placed*
― Devilock, Thursday, 18 December 2014 20:43 (nine years ago) link
hey someone else voted for Secret Cutter, nice
really well done little noise/grind/sludge album
― anonanon, Thursday, 18 December 2014 20:48 (nine years ago) link
i loved that secret cutter, nicely grim
― auto focus, Thursday, 18 December 2014 20:53 (nine years ago) link
doing think i voted for it though
― auto focus, Thursday, 18 December 2014 20:54 (nine years ago) link
Thanks for running this folks.
― EveningStar (Sund4r), Thursday, 18 December 2014 20:55 (nine years ago) link
Thanks guys, it's been a blast
― ultros ultros-ghali, Thursday, 18 December 2014 20:58 (nine years ago) link
Yes thanks for keeping the Metal EOY Poll alive, its great, and this year was no exception. A fun roll-out and a great selection of albums to check out. Job well done.
― Frobisher, Thursday, 18 December 2014 20:59 (nine years ago) link
what did the # of albums voted for go up to, btw? Do we have a #666?
― Frobisher, Thursday, 18 December 2014 21:00 (nine years ago) link
haha !
― mark e, Thursday, 18 December 2014 21:01 (nine years ago) link
I voted for 20 albums, 15 were in the top 100... not bad. I guess I do still have my finger on the pulse of modern metal.
― Frobisher, Thursday, 18 December 2014 21:03 (nine years ago) link
395 albums got at least one vote - it's all on the spreadsheet
― ticket to rmde (seandalai), Thursday, 18 December 2014 21:24 (nine years ago) link
I was at a funeral and had to resis the urge to check on this. Classic ILM with the constant bitchin about the top 10 lol.
Doom dominated that top 5! Glad to see the poll had plenty of participation. Driving through dark dreary north Wisconsin woods feels like I'm in an Agalloch cover.
― Fastnbulbous, Thursday, 18 December 2014 21:42 (nine years ago) link
of course there was bitchin' its an ilm poll
― Cosmic Slop, Thursday, 18 December 2014 21:47 (nine years ago) link
thanks for doing this! Definitely jamming both Bolzer EPs as a result right at this very moment.
― Dominique, Thursday, 18 December 2014 21:53 (nine years ago) link
Bolzer are very special and cannot wait for a proper album.
― Cosmic Slop, Thursday, 18 December 2014 22:05 (nine years ago) link
Nobody wanting to share their ballots?
― Cosmic Slop, Thursday, 18 December 2014 22:24 (nine years ago) link
My ballot
weighted
Triptykon - Melana ChasmataYOB - Clearing the Path to AscendGodflesh - A World Lit Only By FireElectric Wizard - Time to DieAgalloch - The Serpent & the SphereDarkspace - Dark Space III IJute Gyte - Vast ChainsJute Gyte - RessentimentMastodon - Once More Round the SunBlues Pills - Blues PillsPallbearer - Foundations of BurdenSlough Feg - Digital ResistanceToday is the Day - Animal MotherEarth - Primitive and DeadlyThe Skull - For Those Which Are AsleepThe Wounded Kings - ConsolamentumSolstafir - OttaSwans - To Be KindBotanist - Vi: FloraPanopticon - Roads to the NorthSunn O))) & Ulver - TerrestrialsScott Walker & SunnO))) - SousedFloor - OblationHail Spirit Noir - Oi MagoiApostle Of Solitude - Of Woe And WoundsBlut aus Nord - Memoria Vetusta III: Saturnian PoetryAlcest - ShelterHave A Nice Life - The Unnatural WorldMenace Ruine - Venus ArmataGoat - CommuneThe Body - I Shall Die HereHorseback - Piedmont ApocryphaBoris - NoiseEyehategod - EyehategodFen - Carrion SkiesDawnbringer - Night of the HammerWitch Mountain - Mobile of AngelsBölzer - SomaAtlas Moth - The Old BelieverBongripper - MiserableSigiriya - Darkness Died TodayBong - Stoner RockThe Cosmic Dead - EasterfaustInter Arma - The CavernMonarch - SabbracadaverMournful Congregation - Concrescence Of The SophiaSpectral Lore - IIITowers - IICoffinworm - IV.I.VIIIWolves In The Throne Room - Celestite
― Cosmic Slop, Thursday, 18 December 2014 22:25 (nine years ago) link
Jute Gyte - Vast ChainsGoat - CommuneGodflesh - Flesh Consumed in the battlefieldJute Gyte - RessentimentBlues Pill - Blues PillsBabymetal - Babymetal
― everyday sheeple (Michael B), Thursday, 18 December 2014 22:29 (nine years ago) link
I hope seandalai caught and corrected your godflesh mistake
― Cosmic Slop, Thursday, 18 December 2014 22:31 (nine years ago) link
not that it would have made any difference at all to the placings as it was 200 behind triptykon
― Cosmic Slop, Thursday, 18 December 2014 22:32 (nine years ago) link
I wasn't blown away by the Pallbearer on first listen (and I loved their debut), but apparently I need to revisit it.
― J3ff T., Thursday, 18 December 2014 22:44 (nine years ago) link
my ballot (unweighted)
Alcest - ShelterBABYMETAL - BABYMETALBlut aus Nord - Memoria Vetusta III: Saturnian PoetryCold World - How The Gods ChillDir en Grey - ArcheEarth - Primitive and DeadlyElectric Wizard - Time to DieEyehategod - EyehategodFloor - OblationHorseback - Piedmont ApocryphaJute Gyte - RessentimentJute Gyte - Vast ChainsNausea - Condemned to the SystemScott Walker & SunnO))) - SousedSolstafir - OttaTrap Them - BlissfuckerTriptykon - Melana ChasmataWinterfylleth - The Divination of AntiquityWitch Mountain - Mobile of AngelsYOB - Clearing the Path to Ascend
― Frobisher, Thursday, 18 December 2014 22:46 (nine years ago) link
Thanks for organising it! I'd love to share my ballot but I didn't save it after I submitted it - could you retrieve it, Cosmic Slop?
― Siegbran, Thursday, 18 December 2014 22:49 (nine years ago) link
I think everyone is scared to post their ballots because everyone will see who voted for babymetal
xp sure I'll post it
want me to remove babymetal from it?
― Cosmic Slop, Thursday, 18 December 2014 22:51 (nine years ago) link
i voted for babymetal!
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Thursday, 18 December 2014 22:52 (nine years ago) link
definitely forgot what my ballot was though
Siegbran's weighted ballot
"Kriegsmaschine - Enemy Of ManFluisteraars - DromersVader - Tibi Et IgniBehemoth - The SatanistWælwulf - HeresiarchIfing - Against This WaeldOld Soul / ██████ - SplitBasarabian Hills - Groping In A Misty SpreadDoom:VS - EarthlessSaor - AuraBölzer - SomaBlood Of Kingu - Dark Star On The RightSabaton - HeroesWoods of Desolation - As the StarsEmptiness - Nothing But The WholeBelphegor - Conjuring The DeadH.E.A.T - Tearing Down The WallsBehemoth - Xiądz EPEthereal Riffian - AeonianBody Count - ManslaughterDub Buk - ЦвяхSchammasch - ContradictionCountess - Ancient Lies And BattlecriesFuria - NocelDarkspace - Dark Space III IVainaja - KadotetutGoatpenis - Flesh Consumed In The BattlefieldKampfar - DjevelmaktVardan - Enjoy Of Deep SadnessNeoheresy - Noc Która Dniem Się StałaGluttony - Beyond The Veil Of FleshBenighted - Carnivore SublimeDrudkh / Winterfylleth - Thousands Of Moons Ago / The Gates (split)Dead Congregation - Promulgation Of The FallDecembre Noir - A Discouraged BelieverIncantation - Dirges of ElysiumTengger Cavalry - Ancient CallCemetery Lust - Orgies Of AbominationAl-Namrood - Heen Yadhar Al GhasqBergrizen - ScherbengerichtMastodon - Once More Round the SunWaldgeflüster - Meine FesselnAccept - Blind RageZgard - ContemplationMayhem - Esoteric WarfareTaiga - Ashen LightVuyvr - Incinerated GodsNocturnal Depression/Myrd/Vspolokh - Longing For Death (split)Abigor - Leytmotif LuziferForteresse/Chasse-Galerie/Monarque/Csejthe - Legendes (split) "
― Cosmic Slop, Thursday, 18 December 2014 22:53 (nine years ago) link
brad check your fb pm's
my ballot:
Morbus Chron - SwevenNecrophagia - WhiteWorm CathedralDisentomb - MiseryBlut aus Nord - Memoria Vetusta III: Saturnian PoetryDevin Townsend Project - Sky BlueCrucifyre - Black Magic FireFlaming Tusk - InquisitorDelain - The Human ContradictionRigor Mortis - Slaves To The GravePrimordial - Where Greater Men Have FallenDir en Grey - ArcheVader - Tibi Et IgniCauldron Black Ram - StalagmireHorrendous - EcdysisBABYMETAL - BABYMETALAutopsy - Tourniquets, Hacksaws and Graves
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Thursday, 18 December 2014 22:55 (nine years ago) link
Mine:
BABYMETAL – BABYMETALTriptykon – Melana ChasmataSkull Fist - Chasing the DreamYOB - Clearing the Path to AscendAt The Gates - At War With RealityBehemoth - The SatanistAgalloch - The Serpent & the SphereDeath Penalty - Death PenaltyGridlink – LonghenaPrimordial - Where Greater Men Have FallenOpeth - The Pale CommunionMorbus Chron - SwevenDevin Townsend Project - Sky BlueMachine Head - Bloodstones & DiamondsThe Oath - The OathOccultation - Silence in the Ancestral HouseJudas Priest - Redeemer of SoulsBody Count – ManslaughterMastodon - Once More Round the SunMidnight - No Mercy No MayhemSlough Feg - Digital ResistanceNecrophagia - Whiteworm CathedralAmberian Dawn - Magic ForestNachtmystium - The World We Left BehindJohn Garcia - John GarciaSolstafir - OttaWitch Mountain - Mobile of AngelsGodflesh - A World Lit Only By FireDarkspace - Dark Space III IFloor – OblationEyehategod - EyehategodNux Vomica - Nux VomicaPallbearer - Foundations of BurdenThe Skull - For Those Which Are AsleepTrap Them - BlissfuckerCastle - Under SiegeHark – Crystalline
― J3ff T., Thursday, 18 December 2014 23:02 (nine years ago) link
thanks ag and seandalai for running the poll, and thankyall who've been chating along. good roll out, some unexpected/out of the box placings and that's only one of the reasons imo it highlights this poll. waving at alan n
my ballot weighted, bold didn't place
Martyrdöd - ElddopNux Vomica - Nux VomicaImpetuous Ritual - Unholy Congregation of Hypocritical AmbivalenceJust Before Dawn - The AftermathDiocletian - GesundrianMammoth Grinder - Cosmic CryptBölzer - SomaDead in the Manger - TransienceMorbus Chron - SwevenObliterations - Poison Everything
Nuclearhammer - Serpentine Hermetic LuciferBabymetal - BabymetalMidnight - No Mercy for MayhemSkelethal - Interstellar Knowledge of the Purple EntityThou - HeathenDeathcult - Pleading for Death... Choking on LifeNausea - Condemned to the SystemTeitanblood - DeathFull of Hell - Full of Hell & MerzbowCretin - Strange
P.L.F. - Ultimate Whirlwind of IncinerationColumns - Please ExplodeGust - GustToday is the Day - Animal MotherLord Mantis - Death MaskIncantation - Dirges of ElysiumTorch Runner - Endless NothingLvcifyre - Sun EaterIndian - From All PuritySerpentine Path - Emanations
― ostras y cataplana (gaudio), Thursday, 18 December 2014 23:07 (nine years ago) link
My entire ballot has already shown up over the course of my halfhearted rants but for the sake of conciseness and in order of weightedness:
Domains - Sinister CeremoniesEmptiness - Nothing But The WholeHorrendous - EcdysisThe Deathtrip - Deep Drone MasterHail Spirit Noir - Oi MagoiBehemoth - The SatanistDiocletian - GesundrianOverkill - White Devil ArmoryOld Wainds - NordraumTortorum - Katabasis
Disappointment of the year was Mayhem. I won't even embolden it. However, were I to make a list of songs of 2014, "MILAB" would've made the cut easily. Cool groovy track.
Stuff that may very well have either expanded or blipped onto my list, had I gotten around to hearing:Devin Townsend - Sky BlueSpectral Lore - IIIAbigor - Leytmotif LuziferGridlink - LonghenaStargazer - A Merging to the BoundlessBlut Aus Nord - MV3Rigor Mortis - Slaves to the GraveKriegsmaschine - Enemy of ManStargazer and Gridlink I've actually heard (now); the others I'm basing on everything I've heard about them. The Rigor Mortis' absence is ironic because I contributed to their crowdfunding thing but chose the reissue of their s/t for swag.
Furia's Nocel seems the awesome norm for them but I think I picked the wrong year to learn about and then get obsessed with this band. Literally bought all three of their prior full lengths this year so by the time Nocel got here I may have been Furia'd out.
And yes thanks to Sosmic Clop and seandalai for running this madness.
obligatory SKULL FIST(I did like it but kind of forgot about it.)
― Devilock, Thursday, 18 December 2014 23:13 (nine years ago) link
SKULL FIST
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Thursday, 18 December 2014 23:14 (nine years ago) link
Dammit I never heard Cretin either.
― Devilock, Thursday, 18 December 2014 23:14 (nine years ago) link
I just remember I had Alcest at #1
I also voted for The Atlas Moth, Pallbearer, Crosses, BABYMETAL and Kayo Dot but I don't remember the order (probably this tho?)
― the farakhan of gg (DJP), Thursday, 18 December 2014 23:17 (nine years ago) link
Band logo of the year:
http://i.imgur.com/3DZm2WH.jpg
― Devilock, Thursday, 18 December 2014 23:17 (nine years ago) link
Also, winner of the most unreadable logo of the year is Basarabian Hills:http://f1.bcbits.com/img/0000204172_10.jpg
― Siegbran, Thursday, 18 December 2014 23:19 (nine years ago) link
That's probably because they don't want anybody to know that their album's called 'Groping In A Misty Spread' tbf
― imago, Thursday, 18 December 2014 23:20 (nine years ago) link
xpost to me
I guess I can not be coy and actually post their bandcamp.http://hothmusic.bandcamp.com/
Relatively unexciting but well done melodic black metal, maybe like a Kampfar or a less reeling and jigging Mithotyn, a concept album about Darth Vader. Didn't make my list but kind of fun for background music.
― Devilock, Thursday, 18 December 2014 23:21 (nine years ago) link
My ballot:
Comet Control - Comet ControlPallbearer - Foundations of BurdenGeneration of Vipers - Coffin WisdomYOB - Clearing the Path to AscendJudas Priest - Redeemer of SoulsPrimordial - Where Greater Men Have FallenBlack Bombaim - Far OutEarth - Primitive and DeadlyGiant Squid - MinoansThe Skull - For Those Which Are AsleepTweak Bird - Any Ol' WayBrownout - Brownout Presents Brown SabbathUnconscious Collective - Pleistocene MoonMenace Ruine - Venus ArmataWo Fat - The Conjuringvarious artists - Warfaring Strangers: Darkscorch CanticlesVulgar Trade - Gross CenturyDeath Penalty - Death PenaltySkull Fist - Chasing the DreamOpeth - Pale CommunionThe Body - I Shall Die HereTaurus - No/ThingShooting Guns - Street RockTowers - IIWizard Rifle - Here In The DeadlightsBludded Head - Reign in BluddAgalloch - The Serpent & the SphereUlaan Markhor - Spiral Horns, Black Onions, et alBig Red Panda - Big Red PandaAccept - Blind RageAtlas Moth - The Old BelieverBaring Teeth - Ghost Chorus Among Old RuinsDwellers - Pagan FruitElectric Citizen - SateenEyehategod - EyehategodPanopticon - Roads to the NorthWitch Mountain - Mobile of AngelsRigor Mortis - Slaves To The GraveSeason Of Arrows - Season Of ArrowsSlough Feg - Digital ResistanceBody Count - ManslaughterFloor - OblationGodflesh - A World Lit Only By FireLo-Pan - ColossusMonolord - Empress RisingRaspberry Bulbs - PrivacyMonarch - SabbracadaverCode Orange - I Am KingAlcest - Shelter
― EZ Snappin, Thursday, 18 December 2014 23:23 (nine years ago) link
― imagoYeah I can't even begin to grope grasp what they were going for there. It makes no sense. What is a misty spread? And why would groping it be a good idea?
― Siegbran, Thursday, 18 December 2014 23:25 (nine years ago) link
It's such a bad album title that I'm going to find their work and listen to it immediately
― imago, Thursday, 18 December 2014 23:26 (nine years ago) link
btw EZ that Comet Control is some of the best heavy psych I ever did hear - awesome find
― imago, Thursday, 18 December 2014 23:27 (nine years ago) link
Glad you like it! I fell in love with it immediately. My most played new record of 2014 by a far distance.
― EZ Snappin, Thursday, 18 December 2014 23:37 (nine years ago) link
it bangs extremely hard
Basarabian Hills is lovely, really dig this sort of synthscape. His appearance on the Metal Archives forum is deeply heartbreaking (check the month-later post edit!): http://www.metal-archives.com/board/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=64985&start=6160
― imago, Thursday, 18 December 2014 23:58 (nine years ago) link
I mean, Metal Archives and the Encyclopedia Metallum are totally run by ridiculous dipshit snobs, right?
― imago, Friday, 19 December 2014 00:02 (nine years ago) link
It's a good resource for discographies and the like. And for finding out about stuff that's happening generally.
And those are the positive things I can say about the site.
― Devilock, Friday, 19 December 2014 00:08 (nine years ago) link
Thanks sloppy! Missed the rollout today (family stuff), but had a good time catching up over the last few min. And thanks for the Oi Magoi vinyl link.
Random thoughts.... New E-Wiz isn't terrible, isn't brilliant. Sounds awesome fucking LOUD (of course), catchy & dense enough to reward repeat visits, underwhelming as whole. And I'd agree that that Melana Chasmata weighs in about the same. Solid, but limited by that. My sentimental attachments run deep, though, and I wouldn't for a moment consider putting them aside in favor of imaginary "objectivity" when voting. Like, if I had voted, Rigor Mortis would have been very near the top, not only on the strength of present work. Anyway, the Yob album is fucking fantastic. No qualms about the the top spot.
― Adding ease. Adding wonder. Adding (contenderizer), Friday, 19 December 2014 00:15 (nine years ago) link
metallum is a great resource, invaluable. just have to accept it on its own terms.
― Adding ease. Adding wonder. Adding (contenderizer), Friday, 19 December 2014 00:16 (nine years ago) link
― Devilock, Thursday, December 18, 2014 3:17 PM (58 minutes ago)
that album's damn good, too. way (way) better than a star-wars themed black metal concept band has any right to be.
― Adding ease. Adding wonder. Adding (contenderizer), Friday, 19 December 2014 00:24 (nine years ago) link