What are the most popular metal albums? (Revolution edition)
Inspired by Sonny sharing with us the top 20 most popular metal releases on RYM, I thought, what if we shared the most popular albums in each clan and judge which ones deserve their right in the list? So that's what I'm doing, starting with my main clans. Any of you please feel free to do the same with the other clans. Here are the 20 most popular releases in the Revolution, according to RYM, with the number of ratings and average score:
#1 Converge - Jane Doe (14389 / 3.94)
#2 Between the Buried and Me - Colors (6793 / 3.68)
#3 Mastodon - Remission (6487 / 3.66)
#4 Converge - All We Love We Leave Behind (6356 / 3.80)
#5 The Dillinger Escape Plan - Calculating Infinity (5996 / 3.67)
#6 Converge - You Fail Me (5852 / 3.81)
#7 Converge - Axe to Fall (5417 / 3.79)
#8 Converge - The Dusk in Us (4934 / 3.72)
#9 The Dillinger Escape Plan - Miss Machine (4620 / 3.67)
#10 The Dillinger Escape Plan - Ire Works (4539 / 3.62)
#11 The Dillinger Escape Plan - One of Us Is the Killer (4265 / 3.74)
#12 Bring Me the Horizon - Sempiternal (4203 / 3.21)
#13 Botch - We Are the Romans (4118 / 3.82)
#14 Converge - No Heroes (3934 / 3.59)
#15 Daughters - Hell Songs (3860 / 3.36)
#16 Daughters - Canada Songs (3803 / 2.79)
#17 Between the Buried and Me - Alaska (3300 / 3.51)
#18 The Dillinger Escape Plan - Option Paralysis (3217 / 3.56)
#19 Converge - Petitioning the Empty Sky (3059 / 3.60)
#20 Avenged Sevenfold - Waking the Fallen (3048 / 2.99)
Lots of great releases here, with Converge and The Dillinger Escape Plan dominating with almost all of their albums. I nearly laughed at Mastodon's Remission being up there because we never put the metalcore label on that album, let alone the band themselves. I should really check out those Daughters albums, like seriously, soon. So what do you all think?
Interesting that Jane Doe has more than twice the ratings of the next album on the list, which I would take to mean it gained traction outside of the usual Revolution sphere. Not surprising, I don't suppose, as it is probably first point of call for anyone looking to dip their feet into the metalcore waters.
Now let's check on the Metal Academy charts and see the differences. Here are all the Revolution releases with minimum 5 ratings, sorted by rating number:
#1 Converge - Jane Doe (11 / 4.0)
#2 Converge - All We Love We Leave Behind (10 / 4.4)
#3 The Dillinger Escape Plan - One of Us Is the Killer (10 / 3.6)
#4 Trivium - In Waves (9 / 3.1)
#5 Converge - You Fail Me (8 / 4.1)
#6 Protest the Hero - Kezia (8 / 3.5)
#7 Botch - We Are the Romans (7 / 4.2)
#8 Converge - The Dusk in Us (7 / 4.1)
#9 Converge - Petitioning the Empty Sky (7 / 4.0)
#10 Between the Buried and Me - Colors (7 / 3.9)
#11 Protest the Hero - Fortress (7 / 3.6)
#12 The Dillinger Escape Plan - Calculating Infinity (7 / 3.5)
#13 The Dillinger Escape Plan - Dissociation (7 / 3.5)
#14 Gaza - No Absolutes in Human Suffering (6 / 3.8)
#15 The Dillinger Escape Plan - Irony Is a Dead Scene (6 / 3.6)
#16 Code Orange - Underneath (6 / 3.6)
#17 Gulch - Impenetrable Cerebral Fortress (6 / 3.6)
#18 Heaven Shall Burn - Iconoclast (6 / 3.5)
#19 Gaza - I Don't Care Where I Go When I Die (6 / 3.5)
#20 Trivium - Shogun (6 / 3.3)
#21 The Dillinger Escape Plan - Option Paralysis (6 / 3.3)
#22 Killswitch Engage - Alive or Just Breathing (6 / 3.2)
#23 Born of Osiris - The Discovery (6 / 3.2)
#24 The Dillinger Escape Plan - Miss Machine (6 / 3.1)
#25 Converge - Axe to Fall (5 / 4.5)
#26 Converge - When Forever Comes Crashing (5 / 4.4)
#27 Earth Crisis - Destroy the Machines (5 / 4.0)
#28 Integrity - Those Who Fear Tomorrow (5 / 3.7)
#29 Serpent Column - Endless Detainment (5 / 3.7)
#30 All That Remains - The Fall of Ideals (5 / 3.6)
#31 The Dillinger Escape Plan - Ire Works (5 / 3.6)
#32 Trivium - In the Court of the Dragon (5 / 3.4)
#33 Bullet for My Valentine - The Poison (5 / 2.9)
#34 Bullet for My Valentine - Scream Aim Fire (5 / 2.9)
#35 Between the Buried and Me - Alaska (5 / 2.7)
Wow, there are a lot more Revolution releases I enjoy that have appeared here, from bands like Trivium (In Waves is at #4, WOOO!!!!), Protest the Hero, Gaza, Born of Osiris, All That Remains, and Bullet for My Valentine.
I've decided to exclude releases I've rated, not only to see what the ratings would be like without me, kinda like an "It's a Wonderful Life" experiment, but also in case any of you find some good recommendations. Here they are, still at minimum 5 ratings, sorted by rating number (includes earlier ratings I've deleted because I've moved away from the albums' bands):
#1 Between the Buried and Me - Colors (7 / 3.9)
#2 Code Orange - Underneath (6 / 3.6)
#3 Heaven Shall Burn - Iconoclast (6 / 3.5)
#4 Earth Crisis - Destroy the Machines (5 / 4.0)
#5 Integrity - Those Who Fear Tomorrow (5 / 3.7)
#6 Serpent Column - Endless Detainment (5 / 3.7)
#7 Between the Buried and Me - Alaska (5 / 2.7)
Inspired by Sonny sharing with us the top 20 most popular metal releases on RYM, I thought, what if we shared the most popular albums in each clan and judge which ones deserve their right in the list? So that's what I'm doing, starting with my main clans. Any of you please feel free to do the same with the other clans. Here are the 20 most popular releases in the Revolution, according to RYM, with the number of ratings and average score:
#1 Converge - Jane Doe (14389 / 3.94)
#2 Between the Buried and Me - Colors (6793 / 3.68)
#3 Mastodon - Remission (6487 / 3.66)
#4 Converge - All We Love We Leave Behind (6356 / 3.80)
#5 The Dillinger Escape Plan - Calculating Infinity (5996 / 3.67)
#6 Converge - You Fail Me (5852 / 3.81)
#7 Converge - Axe to Fall (5417 / 3.79)
#8 Converge - The Dusk in Us (4934 / 3.72)
#9 The Dillinger Escape Plan - Miss Machine (4620 / 3.67)
#10 The Dillinger Escape Plan - Ire Works (4539 / 3.62)
#11 The Dillinger Escape Plan - One of Us Is the Killer (4265 / 3.74)
#12 Bring Me the Horizon - Sempiternal (4203 / 3.21)
#13 Botch - We Are the Romans (4118 / 3.82)
#14 Converge - No Heroes (3934 / 3.59)
#15 Daughters - Hell Songs (3860 / 3.36)
#16 Daughters - Canada Songs (3803 / 2.79)
#17 Between the Buried and Me - Alaska (3300 / 3.51)
#18 The Dillinger Escape Plan - Option Paralysis (3217 / 3.56)
#19 Converge - Petitioning the Empty Sky (3059 / 3.60)
#20 Avenged Sevenfold - Waking the Fallen (3048 / 2.99)
Lots of great releases here, with Converge and The Dillinger Escape Plan dominating with almost all of their albums. I nearly laughed at Mastodon's Remission being up there because we never put the metalcore label on that album, let alone the band themselves. I should really check out those Daughters albums, like seriously, soon. So what do you all think?
Now let's extend the list to 30 and find some more cool releases:
#21 Loathe - I Let It In and It Took Everything (2965 / 3.47)
#22 Bring Me the Horizon - Suicide Season (2857 / 2.53)
#23 Code Orange - Underneath (2855 / 3.28)
#24 Bring Me the Horizon - There Is a Hell, Believe Me I've Seen It. There Is a Heaven, Let's Keep It a Secret (2819 / 2.94)
#25 The Dillinger Escape Plan - Dissociation (2795 / 3.65)
#26 Bring Me the Horizon - Count Your Blessings (2689 / 2.21)
#27 Vein - Errorzone (2677 / 3.56)
#28 Trivium - Ascendancy (2666 / 3.18)
#29 Bullet for My Valentine - The Poison (2658 / 2.78)
#30 Protest the Hero - Fortress (2643 / 3.51)
Glad to finally see some Trivium, Bullet for My Valentine, and Protest the Hero in here. I should really check out those albums by Code Orange and Vein.
I'm back into the Revolution zone early, all!
After having fun with the "most popular 50 Infinite albums and EPs in 2021" last week, I've decided to the same with my other 3 clans. So here they are for The Revolution, with the number of ratings and average score:
#1 Between the Buried and Me - Colors II (2256 / 3.51)
#2 Poppy - Eat (NXT Soundtrack) (2164 / 3.67)
#3 Frontier - Oxidized (1992 / 3.50)
#4 Every Time I Die - Radical (1593 / 3.55)
#5 Knocked Loose - A Tear in the Fabric of Life (1578 / 3.77)
#6 Pupil Slicer - Mirrors (1163 / 3.41)
#7 Trivium - In the Court of the Dragon (938 / 3.47)
#8 SeeYouSpaceCowboy - The Romance of Affliction (807 / 3.46)
#9 Lorna Shore - ...And I Return to Nothingness (706 / 3.51)
#10 Sunami / Gulch - Sunami / Gulch (606 / 3.51)
#11 ERRA - ERRA (592 / 3.39)
#12 For Your Health - In Spite Of (578 / 3.24)
#13 Yautja - The Lurch (563 / 3.45)
#14 Anna Pest - Dark Arms Reach Skyward With Bone White Fingers (481 / 3.14)
#15 Humanity's Last Breath - Välde (435 / 3.30)
#16 SeeYouSpaceCowboy / If I Die First - A Sure Disaster (430 / 3.53)
#17 Brand of Sacrifice - Lifeblood (414 / 3.26)
#18 Ice Nine Kills - The Silver Scream 2: Welcome to Horrorwood (397 / 3.31)
#19 Death Goals - The Horrible and The Miserable (384 / 3.43)
#20 Zao - The Crimson Corridor (369 / 3.46)
#21 Jinjer - Wallflowers (366 / 3.29)
#22 The Devil Wears Prada - ZII (315 / 3.47)
#23 Fawn Limbs - Darwin Falls (311 / 3.35)
#24 Bullet for My Valentine - Bullet for My Valentine (310 / 2.89)
#25 Hazing Over - Pestilence (309 / 3.39)
#26 Born of Osiris - Angel or Alien (292 / 3.16)
#27 Slaughter to Prevail - Kostolom (275 / 2.77)
#28 Silent Planet - Iridescent (275 / 3.44)
#29 While She Sleeps - Sleeps Society (256 / 3.14)
#30 Dying Wish - Fragments of a Bitter Memory (251 / 3.46)
#31 Wristmeetrazor - Replica of a Strange Love (250 / 3.31)
#32 Circuit Circuit - Circuit Circuit (247 / 3.53)
#33 MouthBreather - I'm Sorry Mr. Salesman (244 / 3.48)
#34 God’s Hate - God’s Hate (239 / 3.27)
#35 Employed to Serve - Conquering (215 / 3.14)
#36 Kaonashi - Dear Lemon House, You Ruined Me: Senior Year (208 / 3.24)
#37 Darko - Darko (200 / 3.34)
#38 Skin Tension - Machinic Impulses of the Hyperreal (190 / 3.26)
#39 Wanderer - Liberation From a Brutalist Existence (181 / 3.40)
#40 Mental Cruelty - A Hill to Die Upon (179 / 3.28)
#41 Carnifex - Graveside Confessions (176 / 3.30)
#42 Wage War - Manic (175 / 3.35)
#43 Abiotic - Ikigai (174 / 3.14)
#44 Ghostemane - Fear Network II (161 / 2.58)
#45 Of Mice & Men - Echo (155 / 3.44)
#46 Bridge Burner - Disempath (140 / 3.44)
#47 Juan Bond - Womb (138 / 3.01)
#48 Waking the Cadaver - Authority Through Intimidation (126 / 3.32)
#49 LANDMVRKS - Lost in the Waves (125 / 3.12)
#50 Of Mice & Men - Timeless (124 / 3.34)