!!!!!!!! ILX METAL ALBUMS of 2009 POLL RESULTS!!!!!! (FINAL RESULTS NOW IN! LISTENING TO THESE ALBUMS WILL MAKE YOU STRONGER FRAIL INTERNET PERSON!)

zing!

Okay dudes, listening to the whole of Ape Uprising! right now and fuck yes this is awesome. What albums should I check out next?

whoa - three #1 votes for zombi!

it is really good tho.

xps

i see a trend emerging.

I think I've just worked out how this board works. It only took five years.

I had assumed Zombi weren't going to appear tbh. Never expected it to place that high.

Dontcha just love an unpredictable poll?

Nice to see the least metal thing on here do so well.

I think Oneida is far less metal than Zombi.

Very good album, but no, not metal.

#11 , 405 Points , 22 votes

http://www.phantomcityrecords.net/store/images/wolves-cascade.jpg
Wolves in the Throne Room - Black Cascade

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s4ibBdXJ3Jg

whoa, didn't realize their was a new wolves in the throne room LP coming out so soon. psyched.

― Alan N,

The Wolves in the Throne Room is as good as you'd expect, as usual the songs really take off during the extended passages after the vocals. Pretty much on top of their game, but I'm already thinking I prefer the previous two albums, there was a little more diversity to them.

― A. Begrand,

"Crystal Ammunition" is where the WITTR album really starts to get great, in my opinion. Pity it's the last track. Good stuff overall, though.

― A. Begrand,

Wolves in the Throne Room is an American ambient black metal band based in Olympia, Washington. Their sound is influenced by Scandinavian black metal, doom metal, dark ambient, and folk music.[

Folk? Is this worth checking out?

― Mordy, Monday,

I have a pretty low tolerance for black metal on my most open-minded days, and I really don't hear WITTR doing enough to separate themselves from the pack (no pun intended). Other folks here (and loads of critics) like them a hell of a lot more than I do, apparently. I also interviewed one of 'em once and found him to be pretty insufferable.

― unperson,

new wolves in the throne room ep and album are great, some great ambient drone sections. Are they on their own in what they do? or can anyone reccomend similar artists to this part time metaller (other than the obvious burzum/southern lord etc)

― straightola,

the wolves in the throne room album from this year will be in my top 10 for sure.

― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname),

i blame pfunkboy.

Ended up #16 in mine, Zombi was #5.

i blame you anyway. (still haven't had a chance to listen to it.)

Haha, funnily enough, Black Cascade was my #11 too!

I think Oneida is far less metal than Zombi.

― you gone float up with it (jon /via/ chi 2.0)

I don't really care for either!

Stuff that was on my list that I'm pretty sure isn't going to show up at this point - Cattle Decapitation, Between the Buried and Me, Novembers Doom.

Stuff on my list I wrote off pretty much before the results were tabulated: Crimfall, Manatees, Monkey3, Loan, Disappearer. Stuff I thought would place but would surprise me now: Wolf, Bergraven.

Predictions for top 10?

I don't think anyone has mentioned the next one yet..

Avenger?

Clutch? I'd be surpirsed.

I can spell usually.

intersting ;)

#10 , 412 Points , 22 votes

http://stereogum.com/img/krallice-dimensional-album-art.jpg
Krallice - Dimensional Bleedthrough (Profound Lore)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G2yz6JW-2hg

i never pay attention to metal lyrics but the quality of the vocals matters a lot to me--timbre, timing, style, and just generally fitting in well with the music. a lot of solid bands are dragged down by a boring singer, but most of my favorite bands have a singer who is really trying to do something interesting. for example anaal nathrakh is to me a sort of forgettable band without their singer, and one thing that really elevated krallice was that mick barr did a nice job with the vocals.

― call all destroyer,

There's certainly a lot to digest on the new Krallice album. It's something like 78 minutes long. Liking it so far, though.

― A. Begrand,

The new Krallice is due out next week, but whether that's a major release (in the gravity sense) is in the eye of the beholder.

― wronger than 100 geir posts (MacDara)

It is for me. I loved the last one. Im waiting for the vinyl version next year though since I have the last one on lp.

― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname),

Barring any late-year surprises, it's the last biggie of 2009, I think.

― A. Begrand,

Krallice is a serious contender. What an amazing record. For me, it's a substantial improvement on their debut, and I thought their debut was incredible.

― Sonic Bum,

Credit where it's due- Fastnbulbous picked this one as top 15.

Yeah, I'll be amazed if Bergraven places now.

would have liked to see slough feg higher, love that krallice album, dig the WITTR as well.

Yeah, despite what some asshole purists think, I like the WITTR a lot.

And Krallice came through with a quality follow-up.

hows that title edit work for you kerr?

pretty sure that i only have 2 of my votes left with a chance to place

haha fantastic , john

i would just like to take this rare opportunity to publicly and unhesitatingly denounce falsey meatal. ahem... falsey meatal, i denounce thee!!!!!!

\m/BAH!\m/

heck, unreservedly, even.

can I also take this opportunity to denounce girly hair metallers too?

Remembered Krallice as something that might well be somewhere earlier but didn't post it - cool album tho

speaking of which, has anybody seen Jeff recently?

xp

nope, or lemmy

holy crap! where's Lemmy? i feel ever so cheated!

can I please big up and laud all manner of false metal? ta.

Pearl Jam @ #1 surely.

nooooooooooooooo

My #2 was 200% trve hardkore Dvtch girly metal. Didn't place :-/

#9 , 437 Points , 22 votes , One #1 vote

http://www.kommandot.se/wp/wp-content/uploads/ISIS_wr_hires2.jpg
Isis - Wavering Radiant (Ipecac)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xS3NkhjsBf0

ve heard "20 Minutes/40 Years," because it's the first song on the CD that'll come with the last(?) issue of Metal Edge. It's seven minutes long and it's one of the heaviest things they've done in years. I like it more than I liked anything on the last album.

― unperson,

Yeah, every time I say I'm bored with the NeurIsis sound, Neurosis and Isis come along and remind me why they're the best at what they do. Looking forward to the new Isis, silly title and all.

― A. Begrand,

Neurosis and Isis are the masters of the sound. There's always going to be lame imitators but then some of the imitators are very good at it ie Cult Of Luna.
But it's silly to blame Neurosis/Isis for crappy imitators.

― Boring Sign In Name (Herman G. Neuname),

Meanwhile, it's been a day of good post-metal (or whatever you want to call it) for yours truly...first the impressive new Isis, and then my first listen to the new Irepress album, which is really knocking my socks off.

― A. Begrand,

i've been listening to wavering radiant for awhile now, and i really like it. it's very 'isis' but definitely distinct from their other albums. it's about 10 minutes shorter than the last record, and there's definitely an absence of filler, which is refreshing.

aaron turner's vocals haven't sounded this awesome/grating in a loooong time.

― borntohula,

also, i've found there's more emphasis on tight rhythms this time around. the band really sound together.

― borntohula,

wavering radiant is a step up.

I mean, it's still isis, so if you think isis are boring, it probably won't change your mind. but it compares favorably to the best of their post-celestial stuff, imo.

― picture me lolin' (Alan N),

btw anyone who can listen to Slough Feg - "Simian Manifesto" without being overcome by the urge to rock the fuck out is not to be trusted imo

also "Overborne" gives me weird Wasp - Inside the Electric Circus flashbacks - who would have guessed that that would be a good thing?

ah fuck i love this album, do not want to go back to work ;_;

lol @ my comment about krallice which was from before i heard the new one; was totally disappointed that the bassist was singing more (and apparently will be even more in the future according to barr). he's not bad, just super-generic to my ears

Just curious: How many ppl who voted for Ape Uprising didn't hear any of Slough Feg's previous albums?