Terrorizer Top 100 Albums Of The Decade

[Liam]

Meant to write this up myself, but forgot. Luckily, upon searching, it has been copied up by someone else. Could have gone in the Unofficial Metal Thread, but fuck it, most of the other lists like this got their own threads.

So yeah, comment, tabulate how many you have, etc etc.

1. Electric Wizard – Dopethrone (Rise Above, 2000)

2. Celtic Frost – Monotheist (Century Media, 2006)

3. Watain – Sworn Of The Dark (Season Of Mist, 2007)

4. Converge – Jane Doe (Equal Vision, 2001)

5. Opeth – Blackwater Park (Music For Nations, 2001)

6. Negura Bunget – Om (Code 666, 2006)

7. Deathspell Omega – Si Monumentum Requires, Circumspice (Norma Evangelium Diaboli, 2004)

8. Enslaved – Ruun (Tabu, 2006)

9. Clutch – Pure Rock Fury (Atlantic, 2001)

10. Emperor – Prometheus: The Discipline Of Fire And Demise (Candlelight, 2001)

11. Immortal – Sons Of Northern Darkness (Nuclear Blast, 2002)

12. Iron Maiden – A Matter Of Life And Death (EMI, 2006)

13. Pig Destroyer – Terrifyer (Relapse, 2004)

14. Mastodon – Leviathan (Relapse, 2004)

15. Anaal Nathrakh – The Codex Necro (Mordgrimm, 2001)

16. Gojira – From Mars To Sirius (Listenable, 2005)

17. Meshuggah – Catch Thirtythree (Nuclear Blast, 2005)

18. Neurosis – A Sun That Never Sets (Relapse, 2001)

19. Primordial – To The Nameless Dead (Metal Blade, 2007)

20. Napalm Death – Enemy Of The Music Business (Dreamcatcher, 2000)

21. Isis – Oceanic (Ipecac, 2002)

22. Drudkh – Forgotten Legends (Supernal, 2003)

23. Dissection – Reinkaos (Black Horizon, 2006)

24. Motorhead – Inferno (Steamhammer/SPV, 2004)

25. Reverend Bizarre – In The Rectory Of The Bizarre Reverend (Sinister Figure, 2002)

26. Blut Aus Nord – The Work Which Transforms God (Candlelight, 2003)

27. Thorns – Thorns (Moonfog, 2001)

28. Wolf – Black Things (No Fashion, 2002)

29. Hammers Of Misfortune – The August Engine (Cruz Del Sur, 2003)

30. Hate Eternal – King Of All Kings (Earache, 2002)

31. Lightning Bolt – Ride The Skies (Load, 2001)

32. Ephel Duath – The Painters Palette (Elitist, 2003)

33. High On Fire – Death Is Communion (Relapse, 2007)

34. Discordance Axis – The Inalienable Dreamless (Hydra Head, 2000)

35. Strapping Young Lad – Alien (Century Media, 2005)

36. Whitehouse – Bird Seed (Susan Lawley, 2003)

37. Melt-Banana – Cell Scape (A-Zap, 2003)

38. Akercocke – Words That Go Unspoken, Deeds That Go Undone (Earache, 2005)

39. Bloodbath – Resurrection Through Carnage (Century Media, 2002)

40. Tool – Lateralus (Zoo, 2001)

41. Nile – Black Seeds Of Vengeance (Relapse, 2000)

42. Rammstein – Mutter (UMVD, 2001)

43. Weakling – Dead As Dreams (Tumult, 2000)

44. Bolt Thrower – Those Once Loyal (Metal Blade, 2005)

45. Cynic – Traced In Air (Season Of Mist, 2008)

46. Insect Warfare – World Extermination (625 Thrash, 2007)

47. Nasum – Helvete (Relapse, 2003)

48. Behemoth – Demigod (Regain, 2004)

49. Anata – The Conductor’s Departure (Earache, 2006)

50. Entombed – Serpent Saint: The Ten Amendments (Candlelight, 2007)

51. Sunn O))) – Black One (Southern Lord, 2005)

52. Warhorse – As Heaven Turns To Ash (Southern Lord, 2001)

53. Decapitated – Organic Hallucinosis (Earache, 2006)

54. Big Business – Here Come The Waterworks (Hydrahead, 2007)

55. Warning – Watching From A Distance (The Miskatonic Foundation, 2006)

56. Dillinger Escape Plan – Miss Machine (Relapse, 2004)

57. Unsane – Visqueen (Ipecac, 2007)

58. Funeral Mist – Salvation (Norma Evangelium Diaboli, 2003)

59. Municipal Waste – Hazardous Mutation (Earache, 2005)

60. Between The Buried And Me – Colors (Victory, 2007)

61. Deicide – The Stench Of Redemption (Earache, 2006)

62. Necrophagist – Epitaph (Relapse, 2004)

63. Amorphis – Eclipse (Nuclear Blast, 2006)

64. Disfear – Live The Storm (Relapse, 2008)

65. Ensiferum – Ensiferum (Spinefarm, 2001)

66. Metallica – Death Magnetic (Warner Bros, 2008)

67. Ulver – Shadows Of The Sun (Jester, 2007)

68. Wolves In The Throne Room – Diadem Of The 12 Stars (Southern Lord, 2006)

69. Witchcraft – Firewood (Rise Above, 2005)

70. Angels Of Light – We Are Him (Young God, 2007)

71. Darkest Hour – Hidden Hands Of A Sadist Nation (Victory, 2003)

72. Kreator – Enemy Of God (Steamhammer/SPV, 2005)

73. Absu – Tara (Osmose, 2001)

74. Death Breath – Stinking Up The Night (Black Lodge, 2006)

75. Melechesh – Sphynx (Osmose, 2003)

76. Rotting Christ – Theogonia (Season Of Mist, 2007)

77. The Red Chord – Fused Together In Revolving Doors (Robotic Empire, 2002)

78. Melvins – (A) Senile Animal (Ipecac, 2006)

79. Torche – Meanderthal (Hydra Head, 2008)

80. Anathema – A Natural Disaster (Music For Nations, 2003)

81. Cathedral – The garden Of Unearthly Delights (Nuclear Blast, 2005)

82. Turisas – Battle Metal (Century Media, 2004)

83. Xasthur – Telepathic With The Deceased (Moribund, 2004)

84. Nightwish – Once (Nuclear Blast, 2004)

85. Paradise Lost – Paradise Lost (Gun, 2005)

86. Slough Feg – Traveller (Dragonheart, 2003)

87. Enforcer – Into The Night (Heavy Artillery, 2008)

88. Laibach – Wat (Mute, 2003)

89. Agoraphobic Nosebleed – Frozen Corpses Stuffed With Dope (Relapse, 2002)

90. Nifelheim – Servants Of Darkness (Blacksun, 2000)

91. Katatonia – The Great Cold Distance (Peaceville, 2006)

92. Dying Fetus – Stop At Nothing (Relapse, 2003)

93. Porcupine Tree – Deadwing (Lava, 2005)

94. Cryptopsy – And Then You’ll Beg (Century Media, 2000)

95. Morbid Angel – Gateways To Annihilation (Earache, 2000)

96. Boris – Pink (Caroline, 2005)

97. Sonata Arctica – Winterhearts Guild (Spinefarm, 2003)

98. Shining – V: Halmstad (Osmose, 2007)

99. Satyricon – Now, Diaboolical (Roadrunner, 2006)

100. Children Of Bodom – Hate Crew Deathroll (Spinefarm, 2003)

My list would therefore look something like this:

2. Celtic Frost – Monotheist (Century Media, 2006) (copied version)

4. Converge – Jane Doe (Equal Vision, 2001) (copied version)

5. Opeth – Blackwater Park (Music For Nations, 2001)

9. Clutch – Pure Rock Fury (Atlantic, 2001)

10. Emperor – Prometheus: The Discipline Of Fire And Demise (Candlelight, 2001)

11. Immortal – Sons Of Northern Darkness (Nuclear Blast, 2002)

13. Pig Destroyer – Terrifyer (Relapse, 2004)

14. Mastodon – Leviathan (Relapse, 2004)

16. Gojira – From Mars To Sirius (Listenable, 2005)

17. Meshuggah – Catch Thirtythree (Nuclear Blast, 2005)

19. Primordial – To The Nameless Dead (Metal Blade, 2007)

21. Isis – Oceanic (Ipecac, 2002)

23. Dissection – Reinkaos (Black Horizon, 2006) (copied version)

32. Ephel Duath – The Painters Palette (Elitist, 2003)

35. Strapping Young Lad – Alien (Century Media, 2005)

40. Tool – Lateralus (Zoo, 2001)

41. Nile – Black Seeds Of Vengeance (Relapse, 2000)

45. Cynic – Traced In Air (Season Of Mist, 2008)

48. Behemoth – Demigod (Regain, 2004) (copied version)

53. Decapitated – Organic Hallucinosis (Earache, 2006)

54. Big Business – Here Come The Waterworks (Hydrahead, 2007)

56. Dillinger Escape Plan – Miss Machine (Relapse, 2004)

79. Torche – Meanderthal (Hydra Head, 2008) (copied version)

80. Anathema – A Natural Disaster (Music For Nations, 2003)

81. Cathedral – The garden Of Unearthly Delights (Nuclear Blast, 2005)

85. Paradise Lost – Paradise Lost (Gun, 2005)

89. Agoraphobic Nosebleed – Frozen Corpses Stuffed With Dope (Relapse, 2002)

93. Porcupine Tree – Deadwing (Lava, 2005)

96. Boris – Pink (Caroline, 2005)

99. Satyricon – Now, Diaboolical (Roadrunner, 2006)

100. Children Of Bodom – Hate Crew Deathroll (Spinefarm, 2003)

I have 31 in some way, shape or form, 26 of which I own.

EDIT: As is probably obvious, it is 1 album per band.

[New Damage]

Own Death Magnetic, have BTBAM's Colors. That's it.

I'll get my coat.

[K]

I think it's a testament to how far I've fallen from the metal scene, to say I only have three of those.

[Liam]

I think it's a testament to how far I've fallen from the metal scene, to say I only have three of those.

From what I remember of what you like, it doesn't surprise me. You've never been that in to the really heavy stuff, like black, death or grind, so wouldn't expect it from you.

What three do you own?

[K]

Metallica, Clutch and Maiden.

There's a few things on the list I'd like to pick up, but nothing I'm losing sleep over not owning.

[Liam]

I guessed the first two, forgot about there being some Maiden in the list.

If I was gonna recommend any of the albums on the list, I'd say check out Torche 'Meanderthal' and Big Business 'Here Come The Waterworks'.

[SRN]

3. Watain – Sworn Of The Dark

10. Emperor – Prometheus: The Discipline Of Fire And Demise

11. Immortal – Sons Of Northern Darkness

16. Gojira – From Mars To Sirius

17. Meshuggah – Catch Thirtythree

24. Motorhead – Inferno

33. High On Fire – Death Is Communion

35. Strapping Young Lad – Alien

42. Rammstein – Mutter

51. Sunn O))) – Black One

54. Big Business – Here Come The Waterworks

61. Deicide – The Stench Of Redemption

79. Torche – Meanderthal

82. Turisas – Battle Metal

92. Dying Fetus – Stop At Nothing

And yeah, Meanderthal and Here Comes The Waterworks are really great albums both. Alot of stuff on that list that I don't have, that I really want. Anata, Electric Wizard, Nile, Napalm Death, Tool, Behemoth and few others; I have other albums of theirs, just not the ones on the list.

[METALMAN]

I only have tool, sun o))) and DEP.

[Evil Chase K]

I think Death Magnetic should be way higher and even though I absolutely LOVE seeing Clutch get must deserved recognition for being as awesome as they are...I gotta say I think Blast Tyrant should be in the 9 spot instead of Pure Rock Fury.

I love both albums but to me Blast Tyrant is the best thing Clutch has done since Elephant Riders.

[YI]

I have;

4. Converge – Jane Doe (Equal Vision, 2001)

5. Opeth – Blackwater Park (Music For Nations, 2001)

14. Mastodon – Leviathan (Relapse, 2004)

21. Isis – Oceanic (Ipecac, 2002)

56. Dillinger Escape Plan – Miss Machine (Relapse, 2004)

59. Municipal Waste – Hazardous Mutation (Earache, 2005)

60. Between The Buried And Me – Colors (Victory, 2007)

93. Porcupine Tree – Deadwing (Lava, 2005)

Massive love for Converge and Opeth doing so well, both massive albums.

[Lowerdeck]

14. Mastodon – Leviathan (Relapse, 2004)

16. Gojira – From Mars To Sirius (Listenable, 2005)

40. Tool – Lateralus (Zoo, 2001)

60. Between The Buried And Me – Colors (Victory, 2007)

66. Metallica – Death Magnetic (Warner Bros, 2008)

However, I got a bunch of albums from artists on the list - just not the ones on the list.

[Bushmeister]

1. Electric Wizard – Dopethrone (Rise Above, 2000)

3. Watain – Sworn Of The Dark (Season Of Mist, 2007)

8. Enslaved – Ruun (Tabu, 2006)

10. Emperor – Prometheus: The Discipline Of Fire And Demise (Candlelight, 2001)

11. Immortal – Sons Of Northern Darkness (Nuclear Blast, 2002)

12. Iron Maiden – A Matter Of Life And Death (EMI, 2006)

13. Pig Destroyer – Terrifyer (Relapse, 2004)

14. Mastodon – Leviathan (Relapse, 2004)

15. Anaal Nathrakh – The Codex Necro (Mordgrimm, 2001)

16. Gojira – From Mars To Sirius (Listenable, 2005)

17. Meshuggah – Catch Thirtythree (Nuclear Blast, 2005)

18. Neurosis – A Sun That Never Sets (Relapse, 2001)

19. Primordial – To The Nameless Dead (Metal Blade, 2007)

20. Napalm Death – Enemy Of The Music Business (Dreamcatcher, 2000)

21. Isis – Oceanic (Ipecac, 2002)

34. Discordance Axis – The Inalienable Dreamless (Hydra Head, 2000)

39. Bloodbath – Resurrection Through Carnage (Century Media, 2002)

41. Nile – Black Seeds Of Vengeance (Relapse, 2000)

45. Cynic – Traced In Air (Season Of Mist, 2008)

46. Insect Warfare – World Extermination (625 Thrash, 2007)

47. Nasum – Helvete (Relapse, 2003)

48. Behemoth – Demigod (Regain, 2004)

53. Decapitated – Organic Hallucinosis (Earache, 2006)

58. Funeral Mist – Salvation (Norma Evangelium Diaboli, 2003)

75. Melechesh – Sphynx (Osmose, 2003)

76. Rotting Christ – Theogonia (Season Of Mist, 2007)

79. Torche – Meanderthal (Hydra Head, 2008)

81. Cathedral – The garden Of Unearthly Delights (Nuclear Blast, 2005)

82. Turisas – Battle Metal (Century Media, 2004)

89. Agoraphobic Nosebleed – Frozen Corpses Stuffed With Dope (Relapse, 2002)

96. Boris – Pink (Caroline, 2005)

Really only one or two choices there I would personally disagree with outright ("Monotheist" that high? Ephel Duath on the list at all?) but after that it's mostly about what I'd expect. Glad to see Terrorizer still lines up somewhat nicely to my musical tastes, some very positive surprises on the list there (Insect Warfare and Funeral Mist, mainly). Would have added more sludge/post-metal stuff like Cult Of Luna's "Eternal Kingdom" or Pelican's "Australasia".

[Liam]

'Monotheist' I think gets that high due to the nature of it more than anything. Big return album, by massive cult act, and it was really good. As for Ephel Duath, I think that more goes in there due to it being fairly unique for the times, as well as a good album (well, I like it at least ).

[Crybaby Bunting]

No Dream Theater?

No Megadeth?

Only one Mastodon album?

Death Magnetic getting on this list?

Nice try Terrorizer, this list should introduce me to another 20 albums... but it just reeks of metal elitism.

[Liam]

No Dream Theater?

No Megadeth?

Only one Mastodon album?

Death Magnetic getting on this list?

Nice try Terrorizer, this list should introduce me to another 20 albums... but it just reeks of metal elitism.

Each band only has one album on the list.

Circumstances probably get Metallica on the list as much as anything else. It was the big comeback, and arguably what St Anger should have been.

As for Dream Theater, and to a lesser extent Megadeth, neither have had really OMG wow albums out. DT's best stuff was in the 90's, Megadeth the 80's.

Why would a magazine that reeks of metal elitism have Metallica so high?

EDIT: Bushy is right though, the ommitance of any Cult Of Luna is a bit of a letdown.

[MalaCloudy Black]

You know, I never did think much of Dopethrone.

[Skummy]

1. Electric Wizard – Dopethrone (Rise Above, 2000)

2. Celtic Frost – Monotheist (Century Media, 2006)

13. Pig Destroyer – Terrifyer (Relapse, 2004)

14. Mastodon – Leviathan (Relapse, 2004)

16. Gojira – From Mars To Sirius (Listenable, 2005)

20. Napalm Death – Enemy Of The Music Business (Dreamcatcher, 2000)

21. Isis – Oceanic (Ipecac, 2002)

24. Motorhead – Inferno (Steamhammer/SPV, 2004)

25. Reverend Bizarre – In The Rectory Of The Bizarre Reverend (Sinister Figure, 2002)

31. Lightning Bolt – Ride The Skies (Load, 2001)

33. High On Fire – Death Is Communion (Relapse, 2007)

35. Strapping Young Lad – Alien (Century Media, 2005)

36. Whitehouse – Bird Seed (Susan Lawley, 2003)

37. Melt-Banana – Cell Scape (A-Zap, 2003)

42. Rammstein – Mutter (UMVD, 2001)

44. Bolt Thrower – Those Once Loyal (Metal Blade, 2005)

51. Sunn O))) – Black One (Southern Lord, 2005)

54. Big Business – Here Come The Waterworks (Hydrahead, 2007)

68. Wolves In The Throne Room – Diadem Of The 12 Stars (Southern Lord, 2006)

78. Melvins – (A) Senile Animal (Ipecac, 2006)

79. Torche – Meanderthal (Hydra Head, 2008)

81. Cathedral – The garden Of Unearthly Delights (Nuclear Blast, 2005)

89. Agoraphobic Nosebleed – Frozen Corpses Stuffed With Dope (Relapse, 2002)

96. Boris – Pink (Caroline, 2005)

24, or thereabouts. Which is probably the most I've owned out of any of these Top 100 lists posted so far - which is a little odd, as I don't consider myself a metal fan first and foremost. That said, there's an awful lot on that list I've never listened to - I've not heard a single note of Death Magnetic - and a lot of stuff I have heard and really didn't like. Even out of the stuff I own, I'm not too convinced - I was disappointed by High On Fire, and I think Melvins, SunnO))), Lightning Bolt and Motorhead all had better albums over the course of the decade.

Still, Terrorizer tends to be more in line with what I like in metal than most magazines do, and it's always nice to see Southern Lord and Ipecac getting their due - they're two of a dwindling number of record labels that automatically lend credibility to a band, in my eyes.

And Dream Theater should never be on a Top 100 anything.

Edited February 7, 2010 by Skummy

[livid]

9. Clutch – Pure Rock Fury (Atlantic, 2001)

14. Mastodon – Leviathan (Relapse, 2004)

21. Isis – Oceanic (Ipecac, 2002)

33. High On Fire – Death Is Communion (Relapse, 2007)

35. Strapping Young Lad – Alien (Century Media, 2005)

40. Tool – Lateralus (Zoo, 2001)

42. Rammstein – Mutter (UMVD, 2001)

60. Between The Buried And Me – Colors (Victory, 2007)

78. Melvins – (A) Senile Animal (Ipecac, 2006)

79. Torche – Meanderthal (Hydra Head, 2008)

93. Porcupine Tree – Deadwing (Lava, 2005)

96. Boris – Pink (Caroline, 2005)

So I have 12 of them, which is kinda sad considering I used to be huge into metal but I do have a few more from some of the bands on the list, just not the albums they listed.

And yeah, some of the album choices for the bands seemed a bit odd to me.

The lack of Baroness disappoints me greatly though. "Red Album" is fantastic.

[YI]

And Dream Theater should never be on a Top 100 anything.

I'd make the argument for "Metropolis Pt. 2..." being one hell of an album, but that was released in 1999, so it's not important.