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

7. Celtic Frost - To Mega Therion (732, 10 votes)

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

https://youtu.be/9SgtScsVUg4

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i always understand 'mega therion' to be a theme park

hoped that might beat out metallica and slayer to #1

I remember reading about Bergtatt first in a review that completely panned it as a boring Burzum-ripoff, all recycled riffs, a sure sign that the Norwegian scene had totally lost it if bands like this were coming up, etc.

"and not so much an extreme metal classic."

i agree but i'll take what i can get in the land of liturgy and deafheaven. still one of my favorite albums.

there's still room for surprises... any thoughts on unexpected albums popping up?

Babymetal?

Bergtatt was the surprise, surely!

I always liked that the To Mega Therion cover implies some improbable upper body strength from our saviour and redeemer.

lol

pantera?

no metallica at all?

obviously number one will be...

http://truemetal.org/metalwallpaper/images/fleuretymintidskalkomme.jpg

or sunn0))))

one or the other

3 metallica, 1 slayer, 1 burzum, 1 darkthrone, 1 mayhem and 1 atheist don't go into 6, although maybe ilx has renounced the more racist albums. or metallica

-atheist I'd say

you need to -2

To Low Therion

oh at the gates have placed after all?

6. Metallica - Master Of Puppets (753, 10 votes)

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

https://youtu.be/K6LA7v1PApU
https://open.spotify.com/album/41bTjcSaiEe4G40RVVHbux

i'm on the dodgems at mega therion. it's kinda cool. there's a mean kid bumping everyone too hard

there are three 8 minute songs on master of puppets. it was remarkable at the time.

3 metallica, 1 slayer, 1 burzum, 1 darkthrone, 1 mayhem and 1 atheist don't go into 6, although maybe ilx has renounced the more racist albums. or metallica

Obviously ILM is all about embracing their inner racist, with James Hetfields redneck antics, Jeff Hannemans fascination for Nazi doctors, Vargs silly RPG, Darkthrones "obvious Jewish behaviour" and Mayhems "black metal is for white people", etc.

XP one could say that such lengths, at the time, were EXTREME!

xp

but they draw the line at anselmo? weird

hey, like I said, 'sanatarium' is awesome until the actual thrash begins, it's like an american take on goth-rock

xps don't forget Dave Mustaine's dodgy anti-government conspiracy rants...

I think we draw the line at Anselmo simply because ILM doesn't much care for Pantera.

The inevitable number 1:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/9c/Extreme_(_Extreme_album_-_cover_art).jpg

damnit you stole my joke that had already been made 3 times!!

now I don't have a joke #1 lined up. :(

but anyway, speaking about good music made by bad people...

5. Mayhem - De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas (766, 10 votes)

https://i.sli.mg/Aq9fvz.jpg

https://youtu.be/qcS0CVJ1KPg
https://open.spotify.com/album/4AkjhNjVvEYXoHeP2ZczlG

i think this record is pretty overrated but when i'm in the mood i enjoy it a lot

tt and I were discussing how Extreme would make a great joke winner haha

agree w BradNelson (I voted for a different Mayhem), and am happy to see this (presumably) not take the black metal prize

after hearing ppl scream their name for 30 years im resigned to who which thrash act will beat out the death and black metal

In theory De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas is overrated but its influence has been so huge - I mean hundreds of bands must've walked into the studio with this record in hand: "like this, please".

I prefer Deathcrush, but De Mysteriis is definitely a huge influence on basically all Black Metal after it.

My thing w that record is that it doesn't sound very much like the stuff that Mayhem had put out up to then (including boots, live and rehearsals that I liked). It was almost like they had to play catch-up with that record, even tho they were actually the first band of the 2nd wave to do anything, and the whole scene seemed to revolve around them

4. Metallica - Ride The Lightning (781, 11 votes, 1 #1)

https://i.sli.mg/L2acbV.jpg

https://youtu.be/4yRpysQxRxE
https://open.spotify.com/album/7a1dlwArQK6OCHkr2SNlZR

^ my fav. Metallica album.

mine too

but looks like it killed the thread...

imago must be cooking dinner as we know how much he loves slayer and metallica

languishing in bed, wishing everything was bergtatt

to mega therion was quite good i guess

3. Darkthrone - Transilvanian Hunger (785, 10 votes)

https://i.sli.mg/J0HdG3.jpg

https://youtu.be/1Q3LeWKYyCQ
https://open.spotify.com/album/4IrVpDeHbm7DqP8zxDG4Jb

It was almost like they had to play catch-up with that record, even tho they were actually the first band of the 2nd wave to do anything, and the whole scene seemed to revolve around them
Well in a sense they did, with the Dead situation the band was thrown back while Burzum, Immortal and Darkthrone all went ahead and recorded their debuts - and if I recall, most of De Mysteriis was already recorded in 1992 until they got Attila over there. But half of DMDS was already on Live In Leipzig, no? Not that big of a surprise, other than the surprisingly excellent sound Pytten got out of them.