KaiKaspareK's Kremling Kreator

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...

     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...

      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...

      Well, we made it to the last year of the 80s.  To the underground, a challenger approaches and establishes dominance frighteningly quick.  The last year of metal's ultimate decade is very much a harbinger of the sounds to come.  You will find very quickly this list is dominated by one sub-genre and it is NOT the one you think of if you are a "That Metal Show" type.  Like 1987, 1989 seems like a dead year as the previous year the A-leagues put out albums and spent the next two years touring for it.  If you truly think that, well that's your opinion, but don't you go spouting that mess on any online forum or they'll take your favorite glam vinyl and shove it up your hiney.  So time to assess whether or not RYM has the pulse on the metal culture for 1989. Let's go holy diving.... 1. Morbid Angel- Altars of Madness      I mean, goes without saying.  The greatest death metal album ever made.  Hell, if you follow the ...

     1988 might just be my favorite year in metal of all time.   It's the closest it comes to every heavy hitter bringing it.  The only one I can think of that was AWOL was Motorhead, and they at least put out a live album (albeit one inferior to the legendary No Sleep Til Hammersmith ).  And I can't really think of anyone releasing an absolute stinker.  Off the top of my head the only albums I can think of that approach low B-high C tier are  Ram   it Down, Kings of Metal, maybe No Rest For the Wicked.   It's certainly the last important year for mainstream metal in terms of quantity.  So it could certainly be argued that the one's who made the top 10 this year are the cream of the crop, right?  RIGHT?     I'm gonna make the decision to leave EPs off.  Possibly for good.  I could be wrong, but anything that wasn't album was only notable if it was a demo, and when it comes to demos I'm more discriminating th...