~~~ ILM METAL POLL 2013 - ALBUMS & TRACKS VOTING & CAMPAIGN THREAD~~~ (VOTING ENDS FRIDAY JANUARY 10th 11.59pm UK time/6.59pm EST) )

Thanks. I need reminders each year.

yeah i copied it from the spreadsheet

voted.

up in this!

v o t e d

Again Stara Rzeka is doubled, with it misspelled the first timr

Also I'm having major pangs of regret for not nominating Spider Kitten

The Fall Of Every Season is in twice, once as "A Fall Of Every season"

A bumper year for Quebecois "post/atmospheric/folk" black metal by the way: fantastic albums by Gris, Csejthe, Sombres Forêts, Neige Éternelle, Monarque.

i'm really digging the ghost bc album

also feeling like trying to listen to every nom'd album is a fool's errand

I thought I got my last few nominations in in plenty of time *pouts*

Listening to the Tracks playlist is quite nice tho, or the album playlist on shuffle.

i think only about 3 people subscribed to the tracks playlist since i started it. If people dont vote tracks then siegbrans nsbm graveland track might win the poll lol

i didn't nominate it for the poll.

I personally wasn't interested in nominating individual tracks.. I don't know if others feel the same way...

the SubRosa album is just not grabbing me.. I've tried several times to give it a go and its just not doing anything for me. I saw em live and though thought they were great, but on record its ____ ? i don't know.

I'm a bit puzzled by all the praise too, it's not a bad record in any way and it's pleasant to listen to but there's nothing on it that really stands out.

The lyrics stand out. "Affliction" is the strongest anger I've heard all year.

anger/sadness/confusion, I should say

anyone hear the clandestine blaze from this year? meant to listen and nominate but didn't get to it. I like the cover.

http://s018.radikal.ru/i507/1305/fb/09ee67e1764b.jpg

i love the ghost bc album.

there.

i have broken my metal thread cherry.

however, i would never class ghost bc as metal.

interesting article
http://www.invisibleoranges.com/2013/12/dont-listen-to-everything/

http://i.imgur.com/GN2Szjl.png

Anyone even remotely into death metal needs to listen to the Beyond record. It's streaming here: http://ironboneheadproductions.bandcamp.com/album/beyond-fatal-power-of-death

Iron Bonehead productions?!? that is terrible name.. This will be one of those things where the name of something kills it before I give a chance.. lol!

That's the label. Who cares what the label's called?

i voted

I question the judgement of a band that signs to a label with that name.. lol! I'm have kidding, of course

man no bands are gonna sign to my label "Fart Blast Wreck-hers"

LOL!!!!!!!
Hellbeard is ready to sign! lol

btw I'm adding more nommed albums to the album playlist so that it is more complete.

Lol yes, can I suggest the Spider Kitten album, Cougar Club? Decent a
doom with atmosphere and some alt rock leanings (and some rad Alice in Chains harmonies)

My Top 10 countdown

Looks like 10 ballots so far.

only ten? seems low. is that normal?

it's rather low for metal poll, yeah, but hopefully it will flood in once everyones back to work/college.

When you vote please post here to say so. So I can check it went through ok.

Thanks.

Voted!

thanks!

btw guys Campaigning really does work so please go for it. Remember jeff got some dodgy stuff in a few years back just by campaigning!
Siegbran has the right idea.

So discuss any of the albums nominated (or tracks) in here!

I did a good amount of campaigning on the nominations thread, and took a little holiday break. I'll reiterate a few that I feel have been underrated in other polls.

Goatess - Goatess
Spotify: http://open.spotify.com/album/192IbdIGft39UMkx7cino4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Sfu9nlwfS4

http://thesludgelord.blogspot.com/2013/10/goatess-st-album-review.html
http://theobelisk.net/obelisk/2013/06/27/goatess-the-birth-of-pan-review/
http://www.heavyplanet.net/2013/08/album-review-goatess-by-goatess.html
http://theparanoidmusicblog.blogspot.com/2013/08/goatess-st-album-review.html
http://fastnbulbous.com/goatess-goatess/

Brimstone Coven - II
http://brimstonecoven.bandcamp.com/album/ii

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YAblOjqg4Cg

http://theparanoidmusicblog.blogspot.com/2013/11/brimstone-coven-ii-album-review.html
http://thesludgelord.blogspot.com/2013/11/brimstone-coven-st-album-review.html

Anciients - Heart Of Oak
http://open.spotify.com/album/12xsvrBxKYiC7QrGA3B4Tq
http://anciientriffs.bandcamp.com/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7VPkxD5yglg

http://www.cvltnation.com/anciients-heart-of-oak/
http://www.metalstorm.net/pub/review.php?review_id=11767

Avatarium - Avatarium
http://open.spotify.com/album/02aB2JYueuZlZEL8VjXScm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GWuGTYiQs8U

http://www.angrymetalguy.com/things-might-missed-2013-avatarium-avatarium/
http://doommetalheaven.wordpress.com/2013/10/31/album-review-avatarium/
http://thesludgelord.blogspot.com/2013/11/avatarium-st-album-review.html

Jex Thoth - Blood Moon Rise
http://ihate.bandcamp.com/album/blood-moon-rise

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MrAvwd_UHUI

http://thesludgelord.blogspot.com/2013/06/jex-thoth-blood-moon-rise-album-review.html
http://www.metal-observer.com/articles.php?lid=1&id=20116
http://www.doommantia.com/2013/08/jex-thoth-blue-moon-rise.html
http://fastnbulbous.com/jex-thoth-blood-moon-rise/

second the avatarium album.

Yeah Avatarium is pretty great... I'm liking Brimstone Coven a lot too!

That Batillus record, Concrete Sustain was my number one. Sludgey, doomy goodness with an industrial edge. Just what the genre needs, I think. Its innovated and doesn't feel stiff like most industrial stuff can get.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=q6fvwo9mQEM

http://www.batillusdoom.com/
http://batillus.bandcamp.com/

Primitive Man-Scorn... the heaviest thing I heard this year

https://fbexternal-a.akamaihd.net/safe_image.php?d=AQBD1gTQThEa4VdF&w=130&h=130&url=http%3A%2F%2Fi1.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FAWUE-s6ALIU%2Fhqdefault.jpg&cfs=1&upscale

I fucked up that link.... But they are read. I'm horrible at campaining, apparently..

I only have one album I care about campaigning for:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zE7lR4JzLUE

We might clear 50? Awesome!

Voted

I think that above vote may have taken us to 50, yeah

voted http://www.varunaholzapfel.de/wbblite/images/smilies/headbang.gif

that would mean nearly 40 votes in 3/4 days which is quite remarkable. Thanks ilm!

I told you, dude – people are lazy and wait until the last minute. It's human nature.

usually i start album countdown as soon as i get the results after (vote) closing time. But with this year us trying a tracks poll I dunno whether to do that first or just start albums tonight and start tracks on monday when everyones back to work (it wont be a particularly long rollout.

Also I was going to do it on just the one results thread but seanwayne thinks it would be better on its own thread.

Another thought was leave tracks poll to the last few days of albums rollout and count it down simultaneously with the albums.

so anyone got any thoughts on it?

j3ff might be right. Maybe polls should just have one week of voting in future. People could cram listening in during extended nominations instead.

I guess it depends on how many tracks ballots come in and how long that rollout would be, but it seems like a minor feature of the metal poll and could probably kick off the thread that would house both polls' results.

It may be tomorrow before I can get you the results btw.

oh and there will be no 150 200 300 etc albums rollout

xp

ahh ok seandalai np!

i think tracks rollout would be around the top 25 mark

I might start with the tracks rollout as jf suggests then whenever i get the results.
Just hope noone minds the tracks results being done over the weekend but if noone objects I will do it.

thinking about doing this thing. no one nommed wrekmeister harmonies, what's up with that?

go for it. And thanks for the shorter total rollout of tracks.

do it!

tracks poll was always just a wee bit of fun. Hoped that it might attract non-partisans who might be more willing to check out standout tracks, that might then lead to albums being checked out.

Hopefully those who will follow tracks poll will be able to real time comments on the songs and will then hang around for albums.

plus I love it when in previous polls emil.y and others live-blogged thoughts on songs they didnt know.

Plus it can prove to doubters than metal has songs that do stand out. (also got no idea what the top 25 will be like.)

last 3 hours to vote..

just voted in the albums poll

Still trying to listen through the tracks spotify playlist. I may have to give up and just submit an albums-only ballot, though I have discovered lots of cool stuff on the playlist (Oranssi Pazuzu and Stara Rzeka come to mind).

2 HOURS LEFT TO VOTE

it is done

haha i forgot there is 2 nick b's. one has voted for years in metal poll but we used to only take email addys not ilx names. So seandalai its 2 different people not a revote.

i think both nicks need to fight it out on dragons holding swords or something.

i am not very metal, i will be the one riding into battle on a duck

http://i.imgur.com/0lKrtzz.jpg

important question, can somebody help?

what is my ILE username? is it "Beatrix Kiddo" or "Beatrix Kiddo (Raymond Cummings)"?

preparing to submit my ballot, don't wanna mess this up

Beatrix Kiddo

but it hardly matters as its just so we know a real person is voting ie no socks or lady gaga fanclub

its not just the NSA who knows who you are!

Anyway late voters can make a huge difference not only voting albums into the countdown, or into the top 10 or changing the order of the top 20buy ALSO decide #1. One year j3ffs last min vote changed the top 3.

so with ONE HOUR LEFT TO GO PLEASE VOTE

After asking some friends/ilx lurkers to vote and all of you regular ilxors joining in I think we have 55 album voters. But time for more!
Not had a ballot from doran/phil or chuck yet!

or jjjusten or m@tt

Considering this:

i apologize in advance for not voting in this but no lie, i have not listened to a single new album this year

― Wendy Carlos Williams (jjjusten), Monday, January 6, 2014 10:25 AM (4 days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

I wouldn't expect a ballot from him.

AG is nothing if not an optimist.

Hey, he got us to surpass the # of voters from last year!

Old management > New Management

Voting is closed, thanks for voting.

hurrah!

and thanks to seandalai for making this all possible! (and fnb for helping me)

and I'm going to post a few tracks results in a min or two..

~~~ 2014 ILM METAL POLL TRACKS & ALBUMS COUNTDOWN! ~~~ (Tracks top 30 first then Albums)