Helping Terrorizer for a future edition
Thu, 09/04/2009 - 14:49
Issue 75, one of the best this magazine has ever produced was dedicated to reviewing the nineties. I sincerely hope, pray, nay: DEMAND, that Terrorizer repeats this feat with an issue dedicated to the noughties.
More importantly it should include as per issue 75, the essential 100 albums of the decade. Therefore in a rare burst of generosity which has nothing to do with avoiding writing an essay, I have taken it upon myself to help Terrorizer by compiling a list of 40 essential albums from the past decade.
Why 40? Well beyond that I started to get into personal faves. Instead I've based my list on albums I believe impacted our ideas of metal, spawned new genres (whether good or bad) or were considered pinnacles in a band's career. I've also ltd my list to one album per artist which made this task bloody difficult (try choosing one Isis, Mastodon, Enslaved, BAN). I'll happily admit it's not complete, I know next to nothing about deathcore, folk, trad or power metal and I'll leave it to Spiny and Malibu to comment on the thrash revival.
I'm sure this could be accused of yet another pointless list making thread but it was fun, and interesting to see that whilst this decade hasn't been as innovative as the nineties, quite a few classic albums have been released.
Oh yeah, because I can't resist, I've included 10 albums from the p.e./noise/neofolk world that Terrorizer should, but probably won't, include.
In alphabetical order:
1. Akercocke - Choronzon
2. Alcest - Souvenirs d'un outre monde
3. Anaal Nathrakh - the Codex Necro
4. Arch Enemy - Wages of Sin
5. Blut aus Nord - MoRT
6. Blood for Blood - Outlaw Anthems
7. Celtic Frost - Monotheist
8. Converge - Jane Doe
9. Cynic - Traced in Air
10. Deathspell Omega - Si Monumentum Requires, Circumspice
11. Drudkh - Blood in Our Wells
12. Earth - Hex
13. Electric Wizard - Dopethrone
14. Enslaved - Ruun
15. Fantomas - Directors Cut
16. Genghis Tron - Board Up the House
17. Gojira - From Sirius to Mars
18. Green Carnation - Light of Day, Day of Darkness
19. High on Fire - Surrounded by Thieves
20. Isis - Oceanic
21. Killing Joke - S/T
22. Killswitch Engage - Alive or Just Breathing
23. Leviathan - Whoracles of Terror
24. Mastodon - Remission
25. Meshuggah - Catch 33
26. Napalm Death - Enemy of the Music Business
27. Neurosis - Eye of Every Storm
28. Nile - Black Seeds of Vengeance
29. Opeth - Blackwater Park
30. Pig Destroyer - Prowler in the Yard
31. Primordial - The Gathering Wilderness
32. Queens of the Stone Age - Songs for the Deaf
33. Reverend Bizarre - II: Crush the Insects
34. Shining - V: Halmstad
35. Sunn o))) - 00 Void
36. System of a Down - Toxicity
37. Warning - Strength to Dream
38. Wolves in the Throne Room - Two Hunters
39. Watain - Casus Luciferi
40. Xasthur - Nocturnal Poisoning
p.e/noise/neofolk top 10.
1. Coil - And the Ambulance Died in His Arms
2. Deathpile - G.R.
3. Der Blutharsch - The Pleasures Received in Pain
4. Gnaw Their Tongues - Reeking Pained and Shuddering
5. Navicon Torture Technologies - Church of Dead Girls
6. Organised Resistance - Day of the Rope
7. Prurient - Pleasure Ground
8. Sutcliffe Jugend - This is the Truth
9. Von Thronstahl - Imperium Internum
10. Whitehouse - Birdseed
Thu, 09/04/2009 - 16:01
#1
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I might make a list of my own later, but for now I think that Surrounded by Thieves, Oceanic, Remission and 00 Void should be replaced by Blessed Black Wings, Panopticon, Leviathan and White1 respectively. I'd put in something by Clutch and Nasum as well.
Thu, 09/04/2009 - 17:40
#2
Yeah i'll do a top ten off the top of my head. Lame decade, all things considered, but there is excellence to be had.
IRON MAIDEN A Matter Of Life & Death
MOTORHEAD Inferno
ELECTRIC WIZARD Dopethrone
CLUTCH From Beale Street To Oblivion
WARNING Watching From A Distance
WOLF Black Wings
HAMMERS OF MISFORTUNE The Locust Years
SOLITUDE AETURNUS Alone
RHAPSODY Dawn Of Victory
DOOMSWORD Resound The Horn
Thu, 09/04/2009 - 17:42
#3
I couldnt even do a top three.
Thu, 09/04/2009 - 20:23
#4
Oceanic is certainly more worthy than Panopticon; even if you prefer latter, I think the former's influence is bigger.
I'd add Jesu's self-titled to the list as well.
Thu, 09/04/2009 - 22:55
#5
I think that Surrounded by Thieves, Oceanic, Remission and 00 Void should be replaced by Blessed Black Wings, Panopticon, Leviathan and White1 respectively.
I wholeheartedkly agree with this except I'd pick Black One over White1. 
Thu, 09/04/2009 - 23:41
#6
Between The Buried And Me - Colors
Fri, 10/04/2009 - 10:16
#7
I did a count from my cd's last night and there are nine from the OO's.
Thats one a year.
Fri, 10/04/2009 - 12:03
#8
I think that Surrounded by Thieves, Oceanic, Remission and 00 Void should be replaced by Blessed Black Wings, Panopticon, Leviathan and White1 respectively.
I wholeheartedkly agree with this except I'd pick Black One over White1.
Fri, 10/04/2009 - 12:06
#9
CLUTCH From Beale Street To Oblivion
DOOMSWORD Resound The Horn
Clutch should be there, embarassed I missed it. Stupid slimline digipaks made it easy to miss.
Considered Doomsword but didn't think many would have agreed! All three albums are inccredibly good.
Fri, 10/04/2009 - 13:01
#10
So many....
..off the top of my head...
Blessed Black Wings
Nasum - Helvete
Menace Ruine "Die is cast"
Monotheist
Melvins - Senile Animal
Buff Medways - Steady The Buffs
Boris - Pink
Age Of Winters
the new Kylesa
Negura Bungie - Om
Alcest
WITTR
etc.
Fri, 10/04/2009 - 13:21
#11
Melvins - Senile Animal
Boris - Pink
Definitely these two. And as far as Clutch albums go I'd be more likely to go for Pure Rock Fury or Blast Tyrant than Beale Street or Robot Hive.
Fri, 10/04/2009 - 16:05
#12
I think that's a pretty good list.
I personally would choose 'Still Life' over 'Blackwater Park', 'In Their Darkened Shrines' over 'Black Seeds Of Vengeance' and 'Hosannas From The Basement Of Hell' over Killing Joke's self titled. And I think I'm one of the few who doesn't get Alcest.
Fri, 10/04/2009 - 17:23
#13
Unless I'm very much mistaken Still Life was released last decade.
Fri, 10/04/2009 - 18:06
#14
Unless I'm very much mistaken Still Life was released last decade.
You're right, it was Oct 1999. I was sure it was 2000...
Fri, 10/04/2009 - 18:52
#15
Another personal ten of the 00s:
WITCHCRAFT Witchcraft
WHITEHOUSE Cruise
FIREBIRD Hot Wings
ELECTRIC WIZARD Witchcult Today
THE HIDDEN HAND Mother Teacher Destroyer
ABSCESS Through The Cracks Of Death
BOLT THROWER Honour Valour Pride
REVEREND BIZARRE Any, really
BRUCE DICKINSON Tyranny Of Souls
PRIMORDIAL To The Nameless Dead
Fri, 10/04/2009 - 20:02
#16
''I've based my list on albums I believe impacted our ideas of metal, spawned new genres (whether good or bad) or were considered pinnacles in a band's career''.
Some are missing the point it seems
Fri, 10/04/2009 - 21:07
#17
Terrorizer should do what KaR said.
/end of Input.
Fri, 10/04/2009 - 22:02
#18
''I've based my list on albums I believe impacted our ideas of metal, spawned new genres (whether good or bad) or were considered pinnacles in a band's career''.
Some are missing the point it seems
In what way?
Fri, 10/04/2009 - 22:18
#19
''I've based my list on albums I believe impacted our ideas of metal, spawned new genres (whether good or bad) or were considered pinnacles in a band's career''.
Some are missing the point it seems
In what way?
Fri, 10/04/2009 - 22:21
#20
Another personal ten of the 00s:
WITCHCRAFT Witchcraft
WHITEHOUSE Cruise
FIREBIRD Hot Wings
ELECTRIC WIZARD Witchcult Today
THE HIDDEN HAND Mother Teacher Destroyer
ABSCESS Through The Cracks Of Death
BOLT THROWER Honour Valour Pride
REVEREND BIZARRE Any, really
BRUCE DICKINSON Tyranny Of Souls
PRIMORDIAL To The Nameless Dead
I didn't know you were a Whitehouse fan, CC....
Fri, 10/04/2009 - 22:25
#21
THE HIDDEN HAND Mother Teacher Destroyer
PRIMORDIAL To The Nameless Dead
I can't believe I still don't own these.
Fri, 10/04/2009 - 22:32
#22
Perhaps i'm the confused one, but it seemed to me that albums were being picked because they were personal favourites instead of being chosen because they had really made a big impact or were pushing genre boundaries which was the initial idea
Ah, well, maybe that was *an* initial idea, but when the Rizer end of 00s top 100 or whatever comes out it'll be personal favourites that get voted for, and unashamedly so!
Yeah I like Whitehouse, was madly into them for a couple of years, they were my second ever Terrorizer interview! I bought every single CD reissue of theirs for old-fashioned CD prices like £14.99. I tried to find more power electronics and death industrial with anything like their impact and couldn't, except of course mid-90s Sutcliffe Jugend.
Fri, 10/04/2009 - 22:41
#23
Most power electronics seem to rip off Whitehouse or Sutcliffe Jugend from what I've heard, not only sound but lyrically and visually.
I thought 'This is the Truth' was immense. Good to see it mentioned earlier in the thread
Fri, 10/04/2009 - 22:45
#24
Perhaps i'm the confused one, but it seemed to me that albums were being picked because they were personal favourites instead of being chosen because they had really made a big impact or were pushing genre boundaries which was the initial idea
Ah, well, maybe that was *an* initial idea, but when the Rizer end of 00s top 100 or whatever comes out it'll be personal favourites that get voted for, and unashamedly so! Yeah I like Whitehouse, was madly into them for a couple of years, they were my second ever Terrorizer interview! I bought every single CD reissue of theirs for old-fashioned CD prices like £14.99. I tried to find more power electronics and death industrial with anything like their impact and couldn't, except of course mid-90s Sutcliffe Jugend.
Sat, 11/04/2009 - 12:34
#25
I also think Deftones - White Pony should be included. I thought it was last decade but it came out in 2000.
in terms of p.e. sounding like SJ or Whitehouse, that's why I'd vote for NTT or Organised Resistance.
NTT really did take the pe format and alter it, adding more depth and layers than usual, the synths giving it a more emotional feel.
Organised Resistance was the starting point (in release date terms) that spawned white power electronics, moving away from the ambivalence of Grey Wolves/Con-dom. Whilst sonically it might not be that new, the themes and attitude were and its impact can't be ignored.
Sat, 11/04/2009 - 13:13
#26
CHRIS: did you really think 'Tyranny Of Souls' was that good?
as for myself, this list would be next to impossible to put together, but just off the top of my head, as far as Terrorizer goes--i.e albums reviewed--i'd have to go with the following, in alphabetical order:
Angels Of Light 'Everything Is Good Here/Please Come Home'
Arcturus 'The Sham Mirrors'
At The Drive In 'Relationship Of Command'
Beyond Dawn 'Frysh'
Celtic Frost 'Monotheist'
Clutch 'From Beale Street...'
Earth 'Hex'
Emperor 'Prometheus'
The Gathering 'If_Then_Else'
GYBE! 'Lift.......' and 'Yanqui...'
Isis 'Panopticon'
Jesu 'Jesu'
Eyvind Kang 'Virginal Co-ordinates'
Katatonia 'Viva Emptiness'
Mars Volta 'Deloused........'
Mastodon 'Remission' and 'Leviathan'
Neurosis 'The Eye Of Every Storm'
Nevermore 'Dead Heart In A Dead World'
Oxbow 'An Evil Heat'+ 'The Narcotic Story'
Primordial 'Gathering Wildness' and 'To The Nameless Dead'(possibly this decade's most improved metal band)
Radiohead 'Kid A'(yes, it was reviewed in Terrorizer and even made the writers poll in 2000)
Rammstein 'Mutter'
Reverend Bizarre(first album)
Septic Flesh 'Sumerian Daemons'+'Communion'
Sigh 'IMaginary Sonicscape' and 'Gallow's Gallery'
Silver Mt.Zion 'Horses In The Sky'
Tomahawk 'Mit Gas'
Zeni Geva '10,000 Light Years'
Runners Up:Mayhem(last album, which probably should be in the first list), Cathedral '7th Coming', Halford 'Resurrection', Colonel Claypool 'Bucket Of Bernie Brains', Diamanda Galas 'Defixiones', Deftones 'White Pony', Immortal 'Sons Of Northern Darkness', the list seriously goes on,
KAYLEE: you serious about Rev.Bizarre 'Crush The Insects'? i thought that was the most redundant thing they ever released. i sold it after 2 weeks. the previous two albums were absolute gold. i slagged it over at digitalmetal.com when i was writing for them. i was just so disappointed, esp by the upbeat tracks.
Sat, 11/04/2009 - 13:16
#27
Sat, 11/04/2009 - 16:28
#28
KAYLEE: you serious about Rev.Bizarre 'Crush The Insects'? i thought that was the most redundant thing they ever released. i sold it after 2 weeks. the previous two albums were absolute gold. i slagged it over at digitalmetal.com when i was writing for them. i was just so disappointed, esp by the upbeat tracks.
that's exactly why i included it. the first two albums, good as they are, is simple doom metal done slow and traditional. when you hit play on "Doom all over the world" and that WTF??? reaction showed a band not afraid to do whatever they want.
Sat, 11/04/2009 - 16:58
#29
^^yeah, but they went from 'simple slow and traditional doom' that was good, to a song like 'doom all over the world', which is a horrible Cathedral rip off to my ears. :bigsmile:
just thinking about this song makes me cringe.
the 'humour' is totally misplaced on that album, even for them.
each to their own. i thought it was rubbish personally.
Sat, 11/04/2009 - 18:26
#30
As you know, I loved Crush The Insects, thought there was a real lurid, triumphant old-fashioned surge to it and I relish any band with such a pervasive Cathedral influence as they had on that LP. Love 'Cromwell', love 'Fucking Wizard', I'm glad they didn't just wallow in posturey gloom like so many doom bands do. But they were never just having a laugh, there was always total conviction and audacity at work.
I'd also argue a place in the end of decade lists for The Puritan. I know it's two EPs, but it's also one killer debut.
And yeah I love 'Tyranny Of Souls', it's stuck around my stereo longer than most recent albums, and it's got a handful of classic contemporary heavy metal songs on it. It's no 'Chemical Wedding', but then what is?