~~~ End Of Year ILM Metal - Albums & Tracks Poll- Nominations 2014 (Ends friday11.59pm UK time Dec 5th) ~~~

Interesting, I got into black metal at around 30 too. That was 2000. However by the end of the decade I got sick of it and mostly stopped, except for an occasional Enslaved and Darkthrone album. Yr 30s perhaps you encounter some truths that are far more horrifying than your 20s angst, but by 40 you're ready to leave it behind ;)

I'm 30 now, and I'm definitely much less interested in black metal than I was three years ago. A big part of that is that I'm bored with harsh vocals. I want to hear powerful and expressive sung vocals.

Yes but there's only so many Sabaton records you can listen to before you crave some good oldfashioned throat-tearing roars.

it works both ways as people get fed up with screaming/singing and seek out the opposite

i don't mind screaming, really - the death growl shit can be kinda fuckin corny though, when poorly executed.

speaking of the sabaton record from this year fuckin rips

catching up on some stuff i missed now after seeing it on year end lists - so far most impressed by YOB

It does, it's not quite Carolus Rex but it's not far off.

Bloodbath - Grand Morbid Funeral
Coffin Dust - This Cemetery, My Kingdom
Children of Technology - Future Decay
Exordium Mors - The Apotheosis of Death
Pyrrhon - The Mother of Virtues

sure to vote for coffin dust, but i figure i oughta put the others in too

Kayo Dot - Coffins On Io
Cynic - Kindly Bent To Free Us
Have A Nice Life - The Unnatural World

One part-time metal band, one former metal band and one outfit on a metal label with crossover appeal.

pretty sure the last have a nice life made the poll . Kayo Dot are now Ulver clones.

Kayo Dot made a late 70s yacht prog record.

Sadly true. They're my favourite band, Coffins etc is my least favourite of their releases so I'm not going to defend it too hard. The next album will be completely different probably. They are like Ulver in that sense but Kayo Dot have a far better amazing-to-dull ratio imo.

I really like the new record. Took a few listens to get a handle on it, but it's a keeper.

Kayo Dot made a late 70s yacht prog record.

hellooooo

It's amazing Brad. Takes a few spins before it opens up.

the Have A Nice Life album is so great. I stopped short of nominating them here because of the slow shoegazeyness, but it makes sense.

same story with Planning for Burial. oh heck:

Planning for Burial - Desideratum

slap 'em both on here.

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I really like the Kayo Dot but I don't think it's metal at all, even by a broad definition. Closer to a cross between "yacht-prog" and 80s goth or something.

Haikai No Ku - Ultra High Dimensionality
Shroud of The Heretic - Revelations In Alchemy
Cold World - How The Gods Chill
Bastard Sapling - Instinct Is Survival
Ghast - Dread Doom Ruin
Nazaronai - the most painful time happens only once has it arrived already..?
Amulet - The First
Henry Blacker - Hungry Dogs Will Eat Dirty Puddings
Pig Heart Transplant - For Mass Consumption

how the gods chill - is this some kind of epicurean concept album

if by that you mean "a 90s NYC metalcore throwback" then heck yes

check it out on bandcamp to confirm that no-one else will vote for it

I really liked Focus when I listened to it. I gather that the new Cynic is more of a straight-up prog/fusion thing, without the extreme metal elements? Will try it. Listening to Blut aus Nord atm.

Ha, not sure what "straight-up prog/fusion" even really means tbh.

New Cynic's like slightly proggy AOR with some fusion licks, really. I kind of enjoyed it but haven't listened to it much.

I just thought I'd throw in some relative curveballs yesterday and see if anything sticks.

*to see if anything stuck. English is my first language, I swear.

Am totally up for hearing Cynic play an Alan Parsons Project album. Loading now.

Ha, this is reminding me a bit of King's X.

Midnight - No Mercy for Mayhem

digging this more and more, feeling like a sleazy nihilist, thinking of going knife shopping

new cynic album unfortunately lacks the hooks to function as aor i think

wonder what the tabloids had to stoke fear with before heavy metal?
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2857506/Schoolboy-15-hanged-wood-favourite-heavy-metal-band-Slipknot-playing-iPod.html

Yeah, I got bored 15m in or so. I had trouble seeing how the compositions came together. The singer was OK but I wanted the vocals to be stronger and more expressive.
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Primordial are rapidly shooting up to the top of the year for me. It's one of the only albums (Against Me! is another) I find lyrically affecting, like a thousand-yard-stare down bloody centuries.

seemed ponderous to me, i gave it a pass

would be nice to be able to get with a 1000-yd-century-stare tho, who doesn't love that

the problem with the primordial record is that it's not as good as to the nameless dead

it's great though

the primordial has taken a while to grab me, but totally get the thousand yard stare thing!

I haven't listened to Horse Lords or Naomi Punk albums yet but I kinda want to nominate them if they're eligible just in case I end up liking them

enough to vote for them?

don't recall Naomi Punk having any metal qualities, touchstones or reference points whatsoever

2 More to add in:

Ascending Dawn - Coalesce
Stargazer - A Merging to the Boundless

both on Bandcamp

Ascending Dawn - Coalesce
http://ascendingdawn.bandcamp.com/album/coalesce
Female Fronted Ambient Progressive metal band from London

riyl: To-Mera, The Gathering

experimental / atmospheric with a melodic crunch, strong vocals, excellent production for a debut album.

released November 2014

Australian Technical Death Metal band Stargazer had scheduled a December 31st release date for their new album, but have brought it forward to December 2nd on Bandcamp - apparently they wanted to be included in the ILM Top 100

Stargazer - A Merging to the Boundless
http://nuclearwarnowproductions.bandcamp.com/album/a-merging-to-the-boundless

found via: spectral lore's fav albums of 2014:
http://www.nocleansinging.com/2014/12/03/listmania-2014-a-year-end-list-from-ayloss-spectral-lore/

i will have a sweep through my rym 2014 list, 20014 rym metal custom chart and my network custom chart - to see if there any missing albums that deserve a nomination before the voting closes.

I'm so pleased to see DJ Martian back

just over a day left to nominate so don't miss out

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Here is what we have so far
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1d8-3k-kVVhO2-0yA7OCWhN2c1jFTG4xxOlW0UH2GIXA/edit?usp=sharing

We're over the 400 Mark but I know some of you will have personal faves you might like to vote for so get nominating, Glenn and Chuck spring to mind.

voting will start straight after nominations close tomorrow. So if you want to start working on your lists then please do! You will only have 1 week to vote.

Also do you want to keep metal poll as a title or change it to include "heavy music" or "metal/heavy rock " or even "metal/heavy music" poll.

All suggestions welcome and we can choose.

keep it metal, kill all posers

"heavy sounds"

I personally favour Metal and all it's subgenres. Though if someone more eloquent can provide a nice phrase meaning the same then fire away

absolutely NO PUNS however