this honestly sounds good as hell on first listen, how did I miss this one?!
― Simon H., Monday, 5 February 2018 14:06 (six years ago) link
Giving this a go...I think I heard it before but didn't give it enough ear
― imago, Monday, 5 February 2018 14:10 (six years ago) link
brad needs to hear this immediately
― Simon H., Monday, 5 February 2018 14:12 (six years ago) link
Yay, looking forward to following this poll, and learning of great new records. Last year the greatest discoveries were Vektor and Astronoid, hoping to find something equally good this year :)
― Frederik B, Monday, 5 February 2018 14:12 (six years ago) link
93 Colotyphus - Spiritual Journey of a Forlorn Soul 102.0 Points, 3 Votes
https://shop.season-of-mist.com/media/catalog/product/cache/1/image/500x500/9df78eab33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95/C/o/Colotyphus-Spiritual-Journey-Of-A-Forlorn-Soul-CD-64052-1.jpg
https://colotyphus.bandcamp.com/album/spiritual-journey-of-a-forlorn-soul-3
― Simon H., Monday, 5 February 2018 14:17 (six years ago) link
Not that I've heard enough to really say but: too low.
― pomenitul, Monday, 5 February 2018 14:18 (six years ago) link
Ooh! I threw this Siegbran-fare a whole load of points - wonder who the third voter was? Really strong songwriting and I think it's distinctive enough to transcend being mere Drudkh-worship (despite the cover at the end). I enjoyed it more than Drudkh, even. Obviously I have no interest in their politics (not to tar Ukraine with one brush, but...things are...strange there) but thankfully I don't have to find out :)
― imago, Monday, 5 February 2018 14:20 (six years ago) link
They're led by a woman, which might mean they dial back some of the macho nationalism
― imago, Monday, 5 February 2018 14:21 (six years ago) link
Yeah, that came as a pleasant surprise.
― pomenitul, Monday, 5 February 2018 14:22 (six years ago) link
2:30 into that White Ward album is one of the best musical moments I've heard from 2017. Lol.
― Frederik B, Monday, 5 February 2018 14:23 (six years ago) link
Just wait till you get to "Rain as Cure"
― Simon H., Monday, 5 February 2018 14:24 (six years ago) link
This Cloud Rat track is intense! I found them a little bit difficult to get into before, but having their sound stretched out like this has warped it in all the right ways.
― Launch of new ILM school business management programmes! (tangenttangent), Monday, 5 February 2018 14:26 (six years ago) link
I'm so glad that split made it in, if just barely.
― Simon H., Monday, 5 February 2018 14:27 (six years ago) link
Yeah, I liked Cloud Rat's sound on this. They're usually more like short bursts of grindcore? On the Disrotted track now. Idk if I can do 23m of this, ha, unless there are some changes coming up.
― No purposes. Sounds. (Sund4r), Monday, 5 February 2018 14:30 (six years ago) link
I only listened to Disrotted's half once or twice. I voted purely for the Rat.
― Simon H., Monday, 5 February 2018 14:31 (six years ago) link
I know I should just follow along with the metal thread, but I would love a thread for 'metal groups who are clearly doing it wrong' a la the one for techno/house :)
― Frederik B, Monday, 5 February 2018 14:32 (six years ago) link
92 Big|Brave - Ardor 102.0 Points, 4 Votes
https://media.pitchfork.com/photos/59aed63d8318ae33b373b527/1:1/w_600/bigbrave_ardor.jpg
https://open.spotify.com/album/7F9GqRTn1u9x0sCkWRivRM?si=ge8hszpEQxOTFn2HMmKkAQ
In places, Ardor is an album of quiet restraint. The second of the three tracks, “Lull,” gives most of its running time to moody slowcore rumination, with peals of guitar feedback snaking in gradually as the track gains weight. Other moments suggest an affinity for the brutal excesses of noise rock and no wave. There are echoes of Swans in the mantra-like repetitions of “Sound” and “Borer,” their clanging riffs cast out in the direction of the horizon. Meanwhile, Wattie’s siren-like vocals vacillate between imploring sensuality, raw self-flagellation, and blank affect in a way that’s reminiscent of Lydia Lunch. Lunch’s music was often jagged like razorblades, though, while BIG|BRAVE are big and oceanic, their music flowing and crashing like waves.
https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/bigorbrave-ardor/
― Simon H., Monday, 5 February 2018 14:34 (six years ago) link
We should definitely have a Rolling False Metal thread.
Where do you draw the line though?
― imago, Monday, 5 February 2018 14:34 (six years ago) link
Haha the Rat was well worth it! I'm so glad.
I'm also not sure about this Disrotted...it isn't often that I want to crawl through tar.
― Launch of new ILM school business management programmes! (tangenttangent), Monday, 5 February 2018 14:35 (six years ago) link
Big|Brave made it onto my ballot thanks to the campaigning
Not sure, but it would be funny to have a thread where bands are accused of being "too kvlt" or whatever
― Simon H., Monday, 5 February 2018 14:37 (six years ago) link
i knew once i heard the sax solo on the white ward album that i had to vote for it
― Well bissogled trotters (Michael B), Monday, 5 February 2018 14:38 (six years ago) link
lol that's true xp
tt you didn't play this to me did you? may check it out later.
White Ward are nice but the songwriting isn't quite getting me. Lovely sound and production though!
― imago, Monday, 5 February 2018 14:41 (six years ago) link
I did play it to you but you didn't respond!
Just scared myself by forgetting that I was printing something whilst listening to Bathsheba.
― Launch of new ILM school business management programmes! (tangenttangent), Monday, 5 February 2018 14:43 (six years ago) link
NB there's always this thread that I started, although it's focused on a specific kind of metal-adjacent aesthetic: Search: Metal that Sounds Like Glenn Branca
― No purposes. Sounds. (Sund4r), Monday, 5 February 2018 14:45 (six years ago) link
Not feeling anything on this rollout so far unfortunately. Heard some of these last year, wasn't impressed with White Ward apparently though I don't even remember hearing it. Code Orange seem to be Converge if they were groove metal so it's almost like they're TRYING to be my least favourite band in the world.
― scroot gyte (ultros ultros-ghali), Monday, 5 February 2018 14:46 (six years ago) link
Besides, isn't there a part for tenor sax in Branca's 1st symphony?
― pomenitul, Monday, 5 February 2018 14:47 (six years ago) link
Colotyphus is pretty OK.
― scroot gyte (ultros ultros-ghali), Monday, 5 February 2018 14:51 (six years ago) link
91 Cannibal Corpse - Red Before Black 104.0 Points, 3 Voteshttps://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_500/MI0004/347/MI0004347220.jpg
https://open.spotify.com/album/2Ecgc9nNxJpXd3gboFPbvz?si=KhwG3u0kSoGGVl82-2iqFw
Songs like the title track are propelled at maximum speed, while other songs like “Shedding My Human Skin” and “Remaimed” have both deliberate grooves and frenzied, rocket-propelled sections. The shifting tempos and intensities help add variety to the proceedings.Over the years Cannibal Corpse have been able to add more melody and catchy parts to their songwriting repertoire without sacrificing any heaviness. You won't hear “Firestorm Vengeance” or “In the Midst of Ruin” on rock radio, but they are more memorable than many songs on the commercial charts.After working with producer Erik Rutan on some earlier releases, Cannibal Corpse brought him back for Red Before Black. Being an outstanding death metal musician in his own right, Rutan knows exactly what Cannibal Corpse bring to the table. He captures the rawness and power of their sound while keeping the crisp and focused feel of their playing.
Over the years Cannibal Corpse have been able to add more melody and catchy parts to their songwriting repertoire without sacrificing any heaviness. You won't hear “Firestorm Vengeance” or “In the Midst of Ruin” on rock radio, but they are more memorable than many songs on the commercial charts.
After working with producer Erik Rutan on some earlier releases, Cannibal Corpse brought him back for Red Before Black. Being an outstanding death metal musician in his own right, Rutan knows exactly what Cannibal Corpse bring to the table. He captures the rawness and power of their sound while keeping the crisp and focused feel of their playing.
http://loudwire.com/cannibal-corpse-red-before-black-album-review/
― Simon H., Monday, 5 February 2018 14:52 (six years ago) link
That's it from me for now - Odysseus will resume his duties shortly.
Best thing on the White Ward was probably the closing track
― imago, Monday, 5 February 2018 14:53 (six years ago) link
damn that's low for CC. I was one of the three votes. the album is nothing new or groundbreaking for the band but it's effective as always.
definitely was overshadowed by a couple of other death metal releases tho (Immolation, Incantation, Lantern, Suffocation)
― Hi diddley dee, hen fapper's life for me (Neanderthal), Monday, 5 February 2018 14:55 (six years ago) link
Was one of the White Ward voters, superb album
― Algerian Goalkeeper (Odysseus), Monday, 5 February 2018 15:08 (six years ago) link
Next to Tomb Mold's output, Necrot's record was my fave Death Metal output this year - bought it on vinyl this weekend and it got appreciative Super Bowl party half-time slot. Didn't know they shared members with Vastum and Acephalix which makes me love it all the more. Contrarian record is awesome too, and I'm glad to see it placed. Thought the CC record was kinda boring.
― BlackIronPrison, Monday, 5 February 2018 15:08 (six years ago) link
ps if you think CC are low wait til you see the next entry
― Algerian Goalkeeper (Odysseus), Monday, 5 February 2018 15:09 (six years ago) link
90 Akercocke - Renaissance In Extremis 104 Points, 4 voteshttps://i.imgur.com/OSvvqfV.jpg
https://open.spotify.com/album/5256D6skKc4gdwPaPpSScA?si=L_cuNHEtQGufdeifZ778sQ
http://www.angrymetalguy.com/akercocke-renaissance-extremis-review/
― Algerian Goalkeeper (Odysseus), Monday, 5 February 2018 15:13 (six years ago) link
if la lechera still posted/voted here I would've recommended her the White Ward.
― Algerian Goalkeeper (Odysseus), Monday, 5 February 2018 15:18 (six years ago) link
I liked the Akercocke. was kind of like hearing from an old friend.
― Hi diddley dee, hen fapper's life for me (Neanderthal), Monday, 5 February 2018 15:24 (six years ago) link
I thought it would be top 20 at least
― Algerian Goalkeeper (Odysseus), Monday, 5 February 2018 15:25 (six years ago) link
I gotta admit, this is the one metal vocal style I've never been huge on
― Simon H., Monday, 5 February 2018 15:26 (six years ago) link
Never got round to Akercocke, don't know if this is a good starting point, didn't expect something this proggy. Reminds me a bit of a more pacey/techy Opeth, even down to the slightly random song construction.
― scroot gyte (ultros ultros-ghali), Monday, 5 February 2018 15:27 (six years ago) link
Pretty good though I should say.
it's definitely not much like their earlier material
― Hi diddley dee, hen fapper's life for me (Neanderthal), Monday, 5 February 2018 15:28 (six years ago) link
another heavy hitter
88 The Body & Full of Hell - Ascending a Mountain of Heavy Light 106.0 Points, 4 Voteshttps://thrilljockey.com/spree/products/2162/product/447_900.jpg
https://open.spotify.com/album/4SXIysQ9zTWimy9uo5GMy8?si=Z4YjL9pLSm2wimbqtWEFiQ
Ascending a Mountain of Heavy Light bests its predecessor by doing something much different—acknowledging the fundamental rift between the bands’ respective styles and flooding the valley between them with all kinds of stunts, risks, and tricks. Lightning Bolt’s Brian Chippendale, for instance, helms a drum orchestra during “Our Love Conducted With Shields Aloft,” a riot of sound so aggressive it would make John Zorn blush. Full of Hell bassist Sam DiGristine even adds squawking soprano saxophone at the close of “Light Penetrates.” Harsh noise outbursts, stroboscopic electronic editing, drum & bass beats: The Body and Full of Hell lace them throughout Heavy Light, unexpected oases in a disorienting musical minefield. If Ache was an obvious intersection between these two prolific and restless bands, Heavy Light documents wild detours taken to get back to the same place.
https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/the-body-and-full-of-hell-ascending-a-mountain-of-heavy-light/
― Simon H., Monday, 5 February 2018 15:31 (six years ago) link
you jumped the gun, i still have the controversial album at 89 to post first!
― Algerian Goalkeeper (Odysseus), Monday, 5 February 2018 15:33 (six years ago) link
89 Zeal & Ardor - Devil Is Fine 105 Points, 3 voteshttps://i.imgur.com/huwAAkB.jpghttps://open.spotify.com/album/5Oc87gybQZkVeqogIFXzMd?si=x-joj0OSSUyGQnpdAwVxkAhttps://zealandardor.bandcamp.com/http://www.themonolith.com/music/review-zeal-ardor-devil-fine/
It’s always tempting for musicians wanting to make their mark on a genre to take their chosen framework and mash it together with something seemingly out-of-place. This is a go-to tactic for folk metal with its prevalence of zithers and hurdy-gurdies, and it’s worked well there. Let’s not forget that this philosophy has also left us with the questionable legacy of rap metal.The key difference is how artful the blend is. This doesn’t need to be subtle; Shining‘s use of saxophones is hardly understated and it’s a good look on them. The philosophy falters where bands are too self-conscious in their mash-ups, looking at the 40+ years of metal history and despairing that everything has seemingly been done, then frantically trying to recruit members to their acapella vaporwave project.Zeal & Ardor have been the focus of a lot of press, a lot of which has been bemused. Broadly, Devil Is Fine is a mix of black metal, blues & gospel, and electronica – but the album covers an astonishing amount of ground, constantly haunted by spreading itself too thin or being too affectedly weird. On the flipside, there’s a sense that something like this could be a Big Thing. On paper it should work; blues and black metal have Strong Opinions on The Devil. Electronic music and black metal are strange bedfellows but it’s not sacrilegious to mess with them.Expectedly, this record is by and large a mixed bag. Even though my experience improved on multiple listens, the record never settles on a consistent tone. I can’t claim to be much of an authority on gospel but the black metal elements are heavily influenced by the recent wave of blackgaze/post-black metal acts. A little disappointingly, the guitars sit low in the mix so they often come across as just angular shoegaze rather than black metal. I often found myself wondering if the record would work better leaning more towards dark ambient influences than incorporating occasional frosty bursts.Also, for black metal fans this is likely to be a disappointment. A lot of the tags for this record have suggested this is primarily black metal and it’s not, not really; there’s a frequent creepy haunting tone but it’s only occasionally that the black metal elements are used to convey this. If you dig Alcest and their ilk this will be an unusual departure, and certainly worth investigating.My initial notes for this review were super-negative. One of them just reads “Devil Is Fine is fine,” which I’ll never get to use in its intended context. The truth is the more time I spent with the record, the more I was drawn to it. Firstly, Zeal & Ardor’s songwriting chops are well-explored in key moments; opener and single “Devil Is Fine” is absolutely superb and genuinely chilling, mixing chants with thunderous percussion and an unnerving gothic aesthetic. In addition, so much of this record works even though you get the sense the goalposts are constantly moving; the electronic sections are proper cool, “Children’s Summons” sounding almost chiptune-y. “In Ashes” flirts more obviously with some metal influences. In the end it seems futile to tick off all the genre engagements; it’s a soup, but against the odds it works.I hear a lot of Björk‘s Debut in this record. There’s a lot of raw experimentation and unfiltered courage. Devil Is Fine is certainly novel, and thought it’s a little unfair to compare this to Debut‘s innovations they both have a kind of naive hubris which makes them charming. That’s probably the best feature of the record; Devil Is Fine is so singular and odd that it occupies a different space to any of the records it’s influenced by, and by virtue of its charm demands to be considered differently. It might not change the face of metal forever but it might just stick out enough to be cited as an off-beat influence a little further down the line.To the cynics, Devil Is Fine doesn’t rest on novelty. It doesn’t work like any record in any of the genres it borrows from and it’s fickle enough to frustrate anyone trying to draw themes through it – but of all the records that will get fancy label re-releases this year, this is among the most deserving.
The key difference is how artful the blend is. This doesn’t need to be subtle; Shining‘s use of saxophones is hardly understated and it’s a good look on them. The philosophy falters where bands are too self-conscious in their mash-ups, looking at the 40+ years of metal history and despairing that everything has seemingly been done, then frantically trying to recruit members to their acapella vaporwave project.
Zeal & Ardor have been the focus of a lot of press, a lot of which has been bemused. Broadly, Devil Is Fine is a mix of black metal, blues & gospel, and electronica – but the album covers an astonishing amount of ground, constantly haunted by spreading itself too thin or being too affectedly weird. On the flipside, there’s a sense that something like this could be a Big Thing. On paper it should work; blues and black metal have Strong Opinions on The Devil. Electronic music and black metal are strange bedfellows but it’s not sacrilegious to mess with them.
Expectedly, this record is by and large a mixed bag. Even though my experience improved on multiple listens, the record never settles on a consistent tone. I can’t claim to be much of an authority on gospel but the black metal elements are heavily influenced by the recent wave of blackgaze/post-black metal acts. A little disappointingly, the guitars sit low in the mix so they often come across as just angular shoegaze rather than black metal. I often found myself wondering if the record would work better leaning more towards dark ambient influences than incorporating occasional frosty bursts.
Also, for black metal fans this is likely to be a disappointment. A lot of the tags for this record have suggested this is primarily black metal and it’s not, not really; there’s a frequent creepy haunting tone but it’s only occasionally that the black metal elements are used to convey this. If you dig Alcest and their ilk this will be an unusual departure, and certainly worth investigating.
My initial notes for this review were super-negative. One of them just reads “Devil Is Fine is fine,” which I’ll never get to use in its intended context. The truth is the more time I spent with the record, the more I was drawn to it. Firstly, Zeal & Ardor’s songwriting chops are well-explored in key moments; opener and single “Devil Is Fine” is absolutely superb and genuinely chilling, mixing chants with thunderous percussion and an unnerving gothic aesthetic. In addition, so much of this record works even though you get the sense the goalposts are constantly moving; the electronic sections are proper cool, “Children’s Summons” sounding almost chiptune-y. “In Ashes” flirts more obviously with some metal influences. In the end it seems futile to tick off all the genre engagements; it’s a soup, but against the odds it works.
I hear a lot of Björk‘s Debut in this record. There’s a lot of raw experimentation and unfiltered courage. Devil Is Fine is certainly novel, and thought it’s a little unfair to compare this to Debut‘s innovations they both have a kind of naive hubris which makes them charming. That’s probably the best feature of the record; Devil Is Fine is so singular and odd that it occupies a different space to any of the records it’s influenced by, and by virtue of its charm demands to be considered differently. It might not change the face of metal forever but it might just stick out enough to be cited as an off-beat influence a little further down the line.
To the cynics, Devil Is Fine doesn’t rest on novelty. It doesn’t work like any record in any of the genres it borrows from and it’s fickle enough to frustrate anyone trying to draw themes through it – but of all the records that will get fancy label re-releases this year, this is among the most deserving.
https://noisey.vice.com/en_au/article/6wqvnb/zeal-and-ardor-interviewhttp://www.metalstorm.net/pub/review.php?review_id=13957http://www.angrymetalguy.com/zeal-and-ardor-devil-is-fine-things-you-might-have-missed-2016/
oh balls lol
― Simon H., Monday, 5 February 2018 15:34 (six years ago) link
On the guitar solo in "Stillborn Knowledge" from the White Ward album: yeah, I like this. Steely Dan seems like the wrong comparison for the softer passages with sax, though; will think. Based on the first two tracks, I sometimes wish these were better integrated with the metal passages, with a stronger sense of unity to the compositions. The shifts can seem at times like they come out of nowhere. Still, there's definitely something interesting going on.
― No purposes. Sounds. (Sund4r), Monday, 5 February 2018 15:39 (six years ago) link
I forgot to vote for Z&A since I considered it a 2016 release I think... It's an interesting idea but needs more refinement. A second album should be very interesting I reckon.
― scroot gyte (ultros ultros-ghali), Monday, 5 February 2018 15:40 (six years ago) link
I hadn't realized so many of my picks had placed.
― Dinsdale, Friday, 9 February 2018 20:53 (six years ago) link
Forgot to bold Cavernlight, that one didn't make it.
xp Thanks pomenitul!
― Siegbran, Friday, 9 February 2018 21:13 (six years ago) link
Unweighted:
Botanist - Collective: The Shape of He to ConeJute Gyte - OviriConverge - The Dusk In UsPallbearer - HeartlessAkvan - Forgotten GloryÁrstíðir lífsins - HeljarkviðaKrallice - LoümKrallice - Go Be ForgottenGodflesh - Post SelfThantifaxath - Void Masquerading as MatterOranssi Pazuzu - Kevät / VärimyrskySolstafir - BerdreyminnEx Eye - Ex EyeSchammasch - The Maldoror Chants: Hermaphrodite
― No purposes. Sounds. (Sund4r), Friday, 9 February 2018 21:16 (six years ago) link
I meant to say yesterday that the Lingua Ignota album is quite something. Would definitely have made my list if I had heard it, but I didn't get the chance to hear much new stuff, even in the longer voting period, for obvious reasons.
― Algerian Goalkeeper (Odysseus), Friday, 9 February 2018 22:08 (six years ago) link
Also What in the end do you prefer: results before Christmas or in February after the Big Poll?
― Algerian Goalkeeper (Odysseus), Friday, 9 February 2018 22:09 (six years ago) link
either tbh. guess earlier is nicer BUT you get things like those mesarthim EPs missing cos they came out in the last week of december
― imago, Friday, 9 February 2018 22:10 (six years ago) link
Before Christmas. Im 95% wrong about longer voting periods
Xp ok 90%
― the man from P.O.R.L.O.C.K. (Drugs A. Money), Friday, 9 February 2018 22:14 (six years ago) link
Weighted
Jute Gyte - OviriImajinary Friends - The Imajinary FriendsStabscotch - Uncanny ValleyVespero - Shum-ShirSundays & Cybele - Chaos & SystemsBotanist - Collective: The Shape of He to ConeEx Eye - Ex EyeMultishiva - Time MesserGasp - Ghost in Scow OutLiquidarlo Celuloide - SuperfriccionCouch Slut - ContemptKing Woman - Created in the Image of SufferingForgotten Spell - The NecromancerRubedo Nocturno - O grande pai: Abismo incriadoBlack Cilice - Banished from TimeAzonic - Prospect of the Deep Volume 1Plastic Crimewave Syndicate - Thunderbolt of Flaming WisdomST 37 - Fuck You, You Rule: ST 37's Greatest "Hits"10000 Russos - Distress DistressKorto - KortoElder - Reflections of a Floating WorldFeral Ohms - Feral OhmsUnsane - SterilizeDeep Space Destructors - PsychedologyYagow - YagowSxuperion - MyriadSlowly Building Weapons - SunbirdsThantifaxath - Void Masquerading as MatterNik Turner - Life in SpaceCircle - TerminalEcstatic Vision - Raw Rock FurySannhet - So NumbShardik - ShardikSuccumb - SuccumbMara Balls - Elävä kiviMoths & Locusts - Intro/OutroThe Spacelords - Water PlanetThe Cosmic Dead - Psych is DeadVoid Generator - ProdromiGrails - Chalice HymnalMaat Lander - Season in Space Vol. 1Falls of Rauros - Vigilance PerennialSchammasch - The Maldoror Chants: Hermaphrodite
― the man from P.O.R.L.O.C.K. (Drugs A. Money), Friday, 9 February 2018 22:17 (six years ago) link
Siegbran is the only person who had a ballot similar to mine, lol
― Hi diddley dee, hen fapper's life for me (Neanderthal), Friday, 9 February 2018 22:25 (six years ago) link
aye, longer voting period kills momentum and everyone just leaves it to the last week before listening and voting anyway! the old way of 2 week nominations and 2 weeks voting was enough i think.
― Algerian Goalkeeper (Odysseus), Friday, 9 February 2018 22:25 (six years ago) link
Personally I want all of you to tell me about all these great albums before the vanilla ilx poll so that I can put White Ward on my ballot and seem cool...
― Frederik B, Friday, 9 February 2018 23:09 (six years ago) link
most metal albums wouldnt make it even if they extended the rollout to 150.
Chelsea Wolfe only got 3 votes i think in big poll. Was #3 here.
only elder snd ex eye made the big poll 77 iirc
― Algerian Goalkeeper (Odysseus), Friday, 9 February 2018 23:14 (six years ago) link
btw i forgot to say during the roll out but my fave song on the converge album is the title track.
― Algerian Goalkeeper (Odysseus), Friday, 9 February 2018 23:34 (six years ago) link
Thanks so much Simon and Kerr for doing this <3
― Le Bateau Ivre, Saturday, 10 February 2018 00:45 (six years ago) link
Ballot, weighted:
Nortt - EndeligtKrallice - Go Be ForgottenDer Weg Einer Freiheit - FinisterreJute Gyte - OviriAu champ des morts - Dans la joieWolves in the Throne Room - Thrice WovenBlanck Mass - World EaterArchspire - Relentless MutationChelsea Wolfe - Hiss SpunAcid Mothers Temple & The Melting Paraiso U.F.O. - Wandering The Outer SpaceGnod - Just Say No to the Psycho Right-Wing Capitalist Fascist Industrial Death Machine
― Le Bateau Ivre, Saturday, 10 February 2018 00:46 (six years ago) link
I don't think the noms period should end before the end of the year; that's the only thing I'd be concerned about. Thanks so much to Simon and Odysseus for this!
― No purposes. Sounds. (Sund4r), Saturday, 10 February 2018 00:47 (six years ago) link
My weighted ballot. Bold did not place.
1. Oxbow - Thin White Duke2. Brutus - Burst3. Chelsea Wolfe - Hiss Spun4. Wolves in the Throne Room - Thrice Woven5. The Midnight Ghost Train - Cypress Ave.6. Rebel Wizard - Triumph Of Gloom7. Light of the Morning Star - Nocta8. Violet Cold – Anomie9. Slagmaur - Thill Smitts Terror10. The Obsessed – Sacred11. Laster - Ons Vrije Fatum12. Beastmaker - Inside The Skull13. The Wizards - Full Moon in Scorpio14. Godflesh - Post Self15. Paradise Lost - Medusa16. Ufomammut - 817. Tau Cross - Pillar of Fire18. Mammoth Mammoth - Mount the Mountain19. Zeal & Ardor - Devil Is Fine20. Myrkur - Mareridt21. Pagan Altar - The Room of Shadows22. Alestorm - No Grave But The Sea23. Sólstafir - Berdreyminn24. Pyriphlegethon - The Murky Black of Eternal Night25. Pallbearer - Heartless26. Ides of Gemini - Women27. Full Of Hell - Trumpeting Ecstasy28. Venenum - Trance Of Death29. Usnea - Portals into Futility30. King Woman - Created in the Image of Suffering31. Nortt – Endeligt32. Reverorum ib Malacht - Ter Agios Numini33. Obituary - Obituary34. Horn - Turm Am Hang35. Botanist - The Shape of He to Come36. Disharmony - Goddamn The Sun37. Jagged Vision - Death Is This World38. Falls of Rauros - Vigilance Perrenial39. Ensiferum - Two Paths40. Integrity - Howling, For The Nightmare Shall Consume41. Selcouth - Heart Is the Star of Chaos42. Pyrrhon - What Passes For Survival43. Eluveitie - Evocation II: Pantheon44. Antisect - The Rising of the Lights45. Anomalie - Visions46. Uniform - Wake In Fright47. Dread Sovereign - For Doom The Bell Tolls48. White Ward - Futility Report49. Lorn - Arrayed Claws50. Big|Brave - Ardor
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Saturday, 10 February 2018 05:54 (six years ago) link
My unweighted ballot, I only picked things I'd heard and remembered (and it's obviously missing a few I've noted above in the thread):
Artificial Brain - Infrared HorizonAtriarch - Dead as TruthBig|Brave - ArdorChepang - DadheloCircle - TerminalCloud Rat / Disrotted - Split LPCouch Slut - ContemptFull of Hell - Trumpeting EcstasyGodflesh - Post SelfImpetuous Ritual - Blight Upon Martyred SentienceOxbow - Thin Black DukePower Trip - Nightmare LogicPsudoku - Deep Space PsudokumentPyrrhon - What Passes For SurvivalThe Body & Full of Hell - Ascending a Mountain of Heavy LightUniform - Wake in FrightWhite Suns - Psychic DriftWreche - Wreche
― wronger than 100 geir posts (MacDara), Saturday, 10 February 2018 10:30 (six years ago) link
I must say I'm a little disappointed by the #1. I'm not a fan of the singing and I can't really make out the songs as they just meander, without strong or hooking passages (track 3 a distinct exception). The last two songs feel like an addition of twenty minutes. I'm not sure if it's because I've never been a fan of stoner or because of the progressiveness.
― Nabozo, Saturday, 10 February 2018 14:26 (six years ago) link
Maybe I spoke too fast though, I'm relistening to parts at home now and it sounds better than in the train.
― Nabozo, Saturday, 10 February 2018 14:36 (six years ago) link
the last track is amazing
― Algerian Goalkeeper (Odysseus), Saturday, 10 February 2018 14:38 (six years ago) link
They definitely meander, that's part of the fun. They open with a hook, riff on it a bit, jam for five minutes, come back to the hook at the end. I think the hooks on Lore might have been a bit more memorable, but the new one is a little more layered, which is why I liked it better.
― airdnb (Tom Violence), Saturday, 10 February 2018 15:05 (six years ago) link
My unweighted and monumentally unsuccessful ballot
Bloodway - A Fragile Riddle Crypting CluesCelestial Bodies - Spit Forth From ChaosCemetery Urn - Cemetery UrnCircle - TerminalContaminated - Final ManCryptic Fog - Staring Through the VeilCrystal Fairy - Crystal FairyDaemogog – Ancient Extradigestional RitesDemon Head - Thunder on the FieldsDreaming Dead - Funeral TwilightElder - Reflections of a Floating WorldExcommunion - ThronosisFather Befouled - Desolate GodsFell Ruin - To the Concrete DriftsFleshpress - Hulluuden MuuriGigan - Undulating Waves of Rainbiotic IridescenseImmolation - AtonementIncantation - Profane NexusJohn Hoyles - Night FlightKairon; IRSE! - RuinationLivid - Beneath This Shroud, The Earth ErodesLo-Ruhamah - AnointingLorn - Arrayed ClawsLoss - HorizonlessMidnight Rider – ManifestationMind Mold – Mind MoldMorast - Ancestral VoidMorbid Angel - Kingdoms DisdainedMorbid Evils – DeceasesNightbringer - Terra DamnataOccasvs - Nocturnal Majestic MysteriaOculus - The Apostate of LightPoison Blood - Poison BloodPontiak - Dialectic of IgnorancePyrrhon - What Passes For SurvivalRude - Remnants...Ruin - Drown in BloodSlowly Building Weapons - SunbirdsSpectral Voice - Eroded Corridors Of UnbeingSuccumb - SuccumbSuffering Hour - In Passing AscensionTchornobog - TchornobogThe Mass – Ghost FleetTomb Mold - Primordial MalignityTome of the Unreplenished – Cosmoprism: The TheurgyTongues - HreiliaUlulatum Tollunt - Quantum Noose of UsurpationUsnea – Portals Into FutilityVenenum - Trance of DeathWildspeaker - Spreading Adder
― my dreams in the hell-pits (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Saturday, 10 February 2018 20:19 (six years ago) link
Most of my ballot is tied for 286th place lol
― my dreams in the hell-pits (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Saturday, 10 February 2018 20:20 (six years ago) link
I thought Immolation and Incantation were both ILM faves? And I could swear people in this very thread were praising Tchornobog. I think my memory's going.
― airdnb (Tom Violence), Saturday, 10 February 2018 20:23 (six years ago) link
Immolation made it, Incantation was at 105. Thought they were both very solid albums tbh. And I remember there being some excitement over Tchornobog in rolling metal but I guess it didn't carry over.
― my dreams in the hell-pits (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Saturday, 10 February 2018 22:35 (six years ago) link
I like Incantation a lot, but the new album was not as good as the one before.
― grawlix (unperson), Sunday, 11 February 2018 00:01 (six years ago) link
I didn't discover quite as much this year in the rollout as the last couple of years
― Algerian Goalkeeper (Odysseus), Tuesday, 13 February 2018 13:11 (six years ago) link