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

I've never really cared for metal before but some of these covers look too cool not to check out. I knew I shouldn't click on here, I was trying to cut back on what I need to listen to.

Most people seem to think the list isn't metal so don't worry about it a hoy hoy,. Check away and enjoy! That was the whole point of me doing this poll.

yeah for metal dilettantes like myself this is a godsend, thanks for the hard work!

i would have voted vertebrae no 1 tbh but i was discouraged from voting

lol. because i asked you to vote?

you told me i couldnt vote for only 2 albums

im no metalhead (though i somehow like to read metalthreads) but bought two cd's that fall into the category. i think they're the 1 & 2 here.. :)

i said i didnt want to encourage that incase people did it to skew the vote (ie guns n roses fans ). there was 268 albums nominated, surely you could have done more than 2.

I'll give you a clue to the shock at no2. It's neither Guns N Roses OR Dragonforce.

Re voting: I didn't vote either, because I honestly hadn't heard enough of the nominations. Metal lightweight. Still, nice to see both of my nominations got decent placings.

yes i said i was discouraged from voting thank you

*turns on heel and opens umbrella*

Well you know I thought you were just winding me up about bimble's drunken ballot of 2, but he said he would resend it with more, and he did.
btw he didn't vote for any goth-metal.
SO BIMBLE IS NOT MORE GOTH-METAL THAN ANY OF YOU

Ok I shall post no 2 in 2 mins. Drum roll please!

Ok I shall post no 2 in 2 mins. Drum roll please!

― Pfunkboy Formerly Known As... (Herman G. Neuname), Friday, 23 January 2009 23:28 (4 minutes ago) Bookmark

heh I decided to attempt a blurb for it
so here we go...

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Harvey Milk - Life...the Best Game in Town (Hydra Head) 357 Points (3 Number One Votes)

Awesome!! Almost on a par with their comeback album Special Wishes, Harvey Milk execute one of the finest comebacks ever by a legendary cult band. If you don't know the previous album or their probably even better 90s masterpieces, then go check them out now! --- pfunkboy

yes! and death goes to the winner...

I think I can guess what number one is.

Lets talk about this album, not what you think is no1. This album deserves discussion.

i'm sure there's nothing like this album in the rest of the metal top100, or is there?

I would say no. but I don't know every album in the top 100. Only DJ Martian would know that!

after downloading, listening and loving the shit out of this album i went for special wishes but that didn't ring with me like this one did. there's a sense of spaciousness one life... that's lacking in special wishes. but maybe i need more time with that album.

i think the cover is so cute

one = on

I'll post the no1 at midnight. Give those Ameicans time to get home from work to see it then the stats

Willem have you checked out Courtesy And Good Will Toward Men? that is their true masterpiece

No I haven't. Will remedy. Thanks!

but first let me find a 20 minute drumroll...

Or the ZZ Top influenced The Pleaser?

The early albums were reissued by Relapse and then got the vinyl treatment too. Or you can find online if you want to check out 1st..

So check em out

Is Life... available on vinyl too? Would love that. I ordered the cd ages ago but am still waiting. This is my first encounter with HM, consider me ignorant. Thanks again for the recommendations.

Not yet, I'm still waiting on that. Hydra Head are always sloooooooooow. They are like Southern Lord and milk cd sales for all they can then bring out 10 different colour vinyls .

Winner is obviously Cave's Hunt Like Devil.

My bet is on Dragonforce.

i reckon the winner is 287 on rateyourmusic for 2008
http://rateyourmusic.com/charts/top/album/2008

the top rated metal album on rateyourmusic NOT in the ilm top 100 is

Skepticism - Alloy

at number 15

A Runaway winner..

The Winner of ilxor.com's Metal Album Of The Year 2008 is...

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Torche - Meanderthal (Hydrahead (CD)/Robotic Empire(LP/Pic Disk) 457 Points (2 Number One Votes)

This should be no real surprise. From sublime power pop to space rock to stoner metal to a freaking Ian Gillan-era Black Sabbath tribute, Torche threw everything but the proverbial kitchen sink into Meanderthal (although I wouldn't bet against one of those being in there somewhere), and the miracle is that it works beautifully. Even though there's something to appeal to everyone, the album's wide reach never dilutes the band's consistent vision. Superb stuff, and it's only their second record! --- J3ff T

From the ashes of Sludge legends Floor came Torche. Steve Brooks called it "Stoner Pop" the 1st album was a masterpiece and this time they made it more wide ranging,heavier in places, without losing the "stoner pop". This band deserves to be huge.
I recommend buying the vinyl version of this as the packaging is amazing. On a par with Earth's vinyl "bible"? Sure! --- pfunkboy

More pics of the glorious vinyl
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3292/2705526294_e195131a1e.jpg?v=0
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3211/2705525754_4f50349416.jpg?v=0

The pic disk version
http://www.earshot.com/images/torchevinyl.jpg

Now lets talk about the awesome music

nah lets just talk about that awesome packaging cause O_O

Do both!!

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3292/2705526294_e195131a1e.jpg?v=0

^^^ pwn.

order of how much i liked the top 5 albums

1. opeth (only one i voted for)
2. harvey milk
3. boris
4. earth
5. torche (not a big foo-fighters fan, sorry.)

(not a big melvins fans either, which explains why i didn't vote for a couple of those other ones, maybe.)

CHUCK ZING

foo fighters (apart from the 1st 2) suck and I've never thought Torche sounded like them at all.

for the record / contrast...metal / heavy rock albums currently in the rateyourmusic top 100 of 2008 but NOT in the ilm top 100

25: Colour Haze - All
34: Coldworld - Melancholie²
39: In Mourning - Shrouded Divine
52: Misery Index - Traitors
53: Krisiun - Southern Storm
56: Ihsahn - angL
58: After the Burial - Rareform
64: Saint Deamon - In Shadows Lost From the Brave [apparently a power metal band]
75: Testament - The Formation of Damnation
80: Exodus - Let There Be Blood
88: The Monolith Deathcult - Trivmvirate
91: Dead Congregation - Graves of the Archangels
92: The Faceless - Planetary Duality
99: Pharaoh - Be Gone [apparently a power metal band]