To celebrate our 30th anniversary and all the great music that made the past three decades special, MAGNET contributors past and present chose their 30 favorite albums released between 1993 and 2022. The only rules were that each record has to be a full-length and that no artist could be represented more than once in the same incarnation. We’re posting these lists throughout the rest of the year.
Kevin Stewart-Panko, contributing writer
1) God The Anatomy Of Addiction (Big Cat), 1994
2) The Dillinger Escape Plan Calculating Infinity (Relapse), 1999
3) Melt-Banana Cell-Scape (A-Zap), 2003
4) Strung Out Suburban Teenage Wasteland Blues (Fat Wreck Chords), 1996
5) Thought Industry Mods Carve The Pig: Assassins, Toads And God’s Flesh (Metal Blade), 1993
6) Liberteer Better To Die On Your Feet Than Live On Your Knees (Relapse), 2012
7) Vorvaň Once Love Was Lost (Darkened Days/WOOAAARGH), 2016
8) Lightning Bolt Ride The Skies (Load), 2001
9) The Beyond Chasm (EMI), 1993
10) Graf Orlock Destination Time Today (Vitriol), 2009
11) The Young Gods Only Heaven (PIAS/Interscope), 1995
12) Cynic Focus (Roadrunner), 1993
13) Therapy? Troublegum (A&M), 1994
14) Botch We Are The Romans (Hydra Head), 1999
15) Neurosis Through Silver In Blood (Relapse), 1996
16) Isis Oceanic (Ipecac), 2002
17) Baroness Red (Relapse), 2007
18) Torche Torche (Robotic Empire), 2005
19) Godflesh Hymns (Music For Nations/Koch), 2001
20) Foetus Gash (Sony/Columbia), 1995
21) Kreator Gods Of Violence (Nuclear Blast), 2017
22) Converge Axe To Fall (Epitaph), 2009
23) Time In Malta A Second Engine (Equal Vision), 2002
24) Kong Freakçontrol (Roadrunner), 1999
25) Anacrusis Screams And Whispers (Metal Blade), 1993
26) Raw Power Resuscitate (P.I.G.), 2010
27) Wormrot Hiss (Earache), 2022
28) Blood Incanation Hidden History Of The Human Race (Dark Descent), 2019
29) Erdve Savigaila (Season Of Mist), 2021
30) Carcass Torn Arteries (Nuclear Blast), 2021
