Over the next couple of weeks I’m gonna go through my archives to bring you my top 💯 lists for each year, from 2000-2019. Twenty years of metal and 2,000 albums—plenty of acclaimed classics, underrated gems, and forgotten works—spanning metal’s vast landscape. Bit of craic!
While nü-metal dominated commercially—a few of its heavy-hitters feature—atmospheric BM hit an apex, doom got more drugged out, post-hardcore had a kinetic explosion via ATDI, grind reconfigured itself, metalcore began its foothold, DM strengthened itself... My top 💯 of 2000:
While nü-metal dominated commercially—a few of its heavy-hitters feature—atmospheric BM hit an apex, doom got more drugged out, post-hardcore had a kinetic explosion via ATDI, grind reconfigured itself, metalcore began its foothold, DM strengthened itself... My top of 2000:
While nü-metal dominated commercially—a few of its heavy-hitters feature—atmospheric BM hit an apex, doom got more drugged out, post-hardcore had a kinetic explosion via ATDI, grind reconfigured itself, metalcore began its foothold, DM strengthened itself... My top of 2000:
While nü-metal dominated commercially—a few of its heavy-hitters feature—atmospheric BM hit an apex, doom got more drugged out, post-hardcore had a kinetic explosion via ATDI, grind reconfigured itself, metalcore began its foothold, DM strengthened itself... My top of 2000:
While nü-metal dominated commercially—a few of its heavy-hitters feature—atmospheric BM hit an apex, doom got more drugged out, post-hardcore had a kinetic explosion via ATDI, grind reconfigured itself, metalcore began its foothold, DM strengthened itself... My top of 2000:
While nü-metal dominated commercially—a few of its heavy-hitters feature—atmospheric BM hit an apex, doom got more drugged out, post-hardcore had a kinetic explosion via ATDI, grind reconfigured itself, metalcore began its foothold, DM strengthened itself... My top of 2000:
While nü-metal dominated commercially—a few of its heavy-hitters feature—atmospheric BM hit an apex, doom got more drugged out, post-hardcore had a kinetic explosion via ATDI, grind reconfigured itself, metalcore began its foothold, DM strengthened itself... My top of 2000:
While nü-metal dominated commercially—a few of its heavy-hitters feature—atmospheric BM hit an apex, doom got more drugged out, post-hardcore had a kinetic explosion via ATDI, grind reconfigured itself, metalcore began its foothold, DM strengthened itself... My top of 2000:
While nü-metal dominated commercially—a few of its heavy-hitters feature—atmospheric BM hit an apex, doom got more drugged out, post-hardcore had a kinetic explosion via ATDI, grind reconfigured itself, metalcore began its foothold, DM strengthened itself... My top of 2000:
2001 gave us masterpieces from Tool, Converge, and Opeth. Alternative metal was represented in style by Slipknot, System of a Down, and Rammstein. Neurosis, Evoken, and Warhorse decimated speakers with end-times doom, while BM furthered into discordance with Thorns and Emperor.
2001 gave us masterpieces from Tool, Converge, and Opeth. Alternative metal was represented in style by Slipknot, System of a Down, and Rammstein. Neurosis, Evoken, and Warhorse decimated speakers with end-times doom, while BM furthered into discordance with Thorns and Emperor.
2001 gave us masterpieces from Tool, Converge, and Opeth. Alternative metal was represented in style by Slipknot, System of a Down, and Rammstein. Neurosis, Evoken, and Warhorse decimated speakers with end-times doom, while BM furthered into discordance with Thorns and Emperor.
2001 gave us masterpieces from Tool, Converge, and Opeth. Alternative metal was represented in style by Slipknot, System of a Down, and Rammstein. Neurosis, Evoken, and Warhorse decimated speakers with end-times doom, while BM furthered into discordance with Thorns and Emperor.
2001 gave us masterpieces from Tool, Converge, and Opeth. Alternative metal was represented in style by Slipknot, System of a Down, and Rammstein. Neurosis, Evoken, and Warhorse decimated speakers with end-times doom, while BM furthered into discordance with Thorns and Emperor.
2001 gave us masterpieces from Tool, Converge, and Opeth. Alternative metal was represented in style by Slipknot, System of a Down, and Rammstein. Neurosis, Evoken, and Warhorse decimated speakers with end-times doom, while BM furthered into discordance with Thorns and Emperor.
2001 gave us masterpieces from Tool, Converge, and Opeth. Alternative metal was represented in style by Slipknot, System of a Down, and Rammstein. Neurosis, Evoken, and Warhorse decimated speakers with end-times doom, while BM furthered into discordance with Thorns and Emperor.
2001 gave us masterpieces from Tool, Converge, and Opeth. Alternative metal was represented in style by Slipknot, System of a Down, and Rammstein. Neurosis, Evoken, and Warhorse decimated speakers with end-times doom, while BM furthered into discordance with Thorns and Emperor.
2001 gave us masterpieces from Tool, Converge, and Opeth. Alternative metal was represented in style by Slipknot, System of a Down, and Rammstein. Neurosis, Evoken, and Warhorse decimated speakers with end-times doom, while BM furthered into discordance with Thorns and Emperor.
2002 raised prog metal milestones by ISIS, Meshuggah, and Mastodon. BM and DM were heavily represented, with Agalloch, Negură Bunget, Opeth, and Nile releasing some of their strongest LPs. Mathcore and grind tossed up noteworthy releases, while metalcore hit mainstream notoriety.
2002 raised prog metal milestones by ISIS, Meshuggah, and Mastodon. BM and DM were heavily represented, with Agalloch, Negură Bunget, Opeth, and Nile releasing some of their strongest LPs. Mathcore and grind tossed up noteworthy releases, while metalcore hit mainstream notoriety.
2002 raised prog metal milestones by ISIS, Meshuggah, and Mastodon. BM and DM were heavily represented, with Agalloch, Negură Bunget, Opeth, and Nile releasing some of their strongest LPs. Mathcore and grind tossed up noteworthy releases, while metalcore hit mainstream notoriety.
2002 raised prog metal milestones by ISIS, Meshuggah, and Mastodon. BM and DM were heavily represented, with Agalloch, Negură Bunget, Opeth, and Nile releasing some of their strongest LPs. Mathcore and grind tossed up noteworthy releases, while metalcore hit mainstream notoriety.
2002 raised prog metal milestones by ISIS, Meshuggah, and Mastodon. BM and DM were heavily represented, with Agalloch, Negură Bunget, Opeth, and Nile releasing some of their strongest LPs. Mathcore and grind tossed up noteworthy releases, while metalcore hit mainstream notoriety.
2002 raised prog metal milestones by ISIS, Meshuggah, and Mastodon. BM and DM were heavily represented, with Agalloch, Negură Bunget, Opeth, and Nile releasing some of their strongest LPs. Mathcore and grind tossed up noteworthy releases, while metalcore hit mainstream notoriety.
2002 raised prog metal milestones by ISIS, Meshuggah, and Mastodon. BM and DM were heavily represented, with Agalloch, Negură Bunget, Opeth, and Nile releasing some of their strongest LPs. Mathcore and grind tossed up noteworthy releases, while metalcore hit mainstream notoriety.
2002 raised prog metal milestones by ISIS, Meshuggah, and Mastodon. BM and DM were heavily represented, with Agalloch, Negură Bunget, Opeth, and Nile releasing some of their strongest LPs. Mathcore and grind tossed up noteworthy releases, while metalcore hit mainstream notoriety.
2002 raised prog metal milestones by ISIS, Meshuggah, and Mastodon. BM and DM were heavily represented, with Agalloch, Negură Bunget, Opeth, and Nile releasing some of their strongest LPs. Mathcore and grind tossed up noteworthy releases, while metalcore hit mainstream notoriety.
2003 didn’t really have any trends totally dominate. While DM was scarce on the ground, BM and its experimental offshoots thrived. Metalcore, mathcore and the mainstream scenes gave us some weighty entries to each respective canon, while doom and post-metal reverberated heavily.
2003 didn’t really have any trends totally dominate. While DM was scarce on the ground, BM and its experimental offshoots thrived. Metalcore, mathcore and the mainstream scenes gave us some weighty entries to each respective canon, while doom and post-metal reverberated heavily.
2003 didn’t really have any trends totally dominate. While DM was scarce on the ground, BM and its experimental offshoots thrived. Metalcore, mathcore and the mainstream scenes gave us some weighty entries to each respective canon, while doom and post-metal reverberated heavily.
2003 didn’t really have any trends totally dominate. While DM was scarce on the ground, BM and its experimental offshoots thrived. Metalcore, mathcore and the mainstream scenes gave us some weighty entries to each respective canon, while doom and post-metal reverberated heavily.
2003 didn’t really have any trends totally dominate. While DM was scarce on the ground, BM and its experimental offshoots thrived. Metalcore, mathcore and the mainstream scenes gave us some weighty entries to each respective canon, while doom and post-metal reverberated heavily.
2003 didn’t really have any trends totally dominate. While DM was scarce on the ground, BM and its experimental offshoots thrived. Metalcore, mathcore and the mainstream scenes gave us some weighty entries to each respective canon, while doom and post-metal reverberated heavily.
2003 didn’t really have any trends totally dominate. While DM was scarce on the ground, BM and its experimental offshoots thrived. Metalcore, mathcore and the mainstream scenes gave us some weighty entries to each respective canon, while doom and post-metal reverberated heavily.
2003 didn’t really have any trends totally dominate. While DM was scarce on the ground, BM and its experimental offshoots thrived. Metalcore, mathcore and the mainstream scenes gave us some weighty entries to each respective canon, while doom and post-metal reverberated heavily.
2003 didn’t really have any trends totally dominate. While DM was scarce on the ground, BM and its experimental offshoots thrived. Metalcore, mathcore and the mainstream scenes gave us some weighty entries to each respective canon, while doom and post-metal reverberated heavily.
Quite possibly the strongest year for metal releases this century. The top 25 alone form a simply ridiculous smorgasbord of metallic awesomeness. From the extreme of the extreme to the golden gods of the mainstream, 2004 delivered big time.
Quite possibly the strongest year for metal releases this century. The top 25 alone form a simply ridiculous smorgasbord of metallic awesomeness. From the extreme of the extreme to the golden gods of the mainstream, 2004 delivered big time.
Quite possibly the strongest year for metal releases this century. The top 25 alone form a simply ridiculous smorgasbord of metallic awesomeness. From the extreme of the extreme to the golden gods of the mainstream, 2004 delivered big time.
Quite possibly the strongest year for metal releases this century. The top 25 alone form a simply ridiculous smorgasbord of metallic awesomeness. From the extreme of the extreme to the golden gods of the mainstream, 2004 delivered big time.
Quite possibly the strongest year for metal releases this century. The top 25 alone form a simply ridiculous smorgasbord of metallic awesomeness. From the extreme of the extreme to the golden gods of the mainstream, 2004 delivered big time.
Quite possibly the strongest year for metal releases this century. The top 25 alone form a simply ridiculous smorgasbord of metallic awesomeness. From the extreme of the extreme to the golden gods of the mainstream, 2004 delivered big time.
Quite possibly the strongest year for metal releases this century. The top 25 alone form a simply ridiculous smorgasbord of metallic awesomeness. From the extreme of the extreme to the golden gods of the mainstream, 2004 delivered big time.
Quite possibly the strongest year for metal releases this century. The top 25 alone form a simply ridiculous smorgasbord of metallic awesomeness. From the extreme of the extreme to the golden gods of the mainstream, 2004 delivered big time.
Quite possibly the strongest year for metal releases this century. The top 25 alone form a simply ridiculous smorgasbord of metallic awesomeness. From the extreme of the extreme to the golden gods of the mainstream, 2004 delivered big time.
2005 offered great variety for open-minded metal fans. Pretty much every subgenre was represented, with some—progressive metal, death metal, sludge, post-metal, black metal, and metalcore—adding what would become modern classics to their respective canons.
2005 offered great variety for open-minded metal fans. Pretty much every subgenre was represented, with some—progressive metal, death metal, sludge, post-metal, black metal, and metalcore—adding what would become modern classics to their respective canons.
2005 offered great variety for open-minded metal fans. Pretty much every subgenre was represented, with some—progressive metal, death metal, sludge, post-metal, black metal, and metalcore—adding what would become modern classics to their respective canons.
2005 offered great variety for open-minded metal fans. Pretty much every subgenre was represented, with some—progressive metal, death metal, sludge, post-metal, black metal, and metalcore—adding what would become modern classics to their respective canons.
2005 offered great variety for open-minded metal fans. Pretty much every subgenre was represented, with some—progressive metal, death metal, sludge, post-metal, black metal, and metalcore—adding what would become modern classics to their respective canons.
2005 offered great variety for open-minded metal fans. Pretty much every subgenre was represented, with some—progressive metal, death metal, sludge, post-metal, black metal, and metalcore—adding what would become modern classics to their respective canons.
2005 offered great variety for open-minded metal fans. Pretty much every subgenre was represented, with some—progressive metal, death metal, sludge, post-metal, black metal, and metalcore—adding what would become modern classics to their respective canons.
2005 offered great variety for open-minded metal fans. Pretty much every subgenre was represented, with some—progressive metal, death metal, sludge, post-metal, black metal, and metalcore—adding what would become modern classics to their respective canons.
2005 offered great variety for open-minded metal fans. Pretty much every subgenre was represented, with some—progressive metal, death metal, sludge, post-metal, black metal, and metalcore—adding what would become modern classics to their respective canons.
2006 was dominated by the monstrous comeback by Celtic Frost. In addition, Scott Walker offered his most demented release of his lengthy career, while Tool and Mastodon sent prog metal stratospheric, Warning offered a profound doom sermon, and BM was enriched by Negură Bunget.
2006 was dominated by the monstrous comeback by Celtic Frost. In addition, Scott Walker offered his most demented release of his lengthy career, while Tool and Mastodon sent prog metal stratospheric, Warning offered a profound doom sermon, and BM was enriched by Negură Bunget.
2006 was dominated by the monstrous comeback by Celtic Frost. In addition, Scott Walker offered his most demented release of his lengthy career, while Tool and Mastodon sent prog metal stratospheric, Warning offered a profound doom sermon, and BM was enriched by Negură Bunget.
2006 was dominated by the monstrous comeback by Celtic Frost. In addition, Scott Walker offered his most demented release of his lengthy career, while Tool and Mastodon sent prog metal stratospheric, Warning offered a profound doom sermon, and BM was enriched by Negură Bunget.
2006 was dominated by the monstrous comeback by Celtic Frost. In addition, Scott Walker offered his most demented release of his lengthy career, while Tool and Mastodon sent prog metal stratospheric, Warning offered a profound doom sermon, and BM was enriched by Negură Bunget.
2006 was dominated by the monstrous comeback by Celtic Frost. In addition, Scott Walker offered his most demented release of his lengthy career, while Tool and Mastodon sent prog metal stratospheric, Warning offered a profound doom sermon, and BM was enriched by Negură Bunget.
2006 was dominated by the monstrous comeback by Celtic Frost. In addition, Scott Walker offered his most demented release of his lengthy career, while Tool and Mastodon sent prog metal stratospheric, Warning offered a profound doom sermon, and BM was enriched by Negură Bunget.
2006 was dominated by the monstrous comeback by Celtic Frost. In addition, Scott Walker offered his most demented release of his lengthy career, while Tool and Mastodon sent prog metal stratospheric, Warning offered a profound doom sermon, and BM was enriched by Negură Bunget.
2006 was dominated by the monstrous comeback by Celtic Frost. In addition, Scott Walker offered his most demented release of his lengthy career, while Tool and Mastodon sent prog metal stratospheric, Warning offered a profound doom sermon, and BM was enriched by Negură Bunget.
No one sub-genre dominated 2007; it was an interesting year for BM, grindcore, post-metal, hardcore, sludge and doom. Established bands—Watain, Pig Destroyer, Machine Head, Mayhem, DsO—released their some of their strongest LPs, while debuts from Baroness and Alcest excelled.
No one sub-genre dominated 2007; it was an interesting year for BM, grindcore, post-metal, hardcore, sludge and doom. Established bands—Watain, Pig Destroyer, Machine Head, Mayhem, DsO—released their some of their strongest LPs, while debuts from Baroness and Alcest excelled.
No one sub-genre dominated 2007; it was an interesting year for BM, grindcore, post-metal, hardcore, sludge and doom. Established bands—Watain, Pig Destroyer, Machine Head, Mayhem, DsO—released their some of their strongest LPs, while debuts from Baroness and Alcest excelled.
No one sub-genre dominated 2007; it was an interesting year for BM, grindcore, post-metal, hardcore, sludge and doom. Established bands—Watain, Pig Destroyer, Machine Head, Mayhem, DsO—released their some of their strongest LPs, while debuts from Baroness and Alcest excelled.
No one sub-genre dominated 2007; it was an interesting year for BM, grindcore, post-metal, hardcore, sludge and doom. Established bands—Watain, Pig Destroyer, Machine Head, Mayhem, DsO—released their some of their strongest LPs, while debuts from Baroness and Alcest excelled.
No one sub-genre dominated 2007; it was an interesting year for BM, grindcore, post-metal, hardcore, sludge and doom. Established bands—Watain, Pig Destroyer, Machine Head, Mayhem, DsO—released their some of their strongest LPs, while debuts from Baroness and Alcest excelled.
No one sub-genre dominated 2007; it was an interesting year for BM, grindcore, post-metal, hardcore, sludge and doom. Established bands—Watain, Pig Destroyer, Machine Head, Mayhem, DsO—released their some of their strongest LPs, while debuts from Baroness and Alcest excelled.
No one sub-genre dominated 2007; it was an interesting year for BM, grindcore, post-metal, hardcore, sludge and doom. Established bands—Watain, Pig Destroyer, Machine Head, Mayhem, DsO—released their some of their strongest LPs, while debuts from Baroness and Alcest excelled.
No one sub-genre dominated 2007; it was an interesting year for BM, grindcore, post-metal, hardcore, sludge and doom. Established bands—Watain, Pig Destroyer, Machine Head, Mayhem, DsO—released their some of their strongest LPs, while debuts from Baroness and Alcest excelled.
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