Kai vs RYM metal charts: 2002

 



    Well, here's 2002.  The last year I feel like doing this for as a) it's the last year for at least 20 where I even have 10 albums from that year, b) I peaked ahead to 2023 and holy fuck I hate hipster scum.  Let's go holy diving....



1. Agalloch- The Mantle

    You see what I mean?  Opeth for black metal betas.  More joy-less flowery hipster garbage trying to pass itself off as black metal.  I hope these douchebags and people like them send Varg Vierkerness Christmas cards every year, cos they owe their entire careers to him for his crimes.  Fuckin trash....

Should this be on a top 10: Fuck you

Would this be on my top 10: Fuck you




2. Immolation- Unholy Cult

    I love Immolation but this album is such a pain in the ass to find in physical form.  Streaming things to hear them is so lame.  Yeah this album is great.  I couldn't tell you the difference between this and say, Failures For Gods without a PhD. in whoCaresian scales, but it's kick ass death metal.  Dolan's lyrics do seem more intelligible this time around.  So it's got that going for it, which is nice.

Should this be on a top 10: Yes

Would this be on my top 10: Sure




3. Isis- Oceanic

    Hey, remember when people were pissed at this band cos they had the same name as a terrorist organization?  Stupid Americans.  I love Neurosis and this is Neurosis worship but every time I try to get into this album, I just can't get past the intro.  It just annoys the shit out of me and I always ragequit Oceanic.  So for that rather immature and closed-minded reason, I'll give Oceanic a pass until I actually sit down and listen to it.  I'll say this much though: No way should it be above Mastodon's Remission.  Which I know is on here, RateYourMusic isn't that stupid.

Should this be on a top 10: For now

Would this be on my top 10: Don't know yet.




4. Boris- Heavy Rocks

I keep hearing about Boris but never end up getting around to them.

Should this be on a top 10: don't know

Would this be on my top 10: don't know




5. Opeth- Deliverance

    Uggggh.  At least this has a song I like.  Or at least 2-3 minutes of music I like.  Yes it's the title track.

Should this be on a top 10: Fuck you

Would this be on my top 10: Fuck you




6. Mortal Decay- Forensic

    Who? 

Should this be on a top 10: Who?

Would this be on my top 10: Who?




7. Immortal- Sons of Northern Darkness

    Jesus fuck I can't believe it's taken this long to get to something I physically own.   If you didn't already know, this album is a 10, and is probably my favorite album of this year.  It's the tight, anthemic (well, for the most part) songwriting of Pure Holocaust with the icicle sharp production of At The Heart of Winter.  Best of both worlds, I say.

Should this be on a top 10: Yes

Would this be on my top 10: Yes




8. Sentence- War

 What is this good for? Absolutely nothin'

Should this be on a top 10: No

Would this be on my top 10: No



9. Byatis- In Dark Abysses of Memory

Remission isn't going to be here, is it?  Also, that cover looks like rejected Donkey Kong Country 2 art.

Should this be on a top 10: No

Would this be on my top 10: No




10. Pain of Salvation- Remedy Lane

    I can't tell if they're having sex either.  Giving this a first time listen and it's fine.  You know what, I did have Rush's Vapor Trails in my top 10, but looking back at it, I only like half that album.  I feel like that's how everyone feels these days, we all were just blown away by "One Little Victory" that we forgot to notice that there weren't really guitar solos.  Fuckin' nu-metal.  Well if nothing else, Daniel Gildenlöw's vocals are easier on the ears than Geddy's are.

Should this be on a top 10: Yes

Would this be on my top 10: Possibly


Closing thoughts: Are you fuckin shitting me?  Are you fuckin shitting me up the ass?  No Remission?  No fucking Remission?  The album that, sure while not as acclaimed as Leviathan, singlehandedly terraformed the underground into Neurosis meets Metallica soldiers?  Getting such hype that even "March Of The Fire Ants" got new MTV Headbangers Ball airplay?  

Another thing that was weird was no Songs For The Deaf.  But on the official list it out ranks every album on this list!  and it has "stoner metal" as a listed sub-genre!  I'm not even a fan but even I know that's ass-backwards. Fuck you RYM.  You are all Kendrick and Kanye brain-rotted gooning mongoloids.

This is why That Metal Show needed to happen.


Unordered alphabetical list:

BATHORY- NORDLAND I

BLACK LABEL SOCIETY- 1919 ETERNAL

BLIND GUARDIAN- A NIGHT AT THE OPERA

DOWN- II: A BUSTLE IN YOUR HEDGEROW

HIGH ON FIRE- SURROUNDED BY THIEVES

IMMOLATION- UNHOLY CULT

IMMORTAL- SONS OF NORTHERN DARKNESS

MASTODON- REMISSION

NECROPHOBIC- BLOODHYMNS

NIGHTWISH- CENTURY CHILD



I'm done with the year by year.  I might do 21st century decade by decade.  In case I don't, thank you all for joining me on this escapade.  

Also surprised Nile's "In Their Darkest Shrines" didn't make it either, that's become their most beloved album these days

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