people have already made the point, but looking at the first 50, it's such a varied list. I've listened to a lot of metal this year, but half this stuff is unfamiliar to me!― auto focus,
― auto focus,
I always enjoy the lower part of polls for that reason (plus outside of metal poll that is where all the albums I vote forplace) it gives everyone an incentive to vote.
I know lots of you dont even vote in the big ilm poll because you think its pointless as your picks dont make it. But get nominatingILM's 2014 End of Year Albums & Tracks Poll / NOMINATIONS THREAD
and then vote
― Cosmic Slop, Monday, 15 December 2014 21:04 (nine years ago) link
if everyone who votes here voted in the big poll we could easily get 10 albums in the top 77
― Cosmic Slop, Monday, 15 December 2014 21:05 (nine years ago) link
A little less hype this time around as it's more of the same, but I think it's better than the first one, with a few nice heavy psych guitar solos.
― Fastnbulbous, Monday, 15 December 2014 21:06 (nine years ago) link
I will not be surprised if a couple of my more basic black metal noms don't make the countdown. I can see how a lot of people are so over the whole Norwegian second wave (or second wave of the second wave) but I cannot get enough. I'll mention them if they go neglected, obviously.
Also I can't imagine much from my list being of interest to people who don't immerse themselves in metal. Except maybe for Emptiness, oddball band that they are.
― tongues flowering (Devilock), Monday, 15 December 2014 21:07 (nine years ago) link
Everyone eligible should vote in Pazz & Jop too -- it would be extremely easy for just another 15 to 20 people to make a big difference in esults and raise the profile of a few ILM favorites.
― Fastnbulbous, Monday, 15 December 2014 21:07 (nine years ago) link
xp
I think that hurt it in the lists and probably here and maybe the big poll too?
― Cosmic Slop, Monday, 15 December 2014 21:08 (nine years ago) link
not a writer, critic etc so no vote for P&J
48 Mare Cognitum - Phobos Monolith 311 Points, 9 voteshttp://i.imgur.com/0CIUalE.jpghttp://i-voidhangerrecords.bandcamp.com/album/phobos-monolith
― Cosmic Slop, Monday, 15 December 2014 21:32 (nine years ago) link
This one I really enjoyed. Space black metal is a thing now! Great cover too
― ultros ultros-ghali, Monday, 15 December 2014 21:35 (nine years ago) link
didn't get round to checking this out, but his other albums are really good.
― auto focus, Monday, 15 December 2014 21:38 (nine years ago) link
47 Horseback - Piedmont Apocrypha 329 Points, 9 voteshttp://i.imgur.com/dbQaCVm.jpghttp://threelobed.bandcamp.com/album/piedmont-apocrypha
― Cosmic Slop, Monday, 15 December 2014 21:47 (nine years ago) link
oh this is great ^ i just checked it out based on the cover and it's fabulous.
whoever recommended that tzadik blade runner album (coffins on io) was totally otm about me liking it
― Mordy, Monday, 15 December 2014 21:54 (nine years ago) link
Big thumbs up on the Mare Cognitum. I imagine Spectral Lore is coming up soon. Hopefully it will beat out the new Darkspace, which I found kinda boring (even though I usually love their stuff).
― Bloody Pelt Found Near the Scene of the Crime (Skrot Montague), Monday, 15 December 2014 21:55 (nine years ago) link
46 Indian - From All Purity 329 Points, 10 voteshttp://i.imgur.com/sIuRyJ2.jpg
spotify:album:1rFCX8VEjIWN35Oe1evxBEhttp://indiandoom.bandcamp.com/album/from-all-purity
Chicago’s blackened noise nihilists return to scene with their 4th full length album ‘From All Purity’. On ‘From All Purity’ Indian take their infamously hateful aggression to new levels of despair. Now augmented with an even keener sense of harsh noise, all the trademark elements of Indian’s sound have been refined to reach new lows of powerful and punishing anguish. This is the opposite of easy listening.creditsreleased 21 January 2014
― Cosmic Slop, Monday, 15 December 2014 22:00 (nine years ago) link
That's the last one for tonight hope you are enjoying todays albums
remember to subscribe to the playlistspotify:user:pfunkboy:playlist:4DzhT7xPiDI3oy9tWVMGoshttp://open.spotify.com/user/pfunkboy/playlist/4DzhT7xPiDI3oy9tWVMGos
― Cosmic Slop, Monday, 15 December 2014 22:01 (nine years ago) link
shame, was hoping indian would be higher! really underrated group
― auto focus, Monday, 15 December 2014 22:07 (nine years ago) link
yeah they are. I guess going top 50 is good though
― Cosmic Slop, Monday, 15 December 2014 22:23 (nine years ago) link
Recap
102 The Cosmic Dead - Easterfaust 143 Points, 4 votestie100 Autopsy - Tourniquets, Hacksaws and Graves 143 Points, 5 votes100 Lantlos - Melting Sun 143 Points, 5 votes99 Ulaan Markhor - Spiral Horns, Black Onions, et al 144 Points, 4 votes, One #198 Seven that Spells - The Death and Resurrection of Krautrock: IO 146 Votes, 3 voters , One #197 Death Penalty - Death Penalty 146 Points, 5 votes96 Ambergris - Ambergris 147 Points, 3 votes, One #195 Body Count - Manslaughter 147 Points,6 votes94 Monarch - Sabbracadaver 148 Points, 6 votes93 Truckfighters - Universe 152 Points, 5 votes, One #1Tie91 Raspberry Bulbs - Privacy 155 Points, 6 votes91 Coffinworm - IV.I.VIII 155 Points, 6 votes
90 A Pregnant Light - My Game Doesn't Have A Name 156 Points, 4 votes, 1 #189 Conan - Blood Eagle 157 Points, 5 votes88 Wolves In The Throne Room - Celestite 157 Points, 6 votes87 Wo Fat - The Conjuring 158 Points, 5 votes86 Karma To Burn - Arch Stanton 160 Points, 4 votes85 Monster Magnet - Milking the Stars: A Re-Imagining of Last Patrol 160 Points, 5 votes84 At The Gates - At War With Reality 161 Points, 5 votes83 Rigor Mortis - Slaves To The Grave 161 Points, 6 votes82 Hands Of Orlac - Figli Del Crepuscolo 162 Points, 5 votes
TIE80 Saor - Aura 163 Points , 5 votes80 The Great Old Ones - TEKELI-LI 163 Points, 5 votes79 Bongripper - Miserable 163 Points, 6 votes78 The Flight of Sleipnir - V. 168 Points, 4 votes77 Skull Fist - Chasing the Dream 171 Points, 5 votes76 Myrkur - Myrkur 173 Points, 6 votes75 Opeth - Pale Communion 177 Points, 7 votes74 Mournful Congregation - Concrescence Of The Sophia 186 Points, 6 votes73 Petrychor - Makrokosmos 189 Points, 5 votes72 Fallujah - The Flesh Prevails 190 Points, 6 votes71 Inter Arma - The Cavern 190 Points, 7 votes
70 Towers - II 193 Points, 7 votes69 Comet Control - s/t 194 Points, 5 votes , One #1Tie67 AEvangelist - Writhes in the Murk 205 Points, 6 votes67 Shooting Guns - Street Rock 205.0 6 votes 66 Judas Priest - Redeemer of Souls 209 Points, 8 votes65 Wizard Rifle - Here In The Deadlights 210 Points, 6 votes64 Ne Obliviscaris - Citadel 214 Points, 7 votes63 Nadja - Queller 223 Points, 6 votes, One #162 Atlas Moth - The Old Believer 234 Points, 8 votes61 Kayo Dot - Coffins On Io 236 Points, 6 votes
60 The Wounded Kings - Consolamentum 251 Points, 7 votes59 Stargazer - A Merging to the Boundless 255 Points, 7 votes58 Wovenhand - Refractory Obdurate 262 Points, 7 votes57 Woods of Desolation - As the Stars 267 Points, 10 votes56 Teitanblood - Death 270 Points, 9 votes55 Dead Congregation - Promulgation Of The Fall 272 Points, 8 votes54 Fen - Carrion Skies 274 Points, 8 votes53 The Oath - The Oath 274 Points, 9 votes52 Hail Spirit Noir - Oi Magoi 282 Points, 9 votes51 Midnight - No Mercy for Mayhem 290 Points, 8 votes
50 Nachtmystium - The World We Left Behind 297 Points, 9 votes49 Goat - Commune 301 Points, 9 votes48 Mare Cognitum - Phobos Monolith 311 Points, 9 votes47 Horseback - Piedmont Apocrypha 329 Points, 9 votes46 Indian - From All Purity 329 Points, 10 votes
― Cosmic Slop, Monday, 15 December 2014 22:49 (nine years ago) link
Playlist spotify:user:pfunkboy:playlist:4DzhT7xPiDI3oy9tWVMGoshttp://open.spotify.com/user/pfunkboy/playlist/4DzhT7xPiDI3oy9tWVMGos
remember to nominate inILM's 2014 End of Year Albums & Tracks Poll / NOMINATIONS THREAD
― Cosmic Slop, Monday, 15 December 2014 22:51 (nine years ago) link
never heard of Mare Cognitum. looks intriguing.
― charlie h, Monday, 15 December 2014 23:05 (nine years ago) link
Loved their previous album but not heard that one yet
― Cosmic Slop, Monday, 15 December 2014 23:08 (nine years ago) link
Any new discoveries today folks? or thoughts on albums that posted the previous days?
― Cosmic Slop, Monday, 15 December 2014 23:17 (nine years ago) link
Skull Fist is the first discovery to inspire ballot remorse, I have a hard time getting into a lot of old school metal but kind of like last year's Satan album, is so lively and well-written that it's really clicking for me
― anonanon, Monday, 15 December 2014 23:44 (nine years ago) link
glad for teitanblood's death and indian's from all purity, the only albums from my ballot placing at this pointwould def expect at war with reality to be higher, yeah. the rec was good - now can we get a new disfear?great finding about the cosmic dead and most of all wizard rifle
― ostras y cataplana (gaudio), Monday, 15 December 2014 23:53 (nine years ago) link
the cosmic dead are great, yeah. got one of their old cds.
― Cosmic Slop, Tuesday, 16 December 2014 00:03 (nine years ago) link
SKULL FIST
― J3ff T., Tuesday, 16 December 2014 00:40 (nine years ago) link
― j., Tuesday, 16 December 2014 00:44 (nine years ago) link
I feel like Swans and Earth have the best chance at making a dent in the big poll
― wonderful about a proletariat-Vorticist version of James Brown (Drugs A. Money), Tuesday, 16 December 2014 01:40 (nine years ago) link
Any new discoveries today folks? or thoughts on albums that posted the previous days? --Cosmic Slop
really enjoyed that oath album
― franch montana (slothroprhymes), Tuesday, 16 December 2014 01:46 (nine years ago) link
@anonanon: just confirming that your ballot was received and counted
― ticket to rmde (seandalai), Tuesday, 16 December 2014 02:19 (nine years ago) link
My favorite discoveries on the list so far have been Wizard Rifle and Petrychor. And I was excited to see hometown Cleveland heroes Midnight place so high.
― Bloody Pelt Found Near the Scene of the Crime (Skrot Montague), Tuesday, 16 December 2014 02:25 (nine years ago) link
Indian is exactly what I want to hear at the end of this day. Were they considered an emo/hardcore band at any point? They remind me a bit of bands I saw in the late 90s.
― EveningStar (Sund4r), Tuesday, 16 December 2014 03:27 (nine years ago) link
Dylan O'Toole and bassist were from Wrekmeister Harmonies, but I have no idea what they were like. I have The Unquiet Sky (2005) and it's sludge with a bit of noise, nothing too different just less accomplished than the latest.
― Fastnbulbous, Tuesday, 16 December 2014 03:34 (nine years ago) link
!:
Wrekmeister Harmonies, led by musician and composer JR Robinson, is an experimental music collective based in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Named after the Béla Tarr movie Werckmeister Harmonies, it combines elements of drone music, serialism, post-rock, and heavy metal. Wrekmeister Harmonies typically performs a single composition, often almost an hour in length, beginning with a slow build, shifting into a cathartic middle section, concluding with either a peaceful or disquieting resolution
― EveningStar (Sund4r), Tuesday, 16 December 2014 03:37 (nine years ago) link
Wow, second track is even better than the first.
def also have a soft spot for 90s hardcore and I can hear that on the indian record too now that you mention it
― original bgm, Tuesday, 16 December 2014 03:39 (nine years ago) link
mare cognitum kinda bored me after a while but maybe I just wasn't in the mood. but gonna re-visit since y'll seem so psyched on it (and cuz the cover is cool)
― original bgm, Tuesday, 16 December 2014 03:43 (nine years ago) link
skull fist record really is well-crafted
― original bgm, Tuesday, 16 December 2014 03:45 (nine years ago) link
I think this is the third time I'm mentioning Wizard Rifle in this thread -- I want to formally thank the folks who put this thing on their ballot. It's a keeper. Christ almighty. Am I nuts or am I hearing some Cirith Ungol in there? Killer cover art too.
On an unrelated note genre-wise, I had been wondering if any funeral doom surprises would show up in the list this year, but now I'm thinking probably not. Monarch is sort of funeral-y I guess and Mournful Congregation is nice. Were there any other noteworthy funeral doom records this year? Anyone knocked out by anything in that vein?
Can't wait for tomorrow's countdown continuation...
― Bloody Pelt Found Near the Scene of the Crime (Skrot Montague), Tuesday, 16 December 2014 03:55 (nine years ago) link
xps thanks seandalai
Wizard Rifle was my #1, they just keep delivering what I love most in metal, the skillful manipulation of tension and release for maximum drama, relentlessly piling waves of riffs and swirling chaos that suddenly crystallize into towering peaks with a kind of vertiginous clarity only to implode in on themselves
― anonanon, Tuesday, 16 December 2014 04:35 (nine years ago) link
The Oath and Wizard Rifle so far.
I think Guiltess, Indian's last album, is where they made a big leap in their sound, worth checking out.
― auto focus, Tuesday, 16 December 2014 07:22 (nine years ago) link
I liked The Oath a lot, reminded me of like a skeletal, streamlined version of In Solitude
― anonanon, Tuesday, 16 December 2014 07:32 (nine years ago) link
That Great Old Ones record is v good, will be going back to that, ditto Wovenhand. I need to check out Indian, The Oath, SKULL FIST, Fen, the list goes on!
― Ratt in Mi Kitchen (Neil S), Tuesday, 16 December 2014 09:22 (nine years ago) link
Of the few things I've checked out I'd say the Fen album has been my favourite so far, keen to hear the Wovenhand though.
― Gavin, Leeds, Tuesday, 16 December 2014 09:56 (nine years ago) link
Glad everyones enjoying the countdown. Some big albums/bands have started to appear now but can anyone guess the order?
― Cosmic Slop, Tuesday, 16 December 2014 12:28 (nine years ago) link
I'm encouraged by the love for Skull Fist. Hopefully everyone didn't sleep on Dawnbringer.
http://www.angrymetalguy.com/things-might-missed-dawnbringer-night-hammer/
― Fastnbulbous, Tuesday, 16 December 2014 13:40 (nine years ago) link
i havent even seen any reviews for that. Is it actually out?
― Cosmic Slop, Tuesday, 16 December 2014 14:14 (nine years ago) link
45 Primordial - Where Greater Men Have Fallen 333 Points, 11 voteshttp://i.imgur.com/S36OSGe.jpgspotify:album:3PoyHOYbmI7b0wLKz2ztyQ
― Cosmic Slop, Tuesday, 16 December 2014 14:32 (nine years ago) link
Aw jeez. Yes, Dawnbringer has been out and easily available: https://profoundlorerecords.bandcamp.com/album/night-of-the-hammer
― Fastnbulbous, Tuesday, 16 December 2014 15:42 (nine years ago) link
44 The Body - I Shall Die Here 335 Points 10 voteshttp://i.imgur.com/S3kvwfD.jpghttp://thebody.bandcamp.com/album/i-shall-die-here
― Cosmic Slop, Tuesday, 16 December 2014 16:01 (nine years ago) link