Mekanïk Destruktïw Kommandöh
by Magma (FR)
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Mekanïk Destruktïw Kommandöh is ranked as the best album by Magma.
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Mekanïk Destruktïw Kommandöh track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 80 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Mekanïk Destruktïw Kommandöh rankings
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| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | fabm0 | 4 My Chart France | 5/100 | - |
| 2026 |  slatsheit | Top 71 Music Albums of 1973 | 64/71 | 1 |
| 2026 | fabm0 | List Zone 11 Europe West | 51/100 | - |
| 2026 |  Patman360 | Top 100 Music Albums of 1973 | 89/100 | 1 |
| 2026 | cicadelic | Top 96 Music Albums of 1973 | 27/96 | 4 |
| 2026 | Rm12398 | Top 57 Music Albums of 1973 | 55/57 | 0 |
| 2026 | fabm0 | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s | 92/100 | 2 |
| 2026 |  sssvnnn | Top 100 Music Albums of 1973 | 25/100 | 4 |
| 2026 | fabm0 | Top 26 Music Albums of 1973 | 9/26 | 3 |
| 2026 | fabm0 | List 1973 | 61/100 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 159 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 772 | |||
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Mekanïk Destruktïw Kommandöh ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 05/26/2026 02:32 | progfan | 32 | 95/100 |
| ! | 05/11/2026 04:32 | emnasut | 153 | 87/100 |
| ! | 04/30/2026 14:25 | Pavloss | 488 | 50/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 3% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 77.2/100, a mean average of 76.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 77.5/100. The standard deviation for this album is 17.5.
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Mekanïk Destruktïw Kommandöh forum mentions
Jboy56 03/08/2023 18:16 in What album are you listening to right now?
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Magma is the J.R.R. Tolkien of the music world. Sung completely in Christian Vander's contructed "Kobaian" language, K.M.D. tells the tale of Nebehr Güdahtt's prophecy of a doomed earth, a warning that the people of earth do not heed right away. The music is a dark, progressive march of piano, marimba, violins, trumpets and fuzzy guitars that provide a steel bedding for the harsh alien opera-style vocals. Definitely, a great work of art...whether it is a wholly enjoyable listen or not is another story.
One of the greatest albums of all time in any category. Rock opera with an accent on the opera, as opposed to Tommy with the accent on the rock. Like all my favorite music, it is not easy listening, but it is rewarding and reveals itself over years and years.
The vocals of Neber Gudhatt sound like they were recorded by Stanley Kubrick in all the torturing takes he took from Shelley Duvall screaming in The Shining
While in previous albums they had been playing around mostly with jazz-influenced music, due to Christian Vander's idolizing of John Coltrane, in this album they finally arrived at what would be a career and genre-defining piece of work.
With "Mekanïk Destruktïẁ Kommandöh we get everything: choral vocals ala Carls Orff, bombastic horn sections, great drumming and much more. (Edited)
Jboy56 03/08/2023 18:27 | #294825 | TOP COMMENT
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This album is weird but in a good and inventive way. Just like magma rolling down the volcano hillsides to the villages below, destructive Kömmandöh.
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