THE 10TH ANNUAL ILM METAL POLL:2017 RESULTS THREAD

If the last few minutes of "White Granite" don't hook you, you can probably skip it

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to me, the new Portal wasn't cavernous -- that's really the aspect of the record that makes it different from their other stuff. I thought the pfork review was otm in the respect that it's very easy to see just how weird they really are now, and short of trying something totally new in their writing, cleaning up the production was IMO the best thing they could have done.

the new portal cleans up their production? i'm here for that

They did that on Vexovoid as well and I do like that album. It's just me I think.

It scratches the Agalloch itch better than the Pillorian record did.

― Simon H., Tuesday, 6 February 2018 19:27 (seven minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

That didn't occur to me but I agree they fill the gap somewhat. But fair play on Haughm not just doing Agalloch 2.0 though. I assume Pillorian will end up being quite high.

Yeah I didn't mean that as a shot at Haughm/Pillorian necessarily

It scratches the Agalloch itch better than the Pillorian record did.

― Simon H.

fantastic recommendation!

I haven't heard most of the stuff that placed today, but I did listen to that Gasp album and I thought it was really good -- very noisy sludge psych stuff, very worth a listen imo.

YESSSSS to GASP & Circle

I'm going to check out that Psudoku album some more, esp since Dominique compared it to Melt Banana

I didnt vote for Kairon IRSE but I really wish I had; that album is awesome

I did vote for Sannhet though. Back and forth whether it's 3 or 4 stars but it's totally solid. Pretty much the same for Fall of Rauros

YESSSS to Black Cilice. The vocals are so much more unhinged than they were on Mysteries

Wish I had nominated the untitled Skaphe EP. And that the Rubedo Nocturno album was on youtube. That album is kvlt taken to chilling extremes

Pouring one out for Multishiva ;_;

Frobisher if you like the GASP, you might want to check out Liquidarlo Celuloide, which is admittedly more straightforward, kind of a spacerock equivalent to GVSB, but a very strong noisy psych element nonetheless

I did listen to Liquidarlo Celuloide when you brought them up the other day, I liked them but I'd voted by then.

The clip of Rubedo Nocturno was really enticing. Wish I could have heard more than two minutes of it!

xxp I will check them out!

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@Drugs, do you mean the 'O Grande Pai: Abismo Incriado' album by Rubedo Nocturno?

also...is the Gannnet album good then?

I'm listening to the Falls of Rauros and I like what I'm hearing. It's a little too sweet and clean, lacking some folly, but that's very nice craftsmanship and production, and they concentrate a lot of good influences while avoiding pitfalls, there's Agalloch in there for sure but I also hear a little maudlin of the well (that interlude). Good discovery.

I'm especially fond of the opening minutes of "Labyrinth Unfolding Echoes"

the wode record is amaaaaazing

i was so unsure of it at first and then i hit "chaosspell"

Yes Le Bateau Ivre

Lol LJ I think if there's one album you'd rail against in the rollout it might be Sannhet. It's got a real goth flavor (they used to be on Flenser ♡) but I feel like it might strike you as by-the-numbers post-rock...? like Gravenhurst maybe, or maybe a darkwave Surface of Eceon

(xps)

Ehhh maybe not Gravenhurst

Its just slightly gothy post rock

fuck all like Gravenhurst

Planning for Burial is really lovely goth metalgaze. Enjoyed Violet Cold last night too, on a somewhat similar tip.

I totally forgot to vote for Planning for Burial. I listened to it earlier in the year but I guess I only remembered the slowcore parts. It's sounding great on this gorgeous winter morning.

I was in a furious mood for most of yesterday so I failed to register my enthusiasm for Kairon and Black Cilice, but yayyy!

I’m not familiar with Kairon’s previous stuff (though will make it a priority to check out), but this album gradually set up residence in my brain throughout the year and wouldn’t leave. It is just such pristine, glimmering psych and is as enduring as it is catchy. The shoegazey bits are refreshing too. It’s just so pretty and positive! Shame that none of this is reflected in either band name or album cover. I totally thought this would be thrash metal from the cover.

Black Cicile are roooough.

Black Cilice is so great. It's all I desire in my black metal, this impenetrable wall of despair. Nihil nihil nihil. The vocals sound so detached and unsettling.

I forgot to add the Black Cilice to my ballot, but I doubt it would have made much of a difference to the ranking.

I was one of the votes for the Cloud Rat split at 100, though I do prefer the ones with Moloch and Crevasse, that's just me. I didn't know they had two others as well so I saved that link to the tape for future digging, thanks who posted that.

this impenetrable wall of despair.

Have to correct myself here, because it's really quite the opposite of 'impenetrable' tbrh. It's an ocean easy to completely dissolve in.

LBI turning into David Tibet there lol

I'm quite enjoying Venenum! Not usually so much into this style but it's proving my theory that it's almost always all about the songwriting for me - no matter what style you're in, you've got to write good, arrestingly-composed songs. I think Venenum do that

Huge compliment :D

Definitely a compliment haha

I’m going to disappear for a while now, but sadly not into Black Cilice. Will still be catching furtive glimpses of the poll but probably won’t be able to listen to anything until nightfall

Afraid I won't be able to follow the roll-out or comment until this evening, too.

Is anyone going to be around?

yes

40 Krallice with Dave Edwardson - Loüm 212 Points, 7 Votes
https://i.imgur.com/TnZ1AYZ.jpg
https://open.spotify.com/album/6Ykm8o5HJ3XygAILXNU0QS?si=KZJ7zbDERTS_nS3f5moz_w

https://krallice.bandcamp.com/album/lo-m
https://yourlastrites.com/2017/11/15/krallice-loum-review/

I'm around but I'll spend most of my time holding my kid's head over a bucket

vomit is so metal

this one felt a bit dull

Poor Krallice, votesplitting themselves haha

they had another album out too?

i guess it went and got forgotten

I've not heard this one yet

paging ultros!

Haha, my daughter's been vomiting all morning too. Take care, Dinsdale!

Gannnet are basically God Is An Astronaut, as promised by DAM, lol

39 Full of Hell - Trumpeting Ecstasy 213 Points, 6 votes
https://i.imgur.com/OMVetxw.jpg
https://open.spotify.com/album/1CICQQAxvXbayxDF5jJETJ?si=WmUAJZ29RP-DTbLyt4ug8A

https://fullofhell.bandcamp.com/album/trumpeting-ecstasy
https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/23129-trumpeting-ecstasy/

they had another album out too?

― Algerian Goalkeeper (Odysseus), Wednesday, February 7, 2018 12:07 PM (thirty-one minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

i guess it went and got forgotten

― imago, Wednesday, February 7, 2018 12:08 PM (thirty minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Hehe. I voted for Go Be Forgotten iirc.

Impetuous Ritual are music for when you've given up on ever seeing light again

btw a very good prog album with some standout songs coming up next

progge?

i'm listening to Black Cilice now. Catching up slowly on you

not your kinda prog though, you're too prejudiced to like this :P