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Kai vs RYM metal charts: 1993

      1993, another year where a whole bunch of asshat boomer minded Gen Xers think heavy metal died.  While culturally and commercially it began to be under fire due to social "diverse" engineering, musically it's still pretty strong.  How strong?  And do these Fantano brained users actually have good taste in metal?  Let's go holy diving..... 1. Death- Individual Thought Patterns     I used to love this album, but a lot of Death just doesn't age well for me.  Yeah, it might be difficult to believe that such an all-star lineup could put out such a milquetoast faux-prog death metal album.  And the musicianship here is elite.  That's undeniable.   Human  through The Sound of Perseverance  contain some of the greatest musical abilities ever committed to tape.  But it's just proof pudding that it's the songs that matter, not the ability.   Scream Bloody Gore  is AC/DC compared to this and it's a ...
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Kai vs RYM metal charts: 1992

      Welcome to 1992, the year that gave us Turtles in Time for the Super Nintendo (it makes me weep that that is a dated reference).  1992 I also feel was the year that set the stage, for better or worse for heavy metal's future; commercial and underground.  I could argue it was the commercially most successful metal year, period (there's a reason America was genetically engineered into hating it in 1993).  Big part of that being fallout from 1991 successes, and another part of it having commercial successes of its own.  Of course depending on how elitist you are, you might consider those successes "not real metal."  Well you probably think only black and death are real metal so go rip entrails from your own virgin cunt, you virgin.....cunt.  I actually have no idea what's gonna end up where in this top 10.  Plus, given past records, I get the feeling a certain fulcrum point won't be appearing here.  I hope I'm wrong.  Let's ...
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Six moar spicy metal takes for your ass.

1.  Kurt Cobain didn't kill heavy metal.  David Geffen did.      So Kurt Cobain made a cross-country trip into every radio station, MTV Video local programming station etc., all across the world and told them to stop playing Dio, Judas Priest and Manowar all by his lonesome?  No wonder he killed himself, his dogs were barkin at him to.      Individual musicians can't do something like that.  Musicians don't just waltz into a media outlet and give jockeys marching orders on what not to play.  Corporate executives on the other hand, can.   I don't think heavy metal was "killed" in the 90s, but there was absolutely a concerted effort by the industry to kill this genre.  Part of it was the British press mentality of build something up and then knock it down.  There were some warriors withstanding it, and yes Pantera were one of them (while trying to hide the fact that they were a hair band at one point), but 1993-1998 was...
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Kai vs RYM metal charts: 1991

     1991: The year a whole bunch of brainwashed Gen Xers (and to a lesser extent baby-boomers) thought Nevermind  killed heavy metal, even though it didn't top the American Billboard charts until 1992.  What 1991 is known for in my opinion is peak death metal.  Just about every death metal band that could release an album, did release such in 1991.  Pretty much the only two that didn't this year were Deicide and Obituary.  With this notion in mind, the sub-genre has a stranglehold on the RYM top 10 for metal.  If any other sub-genre shows up, there's maybe one or two releases from it at best.  So let's go holy diving.... 1. Death- Human      My relationship with Death has been such: Thinking everything was great though some albums were better than others, only thinking the first two Death albums were great, then concluding only Scream Bloody Gore  is essential while still filing Symbolic  and Human  under g...
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Kai vs RYM Metal charts: 1990

      Well, we made it to the 90s.  The decade that Vh1 programmed a bunch of Gen-Xers* into thinking it killed heavy metal.  Clearly that is not the case.  But they say that a decade doesn't start with the first year of such, and some of the albums here definitely feel like there is still an 8 in that 10s digit.....and that is a good thing (frankly all albums should be made with that mindset).  1990 is one of metal's best years, this is a fact.  But how do the RYM users feel about it?  Are they on the money?  Or has inverted snobbery damaged their brains like huffing glue (another 90s trend)?  Let's go holy diving..... 1. Megadeth- Rust In Peace      Well, they got this one right at least.  You'd be surprised at how many people suck at shooting fish in a barrel (see also 1986).  But yeah, the greatest heavy metal album ever made.  Or at least one of three that can claim to be so (the other two being Pa...
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