I've already given up hope for a top10 placing for Goatpenis.
― Siegbran, Tuesday, 16 December 2014 19:06 (nine years ago) link
That sole #1 vote for Spectral Lore might have been me, I can't remember. It's like everything I want from modern black metal rolled into one record (albeit a very long one). Love it.
― ultros ultros-ghali, Tuesday, 16 December 2014 19:09 (nine years ago) link
36 Nux Vomica - Nux Vomica 366 Points, 11 voteshttp://i.imgur.com/BG5Vg8i.jpgspotify:album:1M7jKEZHhLo8psVGZolfmbhttp://nuxvomicaband.bandcamp.com/
― Cosmic Slop, Tuesday, 16 December 2014 19:10 (nine years ago) link
did jon/via/chi quit ilx? he usually votes but not this time nor have i seen him post
― Cosmic Slop, Tuesday, 16 December 2014 19:12 (nine years ago) link
Nice Quietus list, glad to see some love for that Bong record.
― ƋППṍӮɨ∏ğڵșěᶉᶇдM℮ (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, December 16, 2014 2:11 PM (1 minute ago)
― Mordy, Tuesday, 16 December 2014 19:12 (nine years ago) link
man, super surprised the horrendous album already showed up. thought that'd be top 10 for sure.
― original bgm, Tuesday, 16 December 2014 19:14 (nine years ago) link
Nux Vomica is fantastic. It grew on me a lot this year. I thought it was a bit patchwork-y at first, long songs cobbled together from unrelated pieces. But whatever, I like "Supper's Ready" too.
― jmm, Tuesday, 16 December 2014 19:15 (nine years ago) link
the second track is fantastic. Neurosis fans should love it
― Cosmic Slop, Tuesday, 16 December 2014 19:25 (nine years ago) link
Listening to a stream of Sweven and this is definitely not a "first time's the charm!" kind of album experience. Sounds interesting though, with lots of little, cool parts. I would need to be in a way more focused mindset to get it.
― Devilock, Tuesday, 16 December 2014 19:27 (nine years ago) link
Nux Vomica was my #3, another album with fantastic tension-build and cathartic release based on coherent, structured song writing not just mindless riff pileup
the payoff riff that kicks in at 9:05 of Choked at the Roots is one my favorite moments of the year, so damn satisfying
― anonanon, Tuesday, 16 December 2014 19:30 (nine years ago) link
35 Have A Nice Life - The Unnatural World 373 Points, 11 voteshttp://i.imgur.com/qZyTjiW.jpgspotify:album:5joOAwc2cphlgIpVq8fhgdhttp://theflenser.bandcamp.com/album/the-unnatural-world
― Cosmic Slop, Tuesday, 16 December 2014 19:31 (nine years ago) link
a suprisingly large portion of the Morbus Chron are those sections of languid clean guitar, I liked it more and more as those grew on me
― anonanon, Tuesday, 16 December 2014 19:33 (nine years ago) link
In a way that I can't quantify, Sweven reminds me, every once in a while, of Opeth's first album; maybe it's the shared Swedish heritage and (probably) shared record collection. The middle part of the album, "It Stretches in the Hollow," "Ripening Life," and "The Perennial Link," are wowing me much more than the preceding tracks.
And I'm gonna have to check out #35 there because I have no idea wtf.
― Devilock, Tuesday, 16 December 2014 19:44 (nine years ago) link
HANL aren't metal at all, more like dour lo-fi shoegaze. Some people seem to think they have black metal elements but I don't hear it. I quite like them though.
― ultros ultros-ghali, Tuesday, 16 December 2014 19:46 (nine years ago) link
Have A Nice Life are great. There was a big buzz around theor 1st album a few years ago and that was the follow up. I have both
― Cosmic Slop, Tuesday, 16 December 2014 19:46 (nine years ago) link
34 Gridlink - Longhena 376 Points, 10 votes , TWO #1s http://i.imgur.com/YjnCFBv.jpghttp://handshakeinc.bandcamp.com/album/longhena
― Cosmic Slop, Tuesday, 16 December 2014 19:47 (nine years ago) link
GRIDLINK
― jmm, Tuesday, 16 December 2014 19:47 (nine years ago) link
brilliant - i heard this way too late to vote. surprised to see it so high
― auto focus, Tuesday, 16 December 2014 19:48 (nine years ago) link
i like what ive heard of Have A Nice Life. but yeah not really metal
― everyday sheeple (Michael B), Tuesday, 16 December 2014 19:50 (nine years ago) link
amazing album, probably the worst cover art of the whole poll though :( xp
― Simon H., Tuesday, 16 December 2014 19:53 (nine years ago) link
the artwork and title make it look like some weird brochure for formula 1
― auto focus, Tuesday, 16 December 2014 19:54 (nine years ago) link
wow this is dope, the cover is terrible but also amusing in that it's totally deceptive
― franch montana (slothroprhymes), Tuesday, 16 December 2014 19:56 (nine years ago) link
nah i love the gridlink art
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Tuesday, 16 December 2014 19:56 (nine years ago) link
I thought Gridlink would approach or even crack the top 10, it's about as accessible as grind gets
― anonanon, Tuesday, 16 December 2014 19:57 (nine years ago) link
Gridlink was my #1. It kind of blew my mind. I didn't know they made grindcore like this.
― jmm, Tuesday, 16 December 2014 19:58 (nine years ago) link
I tried to post a bit ago but site seemed to be down. HANL a cool album, and while we definitely nominated a ton of non-metal, this is not even remotely heavy. Fascinating how it got so many votes! Maybe I should have nominated Dark Blue - Pure Reality along the lines of Beastmilk last year.
― Fastnbulbous, Tuesday, 16 December 2014 20:04 (nine years ago) link
HANL made the poll previously though and have a fair few fans on ilm. Maybe it might make big poll if the shoegaze fans hear it
― Cosmic Slop, Tuesday, 16 December 2014 20:07 (nine years ago) link
33 Witch Mountain - Mobile of Angels 378 Points, 15 voteshttp://i.imgur.com/IwKXuq5.jpgspotify:album:15j8nailz7s4oxlpNjsTDhhttp://profoundlorerecords.bandcamp.com/album/mobile-of-angels
― Cosmic Slop, Tuesday, 16 December 2014 20:10 (nine years ago) link
thought WM would post higher.
― auto focus, Tuesday, 16 December 2014 20:13 (nine years ago) link
Gridlink is suitably insane. I feel like I'm in a Michael Mann or Tony Scott movie while someone fast-forwards an album by The Crown. Not the kind of grind I'm used to but it makes a vivid impression!
I'll end up with a "Top 20 Albums That Should Have Made My Top 10" list.
― Devilock, Tuesday, 16 December 2014 20:15 (nine years ago) link
15 votes is not bad, considering WM didn't get a fraction of the marketing and hype as a lot of other stuff.
― Fastnbulbous, Tuesday, 16 December 2014 20:21 (nine years ago) link
32 Thou - Heathen 392 Points, 12 voteshttp://i.imgur.com/AL4Btn7.jpgspotify:album:1KNPeBXROZ71EG0g4zlt8Bhttp://thou.bandcamp.com/album/heathen
― Cosmic Slop, Tuesday, 16 December 2014 20:32 (nine years ago) link
One more to come after this
finishing tomorrow?
― EZ Snappin, Tuesday, 16 December 2014 20:36 (nine years ago) link
I ranked the Gridlink high but would have ranked it even higher if it had just a bit more of the noise and grit of their last album in it
― anonanon, Tuesday, 16 December 2014 20:37 (nine years ago) link
I'm with Fastnbulbous, I'm kinda amazed that Have A Nice Life finished so high on a thread where the discussion tends to pretty consistently focus on things that are more traditionally metal. I mean, it beat Spectral Lore and Thantifaxath and Horrendous and Primoridial ... that's pretty stunning, imo.
None of which is bad, or a dig at anyone here or the thread, of course.
― alpine static, Tuesday, 16 December 2014 20:38 (nine years ago) link
Siegbran: Thanks for the Wijlen Wij and Ea recommendations up-thread. I'll check them both out. I was one of the folks who voted for Have a Nice Life. I agree that they're not metal at all, but they can be pretty heavy at times. It's cool to see Spectral Lore in the top 40! I adore that album -- think I had it at #3 or #4.
― Bloody Pelt Found Near the Scene of the Crime (Skrot Montague), Tuesday, 16 December 2014 20:39 (nine years ago) link
no, thursday i think. xpunless everyone wants 10 a day so it finishes friday but traditionally I finish it on a thursday as it allows friday for people to discuss it instead of working.
it also allows for extra time if ilx is down or im ill etc
― Cosmic Slop, Tuesday, 16 December 2014 20:40 (nine years ago) link
I think with HANL (and maybe other things like woven hand) is that people really really rate them but theyre quite unknown so want to boost their profile in the poll.
― Cosmic Slop, Tuesday, 16 December 2014 20:43 (nine years ago) link
I love the clarity on this one. It gives the chaos kind of an aerial feel, like it's all set against a beautiful clear blue sky.
― jmm, Tuesday, 16 December 2014 20:48 (nine years ago) link
Here is stereogums top 50 metal albums.
50. Old Man Gloom - The Ape Of God 49. Piss Vortex - Piss Vortex48. Ides Of Gemini - Old World New Wave47. Psalm Zero - The Drain46. Anguish - Mountain45. Incantation - Dirges Of Elysium44. Witch Mountain - Mobile Of Angels43. Yautja - Songs Of Descent42. Ingurgitating Oblivion - Continuum Of Absence41. A Pregnant Light - My Game Doesn’t Have A Name40. Triptykon - Melana Chasmata39. Tombs - Savage Gold38. Diskord - Oscillation37. Sargeist - The Crawling Shadows 36. Jute Gyte - Vast Chains35. Krieg - Transient34. Brutal Blues - Brutal Blues 33. Emptiness - Nothing But the Whole 32. Nasheim - Solens Vemod31. High Spirits - You Are Here30. Couch Slut - My Life As A Woman29. Fluisteraars - Dromers28. Abigor - Leytmotif Luzifer27. Diocletian - Gesundrian 26. Slugdge - Gastronomicon25. Godflesh - A World Lit Only By Fire24. Teitanblood - Death23. Pallbearer - Foundations of Burden22. Falls Of Rauros - Believe In No Coming Shore21. Giant Squid - Minoans20. Gridlink - Longhena19. Panopticon - Roads To The North18. Sivyj Yar - From The Dead Villages' Darkness17. Behemoth - The Satanist16. Thantifaxath - Sacred White Noise15. Indian - From All Purity14. Dead Congregation - Promulgation Of The Fall13. Winterfylleth - The Divination Of Antiquity12. Martyrdöd - Elddop11. Primordial - Where Greater Men Have Fallen10. Artificial Brain - Labyrinth Constellation09. Thou - Heathen08. At The Gates - At War With Reality07. Woods Of Desolation - As The Stars06. Morbus Chron - Sweven05. Agalloch - The Serpent & The Sphere04. Nux Vomica - Nux Vomica03. Horrendous - Ecdysis02. YOB - Clearing The Path To Ascend01. Blut Aus Nord - Memoria Vetusta III - Saturnian Poetry
― satans favourite son, Tuesday, 16 December 2014 21:00 (nine years ago) link
31 Old Man Gloom - The Ape of God I 406 Points, 11 voteshttp://i.imgur.com/sppcUij.jpgspotify:album:5bTs4HY0zZaG7BBUvLtED6http://profoundlorerecords.bandcamp.com/album/the-ape-of-god
― Cosmic Slop, Tuesday, 16 December 2014 21:04 (nine years ago) link
only jute gyte ive seen in any lists has been vast chains.
― Cosmic Slop, Tuesday, 16 December 2014 21:06 (nine years ago) link
so Ape of God I and II are being counted separately?
― anonanon, Tuesday, 16 December 2014 21:07 (nine years ago) link
they were, yes
― Cosmic Slop, Tuesday, 16 December 2014 21:10 (nine years ago) link
<i>I love the clarity on this one. It gives the chaos kind of an aerial feel, like it's all set against a beautiful clear blue sky.
― jmm, dinsdag 16 december 2014 20:48 (23 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink</i>
This is the best description I have read about this album. Missed this poll, but I'm sure I'm gonna put the Gridlink album really high in the regular poll.
Love reading this poll and all the postings and the albums and stuff, but the way.
― Marty8501 (Marty Innerlogic), Tuesday, 16 December 2014 21:16 (nine years ago) link
Shit, html.
― Marty8501 (Marty Innerlogic), Tuesday, 16 December 2014 21:17 (nine years ago) link
The output of music from the Cave In guys is astounding.. it mind boggling, actually.
― SeanWayne, Tuesday, 16 December 2014 21:21 (nine years ago) link
i had a Cave In CD back in the day ... what bands are they in now?
― alpine static, Tuesday, 16 December 2014 21:26 (nine years ago) link
RECAP102 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 votes45 Primordial - Where Greater Men Have Fallen 333 Points, 11 votes44 The Body - I Shall Die Here 335 Points 10 votes43 Thantifaxath - Sacred White Noise 337 Points, 9 votes42 Eyehategod - Eyehategod 339 Points, 11 votes41 Horrendous - Ecdysis 349 Points, 9 votes
40 Boris - Noise 353 Points, 11 votes39 Dawnbringer - Night of the Hammer 356 Points, 11 votes38 Morbus Chron - Sweven 358 Points , 10 votes, One #137 Spectral Lore - III 360 Points, 12 votes, One #136 Nux Vomica - Nux Vomica 366 Points, 11 votes35 Have A Nice Life - The Unnatural World 373 Points, 11 votes34 Gridlink - Longhena 376 Points, 10 votes , TWO #1s 33 Witch Mountain - Mobile of Angels 378 Points, 15 votes32 Thou - Heathen 392 Points, 12 votes31 Old Man Gloom - The Ape of God I 406 Points, 11 votes
― Cosmic Slop, Tuesday, 16 December 2014 21:27 (nine years ago) link