Yearlist 1992 - Lost Stats Domain

Yearlist 1992:

[1992]


①		The Gathering - Always... Score: 10/10 I might be a bit prejudiced on this cd, because it's actually the first (metal) cd I ever bought, but I think it's also the best one I ever heard. The Gathering play a brilliant kind of doom / death metal on this album, it's almost hard to believe that it's their debut album. There are a lot of dreamy instrumental passages, and a lot of keyboards and female vocals are used. The male vocals are 'clear' and grunt, and both sound great. I think each of the songs are a masterpiece in itself and anyone who likes Doom or death metal at least should have heard this cd once.

Paradise Lost - Shades of God Score: 10/10 The problem with cds following brilliant cds is that they're usually not as brilliant. "Shades of God" also isn't as good as "Gothic", but it's still great. Paradise Lost changed the sound to a more death/trash metal, yet it's still very melodic. The only negative thing, and the biggest difference with "Gothic" I think is that the songs sound a little more alike. Yet still a great cd.			②

③		Faith No More - Angel Dust Score: 10/10 I don't really know what makes this cd so good. It's still the typical Faith no More style, the heavy / funk metal with Mike Patton's typical vocals. I guess it's because every song is different and very recognizable. That's probably also why lots of them also have video clips. Apart from the great songwriting, the keyboards and the cool lyrics makes this the best uuuhh... non-black/death/doom metal album I have.

Anathema - The Crestfallen E.P. Score: 10/10 This is the first cd of this british doom band, and it's a great debut, I think. Everything about this cd is depressive (implied a bit by the title) - Darren's singing, the music, all is perfectly depressive for someone like me. Only setback is that sometimes it tend to get a bit monotonous, but never too much I think			④

⑤		My Dying Bride - As the Flower Withers Score: 10/10 This is doom metal the way I like it: Long slow songs with good melodies, low grunts and violins. Even the lyrics are great, making this a very brilliant debut album for british doom band My Dying Bride. The only bad thing about this album is that sometimes it's so extremely slow it gets a slight bit boring. But there are enough fast parts to make up for them.

Fear Factory - Soul of a New Machine Score: 10/10 I believe the music Fear Factory plays is called Industrial Metal, which on this cd is actually death metal with lots of samples and complicated technical drums. It's very nice to hear a different kind of metal for a change I think. This cd is packed full of songs of which I find most really good, and some not so good, but overall this is a great album, and with a quite unique music style I think.			⑥

⑦		Messiah - Rotten Perish Score: 10/10 This album of Messiah is a lot more standard death metal than "Extreme Cold Weather", but that doesn't make it any less good. The production is great, the songs extreme brutal, and the voice a cool death grunt. So again Messiah delivers a brilliant death metal album, and again they don't get the credit they deserve.

Darkthrone A Blaze in the Northern Sky Score: 10/10			⑧

⑨		Pyogenesis Pyogenesis Score: 10/10

Bolt Thrower The IVth Crusade Score: 10/10			⑩

⑪	Celestial Season Promises (demo) Score: 10/10

Burzum Det Som Engang Var Score: 10/10			⑫

⑬	Pantera Vulgar Display of Power Score: 10/10

Suicidal Tendencies The Art of Rebellion Score: 10/10			⑭

⑮	Traumatic Voyage - Traumatic... Score: 10/10 Traumatic Voyage's music is a bit hard to describe. Something like a weird mix of black, death and doom with a very bad production and vague grunts/singing. It also needs some getting used to, but once you do it's very good and original. I don't actually know anyone else who likes this band, but I hardly know people who have ever heard of them. And that's a bit of a shame, because they really deserve more attention...

Tiamat Clouds Score: 10/10			⑯

⑰	Kreator Renewal Score: 10/10

Immortal Diabolical Fullmoon Mysticism Score: 10/10			⑱

⑲	Paradise Lost - As I Die Score: 9.5/10 As I Die is a nice mini-cd. The title song of course is great, "Rape of Virtue" is about the same style, "Death walks behind you" I think is a cover, it's a little slower song, but still good. And "Eternal" of course is from the great "Gothic" album. It's a good live recording. A good minicd recommended for all Paradise Lost fans.

Gorefest False Score: 9.5/10			⑳

21	Chorus Of Ruin Swan Dive (demo) Score: 9/10

Faith No More Everything's Ruined Score: 9/10			22

23	Master's Hammer Jilemnice Occultist Score: 9/10

Alice In Chains Dirt Score: 9/10			24

25	Nocturnus Thresholds Score: 8.5/10

Root The Temple in the Underworld Score: 8.5/10			26

27	Sepultura Third World Posse Score: 8.5/10

Bolt Thrower Spearhead Score: 8/10			28

29	Carcass Tools of the Trade Score: 8/10

Ministry Psalm 69: The Way to Succeed and the Way to Suck Eggs Score: 8/10			30

31	Morgoth Cursed Score: 7.5/10

Perpetual Demise Massacre To Be (demo) Score: 7.5/10			32

33	Salem Creating Our Sins Score: 7.5/10

Qntal I Score: 7.5/10			34

35	Enslaved Yggdrasill (demo) Score: 7.5/10

Type O Negative The Origin of the Feces Score: 7/10			36

37	Incubator Mc Gillroy the Housefly Score: 7/10

Epitaph Seeming Salvation Score: 7/10			38

39	Mindrot Faded Dream (demo) Score: 7/10

Inquisitor Blasphemous Accusations (demo) Score: 6.5/10			40

41	Necromantia / Varathron Black Arts Lead to Everlasting Sins Score: 6.5/10

Master's Hammer Jilemnický Okultista (demo) Score: 6.5/10			42

43	Danzig Danzig III: How the Gods Kill Score: 6.5/10

Pan.Thy.Monium Dawn Of Dreams Score: 6.5/10			44

45	Excision Silhouettes (demo) Score: 6.5/10

Beyond Belief Stranded (demo) Score: 6.5/10			46

47	Dark Tranquillity A Moonclad Reflection Score: 6.5/10

Cerebral Fix Death Erotica Score: 6.5/10			48

49	Pandemonium Devilri (demo) Score: 6/10

Sadness - Eodipus (demo) Score: 6/10 Since Sadness is one of my alltime favourite bands I was very glad when I got the opportunity to buy this demotape from someone in Singapore. It has only two songs but is still one of the highlights of my collection. Red Script is the rougher version of the song on "Ames de Marbre", and this demoversion of it was already put on the "Evangelion" cd. Eodipus is a bit of a weird song, very fragmented, but not bad at all.			50

51	Deicide Legion Score: 6/10

Snap The Madman's Return Score: 6/10			52

53	Arcane Sun Bruised Opinion (as Misanthropy) (demo) Score: 6/10

Amorphis - The Karelian Isthmus Score: 6/10 I only heard this cd after I had gotten the great "Tales from a Thousand Lakes", so I think maybe if I heard them the other way around, this cd wouldn't have disappointed me so much. "The Karelian Isthmus" is an okay death metal album with some good songs, but overall not good enough to keep me interested. I know a lot of people really like this cd, but I guess it's just not really my favourite kind of metal. Still, it's okay.			54

55	Decoryah Cosmos Silence (demo) Score: 6/10

Burzum Burzum Score: 6/10			56

57	Hypocrisy Penetralia Score: 6/10

Christ Agony Epitaph of Christ (demo) Score: 6/10			58

59	Anathema - They Die Score: 6/10 Actually pretty cool to hear how Anathema sounded in their early days. The two songs are the same as on the Crestfallen E.P., only more rough versions. The vocals are more death metal like, the piano intro from Crestfallen is missing, and They Die has yet another ending. So guess there are three different endings to that song... huhuhuhu... This is something for the fans...

Castle In Purple Visions (demo) Score: 6/10			60

61	Impaler Charnel Deity Score: 5.5/10

The Gathering '92 (demo) Score: 5.5/10			62

63	Samael Blood Ritual Score: 5/10

Katatonia Jhva Elohim Meth... The Revival Score: 5/10			64

65	Adetar Death Deified (demo) Score: 5/10

Crematory Demo Score: 5/10			66

67	Ugly Kid Joe Cats in the Cradle Score: 5/10

Decoryah Whispers from Depth (demo) Score: 5/10			68

69	Nine Inch Nails Broken Score: 5/10

The Prodigy The Prodigy Experience Score: 5/10			70

71	Entombed Clandestine Score: 5/10

Thorns Trondertun (demo) Score: 5/10			72

Stats generated at: 09/03/24