Did you buy it too? I did the exact same! That said, I did vote for it at #36.
― tangent x (tangenttangent), Friday, 12 March 2021 19:30 (three years ago) link
I think I just need to wait until it's the height of summer before I can listen to this properly
― imago, Friday, 12 March 2021 19:32 (three years ago) link
More bland and featureless black metal is difficult to imagine tbh, don't get the hype at all
― your passion oozzes from the (ultros ultros-ghali), Friday, 12 March 2021 19:33 (three years ago) link
Lol xp
― tangent x (tangenttangent), Friday, 12 March 2021 19:33 (three years ago) link
yeah, I listened to this all one day and was pretty impressed. still preferred das tor, but dug it.
but that one day was literally the only time I listened to it all year. just so freakin' long and it doesn't work if you do it piecemeal.
darkspace iii is in an entirely different league for me tho.
― (⊙_⊙?) (original bgm), Friday, 12 March 2021 19:34 (three years ago) link
It's like finding a stranger in the Alps.
― pomenitul, Friday, 12 March 2021 19:35 (three years ago) link
Would a best UK Metal band of the 21st century mean lots of arguments as to what is or isn't metal?
― Oor Neechy, Friday, 12 March 2021 19:36 (three years ago) link
hopefully
― imago, Friday, 12 March 2021 19:37 (three years ago) link
Mos def.
― pomenitul, Friday, 12 March 2021 19:37 (three years ago) link
And Imago wouldn't be allowed to nominate?
― Oor Neechy, Friday, 12 March 2021 19:37 (three years ago) link
oceansize 4eva
― imago, Friday, 12 March 2021 19:38 (three years ago) link
Popping up belatedly to say I enjoyed and voted for the (rather different) Fluisteraars and Black Curse in the middle part of my ballot. I'm holding out hope that at least 2 more of mine will place.
― o. nate, Friday, 12 March 2021 19:38 (three years ago) link
lj exhibited no small amount of jingoistic pride over the years in these polls, so I think he's earned the right to nom UK bands.
― pomenitul, Friday, 12 March 2021 19:39 (three years ago) link
Is false metal still a kind of metal? 🤔
― jmm, Friday, 12 March 2021 19:39 (three years ago) link
Maybe two polls. One for all kinds of Rock and One for METAL
― Oor Neechy, Friday, 12 March 2021 19:39 (three years ago) link
Let the libertines fans have their fun I say
Challop: Libertines have a couple of good songs.
― pomenitul, Friday, 12 March 2021 19:40 (three years ago) link
LJ you and I could co run both polls if youre up for it? We just run them at the same time
― Oor Neechy, Friday, 12 March 2021 19:40 (three years ago) link
Yes, yes they do.
― Scamp Granada (gyac), Friday, 12 March 2021 19:40 (three years ago) link
You know the metal poll rollout is alive and well when gyac is posting in it. :)
― pomenitul, Friday, 12 March 2021 19:41 (three years ago) link
let's sort this poll out first then see
― imago, Friday, 12 March 2021 19:42 (three years ago) link
― Scamp Granada (gyac), Friday, 12 March 2021 19:42 (three years ago) link
This is impressive and I voted for it in the backhalf of my ballot, but I found it a bit too monochromatic for it's length so it didn't wow me like Das Tor and some of the other demos did.
― Judi Dench's Human Hand (methanietanner), Friday, 12 March 2021 19:43 (three years ago) link
Tbf I think the metal poll is a good place for beefs.
xp
― pomenitul, Friday, 12 March 2021 19:44 (three years ago) link
There is certainly an over-abundance of sausage
― Oor Neechy, Friday, 12 March 2021 19:45 (three years ago) link
Im Wald is a self-consciously monomaniacal record and that's part of its appeal.
― pomenitul, Friday, 12 March 2021 19:45 (three years ago) link
ever just like wanted to be in the cold woods
― imago, Friday, 12 March 2021 19:46 (three years ago) link
I've been detained with other matters sadly... but I'm here for the last bit. the Hail Spirit Noir was my #1.
― Frobisher, Friday, 12 March 2021 19:47 (three years ago) link
Next up: ILM really worships these guys, huh?
― pomenitul, Friday, 12 March 2021 19:47 (three years ago) link
*nervous laugh*
― imago, Friday, 12 March 2021 19:48 (three years ago) link
#6Elder – Omens493 points, 13 votes, 1 #1 vote
https://f4.bcbits.com/img/a4214182015_10.jpg
https://beholdtheelder.bandcamp.com/album/omens
Elder, detailed and gorgeous, have long been standard bearers for a modern take on proggy stoner rock. Previously flitting between lush dreamscapes and fuzzy riffs, their new outing explores a little more of their voice and a wider range of moods, bringing less thunder and shedding more light on the bubbles under the surface.Clearer and trippier, Omens dials back the volume to let some explorative synths rise to the forefront. As a result, some of it feels a little dated and some of it is sort of timeless, switching between 60s BBC space noises and warm, searching tones. Ideas-heavy, the guitars are hard at work, creating a web of layered notes; tracks are both busy and dreamy, smooth and active, the guitars sprawling and noodling through intricate passages, riffs fluttering and decaying. A kind of nebulous nostalgia is part of the patchwork that makes up their sound; they avoid sounding kitschy when this is balanced with the warm modern production.For all the thunder, which they're very comfortable with, the real gold is when they hold back; the record is in no rush to get to the heavy moments, managing to keep momentum through synth pulses and the low, understated throb of the drums. In doing so they embrace a palette that modern metal doesn't use as much, and by around the halfway point the ideas coalesce into a deep, brooding mood, which unfolds to be contemplative, reserved, and delicate.
Clearer and trippier, Omens dials back the volume to let some explorative synths rise to the forefront. As a result, some of it feels a little dated and some of it is sort of timeless, switching between 60s BBC space noises and warm, searching tones. Ideas-heavy, the guitars are hard at work, creating a web of layered notes; tracks are both busy and dreamy, smooth and active, the guitars sprawling and noodling through intricate passages, riffs fluttering and decaying. A kind of nebulous nostalgia is part of the patchwork that makes up their sound; they avoid sounding kitschy when this is balanced with the warm modern production.
For all the thunder, which they're very comfortable with, the real gold is when they hold back; the record is in no rush to get to the heavy moments, managing to keep momentum through synth pulses and the low, understated throb of the drums. In doing so they embrace a palette that modern metal doesn't use as much, and by around the halfway point the ideas coalesce into a deep, brooding mood, which unfolds to be contemplative, reserved, and delicate.
https://thequietus.com/articles/28371-elder-omens-review
― pomenitul, Friday, 12 March 2021 19:49 (three years ago) link
I wish they'd gone further down the kraut route of The Gold & Silver Sessions EP.
As it stands, I thought this was okay.
― pomenitul, Friday, 12 March 2021 19:50 (three years ago) link
Agreed with that pom, but I do still love this new one. Would love for a full-length krautrock record tho.
― soaring skrrrtpeggios (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 12 March 2021 19:50 (three years ago) link
totally, I loved that EP, but this did little for me.
― Judi Dench's Human Hand (methanietanner), Friday, 12 March 2021 19:51 (three years ago) link
How dull! Boring, droney stoner nonsense.
Just kidding, this progges it right up and I voted for it :)
Here's an incredible Easter Egg discovered by an ilxor:
At 5 minutes and 5 seconds into the 5th song on the band Elder's 5th album the song changes to a 5 bar cycle in 5/8.― Noel Emits, Wednesday, 6 January 2021 09:49 (two months ago) bookmarkflaglink
― Noel Emits, Wednesday, 6 January 2021 09:49 (two months ago) bookmarkflaglink
if that isn't the proggest single musical act of 2020 I'll be stunned
― imago, Friday, 12 March 2021 19:51 (three years ago) link
ngl, that's pretty cool.
― pomenitul, Friday, 12 March 2021 19:52 (three years ago) link
Elder do emo very well. Their albums always take a few listens to sink in before the mood is undeniable and this was no exception.
― tangent x (tangenttangent), Friday, 12 March 2021 19:52 (three years ago) link
Aaw that is a wonderful discovery xp
― tangent x (tangenttangent), Friday, 12 March 2021 19:53 (three years ago) link
I'm letting the Slift play as I do real work/scroll ILM, and I must say it's pretty enjoyable, although if something like this is eligible I'm not sure why Garcia Peoples wouldn't also be eligible (longer solos I guess).
― o. nate, Friday, 12 March 2021 19:55 (three years ago) link
Elder was my #2. Wasn't really sure it qualified as metal at the time, but after seeing what ended up in the top 20 I can see it more than does.
Loved Imperial Triumphant, but liked the last one more. Destroyers of All is Ulcerate's best, but this one got a strong vote. The Paysage d'Hiver was a good one for long work sessions in quarantine, as was Fluisteraars.
― beard papa, Friday, 12 March 2021 19:55 (three years ago) link
I usully hate stoner rock/metal but the last two Elder albums are lovely. People in some quarters have really turned against them, whic is a shame but I'd rather they carried on in this direction
― your passion oozzes from the (ultros ultros-ghali), Friday, 12 March 2021 19:56 (three years ago) link
yeah Elder have suddenly gotten much better
― imago, Friday, 12 March 2021 19:57 (three years ago) link
(imo)
― imago, Friday, 12 March 2021 19:58 (three years ago) link
At this point I have very little hope for Intronaut, Enslaved, or Igorrr..
― beard papa, Friday, 12 March 2021 19:58 (three years ago) link
I like the direction they've taken, I'm just not 100% sold on the execution.
― pomenitul, Friday, 12 March 2021 19:58 (three years ago) link
Not as enjoyable as 'Reflections of a Floating World' (remember - a 'Stoner Rock' genre NUMBER ONE in ILM metal poll, or 'how I stopped worrying, and embraced 'Heavy Rock' as part of the ILM Metal poll'), but very good indeed - mid ballot for me.
― BlackIronPrison, Friday, 12 March 2021 19:58 (three years ago) link
Any guesses as to the top 5?
― pomenitul, Friday, 12 March 2021 19:59 (three years ago) link
5. Sweven4. Oranssi Pazuzu3. Mrs Piss2. Kvelertak1. Hum
― beard papa, Friday, 12 March 2021 20:01 (three years ago) link
Finland MindclasmDidn't You Guys Be A Pop Band 25 Years AgoElephants, So Many ElephantsFinland Mindclasm 2: This Time ShoegazeAn Actual Nazi
― imago, Friday, 12 March 2021 20:02 (three years ago) link