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.
― Pfunkboy Formerly Known As... (Herman G. Neuname), Friday, 23 January 2009 23:07 (fifteen years ago) link
I'll give you a clue to the shock at no2. It's neither Guns N Roses OR Dragonforce.
― Pfunkboy Formerly Known As... (Herman G. Neuname), Friday, 23 January 2009 23:10 (fifteen years ago) link
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.
― Soukesian, Friday, 23 January 2009 23:13 (fifteen years ago) link
yes i said i was discouraged from voting thank you
*turns on heel and opens umbrella*
― roxymuzak, Friday, 23 January 2009 23:13 (fifteen years ago) link
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
― Pfunkboy Formerly Known As... (Herman G. Neuname), Friday, 23 January 2009 23:20 (fifteen years ago) link
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 (fifteen years ago) link
― willem, Friday, 23 January 2009 23:31 (fifteen years ago) link
― Pfunkboy Formerly Known As... (Herman G. Neuname), Friday, 23 January 2009 23:28 (4 minutes ago) Bookmark
― a hoy hoy, Friday, 23 January 2009 23:33 (fifteen years ago) link
heh I decided to attempt a blurb for itso here we go...
― Pfunkboy Formerly Known As... (Herman G. Neuname), Friday, 23 January 2009 23:34 (fifteen years ago) link
2http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41H4WtqbLDL._SS500_.jpgHarvey 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...
― willem, Friday, 23 January 2009 23:36 (fifteen years ago) link
I think I can guess what number one is.
― Shmutchered at Shmirth (J3ff T.), Friday, 23 January 2009 23:36 (fifteen years ago) link
Lets talk about this album, not what you think is no1. This album deserves discussion.
― Pfunkboy Formerly Known As... (Herman G. Neuname), Friday, 23 January 2009 23:36 (fifteen years ago) link
i'm sure there's nothing like this album in the rest of the metal top100, or is there?
― willem, Friday, 23 January 2009 23:37 (fifteen years ago) link
I would say no. but I don't know every album in the top 100. Only DJ Martian would know that!
― Pfunkboy Formerly Known As... (Herman G. Neuname), Friday, 23 January 2009 23:38 (fifteen years ago) link
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.
― willem, Friday, 23 January 2009 23:39 (fifteen years ago) link
i think the cover is so cute
― roxymuzak, Friday, 23 January 2009 23:39 (fifteen years ago) link
one = on
I'll post the no1 at midnight. Give those Ameicans time to get home from work to see it then the stats
― Pfunkboy Formerly Known As... (Herman G. Neuname), Friday, 23 January 2009 23:40 (fifteen years ago) link
Willem have you checked out Courtesy And Good Will Toward Men? that is their true masterpiece
― Pfunkboy Formerly Known As... (Herman G. Neuname), Friday, 23 January 2009 23:41 (fifteen years ago) link
No I haven't. Will remedy. Thanks!
but first let me find a 20 minute drumroll...
― willem, Friday, 23 January 2009 23:44 (fifteen years ago) link
Or the ZZ Top influenced The Pleaser?
― Pfunkboy Formerly Known As... (Herman G. Neuname), Friday, 23 January 2009 23:44 (fifteen years ago) link
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..
― Pfunkboy Formerly Known As... (Herman G. Neuname), Friday, 23 January 2009 23:45 (fifteen years ago) link
So check em out
― Pfunkboy Formerly Known As... (Herman G. Neuname), Friday, 23 January 2009 23:50 (fifteen years ago) link
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.
― willem, Friday, 23 January 2009 23:51 (fifteen years ago) link
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 .
― Pfunkboy Formerly Known As... (Herman G. Neuname), Friday, 23 January 2009 23:53 (fifteen years ago) link
Winner is obviously Cave's Hunt Like Devil.
― the maximum value that ZS obtains given its constraint is 8 (Z S), Friday, 23 January 2009 23:53 (fifteen years ago) link
My bet is on Dragonforce.
― Shmutchered at Shmirth (J3ff T.), Friday, 23 January 2009 23:57 (fifteen years ago) link
i reckon the winner is 287 on rateyourmusic for 2008http://rateyourmusic.com/charts/top/album/2008
― djmartian, Saturday, 24 January 2009 00:01 (fifteen years ago) link
the top rated metal album on rateyourmusic NOT in the ilm top 100 is
Skepticism - Alloy
― djmartian, Saturday, 24 January 2009 00:04 (fifteen years ago) link
at number 15
― djmartian, Saturday, 24 January 2009 00:05 (fifteen years ago) link
A Runaway winner..
― Pfunkboy Formerly Known As... (Herman G. Neuname), Saturday, 24 January 2009 00:05 (fifteen years ago) link
The Winner of ilxor.com's Metal Album Of The Year 2008 is...
1http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61tsQgcbeFL._SS500_.jpghttp://farm4.static.flickr.com/3129/2704704683_8e51e6187b.jpg?v=0Torche - 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 TFrom 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
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 vinylhttp://farm4.static.flickr.com/3292/2705526294_e195131a1e.jpg?v=0http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3211/2705525754_4f50349416.jpg?v=0
― Pfunkboy Formerly Known As... (Herman G. Neuname), Saturday, 24 January 2009 00:07 (fifteen years ago) link
The pic disk versionhttp://www.earshot.com/images/torchevinyl.jpg
Now lets talk about the awesome music
― Pfunkboy Formerly Known As... (Herman G. Neuname), Saturday, 24 January 2009 00:08 (fifteen years ago) link
nah lets just talk about that awesome packaging cause O_O
― roxymuzak, Saturday, 24 January 2009 00:09 (fifteen years ago) link
Do both!!
― Pfunkboy Formerly Known As... (Herman G. Neuname), Saturday, 24 January 2009 00:12 (fifteen years ago) link
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3292/2705526294_e195131a1e.jpg?v=0
^^^ pwn.
― Women can be captains too, you know? (jim), Saturday, 24 January 2009 00:16 (fifteen years ago) link
order of how much i liked the top 5 albums
1. opeth (only one i voted for)2. harvey milk3. boris4. earth5. torche (not a big foo-fighters fan, sorry.)
― xhuxk, Saturday, 24 January 2009 00:17 (fifteen years ago) link
(not a big melvins fans either, which explains why i didn't vote for a couple of those other ones, maybe.)
― xhuxk, Saturday, 24 January 2009 00:18 (fifteen years ago) link
CHUCK ZING
― Shmutchered at Shmirth (J3ff T.), Saturday, 24 January 2009 00:19 (fifteen years ago) link
foo fighters (apart from the 1st 2) suck and I've never thought Torche sounded like them at all.
― Pfunkboy Formerly Known As... (Herman G. Neuname), Saturday, 24 January 2009 00:19 (fifteen years ago) link
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]
― djmartian, Saturday, 24 January 2009 00:19 (fifteen years ago) link
Sorry, I don't know why I did that. It seemed appropriate.
― Shmutchered at Shmirth (J3ff T.), Saturday, 24 January 2009 00:20 (fifteen years ago) link
Testament probably would have been high in this poll if it had been nominated.
― Shmutchered at Shmirth (J3ff T.), Saturday, 24 January 2009 00:21 (fifteen years ago) link
Oh man I have the colour haze vinyl and the packaging on that is amazing too. It's their best album in eons but it still didn't make my final list (i had a list of 30 that i had to cut and that was one)But if you like Kyuss style stoner/psych made by krazy germans then check it out.
― Pfunkboy Formerly Known As... (Herman G. Neuname), Saturday, 24 January 2009 00:23 (fifteen years ago) link
yeah jeff. I was surprised at their omission. Guns N Roses probably would've picked up votes too if it had been nominated, just due to the fact some struggled to make 25 and most people did hear it.Dragonforce I expected to do a lot better. I can't even remember where that placed. I only have the 100-1 list that Glenn gave me here just now that I will post shortly. Glenn will be along later with the tally for all 191 albums that received a vote plus his other stuff he has planned.
― Pfunkboy Formerly Known As... (Herman G. Neuname), Saturday, 24 January 2009 00:26 (fifteen years ago) link
for the record...
top 10 metal / heavy rock studio albums on rateyourmusic for 2008
5: OpethWatershed
9: BurstLazarus Bird
10: GojiraThe Way of All Flesh
11: CynicTraced in Air
12: Amon AmarthTwilight of the Thunder God
15: SkepticismAlloy
16: Cult of LunaEternal Kingdom
25: Colour HazeAll
31: EnslavedVertebrae
32: Septic FleshCommunion
― djmartian, Saturday, 24 January 2009 00:29 (fifteen years ago) link
I'd rep for the Skepticism. Cult Of Luna was good as well.
― Pfunkboy Formerly Known As... (Herman G. Neuname), Saturday, 24 January 2009 00:30 (fifteen years ago) link
have BW&BK released their albums of 2008 list?
― djmartian, Saturday, 24 January 2009 00:31 (fifteen years ago) link