>When Close-Up Magazine celebrated their 100th issue they published a list of their favourite albums released since 1991 (when issue #1 was released). I love lists of all kinds, so of course I had to do one myself.

One rule: One album per band.
Note: The list is only sorted somewhat by genres, otherwise in no particular order.

Indy’s Top 40 albums 1991 – 2008

01. Wu-Tang Clan – Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)
02. Smut Peddlers – Porn Again
03. Dr. Octagon – Ecologyst
04. Gang Starr – Moment of Truth
05. Mobb Deep – The Infamous
06. The Goats – Tricks of The Shade
07. The Terror Show – S/T
08. Dissection – Storm of The Light’s Bane
09. Deathspell Omega – Si Monumentum Requires Circumspice
10. Funeral Mist – Salvation

11. Mayhem – De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas
12. Darkthrone – A Blaze In The Northern Sky
13. Nifelheim – Servants of Darkness
14. Watain – Sworn To The Dark
15. Master’s Hammer – The Jilemnice Occultist
16. Dinosaur Jr – Where You Been
17. Stereolab – Switched On
18. Björk – Homogenic
19. Beck – One Foot In The Grave
20. Svarte Greiner – Knive

21. Proiekt Hat – Lebensunwertes Lebens
22. Erik Enocksson – Farväl Falkenberg
23. Flesh Quartet – Love Go
24. Morte Macabre – Symphonic Holocaust
25. Plastikman – Sheet One
26. The Sabres of Paradise – Sabresonic
27. Entombed – Clandestine
28. Autopsy – Mental Funeral
29. Opeth – Still Life
30. Repugnant – Epitome of Darkness

31. At The Gates – Slaughter of The Soul
32. Mastodon – Leviathan
33. Neurosis – Souls At Zero
34. Today Is The Day – In The Eyes of God
35. Faith No More – Angel Dust
36. Primus – Sailing The Seas of Cheese
37. Turbonegro – Ass Cobra
38. His Hero Is Gone – Monuments To Thieves
39. Swans – Soundtracks For The Blind
40. Jex Thoth – S/T

And here are another 40 albums that could’ve easily made it onto the first list. I know it’s cheating, but who cares…

01. Earth – The Bees Made Honey In The Lion’s Skull
02. Brainbombs – Urge To Kill
03. Aphex Twin – Selected Ambient Works II
04. Sunn0)))/Boris – Altar
05. Godspeed You Black Emperor – f# a# oo
06. Deutsch Nepal – Benevolence
07. Brighter Death Now – Great Death box set
08. B12 – Time Tourist
09. Goldie – Timeless
10. Massive Attack – Protection

11. Souls of Mischief – ´93 Til Infinity
12. Group Home – Livin’ Proof
13. Nas – Illmatic
14. The Pharcyde – Bizarre Ride II The Pharcyde
15. Kool Keith – Sex Style
16. Loop Troop – A Modern Day City Symphony
17. Rage Against The Machine – S/T
18. Seigmen – Total
19. Pearl Jam – Ten
20. Nirvana – Nevermind

21. Candlemass – From The 13th Sun
22. Audionom – Retrospektiv
23. Fingerspitzengefühl – Happy Doomsday
24. Voivod – Phobos
25. Celtic Frost – Monotheist
26. Murder Squad – Unsane, Insane And Mentally Deranged
27. Morbid Angel – Blessed Are The Sick
28. Brutal Truth – Extreme Conditions Demand Extreme Responses
29. God Macabre – The Winterlong
30. Archgoat – Whore of Bethlehem

31. Immortal – Pure Holocaust
32. Witch – S/T
33. Counterblast – Balance of Pain
34. Disfear – Soul Scars
35. Loud Pipes – The Downhill Blues
36. Arsedestroyer – Teen Ass Revolt
37. Poison Idea – Blank Blackout Vacant
38. Antony & The Johnsons – I Am A Bird Now
39. Stina Nordenstam – People Are Strange
40. bob hund – S/T (the 1994 album)