No, We Aren't Making These Bands Up: ILM Metal Poll 2010 Results Thread

Is enthusiasm calculated on "high" votes, regardless of the total number of votes cast?

There are only 6 albums in the whole poll with an Enthusiasm score of 30 or more, and the other 5 are #s 1, 2, 3, 5 and 6!

it may be too early to begin publicly guessing the top 10, but i have ideas ^______^

77
Le Kraken - Exalt (243 Points, 13 Votes)
http://northernbitch.september12doom.com/_home/D7i/itemjpg/item69.jpg
http://www.last.fm/music/Le+Kraken
http://www.myspace.com/krakenrockmusic

The first full length album from French Canadian crushers Kraken has more of the apocalyptic doom/crust/epic rock that they delivered on their EP, while moving further into their own brand of sludgy majesty. Playing that sort of heavy epic progressive-minded hardcore that’s all over the place now, Kraken stand out just for sheer power, injecting plenty of furious crusty heaviness and bleak atmosphere into their doomed riffing and slow-building eruptions of metallic moodiness. French Canadian, but sounding much more like their French brethren across the pond (Omega Massif, Year Of No Light, Overmars), they’ve got all of the massive melodic passages and exploding epic riffage, gruff ferocious roaring vocals (with all of the lyrics in French), pounding mid-tempo hardcore dirges and droning riffs, and some strategically placed eruptions of gloom-heavy thrash and D-beat to satisfy addicts of this sort of sound. It’s equal parts epic crustmetal a la Buried Inside, Tragedy, and From Ashes Rise, and the imposing crush of Isis. There’s a lot of soaring delayed guitar as well, hints of Mono or Explosions In The Sky mixed in with the metallic crush, and the riffs are amazing, memorable and dramatic; each time I listen to this, it keeps reminding me more and more of a much more ferocious and thrashy Year Of No Light. Recommended!
http://www.roboticempire.com/store/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=4879

Enthusiasm is the average points awarded per vote. So if an album got points of 40, 30, 20 and 10, its Enthusiasm would be 25.

Thanks!

I looked at the Hellbeard myspace and there's some bullshit petition thing to get on Roadrunner records. If i were them i'd forget about that shite and send their album to Profoundlore or 20 Buck Spin or even Paradigm-Recordings as I think their album would fit those labels aesthetics far more than Roadrunner and would likely get the attention it deserves from them.

otm

lol can't believe a band called 'Hellbeard' would have some dumb ideas about how to present their music

76
Ramesses - Take the Curse (252 Points, 11 Votes)
http://www.roadburn.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/Ramesses-Take-The-Curse1.jpg
http://open.spotify.com/album/4nKxJcsXhH5dxnpqlJWYmj
http://www.last.fm/music/Ramesses

Spawned in the bleak woodland of Dorset, England, this three-piece has been disfiguring the innards of its army of devoted listeners since 2003 when original Electric Wizard drummer Mark Greening and guitarist Tim Bagshaw hooked up with Adam Richardson (bass + vox), formerly of Lord of Putrefaction, Spirmyard and hexed

Excellent cover. I listened to some of the album a while back and found it boring though.

It's supposed to be a lot better than their previous albums. But people who say they are better than Electric Wizard are deluded.

I like Ramesses' old stuff better, but I've never been that into them. A friend is a huge fan though and thinks this is their best.

is that sleeve Chapman brothers art?

Yeah, Adam from Ramesses is really interesting on the subject of the Chapman Brothers.

I interviewed him last year about it

There are some killer tracks on this album and it was an interesting idea to use a traditional Cuban producer who had never heard any extreme metal to record the album.

Looks like their piece "Hell" to me, the most awesome Games Workshop diorama ever created!

That's a great interview

And j3ff t will approve of the next one..

75
Tweak Bird - Tweak Bird (253 Points, 10 Votes)
http://i1.soundcloud.com/artworks-000001997528-c5x6mx-crop.jpg?6d7a8e
http://open.spotify.com/album/5PrlAUKsGw6eYHGH3LPGdd
http://www.last.fm/music/Tweak+Bird

Tweak Bird is a brother duo consisting of Caleb and Ashton Bird. Produced under the helm of Deaf Nephews (Melvins’ Dale Crover and Altamont’s Toshi Kasai), the duo’s debut is a sweeping seven-song intro to a band exploring the depths of heavy experimental, progressive, and psych-infused rock. A sort of musical Armageddon that’s constantly on the horizon, looming.

How were points supposed to be awarded? I didn't assign any; just sent in a list of albums from first to last (39, I think).

40 points for #1
39 points for #2
38 points for #3

and so on.

so #40 would get 1 point.

74
Celeste - Morte(s) Nee(s) (253 Points, 13 Votes)
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_MmykTbf9oLY/S7OZFrw9c9I/AAAAAAAABPU/kf7fAh8zyEs/s1600/Celeste+-+Morte(s)+Nee(s).jpg
http://www.last.fm/music/Celeste

1.) Celeste is a French band with ex-Mihai Edrisch members. They released their first EP, “Pessimiste(s)”, at the end of November 2006, an album in 2007 entitled “Nihiliste(s)” ,their second full-length, “Misanthrope(s)” was out in in February 2009 and their latest release ‘’Morte(s) Nee(s)’’ in early 2010.

Listen to/Buy album here http://denovali.com/celeste/

I like Tweak Bird but Celeste really hit the spot for me when I want my skin flayed off like the rasta drug dealers in Predator 2.

My review of Morte(s) Nee(s): Dis is pure dread. PURE DREAD... Fucking voodoo magic man.

Post it!

If anyone did reviews of any albums in the poll, please post or link to them!

73
Darkthrone - Circle the Wagons (254 Points, 12 Votes)
http://allmetalresource.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/darkthrone_circlethewagons.jpg
http://www.last.fm/music/Darkthrone

No darkthrone fans about?

I still haven't heard the latest Darkthrone ... But I'm just gonna go ahead say TOO LOW for Tweak Bird!

yeah, I dig darkthrone but haven't spun that one yet either. but I do have a funny feeling that it sounds a lot like the last couple darkthrone records.

72
Fatso Jetson - Archaic Volumes (255 Points, 11 Votes)
http://www.roadburn.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/Fatso-Jetson-Archaic-Volumes.jpg
http://www.last.fm/music/Fatso+Jetson

Fatso Jetson is an American desert rock band from the Palm Desert, California area, formed in 1994 by ex-Yawning Man members Mario and Larry Lalli, along with Tony Tornay. The Lalli cousins are often credited as the fathers of the desert strain of stoner rock later made famous by bands such as Kyuss, Fu Manchu, and Queens of the Stone Age. While musically similar to some of their stoner brethren, Fatso Jetson incorporate a broader variety of musical influences that includes punk and surf.

http://www.myspace.com/fatsojetson

I think Tweak Bird scored so low just because not many people have heard them. Oh well. Hopefully some of the readers of this page will check them out now.

I had never heard of them until jeff mentioned them.

Next one up has a number one vote

71
Cough - Ritual Abuse (256 Points, 13 Votes, 1 #1)
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JT7-q55_p-0/TPlJuPPS74I/AAAAAAAAAU4/I8Gy33X-2-U/s1600/COUGH-Ritual-Abuse-front.jpg
http://www.last.fm/music/Cough

aww yeah... that is an awesome album. Highly recommended for all doom metal fans!

I've seen the Fatso Jetson name before, but it registered as Flotsam and Jetsam and I didn't think I needed a 2010 album by them (shocked to notice that if I did want a 2010 Flotsam and Jetsam record, I could have one!). Also, I thought Tweak Bird was someone following in the wake of Hatebeak.

also that Cough album art is a tarot card reference in case anybody didn't notice -- 5 of swords:

"Defeat, hollow victory, no-win situations, dishonorable behavior, experiencing hostility" -- some things associated with that card according to my tarot card books.

as I said -- Tweak Bird have a terrible name and album cover, but awesome music. I actually voted for them higher than I normally would have in the hopes that they would place.

Anyway, nice to see that 10 people voted for them, hopefully a few of those were people I had managed to turn onto them on the nominations thread.

I am in no doubt that helped esp with the links to the melvins.

70
Intronaut - Valley of Smoke (266 Points, 12 Votes)
http://www.metalsucks.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/valley-of-smoke1.jpeg
http://open.spotify.com/album/1nLvyh30udGGtVOxTnYkB4

http://www.last.fm/music/Intronaut

Intronaut is a band from Los Angeles, California formed in 2004.

They play progressive metal with harsh vocals combined with progressive and jazzy instrumental breaks. Their sound incorporates traits from sludge metal, jazz and death metal.

http://www.intronaut.net

I bet loads love that cover.

the cover is better than the album IMO... but I think the same thing re: Baroness.

had not seen that cover before and was about to write about how much I like it.

^ i predicted that one

Not as good as Prehistoricisms, but still pretty decent. Very dependable band.

fuck i keep forgetting to pick up that Intronaut!

69
Grand Magus - Hammer of the North (270 Points, 13 Votes)
http://i45.tinypic.com/2zh2hc0.jpg
http://open.spotify.com/album/4RuM80jEOeWqnoCufhamIt

http://www.last.fm/music/Grand+Magus
http://www.grandmagus.com
http://myspace.com/grandmagusrocks

Wow I didn't vote for it but I'd have thought this would have placed much higher... it was very prominent on a bunch of E-O-Y lists...

I didn't vote for that Grand Magus album, but I still liked it pretty well. Very solid trad metal band, and not ironically or self-consciously traditional, either. Just straightforwardly straightforward. On some level I feel kind of bad for underrating solidness.