~~~ 15 YEARS OF ILM POLL!!! ~~~ (Metal & Heavy Rock [+ related sub-genres] Edition) VOTING & DISCUSSION THREAD. ALL ILXORS WELCOME TO PARTICPATE!! Voting Ends 11.59pm UK Time September 9 2016 .

under 26 hours to go!

I think we may be approaching 60 ballots! Not sure how many are people revoting though to replace their old ballot but 60 is about what we get in the EOY polls

http://i.imgur.com/v7JCrWm.jpg

Mordy has been posted missing

Mordy has voted! We must be close to 60 ballots now.

What happens if Babymetal wins?

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

also, I hope I wasn't supposed to do anything special to my ballot in order for my top 10 be "extra-weighted."

Thanks for the great death metal suggestions in this thread, although I didn't feel like I had enough time to get comfortable enough with new (to me) stuff to vote for it.

Did I really forget to nominate Paik - Satin Black? Wow Im dumb

Still voting for it tho

My favourite is Witchrist The Grand Tormentor which is a heavier and more occult sounding take on Incantation.

― Siegbran, Tuesday, September 6, 2016 7:01 AM (three days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Listening to this now after searching the thread for 'occult' - it's great. All the possible permutations of saying their name aloud also good.

Wee Tchree Street

Anyone left still to vote? less than 10 hours to go!

voted

thanks!

I will need all ten hours.

lol this poll has been running since january

My focus this year has clearly been all wrong. Don't worry, 5ive may still sneak onto my ballot

and corrupted and pre-pink classic drone and sludge Boris?

Haha, Corrupted still on my 37-strong album queue, so we'll see

if there was any justice all the corrupted albums would be in the top places and early boris albums would beat out pink

btw Pink is getting its 10 year anniversary reissue

TEN YEARS

Generally speaking I'm with ultros on not being able to weather most slow-burning music. That I like doom at all is something of a mystery to me, but I think as long as it's brutal/weirdly intricate/emotive enough I can overlook the slowness.

sludge is a faster brutal form of doom. then theres stoner rock/metal which is fuzzier and more MC5/Stooges or psychedelic influenced doom.

and of course there is drone metal and if you like Sunn o))) then you should like Boris drone metal

I'm not really into doom much -- tho I think it is actually easier to approach than most other extreme metal. I can say I was into Electric Wizard, Sleep and Sunn O))) (let alone Black Sabbath or Trouble) before I was into, say, Autopsy or Darkthrone. Some of that stuff ended up on my ballot, and I actually voted for one funeral doom record too-- there are moments where it hits the spot. Most days tho I want something faster/harder.

As far as sludge, I didn't actually vote for any Melvins or Boris, but I like the early Melvins stuff just fine.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eWgXJMyqZ2g

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CvCLhq8okxc

I wonder how Earth & Om will do. Popular albums in the EOY Metal polls but noone ever mentions them now

Pretty much all of the death metal fans on the rolling thread havent voted btw. So if there's a lack of DM in the results please blame them (unless you can persuade them to vote)

I voted for OM but not with any great amount of enthusiasm.

I have a lot of almost inarticulable pickiness when it comes to metal. For instance, I don't like a lot of sludge vocals and I couldn't really say why. I also like my metal/psychedelia crossovers to be more esoteric and impenetrable than anything like the Stooges. Sunn0))) on my ballot a little though so I will definitely listen to these Boris tracks.

btw folks if you are doing a mixed ranking , leave a space between the ranked part (at the top of the ballot) and the unranked part

the pinefox voted btw

Just voted for 66 albums, 41 ranked.

thanks!

did you vote for any death metal?

Just incase you guys need some help to choose from the 1000 albums nominated

http://www.kerrang.com/22892/50-greatest-rock-albums-00s/

https://rateyourmusic.com/list/apocalyptan/decibels_100_greatest_metal_albums_of_the_decade/

SIX HOURS LEFT TO VOTE

What is it most crucial that I listen to out of:

Absu - Tara
Burzum - Belus
Burzum - Fallen
Daughters - Daughters
Elder - Lore
Esoteric - Paragon Of Dissonance
Magic Circle - Journey Blind
Ne Obliviscaris - The Aurora Veil
Warning - Watching From a Distance

Also, what is best for running to? (N.B. I have never been running before)

Warning - Watching From a Distance
Esoteric - Paragon Of Dissonance

but dont run to those but they are CLASSICS

run to Absu - Tara (its awesome)

smoke to Elder after the run

That definitely sounds like the right way to go about things. Thanks for the advice!

don't listen to either of those burzum records

Belus wasnt too bad but why anyone would want to listen to any of them now is beyond me.

the Elder record rules

Yeah thats pretty good

I wasn't sure what people made of contemporary Burzum, but thank you - I'll avoid. Will check out Elder before deadline too then.

Enjoying the Elder record. Absu left me a little, ah, cold and made me want to listen to Meshuggah.

I really have no idea what will be in the top 10 as there's no consensus on the best albums 2000-15 is there?

Have any metal albums that have critical acclaim also sold shitloads?
Its not like the 80s where you know Metallica or Slayer will win.

ILX cant even agree on the best Jute Gyte or Darkspace albums, lol

whatever imago says it is everyone else argues it isnt! :)