lol sorry to be a bummer about this part of the list, seeing agalloch live at deathfest crystallized why i don't like them
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Thursday, 18 December 2014 19:18 (nine years ago) link
Which is...? I'm curious.
― EZ Snappin, Thursday, 18 December 2014 19:19 (nine years ago) link
i mean most of my criticisms amount to "they're boring"
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Thursday, 18 December 2014 19:20 (nine years ago) link
I've only listened to Soused once but I seriously doubt I'm going to like it near as much as Bish Bosch, Tilt and Drift. Not that that's a big deal really. Bish Bosch was so much fun (for a surprising amount of the duration).
I really appreciate these voted metal lists, I'm so far out the loop now I can't imagine keeping up with all this, even in years to come. Just keeping my fingers crossed that between these and the RYM genre lists, I'll be able to get to all the sounds I want to hear most. Ne Obliviscaris sounds intriguing.
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Thursday, 18 December 2014 19:20 (nine years ago) link
I'm really shocked so many people like that slog of an EW record. They've done really good work in the past, and the fact that people seemingly can't tell good EW from bad is a fucking bummer.
― Humorist (horse) (誤訳侮辱), Thursday, 18 December 2014 19:22 (nine years ago) link
3 Agalloch - The Serpent & the Sphere 1165 Points, 31 votes, Three #1shttp://i.imgur.com/T3eXiay.jpgspotify:album:5Jsktg0XuRYrH3vVXPJhcGhttp://agalloch.bandcamp.com/album/the-serpent-the-sphere
― Cosmic Slop, Thursday, 18 December 2014 19:23 (nine years ago) link
fuck this thread moves fast : xpost.
re electric wizard :
i suspect i will succumb and buy this next year.
most of the bad reviews tended to come from those who were fb friends with the ex drummer funnily enough
hahah : i.e. this is the evidence that someone is wayyyyy to close to the source/detail.
that said, its kinda what i love re threads like this ..
there is always someone on ILM that knows way too much re a release.
― mark e, Thursday, 18 December 2014 19:24 (nine years ago) link
not talking about ilxors btw mark
― Cosmic Slop, Thursday, 18 December 2014 19:25 (nine years ago) link
i know.but my point generally stands.
― mark e, Thursday, 18 December 2014 19:28 (nine years ago) link
i did like the new EW but i found the last one compulsively listenable so i just couldn't get with the new one in the same way
― j., Thursday, 18 December 2014 19:29 (nine years ago) link
i bought The Oath album yesterday bc of this thread, thanks guys. death penalty is probably next up for me.
― LIKE If you are against racism (omar little), Thursday, 18 December 2014 19:29 (nine years ago) link
i bought The Oath album yesterday bc of this thread,
ha. me too - nearly.
instead i got baroness blue/yellow/green (been wanting them for ages), and mastodon 'the hunter'.
so, yeah, this thread has totally put my current listening needs into a new groove
my kids are hating it, but f*ck'em.
― mark e, Thursday, 18 December 2014 19:33 (nine years ago) link
anyone else feel like the sequencing on this Agalloch album was bizarre? starting with a 10 min slo mo dirge is one thing but then following that with an acoustic instrumental interlude...
― anonanon, Thursday, 18 December 2014 19:37 (nine years ago) link
seeing agalloch live kinda soured me on em as well. never bothered with this record, prob haven't listened to em since then.
― original bgm, Thursday, 18 December 2014 19:44 (nine years ago) link
What a great time to have to spend two hours dealing with my wireless provider!
But then I look at the top 10 and maybe mean that nonsarcastically. Haha, well, at least there was some black metal in the Darkspace, there. Also, I thought Melana Chasmata was kind of a step down from the last one (but how couldn't it be).
I'll be sure to check out some of this doomy stuff. I still need to actually hear the lauded earlier stuff. And I have yet to hear a single Yob song; the track lengths look a little daunting, but hopefully I my preconceived notion of what they sound like turns out to be false and those 10+ minute sprawlers will be as engrossing as I find older Opeth -- or for that matter, Darkspace.
Onward!
― Devilock, Thursday, 18 December 2014 19:46 (nine years ago) link
^still need to hear the lauded earlier stuff of Electric Wizard, he meant to say
― Devilock, Thursday, 18 December 2014 19:47 (nine years ago) link
I quite like Yob, not even in my top 20 of the year but it's doom with a bit of character, at least
― ultros ultros-ghali, Thursday, 18 December 2014 19:48 (nine years ago) link
The sequencing is definitely weird on the Agalloch, and as much as I generally love Billy Anderson's production work, it just doesn't seem to suit them on this album. Also, "Marrow of the Spirit" seemed really inspired and dynamic; the new one just seems kinda lackluster, in pretty much all ways. Obviously us detractors are in the minority, though, because #3 -- wow.
― Bloody Pelt Found Near the Scene of the Crime (Skrot Montague), Thursday, 18 December 2014 19:48 (nine years ago) link
I can see why people find Agalloch boring but they bring the atmospheric goods for me
― ultros ultros-ghali, Thursday, 18 December 2014 19:49 (nine years ago) link
did not like what i heard of yob.
but hey, i suspect they are indeed in the top 5
― mark e, Thursday, 18 December 2014 19:49 (nine years ago) link
ooops : top 2 ..
― mark e, Thursday, 18 December 2014 19:50 (nine years ago) link
marrow sounded so vital, but this album sounds leaden. Ive given it a lot of listens in case it grew on me, but nope.
― auto focus, Thursday, 18 December 2014 19:50 (nine years ago) link
Saw Pallbearer and Yob live - Yob blew Pallbearer away! hopefully yob make no 1.
― auto focus, Thursday, 18 December 2014 19:51 (nine years ago) link
woah I made it back home for the top 2... I have no idea what they are, I thought Scott 0))) and Earth were clinchers. YOB??? Didn't know they were that well liked.
― Frobisher, Thursday, 18 December 2014 19:54 (nine years ago) link
xp otm
and I enjoyed pallbearer live, YOB was just supernatural
― anonanon, Thursday, 18 December 2014 19:54 (nine years ago) link
bet Pallbearer is #1. That Earth album is great, btw. If you haven't listened I recommend it.
Pallbearer has more mass appeal that YOB imo.
― Frobisher, Thursday, 18 December 2014 19:55 (nine years ago) link
YOB record is way better tho
― original bgm, Thursday, 18 December 2014 19:56 (nine years ago) link
i think this is the first album where YOB have captured what is great about seeing them live on record. Mike Scheidt seems a really cool guy too.
The Pallbearer album just missed being really great.
― auto focus, Thursday, 18 December 2014 19:57 (nine years ago) link
and Marrow just destroys me every time i hear it
― auto focus, Thursday, 18 December 2014 19:58 (nine years ago) link
i loved love loved 'burning the altar' but ever since yob seem to keep getting more boring even though they also keep doing things that are obviously good to do, hmph
― j., Thursday, 18 December 2014 19:59 (nine years ago) link
This Triptikon album is a fucking snoozefest...
― ultros ultros-ghali, Thursday, 18 December 2014 20:00 (nine years ago) link
I've still never listened to Yob. Is this a good one to start on, then?
― jmm, Thursday, 18 December 2014 20:00 (nine years ago) link
unless....unless we're all wrong and it's Barghest and Goat Penis battling for 1 and 2
― auto focus, Thursday, 18 December 2014 20:01 (nine years ago) link
xp yeah, i think its their best album
how exciting is this !
i realise i am not a metal fan boy, and only dip into the stuff that fits a very particular need, but damn this thread has been f*cking ace ..
― mark e, Thursday, 18 December 2014 20:03 (nine years ago) link
2 Pallbearer - Foundations of Burden 1233 Points, 33 votes, One #1http://i.imgur.com/qhE80nt.jpgspotify:album:5hcHyM3KYY97gUZzfRlNZbhttp://profoundlorerecords.bandcamp.com/album/foundations-of-burden
― Cosmic Slop, Thursday, 18 December 2014 20:04 (nine years ago) link
1 YOB - Clearing the Path to Ascend 1240 Points, 32 votes , THREE #1shttp://i.imgur.com/f2z0mZm.jpgspotify:album:6i97CIfeHYCaTFcTBn6gYK
nice
― original bgm, Thursday, 18 December 2014 20:05 (nine years ago) link
booom ..
(guess i need to listen to yob again .. )
― mark e, Thursday, 18 December 2014 20:05 (nine years ago) link
yay!
― auto focus, Thursday, 18 December 2014 20:06 (nine years ago) link
a victory for cover art
― ticket to rmde (seandalai), Thursday, 18 December 2014 20:06 (nine years ago) link
so close!
well I'll be damned!
― Frobisher, Thursday, 18 December 2014 20:07 (nine years ago) link
I think Pallbearer took the lead with the 2nd last ballot but YOB pulled it back with the last
― Cosmic Slop, Thursday, 18 December 2014 20:07 (nine years ago) link
― ultros ultros-ghali,
I tend to agree, not sure why everyone loves it so much.
― Frobisher, Thursday, 18 December 2014 20:08 (nine years ago) link
a worthy winner
― Ratt in Mi Kitchen (Neil S), Thursday, 18 December 2014 20:08 (nine years ago) link
what am i going to do in the evening now this has finished
― auto focus, Thursday, 18 December 2014 20:09 (nine years ago) link
I can put up a spreadsheet with the full results in a minute
― ticket to rmde (seandalai), Thursday, 18 December 2014 20:09 (nine years ago) link
cheers for running the poll guys
― auto focus, Thursday, 18 December 2014 20:11 (nine years ago) link