METAL ALBUMS POLL 2016 VOTING AND CAMPAIGNING THREAD. [Voting ends Friday December 16 11.59pm GMT]

aye me too

Virus sounds like some sort of goth rock so far.

I wish I could get into Virus, because I am generally first in line for anything Carl-Michael Eide does

It's growing on me.

ya it took me 3 listens for it to click. all about those basslines

its not like it doesnt sound like previous Virus albums so I assume imago and sund4r hadnt heard them before?

had only heard them after the extreme metal...wait was it the 2015-present day poll....one of the polls this year

I assume imago and sund4r hadnt heard them before

I hadn't, you're right.

blood incantation's starspawn is really growing on me

brad I think it was you who first alerted us to Anicon's Exegeses? I caught them on election night and now they are seared into my memory (and list) forever

i have no idea what that is

oh wait, i do, but i completely forgot for some reason. great record

Cast a ballot for seven albums because I didn't want to listen to any more 2016 metal albums. I'll definitely listen to Oneida/Rhys Chatham when I get a chance, though.

thanks, I think we're up to 15 ballots in with a day and a bit to go

None of the regular lurkers have voted yet for some reason so if you're reading please vote.

I usually put lurkers welcome in the title but surely that wouldnt put anyone off because I didn't this time.

oh cronos smith still voted whoever he/she is. Would love to know who it is

I voted :)

youre not a lurker. everyone invite friends to vote if you want

I was just telling you I voted, bad timing on my part I guess

non-lurkers fuck off

Im trying hard to transition into lurker-ness

Anyways, big news from me is Forgotten Spell, which for all its weirdo rep, mostly for the frantic off time drumming that shows up here and there, is just a massively epic metal album. Totally killer.

Listening to Schammasch rn, not as into it, but its pretty good. I'm halfway thinking about putting together a tracks ballot for the main poll now just so I can put "Metanoia" on it... (...but I think this is finally the year I hold fast to my abstaining impulses wrt to that)

Ok and "Above the Stars of God" just came on, second disc of Triangle is p much the sweet spot, huh, Kerr?

oh btw I reiterate this pledge if anyone feels up for an extra layer of tomfoolery

FYI everyone I will be offering a **special metal mystery prize** to whoever most accurately guesses the top 20

*N. Americans only, fuck intercontinental postage

yeah most favour the 2nd disc tho the 3rd ambient disc has almost as many fans
xp

i hope you vote george. under 20 ballots with only one day to go

Any ballot 1 album to 50 albums welcome

Im not getting up early to check out a bunch of '16 metal albums only to not fill out a ballot ;)

You think seandalai will do his usual thing, where voting actually ends whenever he wakes up Saturday morning? All of a sudden I have to work Friday night, too :-/

quite possibly but if he's busy he might want to get the results done straight away how he used to (as did glenn before him) so its maybe best not to second guess as I really dont know.

We are on a strict schedule and need to get the rollout done before everyones packed up for holidays

Hey did I rep the Volur album? Weird, folky doom prog with bass/drums/violin lineup, male and female vocals.

http://volur.bandcamp.com/album/disir

Nope but I think you just did..

Please more recs as clearly most people still have to vote so boosting might help!

Just finished a long drive listening to Metallica and then the Desaster album twice - I already voted but mayb I should've placed the latter even higher. Clearly the best thrash record of the year, and playing it back to back with Hardwired (which I do like!) is interesting. Desaster might be a bit younger (and more indebted to Kreator than Bay Area style) but they've still been doing this for 20+ years, and they are so full-on heads-down aggressive and the singer puts in an amazing performance, the producton is so alive, it's really no contest.

Hey did I rep the Volur album? Weird, folky doom prog with bass/drums/violin lineup, male and female vocals.

What is THIS? So glad you remembered to rep for it.

The Disir are women, powerful spirits. Some wicked, some good, some benign. Mothers, daughters, lovers, murderers, widows and explorers... The white phantom appears as a vision through the forest and stills the hearts of men.

Great concept. Not enough terrifying women so far.

I can think of one

<3

Seriously though, this Völur is stunning. Every doom release should heavily feature piercing violins.

holy shit this is indeed kind of extraordinary

Just voted, managed a 24-album ballot although there are definitely some things towards the end I think are just 'OK with standout moments' and/or which I need to revisit.

Not enough terrifying women so far.

DO check out that Mutterlein album if you haven't!

Every doom release should heavily feature piercing violins.

Couldn't hurt! On the more crusty/black/sludgy side Blood Folke are pretty good and have viola.

http://initrecords.bandcamp.com/album/my-heart-in-the-brilliance-of-fire

I did in fact check out the Mutterlein earlier. It had a great sound, but didn't quite resonate with my primal self like this Völur is doing.

Will certainly give Blood Folke a listen too. Running out of time!

Oh that Blood Folke is from a couple of years ago, btw, just thought I'd mention it!

Shame it doesn't count. It sounds lovely

what the actual hell is this forgotten spell stuff

yet to work out how much i like it but it's unlike anything else

Feel like I'm just stating a lot of opinions with little substance behind them, but I'm loving Forgotten Spell. It's completely mad.

obviously i like it very much, i cannot dislike or even feel neutral about anything this completely unhinged

it's also making me think that i could make a metal album

but would it be this kickass

Voted

This would seriously be threatening the very top of my list had I heard it a couple of weeks earlier. Thank you ultros and DAM for highlighting it. Pure chaos. Weirdly inspiring.

yeah uh this was, in the end, the most metal album

i voted, with my somewhat uninformed ballot of 13 unholy albums

Völur is pretty cool. Doom metal with no guitar is a weird idea.

Om!