Volume 1
by Pagan Altar

Volume 1 by Pagan Altar
Year: 1982
Overall rank: 12,037th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
72/100 (from 18 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1982 (177th)
Award Top albums of the 1980s (1,675th)
Award Best albums of all time (12,037th)

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Pagan Altar Volume 1 CD Hiltongrove Multimedia HGCD637 1998 Oracle Records
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Volume 1 is ranked as the best album by Pagan Altar.

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Overall rank: 12,037th | 1980s rank: 1,675th | 1982 rank: 177th

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72/100 (from 18 votes)
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01/12/2026 21:46 Norman Bates  Ratings distribution  10,02375/100
 
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12/11/2025 09:43 Exist-en-ciel  Ratings distribution  7,73370/100
 
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03/12/2025 17:32 Elauqsapid  Ratings distribution  2,72064/100
 
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06/04/2024 18:44 saltysurprise  Ratings distribution  2,94283/100
 
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05/10/2023 17:26 Graeme2  Ratings distribution  4,89279/100

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DOOM II: Invoke The Sweet Leaf

Now we are talking Doom incarnate with virtually no NWOBHM influence to speak of at all. Which cost them a record contract at the time! At the time their slow, doomy Sabbathian riffs sounded hopelessly out of date in 1982. So this demo tape from 1982 was floated around the metal tape trading community for over a decade before eventually it just became too big, too heavy, and ironically too fashionable to be ignored as slow became the new fast with bands like Sleep mining similar territory. Easily one of the best Doom albums of the 80s, and Pagan Altar should be mentioned right alongside Pentagram, St. Vitus and Trouble as the forefathers of Doom.
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Best Albums of 1982
1. Thriller by Michael Jackson
2. The Dreaming by Kate Bush
3. The Number Of The Beast by Iron Maiden
4. Nebraska by Bruce Springsteen
5. Pornography by The Cure
6. 1999 by Prince
7. Avalon by Roxy Music
8. Rio by Duran Duran
9. Love Over Gold by Dire Straits
10. The Nightfly by Donald Fagen
11. New Gold Dream (81-82-83-84) by Simple Minds
12. Combat Rock by The Clash
13. Imperial Bedroom by Elvis Costello And The Attractions
14. Peter Gabriel (1982) by Peter Gabriel
15. Big Science by Laurie Anderson
16. English Settlement by XTC
17. Screaming For Vengeance by Judas Priest
18. Hex Enduction Hour by The Fall
19. Bad Brains by Bad Brains
20. The Lexicon Of Love by ABC
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