THE 10TH ANNUAL ILM METAL POLL:2017 RESULTS THREAD

71 Queens Of The Stone Age - Villains 131 Points, 3 Votes
https://i.imgur.com/EEGQSrX.jpg
https://open.spotify.com/album/6JdX9MGiEMypqYLMKyIE8a?si=4WKy9RpsQyqqfiRDbBQR8A

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/aug/24/queens-of-the-stone-age-villains-review-josh-hommes-chemsex-vikings-beef-up-their-myth <--- an ilxor

https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/queens-of-the-stone-age-villains/

ugh no

I hate to admit it but this grew on me a lot (didn't vote for it tho)

It's a very good album, but I miss Josh writing heavy songs

i think this is their best record but it was not on my ballot for extramusical reasons :\

Voted for it though

maybe it's good but I will never know because I've never liked these guys

boooo

Wouldn't 've minded if this had went the Brand New route, ie not placing bcz Homme's a scumbag

listening to the second track of this. it sounds like Muse! it sounds like recent Muse

Did Foo Fighters put an album out this year, too? I can never remember.

penultimate track is a good T-Rex impression tho

dont think so?

xp

dont think so?

xp

Not a serious question; a joke about the bottomless lameness of Josh Homme.

Wouldn't 've minded if this had went the Brand New route, ie not placing bcz Homme's a scumbag

― Le Bateau Ivre, Monday, February 5, 2018 1:33 PM (eight minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

hard to say this about anyone i don't know personally but his apology seemed heartfelt and i will one day be able to listen to qotsa again, just not yet

last track on this record still has my favorite chorus of 2017

70 Brutus - Burst 133.0 Points, 5 Votes
http://www.allschools.de/pictures/cover/BRUTUS_-_Burst_400.jpg
https://open.spotify.com/album/68xOWoPQStCXdG7dk4Ubnb?si=67rU61DyRLuz6jZj7v-o0A

The moment album-opener “March” kicks in you get a sense of Brutus’ varied influences. It’s riff-driven, like a mixture of Every Time I Die and Japandroids, but it’s also fused with soaring, intense melody. Vocalist and drummer Stefanie Mannaert unleashes a flourish of borderline black metal blast beats while yelling out lyrics with feverish intensity. Vocally, Mannaert is raw and fierce without ever being caustic or violent. She doesn’t scream, but she reaches for notes with shouts that sometimes make it, and sometimes putter and crack. This is in no way a bad thing; in fact it adds to the band’s frantic nature. You sweat when you listen to this, and you bleed from every pore.

a mixture of Every Time I Die and Japandroids

.... huh

Heard yesterday, went straight onto my ballot.

very cool album, portends great things, agree that description is way off

That Brutus album is pretty good. I love a singing drummer.

hard to say this about anyone i don't know personally but his apology seemed heartfelt and i will one day be able to listen to qotsa again, just not yet

― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Monday, February 5, 2018 8:42 PM (five minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Seems I missed the second apology, googling now; the initial one was hella lame.

the last track on the progenie terrestre pura gets super wubbed out. it is incidentally the first time i've really loved a song on this record as opposed to moments

That Brutus album is pretty good. I love a singing drummer.

― grawlix (unperson), Monday, February 5, 2018 1:48 PM (eight minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

oh shit! gotta check this out on principle (i'm a singing drummer)

wait what

oh man I have some catching up to do in this thread

― Dinsdale, Monday, February 5, 2018 8:09 PM (forty-seven minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

So far behind here. This Colotyphus record is really cool.

The first of several over the next stretch that I know nothing about!

69 Akvan - Forgotten Glory 135.0 Points, 5 Votes
https://f4.bcbits.com/img/a3558206330_16.jpg
https://akvan.bandcamp.com/album/forgotten-glory

Bandcamp is PWYC!

I love this band. Iranian fusion of Persian folk and black metal. More oud on this album.

This looks great!

Really enjoying Wode while cleaning the bathroom btw.

Akvan higher than I would have thought. Decent album.

colotyphus is not my thing i don't think but i respect it

That's how I feel about this Akvan record.

68 Nortt - Endeligt 140.0 Points 4 Votes, 1 #1 Vote
https://www.spirit-of-metal.com/les%20goupes/N/Nortt/Endeligt/Endeligt.jpg
https://open.spotify.com/album/0TBCJfOsvpdZKVt27LWe7L?si=kLW5FJoDTZGvmsMWDTASLA

this is all happening so fast!

I should listen to this now I've finally become apathetic enough to get funeral doom

more sub-40-min funeral doom records, please

I came in late, so I missed a lot. But LOL at "Wiege dude".

Five of mine already placed: Violet Cold, Big|Brave, Bathsheba, Succumb and Nortt.

colotyphus is not my thing i don't think but i respect it

― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Monday, February 5, 2018 2:15 PM (eleven minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

wait, nm, it's converting me

The Nortt album is really good. I haven't heard that Akvan record, but I like his earlier stuff.

My number #1

The Nortt is my favorite thing discovered from the campaign thread. I didn't vote for it, because it only really hit me this last week. Never went crazy for previous work by them. This one feels mature and focused.

I couldn't ask for more in a black metal album: it scratches me right where I itch.

I think this is stronger than the previous Akvan record (which I also liked), unperson.

colotyphus is not my thing i don't think but i respect it

― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Monday, February 5, 2018 2:15 PM (eleven minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

wait, nm, it's converting me

― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Monday, February 5, 2018 2:27 PM (four minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

mostly all of the guitar solos are really good

yeah it's a really great-sounding record, feels like the work of an established band

67 Flight Of Sleipnir - Skadi 144.0 Points, 5 Votes
http://www.nocleansinging.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/The-Flight-of-Sleipnir-Skadi-e1481519221317.jpg
https://open.spotify.com/album/1pmCC3WVzkJSYzGg45zbyF?si=0xSc3_9rQ7O7xf_pzoY7EQ

For the unenlightened, I’d say it’s fair to summarize The Flight of Sleipnir’s sound as a stoner/doom version of Agalloch. Most of Agalloch’s elements are present – winding acoustic passages, folk sensibility, mildly mournful riffs, and buckets of atmosphere. The Flight of Sleipnir add some psychedelic elements and generally aren’t so despondent, but their overall approach is quite similar. Frankly though, I’ve never got the hype around Agalloch. Their compositions are naïve (not endearingly), the vocals annoy me, and they meander too much for their own good. They’ve improved on recent albums, but I can’t help but cringe on hearing The Mantle or Pale Folklore, despite some wonderful moments. The Flight of Sleipnir fortunately don’t succumb to these problems. The screamed vocals are powerful, while the clean singing is suitably soft and trippy, and the meandering, while occasionally problematic, is generally kept interesting enough.