Either way, I'm unspeakably thankful for everybody who participated and the fact that the pre-results discussion thread managed like 23 pages of active discussion only further cements how much I love this community, no matter how badly I may razz y'all. Decibel The Top 100 Greatest Metal Albums Of The Decade Converge Jane Doe (Equal Vision 2001) Cave In Jupiter (Hydra Head 2000) Opeth Blackwater Park. But the 2000s have been an interesting time for metal in a lot of ways. There’s room for debate over how indie or rock or whatever they are, but our list of the 100 best indie rock albums of the ’00s nonetheless comprises some of the greatest sounds to come out of a thrilling, if broad and intangible, movement. I'll flesh this out more in my final thoughts section, but this is an interesting dynamic I didn't anticipate. On the other hand, these are the records that when I go back and look at the 2000s I think of pretty immediately as some of the best stuff and the things that I keep coming back to.

Ashes Against the Grain found them coming out of being more of a neo-folk tinged black metal band to embracing a lush sound that crossed multiple sub-genres. Now you may have immediately noticed that while we only fell eleven short in total ballots, we have nearly 170 less albums voted for, which means that the field is narrower, but the average points and votes per album are higher, and as you'll see, more spread out between each other, because the field is fuckin' tight this year. (2006 The End) Agalloch’s third and most celebrated album is, beyond hyperbole, one of the best metal albums ever. We asked you to vote for the 50 best death metal albums ever, and you responded in. I'm not sour though! We totaled 178 ballots (last decade poll was 189) for 810 unique albums (last decade poll was 979). The greatest Neo-Soul albums of the 2000s, as voted by RYM users.

WELCOME BACK MY FRIENDS TO THE SHOW THAT NEVER ENDS! For the first time since I've started doing these polling events, we didn't break a previous record.

Best metal albums of the 2000s