Pretty good placing for Apostle of Solitude, a solid doom album that I didn't think got that much attention. Some complain about the vocals approaching that sort of melodic post-grunge/nu-metal grey area, but I like 'em.
― Fastnbulbous, Wednesday, 17 December 2014 16:00 (nine years ago) link
So this is where all the #metalgate pish started
http://www.deathmetal.org/article/metalgate/
― Cosmic Slop, Wednesday, 17 December 2014 16:03 (nine years ago) link
and metalsucks reply http://www.metalsucks.net/2014/12/15/what-the-fck-is-metalgate/
love the metal sucks reply
So I started digging into it. The term was apparently coined by Death Metal Underground, and seeks to draw a parallel with #gamergate by alleging that Social Justice Warriors (SJWs) are attacking metal to cleanse it of everything that makes it what the author thinks it is and should be: angry, misogynystic, homophobic music for conservative white people.
― Cosmic Slop, Wednesday, 17 December 2014 16:05 (nine years ago) link
It's about anti-ethics in metal journalism.
― jmm, Wednesday, 17 December 2014 16:14 (nine years ago) link
it's all amount a small amount of sexist homophobic racist cunts latching on to that #gamergate pish
― Cosmic Slop, Wednesday, 17 December 2014 16:18 (nine years ago) link
poor m@tt first they try to ruin his gaming and now his music. Guy cant catch a break.
― Cosmic Slop, Wednesday, 17 December 2014 16:19 (nine years ago) link
anyway lets get back to the music
tho m@tt must be dreading the inevitable #rapgate that is going to happen at some point.
― Cosmic Slop, Wednesday, 17 December 2014 16:22 (nine years ago) link
this next placing was the pre-Torche band who reformed and made a new album
27 Floor - Oblation 434 Points, 14 voteshttp://i.imgur.com/peItZz4.jpgspotify:album:6TRu1SImiHmeXNxUGPRYgChttp://officialfloor.bandcamp.com/album/oblation
Wish I could have afforded that Floor vinyl box set from a few years ago
― Cosmic Slop, Wednesday, 17 December 2014 16:28 (nine years ago) link
so, am i wrong in thinking that if you struck every doom/stoner/psyche/post/ambient title from this list, you'd have about ten albums left?
― Adding ease. Adding wonder. Adding (contenderizer), Wednesday, 17 December 2014 16:38 (nine years ago) link
and Thantifaxath would prevail!
― Dominique, Wednesday, 17 December 2014 16:39 (nine years ago) link
yeah seems like a bunch of stuff i cared about already placed in the 50-30 range, huh
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Wednesday, 17 December 2014 16:45 (nine years ago) link
tbfadam thats 5 subgenres. Metal hasn't been one subgenre since before I was born
― Cosmic Slop, Wednesday, 17 December 2014 16:48 (nine years ago) link
and some of the high profile death metal fan posters dont vote
and nor did you :P
― Cosmic Slop, Wednesday, 17 December 2014 16:49 (nine years ago) link
Is Fuck the Facts grindcore? If so, I think they're still the only grindcore band I like.
― EveningStar (Sund4r), Wednesday, 17 December 2014 16:49 (nine years ago) link
something non doom, stoner, psych, black, ambient, shoegaze up next btw
― Cosmic Slop, Wednesday, 17 December 2014 16:50 (nine years ago) link
(Ha, was about to post "That would be striking five subgenres from a 102-album list!":P)
― EveningStar (Sund4r), Wednesday, 17 December 2014 16:51 (nine years ago) link
Enjoying Thou.
oh, forgot vader in that list up there. strike young & in the way so i can pretend-vote for vader.
― Adding ease. Adding wonder. Adding (contenderizer), Wednesday, 17 December 2014 16:52 (nine years ago) link
26 Swans - To Be Kind 441 Point, 13 voteshttp://i.imgur.com/JQyl2Nt.jpghttp://open.spotify.com/album/1Nt5SpidxOjgIpTrhrfwAFhttp://swans.bandcamp.com/album/to-be-kind
― Cosmic Slop, Wednesday, 17 December 2014 16:52 (nine years ago) link
xp yeah, thou-dude's vocals have always bugged me, but everything else about heathen won me over. now i even like the vocals.
― Adding ease. Adding wonder. Adding (contenderizer), Wednesday, 17 December 2014 16:55 (nine years ago) link
Wish I could have afforded that Floor Ulver vinyl box set from a few years ago this year
:/
but yeah, Floor too
― Adding ease. Adding wonder. Adding (contenderizer), Wednesday, 17 December 2014 16:57 (nine years ago) link
something non doom, stoner, psych, black, ambient, shoegaze metal up next btw
― Cosmic Slop, Wednesday, December 17, 2014 4:50 PM (6 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
;)
― imago, Wednesday, 17 December 2014 16:57 (nine years ago) link
hey adam I'm getting that Ulver box for xmas :)
― Cosmic Slop, Wednesday, 17 December 2014 16:59 (nine years ago) link
we're about to enter the Top 25. Hope everyone is suitably excited.
― Cosmic Slop, Wednesday, 17 December 2014 17:00 (nine years ago) link
I'm hitting the road for northern Wisconsin. Will try to have my wife read me updates while I'm driving. So if my phone battery dies and we get stranded in a blizzard and die, it's all y'all's fault.
― Fastnbulbous, Wednesday, 17 December 2014 17:07 (nine years ago) link
im sure hell has wifi
― Cosmic Slop, Wednesday, 17 December 2014 17:08 (nine years ago) link
xxxp jealousbutstillhappyforyou face
― Adding ease. Adding wonder. Adding (contenderizer), Wednesday, 17 December 2014 17:09 (nine years ago) link
http://hell_wisconsin.livejournal.com
― imago, Wednesday, 17 December 2014 17:10 (nine years ago) link
25 Today is the Day - Animal Mother 460 Points, 11 Votes, TWO #1shttp://i.imgur.com/gWJUhLu.jpgspotify:album:5GneBbqzhQ9Smj1biPjDXWhttp://todayistheday.bandcamp.com/album/animal-mother
― Cosmic Slop, Wednesday, 17 December 2014 17:10 (nine years ago) link
Glad to see this place.
http://www.kerrang.com/26297/top-50-rock-metal-punk-albums-2014/
― Cosmic Slop, Wednesday, 17 December 2014 17:12 (nine years ago) link
mirrors our top 50 exactly
― Cosmic Slop, Wednesday, 17 December 2014 17:16 (nine years ago) link
All #1 voters should be obligated to show up at the right moment to defend their picks.
― jmm, Wednesday, 17 December 2014 17:28 (nine years ago) link
you think today is the day did not deserve 2 #1 votes?
― Cosmic Slop, Wednesday, 17 December 2014 17:30 (nine years ago) link
24 Solstafir - Otta 465 Points, 14 voteshttp://i.imgur.com/WuLGm20.jpgspotify:album:48YUS7Bb70nhn7bLMY7CSChttp://solstafir.bandcamp.com/album/tta
great album this
― Cosmic Slop, Wednesday, 17 December 2014 17:34 (nine years ago) link
I mean, I'm glad the ILM metal polls have the slant they do. Afaict, most metal lists don't really intersect with my tastes nearly as much as these tend to. I think it was the 07 poll or so that got me to realize that, often, what I sought in contemporary rock music was most present in certain branches of metal (or else in niches that are categorized as "jazz").
― EveningStar (Sund4r), Wednesday, 17 December 2014 17:38 (nine years ago) link
^this
feeling a bit bad for not voting Jute Gyte into this rundown, obv, sorry Sund4r. wd have been 1 & 2 for me even i dare say if i'd heard every single album here
― imago, Wednesday, 17 December 2014 17:39 (nine years ago) link
you said that last year LJ!
― Cosmic Slop, Wednesday, 17 December 2014 17:41 (nine years ago) link
I think there was a post on the nominations thread that summed it up along the lines of its a poll of albums the ilx metal fans like rather than just a "metal" poll.
― Cosmic Slop, Wednesday, 17 December 2014 17:42 (nine years ago) link
Ha, I didn't nominate Bill Frisell or Owen Pallett, though.
― EveningStar (Sund4r), Wednesday, 17 December 2014 17:45 (nine years ago) link
Solstafir seem cool. I need to give it more listens.
Did anyone follow prog-rock this year? I only heard one thing I really liked, this band Gazpacho: https://soundcloud.com/kscopemusic/sets/gazpacho-demon
― jmm, Wednesday, 17 December 2014 17:46 (nine years ago) link
Any Trouble fans in the house?
― Cosmic Slop, Wednesday, 17 December 2014 17:47 (nine years ago) link
23 The Skull - For Those Which Are Asleep 489 Points, 13 voteshttp://i.imgur.com/HsUrZPE.jpgspotify:album:2LBdt08fhIzXNtbSlz7ZC7
The Skull is a doom metal band founded by three former members of Trouble, vocalist Eric Wagner, bassist Ron Holzner and drummer Jeff "Oly" Olson. In May 2012, Olson departed from The Skull due to his desire to "wait for a real Trouble reunion with original members or not play Trouble's music at all." However, on August 19th, 2013 Olson rejoined The Skull stating, "I want to rock again." [1] The Skull performs a large portion of Trouble's first two pioneering doom metal albums; Psalm 9 and self-titled The Skull; and perform a large catalogue of several other Trouble classics.
This 'comeback' was a wonderful surprise