Well it was the first Saturday after NYE, so perhaps there were a few loose stomachs in the joint.
As luck would have it one or two regular ILX posters were there and can back me up.
It was horrible really.
― Doran, Wednesday, 21 January 2009 19:05 (fifteen years ago) link
Was it one of them?
― Pfunkboy Formerly Known As... (Herman G. Neuname), Wednesday, 21 January 2009 19:32 (fifteen years ago) link
It was horrible really.― Doran
― Doran
would expect so
― Calling All Creeps! (contenderizer), Wednesday, 21 January 2009 19:49 (fifteen years ago) link
25The Gutter Twins - Saturnalia (Sub Pop) 98 Points (1 Number One Vote.)
Having spent nearly a year dissecting Saturnalia, I'm ready to declare this the best album either Dulli or Lanegan has been involved with since the Afghan Whigs' swan song in 1998. It's not "metal" by a long shot (many albums on this list are not "metal" in a strict sense, mind) – it is, however, dark, aggressive, haunting and intense in equal measure. The album kicks off with a rock solid 1-2-3 punch, then unravels into a brooding, downtrodden set of gothic-folk tunes with Lanegan nearly stealing the show before Dulli picks up the pace by album's end. These two musicians have shared career parallels and a personal friendship over the past 15 years, and I'm amazed they took so long to record an album together… but my Lord, was it ever worth the wait. All said, it's a solid, memorable set of tunes from two musicians who have continually raised the bar for themselves since the Whigs and Trees were put out to pasture. ---- ilxor
― Pfunkboy Formerly Known As... (Herman G. Neuname), Wednesday, 21 January 2009 19:59 (fifteen years ago) link
http://991.com/newGallery/The-Gutter-Twins-Saturnalia-430003.jpg
24http://www.metal-archives.com/images/2/1/5/1/215198.jpgOcean - Pantheon of the Lesser (Important Records) 100 Points
Kicks the shit out of all the indie I listened to in 2008. I Am reborn! I am REFORMED! ---- ilxor
― Pfunkboy Formerly Known As... (Herman G. Neuname), Wednesday, 21 January 2009 21:06 (fifteen years ago) link
23http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51jNDkoLw8L._SL500_AA240_.jpgAmon Amarth - Twilight of the Thunder God (Metal Blade) 109 Points (1 Number One Vote)
― Pfunkboy Formerly Known As... (Herman G. Neuname), Wednesday, 21 January 2009 22:02 (fifteen years ago) link
A shock result in my eyes.Surprisingly low placed, I thought this would be a contender for No 1 and a certain top 5 place. But again some of the albums advocates on the rolling metal thread didn't vote. So that's what happens.
― Pfunkboy Formerly Known As... (Herman G. Neuname), Wednesday, 21 January 2009 22:03 (fifteen years ago) link
No one else surprised?
― Pfunkboy Formerly Known As... (Herman G. Neuname), Wednesday, 21 January 2009 22:36 (fifteen years ago) link
as we approach the top 20... to compare and contrast with Terrorizer top 20 albums of 2008
01. ENSLAVED - Vertebrae (Indie Recordings)02. CYNIC - Traced In Air (Season Of Mist)03. NACHTMYSTIUM - Assassins: Black Meddle Part 1 (Candlelight)04. GOJIRA - The Way Of All Flesh (Listenable)05. TORCHE - Meanderthal (Hydra Head)06. MESHUGGAH - ObZen (Nuclear Blast)07. OPETH - Watershed (Roadrunner)08. METALLICA - Death Magnetic (Warner)09. BLOODBATH - The Fathomless Mastery (Peaceville)10. ESOTERIC - The Maniacal Vale (Season Of Mist)11. EARTH - The Bees Made Honey In The Lion's Skull (Southern Lord)12. AC/DC - Black Ice (Sony)13. ASVA - What You Don't Know Is Frontier (Southern Lord)14. HAIL OF BULLETS - ...Of Frost And War (Metal Blade)15. SEPTICFLESH - Communion (Season Of Mist)16. DARKTHRONE - Dark Thrones And Black Flags (Peaceville)17. LEVIATHAN - Massive Conspiracy Against All Life (Moribund)18. GRAND MAGUS - Iron Will (Rise Above)19. HARVEY MILK - Life... The Best Game In Town (Hydra Head)20. SATYRICON - The Age Of Nero (Roadrunner)
― djmartian, Wednesday, 21 January 2009 22:41 (fifteen years ago) link
22http://www.metal-archives.com/images/1/8/7/7/187721.jpgCoffins - Buried Death (20 Buck Spin) 111 Points
I shall post no 21 in about 30 mins after i have a cuppa tea.
― Pfunkboy Formerly Known As... (Herman G. Neuname), Wednesday, 21 January 2009 22:43 (fifteen years ago) link
dj martian some of those albums are still to come. But not telling you who or what position any of them are in. Will not spoil the tension!
― Pfunkboy Formerly Known As... (Herman G. Neuname), Wednesday, 21 January 2009 22:44 (fifteen years ago) link
Not that surprised - I liked the Amon Amarth, but didn't get caught by it. I wouldn't have even heard it if it wasn't talked about so enthusiastically by some posters, as it is not my usual cup of tea.
Glad to see Ocean do so well.
-bunch of x-posts
― EZ Snappin, Wednesday, 21 January 2009 22:45 (fifteen years ago) link
21 http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41vW8oEdURL._SL500_AA240_.jpgGrails - Doomsdayer's Holiday (Temporary Residence) 118 Points (2 Number One Votes)
and now over to Glenn for some stats...
― Pfunkboy Formerly Known As... (Herman G. Neuname), Wednesday, 21 January 2009 23:17 (fifteen years ago) link
It was I who picked Hammers of Misfortune for #1. I've never heard anything by them prior to these albums, but they just fulfill this love I have for 70s rock bands with long songs with lots of great passages (I like to refer to them as Songs with Parts), that are like epic journeys. Songs by bands like Rush, Boston, Kansas, and Yes. But the weird thing is that I am not a big fan of any of those bands other than one or two songs each, and HoM doesn't really sound like any one of them in particular. Anyway, I surprised myself by voting for them. All year I figured I'd be telling everyone that Nachtmystium did the best metal album of the year. :)
― fwiw (rockapads), Thursday, 22 January 2009 00:14 (fifteen years ago) link
Songs by bands like Rush, Boston, Kansas, and Yes. But the weird thing is that I am not a big fan of any of those bands other than one or two songs each
heh neither am I, but i dig the Hammers Of Misfortune album.
― Pfunkboy Formerly Known As... (Herman G. Neuname), Thursday, 22 January 2009 01:17 (fifteen years ago) link
Here's the stats recap of 50-21 (Rank - Points - Total Votes - #1 Votes - Artist - Album):
50 - 48 - 3 - 0 - Racebannon - Acid or Blood50 - 48 - 3 - 1 - Zebulon Pike - Intransience48 - 50 - 4 - 0 - Blue Sabbath Black Cheer - Untitled48 - 50 - 3 - 0 - Gnaw Their Tongues - An Epiphanic Vomiting of Blood47 - 52 - 5 - 0 - Bison B.C. - Quiet Earth45 - 54 - 4 - 0 - Nadja - Desire In Uneasiness45 - 54 - 4 - 0 - Withered - Folie Circulaire43 - 55 - 4 - 0 - Metallica - Death Magnetic43 - 55 - 6 - 0 - Unearthly Trance - Electrocution42 - 59 - 4 - 1 - Blood Ceremony - Blood Ceremony41 - 60 - 4 - 1 - Disfear - Live the Storm40 - 61 - 4 - 0 - Marnie Stern - This Is It And I Am It And You Are It39 - 62 - 5 - 0 - Darkspace - III38 - 63 - 6 - 0 - Intronaut - Prehistoricisms37 - 66 - 5 - 0 - Jex Thoth - Jex Thoth36 - 68 - 6 - 0 - Genghis Tron - Board Up the House35 - 70 - 5 - 0 - Witch - Paralyzed34 - 71 - 3 - 1 - Hammers of Misfortune - Fields/Church of Broken Glass33 - 72 - 6 - 0 - Ascend - Ample Fire Within32 - 78 - 6 - 0 - Jesu - Why Are We Not Perfect31 - 81 - 6 - 0 - Moonspell - Night Eternal30 - 83 - 6 - 0 - The Gates of Slumber - Conqueror28 - 88 - 7 - 0 - Earthless - Live at Roadburn28 - 88 - 8 - 0 - UFOmammut - Idolum26 - 89 - 6 - 0 - Moss - Sub Templum26 - 89 - 5 - 0 - Wetnurse - Invisible City25 - 98 - 5 - 1 - The Gutter Twins - Saturnalia24 - 100 - 6 - 0 - Ocean - Pantheon of the Lesser23 - 109 - 8 - 0 - Amon Amarth - Twilight of the Thunder God22 - 111 - 8 - 0 - Coffins - Buried Death21 - 118 - 7 - 2 - Grails - Doomsdayer's Holiday
― glenn mcdonald, Thursday, 22 January 2009 02:05 (fifteen years ago) link
And I'll start the top 20 countdown.........
― Pfunkboy Formerly Known As... (Herman G. Neuname), Thursday, 22 January 2009 03:12 (fifteen years ago) link
Tomorrow (Later today UK time)
― Pfunkboy Formerly Known As... (Herman G. Neuname), Thursday, 22 January 2009 03:13 (fifteen years ago) link
Grails - Doomsdayer's Holiday (Important Records) 118 Points (2 Number One Votes)
I think this was on Temporary Residence, if I recall correctly.
The year's other Grails album (sadly not nominated) was on Important.
― ilxor, Thursday, 22 January 2009 03:30 (fifteen years ago) link
Ahh yes. You are right. Not only do I own it and all the other Grails albums, I voted for it too. It just said on the site i checked that it was on Important. Oh well, if john justen sees this maybe he will change it if he has the time.
― Pfunkboy Formerly Known As... (Herman G. Neuname), Thursday, 22 January 2009 03:32 (fifteen years ago) link
fixed
― Barackman Hussein Overdrive (John Justen), Thursday, 22 January 2009 04:06 (fifteen years ago) link
And now we enter the top twenty..
― Pfunkboy Formerly Known As... (Herman G. Neuname), Thursday, 22 January 2009 13:43 (fifteen years ago) link
20http://www.metal-archives.com/images/2/0/1/2/201282.jpgSunn 0))) - Domkirke (Southern Lord} 123 Points
― Pfunkboy Formerly Known As... (Herman G. Neuname), Thursday, 22 January 2009 13:44 (fifteen years ago) link
I'm embarrassed to admit that I haven't heard Domkirke yet. Will remedy this today.
― glenn mcdonald, Thursday, 22 January 2009 13:51 (fifteen years ago) link
the top 20 has kicked off in fine style
― Charlie Howard, Thursday, 22 January 2009 13:55 (fifteen years ago) link
Domkirke = great.Must check that Moss album. The Masonic Temple-like cover looks promising.
― Marco Damiani, Thursday, 22 January 2009 14:26 (fifteen years ago) link
I had to start this countdown the week P&J was announced eh?CURSES
― Pfunkboy Formerly Known As... (Herman G. Neuname), Thursday, 22 January 2009 15:02 (fifteen years ago) link
19http://www.metal-archives.com/images/2/0/9/8/209845.jpgCynic - Traced in Air (Season of Mist) 126 Points
― Pfunkboy Formerly Known As... (Herman G. Neuname), Thursday, 22 January 2009 15:40 (fifteen years ago) link
2 for 2 in the top 20 so far that I've still yet to hear.
― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Thursday, 22 January 2009 15:49 (fifteen years ago) link
Me too!
Not a Sunn fan, but I'll try to hear the Cynic.
― EZ Snappin, Thursday, 22 January 2009 15:53 (fifteen years ago) link
The Sunn 0))) is terrific.
― Pfunkboy Formerly Known As... (Herman G. Neuname), Thursday, 22 January 2009 16:10 (fifteen years ago) link
I liked Sunn live, but all of their albums have bored the piss out of me. What about this one will make me think otherwise?
― EZ Snappin, Thursday, 22 January 2009 16:48 (fifteen years ago) link
there's not much you'll like about this one if you didn't like anything previously, i'd say. i'm a bit the reverse. love the records (particularly 'black one'), and was a little bit underwhelmed by the live show...
― Charlie Howard, Thursday, 22 January 2009 16:51 (fifteen years ago) link
I think I don't have a good enough, or loud enough, soundsystem to play records like the Sunn catalog. Live, the volume made their music truly visceral; on record, I can't quite replicate that "gut feeling."
― EZ Snappin, Thursday, 22 January 2009 16:57 (fifteen years ago) link
Just did an interview with Paul Masvidal of Cynic for next week's OC Weekly. Thoughtful guy!
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 22 January 2009 17:23 (fifteen years ago) link
A large % of what SunnO))) do is tightly tied in with the live performance and the 'spiritual' concept of the group. I.e. they started as essentially a covers band - an Earth tribute group - which was then gradually developed into a devotional gesture towards some of the key aspects of heavy metal itself, hence the robes and the mock stern nodding and all the palaaver.
So you don't often get the sense of this on record but on this one, the fact that it's live from Bergen Cathedral and they get to bust loose on the church organ and Atilla does some weird hybrid Gregorian chant/Yat Kha throat singing (along with the awesome packaging).
And at the end of the day what does it say about the liberality of Norwegian society.
"Hey, we've got Atilla Csihar on the phone. Him and Gregg and Steven want to play live in the cathedral.""Atilla from Mayhem? That weird Satanist/nihilist/whateverthefuck group that burned all those churches down a few miles away?""The very same padre.""Well, I haven't got a problem if you haven't. But tell him he can't have the 24th - we've got the Prurient and Christian Death double header that night."
I still think that after seeing them live (which gives the albums an extra resonance) you can't beat the Boris collab 'Altar' but that's probably because it's almost song based and a lot more conventional in some ways.
― Doran, Thursday, 22 January 2009 17:36 (fifteen years ago) link
And as if by magik: SunnO))) have just announced live dates. I don't know how to put links in on here.
― Doran, Thursday, 22 January 2009 17:55 (fifteen years ago) link
Just copy/paste the link and it'll automatically convert to HTML.
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 22 January 2009 17:55 (fifteen years ago) link
18http://www.metal-archives.com/images/1/9/3/5/193588.jpgAsva - What You Don't Know Is Frontier (Southern Records) 126 Points (1 Number One vote)
Terrific album, a real step up from their last excellent album, recommend this thoroughly to any fan of Sunn 0))) . This could easily have been my no1 album and wasn't far away from being so. Check this out if you haven't already. Especially the vinyl version which has terrific packaging --- pfunkboy
― Pfunkboy Formerly Known As... (Herman G. Neuname), Thursday, 22 January 2009 18:09 (fifteen years ago) link
My Asva blurb: if you stand at Sunn O))) and face towards Altar, your ass is pointing towards Asva.
― glenn mcdonald, Thursday, 22 January 2009 18:18 (fifteen years ago) link
They're the butt of that joke.
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 22 January 2009 18:19 (fifteen years ago) link
17http://www.metal-archives.com/images/1/8/8/3/188328.jpgLeviathan - Massive Conspiracy Against All Life (Moribund Records) 128 Points
― Pfunkboy Formerly Known As... (Herman G. Neuname), Thursday, 22 January 2009 18:48 (fifteen years ago) link
I haven't heard Leviathan but that sleeve art is most momentous.
― Doran, Thursday, 22 January 2009 19:01 (fifteen years ago) link
the sleeve art alone makes this thread a must read. it wouldn't be nearly as interesting without the awesome cover art, that is.
― Ioannis, Thursday, 22 January 2009 19:05 (fifteen years ago) link
the asva album is just glorious.
but I don't really associate what they do with what sunn o)))) do, really. there's a doomy element in there, certainly, but they have this vast, beautiful, elegant quality that's more in line with, say, eyvind kang or latter-day earth (which is a very different beast from the one that inspired sunn o)))'s crushing low-frequency abuse).
― m the g, Thursday, 22 January 2009 19:09 (fifteen years ago) link
16http://www.metal-archives.com/images/2/0/4/2/204209.jpgKrallice - Krallice (Profound Lore) 137 Points
― Pfunkboy Formerly Known As... (Herman G. Neuname), Thursday, 22 January 2009 19:34 (fifteen years ago) link
another gem...
― m the g, Thursday, 22 January 2009 19:43 (fifteen years ago) link
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!I VOTED IN THE 2008 ILX ALBUMS & TRAX POLL AND I LIKED IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (ballots due TODAY)
last chance to get your votes in that poll. Please vote.
― Pfunkboy Formerly Known As... (Herman G. Neuname), Thursday, 22 January 2009 20:04 (fifteen years ago) link
15http://www.metal-archives.com/images/2/0/3/2/203263.jpgCaïna - Temporary Antennae (Profound Lore) 140 Points
― Pfunkboy Formerly Known As... (Herman G. Neuname), Thursday, 22 January 2009 20:10 (fifteen years ago) link