ILX METAL ALBUMS OF THE YEAR 2008 RESULTS (NOW COUNTING DOWN THE TOP TEN, BTW)

42

Disfear - Live the Storm (Relapse) 60 points

― Pfunkboy Formerly Known As... (Herman G. Neuname), Monday, 19 January 2009 20:27 (4 years ago) Permalink

I'm looking forward to the reaction to the no 41 album

― Pfunkboy Formerly Known As... (Herman G. Neuname), Monday, 19 January 2009 21:57 (4 years ago) Permalink

well now so am i

― non-ironic safety helmet wearer (John Justen), Monday, 19 January 2009 22:03 (4 years ago) Permalink

Obviously you aren't looking forward to it THAT much!

― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Monday, 19 January 2009 22:05 (4 years ago) Permalink

I'm building suspense so that you can all share a greater sense of disappointment

― Pfunkboy Formerly Known As... (Herman G. Neuname), Monday, 19 January 2009 22:15 (4 years ago) Permalink

And I can bump the thread and you all rush to see no 41.

― Pfunkboy Formerly Known As... (Herman G. Neuname), Monday, 19 January 2009 22:24 (4 years ago) Permalink

No 41

Marnie Stern - This Is It And I Am It And You Are It (Kill Rock Stars) 61 points

― Pfunkboy Formerly Known As... (Herman G. Neuname), Monday, 19 January 2009 22:42 (4 years ago) Permalink

uh

― non-ironic safety helmet wearer (John Justen), Monday, 19 January 2009 22:52 (4 years ago) Permalink

― A. Begrand, Monday, 19 January 2009 23:04 (4 years ago) Permalink

john justen approves or disapproves?

― Pfunkboy Formerly Known As... (Herman G. Neuname), Monday, 19 January 2009 23:09 (4 years ago) Permalink

It shows how open-minded ilx metal fans are.

― Pfunkboy Formerly Known As... (Herman G. Neuname), Monday, 19 January 2009 23:12 (4 years ago) Permalink

disapproves. strenuously.

― non-ironic safety helmet wearer (John Justen), Monday, 19 January 2009 23:15 (4 years ago) Permalink

all due respect but wow do i not even slightly get how that sort of placement is possible.

― non-ironic safety helmet wearer (John Justen), Monday, 19 January 2009 23:15 (4 years ago) Permalink

lets see how many voted for it..

― Pfunkboy Formerly Known As... (Herman G. Neuname), Monday, 19 January 2009 23:16 (4 years ago) Permalink

lets see how many who voted for it..

― scourge of cords (Z S), Monday, 19 January 2009 23:18 (4 years ago) Permalink

two people had it in their top4 and another few had it in their lists on top. Anymore stats stuff I'll leave to Glenn.

― Pfunkboy Formerly Known As... (Herman G. Neuname), Monday, 19 January 2009 23:19 (4 years ago) Permalink

― scourge of cords (Z S), Monday, 19 January 2009 23:19 (4 years ago) Permalink

I would have voted for it but there was 25 metal albums I thought deserved it more. I think I voted for it in the main ilx poll though.

― Pfunkboy Formerly Known As... (Herman G. Neuname), Monday, 19 January 2009 23:20 (4 years ago) Permalink

and it's a damn site better than Death Magnetic

― Pfunkboy Formerly Known As... (Herman G. Neuname), Monday, 19 January 2009 23:22 (4 years ago) Permalink

all due respect but wow do i not even slightly get how that sort of placement is possible.

― non-ironic safety helmet wearer (John Justen), Monday, January 19, 2009 11:15 PM (9 minutes ago)

didnt mean this as some sort of "you did the math wrong" thing, btw. i mean that i can not wrap my head around enjoying marnie stern that much, or at least thinking of her as a great metal album contender.

― non-ironic safety helmet wearer (John Justen), Monday, 19 January 2009 23:28 (4 years ago) Permalink

Not at all surprised my the high Marnie Stern album placement. A few folks around here went gaga over it a while back. I mean, I didn't vote for it, but I did vote for several things that I would never in a million years call metal. I assumed all entries nominated in good faith, so I just picked what I though were the 25 best records in the list -- not the 25 "most metal" or some shit.

― Calling All Creeps! (contenderizer), Monday, 19 January 2009 23:28 (4 years ago) Permalink

but taste is wonderful because it is different and blah blah blah so i will shut up now xpost

― non-ironic safety helmet wearer (John Justen), Monday, 19 January 2009 23:29 (4 years ago) Permalink

i really like marnie stern (and zach hill) and I'm pleased it's placed. I like the fact we can have BSBC, Marnie Stern and Girlschool all in a top 100.
It sure beats the same old traditional troo kvlt lists that are around. The fact people voted for them proves they deserved their place in the nominations.

I wonder what would have happened if Portishead and The Bug had got nominated due to their metal associations.

― Pfunkboy Formerly Known As... (Herman G. Neuname), Monday, 19 January 2009 23:34 (4 years ago) Permalink

Apart from meaning the lex would like albums on a metal list.

― Pfunkboy Formerly Known As... (Herman G. Neuname), Tuesday, 20 January 2009 00:01 (4 years ago) Permalink

Even if you disregard points, the albums with 4 votes are in a tie for 42nd. Stern got four, all from voters who also voted for stuff that you'll see at the top of the list. I actually hadn't heard her album until after voting. It doesn't fit my personal instinctive definition of metal, but I like it a lot. Better than anything in the top 13 of this poll!

― glenn mcdonald, Tuesday, 20 January 2009 00:36 (4 years ago) Permalink

Now you're being silly!

― Pfunkboy Formerly Known As... (Herman G. Neuname), Tuesday, 20 January 2009 00:49 (4 years ago) Permalink

I've messed up somewhere along the line with tied votes. glenn can check to make sure but it appears every album should be one place higher. (ive asked on mod req board to fix it)

So this is actually
no 39

Darkspace - III (Avant Garde Records) 62 points

― Pfunkboy Formerly Known As... (Herman G. Neuname), Tuesday, 20 January 2009 00:59 (4 years ago) Permalink

this isnt my day. 1st i get the order wrong now the darkspace album pic wont show

ARGGHHHHHH

― Pfunkboy Formerly Known As... (Herman G. Neuname), Tuesday, 20 January 2009 01:19 (4 years ago) Permalink

Here's what we have so far:

Rank - Points - Voters - Artist - Album

97 - 23 - 1 - A Storm of Light - And We Wept the Black Ocean Within
97 - 23 - 2 - Black Elk - Always a Six, Never a Nine
97 - 23 - 1 - Everon - North
97 - 23 - 1 - Legless - Finding Mr. Perfect
97 - 23 - 1 - RTX - JJ Got Live RATX
97 - 23 - 3 - Trees - Lights Bane
94 - 24 - 1 - Burst - Lazarus Bird
94 - 24 - 1 - Fuck the Facts - Disgorge Mexico
94 - 24 - 1 - The Lizards - archeology
91 - 25 - 1 - Gevolt - Sidur
91 - 25 - 1 - Mar De Grises - draining the waterheart
91 - 25 - 1 - Rose Tattoo - Blood Brothers
89 - 27 - 3 - Graveyard - Graveyard
89 - 27 - 2 - In This Moment - The Dream
84 - 28 - 2 - Aldebaran - dwellers in twilight
84 - 28 - 2 - Aura Noir - Hades Rise
84 - 28 - 2 - In Flames - A Sense of Purpose
84 - 28 - 3 - Kayo Dot - Blue Lambency Downward
84 - 28 - 3 - Morkobot - Morto
82 - 29 - 3 - Dir En Grey - Uroboros
82 - 29 - 2 - Dornenreich - In Luft Geritzt
80 - 30 - 2 - Ayreon - 01011001
80 - 30 - 2 - Candlemass - Lucifer Rising
78 - 31 - 2 - Helrunar - Baldr Okk Iss
78 - 31 - 2 - Pyramids - Pyramids
76 - 32 - 2 - Equilibrium - Sagas
76 - 32 - 4 - Tyr - Land
74 - 33 - 3 - Journey To Ixtlan - S/t
74 - 33 - 2 - Samothrace - Lifes Trade
70 - 34 - 2 - Black Boned Angel - The Endless Coming Into Life
70 - 34 - 3 - Death Angel - Killing Season
70 - 34 - 3 - Ocrilim - Annwn
70 - 34 - 2 - Septicflesh - Communion
69 - 35 - 4 - Motorhead - Motorizer
68 - 36 - 2 - Girlschool - Legacy
67 - 37 - 2 - Sex/Vid - Communal Living
64 - 38 - 3 - Cult of Luna - Eternal Kingdom
64 - 38 - 2 - Helms Alee - Night Terror
64 - 38 - 4 - US Christmas - Eat the Low Dogs
63 - 39 - 3 - Have A Nice Life - Deathconsciousness
61 - 40 - 2 - Brave - Monuments
61 - 40 - 2 - Deathspell Omega - Veritas Diaboli Manet in Aeternum
58 - 41 - 2 - Belphegor - Bondage Goat Zombie
58 - 41 - 2 - Conifer - Crown Fire
58 - 41 - 3 - Jarboe - Mahakali
56 - 42 - 3 - Lair of the Minotaur - War Metal Battle Master
56 - 42 - 2 - Trinacria - Travel Now Journey Infinitely
54 - 44 - 4 - Amen Ra - Mass IIII
54 - 44 - 3 - Cough - Sigillum Luciferi
53 - 46 - 4 - The Sword - Gods of the Earth
52 - 47 - 5 - Eluveitie - Slania
50 - 48 - 3 - Racebannon - Acid or Blood
50 - 48 - 3 - Zebulon Pike - Intransience
48 - 50 - 4 - Blue Sabbath Black Cheer - Untitled
48 - 50 - 3 - Gnaw Their Tongues - An Epiphanic Vomiting of Blood
47 - 52 - 4 - Bison B.C. - Quiet Earth
45 - 54 - 4 - Nadja - Desire In Uneasiness
45 - 54 - 4 - Withered - Folie Circulaire
43 - 55 - 4 - Metallica - Death Magnetic
43 - 55 - 5 - Unearthly Trance - Electrocution
42 - 59 - 4 - Blood Ceremony - Blood Ceremony
41 - 60 - 4 - Disfear - Live the Storm
40 - 61 - 4 - Marnie Stern - This Is It And I Am It And You Are It
39 - 62 - 4 - Darkspace - III

― glenn mcdonald, Tuesday, 20 January 2009 01:25 (4 years ago) Permalink

I'm not going to be very popular with the mods :(

― Pfunkboy Formerly Known As... (Herman G. Neuname), Tuesday, 20 January 2009 01:36 (4 years ago) Permalink

Don't sweat it. You had 'em in the right order, and who gives a crap whether The Sword is #53 or #54? Onward!

― glenn mcdonald, Tuesday, 20 January 2009 01:42 (4 years ago) Permalink

No 39

Intronaut - Prehistoricisms (Century Media Records) 63 points

― Pfunkboy Formerly Known As... (Herman G. Neuname), Tuesday, 20 January 2009 01:44 (4 years ago) Permalink

WAIT NO THAT IS NUMBER 38 right?

― non-ironic safety helmet wearer (John Justen), Tuesday, 20 January 2009 01:46 (4 years ago) Permalink

aaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrrrrrggggggggggggghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

― Pfunkboy Formerly Known As... (Herman G. Neuname), Tuesday, 20 January 2009 01:48 (4 years ago) Permalink

yes. please fix that one at least and remove this and the above scream thanks :)

time for bed methinks

― Pfunkboy Formerly Known As... (Herman G. Neuname), Tuesday, 20 January 2009 01:49 (4 years ago) Permalink

i'll post the next one in the morning once Intronaut gets changed to no38. This time, bed!

― Pfunkboy Formerly Known As... (Herman G. Neuname), Tuesday, 20 January 2009 03:12 (4 years ago) Permalink

no 37

Jex Thoth - Jex Thoth (I Hate) 66 points

― Pfunkboy Formerly Known As... (Herman G. Neuname), Tuesday, 20 January 2009 12:42 (4 years ago) Permalink

no 36

Genghis Tron - Board Up the House (Relapse) 68 points

― Pfunkboy Formerly Known As... (Herman G. Neuname), Tuesday, 20 January 2009 15:36 (4 years ago) Permalink

Sorry for no blurbs but I didn't receive any and I'm not a writer so I couldn't do anything decent.

― Pfunkboy Formerly Known As... (Herman G. Neuname), Tuesday, 20 January 2009 16:00 (4 years ago) Permalink

My blurb for Jex Thoth is that I haven't heard it yet. Was curious, as it was made to sound cool by people whose job that is.

― Calling All Creeps! (contenderizer), Tuesday, 20 January 2009 16:08 (4 years ago) Permalink

had I got around to voting, marnie would have been in my list too. because it's ace.

and no, it's not metal, but it certainly rocks more than, say, the kayo dot album (which I also love, but is largely metal by association rather than by sound).

nice work on the list, pfunk. very interested to see what else crops up.

― m the g, Tuesday, 20 January 2009 16:15 (4 years ago) Permalink

l0u1s jagg3r complained about the inclusion of kayo dot. But he didn't bother to vote so who cares about him! ;)

― Pfunkboy Formerly Known As... (Herman G. Neuname), Tuesday, 20 January 2009 16:20 (4 years ago) Permalink

Most of the thanks should go to Musically & Glenn.

― Pfunkboy Formerly Known As... (Herman G. Neuname), Tuesday, 20 January 2009 16:21 (4 years ago) Permalink

I only heard a bit of 'Worship Me Or Die' or whatever that Marnie album is called, but the bit I heard could have reasonably been deemed Van Halen dickwaving if you didn't know who was waving it, so it's legit imo

― Pescetarian Reich (DJ Mencap), Tuesday, 20 January 2009 16:35 (4 years ago) Permalink

If it was instrumental I think there would be less complaints about it.
Anyway it's a really good album, end of.

― Pfunkboy Formerly Known As... (Herman G. Neuname), Tuesday, 20 January 2009 16:38 (4 years ago) Permalink

Oh, what the heck, I'll spoil the surprise:

35. Obama
34. Obama
33. Obama
32. Obama
31. Obama
30. Obama
29. Obama
28. Obama
27. Obama
26. Obama
25. Obama
24. Obama
23. Obama
22. Obama
21. Obama
20. Obama
19. Obama
18. Obama
17. Obama
16. Obama
15. Obama
14. Obama
13. Obama
12. Obama
11. Obama
10. Obama
9. Obama
8. Obama
7. Obama
6. Obama
5. Guns And Roses - Chinese Democracy
4. Obama
3. Obama
2. Obama
1. Obama

― glenn mcdonald, Tuesday, 20 January 2009 16:52 (4 years ago) Permalink

thanks for spoiling who is not no1

― Pfunkboy Formerly Known As... (Herman G. Neuname), Tuesday, 20 January 2009 16:55 (4 years ago) Permalink

Ha!

― EZ Snappin, Tuesday, 20 January 2009 16:55 (4 years ago) Permalink

no 35

Witch - Paralyzed (Tee Pee) 70 points

― Pfunkboy Formerly Known As... (Herman G. Neuname), Tuesday, 20 January 2009 17:01 (4 years ago) Permalink

In order to continue not spoiling anything, I will neither confirm nor deny Pfunk's insinuation that I have revealed anything.

― glenn mcdonald, Tuesday, 20 January 2009 17:07 (4 years ago) Permalink

Baroness,Orthodox,Om will be joining Mastodon in this years top ten I think.
If we run a metal poll at the end of the year that is -- depends on the interest.

― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Friday, 4 September 2009 00:22 (3 years ago) Permalink

The Baroness isn't a million miles away from Torche (neither was the last album mind you)

― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Friday, 4 September 2009 21:06 (3 years ago) Permalink

shhh

― Angus Young (roxymuzak), Friday, 4 September 2009 23:18 (3 years ago) Permalink

lol ?!

― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Friday, 4 September 2009 23:19 (3 years ago) Permalink

you will like it, hoos

― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Friday, 4 September 2009 23:35 (3 years ago) Permalink

sam here's the full list for your perusal
ILX METAL ALBUMS OF THE YEAR 2008 RESULTS (NOW COUNTING DOWN THE TOP TEN, BTW)

― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Tuesday, 13 October 2009 20:42 (3 years ago) Permalink

Going down the list till I got to something on Spotify I hit Opeth. As someone completely ignorant of this, I assume band, what do I try o Kerr?

― Samuel (a hoy hoy), Tuesday, 13 October 2009 20:54 (3 years ago) Permalink

I dunno, never cared for Opeth. LJ is a fan I think.

― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Tuesday, 13 October 2009 20:57 (3 years ago) Permalink

LJ is no more though :(

Went with Minnie Riperton instead. Metal can wait, I'm only young.

― Samuel (a hoy hoy), Tuesday, 13 October 2009 21:00 (3 years ago) Permalink

When should we open nominations for the 2009 poll?

― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Monday, 16 November 2009 19:42 (3 years ago) Permalink

Not much longer to go in the year, are there any big releases to come?

― I thought I could make it work because you look a bit like a man (aldo), Monday, 16 November 2009 20:14 (3 years ago) Permalink

There's a new Mudvayne album three days before Christmas. That's about all I know about.

― neither good nor bad, just a kid like you (unperson), Monday, 16 November 2009 20:19 (3 years ago) Permalink

I suspect that that isn't going to get a ton of votes.

― Van Slyke Paidbreed (J3ff T.), Monday, 16 November 2009 20:30 (3 years ago) Permalink

I was thinking about starting the voting on jan 1st. So how long do you want for a nominations process?

― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Monday, 16 November 2009 20:45 (3 years ago) Permalink

A couple weeks should suffice. Maybe start nominations around December 15 or so?

― I just wish he hadn't adopted the "ilxor" moniker (ilxor), Monday, 16 November 2009 23:45 (3 years ago) Permalink