departure Of Consciousness |
| 5. | Discharge - Hear Nothing See Nothing Say Nothing |
| + 305 more |
My Favorite 35 Albums Of The 2000's
UPDATED Apr. 2012! Like the title says (covers '00 - '09). In numbered order by personal preference. May change as I find new releases.
| 1. | Anubis Gate - The Detached |
| 2. | Agalloch - The Mantle |
| 3. | Kamelot - The Black Halo |
| 4. | Warning - Watching From A Distance |
| 5. | Gojira - The Way Of All Flesh |
| + 30 more |
Metal Albums Ranked From WORSHIP To DISLIKE
Ratings go from:
WORSHIP ❤️❤️❤️: Absolute greatness, a mindblowing album.
LOVE ❤️❤️🖤: Amazing release with very few flaws.
LIKE ❤️🖤🖤: Enjoyable but far from perfect.
DISLIKE 💔: Not very good or maybe…
WORSHIP ❤️❤️❤️: Absolute greatness, a mindblowing album.
LOVE ❤️❤️🖤: Amazing release with very few flaws.
LIKE ❤️🖤🖤: Enjoyable but far from perfect.
DISLIKE 💔: Not very good or maybe…
| 1. | Æther Realm - Tarot |
| 2. | Abhoria - Abhoria |
| 3. | Acid Bath - When The Kite String Pops |
| 4. | Agrypnie - Metamorphosis |
| 5. | Allegaeon - Fragments Of Form And Function |
| + 322 more |
20 Albums - Current Mood
These are 20 albums I have been listening to lately. Will be updated occasionally.
| 1. | Rush - Counter Parts |
| 2. | Darkwater - Where Stories End |
| 3. | Enslaved - Vertebrae |
| 4. | Enslaved - Axioma Ethica Odini |
| 5. | Judas Priest - Painkiller |
| + 13 more |
2008: The Amphibian Halo (as In 'my Blurry View Of 2008')
Updated version of the list previously published here. You'll notice that the comments are a bit different for sure, as is the order:
1 to 3: best of the year (in preference order)
4 to 25: other…
1 to 3: best of the year (in preference order)
4 to 25: other…
| 1. | Textures - Silhouettes |
| 2. | Esoteric - The Maniacal Vale |
| 3. | Burst - Lazarus Bird |
| 4. | ADX - Division Blindée |
| 5. | Cynic - Traced In Air |
| + 20 more |
Enslaved: Another Opinion-Heavy Best To Worst
More like Best to less-best and one dud. My full reviews of each album are available under my same name at metal archives. Feel free to message me with what you think. My full reviews below:
Mardraum
Blodhemn
Isa
Frost
RUUN
Axioma
VV
In…
Mardraum
Blodhemn
Isa
Frost
RUUN
Axioma
VV
In…
| 1. | Enslaved - Mardraum - Beyond The Within |
| 2. | Enslaved - Blodhemn |
| 3. | Enslaved - Isa |
| 4. | Enslaved - Frost |
| 5. | Enslaved - Ruun |
| + 8 more |
Favorite Albums As Of 20
Well, I can't afford every album I want so I'm going off of my August 2013 count of about 700 albums. First time I've ever done this so it may be quite scattered.
This is personal and…
This is personal and…
| 1. | Stratovarius - Visions |
| 2. | Opeth - Ghost Reveries |
| 3. | Yes - Close to the Edge |
| 4. | Omnium Gatherum - New World Shadows |
| 5. | Ayreon - 01011001 |
| + 40 more |
Top 25 Of 2008
Here are my top 25 albums for 2008
| 1. | Equilibrium - Sagas |
| 2. | Protest The Hero - Fortress |
| 3. | Mirrorthrone - Gangrene |
| 4. | Opeth - Watershed |
| 5. | Oceans Of Sadness - The Arrogance Of Ignorance |
| + 20 more |
BitterCOld's Albums of 2008, the "Dirty Dozen"
Just an at-a-glance list corresponding to my Best of 2008 blog. Hooray.
| 1. | Esoteric - The Maniacal Vale |
| 2. | Enslaved - Vertebrae |
| 3. | Skepticism - Alloy |
| 4. | Darkthrone - Dark Thrones And Black Flags |
| 5. | Darkspace - III |
| + 7 more |
Black Like My Coffee
Here is a list of MY favorite black(ish) metal albums (sometimes I like a little creamer...but no sugar). And yes I am aware that bands like Kreator and Amebix and not "Technically" black metal,…
| 1. | Emperor - In The Nightside Eclipse |
| 2. | Agalloch - Ashes Against The Grain |
| 3. | Ulver - Bergtatt - Et Eeventyr I 5 Capitler |
| 4. | Burzum - Filosofem |
| 5. | Alcest - Les Voyages De L'âme |
| + 8 more |
Enslaved Albums Ranked
Quite possibly THE most consistent discography in all of metal considering the size and one of the hardest ones to rank. This is one that could probably change at any given time but I'd say the only…
| 1. | Enslaved - Axioma Ethica Odini |
| 2. | Enslaved - Below The Lights |
| 3. | Enslaved - Ruun |
| 4. | Enslaved - Isa |
| 5. | Enslaved - Mardraum - Beyond The Within |
| + 11 more |