this poll goes to 11
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Wednesday, 17 December 2014 20:27 (nine years ago) link
lol five of the same joke upthread
In honour of taking it to 11 you guys need to watch this while i get the album pics and links
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sAz_UvnUeuU
― Cosmic Slop, Wednesday, 17 December 2014 20:28 (nine years ago) link
is it metal
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Wednesday, 17 December 2014 20:31 (nine years ago) link
Vast Chains almost threw me off JG altogether. Too slow, really. I put it on the bottom of my ballot just for the integrity of its nightmarish soundworld.
Contenderizer, if you're at all interested, I found Ressentiment much more palatable. Maybe thatd be more your thing...? Of course I really like Discontinuities as well...
― wonderful about a proletariat-Vorticist version of James Brown (Drugs A. Money), Wednesday, 17 December 2014 20:31 (nine years ago) link
youre the first person ive met that thinks its better than vast chains
― Cosmic Slop, Wednesday, 17 December 2014 20:34 (nine years ago) link
16 Botanist - Vi: Flora 619 Points, 18 votes, One #1http://i.imgur.com/JKPJztM.jpgspotify:album:2alalNFu3Ah449CIyPqiWphttp://theflenser.bandcamp.com/album/vi-flora
― Cosmic Slop, Wednesday, 17 December 2014 20:35 (nine years ago) link
yayyyyy! my number one. i love everything about this, the music, the artwork, the eco terror concept
― auto focus, Wednesday, 17 December 2014 20:36 (nine years ago) link
i think i forgot to vote for this but i would have
― everyday sheeple (Michael B), Wednesday, 17 December 2014 20:36 (nine years ago) link
"stargazer" is such a great track
― everyday sheeple (Michael B), Wednesday, 17 December 2014 20:38 (nine years ago) link
i haven't heard it but i like the look of it! what does it sound like? are there words?
― vigetable (La Lechera), Wednesday, 17 December 2014 20:38 (nine years ago) link
btw this year we did get a placing with 666 points incase anyone was wondering
― Cosmic Slop, Wednesday, 17 December 2014 20:38 (nine years ago) link
the botanist album is awesome
xp hammered dulcimer black metal
― auto focus, Wednesday, 17 December 2014 20:40 (nine years ago) link
fyi that Alcest album fucking rules and I've played "Deliverence" to death this year
all "metal" should be shoegaze IMO
― the farakhan of gg (DJP), Wednesday, 17 December 2014 20:40 (nine years ago) link
the lyrics are mixed low on this one.
i think you can guess who voted it #1 now
― Cosmic Slop, Wednesday, 17 December 2014 20:40 (nine years ago) link
(Alcest)
― Cosmic Slop, Wednesday, 17 December 2014 20:41 (nine years ago) link
Oh wow. I had no idea that the dude behind Botanist is the dude behind Maelstron zine. Roberto (Martinelli) = Otrebor. Huh.
― Devilock, Wednesday, 17 December 2014 20:42 (nine years ago) link
maelstrom, rather
― Devilock, Wednesday, 17 December 2014 20:43 (nine years ago) link
edit: the guy who was behind Maelstrom zine, I should say. I'm out of the loop. Used to read that zine all the time, though. They had massive amounts of reviews and god knows how much I discovered through them.
― Devilock, Wednesday, 17 December 2014 20:45 (nine years ago) link
xpost i generally love shoegaze-metal too, Dan. just thought it was a bit too soft for my liking. ill go back and give it another try though.
― everyday sheeple (Michael B), Wednesday, 17 December 2014 20:45 (nine years ago) link
Botanist sure is good.
― Frobisher, Wednesday, 17 December 2014 20:47 (nine years ago) link
the other otrebor band, lotus thief, is worth checking too
― auto focus, Wednesday, 17 December 2014 20:47 (nine years ago) link
I'm not that fussed about a few tracks on Shelter though it's still a good listen, but if we had a tracks poll I probably would have voted Voix Sereines #1. So beautiful.
The Botanist album is lush as well.
― ultros ultros-ghali, Wednesday, 17 December 2014 20:48 (nine years ago) link
ty for the tip.
― Frobisher, Wednesday, 17 December 2014 20:48 (nine years ago) link
i should dig a little deeper, yeah. albums that combine some component of intriguing attractiveness with utter (initial) inaccessibility often wind up becoming favorites in the long run. like i finally figured out how to hear colored sands this year. now i'm baffled by how "unlistenable" it first seemed.
― Adding ease. Adding wonder. Adding (contenderizer), Wednesday, 17 December 2014 20:49 (nine years ago) link
After my first listenthrough (of Shelter) I felt like I'd found a long-lost Catherine Wheel album
I then listened to it about 50 more times
― the farakhan of gg (DJP), Wednesday, 17 December 2014 20:50 (nine years ago) link
this emptiness album is cool as hell. did anybody else dig howls of ebb's visions of the third eye?
― Adding ease. Adding wonder. Adding (contenderizer), Wednesday, 17 December 2014 20:51 (nine years ago) link
15 Sunn O))) & Ulver - Terrestrials 621 Points, 17 votes, One #1http://i.imgur.com/kfuJNWU.jpgspotify:album:1boq333z569Vu7VICUjqXOhttp://sunnulversl.bandcamp.com/
― Cosmic Slop, Wednesday, 17 December 2014 20:53 (nine years ago) link
huh
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Wednesday, 17 December 2014 20:53 (nine years ago) link
okay?
Listened to that the other weekend. It holds up quite well.
― Humorist (horse) (誤訳侮辱), Wednesday, 17 December 2014 20:55 (nine years ago) link
yeah it's good i just wouldn't rate it over most of the records that have already appeared
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Wednesday, 17 December 2014 20:56 (nine years ago) link
I think if there had been one more track to make it longer then maybe more may have liked it
― Cosmic Slop, Wednesday, 17 December 2014 20:58 (nine years ago) link
I didn't like it. Sounded like some dark ambient thing I'd download from the old version of mp3.com
― Frobisher, Wednesday, 17 December 2014 21:00 (nine years ago) link
did anybody else dig howls of ebb's visions of the third eye?
I remember listening to it at least once, thinking it was really good and definitely different, then for whatever reason forgetting about it for the rest of the year. I have a feeling that if I listen to it now it'll become another of those "shoulda made my list" albums.
That label, I, Voidhanger, has cool things.
― Devilock, Wednesday, 17 December 2014 21:01 (nine years ago) link
sunnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
― J3ff T., Wednesday, 17 December 2014 21:02 (nine years ago) link
xp - otm, i'd never noticed i, void before this year, but four of their releases wound up making my list
― Adding ease. Adding wonder. Adding (contenderizer), Wednesday, 17 December 2014 21:04 (nine years ago) link
There's something off-putting about Ulver and I can't really identify it but it makes me not want to listen to them. I think they think what they're doing is way more interesting than it actually is.
I sound like Peter Griffin: IT INSISTS ON ITSELF.
― Devilock, Wednesday, 17 December 2014 21:04 (nine years ago) link
14 Panopticon - Roads to the North 654 Points, 18 votes , One #1http://i.imgur.com/hC2RBbt.jpgspotify:album:3Wj3kaoFezsJQrPAkgi4a6http://thetruepanopticon.bandcamp.com/album/roads-to-the-north
― Cosmic Slop, Wednesday, 17 December 2014 21:05 (nine years ago) link
I'm with J3ff on Sunnzzzzzzz. Was the other Sunn record nominated? Are we gonna get that one in the top 10?
― EZ Snappin, Wednesday, 17 December 2014 21:06 (nine years ago) link
panopticon record isn't for me but even then i can tell it's special
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Wednesday, 17 December 2014 21:06 (nine years ago) link
I, Voidhanger released the Midnight Odyssey album a few years back (Funerals from the Astral Sphere), and I still maintain it's one of the best albums of the decade so far. https://i-voidhangerrecords.bandcamp.com/album/funerals-from-the-astral-sphere "> https://i-voidhangerrecords.bandcamp.com/album/funerals-from-the-astral-sphere
― J3ff T., Wednesday, 17 December 2014 21:06 (nine years ago) link
feel free to predict the top 10
― Cosmic Slop, Wednesday, 17 December 2014 21:07 (nine years ago) link
Well, I fucked up that formatting.
― J3ff T., Wednesday, 17 December 2014 21:07 (nine years ago) link
I thought you were quoting Vision Creation Newsun.
― jmm, Wednesday, 17 December 2014 21:08 (nine years ago) link
i can see why someone would think this but uh blood inside is one of the best records ever made, so many things going on at once on that record
their collab with sunn is a little snoozy but i'm generally underwhelmed by collab albums of that nature
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Wednesday, 17 December 2014 21:08 (nine years ago) link
funny that a decibel scribe doesnt like sunn o))) is it a clause albert insists on?
― Cosmic Slop, Wednesday, 17 December 2014 21:09 (nine years ago) link
I think it's a clause reality insists on.
― J3ff T., Wednesday, 17 December 2014 21:09 (nine years ago) link