2. Kvelertak - Kvelertak (2010)
If you were to ask me what the greatest metal album ever was, here's my answer. Sure it's only been here for 3 years, and it's possible I'm missing some gem from the 80's or something, but until you show me such an example, which I'm pretty sure wouldn't hold a candle to this, Kvelertak's self titled is what I regard as the opus of the Metal Genre. Everything about this albums floors me, EVERYTHING. I first read about these guys in Metal Hammer, back in early 2010, and I put them on the "Check out List", and a few weeks later listened to the song Mjod. Throughout the entire song, I had this shit eating grin on my face, and 3 listens later I was singing along. It was just incredible, for such a short song as well. After that I went to the internet to further investigate and to my dismay found out it wasn't out in the US, and it was only out in Norway, with no specific release date for the US(which came nearly a year later). So I sucked it up, and ordered it from Norway, off their webpage which said they did only Norway
If I remember correctly I paid a butt ton for shipping, but 2 weeks later it came, and it NEVER left my car's stereo that summer, it was an album I fell in complete love with. Eventually I converted my friends into Kvelertak friends, and even one who came to love them at the level that I did, hell for one of my exes who's now my best friend, I bought her a copy of the cd as a gift and she came to love it. What I love about this album is that even if people don't particularly like the harsh vocals, the music is more than kickass enough for them to get over it.
So what about this album is so radular? It has to be the flawless mixing of Black Metal with a rock'n'roll attitude, amongst nods to other subgenres of metal that I love so much. Each song has it's own distinct personality, and I truly think that the few people who say every song sounds the same are dunces, because they absolutely do not. And to start an album with shouting out your band name, and then starting the outro with shouting your band name, I think is just hilarious but also pretty damn awesome, it shows a confidence and love for the music they crafted, and it definitely carries over, I love love love their music, and they've yet to disappoint me.
Favorite Tracks:Mjod, Fossegrim, Blodtorst, Offernatt, Sultans of Satan, Litorn , Ordsmedar Ov Rang, Utrydd Dei Svake