ILM METAL POLL 2011 POST MORTEM - FULL RESULTS/STATS AND BALLOTS

I completely missed there was a US Christmas album this year and hence did not vote for it. Since I really enjoyed the last one that was probably remiss of me.

Fastnbulbous - I'm glad my encouragement got you to listen to Argus! if I had completed a full ballot instead of just 20 then another vote would have been thrown at Eggnogg, Wo Fat and Maligno (as well as Windhand, Lento and The Flight Of Sleipnir).

I think if I could have voted for a top 20 and leave the other 30 unranked with equal points given to each I would have. I just didn't have the time or energy to listen and compare the stuff I liked instead of loved.

Crumbling Ghost did deserve better but it was a tought list and something had to go.
Corrupted was my #1 but yet again my #1 failed to finish in top place.

check all ballots here https://pub.needlebase.com/actions/visualizer/V2Visualizer.do?domain=ILM-Metal-2010-2&query=All+Ballots

here is mine
Corrupted - Garten der Unbewusstheit
YOB - Atma
Asva - Presences of Absences
Subrosa - No Help For The Mighty One
Wolves in the Throne Room - Celestial Lineage
Grayceon - All We Destroy
Esoteric - Paragon of Dissonance
40 Watt Sun - The Inside Room
Uncle Acid And The Deadbeats - Blood Lust
Pantheïst - Pantheist
Altar of Plagues - Mammal
Loss - Despond
Hammers Of Misfortune - 17th Street
Fen - Epoch
The Gates of Slumber - the Wretch
In Solitude - The World. The Flesh. The Devil
Falloch - Where Distant Spirits Remain
Krallice - Diotima
Liturgy - Aesthethica
Virus - The Agent That Shapes The Desert
MORNE - Asylum
Blood Ceremony - Living With the Ancients
Hell - Human Remains
Orthodox - Baal
Mastodon - The Hunter
The Devil's Blood - The Thousandfold Epicentre
Orchid - Capricorn
Argus - Boldly Stride the Doomed
SÓLSTAFIR - Svartir Sandar
The Atlas Moth - An Ache for the Distance
Today Is the Day - Pain Is a Warning
RAVENTALE - Bringer Of Heartsore
THE WOUNDED KINGS - In The Chapel Of The Black Hand
Windhand - Windhand
Wreck Of The Hesperus - Light Rotting Out
Boris - Heavy Rocks
Boris - Attention Please
Caïna - Hands That Pluck
CIRCLE OF OUROBORUS - Eleven Fingers
Condenados - A Painful Journey Into Nihil
DEVIL - Time To Repent
Earth - Angels of Darkness, Demons of Light 1
EPHELES - Je Suis Autrefois
The Flight Of Sleipnir - Essence of Nine
Hands Of Orlac - S/t
Pharaoh Overlord - Out Of Darkness
LANTLOS - Agape
Obake - Obake
ORDOG - Remorse
Cauldron - Burning Fortune

jjj post yer ballot!

Today Is the Day - Pain Is a Warning
Devin Townsend Project - Deconstruction
Amebix - Sonic Mass
EPHELES - Je Suis Autrefois
Sólstafir - Svartir Sandar
Zebulon Pike - Space Is the Corpse of Time
Wolves in the Throne Room - Celestial Lineage
MORKOBOT - Morbo
40 Watt Sun - The Inside Room
Green & Wood - Devil's Plan
Woods of Desolation - Torn Beyond Reason
Aosoth - III
Batillus - Furnace
Kampfar - Mare
Necrophagia - Deathtrip 69
Execration - Odes of the Occult
Peste Noire - l'Ordure a l'Etat Pur
Obake - Obake
Vreid - V
Cynic - Carbon Based Anatomy EP
Vastum - Carnal Law
Septic Flesh - The Great Mass
Wizard Smoke - The Speed of Smoke
Omega Massif - Karpatia
Pantheïst - Pantheist
Morne - Asylum
Uncle Acid and the Deadbeats - Blood Lust
Corrupted - Garten Der Unbewusstheit
YOB - Atma
Red Fang - Murder the Mountains
Hey Colossus - RRR
Destruction - Day of Reckoning
American Heritage - Sedentary
Primordial - Redemption at the Puritan's Hand
Across Tundras - Sage
All Pigs Must Die - God Is War
Moonsorrow - Varjoina Kuljemme Kuolleiden Maassa
Mastodon - The Hunter
Rwake - Rest
Nader Sadek - In the Flesh
Black Spiders - Sons of the North
Azarath - Blasphemers' Malediction
Asva - Presences of Absences
Falloch - Where Distant Spirits Remain
Krux - III - He Who Sleeps Amongst the Stars
Animals As Leaders - Weightless
Electro Quarterstaff - Aykroyd
Maligno - The Funeral Domine
Witch Mountain - South of Salem
Leather Nun America - Kult Occult

bold didnt place. i think i did that all right but crossed fingers

if he had placed corrupted a couple of places higher they would have won.

There were 13 voters who got their whole list into the top 125. At the other end, there were 8 (including me) who got less than half their list into the top 125. You can see all the voters ranked by their % in the top 125 here:

https://pub.needlebase.com/actions/visualizer/V2Visualizer.do?domain=ILM-Metal-2010-2&thread=Voter%5E&typeId=9149585060559937603&render=Table&defaultCol=false&showRejectedGroups=false&sortGroups=&expandGroups=&highlightOpen=false&groupOperator=&groupBy=&highlightTarget=&highlightOp=&highlight=&selectedColumns=ColF8iaYWYluQ6Brxs%2CColaqIpaL71eBpHbGF%2CColOqfZB5XQIXXFt66%2CColydJZHduZobdyj1C%2CColsYmJ6WH9tZ2yuHn%2CColu6rLIzbjLkopduJ&sortDown=false&sortBy=ColOqfZB5XQIXXFt66&startPage=1&actionType=&targetParam=&messageJsp=&query=&queryDescription=&folder=&advQuery=true&showCheckboxes=false&lastQueryName=&defaultTypeQuery=&ownerOnly=&rerun=false

Battilus at 135 is a travesty...

if only you had voted!

remember to subscribe to the winners playlist http://open.spotify.com/user/mordys/playlist/6FNGd20uP6dyX5W1jzFE6Z

or even the nominations playlist http://open.spotify.com/user/v1c3r0y/playlist/3iDbLB1n1SB30gn5p5dTWz

last years results if anyone wants to check it out https://pub.needlebase.com/actions/visualizer/V2Visualizer.do?domain=ILM-Metal-2010&query=Winners

how do you think 2011 compared to last year quality wise?

Uncle Acid and the Deadbeats - Blood Lust (4)
Devin Townsend Project - Deconstruction (150)
Pantheïst - Pantheist (8)
Subrosa - No Help for the Mighty Ones (10)
Opeth - Heritage (23)
Machine Head - Unto the Locust (117)
Barn Owl - Lost in the Glare (50)
Slough Feg - Made in Poland (71)
Loon - S/T (63)
The Flight of Sleipnir - Essence of Nine (82)

Was a bit unprepared for this poll, since it was my first year voting in the metal poll (and I haven't been a member for very long), but was exposed to quite a great deal of stuff in Outloud sessions which made voting a little easier!

I've heard a few more albums since my ballot that I'm really kicking myself that I didn't vote for, especially the Anima Morte, Cauldron and Falloch records, which would have been up there. Old Silver Key, Mastodon and Orchid would have went somewhere in the middle of my ballot.

For me, this poll was a case of getting involved on the Monday and having my ballot in my Friday, and as such (in hindsight) I don't think my ballot truly represents what it would have been if I'd had an extra couple of weeks to do some further digging. Nevertheless, it's been a good experience and I've discovered some great records, so I can't complain!

You can have even more fun checking the rest of the results out!

no one else want to post ballots?

My ballot, lol at false metal to your heart's content.

Uncle Acid And The Deadbeats - Blood Lust
Mastodon - The Hunter
Acid Witch - Stoned
Earth - Angels of Darkness, Demons of Light 1
Barn Owl - Lost in the Glare
YOB - Atma
Corrupted - Garten der Unbewusstheit
Wolves in the Throne Room - Celestial Lineage
Grails - Deep Politics
Pantheïst - Pantheist
Wolvhammer - The Obsidian Plains
Liturgy - Aesthethica
Rwake - Rest
Fucked Up - David Comes To Life
Premonition 13 - Premonition 13
Blut aus Nord - 777 - Sect(s)
Blut Aus Nord - 777 – The Desanctification
the Psychic Paramount - II
Shooting Guns - Born To Deal In Magic: 1952-1976
Cauldron - Burning Fortune
Krallice - Diotima
Esoteric - Paragon of Dissonance
Fen - Epoch
Skeletonwitch - Forever Abomination
Elder - Dead Roots Stirring
Brain Oil - The Death Of This Dry Season
Subrosa - No Help For The Mighty One
Black Tusk - Set the Dial
Electro Quarterstaff - Aykroyd
Falloch - Where Distant Spirits Remain
Old Silver Key - Tales Of Wanderings
RAVENTALE - Bringer Of Heartsore
Blood Ceremony - Living With the Ancients
Tombs - Path Of Totality
Weedeater - Jason...the Dragon
Grayceon - All We Destroy
DEVIL - Time To Repent

I still need to hear those wolvhammer and fucked up albums. Are they really good?

Yeah, Wolvhammer is really intense stuff but good. Fucked Up is also high-intensity in a hardcore stylee, I think a lot would depend on how you feel about the vocals, they're pretty gruff and unrelenting. Try before you buy maybe!

i clicked this thinking it was an all-time metal album poll and was REALLY CONFUSED. (has there been an all-time metal album poll?)

yes there has
all-time tracks and all-time albums results can be seen at https://pub.needlebase.com/actions/visualizer/V2Visualizer.do?domain=ILM-Alltime-Metal-Poll

there's also a thread on each too in the ilm archives

Previous Metal Poll EOY Results Thread

Hm, can't seem to get Spotify to work. I just need to type my Facebook password and it's supposed to work??

I'm kinda trippin on you guys and all the Uncle Acid love... A friend of mine tried to turn me on ti, and the phychodelic, stoner rock hippy jam band vibe of it didn't grap me at all.. Maybe I didn't hear enough of it, but it was pretty weak imo..

you're just a drummer though :P

i just want to see some freakbeat place high in the big ILM albums poll tbh

WEEKEND NACHOS - Worthless
WOLVES IN THE THRONE ROOM - Celestial Lineage
MIDNIGHT - Satanic Royalty
LITURGY - Aesthethica
AMERICAN HERITAGE - Sedentary
ABSU - Abzu
THE GATES OF SLUMBER - The Wretch
FUCKED UP - David Comes To Life
HEY COLOSSUS - RRR
40 WATT SUN - The Inside Room
RAVENCULT - Morbid Blood
ÅRABROT - Solar Anus
NEGATIVE PLANE - Stained Glass Revelations
WRECK OF THE HESPERUS - Light Rotting Out
DIET PILLS - Diet Pills
PREMONITION 13 - 13
TOMBS - Path Of Totality
EARTH - Angels Of Darkness, Demons Of Light 1
TRAP THEM - Darker Handicraft
CAÏNA - Hands That Pluck
Raspberry Bulbs - Nature Tries Again
Altar of Plagues - Mammal
wormrot - dirge
Saviours - Death's Procession
Witch Mountain - South Of Salem
Weedeater - Jason...the Dragon

Psychic Paramount would've been in there if I'd seen it too :/

My ballot:

Epheles - Je Suis Autrefois
Burzum - Fallen
Moonsorrow - Varjoina Kuljemme Kuolleiden Maassa
Azarath - Blasphemers' Malediction
Woods Of Desolation - Torn Beyond Reason
Kartikeya - Mahayuga
Septic Flesh - The Great Mass
Vastum - Carnal Law
Arckanum - Helvetismyrkr
Ensorcelor - Crucifuge
Thy Catafalque - Rengeteg
Goatpenis - Depleted Ammunition
Mitochondrion - Parasignosis
Destruction - Day Of Reckoning
Alastor - Demon Attack
Tiluland - Axes Of The Universe
Wolves in the Throne Room - Celestial Lineage
Corrupted - Garten der Unbewusstheit
Benighted - Asylum Cave
Absu - Abzu
Uncle Acid And The Deadbeats - Blood Lust
Disma - Towards the Megalith
Kampfar - Mare
Hell - Human Remains
Amon Amarth - Surtur Rising
Aosoth - III
Goatmoon - Varjot
Loutallica - LULU
Autopsy - Macabre Eternal
Ash Borer - Ash Borer
Falloch - Where Distant Spirits Remain
Nightwish - Imaginaerum
Taake - Noregs Vapen
Deafheaven - Roads To Judah
Kroda - Schwarzpfad
Peste Noire - l'Ordure A l'Etat Pur
Blood Stain Child - Epsilon
Nader Sadek - In The Flesh
Burzum - From The Depths Of Darkness
Dalriada - Igeret
Megadeth - Thirteen
Vintersorg - Jordpuls
Old Silver Key - Tales Of Wanderings
Falkenbach - Tiurida
Decrepitaph - Profane Doctrines Unburied
Petrychor - Effigies And Epitaphs / Dryad
Iskald - The Sun I Carried Alone
Within Temptation - The Unforgiving
Azazel/Goatmoon - split CD
Fen - Epoch
Machine Head - Unto The Locust
Turisas - Stand Up And Fight
Sorcier De Glaces - The Puressence Of Primitive Forests
Patria - Liturgia Haeresis
Samael - Lux Mundi
Liturgy - Aesthethica
Leviathan - True Traitor, True Whore
Tyr - The Lay Of Thrym
Djevel - Dodssanger
Kriegshetzer - Panzer Vorwarts

First four records are a huge cut above the rest.

Me:

Trap Them - Darker Handcraft
Helms Alee - Weatherhead
Corrupted - Garten der Unbewusstheit
Woods of Ypres - Woods 4: the Green Album
Arabrot - Solar Anus
Uncle Acid And The Deadbeats - Blood Lust
Bastard Noise - Skulldozer
YOB - Atma
Indian - Guiltless
Mastodon - The Hunter
LANTLOS - Agape
Peste Noire - l'Ordure A l'Etat Pur
CIRCLE OF OUROBORUS - Eleven Fingers
Blood Ceremony - Living With the Ancients
Ash Borer - Ash Borer
Esoteric - Paragon of Dissonance
Across Tundras - Sage
Falloch - Where Distant Spirits Remain
Anaal Nathrakh - Passion
Gentlemen's Pistols- at Her Majesty's Pleasure
Orthodox - Baal
THE WOUNDED KINGS - In The Chapel Of The Black Hand
Animals As Leaders - Weightless
GNAW THEIR TONGUES - Per Flagellum Sanguemque, Tenebras Veneramus
Absu - Abzu
Gridlink - Orphan
KEN mode - Venerable
Blood Stain Child - Epsilon
Earth - Angels of Darkness, Demons of Light 1
Obake - Obake
Altar of Plagues - Mammal
The Atlas Moth - An Ache for the Distance
Tombs - Path Of Totality
MORKOBOT - Morbo
Despise You / Agoraphobic Nosebleed - And On and On...
Windhand - Windhand
Witch Mountain - South Of Salem
Pantheïst - Pantheist
Caïna - Hands That Pluck
Liturgy - Aesthethica
Grails - Deep Politics
Wolvhammer - The Obsidian Plains
Dark Castle - Surrender To Life Beyond All Form
Wolves in the Throne Room - Celestial Lineage
Encoffination - O'Hell, Shine In Thy Withed Sepulchres
Weedeater - Jason...the Dragon
Slough Feg - Made In Poland
The Gates of Slumber - The Wretch
Karma to Burn - V
Moonsorrow – Varjoina Kuljemme Kuolleiden Maassa

Make sense of that, if you can.

wonder if psychic paramount will do well in big poll. I forgot to vote for it..

mine:

Esoteric - Paragon of Dissonance
Ravencult - Morbid Blood
Autopsy - Macabre Eternal
Corrupted - Garten der Unbewusstheit
Bastard Noise - Skulldozer
Vektor - Outer Isolation
Gridlink - Orphan
ulcerate - destroyers of all
In Solitude - The World. The Flesh. The Devil
Rwake - Rest
Maruta – Forward Into Regression
Blood Stain Child - Epsilon
Cauldron - Burning Fortune
Wolves in the Throne Room - Celestial Lineage
Goreaphobia - Apocalyptic Necromancy
Weekend Nachos - Worthless
Septic Flesh - The Great Mass
Animals As Leaders - Weightless
wormrot - dirge
Vastum - Carnal Law
Midnight - Satanic Royalty

put very little thought into it tbh. regret not placing ulcerate higher. (only one other person voted for this???)

ive told you guys, campaigning works. Putting that effort in makes a massive difference!

can i just say again big thanks to Glenn for the needle stats. He really is awesome and this poll couldn't be done without him!

You guys definitely win the battle of the stats :)

yeah, as always, much respect to glenn. the stats are really amazing.

They are. Got any particular favourites?

the maps are fun. and, of course, the 'falseness' stats.

I like the compatibility stats; it's proof that there's an outloud hivemind sprouting

I was looking at previous poll results, and there's really an unending supply of stuff I haven't heard, heh. You know what would be cool, is an ongoing master list of albums from all the metal polls. Ranking by just points might be a bit off as different numbers of people voted various years. Maybe percentage of total points?

Okay, maybe super-geeky rather than cool.

you can do it if you like!

wow Hammers of Misfortune won!? the drummer is in my preschool co-op lol, they practice across the hall from us.

Be sure to let him know!

I will! it's funny, at first I just noticed him at parent meetings (ie "hmmm that longhair over there appears to be quite the hesher, must be in a band") and then a vinyl copy of 17th Street showed up at the school auction and I was like AHA

his kid and my kid are friends, which is cute

Wow, that Corrupted album is like beautiful.

I think this is my favourite Mastodon album.

The Hammers of Misfortune isn't on Grooveshark but I've made it through the rest of the top 20 now. I really liked everything except Uncle Acid and Altar of Plagues. Maybe those could grow on me.

i have been playing the shit out of uncle acid, sorry i missed it during the year.

altar of plagues was boring, though. i have yet to really get behind boring arty black metal.

altar of plagues are great. remember the spotify playlist btw

17th Street is a bit too.. Queen for my liking

what are the sludgier, doomier metal releases i should be looking at? Already dig Yob

Uncle Acid & The Deadbeats - Blood Lust
Elder - Dead Roots Rising
Subrosa - No Help for the Mighty Ones

I reckon you'd like those.

big fan of the first 2, definitely

Subrosa next..

Ufomammut, I reckon. Or was Eve in 2010?

rumor that Hammers are gonna need a new drummer soon :(

268. Beastwars - S/T (41 Points, 2 Votes)

heavy riffs, sick bass, nasty yowling, hope their new one hits big.

http://tighttothenail.com/beastwars-have-better-artwork-than-96-of-metal/