YOU TOTALLY MISSED THE ILX HEAVY ROCK/METAL ALBUM POLL COUNTDOWN, SUCKA (CLICK FOR A RECAP)

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Thanks to all who participated, will be rolling out a top 300! finishing next Friday. Henry will be joining in when he can! Hope by posting a top 300 we will represent everyone's tastes.
basically spin ran a top 500, ILM can make a better list. 726 albums got a vote. the full list will be posted at the very end along with needle being opened up where you can see shitloads of stats.

Some posters want the suspense of guessing what missed the top 100, so we have a system in place, all will be revealed.

and starting things off, are...

300 TIE
Girlschool - Hit And Run (1981) (157 Points, 4 votes)
http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:cPasShE4DvbCcM:http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/jj249/sandylove8100/girlschool2.jpg&t=1

Good start!

See, I can be positive on occasion.

It's not gonna last to the other part of the tie, lolol. :)

Then I'm glad you paused a moment before the second one.

ah man I could have gotten SO much shit in here

300 TIE
Lightning Bolt - Wonderful Rainbow (2003)(157 Points, 4 votes)
http://cover7.cduniverse.com/MuzeAudioArt/470/473088.jpg

that's indie-rock iirc

LJ, something with 2 #1 votes still wouldn't make the top 300.

Hey, I have no problem with Lightning Bolt. I think of them as heavy noise, but that definitely fits the parameters of what you set up. That's the album with "Two Towers," right? That song grooves in a mighty heavy way.

It's a varied list, it's very ILM. I think it's a great list personally. The amount of votes was insane. Over 80 voters.

I love that Lightening Bolt album and it is hard as fuck.

298.
Monarch - 666 (2005) (158 Points, 5 voters)
http://www.stonerrock.com/store/images/covers/ath-2693.jpg

ha I was just teasing - I need to hear that one actually, only got the album afterwards xpost

will provide spotify links if there are any

I forgot to post my thoughts on that in my "free album" poll - it's quite good! Not sure I would have paid full price for it, but I'm not selling it either. I need to wait for cooler weather to reevaluate - not really a summer album.

i was wondering if you had ever got round to playing it.
btw have we lost johnny fever? I thought he would have approved of the #1 track.

it is illegal to disapprove of that track tbh - it is mighty in every way

You guys just live in an entirely different world from me.

we didn't give up on metal 20 years ago though! You should try listening to stuff since then, you might find stuff you like.

I just found a band I like last year, Mantic Ritual. But that's only because they sound like Exodus in 1986.

298
Witchfinder General - Friends Of Hell (1982) (159 Points, 5 voters)
http://www.metal-archives.com/images/1/2/8/0/1280.jpg

Oh I wonder how Death Penalty will do!

this album rules too though

I'm not summarizing these in list form btw. Not mad, honest. I just don't want to be chained to keeping up with this thread all the way through.

that album-cover is pretty fucking funny (well, as pretty fucking funny as 'kinda rapey' gets)

aww johnny, your lack of presence here will suck.

I'll peep in with some regularity.

What time is it for you British dudes, do you sleep???

I need to stay up til 4am. so im posting til then. Its 2.30am

so that means a few more albums certainly!

Just because I'm sure you'd want to know, so far it's one album I like, one I kind of like, one I've never heard and one I absolutely do not like at all. You can guess which is which.

johnny this thread needs you.

(ʇloq ƃuıuʇɥƃıl puɐ 'ɥɔɹɐuoɯ 'lɐɹǝuǝƃ ɹǝpuıɟɥɔʇıʍ 'looɥɔslɹıƃ :ɹǝpɹo uı)

plus johnny is the only one who gets the recaps right

JOHNNY! JOHNNY!

297
Turisas · Battle Metal (2004) (160 Points, 4 votes)
http://www.metal-archives.com/images/4/7/1/3/47137.jpg
http://open.spotify.com/album/4agYFXQKlPhm5up37LwvcQ

Johnny, you wouldn't like Monarch. Or, if you did, I'd be really surprised. So chalk that up as two in the last column.

I'm liking this album. But I love this kind of cheese.

I've never heard of Turisas, but a quick jaunt over to youtube has me saying HELL YEAH! Cheesy and gloriously so. Well done whomever voted for it.

Uh yeah, this is the kind of stuff dudes who work at Game Stop listen to in the back room while sorting out plans for WoW domination.

I don't think it will bump Korpiklaani from their cheesy humpa throne but it's still a hoot.

296
Borknagar · Origin (2006) (160 Points, 5 votes)
http://www.metal-archives.com/images/1/3/1/0/131072.jpg
An acoustic album apparently.

http://open.spotify.com/album/0hFHJB0dC7SBWVtgW2jGAX

and its the first album to place that was on my ballot!

The next one is a terrific album, but sadly it got cut from my ballot

295
The Young Gods · TV Sky (1991) (161 Points, 4 votes)
http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/dre300/e395/e39546ghg7j.jpg
http://open.spotify.com/album/3qQ3rMowU8LEYnhfUS54zM

it's on Spotify? consider that one bookmarked for tomorrow

theyre all on spotify

294
TO BE ANNOUNCED (161 Points, 5 votes)

Why so secretive?

probably waiting on an email

its the system i said we were using to protect the suspense you guys wanted for the top 100

Okay, now you can feel free to explain...

This is slower than Sunn, ye Gods!

I don't post albums by big bands that you might have thought could possibly grace a top 100. These albums wont be announced until the end to preserve your suspense.

293
Black Flag · My War (1984) (164 Points, 6 votes)
http://www.kosmikradiation.com/albums_files/blackflag_mywar.jpg
http://open.spotify.com/album/17j1kW5y6yHlY5vaBFijbR

I don't post albums by big bands that you might have thought could possibly grace a top 100. These albums wont be announced until the end to preserve your suspense.

I'm glad I didn't find out sooner, because my dumbstruckness would've been prolonged instead of just being a new thing I'm dealing with tonight.

jj, glenn,neil s, ilxor,viceroy all thought it was the perfect solution.

it just depends on how many there are. if its a sprinkling of TBAs that will be suspenseful indeed, if its like half of the 300-100 range thats just nonsense.

I can abandon it and just post everything if people want. Doesn't bother me either way. I love it when people shout "too low" or "im glad that's out of the way"

the next one is a big band/album

I vote for abandoning it, because I honestly can't see myself caring much what #294 was when this thing is all over.

yeah i have to agree

You're going to have to abandon it after about 150, at any rate, otherwise you'll be skipping more than you'll be listing.

ok ok nm!!!

well ok, but if ez snappin or emily get upset i'll direct them in your direction

i was only trying to keep people happy

294 was Rush - Permanent Waves.

Im saying nothing on rush, i had my say on the tracks poll

a mod can edit it and remove these posts

292
Van Halen · 1984 (1984) (166 Points, 5 votes)
http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/drf500/f574/f57436uz4zk.jpg
http://open.spotify.com/album/09J3CXHt6yRkNtOzrBdUAN

Might I suggest posting them two at a time for while? I know I argued against that very thing in the tracks poll, but that was a top 100. In this context, it might just be nice to see the juxtaposition of things (and it would speed up the process).

xp TOO LOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

at least johnny will like that^

xps lol

i'll post a bit more often then

look at it this way johnny, by doing a 300, an album you love got in.

LOL I agree - this is the VH album with SYNTHS man!!!

too low

I devalued 1984 on my ballot, but that album opened up a whole new world to me when it was new.

I was 1 year old when it came out.

My dad probably played it a lot during my most formative months of my life.

291
Thin Lizzy · Bad Reputation (1977) (167 Points, 4 votes)

http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/drf600/f657/f65740sojco.jpg
http://open.spotify.com/album/1oWJB8OeVLqpsmNZwZUXb0

Like, it came out when I was 10 and my weirdo parents still wouldn't allow me to listen to anything secular (they've relaxed greatly over time). Anyway, I heard it blaring out the back of some guy's Chevy Blazer at one of my dad's company picnics and I just kind of stayed close, behind a tree, while the whole album played two times through.

Rush was arguably my primary gateway band into metal, and I'd rather see them on this list than anything grunge!

xpost: I was puzzled by Van Halen's non-performance on the Tracks poll, too. Unfashionable now, maybe, but in terms of influence on the historical course of metal, VH were as important as just about anybody short of Sabbath. And I say that as somebody who has never bought or even downloaded a single Van Halen song.

Thin Lizzy were robbed on Tracks, too. "Black Rose"! It's enough to almost make me wish I'd voted.

Hey I've never actually listened to the entirety of Bad Reputation... but no doubt its amazing.

Yeah too much Thin Lizzy vote splitting I think on the tracks list.

289 TIE
ZZ Top · Tres Hombres (1973) (170 Points,5 votes)
http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/drd600/d666/d6667310n33.jpg
http://open.spotify.com/album/0Em8m9kRctyH9S3MTXAHvY

289 TIE
Morbid Angel · Altars of Madness (1989) (170 Points,5 votes)
http://www.metal-archives.com/images/1/9/1/191.jpg
http://open.spotify.com/album/2vWHACnDiSnFM52octEvY0

poor, poor Tres Hombres. It got knocked from the top 100 of the alt 70s poll because of an accounting error, and now it's fallen just inside the top 300 of the all time metal/rock poll. Sorry, dudes.

Posting two at a time: awesome when it produces juxtapositions like that!

I can do 2 at a time if you really want. That was a mistake heh

288
Deep Purple · Machine Head (1973) (174 Points, 5 votes)
http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/drf600/f621/f62139cuku1.jpg
http://open.spotify.com/album/2LaCtZxJ9pqS2lRKTlu8hx

287
Tool · Undertow (1993) (180 Points, 4 votes - ONE #1 Vote)
http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/dre300/e395/e39521clcz2.jpg

I approve of both of these.

Machine Head is kind of overrated, but Highway Star is a great keyboard-wizard song, and Never Before is terrific. I also remember really liking Sway and Space Truckin also, and I played Smoke on the Water when the 100-year-old grist mill in town burned down.

Tres Hombres is great, too. Hidden gem = Hot, Blue, and Righteous (sounds like Love Hurts though)...

really want to hear Wonderful Rainbow and TV Sky. Like a lot.

286
Def Leppard · Hysteria (1987) (180 Points, 6 voters)
http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/drf600/f600/f60034r9k0d.jpg

285
Obituary · Slowly We Rot (1989) (200 Points, 7 votes)
http://www.metal-archives.com/images/7/1/8/718.jpg
http://open.spotify.com/album/7H5MWoD8M6dEQoSj3SMHP7

voted for Slowly We Rot...great stuff, esp. the title track!!!

YES, HYSTERIA!!!!!!!!! (59 of those points are from me.)

I love Obituary, they didn't make it onto my ballot unfortunately.

284
Opeth · Ghost Reveries (2005) (200 Points, 8 votes)
http://www.metal-archives.com/images/8/5/1/7/85177.jpg
http://open.spotify.com/album/54nOmn8SzWheUvl1YHe240

283
Alice Cooper · Killer ( 1971) (201 Points, 6 votes)
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_TJiDVSyTggI/R_EMxbeD7-I/AAAAAAAAAZM/9_MTNbOZcMQ/s320/a-killer1.jpg
http://open.spotify.com/album/5H55ey6ihbSppmVyK1gqVz

Killer is cool. I know nothing about Opeth. But Killer is REALLY cool.

LJ wont like alice cooper beating Opeth

I'll post the last 2 for the night shortly.

ghost reveries has the baying of the hounds on it which SLAYS SO SO SO SO SO MUCH

worth it for that song alone

282
Smashing Pumpkins · Gish (1991) (203 Points, 6 votes)
http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/drd000/d097/d09751ia7ug.jpg
http://open.spotify.com/album/3JultJIT4wt05dFtuaY37j

I still think that's their best record.

In so much as I would still listen to it all the way through.

bleh

281
Deep Purple · In Rock (1970) (207 Points, 6 votes)
http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/drd500/d572/d5725720i01.jpg
http://open.spotify.com/album/2bjTVISSsvwia7uxrrEsuQ

^ this has Child In Time on it, an awesome slab of heavy greatness.

I can't believe skipping things was the solution so I'm glad you abandoned it. I have to go away for the weekend and will miss the countdown which is a much better personal solution.

Sad to see some of these so low (Killer, 1984, Bad Reputation, Tres Hombres, Ghost Reveries), but as I only threw points at one (Opeth) I can't complain.

Keep on truckin' and I'll catch up somewhere into the top 100.

Happy Birthday to Colonel Poo!
and here is your present!

280
Discharge · Hear Nothing See Nothing Say Nothing (282) (208 Points, 5 votes)
http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/drd200/d248/d24892i1l68.jpg
http://open.spotify.com/album/7tlh0UNHCkENgoMm7NEizn

Aw, I quite liked seeing 'to be announced', but as I have less at stake than the rest of you (as I didn't vote in this one) I don't mind it being revoked.

Don't think I'm going to get a chance to finish the tracks listening until post-weekend, sadly, but I will do it, as I promised.

279
Bad Brains · I Against I (1986) (210 Points, 6 votes)
http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/drf300/f341/f34116utdmf.jpg
http://open.spotify.com/album/0btkVh2TIc79B4ERtH5rWt

Have been wanting to hear that Discharge record for ages, now's my cue!

you wont be disappointed

278
Judas Priest · Stained Class (1978) (212 Points, 6 votes)
http://www.metal-archives.com/images/4/3/4/434.jpg
http://open.spotify.com/album/15gzdgyhKXr1K0faea4ImN

277
Nirvana · Bleach (1989) (213 Points, 9 votes)
http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/drc700/c718/c718495x6ae.jpg

276
Monster Magnet · Spine of God (1992) (215 Points, 7 votes)
http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/drd100/d125/d125532817m.jpg
http://open.spotify.com/album/5fdS4ZLVCdPHgIxRPnsRb1

the amg review btw

The metal album for people who hate metal albums. A glorious and unapologetic celebration of pure indulgence, Spine of God is the ultimate stoner goof, a brilliant satire of headbanger culture so pitch perfect that it's almost tempting to take it at face value. Bearing the warning "It's a satanic drug thing...you wouldn't understand," the record is a complete mind-f*ck -- the production is positively viscous, a hallucinatory sludge of echo-drenched vocals, bone-rattling drums, and reverbed guitars which seem to stretch on into infinity; frontman Dave Wyndorf is like a shamanic idiot savant floating in a sea of bongwater, growling proclamations like, "If Satan lived in heaven, he'd be me" in the midst of deadpan fantasy freakouts which name-check every teenage metalhead staple, from Led Zep to Playboy to whippets. (There's even a toweringly psychedelic ode to everyone's favorite room deodorizer, "Ozium.") Monster Magnet's genius is that their music speaks directly to the audience it's poking fun at -- Spine of God's sheer sonic intensity is brain-warping stuff even without chemical additives, and its themes of sex, drugs, and evil are so hilariously over the top that it's impossible not to be charmed by the absolute mindlessness of it all. No matter what, proof positive that the road of excess leads anywhere but the palace of wisdom.

^ the most hawkwind inspired album, and it's bloody brilliant too. Deserves to be waaaaaaaay higher.

275
Led Zeppelin · Presence (1976) (219 Points, 5 votes)
http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/drf900/f931/f93182zhvt1.jpg

LJ wont like alice cooper beating Opeth

― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Thursday, August 5, 2010 11:42 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

Im not happy the Cooper album didnt destroy Opeth. Some of these (Killer, In Rock, Tres Hombres) are wayyyyyyy too low!

274
Motörhead · Overkill (1979) (220 Points, 5 votes - ONE #1)
http://www.metal-archives.com/images/9/3/6/936.jpg
http://open.spotify.com/album/5bZg8FCOmr6K8NvxMFp4ME

^boo! waaayyyyyy too low.

273
Judas Priest · Sin After Sin (1977) (221 Points, 7 votes)
http://www.metal-archives.com/images/4/3/3/433.jpg
http://open.spotify.com/album/4xs2NRWIFeoO6mXLlKhb5u

272
Andrew WK · I Get Wet (2001) (222 Points, 7 votes)
http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/drf100/f170/f17046oouct.jpg
http://open.spotify.com/album/2CIrcCUymw9t2AfqQPdUjn

lol falsers

well we got all of that out of the way while I was sleeping. AWK isn't false!

but Sin After Sin is sinfully low.

271
Om · Conference of the Birds (2006) (225 Points, 6 votes)
http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/drh300/h308/h30883szrq8.jpg

Psyched for number 270

You should be, it's a big album, it's a big ILM album too.

a 'conference of birds' doesn't seem very hard or heavy to me -- sounds cute, like little birds in suits around a table worrying about the bottom line, chirpin' and squawkin'.

you didn't vote for it though
xp

When I woke up, the Viceroy told me "I get Wet" as at 272, but I misheard him. "Number two, that's the right place for it."

270
Blue Öyster Cult · Agents of Fortune (1976) (270 Points, 7 votes)
http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/drf500/f556/f55634nqxa6.jpg
http://open.spotify.com/album/2GFqzKAp611yhl0i1N45yg

This can only mean that Secret Treaties will grace the 100.

Gish wz one of my favourite albums back when I wz in high school, but actually it's prolley one of the only SP albums I can't listen to all the way through...still love Rhinocerous though...

Deep Purple In Rock is pretty good. Child in Time was a huge song with me and my friends. I had friends who stayed up all night on a coke binge and listened to that song, like, 80 times in a row...

I like Spine of God, and my favourite song off it--Ozium--was in my tracks ballot, though I didn't vote for this Monster Magnet album...

Presence is prolley my least favorite Zep album, and yet I still feel it's too low...

Number 270 delivers!

I might have voted for Agents of Fortune...that album IS way too low. ETI, The Revenge of Vera Gemini, This Ain't the Summer of Love...Reaper's not the only great track on there...

you did

well, I'm proud of myself.

Disconcerted to see Presence so low. Not that I like it much, but it has a couple of killer tracks. In Through The Out Door had better not lose out now.

Surprised at the low showing for Agents, but I can blame myself because Im almost certain I didnt vote for it, even though I like it a lot.

in @ #270 w/ 270 points

woah! o_0

xgau weighs in:

Agents of Fortune [Columbia, 1976]
Just when I figured they were doomed to repeat themselves until the breakup, they come up with the Fleetwood Mac of heavy metal, not as fast as Tyranny and Mutation but longer on momentum, with MOR tongue-in-cheek replacing the black-leather posturing and future games. I wonder how long it took them to do the la-la-las on "Debbie Denise" without cracking up. B+

A question for you metaller's. Judging by the tracks & album results so far, there appears to be lots and lots of sub-genres sub-sub-genres and micro-genres. Metal appears to be even more splintered than say, indie or even electronica/dance music. is that the case? I'm told that this list http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heavy_metal_subgenres is not even definitive. Why is metal more open to a cross pollination of other genres? It looks as though it's always evolving. Anything I hear now sounds completely different to what I heard in the 90s, or the 80s and 70s metal I've heard (while a lot of indie music is stuck in the 60s, at least here in England), even commercially, yet older genres are still going strong too. Is the famous elitism part of this as when a band or genre gets popular, they all get into another one to remain cool? or is it just a progressive genre where boundaries are always broken?( a bit like pop music absorbing everything and anything).

Also what is the best "metal" for a non-metaller to start with? Apart from Led Zeppelin,Black Sabbath, Kiss, Guns 'N Roses,Metallica,Iron Maiden. I don't like Sunn o))). I do quite like Opeth and Porcupine Tree and I heard an Enslaved albums I liked the sound of on none listen a good while ago at a friends house.

269
Metallica · ...And Justice for All (1988) (233 Points, 6 votes - ONE #1
http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/drd600/d661/d6612377qv6.jpg

luv that om album

Paula I would say it is both a progressive and a reactionary genre. Metal is schizoid.

...and Justice for All = Legend-of-Zelda-metal

none of the Metallica albums are be on spotify, I checked last night.

*are going to be

Unless somehow "The Blackest Album" made it in LOL

Anyone want to respond to paula?

Pity Smithy wont see it, it's his kinda thing (the first part anyway)

...And Justice For All was my #1.

Skot or unperson around? chuck? (chuck has a loose definition of metal, try asking him).
Have you seen his Stairway To Hell book?

Alice in Chains maybe? (as a starting point)

My definition is basically based on bands being influenced by other bands or sounding similar. Also if a band insists they are metal, I'll take them at their word. Not so much if they insist they aren't metal though...

Motorhead say they arent metal

exactly my point.

They even invented the metal ballad - see "1914"

i seem to remember a few hair metal bands in kerrang saying they were metal but then on MTV saying they weren't heavy metal they were heavy rock to not put people off.

anyway more false metal coming up

268
Rush - Moving Pictures (1981) (237 Points , 5 votes)
http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/drc800/c862/c86263fbc07.jpg
http://open.spotify.com/album/4tYzvNBYBh3vFbLdFMplWT

lol 1916 i mean... forgot when the great war started I guess.

Not the Rush album I voted for but I'm glad to see it on the list!

so many great Rush albums

Red Barchetta is such a great song. Hard to pick a favorite on Moving Pictures though, they're all great.

omg i just got that stupid visual pun on the rush album

Wait, really?

Lol

oh god that's one bad pun

but then again, would expect nothing less from Rush

267
Pearl Jam · Vitalogy (1994) (237 Points , 5 votes)
http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/drd800/d870/d87020fx956.jpg
http://open.spotify.com/album/3ZJplfadDFMU8oV5IpvGtI

oh dear now this is some serious falseness.

great album even if false

266
266
Saxon · Wheels of Steel (1980) (238 Points, 6 votes - ONE #1 vote)
http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/drd800/d819/d81901d6xa8.jpg
http://open.spotify.com/album/6EGEGr4oY0PsV6yGBxeQ8J

Herm, you dont like Rush, but you like Pearl Jam?????

yup

my ballot is pretty false, but even I couldn't bring myself to vote for Pearl Jam (only grunge on it is Soundgarden). so far Presence and Bad Reputation are the only things from it that have shown up.

I didn't vote for them either

265
Nine Inch Nails · Broken (1992) (249 Points, 7 votes)
http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/drf700/f757/f75783ljmb9.jpg

ughh

Best thing nin did

yep.

Giving that Saxon album a listen. Stand Up and Be Counted is great!

i felt like playing that nin for the first time in years but i cant find my cd and its not on spotify

Okay, someone on this thread is bound to know this- what band other than Saxon did a song called (or prominently featuring the lyrics) "Stand up and be counted"? I get the feeling it might have been Venom...?

definitely not goth
definitely not metal
no no, none of those

264
Killing Joke · Killing Joke (1980) (250 Points, 7 votes)
http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/drf600/f611/f61150lsvew.jpg
http://open.spotify.com/album/0FfpevxQr8EyNsjc24TbmI

solid!

Goth.

youre not allowed to call them goth you must honour the flame

I remember the days you couldnt mention this band around here without getting lit on fire

the FIRE!!!!!! HONOR THE FIRE!!!!!!!

Vitalogy has two of my favourite Pearl Jam songs on it: Corduroy and Immortality.

no no no, you cant say that version, its on his radar

you need to disguise it like i did

263
Faith No More · The Real Thing (1989) (250 Points, 9 votes)
http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/drd600/d685/d68552m6s73.jpg
http://open.spotify.com/album/4lvb7tHQBq1fBZsMKCxp1p

^title track on this is probably seriously underrated. Also, Underwater Love.

The Real Thing reminds me of a really good summer, going over my friend's house every afternoon to watch Totally Pauly on MTV, making shit in the kitchen while her mom was at work, and skating in the back yard (which was mostly concrete for some reason).

why were you shitting in her kitchen? Did mtv play some death metal and you just did it?

Involuntarily

Kerr makes the joeks so I don't have to

dans gutted i posted first

Making shit vs. taking a shit = an oceanic divide?

depends on how big your shit was

were you baking it, johnny?

dans gutted i posted first

haha maaaaaaybe a little

still JF, dude; not cool to shit in yr friend's kitchen

Anyway, to clarify, we experimented with cooking while listening to The Real Thing (and Mother's Milk) a lot that summer. None of it was really good, but it was all fattening.

I'll leave the breast milk joke to dan this time

nah, it's not as good a setup as "making shit in the kitchen"

I used to own The Real Thing, but only listened to Falling to Pieces and Epic (which still has massive pwnage)

xp yeah, not much joeks to be made about listening to breast milk. amirite.

oh dan can

Girlschool played here a few years back I think before key member Kelly Johnson died. I'm sorry I missed 'em. Great album. Bad Reputation might be my 2nd fave Thin Lizzy after Black Rose, so it should be higher. Judas Priest Stained Class might be their second best one, so I'm surprised to see it so low. Thumbs up to Ghost Reveries, Killer, I Against I, In Rock, Spine of God, Sin After Sin, Conference, Wheels of Steel, Killing Joke. I like the guitar playing on Presence. I think it was MOJO that had a great story about 4-6 years ago, reassessing Presence and talking about what the band was going through at the time (Plant had a child die I believe).

Is it maybe pointless to talk about "false metal" in a poll that includes all things heavy rock, where people had the opportunity to veto stuff?

Is it maybe pointless to talk about "false metal" in a poll that includes all things heavy rock, where people had the opportunity to veto stuff?

kind of want to repost this every 5 posts

anything that promotes discussion

and as long as its in good humour

the people who really do believe in the false metal stuff refuse to vote in polls and wont read this thread

next ones for johnny

262
Cryptopsy · Blasphemy Made Flesh (1994) (251 Point, 5 votes)
http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/dre500/e544/e5441828634.jpg

MY FAVORITE ALBUM EVAR!

(fooled?)

Anyway, I'm listening to "Saturday Night Special" by Skynyrd right now and thinking it most definitely should have placed in the tracks poll. I'll probably be thinking that about all kinds of songs for the next little while, though, considering how the results went almost completely counter to my own tastes anyway.

Another One for Dan..

261
Tool · Aenima (1996) (253 Points, 6 votes - ONE #1 vote)
http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/drf600/f611/f61103q2htv.jpg

^_^

sold that one quickly

what happened to posting two at a time for fun comparison purposes?

the people who really do believe in the false metal stuff refuse to vote in polls and wont read this thread

― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Friday, August 6, 2010 2:49 PM (35 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

Fuck em.

That was only cuz it was late at night and wanted to push on
xp

260
AC/DC · Let There Be Rock (1977) (256 Points, 6 votes)
http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/drf800/f868/f86889arnrp.jpg

Too low. That album crushes.

Let there be light, and there was light
Let there be sound, and there was sound
Let there be drums, there was drums
Let there be guitar, there was guitar, ah
Let there be rock

And it came to pass...

Aenima's pretty great, but for some reason (out of all the ones I heard), Opiate is my favorite Tool album.

I shoulda mentioned I realized much of the false metal talk was tongue in cheek. Guess it was just gettin old. New jokes please!

How many guitar players does it take to change a light bulb?

not screw in a light bulb?

How Many Guitarists does it take to change a lightbulb?

Opiate is my favorite Tool album as well xposties

Henry posting the next one?

I am joking whenever I accuse something of falseness... I mean I voted for More than A Feeling on the tracks poll.

Is Henry back?

I waver between Opiate and Undertow, usually settling on Undertow

but I listen to The Thirteenth Step more than anything else

Henry and I are enjoying a very short moment on the interwebs while i speed eat and then return to work in mere moments, so pfunk prob should just keep rolling them out and we'll see if he is available later for comment

259
Hawkwind · Space Ritual (1973) (264 Points, 6 votes)
http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/dre700/e717/e71715d60hw.jpg
http://open.spotify.com/album/7wH3vXQZgy9a6PUvMXLayk

Would definitely have voted for this. Should be higher!

why didn't you vote!

There were only about 8 albums that I had any real passion for. Thought it would be better to leave this poll to the real metal dudes.

258
Napalm Death · From Enslavement to Obliteration (1988) (266 Points, 6 votes)
http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/drf000/f018/f01838zmoj4.jpg
http://open.spotify.com/album/4veFj7IvUM9q3Z0S0A4y0F

yaaaay this list is pretty sweet so far. i mean i haven't heard a lot of these albums, but based on the quality so far the top 100 is going to be a goldmine of goodness.

As the ancient proverb goes, if you leave things to the "real metal dudes" you get Iggy Pop and the Osmonds, and some obscure logic that explains how Darkthrone are actually the best band ever even though hardly anybody likes them.

(I didn't vote, either, because I would have needed to nominate the things I would have voted for, and I was too busy to deal with nominating when it was happening.)

That album is great! I asked my friend once what Napalm Death album I should get first as good introduction and he immediately led me to this one.

what exactly a real metal dude? Do they like bongs, wizards, and watching fantasy movies? Or is that a different kind of dude?

No one can describe a real metal dude, because they never come outside.

lol

From Enslavement is unbelievably low, however, see my assertion on the other thread that basically me and the good Colonel like grindcore and nobody else.

257
Boston · Boston (1976) (266 Points, 7 votes)
http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/drd100/d133/d133119w9v1.jpg
http://open.spotify.com/album/1SmDvdTqzLfzPgt6vSDfBC

The cover is in the top ten, the album itself... I guess is 257.

I said it on the last thread: Foreplay is a beast.

Third Stage never gets love.

256
Swans · Children of God (1987) (268 Points, 6 votes)
http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/drf500/f516/f51691d6i1l.jpg
http://open.spotify.com/album/2cSinKwYUcWncoYZPBVrYZ

I guess the options for the guitar player joke are well covered in that thread!

Boston is not a bad album, but I'd have vetoed it had I noticed it in the nom thread. I mean, what next, Kansas? Styx? REO Speedwagon?

When I "graduated" from middle school, in 1981 in Texas, my parents asked me if there was something special I wanted as a congratulatory present. There was: the then-imminent third Boston album.

They did, indeed, buy it for me. In Boston, in the fall of my sophomore year of college, when it finally came out...

I think Boston just about count as heavy rock, as does early REO Speedwagon in fact. Why? RIFFS.

Swans may well be actually the heaviest band on this list.

WTF Children of God down here. So much for me thinking my albums looked like they would do well.

xp to Aldo I like a bit of grindcore too, and voted for Scum in this poll.

yeah, i like grind (death and black) metal, too. i just like late-'60s - mid-'80s metal more.

255
Ufomammut · Snailking (2004) (270 Points , 11 votes)
http://www.metal-archives.com/images/5/8/3/8/58381.jpg
http://open.spotify.com/album/1awI80Pyq4B7Zs0EAiAyls

Yeah, sorry to both of you. I guess I'm still butthurt about Police Bastard. Xposts

nah it's cool, in fact here's a good opportunity- recommend me some good grindcore that's not Napalm Death. Electro Hippies? Nuclear Assault?

PS like that Ufomammut record, their new one's dead good too.

nice another album i voted for placed!

Screw the light bulb in (DAMN YOU TO HELL)
Screw the light bulb in (DAMN YOU TO HELL)

Okay this should cover all grindcore bases (sorry non UKers!) http://open.spotify.com/album/4fGLsHHXw8QpVOp3V7opda

I would say anybody looking into grindcore needs the first two Carcass albums, In Battle There Is No Law by Bolt Thrower, the Earache sampler Grindcrusher, at least one Pig Destroyer (Prowler In The Yard certainly) the latest Cattle Decapitator record and selective picking in the Anal Cunt catalogue. Also consider Heresy, Doom and Amebix for Crust goodness, although some of this might get too far into D-beat for you. SOB from Japan provide a really good link back into hardcore. Grindcore Madness At The BBC is essential.

That's exactly the comp that Spotify link points to. Thanks for all the advice, I will check it!

254
Borknagar · The Olden Domain (1997) (271 Points, 9 votes(
http://www.metal-archives.com/images/1/8/8/3/1883.jpg
http://open.spotify.com/album/36WKhV4QSz2CnP7yTL8KxF

Agorophobic Nosebleed worth checking out in the modern era as well.t

253
Ministry · The Mind Is a Terrible Thing to Taste (1988) (274 Points, 10 votes)
http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/drc800/c842/c84203lw527.jpg
http://open.spotify.com/album/1ixpEu6UGlOAXY1d3F3rMM

One of my students drew a very bitchin' and precise reproduction of that Boston s/t album cover on her desk.

Children of God is my favorite Swans album by a long shot.

oops wrong cover, john/dan can you change it? http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/drd600/d661/d66127p5mhf.jpg

Has UFOmammut ever toured the U.S.? I added their shirt to my Allthatisheavy order since they don't seem to have any plans to come over in the near future.

252
Slayer · Seasons in the Abyss (1990) (275 Points, 7 votes)
http://www.metal-archives.com/images/2/1/8/218.jpg
http://open.spotify.com/album/1OV8gLNyoCSAijC54d1RAM

First couple years in college I sort of lost track of metal cuz the 1988 albums by Iron Maiden and Metallica disappointed me. In 1990 I sat in on a friend's metal radio show and this Slayer album reawakened my inner metalhead. I went back to South Of Heaven and couldn't believe I slept on it. Top ten stuff for me.

doing up until 240 (which is a tie) tonight btw. No late night like yesterday.
The aim is to get to 151 by sunday night. Then 30 a day from then.

Hopefully Henry will be around to help at the weekend.

251
Blue Cheer · Vincebus Eruptum (1968) (275 Points, 10 votes)
http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/drc300/c336/c336331s9r8.jpg
http://open.spotify.com/album/1EWxoAI46f24l0NDCw6m1u

For anyone who hasn't been following along very well, or jsut started, here's the countdown so far:

300 TIE Girlschool - Hit And Run (1981) (157 Points, 4 votes)
300 TIE Lightning Bolt - Wonderful Rainbow (2003)(157 Points, 4 votes)
298 Monarch - 666 (2005) (158 Points, 5 voters)
298 Witchfinder General - Friends Of Hell (1982) (159 Points, 5 voters)
297 Turisas - Battle Metal (2004) (160 Points, 4 votes)
296 Borknagar - Origin (2006) (160 Points, 5 votes)
295 The Young Gods - TV Sky (1991) (161 Points, 4 votes)
294 Rush - Permanent Waves (1980) (161 Points, 5 votes)
293 Black Flag - My War (1984) (164 Points, 6 votes)
292 Van Halen - 1984 (1984) (166 Points, 5 votes)
291 Thin Lizzy - Bad Reputation (1977) (167 Points, 4 votes)
289 TIE ZZ Top - Tres Hombres (1973) (170 Points, 5 votes)
289 TIE Morbid Angel - Altars of Madness (1989) (170 Points, 5 votes)
288 Deep Purple - Machine Head (1973) (174 Points, 5 votes)
287 Tool - Undertow (1993) (180 Points, 4 votes - ONE #1 Vote)
286 Def Leppard - Hysteria (1987) (180 Points, 6 voters)
285 Obituary - Slowly We Rot (1989) (200 Points, 7 votes)
284 Opeth - Ghost Reveries (2005) (200 Points, 8 votes)
283 Alice Cooper - Killer ( 1971) (201 Points, 6 votes)
282 Smashing Pumpkins - Gish (1991) (203 Points, 6 votes)
281 Deep Purple - In Rock (1970) (207 Points, 6 votes)
280 Discharge - Hear Nothing See Nothing Say Nothing (282) (208 Points, 5 votes)
279 Bad Brains - I Against I (1986) (210 Points, 6 votes)
278 Judas Priest - Stained Class (1978) (212 Points, 6 votes)
277 Nirvana - Bleach (1989) (213 Points, 9 votes)
276 Monster Magnet - Spine of God (1992) (215 Points, 7 votes)
275 Led Zeppelin - Presence (1976) (219 Points, 5 votes)
274 Motörhead - Overkill (1979) (220 Points, 5 votes - ONE #1)
273 Judas Priest - Sin After Sin (1977) (221 Points, 7 votes)
272 Andrew WK - I Get Wet (2001) (222 Points, 7 votes)
271 Om - Conference of the Birds (2006) (225 Points, 6 votes)
270 Blue Öyster Cult - Agents of Fortune (1976) (270 Points, 7 votes)
269 Metallica - ...And Justice for All (1988) (233 Points, 6 votes - ONE #1
268 Rush - Moving Pictures (1981) (237 Points, 5 votes)
267 Pearl Jam - Vitalogy (1994) (237 Points, 5 votes)
266 Saxon - Wheels of Steel (1980) (238 Points, 6 votes - ONE #1 vote)
265 Nine Inch Nails - Broken (1992) (249 Points, 7 votes)
264 Killing Joke - Killing Joke (1980) (250 Points, 7 votes)
263 Faith No More - The Real Thing (1989) (250 Points, 9 votes)
262 Cryptopsy - Blasphemy Made Flesh (1994) (251 Point, 5 votes)
261 Tool - Aenima (1996) (253 Points, 6 votes - ONE #1 vote)
260 AC/DC - Let There Be Rock (1977) (256 Points, 6 votes)
259 Hawkwind - Space Ritual (1973) (264 Points, 6 votes)
258 Napalm Death - From Enslavement to Obliteration (1988) (266 Points, 6 votes)
257 Boston - Boston (1976) (266 Points, 7 votes)
256 Swans - Children of God (1987) (268 Points, 6 votes)
255 Ufomammut - Snailking (2004) (270 Points, 11 votes)
254 Borknagar - The Olden Domain (1997) (271 Points, 9 votes)
253 Ministry - The Mind Is a Terrible Thing to Taste (1988) (274 Points, 10 votes)
252 Slayer - Seasons in the Abyss (1990) (275 Points, 7 votes)
251 Blue Cheer - Vincebus Eruptum (1968) (275 Points, 10 votes)

some high vote counts there for some albums.

250
Morbid Angel · Blessed Are the Sick (1991) (276 Points, 7 votes)
http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/drc400/c497/c4974018xq1.jpg
http://open.spotify.com/album/4y34C9YeavvuMTdMQzrPGG

Release in January, 1968, I might consider Vincebus Eruptum the first heavy rock album. Vanilla Fudge came out the previous year, but it's not nearly as heavy and wasn't included in the nomination list. Nor were Cream or Hendrix.

249
Danzig · Danzig II (Lucifuge) (1990) (276 Points, 9 votes
http://www.metal-archives.com/images/1/9/2/8/1928.jpg
http://open.spotify.com/album/7tJYL6JVNlLJqA4fG6XPLS

the results have been very kind to me so far.

if your votes are all coming in now then I suppose you might be disappointed later, lol. So I guess noone wants their votes to place just yet!

btw who does everyone think will be in the top 10?

probably a Maiden album (maybe Powerslave?), Reign in Blood I'd guess, Appetite for Destruction, um, a Mastodon album?

Meh I know certain things I voted for will likely place very high.

In the top ten?

Probably:
Zeppelin IV
Paranoid
something by Maiden and Priest...
I'm not sure.

247 TIED
Worship · Last Vinyl/Cd/Tape Before Doomsday (1999) (278Points, 7 votes)
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_nDtoDUbLYSU/SeYTig1W9ZI/AAAAAAAAAQs/yZ7Wk4686kI/s400/Worship+-+Last+Cd+Before+Doomsday+(1999).jpg

247 TIED
Pentagram · Pentagram (also known as Relentless) (1985) (278Points, 7 votes)
http://www.metal-archives.com/images/1/8/4/5/1845.jpg
http://open.spotify.com/album/7yM5xua4r2gtT1qAUFYSdr

Woooh! Pentagram!

didn't vote for it, but i love that Pentagram album -- some great stuff on this list so far

ok I've never even heard of Worship, to my shame

can i just say I'm surprised at the amount of DM that has placed so far, I always thought these dudes didn't vote.

needs more BM

Worship were great, but "mad" max committed suicide after the first album, so anything after just isn't the same.

mordy wants more bm? it wouldnt be very kvlt if BM places!

245 TIED
Venom · Welcome to Hell (1981) (278 Points, 8 votes)
http://www.metal-archives.com/images/8/6/0/860.jpg
http://open.spotify.com/album/072WXyXY18Tnbb9RCjW9wu

245 TIED
Skepticism · Stormcrowfleet (1995) (278 Points, 8 votes)
http://www.metal-archives.com/images/1/2/9/3/12934.jpg

Mordy, happy?

I love that Skepticism album.

I dont know it, Alloy is the one i know

Well I think they're all great but more or less interchangeable.

Venom - awesome, I prefer this one to Black Metal. For a band that were largely considered a complete joke at the time (by themselves too really) they sure as hell have been influential, I wonder what they think of the genres they spawned?

this has Bloodlust and 1000 Days in Sodom on it but Black Metal has Black Metal and Countess Bathory AND Buried Alive.

The production on Sons Of Satan tips it for me

244
Grief · Torso (1998) (278 Points, 9 votes)
http://www.metal-archives.com/images/1/0/1/9/10196.jpg

I love Grief, I really do, but man, they have the worst artwork.

damn its not up on spotify

this top 300 is worth it for O_O-ing @ album covers

I hide my Grief vinyl behind other vinyl, lol

lol i know, from the album covers you expect grindgore but thats not what you get!

I'm looking forward to emil.ys artwork liveblogging hehe

I never cared for metal artwork tbh, call me false..

what about Eddie?

people please do not be put of Grief by the album covers, if you want awesome slooooow doooom then check em out. Total legends.

Yeah its like Suicide Doom, its great stuff!

Eddie works well actually. Whatever happened to Vic Rattlesnake?

its more sludge/doom but man they're great. One of my fave Grief albums didn't even get nominated :(

yeah its very sludgy I think they were on like a thrash/punk label for most of their releases.

I didn't even vote for Grief, they didn't survive the cull in my 250 album shortlist! So really pleased this placed.

Vic Rattlesnakehead is still around, although he's not very menacing anymore.

oops yes a typo there

so would anyone like something a bit faster?

btw I'll go on a bit longer tonight than planned since people seem to be chatting. Will help get through them quicker to be on schedule for the top 150 starting on monday and finishing friday.

"Time to blow my brains out! I'm a total fanatic -- probably controlled by the supernatural but in reality I'm here - I'm here in the physical world!!"

So there shall be a Quickening?! The immortals approve!

Must keep mr fever happy!

and the next one up is a bit of a cult classic..

243
Suicidal Tendencies · Suicidal Tendencies (1983) (278 points, 10 votes)
http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/drc500/c539/c5392495284.jpg
http://open.spotify.com/album/2LWrY7TrQkE2MNgUH6GhIj

ALL I WANTED WAS A PEPSI AND SHE WOULDN'T GIVEITTOME!

Yeaaaahhh!!! Fuck yeah, grab your Nash and Thrash motherfuckers!!!

I prefer a happy Johnny fever!

RUSK8N4S8N?

god I love Suicidal Tendancies!!

"Hey Mike we've noticed you've been having a lot of problems lately..."
"I'LL FIGURE IT OUT MYSELF!!!"

SuiTees and/or Mike never really equalled that first album. So many great bits!

Anyone ever get the 2003 remastered version of Vincebus Eruptum on Italian label Akarma with bonus track All Night Long? Sniffin' around for it right now.

242
AC/DC · Powerage (1978) (279 points, 8 votes)
http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/drf800/f868/f86890o8oly.jpg

I never much cared for AC/DC... thats my challop for the night.

Gonna shoot through to 231 tonight

240 TIED
Rainbow · Rising (1976) (279 Points, 9 votes)
http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/drn800/n847/n84710ag5xm.jpg
http://open.spotify.com/album/0TGdg8Km7bBVwtmwfzt4yM

240 TIED
Negură Bunget · Om (2006) (279 Points, 9 votes)
http://www.metal-archives.com/images/1/3/3/1/133198.jpg
http://open.spotify.com/album/1EbBtf7i8sopqERrvrBAC1

When I first saw this thread I thought there was a Godspeed You Black Emperor! referrence in the title and I was worried I was going to have to go pee on the ILX server until it caught fire

Way too low of a placing for Rising.

239
Floor · Floor (2002) (280 Points, 7 votes)
http://www.metal-archives.com/images/8/8/0/9/88093.jpg

Steve & Juan from Torche. Fabulous band, so glad to see this sludge monster place!

Stargazer is the #1 track but the album it's on is at #240? The rest of it ain't that bad...

Don't know this band or album at all. Sounds like something up my alley.

It's a sludgier version of Torche.

238 Sleepytime Gorilla Museum · Of Natural History (2004) (280 Points, 9 votes)
http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/drg500/g538/g53826o0dkv.jpg

Yeah you know its hard to throw the horns when you're wearing a beret you art-rock losers.

this album is boss, the first track is the ultimate satanic ballad.

Looks like someone is going back to the Target brand dog food thats mostly rat hair and sawdust I guess.

This was almost my #1 btw. I chickened out at the last moment and moved up some all time stuff, but I still kinda regret it.

Haha, I did not know your dog had such anti-SGM sentiments.

He loves to hate, he hates to love

Henry, what do you think of LJ's kind of "art metal for people who are too scared of their cred to like real metal" metal?

I still want to hug his fluffy face. You just can't hate a dog, even with contrary tastes in music.

what do you think of LJ's kind of "art metal for people who are too scared of their cred to like real metal" metal?

the true falsers.

the metal oxymoron.

236 TIED Alice Cooper · Billion Dollar Babies (1973) (281 Points, 7 votes)
http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/drc400/c477/c47772e1500.jpg
http://open.spotify.com/album/4SlY4oyiPg6At7vyouZ7ep

236 TIED Black Sabbath · Heaven and Hell (1980) (281 Points, 7 votes)
http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/drd600/d671/d671177cw7n.jpg
http://open.spotify.com/album/2xlljcaxcJxmnGO4xJq7YZ

Aw, how adorable, someone let Grandpa vote in the metal poll.

The cover for Heaven and Hell is great, you gotta admit it.

Angels on a smoke break! Brilliant!

and playing cards

i thought the "too low" outraged brigade would be here.

for Heaven and Hell or Billion Dollar Babies?

SGM stillnot on Spotify ffs

don't sleep on Negura Bunget you guys, especially not that 12-minute 2nd track

LJ srsly just buy SGM on emusic or itunes or something if you don't like it I will send you something to make up for it

will be poop, I know it

but I am 100% guaranteed to like SGM, is the thing

That is the worst argument against buying something I've ever heard.

LJ you should have voted you fool, who knows if Agalloch is going to make it in now!

Abbott, I wasn't arguing against buying it!! I will do when I have *any money on my card at all*

now no one will ever hear Ulver thx to LJ

also I wouldn't have voted for Agalloch, no way

my votes would have gone to motherfucken heavy-as-freaking-shit music

dude Dream Theater is not generally considered "heavy"

what!? I don't think you're listening to the same Agalloch albums I am, cause they're heavy as fuck.

shit, yes.
xp

but not heavy

LJ might like the next band up if he opened his ears. They started as a spacerock/prog type band..

I would have given lots of points to the SONG "Not Unlike The Waves"

haha that 'heavy as freaking shit' line was mostly self-deprecation and was designed for the sort of follow-up JJ provided - Agalloch bring the noise now and then - if all their songs were as good as NUTW I'd give ALL their albums props

Their self-released demo is one of the best things ever put on magnetic tape.

235
Manilla Road · Open the Gates (1985) (281 Points, 8 votes)
http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/drg900/g933/g93368if0qd.jpg

if he opened his ears

dude I have many flaws but being a closed-minded listener is not one of them

The scourge of this entire poll process reappears!

no spotify for this? damn!

sadly not

amg has this album at 4.5 stars and its their recommended Manilla Road album.
http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:09foxqw5ldae~T1

Time for some metal from Japan?

*sigh* I guess...

well if you dont wanna know

It's japanese doom metal..

they do a bit of stoner too

naw that was supposed to be a clever joke, I'm actually riveted!

Time for some metal from Japan?

― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Saturday, 7 August 2010 02:29 (4 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

*sigh* I guess...

― Half crazed with glory, half crazed in the heat! (Viceroy), Saturday, 7 August 2010 02:29 (4 minutes ago)

loooooooooool

it was a great joke... but misplaced

234
Church of Misery · The Second Coming (2004) (281 Points, 9 votes)
http://www.metal-archives.com/images/4/4/6/2/44624.gif

You gotta be kidding me on the Billion Dollar Babies, Heaven and Hell and Powerage placings. Plus, what time are you fucking Redcoats staying up to tonight?

Hi Bill!

doing up to 231 i think.

You are a madman Herm, but credit due for the dedication.

next one is a tie..

1 is from japan again...

and the other is better known in a robe..

or in sheeps clothing..

oh wait it's not keith emerson is it

and like to SCREAM

with a pre-fame drummer

or rick wakeman?

Unlikely any of you will get my tenuous linkage

so i'll post on

well use XML then!

232 TIED
Goatsnake · Flower of Disease (2000) (282 Points, 8 votes)
http://www.collective-zine.co.uk/upload/4186-goatsnake%20fod.jpg

232 TIED
Flower Travellin' Band · Satori (1971) (282 Points, 8 votes)
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_XLu6eY2JDH0/S9F8GUnMJsI/AAAAAAAAAC4/II6F6Duy-D0/s1600/303b12ca517022b6882a3fa94c765eb5_full.jpg
http://open.spotify.com/album/5eH0fGXMxaE7zTxD88szGt

Waaaay too low for Satori, but I guess that's what I get for not voting for it.

Pete Stahl - Vocals, Harmonica (Orquesta Del Desierto, Earthlings?, Wool, Scream, guest on Lunatics on Parole)
Greg Anderson - Guitar (Teeth of Lions Rule the Divine, Sunn O))), Burial Chamber Trio, Engine Kid, guest on Lunatics on Parole, Pentemple, Thorr's Hammer, Ascend, Burning Witch)
Greg Rogers - Drums (The Obsessed)
Guy Pinhas - Bass (1996-2000, 2009-) (Acid King, The Obsessed)
Former/past member(s)
G. Stuart Dahlquist - Bass (Asva, Burning Witch, Sunn O))))
Scott Reeder - Bass (Kyuss, The Obsessed, Unida)

Satori is low there.

Its like all those guys are all in each-others' bands or something, I swear!

I voted satori but only @ #50

oh I voted for the goatsnake too.

last one for the night or do you want a couple more?

(last one coming up I mean)

hints and guesses first!

you dont want a couple more after?

Deadwitch Monstrosity Lizard - Smellfire

well I do but I don't want you do increase your sleep deficit too much.

*you to

its cool. its friday night, its only 3am. clubs are just closing round here

it better not be a morbid angel album.

how can anyone tell those things apart?

one LJ should love in theory 1 glorious 28 min track of ambient sludge..from a kinda supergroup..

Sadly I dont think their others were nominated. but this rules so hard

231
Old Man Gloom · Seminar III: Zozobra (2003) (283 Points, 7 votes)
http://img3.nnm.ru/6/9/a/c/8/69ac801a7d2140825058d9787cf2cec9_full.jpg

Aaron Turner - Guitars, Vocals (Isis (USA), Twilight (USA), Lotus Eaters, Drawing Voices, House Of Low Culture, Jodis, The Hollomen, Union Suit, Greymachine, guest for Mamiffer)
Luke Scarola - Electronics (House Of Low Culture)
Nate Newton - Vocals, Guitar (Doomriders, The Ocean, Converge, Lift, Jesuit, and Channel, Edison (Deu), Dwell)
Santos Montano - Drums (Zozobra)
Caleb Scofield - Bass, Vocals (Cave In, Zozobra, The Ocean)
Jay Randall - Electronics (Agoraphobic Nosebleed, Isis (USA), House of Low Culture)

Believe it or not, i got into OMG before I got into isis.

YSI? :D

in 99 or 2000 i think it was (meditations In B)

I was into Agoraphobic Nosebleed in grade school!

Viceroy killing it at this point. That's outrageous.

I know... its obvious lies!

230
Fu Manchu · In Search Of (1996) (283 points, 8 votes)
http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/drg900/g951/g95163z3kre.jpg

Best Fu manchu album

Man you were like my go-to guy for about a minute there. You shouldnt have come clean!

xxpost

looool!

This album is great, btw.

here's the countdown so far, for those who have yet to rock or have just begun to rock:

300 TIE Girlschool - Hit And Run (1981) (157 Points, 4 votes)
300 TIE Lightning Bolt - Wonderful Rainbow (2003) (157 Points, 4 votes)
298 Monarch - 666 (2005) (158 Points, 5 voters)
298 Witchfinder General - Friends Of Hell (1982) (159 Points, 5 voters)
297 Turisas - Battle Metal (2004) (160 Points, 4 votes)
296 Borknagar - Origin (2006) (160 Points, 5 votes)
295 The Young Gods - TV Sky (1991) (161 Points, 4 votes)
294 Rush - Permanent Waves (1980) (161 Points, 5 votes)
293 Black Flag - My War (1984) (164 Points, 6 votes)
292 Van Halen - 1984 (1984) (166 Points, 5 votes)
291 Thin Lizzy - Bad Reputation (1977) (167 Points, 4 votes)
289 TIE ZZ Top - Tres Hombres (1973) (170 Points, 5 votes)
289 TIE Morbid Angel - Altars of Madness (1989) (170 Points, 5 votes)
288 Deep Purple - Machine Head (1973) (174 Points, 5 votes)
287 Tool - Undertow (1993) (180 Points, 4 votes - ONE #1 Vote)
286 Def Leppard - Hysteria (1987) (180 Points, 6 voters)
285 Obituary - Slowly We Rot (1989) (200 Points, 7 votes)
284 Opeth - Ghost Reveries (2005) (200 Points, 8 votes)
283 Alice Cooper - Killer ( 1971) (201 Points, 6 votes)
282 Smashing Pumpkins - Gish (1991) (203 Points, 6 votes)
281 Deep Purple - In Rock (1970) (207 Points, 6 votes)
280 Discharge - Hear Nothing See Nothing Say Nothing (282) (208 Points, 5 votes)
279 Bad Brains - I Against I (1986) (210 Points, 6 votes)
278 Judas Priest - Stained Class (1978) (212 Points, 6 votes)
277 Nirvana - Bleach (1989) (213 Points, 9 votes)
276 Monster Magnet - Spine of God (1992) (215 Points, 7 votes)
275 Led Zeppelin - Presence (1976) (219 Points, 5 votes)
274 Motörhead - Overkill (1979) (220 Points, 5 votes - ONE #1)
273 Judas Priest - Sin After Sin (1977) (221 Points, 7 votes)
272 Andrew WK - I Get Wet (2001) (222 Points, 7 votes)
271 Om - Conference of the Birds (2006) (225 Points, 6 votes)
270 Blue Öyster Cult - Agents of Fortune (1976) (270 Points, 7 votes)
269 Metallica - ...And Justice for All (1988) (233 Points, 6 votes - ONE #1
268 Rush - Moving Pictures (1981) (237 Points, 5 votes)
267 Pearl Jam - Vitalogy (1994) (237 Points, 5 votes)
266 Saxon - Wheels of Steel (1980) (238 Points, 6 votes - ONE #1 vote)
265 Nine Inch Nails - Broken (1992) (249 Points, 7 votes)
264 Killing Joke - Killing Joke (1980) (250 Points, 7 votes)
263 Faith No More - The Real Thing (1989) (250 Points, 9 votes)
262 Cryptopsy - Blasphemy Made Flesh (1994) (251 Point, 5 votes)
261 Tool - Aenima (1996) (253 Points, 6 votes - ONE #1 vote)
260 AC/DC - Let There Be Rock (1977) (256 Points, 6 votes)
259 Hawkwind - Space Ritual (1973) (264 Points, 6 votes)
258 Napalm Death - From Enslavement to Obliteration (1988) (266 Points, 6 votes)
257 Boston - Boston (1976) (266 Points, 7 votes)
256 Swans - Children of God (1987) (268 Points, 6 votes)
255 Ufomammut - Snailking (2004) (270 Points, 11 votes)
254 Borknagar - The Olden Domain (1997) (271 Points, 9 votes)
253 Ministry - The Mind Is a Terrible Thing to Taste (1988) (274 Points, 10 votes)
252 Slayer - Seasons in the Abyss (1990) (275 Points, 7 votes)
251 Blue Cheer - Vincebus Eruptum (1968) (275 Points, 10 votes)
300 TIE Girlschool - Hit And Run (1981) (157 Points, 4 votes)
300 TIE Lightning Bolt - Wonderful Rainbow (2003)(157 Points, 4 votes)
298 Monarch - 666 (2005) (158 Points, 5 voters)
298 Witchfinder General - Friends Of Hell (1982) (159 Points, 5 voters)
297 Turisas - Battle Metal (2004) (160 Points, 4 votes)
296 Borknagar - Origin (2006) (160 Points, 5 votes)
295 The Young Gods - TV Sky (1991) (161 Points, 4 votes)
294 Rush - Permanent Waves (1980) (161 Points, 5 votes)
293 Black Flag - My War (1984) (164 Points, 6 votes)
292 Van Halen - 1984 (1984) (166 Points, 5 votes)
291 Thin Lizzy - Bad Reputation (1977) (167 Points, 4 votes)
289 TIE ZZ Top - Tres Hombres (1973) (170 Points, 5 votes)
289 TIE Morbid Angel - Altars of Madness (1989) (170 Points, 5 votes)
288 Deep Purple - Machine Head (1973) (174 Points, 5 votes)
287 Tool - Undertow (1993) (180 Points, 4 votes - ONE #1 Vote)
286 Def Leppard - Hysteria (1987) (180 Points, 6 voters)
285 Obituary - Slowly We Rot (1989) (200 Points, 7 votes)
284 Opeth - Ghost Reveries (2005) (200 Points, 8 votes)
283 Alice Cooper - Killer ( 1971) (201 Points, 6 votes)
282 Smashing Pumpkins - Gish (1991) (203 Points, 6 votes)
281 Deep Purple - In Rock (1970) (207 Points, 6 votes)
280 Discharge - Hear Nothing See Nothing Say Nothing (282) (208 Points, 5 votes)
279 Bad Brains - I Against I (1986) (210 Points, 6 votes)
278 Judas Priest - Stained Class (1978) (212 Points, 6 votes)
277 Nirvana - Bleach (1989) (213 Points, 9 votes)
276 Monster Magnet - Spine of God (1992) (215 Points, 7 votes)
275 Led Zeppelin - Presence (1976) (219 Points, 5 votes)
274 Motörhead - Overkill (1979) (220 Points, 5 votes - ONE #1)
273 Judas Priest - Sin After Sin (1977) (221 Points, 7 votes)
272 Andrew WK - I Get Wet (2001) (222 Points, 7 votes)
271 Om - Conference of the Birds (2006) (225 Points, 6 votes)
270 Blue Öyster Cult - Agents of Fortune (1976) (270 Points, 7 votes)
269 Metallica - ...And Justice for All (1988) (233 Points, 6 votes - ONE #1
268 Rush - Moving Pictures (1981) (237 Points, 5 votes)
267 Pearl Jam - Vitalogy (1994) (237 Points, 5 votes)
266 Saxon - Wheels of Steel (1980) (238 Points, 6 votes - ONE #1 vote)
265 Nine Inch Nails - Broken (1992) (249 Points, 7 votes)
264 Killing Joke - Killing Joke (1980) (250 Points, 7 votes)
263 Faith No More - The Real Thing (1989) (250 Points, 9 votes)
262 Cryptopsy - Blasphemy Made Flesh (1994) (251 Point, 5 votes)
261 Tool - Aenima (1996) (253 Points, 6 votes - ONE #1 vote)
260 AC/DC - Let There Be Rock (1977) (256 Points, 6 votes)
259 Hawkwind - Space Ritual (1973) (264 Points, 6 votes)
258 Napalm Death - From Enslavement to Obliteration (1988) (266 Points, 6 votes)
257 Boston - Boston (1976) (266 Points, 7 votes)
256 Swans - Children of God (1987) (268 Points, 6 votes)
255 Ufomammut - Snailking (2004) (270 Points, 11 votes)
254 Borknagar - The Olden Domain (1997) (271 Points, 9 votes)
253 Ministry - The Mind Is a Terrible Thing to Taste (1988) (274 Points, 10 votes)
252 Slayer - Seasons in the Abyss (1990) (275 Points, 7 votes)
251 Blue Cheer - Vincebus Eruptum (1968) (275 Points, 10 votes)
250 Morbid Angel - Blessed Are the Sick (1991) (276 Points, 7 votes)
249 Danzig - Danzig II (Lucifuge) (1990) (276 Points, 9 votes)
247 TIED Worship - Last Vinyl/Cd/Tape Before Doomsday (1999) (278 Points, 7 votes)
247 TIED Pentagram - Pentagram (aka Relentless) (1985) (278 Points, 7 votes)
245 TIED Venom - Welcome to Hell (1981) (278 Points, 8 votes)
245 TIED Skepticism - Stormcrowfleet (1995) (278 Points, 8 votes)
244 Grief - Torso (1998) (278 Points, 9 votes)
243 Suicidal Tendencies - Suicidal Tendencies (1983) (278 points, 10 votes)
242 AC/DC - Powerage (1978) (279 points, 8 votes)
240 TIED Rainbow - Rising (1976) (279 Points, 9 votes)
240 TIED Negură Bunget - Om (2006) (279 Points, 9 votes)
239 Floor - Floor (2002) (280 Points, 7 votes)
238 Sleepytime Gorilla Museum • Of Natural History (2004) (280 Points, 9 votes)
236 TIED Alice Cooper • Billion Dollar Babies (1973) (281 Points, 7 votes)
236 TIED Black Sabbath • Heaven and Hell (1980) (281 Points, 7 votes)
235 Manilla Road • Open the Gates (1985) (281 Points, 8 votes)
234 Church of Misery • The Second Coming (2004) (281 Points, 9 votes)
232 TIED Goatsnake • Flower of Disease (2000) (282 Points, 8 votes)
232 TIED Flower Travellin' Band • Satori (1971) (282 Points, 8 votes)
231 Old Man Gloom • Seminar III: Zozobra (2003) (283 Points, 7 votes)
230 Fu Manchu • In Search Of (1996) (283 points, 8 votes)

sorry that list got totally mangled can a mod maybe delete it I will post the real recap in just one sec

300 TIE Girlschool - Hit And Run (1981) (157 Points, 4 votes)
300 TIE Lightning Bolt - Wonderful Rainbow (2003)(157 Points, 4 votes)
298 Monarch - 666 (2005) (158 Points, 5 voters)
298 Witchfinder General - Friends Of Hell (1982) (159 Points, 5 voters)
297 Turisas - Battle Metal (2004) (160 Points, 4 votes)
296 Borknagar - Origin (2006) (160 Points, 5 votes)
295 The Young Gods - TV Sky (1991) (161 Points, 4 votes)
294 Rush - Permanent Waves (1980) (161 Points, 5 votes)
293 Black Flag - My War (1984) (164 Points, 6 votes)
292 Van Halen - 1984 (1984) (166 Points, 5 votes)
291 Thin Lizzy - Bad Reputation (1977) (167 Points, 4 votes)
289 TIE ZZ Top - Tres Hombres (1973) (170 Points, 5 votes)
289 TIE Morbid Angel - Altars of Madness (1989) (170 Points, 5 votes)
288 Deep Purple - Machine Head (1973) (174 Points, 5 votes)
287 Tool - Undertow (1993) (180 Points, 4 votes - ONE #1 Vote)
286 Def Leppard - Hysteria (1987) (180 Points, 6 voters)
285 Obituary - Slowly We Rot (1989) (200 Points, 7 votes)
284 Opeth - Ghost Reveries (2005) (200 Points, 8 votes)
283 Alice Cooper - Killer ( 1971) (201 Points, 6 votes)
282 Smashing Pumpkins - Gish (1991) (203 Points, 6 votes)
281 Deep Purple - In Rock (1970) (207 Points, 6 votes)
280 Discharge - Hear Nothing See Nothing Say Nothing (282) (208 Points, 5 votes)
279 Bad Brains - I Against I (1986) (210 Points, 6 votes)
278 Judas Priest - Stained Class (1978) (212 Points, 6 votes)
277 Nirvana - Bleach (1989) (213 Points, 9 votes)
276 Monster Magnet - Spine of God (1992) (215 Points, 7 votes)
275 Led Zeppelin - Presence (1976) (219 Points, 5 votes)
274 Motörhead - Overkill (1979) (220 Points, 5 votes - ONE #1)
273 Judas Priest - Sin After Sin (1977) (221 Points, 7 votes)
272 Andrew WK - I Get Wet (2001) (222 Points, 7 votes)
271 Om - Conference of the Birds (2006) (225 Points, 6 votes)
270 Blue Öyster Cult - Agents of Fortune (1976) (270 Points, 7 votes)
269 Metallica - ...And Justice for All (1988) (233 Points, 6 votes - ONE #1
268 Rush - Moving Pictures (1981) (237 Points, 5 votes)
267 Pearl Jam - Vitalogy (1994) (237 Points, 5 votes)
266 Saxon - Wheels of Steel (1980) (238 Points, 6 votes - ONE #1 vote)
265 Nine Inch Nails - Broken (1992) (249 Points, 7 votes)
264 Killing Joke - Killing Joke (1980) (250 Points, 7 votes)
263 Faith No More - The Real Thing (1989) (250 Points, 9 votes)
262 Cryptopsy - Blasphemy Made Flesh (1994) (251 Point, 5 votes)
261 Tool - Aenima (1996) (253 Points, 6 votes - ONE #1 vote)
260 AC/DC - Let There Be Rock (1977) (256 Points, 6 votes)
259 Hawkwind - Space Ritual (1973) (264 Points, 6 votes)
258 Napalm Death - From Enslavement to Obliteration (1988) (266 Points, 6 votes)
257 Boston - Boston (1976) (266 Points, 7 votes)
256 Swans - Children of God (1987) (268 Points, 6 votes)
255 Ufomammut - Snailking (2004) (270 Points, 11 votes)
254 Borknagar - The Olden Domain (1997) (271 Points, 9 votes)
253 Ministry - The Mind Is a Terrible Thing to Taste (1988) (274 Points, 10 votes)
252 Slayer - Seasons in the Abyss (1990) (275 Points, 7 votes)
251 Blue Cheer - Vincebus Eruptum (1968) (275 Points, 10 votes)
250 Morbid Angel - Blessed Are the Sick (1991) (276 Points, 7 votes)
249 Danzig - Danzig II (Lucifuge) (1990) (276 Points, 9 votes)
247 TIED Worship - Last Vinyl/Cd/Tape Before Doomsday (1999) (278 Points, 7 votes)
247 TIED Pentagram - Pentagram (aka Relentless) (1985) (278 Points, 7 votes)
245 TIED Venom - Welcome to Hell (1981) (278 Points, 8 votes)
245 TIED Skepticism - Stormcrowfleet (1995) (278 Points, 8 votes)
244 Grief - Torso (1998) (278 Points, 9 votes)
243 Suicidal Tendencies - Suicidal Tendencies (1983) (278 points, 10 votes)
242 AC/DC - Powerage (1978) (279 points, 8 votes)
240 TIED Rainbow - Rising (1976) (279 Points, 9 votes)
240 TIED Negură Bunget - Om (2006) (279 Points, 9 votes)
239 Floor - Floor (2002) (280 Points, 7 votes)
238 Sleepytime Gorilla Museum - Of Natural History (2004) (280 Points, 9 votes)
236 TIED Alice Cooper - Billion Dollar Babies (1973) (281 Points, 7 votes)
236 TIED Black Sabbath - Heaven and Hell (1980) (281 Points, 7 votes)
235 Manilla Road - Open the Gates (1985) (281 Points, 8 votes)
234 Church of Misery - The Second Coming (2004) (281 Points, 9 votes)
232 TIED Goatsnake - Flower of Disease (2000) (282 Points, 8 votes)
232 TIED Flower Travellin' Band - Satori (1971) (282 Points, 8 votes)
231 Old Man Gloom - Seminar III: Zozobra (2003) (283 Points, 7 votes)
230 Fu Manchu - In Search Of (1996) (283 points, 8 votes)

229
Ministry - Psalm 69: The Way to Succeed & the Way to Suck Eggs (1992) (283 Points, 10 votes)
http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/drd500/d562/d562472eqmx.jpg
http://open.spotify.com/album/1t8RBYVWvArpJBx7Su4BKH

paging dan perry

he hates it

228
Gojira · From Mars to Sirius (2005) (283 Points, 11 votes)
http://www.metal-archives.com/images/8/7/2/2/87221.jpg
http://open.spotify.com/album/3hD00slYcY3K5lrDGFcGb8

anything with a space whale on the cover has to be awesome!

French proggy black metal

posting til #220 btw
lj should hang around

yeah after a couple tracks I changed my mind on Gojira...

decidedly not awesome.

227
Nachtmystium · Assassins: Black Meddle Part I (2008) (284 Points, 7votes)
http://www.metal-archives.com/images/1/8/8/3/188393.jpg
http://open.spotify.com/album/0M6dtfwL1drYAZUFXUrzDC

this threads now officially NSFW

although I thin that happened back with Torso...

don't tell me TSIB ain't in the top 100

lj hang around til #220

bill you still here?

225 TIED
Carcass · Necrotism (Descanting the Insalubrious) (1991) (284 Points, 8 votes)
http://www.metal-archives.com/images/4/6/46.jpg

225 TIED
AC/DC · Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap () (284 Points, 8 votes)
http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/drf700/f733/f73311cuku1.jpg

224
Asunder · Works Will Come Undone (2006) (284 Points, 10 votes)
http://www.metal-archives.com/images/1/3/1/4/131423.jpg

The only album of those three I've heard is the Carcass one and I don't remember it too well. I have probably heard almost all the tracks on Dirty Deeds on the radio, however...

I'm going to bed in 5 minutes, you'd better hurry up

even I'm getting tired and I'm a good 7 hours behind you guys!

LJ just go to bed. I'll post 220 in the afternoon. Im going to bed soon myself.

i'll post 223 and 222

223
Blue Öyster Cult · Tyranny and Mutation (1973) (285 points, 7 votes)
http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/drf500/f541/f54118ffor2.jpg
http://open.spotify.com/album/32uBfnskafkgiAq7mkuxjN

those are both highly alchemical numbers the albums better match suit!

oh good!!!

am totally spending all of tomorrow playing cricket fwiw

222
Grief · Dismal (1993) (285 points, 8 voters)
http://www.metal-archives.com/images/9/5/0/4/9504.jpg

nice!!! Grief is pretty well represented!