Finally... The Top 200 Extreme Metal Albums of ALL TIME!(results)

I suppose with technology it could get even faster and unlistenable

I think even with just good old human ambition, there's never going to be a "max extremity" point -- unless metal extremes itself out of being recognizably metal anymore.... at which point, a new starting point for some other kind of music to evolve is set.

Extremity doesn't need to mean speed. It can refer even more pleasingly to complexity and depth of composition, which has no limit. I would even call speed a red herring, a battle of metal's early days and comparatively modest ambitions.

to most people its speed and it must also have growly vox

nanotonality is the future

It can refer even more pleasingly to complexity and depth of composition, which has no limit

I dunno, you gotta draw the line somewhere and Dream Theater is that limit

I do like the idea that Ferneyhough is the future of metal.

Ferneyhöügh?

Korn invented Future Metal remember

would be lols if Frobisher was making us wait because reign in blood was next

i would be happy if south of heaven was number one. but you guys probably voted for alcest.

the only Alcest nominated has placed

no sorry, as an American, I got up little over an hour ago, running on the Pacific time zone, and now upon finishing breakfast and everything else I am getting back to running the poll. Sorry if this conflicts with your schedules.

and my internet isn't working right today either. :(

69. Celtic Frost - Monotheist (322, 5 votes)

https://i.sli.mg/UvuZlY.jpg

https://youtu.be/N59La4jsOjA
https://open.spotify.com/album/3Jyy0CkiG9OkGDxQQGhMgy

^^^^^^ yesssss

One of the greatest comeback albums ever not just in metal but all music

68. Corrupted - El mundo frio (324, 4 votes)

https://i.sli.mg/vhskD1.jpg

https://youtu.be/JiFeDwKKSCo

Cthulow..

nanotonality is the future

― moans and feedback (Dinsdale)

i forsee this to be true

67. Burzum - Hvis lyset tar oss (325, 4 votes, 1 #1)

https://i.sli.mg/JHTPW9.jpg

https://youtu.be/JiFeDwKKSCo
https://open.spotify.com/album/277GP8d3KlBSQwMZJza6pe

o ffs...

https://i.sli.mg/NwiG2D.jpg

oh wow. I thought that was a certainty for the top 10. It was in the top 10 of the all-time metal poll iirc

If Burzum are this low maybe Pantera will miss out too.

Thrash taking a grip on the top 10 maybe? can see at least half of the top 10 being albums by the big four

only one metallica album has placed so far...

66. Thantifaxath - Sacred White Noise (328, 5 votes)

https://i.sli.mg/3iS1XT.jpg

https://youtu.be/_w9TbulMd70
https://open.spotify.com/album/5jxBi6eZrzosLglD1l23XG

5 votes! how many were sund4rs?

I like it (and probably voted for it) but too high!

Shit! There's one of my votes I didn't expect to work out. Feels too high, but good record

65. Sepultura - Beneath The Remains (329, 5 votes)

https://i.sli.mg/BiCJu1.jpg

https://youtu.be/By-Lxxy-HpU
https://open.spotify.com/album/3BDZvMYxZ6E8IuSQL2ew6Z

everything is too high or too low -- this poll is EXTREME!

feels weird seeing albums that hadnt even been out a year when voting took place placing this high

xps

Late but Burzum's another one I can't get into -- having nothing to do with loathsomeness of the artist, I should add -- thus none on my list. When putting together my ballot I'm sure I capriciously bounced around from "historical significance" to "personal favorite" and I guess Burzum lost out when my considerations were swinging to the latter. Again, this was all very unscientific.

yeah, well, its not the most legit of results taken as a real top-__ list. but it is a good list of great albums!
If I had had double the ballots things would be a lot more balanced I think.

and the same top 10?

Probably, tho!

I totally blanked on Monotheist it appears. Not on my list yet it's one of the most massive things I've ever heard. Maybe I was in a loudness war mood because jesus that thing is mastered too loud.

xp it starts really clarifying at the top 20, but between 200 - 50 its just random.

64. Summoning - Stronghold (330, 5 votes)

https://i.sli.mg/8iPuOK.jpg

https://youtu.be/SuoR8wEW0Bo
https://open.spotify.com/album/2CPM0v5uIB2ykVzp26Dcc0

One of my votes!

Summoning's awesome but in keeping with the random injustices of the poll, they're a band I just haven't sat and listened to over an album's length. Not sure why -- I'm usually all about losing my consciousness in a well constructed alternate reality. Musically speaking.

I haven't listened to them much, but their sigil-logo is one of the best.

I love bands that present you with an album cover that may as well have a YOU ARE HERE arrow on it.

hahaha yeah

63. Napalm Death - Scum (334, 6 votes)

https://i.sli.mg/lVsAAH.jpg

https://youtu.be/hs_9Lx8F6Sw
https://open.spotify.com/album/0moO47sAzTLO2lIwj3tsYj

62. Yob - The Great Cessation (335, 5 votes)

https://i.sli.mg/MmzsC6.jpg

https://youtu.be/lSvbjAxlW90?list=PLecmVSL7rdzv9ldHjaOBCDTXALMjYNbPe

Great album!

napalm death got 6 votes!

The Great Cessation is without a doubt my favourite Yob album. The title track is immense.