ILX EOY Metal Poll 2015 Nominations & Discussion Thread. ALL welcome to participate whether you are into metal or not!

Nominations will be open until Saturday morning December 5th
Voting will start right away and will be open until the 12th
results roll out 15th (maybe the 13th as tradition of starting right away it all depends)

*I suggest you use the nominations period to 'study' as it's a week only for voting due to time constraints (Plus whether its a month or a week everyone leaves it to the last minute anyway)

Again, it's just an albums poll this year.

Please use bold formatting as usual for nominating

i.e.
Artist - Album

Please check this google spreadsheet before posting your nominations. Makes it easier for us.

Anyone reading is welcome. Invite your friends etc

I will start us off with some nominations

Avatarium - The Girl With The Raven Mask
Christian Mistress - To Your Death
Deafheaven - New Bermuda
Ghost - Meliora
Kylesa - Exhausting Fire
Mgla - Exercises In Futility
Myrkur - M
Panopticon - Autumn Eternal
Shape Of Despair - Monotony Fields
Skepticism - Ordeal
Thy Catafalque - Sgùrr
With The Dead - With The Dead

Please use that format when nominating thanks. No limits for nominating since it's a short nominations period.
Happy nominating!

* especially you George.

Spotify collaborative playlist available for you to add your nominations to is
https://open.spotify.com/user/pfunkboy/playlist/2fZQglorvuVBQalU6J0L9K
spotify:user:pfunkboy:playlist:2fZQglorvuVBQalU6J0L9K

Would be great if someone could volunteer to look after the playlist as I don't have the time.

btw Shape Of Despair - Monotony Fields was described by Mark S as "kinda like eno/fripp with a massive v slow backbeat"

Sumac - The Deal
Torche - Restarter

Black Tongue - The Unconquerable Dark
Darkeater - Иней чёрного рассвета
Deathcode Society - Eschatonizer
Ethereal Shroud - They Became the Falling Ash
Iron Maiden - The Book of Souls
Lost Soul - Atlantis: The New Beginning
Mare Infinitum - Alien Monolith God
Undergang - Døden læger alle sår
Warwulf - In the Glare of a Dying Horizon

please everyone bold the nominations please so its easier to spot, thanks

Battle Beast - Unholy Savior
Against Myself - Odyssey to Reflexion
Shredhead - Death is Righteous
Burning Saviours - Unholy Tales from the North
Spidergawd - Spidergawd II
Blind Guardian - Beyond the Red Mirror
Taman Shud - Viper Smoke
Ensiferum - One Man Army
Ruby the Hatchet - Valley of the Snake
Vexillum - Unum
Northland - Downfall and Rebirth
Wartha - Azure Lakes
Al-Namrood - Ana Al Tughian
Liturgy - The Ark Work
Whispering Woods - Peritus Et Dea
Snow Ghosts - A Wrecking
Scarab - Serpents of the Nile
Enslaved - In Times
Kult of the Wizard - The White Wizard
Moonspell - Extinct
Wand - Golem
Nightwish - Endless Forms Most Beautiful
Stoned Jesus - The Harvest
Elder - Lore
Eternal Tapestry - Wild Strawberries
Psalms for the Dead Sun - Holy Charade
Mirror Queen - Scaffolds of the Sky
Kamelot - Haven
Drudkh - A Furrow Cut Short
Civil War - The Killer Angels
Rwake - Xenoglossalgia: The Last Stage of Awareness
Majutsu No Niwa - The Night Before
Mamaleek - Via Dolorosa
Goatsnake - Black Age Blues
Desert - Never Regret
Orpheus Blade - Wolf's Cry
The Gentle Storm - The Diary
High on Fire - Luminiferous
Freedom Hawk - Into Your Mind
Brothers of the Sonic Cloth - Brothers of the Sonic Cloth
Goblin Rebirth - Goblin Rebirth
Cradle of Filth - Hammer of the Witches
Milk Duct Tape - Styrofoam Tombstone
SuperGiant - On to the Stars
Ayyuka - Sömestr
Swami John Reis, The Blind Shake - Modern Surf Classics
Arenna - Given to Emptiness
Kadavar - Berlin
Khemmis - Absolution
Uncle Acid & The Deadbeats - The Night Creeper
Windhand - Grief's Infernal Flower
Master Musicians of Bukkake - Further West Quad Cult LP
Hammercult - Built for War
1886 - Before the Fog Covers the Mount
Natural Snow Buildings - Terror's Horn
Dragonheart - The Battle Sanctuary
Spelljammer - Ancient of Days
Behold! the Monolith - Architects of the Void
WitchSorrow - No Light Only Fire
Obsequiae - Aria of Vernal Tombs
Shining - International Blackjazz Society
Imperia - Tears of Silence

ABYSSAL - Antikatastaseis
AKHLYS - The Dreaming I
Bosse-de-Nage - All Fours
False - Untitled
Glaciation - Sur les falaises de marbre
Krallice - Ygg huur
Locrian - Infinite Dissolution
Macabre Omen - Gods of War - At War
Misþyrming - Söngvar elds og óreiðu
Nocternity - Harps of the Ancient Temples
Pyramids - A Northern Meadow
Sarpanitum - Blessed Be My Brothers

Magister Templi - Into Duat

Mordy repping for Majutsu No Niwa: right on!

So this poll, which I voted in something like a month ago, is basically being rebooted, with new nominations and all?

Withdraw my ballot, please. Thanks.

hmm non this is just the 2015 Metal EOY

*no

Ah, my mistake - I thought this was a re-booting of the "Extreme Metal Poll" from earlier, the results of which still have not been released. Never mind...

so you wanted your ballot withdrawn because you thought I was running it?

No, because if a poll is gonna restart from zero, then previously existing ballots should be eligible for a do-over.

well, I dunno what has happened to that other poll but afaik its still gonna have the results once the pollrunners busy life has been sorted out.

This is the end of year poll and you and everyone who voted in the extreme poll are welcome to take part as well as anyone else on ilx.

So uh

Absconditus - Katabasis
Adversarial - Death, Endless Nothing and the Black Knife of Nihilism
Bell Witch - Four Phantoms
Blaze of Perdition - Near Death Revelations
Bloodway - Mapping the Moment With the Logic of Dreams
Crypt Sermon - Out of the Garden
Embrional - The Devil Inside
Howls of Ebb - The Marrow Veil
Snail - Feral
Tribulation - Children of the Night
Tyranny - Aeons in Tectonic Interment
Undergang - Døden læger alle sår

Kauan - Sorni Nai
Fluisteraars - Luwte
Grift - Syner
Nechochewn - Heart of Akamon
Sivyj Yar - Burial Shrouds
Spectral Lore - Gnosis
Vattnet Viskar - Settler
Au-dessus - Au-dessus

Magic Circle - Journey Blind
Golden Void - Berkana
Graveyard - Innocence & Decadence
Ufomammut - Ecate
Sunder - Sunder
Snail - Feral
Jess And The Ancient Ones - Second Psychedelic Coming: The Aquarius Tapes
Valkyrie - Shadows
Horisont - Odyssey
Roundtable - Dread Marches Under Bloodied Regalia
Mirror - Mirror
Komara - Komara
Witchskull - The Vast Electric Dark
Demon Eye - Tempora Infernalia
Northwinds - Eternal Winter
Vidunder - Oracles & Prophets
Mondo Drag - Mondo Drag
Black Trip - Shadowline
Weedpecker - II
The Sword - High Country
Demon Head - Ride The Wilderness
Lucifer - Lucifer I
Devil Worshipper - Devil Worshipper
Monolord - V
Pentagram - Curious Volume
Holy Serpent - Holy Serpent
Night Demon - Curse Of The Damned
Disenchanter - Strange Creations
Lord Fist - Green Eyleen
Sorcerer - In The Shadow Of The Inverted Cross
Amorphis - Under The Red Cloud
Flight - Flight
Saviours - Palace Of Vision
Shepherd - Stereolithic Riffalocalypse
Acid King - Middle Of Nowhere, Center Of Everywhere
Kylesa - Exhausting Fire
Dark Quarterer - Ithaca
Ironsword - None But The Brave
Satan - Atom By Atom
Enforcer - From Beyond
RAM - Svbversvm

why do i never find out about new jess and the ancient ones stuff until the end of year polling

Just this one, with a big thank you to Scott who mentioned it on the Deafheaven thread:

Echoes of the Moon - Entropy

Album of the year for me.

Jess & Ancient Ones isn't officially out 'til Dec. 5!

VHÖL – Deeper Than Sky
Huntress – Static
Dead Temple – Cult of Acid
Visigoth - The Revenant King

Kinda bummed I won't be hearing the new Kult Mogil until after voting's over.

If I add a list of things and some are repeats from above, will anyone other than Kerr be angry with me?

I will be fucking ENRAGED

DON'T YOU EVEN

Off the top of my head the only glaring omission I see so far is

Leviathan - Scar Sighted

Kind out metaled myself out earlier this month by listening to nothing but brutal death for like two straight weeks. Infusing myself with lots of Brahms and Schubert to regain equilibrium.

Imperial Triumphant - Abyssal Gods
Clouds Taste Satanic - Your Doom Has Come
Mastery - Valis
Triosphere - The Heart of the Matter

ALL welcome to participate whether you are into metal or not!

what does this mean btw. how would i participate if i haven't listened to any of these records and have no desire to.

Well, you could check out some of our many and varied nominations, maybe something would appeal. Or maybe he's just inviting you guys in to pad the Liturgy vote, who knows.

Sulphur Aeon - Gateway to the Antisphere
Kronos - Arisen New Era
Black Breath -Slaves Beyond Death
Barren Earth --On Lonely Towers

what GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ said.
Apparently its an ilx tradition to catch up on the year by listening to nominated albums and voting on the ones you like, just like the big eoy poll.

You can even listen to the collaborative spotify playlist that everyone should subscribe to (and add their nominations)
https://open.spotify.com/user/pfunkboy/playlist/2fZQglorvuVBQalU6J0L9K
spotify:user:pfunkboy:playlist:2fZQglorvuVBQalU6J0L9K

Forgot this one:

Cloud Rat - Qliphoth

noones gone for the horrendous or dhg albums yet. waiting for imago?

Quttinirpaaq - Dead September
Jute Gyte - Ship of Theseus
Pinkish Black - Bottom of the Morning
Ecstatic Vision - Sonic Praise

I haven't exactly cleaved to a scrupulous conception of 'metal' so far in my nominations, but do you folks mind if I nominate Destruction Unit?

Dodheimsgard - A Umbra Omega

there it is

listening to the Pinkish Black btw, it's cool :)

A Forest of Stars - Beware the Sword You Cannot See
Arcturus - Arcturian
Ad Nauseum - Nihil Quam Vacuitas Ordinatum Est
Encenathrakh - Encenathrakh
Momentum - The Freak is Alive
Erraunt - The Portent
Minsk - The Crash and the Draw
Mutoid Man - Bleeder
byssion - Luonnon harmonia ja vihreä liekki
Dystopia Nå! - Dweller on the Threshold
Shroud of the Heretic - Unorthodox Equilibrium
Dispirit - Separation
Todesstoß - Hirngemeer
Maïeutiste - Maïeutiste
Nameless Coyote - Blood Moon
Hivelords - Tapered Limbs of a Human Star
Ævangelist - Enthrall to the Void of Bliss
Beaten to Death - Unplugged
Genevieve - Escapism
Fluisteraars - Luwte
Petrychor - Apocalyptic Witchcraft
Awe - Providentia
Bränd Jord - Ont Krut

Most of my faves were already nominated so uh, well done gents

I've seen elsewhere people saying 2015 is one of the worst years for metal ever, do people really think like that? Or are they just fans of mainstream metal ignoring the underground?

they're just lazy

ultros, what do you especially recommend from your list?

I think 2015 is one of the best years of metal in quite a while!

…and oh, I do have a nomination that probably nobody else will think about

Lychgate - An Antidote To The Glass Pill

;-)

Pissgrave - Suicide Euphoria
Napalm Death - Apex Predator - Easy Meat

I've seen elsewhere people saying 2015 is one of the worst years for metal ever, do people really think like that? Or are they just fans of mainstream metal ignoring the underground?

― Cosmic Slop, Tuesday, November 24, 2015 11:11 AM (4 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

they're just lazy

ultros, what do you especially recommend from your list?

― avant-garde, sissy bounce, zombie rave, aquacrunk, warlock, oceangrunge, (imago), Tuesday, November 24, 2015 11:12 AM (3 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

this is some real RYM bullshit. this year really sucks!

whiney, much as the napalm death is amazing, it's already been nominated

oh fuck wait it hasn't sorry

i got this thread confused with the decibel eoy list

I'LL TELL YOU WHERE

Tarot - The Warrior's Spell
Sonic Medusa - The Sunset Soundhouse Tapes
The Exploding Eyes Orchestra - I
Moon Curse - Spirit Remains
Kylver - The Mountain Ghost
Mother Engine - Absturz
Mansion - Altar Sermon EP
Palace In Thunderland - In The Afterglow Of Unity
Arenna - Given To Emptiness
Swallow The Sun Songs From The North I, II & III
Demon Lung - A Dracula
Cave Of Swimmers - Reflection
Blackout - Blackout
Zu - Cortar Todo
Kings Destroy - Kings Destroy

Enisum - Arpitanian Lands

Finally somebody nominated Zu

https://theexplodingeyesorchestra.bandcamp.com/album/i
Exploding Eyes Orchestra is five members of Jess and the Ancient ones, songs written by guitarist Thomas Corpse. He wrote so many that II will be set to come out in a few months probably. A nice compendium to JATAO album.

https://mooncurse.bandcamp.com/album/spirit-remains
I first saw Moon Curse at Days of the Doomed IV and they were really great.

Digging that Moon Curse.

Satan's Wrath - Die Evil

last chance to nominate folks

What happens if there's great albums in the rest of the month? Are they counted for next year's poll?

Angellore - La litanie des cendres

https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/angellore/la_litanie_des_cendres/

Thurisaz - The Pulse of Mourning

https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/thurisaz/the_pulse_of_mourning/

A Loathing Requiem - Acolytes Eternal

https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/a_loathing_requiem/acolytes_eternal/

Der Weg einer Freiheit - Stellar

https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/der_weg_einer_freiheit/stellar/

What happens if there's great albums in the rest of the month? Are they counted for next year's poll?

That hasnt actually happened before . Albums dont usually come out that late.

I dont want to postpone the poll until january as guys like phil have said they feel burnt out by then and dont vote and that is why i changed the dates a year or 2 ago to accommodate them.

Plus the big EOY poll overshadows it and this way it fives people a few weeks to check out and discuss the poll results.

If guys like phil say they will still vote then id be open to changing it as long as thats ok with seandalai

*gives

Hanging Garden - Blackout Whiteout

https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/hanging_garden/blackout_whiteout/

Metal Storm - Forthcoming Releases
http://www.metalstorm.net/events/new_releases.php?upcoming=1

Suggestion, If there is anything on the december listings that interests you, stick it on the nominations

like this for example

Monolithe - Epsilon aurigae
https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/monolithe/epsilon_aurigae/

Special Providence - Essence of Change

https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/special_providence/essence_of_change/

Alustrium - A Tunnel to Eden

https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/alustrium/a_tunnel_to_eden/

Öxxö Xööx - Nämïdäë

https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/oxxo_xoox/namidae/

Sans Soleil - A Holy Land Beneath A Godless Sky

It came out December 30, 2014 but it deserves to be on here. I'm voting for it.

Caligula's Horse - Bloom

https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/caligulas_horse/bloom/

Artrosis - Odi et Amo

https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/artrosis/odi_et_amo/

Regarde les hommes tomber - Exile

https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/regarde_les_hommes_tomber/exile_f1/

I dont want to postpone the poll until january as guys like phil have said they feel burnt out by then and dont vote and that is why i changed the dates a year or 2 ago to accommodate them.There's a way to accommodate everyone: Have a long deadline. People who want to get their ballots in early can do so. Those who prefer to wait can do so. Worst case here is someone submits a ballot and is jonesing for a while for results to be published but is someone really going to get upset about that?

Kingcrow - Eidos

https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/kingcrow/eidos/

its entirely up to seandalai but the big EOY poll will open for noms etc and people concentrate on that whereas just now they are a bit more open to checking out the metal poll when its run earlier

but with the holidays coming up noone ever votes in that period. so that means we need an extra week for when people start work again as almost everybody leaves it to the last minute (and claims they didnt know it was time up)

Windfaerer - Tenebrosum

https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/windfaerer/tenebrosum/

djmartian we dont need the rym links can you not just dump all your noms in one big post so that its easy to C+P please? seandalai is sorting out the forms n stuff and im fed up importing stuff every 2 mins :)

ive also got a stinking sore head i cant get rid of

I'd prefer to have voting close by Christmas because after that I'll be working on the main ILM poll.

Ok, Do you want me to do a summary recap of the last hour?

its ok, I got them thanks.

Worst case here is someone submits a ballot and is jonesing for a while for results to be published but is someone really going to get upset about that?

One more at the mo

INI - If Nothing Is

Phil and others, if you are reading, are you OK with moving the closing date to january? The voting will still open right away and you can vote (with option to resubmit later if you need to change)

Anyone against moving?

Whatever's clever - always just happy someone puts forth the effort.

re: Nominations will be open until Saturday morning December 5th

is the nominations closing time December 5th 11:59am GMT UK time?

tbh it should be over NOW. but it all depends on when seandalai does the voting forms. could be now could be in the morning.

There shouldnt be an important albums left to nominate

Can you leave it till my time suggestion, please? Also gives Americans some slack with time zones.

Whatever's clever - always just happy someone puts forth the effort.

OTM

Chaos Divine - Colliding Skies
Dekadent - Veritas
Earthside - A Dream in Static
Indesinence - III
Izah - Sistere
Perihelion - Zeng
The Arcane Order - Cult of None
Vola - Inmazes

btw if people want anyone to check out their nominations then they should be adding those albums to this
https://open.spotify.com/user/pfunkboy/playlist/2fZQglorvuVBQalU6J0L9K
spotify:user:pfunkboy:playlist:2fZQglorvuVBQalU6J0L9K

just noticed this

I'd prefer to have voting close by Christmas because after that I'll be working on the main ILM poll.

― a cruet of destiny (seandalai),

So that's that.

Going to open voting now but if there's anything important to be nominated I can add it to the noms list.

~~~ ILM METAL POLL 2015 - ALBUMS - VOTING & CAMPAIGN THREAD~~~ (VOTING ENDS Saturday December 12th 11.59pm UK time/6.59pm EST) ALL ILXORS inc LURKERS WELCOME

sorry Cultes des Ghoules - Rise of Lucifer EP

CS, Arenna - Given to Emptiness is listed twice in the spreadsheet.

please add to nominations list,

InAeona - Force Rise the Sun

Fit For An Autopsy - Absolute Hope Absolute Hell

added/removed.

thanks guys