2015 POLL RESULTS COUNTDOWN - ILM Metal(ish) Albums of the Year

^a list to pay attention to

the 3rd day of the poll is always where people have realised that the rest of their ballots wont place so lose interest.

At this point I'm torn between 'my top 3 will make the top 50', which would be great and unexpected, and 'if they haven't made the list by now it's over', which would be a fucking OUTRAGE.

(although I haven't saved my ballot so maybe Akhlys was top 3, I don't remember)

I'm surprised to see Sannhet here, I don't think it's been discussed at all in the metal thread? Maybe I missed it.

was new to me until i bought it from bandcamp yesterday due to this poll

I think I totally forgot to include Akhlys in my ballot, top 10 for sure. Lots of great records in this last run, I even really like the Amorphis. Sulphur Aeon, Mare Infinitum. I really can't bring myself to enjoy Drudkh anymore though, they're just going through the motions it seems. Also I'm afraid the other (Swedish) Shining won't place which is a shame.

Akhlys was your #4 dinsdale

thank you pollmaster

feel free to talk about more obscure things you hope will place because we're probably mostly past that stage of them sneaking in but the rest of us can then go check em out anyway.

ps #60 is a very big name

so Iron Maiden then

I'm oblivious to what is and what is not obscure these days. I haven't seen Abyssal on any major pub list so either they're completely under the radar or no one likes the album (in which case: FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU). Deserves at least top 30. I've seen a bit of love for Glaciation on the board so maybe it will place too, but they're rather obscure in the grand scheme of things, and not signed to a hip label like The Flenser, Gilead Media or Profound Lore, so maybe I'm 100% crazy about them having even a slight chance of making it.

Misthyrming and Sarpanitum seem more likely to place. Or maybe not.

There's some false as hell stuff yet to place and I for one am excited

Gnaw Their Tongues, I guess, is the one on my ballot I'm most unsure about at this point - by now I'm sure most of my ballot will make it, but that both Basarabian Hills and Lustre won't, because metal isn't keyboards really now is it, guys? :D

(but it is! :'( poor neglected keyboard warriors)

I love it when really good obscure stuff places not due to elitism but purely because I've usually not heard of it and I get to check it out. Hopefully it's the same for others even if lots of people do just like to see where their fave albums place in the top 20 (which is fine)

Im a bit disappointed in a few folk on the rolling metal thread who didn't vote this year. Presumably as I am running the poll.

never heard of Basarabian Hills, Imago

They're one of Siegbran's ambient synth loners - this one making music exclusively about the forests of Moldova. His previous album caught my attention on Siegbran's ballot last year as it was called 'Groping In A Misty Spread' and lol etc but upon listening I found it to be actually vv pretty and this year's album is no different. Also I googled him and one of the first results was a metal archives forum thread about 'banned acts' and it featured him cursing the metal archives dudes for not allowing his work to be classified as metal, poor dude, so I am ON HIS SIDE.

I've seen a bit of love for Glaciation on the board so maybe it will place too,

I actually ordered the lp due to the positive mention by someone on the thread.

we post the full list of albums at the end btw so you can see where albums that people did vote for that missed out.

seandalai how many nominated albums got zero votes?

imago - people are still scarred by the burzum keyboard albums and Mortiis albums.

dont think even Siegbran loved those

Thing is, there are some occasional fuzzy guitars and screaming on those Basarabian Hills albums but it's reverbed to hell and back and mixed in so low that most of the time I'm not sure if the guitars have just kicked in or if my neighbour has started vacuuming.

When it comes to my ballot: I think my #1 will make it, sure my #2 will, sure my #3 won't

how mysterious

Kylesa album is really great pop-metal songwriting btw, lovely stuff

they used to do very well in metal poll but it seems that ilm prefers their earlier less pop stuff

did you vote for the new one? I think it's really lovely although at times closer to hard-rock than metal really. also it sounds like The Cure

I did

I own it too

on vinyl that is

so you've bought every album on the list or what?

lol, no

Of my top 50 I think I bought 28 on lp or cd. a couple on bandcamp then a couple of lps due to the poll and a few downloads on bandcamp.

how about you or anyone else?

(xxxp)I need to give it more of a listen; I've been wanting to get into Kylesa for a while now, ever since their appearance on this

http://i.imgur.com/crcf24Rl.jpg

^voted for 2 bands on this btw

Hey I'm a Kylesa!

I bought my top 4 on CD and put some of the others on my xmas wishlist.

xp I'm a Boris apparently, that's fine with me

I'm a Torche

Feels good man

the boris album seems impossible to find

there's always a way

i do not recognise that zodiac as i point-blank refuse to be a mastodon

i am empowered by the mastodon groove.

this pleases me.

Akhlys album is really nice btw

I'm pretty stoked to be a Melvins tbh

I fall under the sign of Mastodon too

if you are all around and posting shall i start the rollout?

I'm around and ready to remain silent as Iron Maiden shows up

Upgrade Akhlys album to 'awesome' - it's that The Dreaming Eye song that did it - amazing

but what if it isnt iron maiden?

Would people be upset if Iron Maiden was too low or missed the poll completely?

ROLLOUT PLEASE

Listening to Sulphur Aeon. Not sure it's entirely my sort of thing but it is clearly very good.