As part of our year-end Listmania series, we re-publish “best metal album” lists compiled by certain “big platform” web sites and selected print zines. Today, we bring you what Revolver magazine thinks are the 20 best albums of 2014, as posted yesterday on the magazine’s web site.
Let me be very clear, because someone always seems to misunderstand what we’re doing here: We’re not endorsing these lists we filtch from other places (though some are certainly better than others). We’re especially not endorsing this one. To be fair, Revolver doesn’t pretend to limit its coverage to metal. And to be even more fair, I haven’t listened to half the albums on this list, so what do I know?
Still… not endorsing this one.
Slipknot grabs the No. 1 spot. At the Gates comes in at No. 2, Behemoth occupies No. 6 followed by Mastodon, Priest and Machine Head are in there, as are Godflesh and Godsmack – and Tryptikon is down at the bottom with the No. 20 position, four spots below Black Veil Brides and 16 below Linkin Park. But hey, at least they made the list.
Anyway, for your edification and amusement, here are the 20 Best Albums of 2014 according to Revolver; go here if you want to see the accompanying reviews.
1. Slipknot, ‘.5: The Gray Chapter’
2. At the Gates, ‘At War with Reality’
3. Of Mice & Men, ‘Restoring Force’
4. Linkin Park, ‘The Hunting Party’
5. Motionless in White, ‘Reincarnate’
6. Behemoth, ‘The Satanist’
7. Mastodon, ‘Once More ‘Round the Sun’
8. Judas Priest, ‘Redeemer of Souls’
9. Machine Head, ‘Bloodstone & Diamonds’
10. Every Time I Die, ‘From Parts Unknown’
11. Godflesh, ‘A World Lit Only by Fire’
12. The Pretty Reckless, ‘Going to Hell’
13. Killer Be Killed, ‘Killer Be Killed’
14. Crosses, ‘Crosses’
15. Black Label Society, ‘Catacombs of the Black Vatican’
16. Black Veil Brides, ‘Black Veil Brides’
17. Body Count, ‘Manslaughter’
18. Suicide Silence, ‘You Can’t Stop Me’
19. Godsmack, ’1000hp’
20. Triptykon, ‘Melana Chasmata’
