#1: INSANE CLOWN POSSE, BIZZAR/BIZAAR

Tuesday, July 7th, 2009 at 5:00pm by

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We recently polled a wide array of musicians, managers, publicists, label reps, and writers from within the world of metal to find out what they thought the 21 Best Metal Albums of the 21st Century So Far have been. Eligible albums were released between January 1, 2000 and April 1, 2009. Each panelist turned in a ballot, with their #1 album worth 21 points, their #2 album worth 20 points, and so on and so forth. The ballots are now in and we’ll be counting down one album a day until we reach #1. Today we present the #1 album, coming in with a total of 420 points…

Insane Clown Posse, Bizzar/Bizaar (Island, 2000)
Violent J — Vocals
Shaggy 2 Dope —
Vocals
Produced by Mike E. Clark and ICP

Twenty albums down and the anticipation has built for the #1 record. It looks like the panel pulled one out of left field here, as most of you probably forgot about this sleeper record that made such a big impact on metal for this new millennium. And the catch here is that it wasn’t just one record, but a DOUBLE album that takes the spot. Those records being Insane Clown Posse’s 2000 releases of Bizzar and Bizaar. Most of you have been fans of this duo since their major label debut in the mid-90s. Before there was Slipknot, before there was Mudvayne, and before there was the greatness that is Mushroomhead – there was ICP and their legion of “Juggalos.” Forget “maggots” – these fans connected with their band unlike anyone has since. Hell, what other band has had the balls to feud with Eminem, especially in such a “safe”city like Detroit?

Even with their success in the 90′s, it wasn’t until the 2000 release of Bizzar and Bizaar that ICP truly showed what innovative metal is. Fresh off their performance at Woodstock in 1999 and millions of records sold, they chose the date of Halloween 2000 to unleash what was to be TWO of them most influential records in heavy metal (up there with Guns N’ Roses’ Chinese Democracy and, dare I say, Spineshank’s The Height Of Callousness). The records debuted #20 and #21 on the Billboard charts – a feat that has yet to be matched in metal since. The albums had two hit MTV videos with “Tilt-A-Whirl” and “Let’s Go All The Way” and caused more controversy than any Cannibal Corpse artwork ever did.

These guys took metal to a new level, and gave birth to amazing followers such as Twiztid and newer bands such as Hollywood Undead and Brokencyde. Everyone should raise their cup of Faygo and salute ICP (as well as the panelists for voting on such greatness).

-AO

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THE REST OF THE LIST:

#2 – Lamb of God, As the Palaces Burn

#3 – Opeth, Blackwater Park

#4 – Killswitch Engage, Alive or Just Breathing

#5 – Converge, Jane Doe

#6 – Killswitch Engage, The End of Heartache

#7 – Lamb of God, Ashes of the Wake

#8 – In Flames, Clayman

#9 – Gojira, From Mars to Sirius

#10 – Opeth, Ghost Reveries

#11 – Deftones, White Pony

#12 – Tool, Lateralus

#13 – Mastodon, Blood Mountain

#14 – System of a Down, Toxicity

#15 – Nachtmystium, Assassins: Black Meddle, Part 1

#16 – Machine Head, The Blackening

#17 – Hatebreed, Perseverance

#18 – Lamb of God, New American Gospel

#19 – Mastodon, Remission

#20 – Shadows Fall, The War Within

#21 – Slipknot, Vol. 3: The Subliminal Verses

THE PANEL OF VOTERS

Chris Adler, Lamb of God
Dan And, Bison B.C.
Ben Apatoff, Apatoff for Destruction
/Metal Injection
Jason Bittner, Shadows Fall
Tim Brennan, Ferret Music/Channel Zero Entertainment
Freddy Cai, Painkiller Magazine
Ian Christe, Bazillion Points
Reverend David J. Ciancio, Yeah! Management
Betsey Cichoracki, Relapse Records
Paul Conroy, Ferret Music/Channel Zero Entertainment
J. Costa, Thy Will Be Done
Dallas Coyle, ex-God Forbid/Coyle Media
Doc Coyle, God Forbid
CT, Rwake
Anso DF, MetalSucks/Hipsters Out of Metal!
Vince Edwards, Metal Blade Records
Charles Elliott, Abysmal Dawn/Nuclear Blast Records
Brian Fair, Shadows Fall
Leo Ferrante, Warner Music Group
D.X. Ferris, author 33 1/3: Reign in Blood/Freelance Journalist
Mike Gitter, Roadrunner Records
Nick Green, Decibel
Matt Grenier, August Burns Red
Anthony Guzzardo, Earache Records
Kevin Hufnagel, Dysrhythmia
Mark Hunter, Chimaira
Steve Joh, Century Media
EJ Johantgen, Prosthetic Records
Kim Kelly, Metal Injection
/Hails & Horns/Freelance Journalist
Josh “The J” Key, Psychostick
Jason Lekberg, Epic Records
Eyal Levi, Daath
Bob Lugowe, Relapse Records
Matt McChesney, The Autumn Offering
Jake McReynolds,
Psychostick
Marc Meltzer, The Syndicate
Josh Middleton, Sylosis
Matt Moore, Rumpelstiltskin Grinder
Vince Neilstein, MetalSucks
Sammy O’Hagar, MetalSucks
Anton OyVey, MetalSucks/Bacon Jew
Rob Pasbani, Metal Injection

Alex Preiss, Psychostick
Carlos Ramirez, NoiseCreep/Universal Music Group
Brian Rocha, Fresno Media USA
Jeremy Rosen, Roadrunner Records
Axl Rosenberg, MetalSucks
Satan Rosenbloom, MetalSucks/Cerebral Metalhead
David Bee Roth, MetalSucks
Jason Rudolph, Heavy Hitter, Inc.

Amy Sciarretto, Roadrunner Records/NoiseCreep
Carl Severson, Ferret Music/Channel Zero Entertainment
Gary Suarez, MetalSucks/No Yoko No/Brainwashed
Geoff Summers, The End Records/Crustcake
Bram Teitelman, The Syndicate/Metal Insider
Alisha Turull, Heavy Hitter, Inc.
Christopher R. Weingarten, 1000TimesYes/Freelance Journalist

  • http://www.myspace.com/shadow_patton Patton

    I’m gonna have nightmares about this now. BRILLIANT !

    • Elitist Fuck

      Don’t you ever doubt the double release that gave birth to the aural sex that is wigger slam.

      • TrapThem

        you mean anal sex

  • Kyle

    FAYGO FTW!!!

    Fuck Shasta, Fresca, and all that other shit!

  • Julian

    FUCK YA ICP

    • walter

      wow it looks like metalsucks failed their mission statement not breaking the stereotype that metalheads are a bunch of ignorant Neanderthals. in fact setting us back years and comparing us to the bling bling era of hip hop crap. and i thought glam was the worst thing to happen to music ever(next to disco), i guess i was wrong. to bad many lost the true meaning of metal, brutal, blood, rape, murder, necrophilia, hate, mythology, blaspheme, and destroying the “man” to bad for metalsucks and metalsucks followers are only allowed to see the money intake and not the true evil of what is true metal. FUCKN SLAYER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

      • Jacob

        you’re so fuckin’ stupid.

  • http://www.roxwel.com Pick-Axe Bobby

    FUCK YES!!!!!!!! AMAZING CHOICE!!!

    • Manny

      I agree

    • StonedImmaculate

      What the fuck. ICP is not considered music by anyone other than their sick little cult of rejects. With very good reason, too. How the fuck are they metal?

  • http://www.metalsucks.net/category/scraping-genius-off-the-wheel/ Gary Suarez

    YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • Z

    WOOP WOOP JUGGALO

  • metalguy

    hahahahahahaahhaha im dying over here!!! lets see the humorless self serious dickheads fight again and hopefully kill themselves over a bloggwriters list

  • raiseyerfists

    HAHAHAH

  • Ziltoid

    YES! EVEN BETTER THAN ST.ANGER BEING #1!

    • metalguy

      so you can take a joke. good fa you

    • Ziltoid

      It was obvious that a joke had to happen sometime, so I did expected something like this.

  • whyowhy

    This has to be a joke

    • Shep

      I really hope so

  • bucketochicken

    Ahhhhhh, sweet, sweet justice.

  • aud10ph1le44

    Oh, fuck you guys.

  • Meshuggahhhhh

    Hahahahahhahahahahhahahahahha……………..

    hahahahhahahhahahahhahahahaha……………..

  • http://www.deafleftear.com Matt

    Now THAT’s funny!

  • http://www.twitter.com/waynegraham Wayne

    Did I call this shit or what?

  • Kyle

    HA! That’s pretty fucking funny. Watch everyone freak out despite the fact its clearly a joke.

  • lolwut

    IN B4 ALL THE WTF!

  • http://deleted andrea

    lol is this a fucking joke? i was kinda expecting a joke for #1 but i totally thought it would be limp bizkit.

  • slave_screams

    I had this one earmarked from the start, phenomenal record, great musicianship, crystal clear production, a truly jaw-dropping, genre defying piece of art – Masters of their craft, I bow to thee Insane Clown Posseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

    Well done Mastodon on getting No 1

  • whyowhy

    I have to admit, I can’t stop laughing, but . . .

  • gibberish

    *just died from laughing*

  • bearbomb

    I take back every bad thing I’ve said about the list.

  • MikeAdam

    Really? i don’t know what to say

  • Shiggy Shack

    I just did one of those “Are they serious? Wait, no what?” and then I laughed as soon as it set. Classic guys, just classic haha

  • H2O

    aww man, THAT was funny. If anyone can’t take it as a joke right now, they’re beyond redemption.

  • Kye

    Win

  • http://dmxrr15@hotmail.com IsntaTOTALdouchebag10

    Hahahaha thats funny shit!

    After I was so sad on this day of Michael Jackson’s funeral…It still made me smile. kidding….

  • Meshuggahhhhh

    Laughing sometimes makes me pee a bit…..i just did…………..

  • whyowhy

    Does this mean the entire list was a joke?

    • Ziltoid

      Once the #21 was revealed, that was pretty obvious.

    • broken

      that is exactly what i’m wondering

      • Charlie B

        Yes, this list was a joke.

  • craver

    HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

  • Sandman

    I thought this was a serious list?

    • H2O

      well with a Slipknot, Converge, Tool, Deftones, 3 LoG albums and 2 KSE, it was pretty obvious.

      • Maigaard

        Aww come on, it was a pretty huge poll and I think we ALL got fooled. Also, the rest of the list seemed like a pretty legit list of the top 21 metal albums KNOWN BY EVERYONE, right?

        • H2O

          To be fair, the only thing I knew where the bands themselves. I never listened to any of the albums on the list in their entirety, if I listened to them. I knew it was at least somewhat of a joke, but you never know based on how MS leans at times. I wouldn’t be surprised at all that there’s more metalheads who don’t listen to LoG than those who listen to them. Though that doesn’t mean they can’t be more popular. And it was supposed to be a list of the best of the century, so it was supposed to cover a lot more genres.

  • metalAC13

    hahahahahaha this is great

  • Justin

    even know i dont why this 1st release album what

    • http://www.roxwel.com Pick-Axe Bobby

      What?

    • bearbomb

      Pardon?

    • GorexBaby

      Was that even English?

    • poopsmcgee

      so YOU made the list…i get it now…

  • Meshuggahhhhh

    Hahahahahahah………..

  • Meshuggahhhhh

    This is gold!!!

  • http://blueprintds.com chicago web design

    Are you guys planning to release a real #1?

    • whyowhy

      I kidnapped one of the mS guys and got out of him that The World Needs a Hero will be #1

  • Biff Tannen

    This probably isn’t even a joke.

  • Vertebrae

    I did´t saw that coming.

    Maybe a Celine Dion album… but not this.. JAJAJAJAJAJ

  • BlakMetalistKrieg

    YEAHH! See, this is funny! Fuck seriousness! But even though we all have had unkind words to say about the albums chosen thus far, we can all rejoice and say: At least Atreyu wasn’t on the list!

  • KiLLdOtsWitcH

    Please for the love of god make this a joke… this list has almost been my life for the past couple weeks… please don’t make me listen to this album!!!

    • http://www.roxwel.com Pick-Axe Bobby

      Really?!

      • metalguy

        no you never had a life if youre serious

    • Canvas Of Flesh

      That’s pitiful.

    • iceman

      I weep for you

  • john phenomenon

    ICP is way better than a job for a cowboy.

    • Dave

      Sadly this is true.

    • poopsmcgee

      hmm a joke perhaps?

  • http://www.metalsucks.net/category/scraping-genius-off-the-wheel/ Gary Suarez

    In the immortal words of Toki Wartooth, “It’s metal to like clown.”

    • The Mighty Fucking Quinn

      HAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHA TOKI FTW!

      • phale

        icp does cocaine. seriously, a lot of cocaine.

  • http://live.com 5

    I’m speachless and confused
    I can’t believe I stopped fightting the lake monster on resident evil 4 for this
    I can’t believe I followed this list for weeks just for it to come down to this(nothing against ICP but # 1?!)
    metalsucks just sodomised me

    • whyowhy

      This is clearly a joke

    • Biff Tannen

      Nothing against ICP ???? Huh ?

      • Matthew Grant Anson

        You have nothing against ICP?

  • Jimbo

    I can only hope that this isn’t a joke, just to annoy the retards.

  • d.o.g.o.b.g.y.n.

    Hahaha

  • Joe the Destroyer

    lol you guys are such dicks.

    • whyowhy

      except for Ziltoid. He’s a cunt

  • therealmetalmatt

    Anyone else notice the total points? 420

    • zmh26

      yeah I noticed, I still can’t stop laughing at it though

    • Ziltoid

      I noticed as well.

  • http://lavidastrangiato.blogspot.com/ Jake

    Man, fuck these wankstas, Brokencyde should have been #1. BC134LYFE, BITCHES!

  • http://deleted andrea

    i remember back during my freshman year of high-school, a whole bunch of slipknot fans decided to go verbally attack icp’s myspace comment board and they(icp) ended up deleting their whole myspace. i don’t know if they have it back up yet and i don’t care.

    • http://live.com 5

      awsome

  • Shinaain

    Wait, what??? I don’t understand. NOT FUNNY! I feel like I just stepped into a episode of “Sliders;” or, worse, that a rip in the space-time continuum has created a vacuum in which MetalSucks has….

    You know what? Nevermind, I’ll stop there. It’s just too easy. Let me just say that, up until this point, I commended you guys for such a valiant effort.

    And like Mom and Dad, I love you guys no matter what. Even when you shame me.

    • Shinaain

      Revisited: Why do I feel like I’ve just been had? Like someone’s gonna call “CHUMPS” at any minute?

    • Canvas Of Flesh

      Sliders was an awesome show.

      • Slunt

        You mean Sliders, the porn series?

        • 10000 Gays

          You mean the commercial for those tiny hamburgers from burger king?

  • lolwut

    halls of illusion > lets go all the way

  • Anthony

    HAHAHAH, Fucking gold.

  • mailuponmysoul

    ICP = NONE MORE METAL!!!!!!!!

  • trailofsmoke

    Why am I surprised? Seriously, I should have seen this coming. Great finale.

  • zmh26

    This post made me laugh WAYY too much at my desk. the joke really is on all the readers

  • http://www.myspace.com/stonecuttersky Cliff

    Fuck yeah! Perfect choice. No album or albums have pushed metal further than ICP!!!! Best metal album ever!!!! Black Sabbath who?

  • http://www.myspace.com/anlace Gothian

    o_O

  • ferris

    Oh, this is up there with the last Seinfeld. Which is a good thing.

    We all know it’s really the new Job For A Cowboy.

    • whyowhy

      Nope, it’s Wrath

  • joshburke2

    They totally accepted the Heavy Music crown from Kottonmouth Kings. The rad torch passed from 90′s to 00′s. Where you at Eminem?! Thought so!

  • Justin

    I thought this was best “metal” albums….

  • http://myspace.com/jay234t Brutal Jay

    This was the first time I actually laughed out loud at this website. Good work boys. You managed to do something truly frunny.

    • http://myspace.com/jay234t Brutal Jay

      *Funny.

      • phale

        you were right the first time.

  • Ballhair

    I came on here and saw the headline, “#1: Insane Clown Posse, Bizzar/Bizaar” and I immediately had to take a shit. I sat there thinking to myself, “You’ve got to be fucking kidding me, you’ve got to be fucking kidding me, you’ve got to be fucking kidding me” lol

    Then I came and read the review and laughed. Clearly this is a joke, if you can’t see that by reading the write up then I really do feel bad for you. Cheers!

  • Simon

    lmao

  • Centurion

    This is too obvious of a joke. You should Dragonforce or Disturbed album instead.
    Then we would see some great comment wars going on.

    • whyowhy

      Ooo wa ha ha ha

      What? Why are you all looking at me like that? Someone had to do it.

    • Lord Bling

      Agreed. Should’ve been Dragonforce. Everyone knows them now thanks to Guitar Hero 3, so it would’ve been a funnier thread.

      • Ziltoid

        Yep, Dragonforce would have been better. ICP has way too much universal hate to make this serious, but Dragonforce would be mildly believable due to GH, and thus funnier.

  • http://www.myspace.com/1033metal Jackson

    ahhh that was great, i was expecting something like this but ICP hadn’t crossed my mind

  • Anthony

    Wait a minute….NOW I know why the cut off was April 1st….

    • metalguy

      why was the cutoff april 1st

      • http://lavidastrangiato.blogspot.com/ Jake

        *facepalm*

    • gibberish

      oooh… that one hadn’t even crossed my mind…

    • http://live.com 5

      genious

  • BloodElf

    After all the time I spent.

    I got to 40 and had to work my ass off. Then when I hit 60 I had to do dailies for like 7 hours a day just to get the damn riding skill.

    And now you pull this shit!?

    I think it’s only fair if those of us who have been with this from the beginning are compensated for our time and effort and for all the nerfs you bastards have done to make this list better for the n00bs.

    I CAN HAZ REFUND?!

    • http://www.roxwel.com Pick-Axe Bobby

      WHAT?!

      • BloodElf

        L2P Q_Q

        nub

        • http://www.roxwel.com Pick-Axe Bobby

          OH GOD, I GOT SO PWNED BY YOUR L33TNESS!!!!!!!!!!

          • BloodElf

            You getz 1 interwebz

        • Jay Are

          FOR THE HORDE!

  • Charlie B

    Back in the late 90s I worked security for one of their concerts at a local university. Pretty interesting show. Not that I like them, but the concert was fun, and their fans were intense to say the least.

  • whyowhy

    Somewhere, someone is reading the write-up and is genuinly happier than a pig in shit that his favorite band, ICP, made #1 on MS List of 21 Best Metal Ablbums of the 21st Century . . . So Far

  • mailuponmysoul

    Was the inclusion of the Deftones also a joke? This calls the whole list into question.

    • Canvas Of Flesh

      I don’t think there was ever a question as to the validity of this list. It’s always been a joke.

  • Shingo

    Might I point out: Anton “OyVey” – LOL

  • Nikki

    at least its not Mastodon!! *does dance*

  • BlakMetalistKrieg

    Yeah, it’s a joke, and it’s funny, but this is also an example of truly bad music. Can you all stop ripping on Tool and LoG now?? I mean, I love Maiden, Priest, Death, and Emperor as much as the next guy, but those two bands are great, too. Go listen to fuckin’ Atreyu and then tell me how much LoG suck. Last time I checked, LoG doesn’t use any Blink 182 vocals like atreyu.

  • Metrognome

    Now that’s just fucking funny. Well done, sirs.

  • \m/Eluveitie\m/

    Does this one count in the discounted albums sale? I need to order a few thousand copies

    • Canvas Of Flesh

      Hahaha. Do they even carry ICP?

      • \m/Eluveitie\m/

        Of course, it’s right next to the PCP

  • Maigaard

    Surrrrprise…!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Sara-Petrocelli/519197405 Sara Petrocelli

    Hahahahahahahahahahahaha….

    wow.

  • http://neverontime.wordpress.com Sleepy

    Shit the Faygo I was drinking while reading this squirted out of my nose. Well played gentlemen.

  • seasick

    lol, great way to end this list

    ICP 4ever

  • (required)

    re-bookmarked.

    • phale

      win

  • whyowhy

    Not even Dr. Rockzo the rock-n-roll clown is as metal as ICP!!!!!!!!!!

  • Joe the Destroyer

    I’m still trying to figure out the link to faygo… I hate faygo.

  • http://deleted andrea

    icp stands for Icky Crab People.

    • I Hate Ziltoid aka Nacho Cheese Doritos

      Look like crab…taste like people.

      • http://www.facebook.com/people/Andrea-Voulgaris/663407462 Andrea Voulgaris

        j’adore south park.

        • Shit-Pressure

          Fuck It
          #1 should have been Chef Aid!

  • Ross

    Uh, guys…..This isn’t a joke.

  • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0QU0BKUbflc Garske

    BOOGEYWOOGEYWOOOGEY!!

  • Canvas Of Flesh

    Pretty damned funny. Although, it’s good they finally acknowledged that this was a joke. Christ ICP suck some major ass. They only thing worse than ICP are their ass-hat fans.

    • Canvas Of Flesh

      ***that this LIST was a joke.****

  • Caspar Colderson

    okay, what the fuck just happened? this has left me confused in an almost sick manner…
    so the hole list is a joke? cause i don’t know this band, brokencyde or any of those others… and i actually like most of the albums on the list…
    nooooo, i’m just not metal enough!!

  • Mike

    this has to be a fucking joke…

  • http://fuckyou.com Captain Beyond

    The store selling all the cd’s on the list is so fucking expensive. No wonder people steal music.

  • Sacajawea

    Wouldn’t it be great if ICP didn’t know they were being mocked and actually reissued this album with a big fat sticker claiming it recieved huge praises from MetalSucks.

  • Driven9

    Fucking gay. I used to beat those ‘jiggalos’ the fuck down.

  • b4dboyz

    You got me :(

  • dadez25

    please let it be a jokeoh please let it be a joke

  • http://www.benapatoff.blogspot.com Ben

    Lame. Everyone knows ICP totally sold out after Riddle Box.

  • trav

    Finally, this list has paid off.

  • fightingmike

    Where is the REAL #1. Come ON!!!

  • Fuck the Juggalos aka TrapThem

    band sucks, label roster sucks, faygo sucks and most of all their moronic fans who actually pay money to willingly hear this god-awful wretchedness suck. I’m saying if someone on here actually tries to legitmately defend them as musical talent, we might have the biggest metalsucks.net hating session of all time. I hope it happens

    • Mike

      don’t worry, ICP fans don’t even know that this CD is on the list… and it is a joke, cause the number of points on Ashes was like 247 and this album has 420… 4/20, marijuana? it’s all a big joke and we’ll have our number one tomorrow, hopefully

  • DannE

    fuckers.

  • Beeyotch

    Even The Great Milenko didn’t see this one coming!

  • TheSalamanizer

    and you just had to rip on Spineshank :(

  • gerberette

    SHENANIGANS! SHENANIGANS!

  • Jewers

    masterfully done. lol

  • Pantallica

    Its obviously a joke. Especially obvious when he said influential as chinese democracy.

  • Dave

    Now I’m curious if they will post a real #1 tommorow, or if this whole list was a joke from the start. I mean the list sucks, but if the whole list was a joke thats hilarious…especially with all the people posting comments defending the list.

    • Dave

      Its pretty sad that I can’t tell if this list is a joke or serious.

  • dude

    im not sure if i should be laugh hysterically or crying in a corner somewhere…

  • tyler09

    well, it is a good album….but it could be a joke….look at the points it got…”420″ hmm

  • crush1214

    This has to be a fucking Joke.

  • wormdrive

    Good one Ha Ha lol,

  • Driven9

    Check yer Twitter. Is is a fucking joke.

  • http://img232.imageshack.us/img232/8345/outside21.jpg Revrant

    Good joke.

    That song is actually a cover of a horrible 80s synth-pop song, and it is the only ICP song I can stand, because the video is just ridiculous.

  • I Hate Ziltoid aka Nacho Cheese Doritos

    I’m drinking a Squirt right now. I wish my homies in ICP used Squirt instead of Faygo. A nice citrus burst dominates the grapesand strawberry!!!

  • I Hate Ziltoid aka Nacho Cheese Doritos

    I just attempted to watch the youtube video link and I have to wonder…”how did they actually convince the extras to appear in this video? Do they put ICP on their resumes and expect bigger things like Madonna?”

  • Dysenteric

    Oh please. This is an obvious joke. Anyone who thinks MetalSucks and the panel of voters were being serious in putting this as #1 is an idiot. The real #1 will follow shortly.

    I would like to take this opportunity to say that this whole list is a total farce. Most people involved in this list are involved in the mainstream metal industry in some way: bands, labels, etc. All albums mentioned in this list are all pretty much commercialised pieces of crap created to appease the trends currently running at their time of release. There are so many better albums in the underground scene. Why aren’t they being mentioned in this list? Because the list contributors just want to plug their old albums in the same way they did back when the albums first came out. The sole reason mainstream magazines give major label releases such high recognition is because the labels give them shedloads of money to advertise their bands; the magazines and other media depend on this money to stay afloat, they don’t wanna lose it, so they give favourable objective reviews to whatever is being advertised on their pages. The major label money also get these bands onto popular tours and festivals, giving them more exposure in the public light.

    Don’t get me wrong, I have nothing against the bands themselves, I’m voicing my total disapproval of the industry that supports these bands, and the applicable trends that record companies constantly try to keep in line with. I would much prefer it if the list was filled with albums that deserve their popularity on the band’s musical merit, and not purely because of commercial influence. I have very little reason to believe that the albums listed are here purely on their own qualities – there’s an intent to sell more units.

    I don’t hate all records that are plugged by major labels: Amon Amarth are (or were) a solid band that wrote very good material up until their newest album, which was created solely for selling records. I also quite like Goatwhore at the moment. I like both these bands for their musical and songwriting ability alone. My advice is to listen to the music for what it is, and pay no attention to the hype. I can also tolerate people listening to commercial bands, just as long as they don’t start echoing any praise that the magazines have given under the influence of their lifeblood of advertising revenue.

    I could go on and on, but I’ll leave it at that for now. I’m tired, I may have accidentally contradicted myself somewhere in this message, but I don’t care, as long as you understand I’m saying. I’ll be repeating this post when (and if) the real #1 album is revealed. Flame me all you want.

    • http://farbeyonddriven87.tumblr.com/ voltron futura

      it must have taken you at least 22 minutes to write this entire thing, because the real one was posted at 6 pm. fun fun fun

      • Shit-Pressure

        Til his Daddy Takes His T-Bird Away…

  • http://www.myspace.com/1033metal Jackson

    the best part is all the comments from people who can reference other ICP cd’s. One time I’m glad I know nothing else about about a band really.

  • crank

    Well played.

  • Dan

    what happened to Protest the Hero’s Fortress? I thought it’d be in the top 3, at least?

    • Ivanhoe

      Agreed!

  • xXxDarkfoxXx

    So Kvlt!

  • Peels Here

    A great pick and considerably heavier than all the albums on the list.

  • Leo

    Im glad this was a joke I hate this rapping clown bullshit

  • narcopolypse

    realllllllllllllllly milking it

  • groverXIII

    Hahaha… the comments here are classic.

  • Mancubus

    Lol, rap album reaches #1. We all know that it’s really Leviathan

  • Some Random Dude

    HAHAHA! CLOWNS!!!!!

  • Leo

    i just cant believe theres actually people on here that seem to like this clown crap

  • Kris

    Even though I hoped Death Magnetic was going to win this is even better.

  • mailuponmysoul

    BORING!!!!!

  • Dustin at Metal Blade

    Dysentary you’re an idiot, follow your own advice and base your opinion on musical merit, not whether a band is commercially successful. You ever think that these voters in the music industry actually do have taste and voted for unique underground albums? But since there are so many great underground albums they didn’t get the sheer number of votes as the more popular ones. I doubt Mastodon got alot of #1 votes (although they are an amazing band) but i bet every voter had them somewhere on their list, hence many points, hence #1. Go talk to some girls and stop worrying about the list

  • sYgnal

    Yup…That’s some funny shit! Unfortunately, we really didn’t need any comic relief considering the list was pretty funny itself.

    Anyways, I may not like ICP’s music but Strangle-Mania was the best fucking wrestling video I have ever watched. I cried, I laughed so hard…. “Fucking LamaNamaNumei”

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/David-J-Harrison/1095943638 David J Harrison

    Funny how people actually fell for this!!! I had a good chuckle

  • http://myspace.com/obeydarklord mr_Izan

    unparalleled hilarity.
    i actually like these albums, this was the beginning of their decline actually…

  • Deven

    Who couldn’t tell when the Deftones were on the list with 2 Kse, 3 LoG, and 2 Mastodon albums withno Trivium, Meshuggah, or even Avenged Sevenfold.

    I like ICP but, Best Metal Album? Come On?

  • chad

    slipknot’s self-titled debut was out in ’99.
    i seen them with some lame band titled coal chamber.
    represent.

  • deckoff

    God, I know all the albums till #2 and then,on #1I see something I never heard of.
    So I think “Everyone here in Europe is so dumb and stupid and dosn;tknow a thing about modern metal. In the US guys vote #1to insane clone pose and I don’t even know these guys. I am probably F**king retard???”
    I had to check the video….

  • rachel

    whoop whoop!ICP 4 life its sad u had to make this a joke, its amusing to see how many ppl hate icp! thats great,!haha stupid ppl.

  • Big E

    ICP isn’t metal, but ayy yayyy we at the top of the list fam!

  • Patrick

    Its funny as hell all these people that are calling ICP crap, there music might not be your cup of tea but they sure as hell make more money than anyone commenting on this lol. You gotta show respect to 2 high school drop outs that found a way to become millionaires running around stage doing half assed karaoke and squirting an audience with soda. I do like some of ICP’s music, its funny. But i dont think anyone here can really diss them, there marketing gods. Theres 2 chapters about ICP and psychopathic records you study in college if you go for marketing. None of you are studied in colleges.

  • http://jas09.deviantart.com/ JAS09

    THEY get the number one spot?
    Congratulations Anton, you just disproved the existence of God.

  • Panman

    FUCKING BEST OF LISTS
    HOW DO THEY WORK??!?!

  • Trever

    Are you serious??? This is the biggest disgrace to Metal ever, yeah your choice of Metal sucks.