Oh xp, sorry - posting from phone. Any order is fine
― dance band (tangenttangent), Sunday, 18 December 2016 02:34 (seven years ago) link
93 Truckfighters - V 116 Points, 4 Voteshttp://i63.tinypic.com/117scd1.jpghttps://open.spotify.com/album/2st5WC99waH8DaN3naNq32spotify:album:2st5WC99waH8DaN3naNq32
― Cosmic Slop, Sunday, 18 December 2016 02:35 (seven years ago) link
still researching Wardruna, that's the other guy from Skuggsja!
― Tom Violence, Sunday, 18 December 2016 02:35 (seven years ago) link
Oh I voted for Truckfighters. One of the bands I discovered in the lower reaches of a previous year's poll. Not as good as Conan or Wo Fat, but still pretty solid.
― Tom Violence, Sunday, 18 December 2016 02:36 (seven years ago) link
You can listen to the Wardruna in any order. I wrote about how they make their instruments here.
I'm happy just to see Lord Vicar, Blood Ceremony and Madder Mortem make the top 100. I've seen lists with either Blood Ceremony or Purson but rarely both, which is odd, as I think they're both great and very close in quality. I saw them both live this year, a couple of my favorite shows. Truckfighters are one of my top five all-time favorite live bands, and am stoked that I'll see them again next month.
― Fastnbulbous, Sunday, 18 December 2016 02:38 (seven years ago) link
Sunwatchers stream: http://www.undertheradarmag.com/news/premiere_sunwatchers_sunwatchers_album_stream/
― illbient microtonal poetry Surbiton (imago), Sunday, 18 December 2016 02:42 (seven years ago) link
That Wardruna writeup kinda lost me at "sunwheel necklace" :/
― Tom Violence, Sunday, 18 December 2016 02:43 (seven years ago) link
92 Atomikylä – Keräily 118 Points, 3 Voteshttp://i65.tinypic.com/122hlzl.jpghttps://open.spotify.com/album/3G8lcItKRyUFlKloluvrU1spotify:album:3G8lcItKRyUFlKloluvrU1
https://atomikyla.bandcamp.com/album/ker-ily
― Cosmic Slop, Sunday, 18 December 2016 02:43 (seven years ago) link
will take it down to #90 tonight
― Cosmic Slop, Sunday, 18 December 2016 02:44 (seven years ago) link
That Atomikylä record looks intense, I'm gonna check that out after the Wardruna.
― Tom Violence, Sunday, 18 December 2016 02:45 (seven years ago) link
xxp I've missed a couple of Madder Mortem records but they're a great band who deserves some goddamn recognition.
Atomikyla record's great, Oranssi Pazuzu dudes (I think?) doing super heavy psych doom.
― rudy githyanki (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Sunday, 18 December 2016 02:45 (seven years ago) link
this section has always been known as the george section fir a reason
― Cosmic Slop, Sunday, 18 December 2016 02:48 (seven years ago) link
Sunwatchers may not be metal, but they have some super heavy psych fusion jamz, which functionally work a bit like super heavy psych doom maybe so go for it
― illbient microtonal poetry Surbiton (imago), Sunday, 18 December 2016 02:50 (seven years ago) link
Sunwatchers reminds me a little of, like, Lightning Bolt. Not metal, per se, but well within bounds of this poll. (Of course, I think Tanya Tagaq is too, and now that I see Dalek made the Terrorizer list, I would've fought harder for him)
― sushi and the banh mis (Drugs A. Money), Sunday, 18 December 2016 02:51 (seven years ago) link
91 Wo Fat - Midnight Cometh 121 Points, 4 Voteshttp://i67.tinypic.com/o8cmj6.jpg
https://open.spotify.com/album/0evEp1io20rWIF32pQ3hStspotify:album:0evEp1io20rWIF32pQ3hSt
https://wofat.bandcamp.com/album/midnight-cometh
― Cosmic Slop, Sunday, 18 December 2016 02:51 (seven years ago) link
My first top 10 to place! I didn't even know this was out until a couple weeks ago but it's really good. I think it's a step down from the last album, but I need to hear it a few more times to be sure.
― Tom Violence, Sunday, 18 December 2016 02:52 (seven years ago) link
Wo Fat and Truckfighters are generally solid. You wont get anything new from them but you wont be letdown.
― Cosmic Slop, Sunday, 18 December 2016 02:57 (seven years ago) link
Last one for tonight up next. Will resume around lunchtime
― Cosmic Slop, Sunday, 18 December 2016 02:59 (seven years ago) link
Who is volunteering this year to post the recaps at the end of the day?
― Cosmic Slop, Sunday, 18 December 2016 03:04 (seven years ago) link
90 Grand Magus - Sword Songs 122 Points, 3 Voteshttp://i.imgur.com/CHFz0aa.jpghttps://open.spotify.com/album/2PUPnMAPQ6zuTu2KzTwfKFspotify:album:2PUPnMAPQ6zuTu2KzTwfKF
Descriptors boastful, fantasy
― illbient microtonal poetry Surbiton (imago), Sunday, 18 December 2016 03:09 (seven years ago) link
I called them as Swedish from the album cover alone btw. What an adorably surly eagle!
― illbient microtonal poetry Surbiton (imago), Sunday, 18 December 2016 03:10 (seven years ago) link
They have been around for years. They used to be an awesome doom band. They went in a more metal direction after the 1st couple and had a decent amount of success. Another band who wont let you down really.
― Cosmic Slop, Sunday, 18 December 2016 03:12 (seven years ago) link
Forgot to listen to that Madder Mortem album after being told they had gotten harder/heavier. I'm so out of it this year that besides the Blood Ceremony I don't know any of the albums posted so far. Lots of ties... that usually means low ballot count. :(
― Frobisher, Sunday, 18 December 2016 03:13 (seven years ago) link
big drop this year. 42 ballots 60 odd last time. Still waiting on the reason theory promised upthread
― Cosmic Slop, Sunday, 18 December 2016 03:14 (seven years ago) link
Maybe the metal bubble's deflating.― rudy githyanki (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Sunday, 18 December 2016 01:53 (one hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post PermalinkI have theories as to why that # is down but maybe let's hash that out another time― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Sunday, 18 December 2016 01:54 (one hour ago)
― rudy githyanki (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Sunday, 18 December 2016 01:53 (one hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
I have theories as to why that # is down but maybe let's hash that out another time
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Sunday, 18 December 2016 01:54 (one hour ago)
― Cosmic Slop, Sunday, 18 December 2016 03:21 (seven years ago) link
nows the time
Recap101 Khthoniik Cerviiks - SeroLogiikal Scars (Vertex of Dementiia) 108 4 198 Abbath - Abbath 109 3 098 Blood Ceremony - Lord Of Misrule 109 3 098 Lord Vicar - Gates of Flesh 109 3 097 Dawnwalker - In Rooms 109 4 095 Madder Mortem - Red In Tooth and Claw 110 4 095 Wardruna - Runaljod - Ragnarok 110 4 094 Sunwatchers - Sunwatchers 112 3 093 Truckfighters - V 116 4 092 Atomikylä - Keräily 118 3 091 Wo Fat - Midnight Cometh 121 4 090 Grand Magus - Sword Songs 122 3 0
― Cosmic Slop, Sunday, 18 December 2016 03:24 (seven years ago) link
I like metal, but trying to keep up with the rolling thread is like trying to hold back the tide. Props to those who can be in the know. Most of the metal I see is more local/regional music. All I can say, is The Stonecutters are my favorite Louisville metal band and are worth checking out. Their guitarists can really rake. Devil to Pay's new LP was good too.
― earlnash, Sunday, 18 December 2016 04:12 (seven years ago) link
If you ever want to pop in on Rolling Metal and say "hey, I feel like listening to stuff that sounds like ______" we'd be happy to help, I'm sure! It is kind of a flood there sometimes.
― rudy githyanki (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Sunday, 18 December 2016 05:03 (seven years ago) link
if i'd heard blood ceremony in time maybe they'd have made my ballot since i really love em (tbh i still haven't heard this album.)
― nomar, Sunday, 18 December 2016 05:16 (seven years ago) link
I love Wo Fat, my favorites being Psychedelonaut (2009) and The Black Code (2012). Some people don't like the vocals, but I always felt Rowlf from the Muppets should front a stoner/blues/psych band. I didn't listen to the new one as much as the others, and I think the Truckfighters album is way better, but it did make my ballot. Fun fact, the Texas band have toured Europe multiple times, but never did a proper U.S. tour, and have never played Chicago.
― Fastnbulbous, Sunday, 18 December 2016 06:24 (seven years ago) link
That is an interesting point about heavy rock. It does seem like there is a whole lot more interest on the other side of the pond than in the US. Kinda sad in a way.
― earlnash, Sunday, 18 December 2016 06:47 (seven years ago) link
Reason for lower turnout isn't simply that we had less time to nom/rep/vote? I don't remember exactly how long it was last year but this felt super abrupt (not blaming it on the pollrunners, I understand that there was no other way).
― Dinsdale, Sunday, 18 December 2016 07:55 (seven years ago) link
I voted for Wardruna but it's really only metal by association. Love it though, slight step down from the second album.
― Siegbran, Sunday, 18 December 2016 10:48 (seven years ago) link
Yeah I think it was a combo of not enough time + more metal available than ever via bandcamp etc. And frankly I don't think the nomination policing helps, either.
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Sunday, 18 December 2016 12:50 (seven years ago) link
Most of the lurkers who have voted for years didn't vote this time.
― Cosmic Slop, Sunday, 18 December 2016 15:02 (seven years ago) link
...and I think one or more of those factors contributed this time.
But hey 40+ ballots for a niche poll with a week for voting is still pretty damn good imo
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Sunday, 18 December 2016 15:04 (seven years ago) link
89 Rotting Christ - Rituals 123 Points, 4 Voteshttp://i.imgur.com/mZaSopi.jpghttps://open.spotify.com/album/4N5BHS8X27bX5wMqVCk83xspotify:album:4N5BHS8X27bX5wMqVCk83x
― Cosmic Slop, Sunday, 18 December 2016 15:07 (seven years ago) link
It is easier for stoner/doom bands in particular to tour Europe than the U.S. However, there are road warriors who manage it, like Truckfighters, Kadavar, Horisont, Mars Red Sky, Ufomammut (finally for the first time ever last year) etc. All the more impressive because many of the members of those bands hold down day jobs. The first tour can be tough, also for more obscure European metal bands, but if they're good enough, it gets easier on subsequent rounds, like for Enforcer. So when bands like Motorpsycho, Colour Haze, Blues Pills, Goatess, Spiders, Jess and the Ancient Ones, Dead Skeletons, Lola Colt, Messenger, Avatarium, Mansion (now there's a festival lineup I'd like to see) never set foot in North America, it's a shame. Has 40 Watt Sun ever come over? Another U.S. band I wish would tour, Magic Circle. Labelmates Khemmis all have full time jobs or are in Ph.D. programs, so they're just playing a few dates in January, Denver in 1/7, Reggie's in Chicago 1/13, St. Vitus in NYC, 1/14, and Fillmore in Philadelphia 4/23 (that's the Decibel Beer & Metal Fest with Sleep, Crypt Sermon, Withered, etc).
Here's the Stoner Hive slow roll so far:http://stonerhive.blogspot.com/
20 The Re-Stoned – Reptiles Return19 Komatsu – Recipe For Murder One18 Baroness – Purple17 Mos Generator – Abyssinia16 Mars Red Sky – Apex III (Praise For The Burning Soul)16 Baby Woodrose – Freedom
― Fastnbulbous, Sunday, 18 December 2016 15:10 (seven years ago) link
Have to admit I haven't heard the Rotting Christ yet, it's always been a good band.
― Siegbran, Sunday, 18 December 2016 15:13 (seven years ago) link
so far this is the best new discovery for me
― illbient microtonal poetry Surbiton (imago), Sunday, 18 December 2016 15:17 (seven years ago) link
Can we vote for the Glenn Branca thing?
― An Alan Bennett Joint (Michael B), Sunday, 18 December 2016 15:19 (seven years ago) link
88 Wrong - Wrong 124 Points, 3 Voteshttp://i.imgur.com/pJ5BmFH.jpghttps://open.spotify.com/album/4M8OATaZhcuAuPlkCQ7Kmuspotify:album:4M8OATaZhcuAuPlkCQ7Kmu
― Cosmic Slop, Sunday, 18 December 2016 15:31 (seven years ago) link
Fans of Meantime era Helmet need to check the Wrong album
― Cosmic Slop, Sunday, 18 December 2016 15:45 (seven years ago) link
87 Melvins - Basses Loaded 126 Points, 4 Voteshttp://i.imgur.com/RxcwDh3.jpghttps://open.spotify.com/album/4GyFbBMotFFGxqNu2jodxlspotify:album:4GyFbBMotFFGxqNu2jodxl
https://melvinsofficial.bandcamp.com/album/basses-loaded
― Cosmic Slop, Sunday, 18 December 2016 15:50 (seven years ago) link
lol the only song I've heard off of this is their version of "Shaving Cream"
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Sunday, 18 December 2016 16:05 (seven years ago) link
I saw the Melvins on this tour because any show from them is worth seeing, but this album is a throwaway.
― Fastnbulbous, Sunday, 18 December 2016 16:11 (seven years ago) link
86 Batushka - Litourgiya 127 Points, 3 Voteshttp://i.imgur.com/EmQA6GY.jpghttps://open.spotify.com/album/06JF5y4HEpmHioTWcqIsBKspotify:album:06JF5y4HEpmHioTWcqIsBK
https://witchinghourproductions.bandcamp.com/album/litourgiya
― Cosmic Slop, Sunday, 18 December 2016 16:14 (seven years ago) link
Dunno this at all
― Cosmic Slop, Sunday, 18 December 2016 16:18 (seven years ago) link