GREATEST METAL ALBUM CUP - Winner: Iron Maiden - Seventh Son of a Seventh Son!

[Cornfed Hick]

2. @Cornfed Hick - 53.6

I'd like to take some pride in this, but I think it really just means my tastes are pretty mainstream.

 

[Night Prowler]

@Night Prowler , you are the biggest loser!

 

[Mosh]

It’s good to know that nominating Pink Floyd in a metal game doesn’t go without consequences.

 

[Cat Milk Supreme]

Dead center, chum. And at least I didn’t nominate Virtual XI, ffs…

That heap of dung probably got me quite a few points. I wasnt followin the game at the time but I believe it went on a totally uncalled for run.

 

[Forostar]

Cheers Jer. Not surprised by my not very high rank. I did not nominate supadupa populair Maiden albums on purpuse. I knew enough others would do that and I prefered room for alternatives (the point of this game).

 

[LooseCannon]

Cheers Jer. Not surprised by my not very high rank. I did not nominate supadupa populair Maiden albums on purpuse. I knew enough others would do that and I prefered room for alternatives (the point of this game).

I am glad for that. But not too glad. If everyone had nominated lots of obscure stuff the game would still be going on

 

[Cat Milk Supreme]

Cheers Jer. Not surprised by my not very high rank. I did not nominate supadupa populair Maiden albums on purpuse. I knew enough others would do that and I prefered room for alternatives (the point of this game).

I thought about that but then realised that I only know about 6 non maiden metal ablums well

 

[Lampwick 43]

Yeah, my intention was never to "win" the GMAC. I intentionally refrained from nominating Maiden and all the other super popular and iconic albums in favor of exposing others to music that I like that they might not have heard before. Out of the 25 albums I submitted, I was the sole forum nominator of 16 of them. The consequence of this decision meant that a majority of my albums debuted in the early leagues and never stood a chance of getting a super high finish.

 

[Cat Milk Supreme]

I wonder if Jerrys Pacemaker would list everybodys nominations and how they performed, how many wins, how many votes. Or even a Maidenfans Non Maiden Album Nomination Top 10.

 

[LooseCannon]

Yeah, my intention was never to "win" the GMAC.

 

[Magnus]

I intentionally refrained from nominating Maiden and all the other super popular and iconic albums in favor of exposing others to music that I like that they might not have heard before. Out of the 25 albums I submitted, I was the sole forum nominator of 16 of them.

Anyway, well done, brethren, @Lampwick 43 and @Night Prowler , proud to see my name amongst yours.

 

[Shmoolikipod]

28? You guys just aren't trve enough.

 

[Jer]

Yeah, my intention was never to "win" the GMAC. I intentionally refrained from nominating Maiden and all the other super popular and iconic albums in favor of exposing others to music that I like that they might not have heard before. Out of the 25 albums I submitted, I was the sole forum nominator of 16 of them. The consequence of this decision meant that a majority of my albums debuted in the early leagues and never stood a chance of getting a super high finish.

Good point. Let's test the success of the special snowflakes -- let's try only comparing the ranks of albums nominated by exactly one MaidenFan and no web site lists, and the average ranks of these sorts of albums per MaidenFan.

Spoiler: Full ranking of albums nominated by one MaidenFan and no web site lists

89. @Perun - Annihilator - Alice In Hell
111. @Collin - Iron Maiden - The Final Frontier
112. @Midnight - Rush - Hemispheres
120. @Lampwick 43 - Symphony X - The Divine Wings Of Tragedy
127. @Saapanael - Be'lakor - Stone's Reach
129. @Black Wizard - Iron Maiden - Dance Of Death
142. @Night Prowler - Blind Guardian - Tales From The Twilight World
178. @Forostar - Amorphis - Tales From The Thousand Lakes
179. @Whooten - Power Trip - Nightmare Logic
181. @The Flash - Opeth - Watershed
182. @matic22 - Deep Purple - Perfect Strangers
183. @Perun - Atlantean Kodex - The Course Of Empire
184. @Night Prowler - Judas Priest - Nostradamus
185. @LooseCannon - Iced Earth - Incorruptible
187. @phantomoftheicarus - Gojira - L'Enfant Sauvage
189. @Forostar - Opeth - Orchid
190. @Magnus - Nuclear Assault - Game Over
191. @Spambot - Amorphis - Skyforger
193. @mckindog - Rush - Counterparts
194. @Niall Kielt - Iron Maiden - Virtual XI
195. @Magnus - Sabbat - Dreamweaver
196. @Lampwick 43 - Ayreon - The Source
197. @Night Prowler - Amorphis - Under The Red Cloud
198. @MrKnickerbocker - Joe Satriani - Surfing With The Alien
199. @Forostar - Black Sabbath - Headless Cross
200. @LooseCannon - Unleash The Archers - Apex
201. @Magnus - Primordial - Spirit The Earth Aflame
202. @Diesel 11 - Buckethead - Crime Slunk Scene
203. @Lampwick 43 - Megadeth - Dystopia
204. @Black Wizard - In Flames - Whoracle
205. @Dityn DJ James - King Diamond - The Eye
206. @Dityn DJ James - Bolt Thrower - Those Once Loyal
207. @Black Wizard - Testament - Formation Of Damnation
208. @matic22 - Deep Purple - Burn
209. @mckindog - Rush - Permanent Waves
210. @Poto - Queensrÿche - The Warning
212. @Magnus - Motörhead - 1916
213. @The Dissident - Dream Theater - Systematic Chaos
214. @Lampwick 43 - Porcupine Tree - In Absentia
215. (tie) @Magnus - Borknagar - The Olden Domain
215. (tie) @Lampwick 43 - Riverside - Second Life Syndrome
217. @Jer - Mekong Delta - Wanderer On The Edge Of Time
218. @MrKnickerbocker - Anthrax - Sound Of White Noise
219. @Black Wizard - Kreator - Enemy Of God
220. @Spambot - Tool - 10,000 Days
222. @Ariana - Nirvana - In Utero
228. @Forostar - Bruce Dickinson - Balls To Picasso
230. @Night Prowler - Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
231. @Jer - Skyclad - The Answer Machine?
236. @Lampwick 43 - Temple Of The Dog - Temple Of The Dog
237. @Poto - Blaze Bayley - The Man Who Would Not Die
239. @Forostar - Nightwish - Wishmaster
240. (tie) @Perun - Primordial - Where Greater Men Have Fallen
240. (tie) @KidInTheDark666 - Sabaton - Coat Of Arms
243. @Jer - Rush - Power Windows
246. @Forostar - Black Sabbath - Tyr
247. @Whooten - Sanctuary - Into The Mirror Black
249. @Saapanael - System Of A Down - Hypnotize
250. @Shmoolikipod - Devin Townsend - Ziltoid The Omniscient
254. @Ariana - Tremonti - Dying Machine
258. @Saapanael - System Of A Down - Mezmerize
260. @Poto - Rainbow - Down To Earth
262. @Kalata - Accept - Blind Rage
263. @Night Prowler - Guns N' Roses - Chinese Democracy
264. @Kalata - Bloodbound - Nosferatu
265. @Black Wizard - Dream Theater - Octavarium
267. @MrKnickerbocker - Nightwish - Century Child
268. @Forostar - Black Sabbath - The Eternal Idol
270. (tie) @KidInTheDark666 - Linkin Park - Hybrid Theory
270. (tie) @The Dissident - Queensrÿche - Queensrÿche (1983)
278. (tie) @Jer - Def Leppard - High 'n' Dry
278. (tie) @karljant - Sabbat - History Of A Time To Come
278. (tie) @Magnus - Ulver - Bergtatt
284. (tie) @Lampwick 43 - Porcupine Tree - Deadwing
284. (tie) @Magnus - Primordial - Exile Amongst The Ruins
284. (tie) @mckindog - Thin Lizzy - Bad Reputation
287. (tie) @Black Wizard - Evergrey - Hymns For The Broken
287. (tie) @Spambot - Rammstein - Liebe Ist Fur Alle Da
290. (tie) @Lampwick 43 - Alestorm - Sunset On The Golden Age
290. (tie) @Dityn DJ James - Ozzy Osbourne - The Ultimate Sin
290. (tie) @Whooten - Primus - Frizzle Fry
290. (tie) @Magnus - Satyricon - The Shadowthrone
290. (tie) @Whooten - Squalus - The Great Fish
290. (tie) @mckindog - Thin Lizzy - Jailbreak
297. @Forostar - Gamma Ray - Sigh No More
303. (tie) @The Dissident - Alter Bridge - ABIII
303. (tie) @Black Wizard - Anthrax - For All Kings
303. (tie) @Lampwick 43 - Audioslave - Audioslave
303. (tie) @KidInTheDark666 - Avenged Sevenfold - Nightmare
303. (tie) @Dityn DJ James - Bathory - The Return
303. (tie) @Spambot - Blind Guardian - A Night At The Opera
303. (tie) @Night Prowler - Bloodbath - Resurrection Through Carnage
303. (tie) @The Flash - Bloodbath - The Fathomless Mastery
303. (tie) @mckindog - Coheed And Cambria - No World For Tomorrow
303. (tie) @karljant - Devin Townsend - Infinity
303. (tie) @Night Prowler - Ensiferum - Ensiferum
303. (tie) @Perun - Grand Magus - Triumph And Power
303. (tie) @Whooten - Hell Fire - Mania
303. (tie) @Night Prowler - Helloween - Gambling With The Devil
303. (tie) @Collin - Machine Head - Bloodstone And Diamonds
303. (tie) @Dityn DJ James - Motörhead - Orgasmatron
303. (tie) @Travis The Dragon - Nirvana - Nevermind
303. (tie) @The Flash - Opeth - Deliverance
303. (tie) @Whooten - Overkill - Feel The Fire
303. (tie) @Shmoolikipod - Soen - Tellurian
303. (tie) @Lampwick 43 - Sons Of Apollo - Psychotic Symphony
303. (tie) @Lampwick 43 - Soundgarden - Badmotorfinger
303. (tie) @Night Prowler - Star One - Victims Of The Modern Age
303. (tie) @Ariana - Therapy? - Troublegum
303. (tie) @Lampwick 43 - Threshold - Legends Of The Shires
303. (tie) @Kalata - Whitesnake - Whitesnake
329. @Spambot - Sepultura - Roots
335. (tie) @The Dissident - Alter Bridge - Walk The Sky
335. (tie) @Night Prowler - At The Gates - At War With Reality
335. (tie) @Black Wizard - Avantasia - The Wicked Symphony
335. (tie) @Shmoolikipod - Blaze Bayley - Infinite Entanglement
335. (tie) @karljant - Bolt Thrower - Realm Of Chaos: Slaves To Darkness
335. (tie) @karljant - Cynic - Traced In Air
335. (tie) @Saapanael - Dimmu Borgir - Enthrone Darkness Triumphant
335. (tie) @Dityn DJ James - Pentagram - Pentagram (Relentless)
335. (tie) @Perun - Primordial - To The Nameless Dead
335. (tie) @The Dissident - Scorpions - In Trance
335. (tie) @Magnus - Tiamat - Clouds
335. (tie) @Jer - Yngwie Malmsteen - Marching Out
347. @karljant - Strapping Young Lad - City
348. @The Flash - Katatonia - Brave Murder Day
349. @Magnus - Thorns - Thorns
351. (tie) @Diesel 11 - Ahab - The Call Of The Wretched Sea
351. (tie) @phantomoftheicarus - Alice In Chains - Jar Of Flies
351. (tie) @MrKnickerbocker - Armored Saint - Symbol Of Salvation
351. (tie) @karljant - Cult Of Luna And Julie Christmas - Mariner
351. (tie) @Magnus - Dark Millennium - Diana Read Peace
351. (tie) @The Dissident - Dream Theater - A Change Of Seasons
351. (tie) @Lampwick 43 - Dream Theater - Distance Over Time
351. (tie) @Night Prowler - Ensiferum - Iron
351. (tie) @Niall Kielt - Ensiferum - One Man Army
351. (tie) @Shmoolikipod - Fear Factory - Obsolete
351. (tie) @Forostar - Fight - War Of Words
351. (tie) @srfc - Ghost - Opus Eponymous
351. (tie) @Night Prowler - Insomnium - Heart Like A Grave
351. (tie) @Kalata - KISS - KISS
351. (tie) @Shmoolikipod - Meshuggah - Obzen
351. (tie) @phantomoftheicarus - Municipal Waste - The Art Of Partying
351. (tie) @Diesel 11 - Nightwish - Dark Passion Play
351. (tie) @The Flash - Opeth - My Arms, Your Hearse
351. (tie) @Whooten - Oranssi Pazuzu - Värähtelijä
351. (tie) @Shmoolikipod - Pantera - The Great Southern Trendkill
351. (tie) @Jer - Powerwolf - Lupus Dei
351. (tie) @Dityn DJ James - Razor - Violent Restitution
351. (tie) @srfc - Suicidal Tendencies - Suicidal Tendencies
351. (tie) @Poto - The Michael Shenker Group - The Michael Shenker Group
351. (tie) @Yax - The Who - Who's Next
351. (tie) @Perun - Vried - Milorg
382. (tie) @Travis The Dragon - AC/DC - The Razor's Edge
382. (tie) @mckindog - Angel City - Face To Face
382. (tie) @Magnus - Arcturus - La Masquerade Infernale
382. (tie) @FTB - Avenged Sevenfold - Avenged Sevenfold
382. (tie) @Shmoolikipod - Corrosion Of Conformity - Blind
382. (tie) @phantomoftheicarus - Death - Leprosy
382. (tie) @Black Wizard - Delain - The Human Contradiction
382. (tie) @Mosh - Devin Townsend - Terria
382. (tie) @Black Wizard - Epica - The Holographic Principle
382. (tie) @Yax - Ghost - Prequelle
382. (tie) @Night Prowler - Hypocrisy - Abducted
382. (tie) @Black Wizard - Killswitch Engage - The End Of Heartache
382. (tie) @FTB - Lamb Of God - Ashes Of The Wake
382. (tie) @KidInTheDark666 - Megadeth - Endgame
382. (tie) @Perun - Moonsorrow - Varjoina Kuljemme Kuolleiden Maassa
382. (tie) @Perun - Murg - Varg & Bjorn
382. (tie) @FTB - Stone Sour - Stone Sour
382. (tie) @Black Wizard - Vuur - In This Moment We Are Free
402. (tie) @FTB - AC/DC - Flick Of The Switch
402. (tie) @mckindog - AC/DC - For Those About To Rock
402. (tie) @phantomoftheicarus - Buckethead - Colma
402. (tie) @Kalata - Krokus - Headhunter
402. (tie) @Collin - Mastodon - Emperor Of Sand
402. (tie) @Magnus - Negura Bunget - OM
402. (tie) @KidInTheDark666 - Papa Roach - Infest
402. (tie) @KidInTheDark666 - Powerwolf - The Sacrament Of Sin
402. (tie) @Diesel 11 - Rammstein - Reise Reise
402. (tie) @Forostar - Samson - Head On
402. (tie) @Saapanael - Satyricon - Nemesis Divina
402. (tie) @Kalata - U.D.O. - Steelfactory
402. (tie) @Spambot - Wardruna - Runaljod (Ragnarok)
419. (tie) @Night Prowler - Anaal Nathrakh - Hell Is Empty, And All The Devils Are Here
419. (tie) @Mosh - Between The Buried And Me - Colors
419. (tie) @Magnus - Enslaved - Vikingligr Veldi
419. (tie) @Lampwick 43 - Haken - Affinity
419. (tie) @Mosh - Haken - The Mountain
419. (tie) @Travis The Dragon - In Flames - Battles
419. (tie) @Travis The Dragon - Stratovarius - Elements
419. (tie) @phantomoftheicarus - Toxic Holocaust - Chemistry Of Consciousness
428. (tie) @Travis The Dragon - Avenged Sevenfold - The Stage
428. (tie) @KidInTheDark666 - Bullet For My Valentine - Fever
428. (tie) @phantomoftheicarus - Discharge - Hear Nothing Say Nothing See Nothing
428. (tie) @Perun - Geist - Galeere
428. (tie) @Saapanael - Godsmack - Faceless
428. (tie) @Perun - Manowar - Into Glory Ride
428. (tie) @Diesel 11 - Marilyn Manson - Antichrist Superstar
428. (tie) @Magnus - Sentenced - North From Here
428. (tie) @Dityn DJ James - Sodom - M-16
428. (tie) @phantomoftheicarus - The Business - Hardcore Hooligan
439. (tie) @Diesel 11 - Amputated - Wading Through Rancid Offal
439. (tie) @Spambot - Dethklok - Dethalbum II
439. (tie) @karljant - Rosetta - Wake/Lift
443. (tie) @Travis The Dragon - As I Lay Dying - An Ocean Between Us
443. (tie) @Midnight - Babymetal - Babymetal
443. (tie) @Kalata - HammerFall - Crimson Thunder
443. (tie) @phantomoftheicarus - Periphery - Periphery III: Select Difficulty
443. (tie) @KidInTheDark666 - Slipknot - Vol. 3 (The Subliminal Verses)
448. @Travis The Dragon - Amaranthe - The Nexus
449. @Jer - Luca Turilli - Prophet Of The Last Eclipse
450. @Lampwick 43 - Sons Of Apollo - MMXX
451. (tie) @Whooten - Death Angel - Act III
451. (tie) @karljant - Samael - Above
453. @Travis The Dragon - Dimmu Borgir - Eonian
454. (tie) @Saapanael - Diabolical Masquerade - Nightwork
454. (tie) @Diesel 11 - Inhumano - Torturas De Almas Oscuras
456. (tie) @karljant - Fear Factory - Demanufacture
456. (tie) @Travis The Dragon - HIM - Venus Doom

Spoiler: Average ranks by MaidenFan of all albums nominated by one MaidenFan and no web site lists

1. @LooseCannon - 192.5 (2 albums)
2. @matic22 - 195 (2 albums)
3. @MrKnickerbocker - 258.5 (4 albums)
4. @Ariana - 259.7 (rounded up, so not a tie) (3 albums)
5. @Forostar - 259.7 (10 albums)
6. @Poto - 264.5 (4 albums)
7. @Collin - 272 (3 albums)
8. @Niall Kielt - 272.5 (2 albums)
9. @Midnight - 277.5 (2 albums)
10. @Lampwick 43 - 279.3 (15 albums)
11. @Black Wizard - 289.8 (12 albums)
12. @Night Prowler - 290.4 (14 albums)
13. @mckindog - 294.7 (7 albums)
14. @The Flash - 297.2 (5 albums)
15. @Jer - 300.6 (7 albums)
16. @The Dissident - 301.2 (6 albums)
17. @Whooten - 301.8 (8 albums)
18. @Magnus - 302.1 (15 albums)
19. @Dityn DJ James - 302.6 (8 albums)
20. @Spambot - 310.1 (7 albums)
21. @Perun - 312.1 (10 albums)
22. @Saapanael - 321.9 (7 albums)
23. @Shmoolikipod - 331.9 (7 albums)
24. @Kalata - 346.7 (7 albums)
25. @srfc - 351 (2 albums)
26. @KidInTheDark666 - 358.8 (8 albums)
27. @karljant - 366.1 (9 albums)
28. @Yax - 366.5 (2 albums)
29. @Diesel 11 - 375.3 (7 albums)
30. @phantomoftheicarus - 376.8 (9 albums)
31. @FTB - 387 (4 albums)
32. @Mosh - 406.7 (3 albums)
33. @Travis The Dragon - 416.8 (9 albums)
34. (tie) @Cornfed Hick - N/A (0 albums)
34. (tie) @Dr. Eddies Wingman - N/A (0 albums)

So, congratulations to @LooseCannon for having the most popular unique picks! Honorable mention to @Forostar for placing so high with such a large number of unique albums.

Shame on @Cornfed Hick and @Dr. Eddies Wingman for not nominating anything unique! And @Travis The Dragon , you officially have the worst taste in unique albums, at least as far as the GMAC crowd is concerned.

 

[Diesel 11]

Reading the results and noticing where my two brutal death metal nominations ranked — for some reason I remember Inhumano getting more votes than Amputated did, am I misremembering?

 

[Dr. Eddies Wingman]

I find my lack of originality disturbing.

 

[JudasMyGuide]

I managed to miss the nominations and didn't therefore nominate anything, but I would have definitely nominated Unquestionable Presence by Atheist (among others, like Borknagar's Winter Thrice)...

...and I'm really surprised and disappointed at how low it is, even considering how unpopular extreme metal is around here. That's bizarre.

 

[Lampwick 43]

@Jer, if you're looking for more stuff to analyze, maybe we can break it down by decade. Like how do the 80s, 90s, 00s, and 10s rank against each other by GMAC performance. Maybe we can even go year by year if you're feeling extra limber and we can see the list of best performing album for each year, chronologically.

 

[Forostar]

Good point. Let's test the success of the special snowflakes -- let's try only comparing the ranks of albums nominated by exactly one MaidenFan and no web site lists, and the average ranks of these sorts of albums per MaidenFan.

Spoiler: Full ranking of albums nominated by one MaidenFan and no web site lists

89. @Perun - Annihilator - Alice In Hell
111. @Collin - Iron Maiden - The Final Frontier
112. @Midnight - Rush - Hemispheres
120. @Lampwick 43 - Symphony X - The Divine Wings Of Tragedy
127. @Saapanael - Be'lakor - Stone's Reach
129. @Black Wizard - Iron Maiden - Dance Of Death
142. @Night Prowler - Blind Guardian - Tales From The Twilight World
178. @Forostar - Amorphis - Tales From The Thousand Lakes
179. @Whooten - Power Trip - Nightmare Logic
181. @The Flash - Opeth - Watershed
182. @matic22 - Deep Purple - Perfect Strangers
183. @Perun - Atlantean Kodex - The Course Of Empire
184. @Night Prowler - Judas Priest - Nostradamus
185. @LooseCannon - Iced Earth - Incorruptible
187. @phantomoftheicarus - Gojira - L'Enfant Sauvage
189. @Forostar - Opeth - Orchid
190. @Magnus - Nuclear Assault - Game Over
191. @Spambot - Amorphis - Skyforger
193. @mckindog - Rush - Counterparts
194. @Niall Kielt - Iron Maiden - Virtual XI
195. @Magnus - Sabbat - Dreamweaver
196. @Lampwick 43 - Ayreon - The Source
197. @Night Prowler - Amorphis - Under The Red Cloud
198. @MrKnickerbocker - Joe Satriani - Surfing With The Alien
199. @Forostar - Black Sabbath - Headless Cross
200. @LooseCannon - Unleash The Archers - Apex
201. @Magnus - Primordial - Spirit The Earth Aflame
202. @Diesel 11 - Buckethead - Crime Slunk Scene
203. @Lampwick 43 - Megadeth - Dystopia
204. @Black Wizard - In Flames - Whoracle
205. @Dityn DJ James - King Diamond - The Eye
206. @Dityn DJ James - Bolt Thrower - Those Once Loyal
207. @Black Wizard - Testament - Formation Of Damnation
208. @matic22 - Deep Purple - Burn
209. @mckindog - Rush - Permanent Waves
210. @Poto - Queensrÿche - The Warning
212. @Magnus - Motörhead - 1916
213. @The Dissident - Dream Theater - Systematic Chaos
214. @Lampwick 43 - Porcupine Tree - In Absentia
215. (tie) @Magnus - Borknagar - The Olden Domain
215. (tie) @Lampwick 43 - Riverside - Second Life Syndrome
217. @Jer - Mekong Delta - Wanderer On The Edge Of Time
218. @MrKnickerbocker - Anthrax - Sound Of White Noise
219. @Black Wizard - Kreator - Enemy Of God
220. @Spambot - Tool - 10,000 Days
222. @Ariana - Nirvana - In Utero
228. @Forostar - Bruce Dickinson - Balls To Picasso
230. @Night Prowler - Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
231. @Jer - Skyclad - The Answer Machine?
236. @Lampwick 43 - Temple Of The Dog - Temple Of The Dog
237. @Poto - Blaze Bayley - The Man Who Would Not Die
239. @Forostar - Nightwish - Wishmaster
240. (tie) @Perun - Primordial - Where Greater Men Have Fallen
240. (tie) @KidInTheDark666 - Sabaton - Coat Of Arms
243. @Jer - Rush - Power Windows
246. @Forostar - Black Sabbath - Tyr
247. @Whooten - Sanctuary - Into The Mirror Black
249. @Saapanael - System Of A Down - Hypnotize
250. @Shmoolikipod - Devin Townsend - Ziltoid The Omniscient
254. @Ariana - Tremonti - Dying Machine
258. @Saapanael - System Of A Down - Mezmerize
260. @Poto - Rainbow - Down To Earth
262. @Kalata - Accept - Blind Rage
263. @Night Prowler - Guns N' Roses - Chinese Democracy
264. @Kalata - Bloodbound - Nosferatu
265. @Black Wizard - Dream Theater - Octavarium
267. @MrKnickerbocker - Nightwish - Century Child
268. @Forostar - Black Sabbath - The Eternal Idol
270. (tie) @KidInTheDark666 - Linkin Park - Hybrid Theory
270. (tie) @The Dissident - Queensrÿche - Queensrÿche (1983)
278. (tie) @Jer - Def Leppard - High 'n' Dry
278. (tie) @karljant - Sabbat - History Of A Time To Come
278. (tie) @Magnus - Ulver - Bergtatt
284. (tie) @Lampwick 43 - Porcupine Tree - Deadwing
284. (tie) @Magnus - Primordial - Exile Amongst The Ruins
284. (tie) @mckindog - Thin Lizzy - Bad Reputation
287. (tie) @Black Wizard - Evergrey - Hymns For The Broken
287. (tie) @Spambot - Rammstein - Liebe Ist Fur Alle Da
290. (tie) @Lampwick 43 - Alestorm - Sunset On The Golden Age
290. (tie) @Dityn DJ James - Ozzy Osbourne - The Ultimate Sin
290. (tie) @Whooten - Primus - Frizzle Fry
290. (tie) @Magnus - Satyricon - The Shadowthrone
290. (tie) @Whooten - Squalus - The Great Fish
290. (tie) @mckindog - Thin Lizzy - Jailbreak
297. @Forostar - Gamma Ray - Sigh No More
303. (tie) @The Dissident - Alter Bridge - ABIII
303. (tie) @Black Wizard - Anthrax - For All Kings
303. (tie) @Lampwick 43 - Audioslave - Audioslave
303. (tie) @KidInTheDark666 - Avenged Sevenfold - Nightmare
303. (tie) @Dityn DJ James - Bathory - The Return
303. (tie) @Spambot - Blind Guardian - A Night At The Opera
303. (tie) @Night Prowler - Bloodbath - Resurrection Through Carnage
303. (tie) @The Flash - Bloodbath - The Fathomless Mastery
303. (tie) @mckindog - Coheed And Cambria - No World For Tomorrow
303. (tie) @karljant - Devin Townsend - Infinity
303. (tie) @Night Prowler - Ensiferum - Ensiferum
303. (tie) @Perun - Grand Magus - Triumph And Power
303. (tie) @Whooten - Hell Fire - Mania
303. (tie) @Night Prowler - Helloween - Gambling With The Devil
303. (tie) @Collin - Machine Head - Bloodstone And Diamonds
303. (tie) @Dityn DJ James - Motörhead - Orgasmatron
303. (tie) @Travis The Dragon - Nirvana - Nevermind
303. (tie) @The Flash - Opeth - Deliverance
303. (tie) @Whooten - Overkill - Feel The Fire
303. (tie) @Shmoolikipod - Soen - Tellurian
303. (tie) @Lampwick 43 - Sons Of Apollo - Psychotic Symphony
303. (tie) @Lampwick 43 - Soundgarden - Badmotorfinger
303. (tie) @Night Prowler - Star One - Victims Of The Modern Age
303. (tie) @Ariana - Therapy? - Troublegum
303. (tie) @Lampwick 43 - Threshold - Legends Of The Shires
303. (tie) @Kalata - Whitesnake - Whitesnake
329. @Spambot - Sepultura - Roots
335. (tie) @The Dissident - Alter Bridge - Walk The Sky
335. (tie) @Night Prowler - At The Gates - At War With Reality
335. (tie) @Black Wizard - Avantasia - The Wicked Symphony
335. (tie) @Shmoolikipod - Blaze Bayley - Infinite Entanglement
335. (tie) @karljant - Bolt Thrower - Realm Of Chaos: Slaves To Darkness
335. (tie) @karljant - Cynic - Traced In Air
335. (tie) @Saapanael - Dimmu Borgir - Enthrone Darkness Triumphant
335. (tie) @Dityn DJ James - Pentagram - Pentagram (Relentless)
335. (tie) @Perun - Primordial - To The Nameless Dead
335. (tie) @The Dissident - Scorpions - In Trance
335. (tie) @Magnus - Tiamat - Clouds
335. (tie) @Jer - Yngwie Malmsteen - Marching Out
347. @karljant - Strapping Young Lad - City
348. @The Flash - Katatonia - Brave Murder Day
349. @Magnus - Thorns - Thorns
351. (tie) @Diesel 11 - Ahab - The Call Of The Wretched Sea
351. (tie) @phantomoftheicarus - Alice In Chains - Jar Of Flies
351. (tie) @MrKnickerbocker - Armored Saint - Symbol Of Salvation
351. (tie) @karljant - Cult Of Luna And Julie Christmas - Mariner
351. (tie) @Magnus - Dark Millennium - Diana Read Peace
351. (tie) @The Dissident - Dream Theater - A Change Of Seasons
351. (tie) @Lampwick 43 - Dream Theater - Distance Over Time
351. (tie) @Night Prowler - Ensiferum - Iron
351. (tie) @Niall Kielt - Ensiferum - One Man Army
351. (tie) @Shmoolikipod - Fear Factory - Obsolete
351. (tie) @Forostar - Fight - War Of Words
351. (tie) @srfc - Ghost - Opus Eponymous
351. (tie) @Night Prowler - Insomnium - Heart Like A Grave
351. (tie) @Kalata - KISS - KISS
351. (tie) @Shmoolikipod - Meshuggah - Obzen
351. (tie) @phantomoftheicarus - Municipal Waste - The Art Of Partying
351. (tie) @Diesel 11 - Nightwish - Dark Passion Play
351. (tie) @The Flash - Opeth - My Arms, Your Hearse
351. (tie) @Whooten - Oranssi Pazuzu - Värähtelijä
351. (tie) @Shmoolikipod - Pantera - The Great Southern Trendkill
351. (tie) @Jer - Powerwolf - Lupus Dei
351. (tie) @Dityn DJ James - Razor - Violent Restitution
351. (tie) @srfc - Suicidal Tendencies - Suicidal Tendencies
351. (tie) @Poto - The Michael Shenker Group - The Michael Shenker Group
351. (tie) @Yax - The Who - Who's Next
351. (tie) @Perun - Vried - Milorg
382. (tie) @Travis The Dragon - AC/DC - The Razor's Edge
382. (tie) @mckindog - Angel City - Face To Face
382. (tie) @Magnus - Arcturus - La Masquerade Infernale
382. (tie) @FTB - Avenged Sevenfold - Avenged Sevenfold
382. (tie) @Shmoolikipod - Corrosion Of Conformity - Blind
382. (tie) @phantomoftheicarus - Death - Leprosy
382. (tie) @Black Wizard - Delain - The Human Contradiction
382. (tie) @Mosh - Devin Townsend - Terria
382. (tie) @Black Wizard - Epica - The Holographic Principle
382. (tie) @Yax - Ghost - Prequelle
382. (tie) @Night Prowler - Hypocrisy - Abducted
382. (tie) @Black Wizard - Killswitch Engage - The End Of Heartache
382. (tie) @FTB - Lamb Of God - Ashes Of The Wake
382. (tie) @KidInTheDark666 - Megadeth - Endgame
382. (tie) @Perun - Moonsorrow - Varjoina Kuljemme Kuolleiden Maassa
382. (tie) @Perun - Murg - Varg & Bjorn
382. (tie) @FTB - Stone Sour - Stone Sour
382. (tie) @Black Wizard - Vuur - In This Moment We Are Free
402. (tie) @FTB - AC/DC - Flick Of The Switch
402. (tie) @mckindog - AC/DC - For Those About To Rock
402. (tie) @phantomoftheicarus - Buckethead - Colma
402. (tie) @Kalata - Krokus - Headhunter
402. (tie) @Collin - Mastodon - Emperor Of Sand
402. (tie) @Magnus - Negura Bunget - OM
402. (tie) @KidInTheDark666 - Papa Roach - Infest
402. (tie) @KidInTheDark666 - Powerwolf - The Sacrament Of Sin
402. (tie) @Diesel 11 - Rammstein - Reise Reise
402. (tie) @Forostar - Samson - Head On
402. (tie) @Saapanael - Satyricon - Nemesis Divina
402. (tie) @Kalata - U.D.O. - Steelfactory
402. (tie) @Spambot - Wardruna - Runaljod (Ragnarok)
419. (tie) @Night Prowler - Anaal Nathrakh - Hell Is Empty, And All The Devils Are Here
419. (tie) @Mosh - Between The Buried And Me - Colors
419. (tie) @Magnus - Enslaved - Vikingligr Veldi
419. (tie) @Lampwick 43 - Haken - Affinity
419. (tie) @Mosh - Haken - The Mountain
419. (tie) @Travis The Dragon - In Flames - Battles
419. (tie) @Travis The Dragon - Stratovarius - Elements
419. (tie) @phantomoftheicarus - Toxic Holocaust - Chemistry Of Consciousness
428. (tie) @Travis The Dragon - Avenged Sevenfold - The Stage
428. (tie) @KidInTheDark666 - Bullet For My Valentine - Fever
428. (tie) @phantomoftheicarus - Discharge - Hear Nothing Say Nothing See Nothing
428. (tie) @Perun - Geist - Galeere
428. (tie) @Saapanael - Godsmack - Faceless
428. (tie) @Perun - Manowar - Into Glory Ride
428. (tie) @Diesel 11 - Marilyn Manson - Antichrist Superstar
428. (tie) @Magnus - Sentenced - North From Here
428. (tie) @Dityn DJ James - Sodom - M-16
428. (tie) @phantomoftheicarus - The Business - Hardcore Hooligan
439. (tie) @Diesel 11 - Amputated - Wading Through Rancid Offal
439. (tie) @Spambot - Dethklok - Dethalbum II
439. (tie) @karljant - Rosetta - Wake/Lift
443. (tie) @Travis The Dragon - As I Lay Dying - An Ocean Between Us
443. (tie) @Midnight - Babymetal - Babymetal
443. (tie) @Kalata - HammerFall - Crimson Thunder
443. (tie) @phantomoftheicarus - Periphery - Periphery III: Select Difficulty
443. (tie) @KidInTheDark666 - Slipknot - Vol. 3 (The Subliminal Verses)
448. @Travis The Dragon - Amaranthe - The Nexus
449. @Jer - Luca Turilli - Prophet Of The Last Eclipse
450. @Lampwick 43 - Sons Of Apollo - MMXX
451. (tie) @Whooten - Death Angel - Act III
451. (tie) @karljant - Samael - Above
453. @Travis The Dragon - Dimmu Borgir - Eonian
454. (tie) @Saapanael - Diabolical Masquerade - Nightwork
454. (tie) @Diesel 11 - Inhumano - Torturas De Almas Oscuras
456. (tie) @karljant - Fear Factory - Demanufacture
456. (tie) @Travis The Dragon - HIM - Venus Doom

Spoiler: Average ranks by MaidenFan of all albums nominated by one MaidenFan and no web site lists

1. @LooseCannon - 192.5 (2 albums)
2. @matic22 - 195 (2 albums)
3. @MrKnickerbocker - 258.5 (4 albums)
4. @Ariana - 259.7 (rounded up, so not a tie) (3 albums)
5. @Forostar - 259.7 (10 albums)
6. @Poto - 264.5 (4 albums)
7. @Collin - 272 (3 albums)
8. @Niall Kielt - 272.5 (2 albums)
9. @Midnight - 277.5 (2 albums)
10. @Lampwick 43 - 279.3 (15 albums)
11. @Black Wizard - 289.8 (12 albums)
12. @Night Prowler - 290.4 (14 albums)
13. @mckindog - 294.7 (7 albums)
14. @The Flash - 297.2 (5 albums)
15. @Jer - 300.6 (7 albums)
16. @The Dissident - 301.2 (6 albums)
17. @Whooten - 301.8 (8 albums)
18. @Magnus - 302.1 (15 albums)
19. @Dityn DJ James - 302.6 (8 albums)
20. @Spambot - 310.1 (7 albums)
21. @Perun - 312.1 (10 albums)
22. @Saapanael - 321.9 (7 albums)
23. @Shmoolikipod - 331.9 (7 albums)
24. @Kalata - 346.7 (7 albums)
25. @srfc - 351 (2 albums)
26. @KidInTheDark666 - 358.8 (8 albums)
27. @karljant - 366.1 (9 albums)
28. @Yax - 366.5 (2 albums)
29. @Diesel 11 - 375.3 (7 albums)
30. @phantomoftheicarus - 376.8 (9 albums)
31. @FTB - 387 (4 albums)
32. @Mosh - 406.7 (3 albums)
33. @Travis The Dragon - 416.8 (9 albums)
34. (tie) @Cornfed Hick - N/A (0 albums)
34. (tie) @Dr. Eddies Wingman - N/A (0 albums)

So, congratulations to @LooseCannon for having the most popular unique picks! Honorable mention to @Forostar for placing so high with such a large number of unique albums.

Shame on @Cornfed Hick and @Dr. Eddies Wingman for not nominating anything unique! And @Travis The Dragon , you officially have the worst taste in unique albums, at least as far as the GMAC crowd is concerned.

Ah that's better.

 

[MindRuler]

@Jer, if you're looking for more stuff to analyze, maybe we can break it down by decade. Like how do the 80s, 90s, 00s, and 10s rank against each other by GMAC performance. Maybe we can even go year by year if you're feeling extra limber and we can see the list of best performing album for each year, chronologically.

Don´t forget the hair length of the vocalist.

 

[Jer]

@Jer, if you're looking for more stuff to analyze, maybe we can break it down by decade. Like how do the 80s, 90s, 00s, and 10s rank against each other by GMAC performance. Maybe we can even go year by year if you're feeling extra limber and we can see the list of best performing album for each year, chronologically.

Sure.

Spoiler: Average album rank by decade

1. 1970s - 177 (37 albums)
2. 1980s - 231.8 (147 albums)
3. 1990s - 305.4 (170 albums)
4. 2000s - 328 (138 albums)
5. 2010s - 345 (89 albums)
6. 1960s - 385.5 (2 albums)
7. 2020s - 450 (1 album)

Fun fact: The average release year across all GMAC albums was 1996.

Spoiler: Highest ranking album by year

1969 - Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin II (#226)
1970 - Black Sabbath - Paranoid (#23)
1971 - Black Sabbath - Master Of Reality (#18)
1972 - Deep Purple - Machine Head (#64)
1973 - Black Sabbath - Sabbath Bloody Sabbath (#50)
1974 - Deep Purple - Burn (#208)
1975 - Black Sabbath - Sabotage (#105)
1976 - Rainbow - Rising (#4)
1977 - Judas Priest - Sin After Sin (#28)
1978 - Judas Priest - Stained Class (#13)
1979 - Motörhead - Overkill (#100)
1980 - Judas Priest - British Steel (#14)
1981 - Black Sabbath - Mob Rules (#44)
1982 - Judas Priest - Screaming For Vengeance (#16)
1983 - Dio - Holy Diver (#22)
1984 - Iron Maiden - Powerslave (#2)
1985 - Helloween - Walls Of Jericho (#43)
1986 - Metallica - Master Of Puppets (#12)
1987 - Guns N' Roses - Appetite For Destruction (#37)
1988 - Iron Maiden - Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son (#1)
1989 - Sepultura - Beneath The Remains (#68)
1990 - Judas Priest - Painkiller (#5)
1991 - Metallica - Metallica (#26)
1992 - Dream Theater - Images And Words (#27)
1993 - Death - Individual Thought Patterns (#58)
1994 - Soundgarden - Superunknown (#85)
1995 - At The Gates - Slaughter Of The Soul (#72)
1996 - In Flames - The Jester Race (#54)
1997 - Bruce Dickinson - Accident Of Birth (#25)
1998 - Bruce Dickinson - The Chemical Wedding (#6)
1999 - Dream Theater - Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes From A Memory (#39)
2000 - Iron Maiden - Brave New World (#10)
2001 - Opeth - Blackwater Park (#19)
2002 - Symphony X - The Odyssey (#147)
2003 - Dream Theater - Train Of Thought (#79)
2004 - Mastodon - Leviathan (#124)
2005 - Opeth - Ghost Reveries (#134)
2006 - Iron Maiden - A Matter Of Life And Death (#9)
2007 - Alter Bridge - Blackbird (#63)
2008 - Opeth - Watershed (#181)
2009 - Be'lakor - Stone's Reach (#127)
2010 - Iron Maiden - The Final Frontier (#111)
2011 - Mastodon - The Hunter (#257)
2012 - Sabaton - Carolus Rex (#143)
2013 - Atlantean Kodex - The White Goddess (#261)
2014 - Behemoth - The Satanist (#175)
2015 - Iron Maiden - The Book Of Souls (#56)
2016 - Megadeth - Dystopia (#203)
2017 - Power Trip - Nightmare Logic (#179)
2018 - Judas Priest - Firepower (#82)
2019 - Tool - Fear Inoculum (#121)
2020 - Sons Of Apollo - MMXX (#450)