Best Ever Albums

Re: Round 1: King Gizzard & Lizard Wizard v. Serpent Column

baystateoftheart — Sun, 19 Jul 2020 23:55:42 GMT

Author: baystateoftheart

Posted: 07/20/2020 03:55

Infest The Rats' Nest defeats Mirror In Darkness 11-7 to advance to the sweet sixteen.

Re: Round 1: King Gizzard & Lizard Wizard v. Serpent Column

cestuneblague — Fri, 17 Jul 2020 00:55:06 GMT

Author: cestuneblague

Posted: 07/17/2020 04:55

King Gizzard & Lizard Wizard is something I can put on and enjoy but I forget it about soon after listening, though maybe it's something I would've enjoyed a lot more over a decade ago. However, there are few other albums I would vote over Serpent Column in this tournament, just love the way the album suffocates you, gets under your skin, all with pitch-perfect, exquisite craft throughout. Easy choice here.

Re: Round 1: King Gizzard & Lizard Wizard v. Serpent Column

baystateoftheart — Sat, 11 Jul 2020 14:14:59 GMT

Author: baystateoftheart

Posted: 07/11/2020 18:14

Infest The Rats' Nest is a consistent and well-made album with relevant themes. They might not be breaking new ground sonically, and thrash isn't my favorite music aesthetically, but I really enjoyed it.

A few minutes into Mirror In Darkness, and I was sure King Gizzard had my vote. Serpent Column's music is a very good fit for the cover. As the album continued though, their relentless yet beautifully textured wall of noise really grew on me. It certainly helped that the bad black metal vocals (what's new?) were kept very low in the mix when they appeared.

Ultimately, these are two bands who are very good at what they do, and so the choice becomes whether my preferred flavor of metal is more song-oriented or sound-oriented. I found Mirror In Darkness to be a more compelling listening experience, and it gets my vote.

Re: Round 1: King Gizzard & Lizard Wizard v. Serpent Column

Anti — Fri, 3 Jul 2020 15:16:50 GMT

Author: Anti

Posted: 07/03/2020 19:16

Serpent Column is batshit crazy. I loved that record, especially as I find myself going deeper into extreme metal. It's exactly what black metal should be: a chaotic and hellish blizzard of evil.

I loved the King Gizz record and own a copy of it on vinyl, but I had to vote Serpent Column. It's so fucking insane.

Re: Round 1: King Gizzard & Lizard Wizard v. Serpent Column

dihansse — Sun, 28 Jun 2020 14:45:47 GMT

Author: dihansse

Posted: 06/28/2020 18:45

On Serpent Column: It's fairly difficult to still shock people with this kind of music so what is left: a murky fall into the abyss. The only track that has a noticeable sense of direction is the fairly epic Ausweg also because the first part is instrumental. So not my thing.

This while the attempts of King Gizzard to shape its own form of trash metal is very good and the album was already part of my year chart.

Re: Round 1: King Gizzard & Lizard Wizard v. Serpent Column

Purplepash — Fri, 26 Jun 2020 22:20:38 GMT

Author: Purplepash

Posted: 06/27/2020 02:20

King Gizz respectfully honoured a variety of thrash bands with their latest album, while still maintaining their distinctive Gizz-psych sound. All with an environmentally conscious theme (and how cognisant did the lyrics of Superbug end up?) . A very impressive album that I hope introduces some new fans to the thrash genre, and inspires them to check out the bands that inspired this album.
I like some metal but I found the mathcore black metal of Serpent Column just too much for my ears.

Re: Round 1: King Gizzard & Lizard Wizard v. Serpent Column

LedZep — Mon, 22 Jun 2020 05:30:35 GMT

Author: LedZep

Posted: 06/22/2020 09:30

Oh cmon. My most listened to album of 2019 vs my nom... Will probably abstain.

Round 1: King Gizzard & Lizard Wizard v. Serpent Column

baystateoftheart — Sun, 21 Jun 2020 20:15:18 GMT

Author: baystateoftheart

Posted: 06/22/2020 00:15

Seed #12:

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Infest The Rats' Nest by King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard

Nominated by: Purplepash
Genres [RYM]: Stoner Metal, Thrash Metal

Seed #21:

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Mirror In Darkness by Serpent Column

Nominated by: LedZep
Genres [RYM]: Black Metal

Instructions:

If you have not already, please listen to both albums in full before voting. Share your thoughts and/or your vote in this thread. This poll will be tallied in no fewer than twenty-eight days. See Tournament Spreadsheet for the full bracket.