DarkSideOfLucca: Top 10 years in metal ranked

DarkSideOfLucca 06.02.24	Oh wait Im missing one ugh
evilford 06.02.24	91 and 93 probably my faves Any year where Nespithe was released is a classic ass based year
DarkSideOfLucca 06.02.24	Yeah man, I didn't realize how many classics there were every fucking year for the past 40-50 years lol This shit was IMPOSSIBLE I might just leave it at 9, going back through every year just to add one more is like an insane task I know I missed the 70s, Id like to include one of those but like ugh so time consuming lol
FowlKrietzsche 06.02.24	Fun list! Hard to choose tbh, I'd have to put 2016 over 2018 personally, what a monster year
DarkSideOfLucca 06.02.24	Thanks man! And yeah, honestly this was fun/hard to make but I'm not fully confident in my order Almost every fucking year has like 10 classics lol
rockarollacola 06.02.24	1990 and 1984 will always be the goats. 2018 is definitely this best in terms of recent memory. I've noticed that whenever Priest was at the top of their game, the rest of the year seemed to follow suit.
DarkSideOfLucca 06.02.24	Yeah 84 was a banger dude Gotta decide what year from the 70s To include here, it feels wrong having no year from that decade
cycosynner 06.03.24	DESTROY ERASE IMPROOOOOOVVE
Kusangii 06.03.24	aye 95 was the best year m/
DarkSideOfLucca 06.03.24	Hell yeah m/ That year was actually the first time I heard Metallica (brother forced me to listen to Kill Em All back then) thus the first time I heard metal
0GuyMan0 06.04.24	This is tough as all hell but 1988 to me is the GOAT. I mean just look at this. Bathory - Blood Fire Death Crimson Glory - Transcendence Death - Leprosy Fates Warning - No Exit Flotsam and Jetsam - No place for disgrace Helloween - Keeper of the Seven Keys Part 2 Iron Maiden - 7th Son of a 7th Son King Diamond - Them Living Colour - Vivid Yngwie Malmsteen - Vivid Metallica - AJFA Napalm Death - From Enslavement to Obliteration Pantera - Power Metal Queensryche - Operation Mindcrime Slayer - South of Heaven Testament - The New Order Voivod - Dimension Hatröss
DarkSideOfLucca 06.04.24	Holy shit, yeah 88 is wild
Sevengill 06.04.24	2002 doesn't even mention Oceanic, damn edit: wait why isn't Painkiller under 1990 either
DarkSideOfLucca 06.04.24	I had to go back and add many albums aha I even missed Meshuggah for 05! Speaking of which, realistically 05 is prob much closer to 1 than where it currently stands. That year was outrageous.
Sevengill 06.04.24	saw a chart about how people love albums released during their teens and can't stand things released after age thirty, because psychology. kinda checks out, '02-'05 has so much of my favorite stuff.
DarkSideOfLucca 06.04.24	I mean I was old during 2016 and 2018 and those are on this list But yeah, 05 might actually be my second favorite year now that I'm looking at it, and I was in high school then
DarkSideOfLucca 06.04.24	Alright added 1989 Yeah fuck it, this isn't in order. This is actually impossible to accurately rank lol And I feel bad for not including the 70s, but after looking over every year I guess the 70s overall just don't compare to the 80s, 90s, and 00s imo even with shit like Sabbath and Priest
chemicalmarriage 06.05.24	2005 is 1. Btbam had Alaska that year. Galilean satellites
budgie 06.05.24	1984 also has VH 1984, morbid tales, in the sign of evil, sentence of death, apocalyptic raids, bathory, king of the dead, my war, wasp, into battle
budgie 06.05.24	but 1985: seven churches, bonded by blood, killing is my business, to mega therion, the return, endless pain, , open the gates (manilla road), power from hell (onslaught)
DarkSideOfLucca 06.05.24	"edit: wait why isn't Painkiller under 1990 either" Holy shit, massive oversight for me - will fix now "but 1985: seven churches, bonded by blood, killing is my business, to mega therion, the return, endless pain, , open the gates (manilla road), power from hell (onslaught)" Like I said, this was a REALLY hard list lmfao
0GuyMan0 06.06.24	I went to the shelf and checked Martin Popoff's Top 500 book, 1984 had the most points for best year.
DarkSideOfLucca 06.07.24	Damn I always just assumed 86 was the best cause that year for thrash was inssssaaaane (master, reign in blood, peace sells, darkness descends, pleasure to kill)
DarkSideOfLucca 04.19.25	So now 1989 is one of my favorite years, I don't know what the fuck my order is lol
brickhed 04.19.25	1993 was a very interesting year for death metal in general, seems it's when bands began to experiment with the genre more.
budgie 04.19.25	ur face is a very interesting year or death metal
ShadowRemains 04.19.25	"91 and 93 probably my faves" this
DaveyMonsoon 04.19.25	1992 has TRITSIO so it's the best by default.
Kusangii 04.19.25	1 is correct, 2 would be 1991