THE ILM METAL POLL 2011 RESULTS (All lurkers/non metalheads welcome to join in!)

Fans of the band at #126 (inc you lol) are going to be ever so mad at you, they missed out by 4 points. you gave Within Temptation 30 points!

30 seems like a lot. is that true? i just listed my 21 picks in order of best to worst. i'm shocked that the worst still got 30 points.

and no, im not telling you what missed out. you can sweat on it til the end!

lots of people did the full 50. More than half probably. Glenn can answer that one.

Zeb pike zeb pike zeb pike!!

what does henry have to say about #123?

Henry's paws are too big for my iPhone, but I will say that isn't nearly as good as last years album, so start there if you are unfamiliar. This one is still worth a listen tho!

Re:peste noire.

Neige from Alcest used to be in them didn't he?

and doesn't 'Famine' have some ...err... dodgy views?

btw will resume countdown somewhere between midday and 2pm uk time depending on whether enough people are around posting.

I will add the genres so we can have a results-by-genre part on needle too like previous years as i know that's quite popular.
btw feel free to make predictions as its a lot of fun at the end where we can see who was closest or who was way off. Predicting later on is a lot easier.
And if anyone has any comments on what is in the countdown so far please post away!

i predict Pitom in the #1 spot

Oh crap I forgot to vote for them! :(

Within Temptation, weird. I've never heard of them. The cover is hilarious. It looks like a young adult mystery, like a slutty Nancy Drew/Trixie Belden and the case of the creepy tweeners who practice occult sacrifices in the woods. Is this band's demographic kids who were too young to read when the first Harry Potter came out?

Okay, based on the small sample size of 3+ tracks of each of these

Disliked - Within Temptation, Azareth
Okay, but wouldn't check again - Zebulon Pike
Liked, but blimey the tracks are long - Peste Noire
Liked, will listen to again - Weekend Nachos, Grails

Looking frwd to the rest of the countdown

Grails are the first of my votes to place. Totally false metal!

I'm not sure why, because they seem totally my thing, but I'm just not into Weekend Nachos. And yet I have had two picks place already (Peste Noir and Grails).

I predict Uncle Acid will do a lot less well than people think it will - I love the album but really fought as to whether I should vote for it (I did in the end) because it's not really a metal record, it's completely freakbeat. If I'd been more involved in the nominations thread I might have been tempted to veto it. I also predict my #1 will not be higher than #20.

Freakbeat? Not sure where you're getting that from.

Maybe I'm the only one then.

I wouldn't have allowed that veto!

Are you all ready for the next one then?

go on then!

119. ISOLE - Born From Shadows (245 Points, 10 Votes)
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-OS-rotM5MUs/TrimzJA4rgI/AAAAAAAADp8/4L3Is_L4XIw/s1600/isole.jpg
http://www.last.fm/music/Isole

Isole is an epic doom metal band from Gävle, Sweden that is currently signed to napalm records.

there's 2 tracks from it on spotify
http://open.spotify.com/album/2UbbmuH9USIVBcQsaWMAf5

seems stupid to me to only have 2 promo tracks up. Noone is going to buy an album based on hearing 2 tracks anymore

don't have Spotify at work, but it might be a track length thing? What do people think about the record?

no, its marked down as a 'Snippet promo version'

not available in the US either

TIE
117. Machine Head - Unto the Locust (248 Points, 7 Votes)
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-VEl8HTceqkw/TqAorEN_RoI/AAAAAAAAFPE/7gRoY2ISHsg/s400/machine+head+unto+the+locust.jpg
Spotify
http://www.last.fm/music/Machine+Head

Machine Head is an American metal band, formed in 1992 in Oakland, California. Founded by former Vio-Lence guitarist Robert Flynn and Adam Duce, and has only had 3 personnel changes since its inception. The current lineup of the band comprises of Robb Flynn (vocals, guitar), Adam Duce (bass), Phil Demmel (guitar), and Dave McClain (drums). Machine Head is one of the pioneering bands in the New Wave of American Bandwagon Jumping Heavy Metal.

117. Woods of Desolation - Torn Beyond Reason (248 Points, 7 Votes)
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-SNSmwiHmkfc/Tay0ntW-n0I/AAAAAAAAHyQ/W9TNs4mXoKQ/s1600/Untitled+1+%25281%2529.jpg
Spotify
http://www.last.fm/music/Woods+of+Desolation

Depressive black metal

I thought that Machine Head record would have done better. I guess no one stans for them round these parts though.

I really want to check that Machine Head album out actually. Thanks for the reminder.

Oh, and I totally think top 3 will be Uncle Acid, Liturgy, and YOB though I won't speculate what order it will be

Mastodon have a top 3 shout IMO.

TIE
115. Cruachan - Blood on the Black Robe (254 Points, 8 Votes)
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-6Kd_iYJHCVY/TbFq1mP9qwI/AAAAAAAAAnk/_A_7eV7GtGQ/s1600/296856%255B1%255D.jpg
Spotify
http://www.last.fm/music/Cruachan

Folk metal,Celtic metal, Pagan metal

115. KODIAK - Rn-Xe (254 Points, 8 Votes)
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-rtAxGUkcyVc/TqFkRSrVczI/AAAAAAAAASw/sGJlsAEKT7w/s320/Kodiak_N_RnXe.jpg
http://www.last.fm/music/Kodiak

KODIAK (Germany) are a new 3 piece Funeral Drone/Doom Metal band. Their sound excels as a mixture of monolithic ultraheavy compositions with expressionistic poems. Their algid songs consist of long monotonous build-ups (comparable to a long lonely haunting trip through the arctic) and some seldom parts of eruption, disembarrassment and hope.

Oh, those arctic haunting trips. I still have my haunting license framed in my wall. Comparable, oh so comparable. On a scale of 1 to 10 this is Comparable.

But +1 for using "algid" in a sentence.

I'm guessing Corrupted will make the top 10, possibly top 5.

guess what's up next..

that blurb for Kodiak makes me want to hear them very much indeed.

they're good!

114. Obscura - Omnivium (255 Points, 9 Votes)
http://www.extremedrummers.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/press-obscura-omnivium-cover.jpg
Spotify
http://www.last.fm/music/Obscura

German technical progressive death metal band Obscura was founded in 2002 by guitarist/vocalist Steffen Kummerer.

I read an article recently where some guy was saying that the reason metal isn't selling at the moment is because most of the 'hip' bands hyped by the metal media 'cant play their instruments'. He went on to say how black metal, doom metal and overrated arty drone bands like Sunn o))) cant play their instruments and that is why they make the 'boring' music they do and how they make for boring experiences at concerts. In stark contrast to the 80s where thrash bands could really play, SING instead of grunt, and put on exciting stage shows. He said that death metal bands could play but ruined it by the vocals, however the likes of Pantera,Sepultura and Machine Head could sell millions as they could play,wrote great songs, were crushing live and didn't try to be elite and kvlt and weren't ashamed to be trying to sell records. If the death metal vocalists had more character like those bands they could lead a renaissance especially if combined with melodic clean vox. He also bemoaned that all the big selling acts were metalcore who all had the same generic grunt vox (he might have a point there at least).
Wish i could remember where it was so I could link it but i've tried to sum it up as best as I could. Anyone agree or disagree on the dude's points?

btw Obscura can play their instruments very well.

btw it was an american writer. I always get the impression technical proficiency meant more in america.

Also ,lol, he bemoaned the fact that european metal was influencing american metal and how he hated USBM.

113. MoRkObOt - Morbo (260 Points, 8 Votes)
http://www.supernaturalcat.com/images/bands/morkobot/immagini/morbo.jpg
http://www.last.fm/music/MoRkObOt

Since the dawn of the first galaxies the voice of MORKOBOT resounded solemn over the saturated atmospheres of the planets in evolution. Dominator of the magnetic strengths and ancestral regulator of the conscience flows, Morkobot has returned to the Earth through his three messengers LIN,LAN,LEN brutally subdued to his will. On our planet MORKOBOT manifests himself through sonic experimentations that humans call music. Morkobot pervades the darkened minds of LIN,LAN,LEN conducting their notes in sadistic consequential deliriums. come to feed you with the supreme verb! LIN, LAN, LEN.

Little known fact: the band before last is actually made up of half the members of Camera Obscura.

yay emil.y is here posting!

morkobot are experimental noise rock btw. Good band.

Really wanted to hear Cruachan -- good chance to do so!

+ kerr, presumably some of the gruntvox (tm) is intentionally alienating. i don't think anyone goes into the studio, lays down some cookie monster vocals, and believes that their album is going top 10 on billboard.

I would be something like 5 million times more interested in Obscura if they were indeed half the members of Camera Obscura. dreampop metal sounds delish!

im not saying they do, but this dude believes it never harmed pantera or sepultura , but only cuz they could really play (i assume). He obviously just prefers singing to grunting and those bands are just an exception. I think he takes DM over BM purely because they can 'play' but would prefer it if they sang more.

iirc it was really glossy. Not to my liking, and that impression made me not like the song because...I am a feeble minded monkey?

It's old-timey instrumentation with a bright. unnatural sheen (to my ears, at least). That's what I meant by production; I would bet they would be much more my thing live where the mix and mastering wouldn't have that gloss.

xpost, obv!

I think La Lechera and I both were bothered by the same thing

but we should probably take the conversation elsewhere and leave this for metal

well I spent most of my year being forced to listen to country music radio, so the productions sounds really understated to me.

Like I'm listening to "Beige" right now, and it still sounds to me like a dolled up version of one of the slower cuts on American Beauty

I mean, this is all subjective opinion--I mean, I never expected it to not have pop sheen, so I wasn't disappointed...

^oh sorry yeah another thread

Dolly should do a metal covers album.

haha yeah

Finally got around to listening to Corrupted - wasn't really bothered about the 1st 2 tracks, but the 3rd track is awesome.

Wittled down the Top 125 to about 20 I might like, of course by the time I've listened to those it'll be 2013 and Kerr will be moaning at me for not voting in Metal Poll 2012.

like you did last year

Could I be a pain in the arse and ask someone to c&p the results for this? Can't display all messages without serious browser weirdness.

Direct Link to poll recap & full results

Brilliant, thanks.