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

You know, on the noms thread I'm sure I got a bit of flak for saying Sunn would do at least as well as Earth did last year and being told that was stupid because they didn't have the same sort of crossover appeal and it wasn't as good a record (which I can get behind, certainly).

So, obviously in the wrong order, but my votes 1-4 were the top four finishers. Does that mean I'm lame and you guys are going to kick me out of the metal thread?

#1 , 757 Points , 31 votes , FOUR #1 votes

http://blogs.sfweekly.com/shookdown/Sunn%20O%29%29%29.jpg
Sunn O))) - Monoliths & Dimensions (Southern Lord)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sKUOapQIl9w
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vG0_i_Dkk2Q

Sunn 0))) - Monoliths & Dimensions

Oh yes.

My ballot:

1. Baroness - Blue Record
2. Mastodon - Crack the Skye
3. Sunn O))) - Monoliths & Dimensions
4. Converge - Axe To Fall
5. Shrinebuilder - Shrinebuilder
6. Kylesa - Static Tensions
7. Isis - Wavering Radiant
8. Cobalt - Gin
9. Coalesce - OX
10. Om - God is Good
11. Tombs - Winter Hours
12. YOB - The Great Cessation
13. Krallice - Dimensional Bleedthrough
14. Augury - Fragmentary Evidence
15. Obscura - Cosmogenesis
16. The Gates of Slumber - Hymns of Blood and Thunder
17. 3 Inches of Blood - Here Waits Thy Doom
18. Novembers Doom - Into Night's Requiem Infernal
19. Saviours - Accelerated Living
20. Big Business - Mind the Drift
21. Wolf - Ravenous
22. Skeletonwitch - Breathing the Fire
23. Between the Buried and Me - The Great Misdirect
24. Clutch - Strange Cousins from the West
25. Slayer - World Painted Blood
26. Dysrhythmia - Psychic Maps
27. Millions - Gather Scatter
28. Doomriders - Darkness Come Alive
29. Born of Osiris - A Higher Place
30. Cattle Decapitation - The Harvest Floor

Ballots, anyone?

Here are my 28 ranked albums. Oneida is #1, Om is #2, etc.

Oneida - Rated O ( Jag Jaguar)
Om - god is good
Sunn o))) - Monoliths & Dimensions (Southern Lord)
Mount Eerie - Wind's Poem
Isis-Wavering Radiant
Shrinebuilder - S/T (Neurot)
Jesu - Opiate Sun
Lightning Bolt - Earthly Delights
Nadja - When I See the Sun Always Shines on TV
Melvins - Chicken Switch
Black Boned Angel - Verdun
Greymachine - Disconnected
Jesu - Infinity
Khanate - Clean Hands Go Foul (Hydra Head)
Zu - Carboniferous (Ipecac)
Nadja and Black Boned Angel - s/t
Wolves in the Throne Room - Black Cascade
Baroness - Blue Record (Relapse)
Slayer - World Painted Blood (American)
Pyramids with Nadja s/t (Hydrahead)
Tombs-Winter Hours
Big Business - Mind The Drift (Hydra Head)
Xasthur: All Reflections Drained
Pelican - What We All Come To Need (Southern Lord)
Mastodon-Crack The Skye
Converge - Axe To Fall (Epitaph)
Krallice-Dimensional Bleedthrough
Amesoeurs - Amesoeurs

YOB- The Great Cessation
Bloody Panda - Summon
Madder Mortem - Eight Ways
Gay Witch Abortion - Maverick
Wardruna - Runaljod - Gap Var Ginnunga
Zu - Carboniferous
Ancestors - Of Sound Mind
Slough Feg - Ape Uprising
Minsk - With Echoes In The Movement Of Stone
Hacride - Lazarus
Tyr - By The Light Of The Northern Star
SubArachnoid Space - Eight Bells
Disappearer - The Clearing
Loan - Hontzira
Eluveitie - Evocation I: The Arcane Dominion
Monkey3 - Undercover
Wolf - Ravenous
Bergraven - Till Makabert Väsen
Manatees - Icarus, The Sunclimber
Crimfall - As the Path Unfolds...

My top twelve all placed.

sunn o))) victory. fair enough.

I've said it before, but I consider this their first great album. for me, they've always but amazing live, but a bit disappointingly drab on record. this is really not. it's expansive, intricately layered and melodically rich, but still as oppressively heavy as it gets. a fantastic bit of work (though most of the highlights can be attributed to eyvind kang).

the way 'alice' blossoms towards the end is one of my favourite-ever moments in music, regardless of genre.

my ballot

1 YOB - The Great Cessation
2 Cobalt - Gin
3 Converge - Axe To Fall
4 Sunn O))) - Monoliths & Dimensions
5 Zombi - Spirit Animal
6 Mastodon - Crack The Skye
7 Baroness - Blue
8 OM - God Is Good
9 Khanate - Clean Hands Go Foul
10 Slough Feg - Ape Uprising
11 Isis - Wavering Radiant
12 Lightning Bolt - Earthly Delights
13 Krallice - Dimensional Bleedthrough
14 The Gates of Slumber - Hymns Of Blood And Thunder
15 SubArachnoid Space - Eight Bells
16 Wolves in the Throne Room - Black Cascade
17 Orthodox - Sentencia
18 Liturgy - Renihilation
19 Zu - Carboniferous
20 Kylesa -Static Tensions
21 Amesoeurs - Amesoeurs
22 Shrinebuilder - S/T
23 Oneida - Rated O
24 Disappearer - The Clearing
25 Gnaw - This Face
26 GREYMACHINE - Disconnected
27 Jesu - Infinity
28 Coalesce - Ox
29 Church of Misery – Houses Of The Unholy
30 Candlemass - Death Magic Doom

Glenn will be along shortly to do his stuff so please stick around, the fun is only starting!

Glad to see you voted for the Disappearer disc. Really slept on.

1 Gay Witch Abortion - Maverick
2 Slough Feg - Ape Uprising
3 Vreid - Milorg
4 Portal - Swarth
5 Krallice - Dimensional Bleedthrough
6 The Few Against Many - SOT
7 1349 - Revelations Of The Black Flame
8 Wolves in the Throne Room - Black Cascade
9 Baroness - Blue Record
10 Mastodon - Crack The Skye
11 Zombi - Spirit Animal
12 Zu - Carboniferous
13 Liturgy - Renihilation
14 The Devil's Blood - The Time of No Time Evermore
15 Woods of Ypres - Wood IV: The Green Album.
16 Tyr - By The Light of the Northern Star
17 A Storm of Light - Forgive Us Our Trespasses
18 Wine From Tears - Through the Eyes of a Mad
19 Anaal Nathrakh - In The Constellation Of the Black Widow
20 Warbringer - Waking Into Nightmares
21I mpetuous Ritual - Relentless Execution Of Ceremonial Excrescence
22 Municipal Waste - Massive Aggressor
23 Church of Misery - Houses of the Unholy
24 Melvins - Chicken Switch
25 Mount Eerie - Wind's Poem
26 Old Man's Child - Slaves of the World

I think I need to check out that new Storm of Light disc.

The ILX Metal Albums of 2009 Poll Results 100-1

100. Municipal Waste - Massive Aggressor
99. Tyr - By the Light of the Northern Star
98. Burnt by the Sun - Heart of Darkness
97. Masters of Reality - Pine/Cross Dover
96. Saviours - Accelerated Living
92. Them Crooked Vultures - S/T
Saros - Acrid Plains
Peste Noire - Ballade Cuntre Lo Anemi Francor
Augury - Fragmentary Evidence
91. Revocation - Existence Is Futile
90. Brutal Truth - Evolution Through Revolution
88. Cannibal Corpse - Evisceration Plague
Glorior Belli - Meet Us at the Southern Sign
87. Anvil - This Is Thirteen
86. Vom - Primitive Arts
85. Altar of Plauges - White Tomb
84. 1349 - Revelations of the Black Flame
83. Obscura - Cosmogenesis
82. Doomriders - Darkness Come Alive
81. Gnaw - This Face
80. Jodis - Secret House
78. Blue Sabbath Black Cheer - Crows Eat the Eyes From the Leviathan's Carcass
Behemoth - Evangelion
76. Jello Biafra & the Guantanamo School of Medicine - The Audacity of Hype
Dethklok - Dethalbum II
75. Black Boned Angel - Verdun
74. Megadeth - Endgame
73. SubArachnoid Space - Eight Bells
72. Magrudergrind - S/T
71. Minsk - With Echoes in the Movement of Stone
70. Eluveitie - Evocation I: The Arcane Dominion
69. Voivod - Infini
68. Skeletonwitch - Breathing the Fire
67. Candlemass - Death Magic Doom
66. Melvins - Chicken Switch
65. Hacride - Lazarus
64. Nadja and Black Boned Angel - S/T
63. Keelhaul - Triumphant Return to Obscurity
62. Anaal Nathrakh - In the Constellation of the Black Widow
61. Lifelover - Dekadens
60. Ahab - The Divinity of Oceans
59. Xasthur - All Reflections Drained
58. Bloody Panda - Summon
57. Ancestors - Of Sound Mind
56. Greymachine - Disconnected
55. Jamie Saft - Black Shabbis
54. Wardruna - Runaljod - Gap Var Ginnunga
53. Church of Misery - Houses of the Unholy
52. Jesu - Infinity
51. Dysrhythmia - Psychic Maps
50. Part Chimp - Thriller
49. Pyramids With Nadja - S/T
48. Nadja - When I See the Sun Always Shines on TV
47. Eagle Twin - The Unkindness of Crows
46. Napalm Death - Time Waits for No Slave
45. Madder Mortem - Eight Ways
44. Gnaw Their Tongues - All the Dread Magnificence of Perversity
43. Big Business - Mind the Drift
42. Portal - Swarth
41. Coalesce - Ox
40. Mount Eerie - Wind's Poem
39. Immortal - All Shall Fall
38. Marduk - Wormwood
37. Pelican - What We All Come to Need
36. Orthodox - Sentencia
35. Heaven & Hell - The Devil You Know
34. Nile - Those Whom the Gods Detest
33. Agoraphobic Nosebleed - Agorapocalypse
32. Drudkh - Microcosmos
31. Goatwhore - Carving Out the Eyes of God
30. Gay Witch Abortion - Maverick
29. Jesu - Opiate Sun
28. Katatonia - Night Is the New Day
27. Tombs - Winter Hours
26. Amesoeurs - Amesoeurs
25. Absu - Absu
24. Funeral Mist - Maranatha
23. Pissed Jeans - King of Jeans
22. Oneida - Rated O
21. Blut Aus Nord - Memoria Vetusta II: Dialogue With the Stars
20. Lightning Bolt - Earthly Delights
19. Liturgy - Renihilation
18. Slayer - World Painted Blood
17. Khanate - Clean Hands Go Foul
16. Shrinebuilder - Shrinebuilder
15. Om - God Is Good
14. The Gates of Slumber - Hymns of Blood and Thunder
13. Slough Feg - Ape Uprising
12. Zombi - Spirit Animal
11. Wolves in the Throne Room - Black Cascade
10. Krallice - Dimensional Bleedthrough
9. Isis - Wavering Radiant
8. Zu - Carboniferous
7. Kylesa - Static Tensions
6. Cobalt - Gin
5. YOB - The Great Cessation
4. Baroness - Blue Record
3. Mastodon - Crack the Skye
2. Converge - Axe to Fall
1. Sunn O))) - Monoliths & Dimensions

Honestly very surprised the 3 Inches of Blood album didn't place anywhere.

Thanks to Glenn for tabulating it all and thanks to all who voted and to those who posted on the thread making it a fun read!

Glenn will be along to do his stats stuff shortly so please hang around for that.

What is everyone's thoughts on the rest of the poll as well as the winner?

And here are the full list of votes from Glenn.

"#","Album","Points","Votes","1s","Enthusiasm"
"1","Sunn O))) - Monoliths & Dimensions","757","31","4","24.419"
"2","Converge - Axe to Fall","722","30","2","24.067"
"3","Mastodon - Crack the Skye","709","31","6","22.871"
"4","Baroness - Blue Record","708","30","6","23.6"
"5","YOB - The Great Cessation","705","28","5","25.179"
"6","Cobalt - Gin","566","24","1","23.583"
"7","Kylesa - Static Tensions","490","22","","22.273"
"8","Zu - Carboniferous","454","21","1","21.619"
"9","Isis - Wavering Radiant","437","22","1","19.864"
"10","Krallice - Dimensional Bleedthrough","412","22","","18.727"
"11","Wolves in the Throne Room - Black Cascade","405","22","","18.409"
"12","Zombi - Spirit Animal","401","17","3","23.588"
"13","Slough Feg - Ape Uprising","390","16","2","24.375"
"14","The Gates of Slumber - Hymns of Blood and Thunder","380","18","","21.111"
"15","Om - God Is Good","335","16","","20.938"
"16","Shrinebuilder - Shrinebuilder","334","17","1","19.647"
"17","Khanate - Clean Hands Go Foul","315","17","1","18.529"
"18","Slayer - World Painted Blood","293","15","","19.533"
"19","Liturgy - Renihilation","260","16","","16.25"
"20","Lightning Bolt - Earthly Delights","253","13","","19.462"
"21","Blut Aus Nord - Memoria Vetusta II: Dialogue With the Stars","239","11","1","21.727"
"22","Oneida - Rated O","205","10","2","20.5"
"23","Pissed Jeans - King of Jeans","193","8","2","24.125"
"24","Funeral Mist - Maranatha","175","9","1","19.444"
"25","Absu - Absu","168","10","","16.8"
"26","Amesoeurs - Amesoeurs","163","11","","14.818"
"27","Tombs - Winter Hours","147","11","","13.364"
"28","Katatonia - Night Is the New Day","147","7","","21"
"29","Jesu - Opiate Sun","143","9","","15.889"
"30","Gay Witch Abortion - Maverick","141","7","1","20.143"
"31","Goatwhore - Carving Out the Eyes of God","137","7","","19.571"
"32","Drudkh - Microcosmos","131","7","","18.714"
"33","Agoraphobic Nosebleed - Agorapocalypse","131","6","","21.833"
"34","Nile - Those Whom the Gods Detest","129","9","","14.333"
"35","Heaven & Hell - The Devil You Know","126","7","","18"
"36","Orthodox - Sentencia","124","7","","17.714"
"37","Pelican - What We All Come to Need","123","8","","15.375"
"38","Marduk - Wormwood","122","8","","15.25"
"39","Immortal - All Shall Fall","121","8","","15.125"
"40","Mount Eerie - Wind's Poem","119","5","1","23.8"
"41","Coalesce - Ox","116","10","","11.6"
"42","Portal - Swarth","112","8","","14"
"43","Big Business - Mind the Drift","110","7","1","15.714"
"44","Gnaw Their Tongues - All the Dread Magnificence of Perversity","108","5","","21.6"
"45","Madder Mortem - Eight Ways","107","6","1","17.833"
"46","Napalm Death - Time Waits for No Slave","106","8","1","13.25"
"47","Eagle Twin - The Unkindness of Crows","105","7","","15"
"48","Nadja - When I See the Sun Always Shines on TV","103","7","","14.714"
"49","Pyramids With Nadja - S/T","98","6","","16.333"
"50","Part Chimp - Thriller","98","5","","19.6"
"51","Dysrhythmia - Psychic Maps","96","7","","13.714"
"52","Jesu - Infinity","96","6","","16"
"53","Church of Misery - Houses of the Unholy","94","8","","11.75"
"54","Wardruna - Runaljod - Gap Var Ginnunga","93","4","",""
"55","Jamie Saft - Black Shabbis","91","4","1",""
"56","Greymachine - Disconnected","88","8","","11"
"57","Ancestors - Of Sound Mind","88","4","",""
"58","Bloody Panda - Summon","83","5","","16.6"
"59","Xasthur - All Reflections Drained","82","6","","13.667"
"60","Ahab - The Divinity of Oceans","82","5","","16.4"
"61","Lifelover - Dekadens","81","4","",""
"62","Anaal Nathrakh - In the Constellation of the Black Widow","79","4","",""
"63","Keelhaul - Triumphant Return to Obscurity","78","5","1","15.6"
"64","Nadja and Black Boned Angel - S/T","78","5","","15.6"
"65","Hacride - Lazarus","75","4","",""
"66","Melvins - Chicken Switch","73","4","",""
"67","Candlemass - Death Magic Doom","70","8","","8.75"
"68","Skeletonwitch - Breathing the Fire","70","6","","11.667"
"69","Voivod - Infini","70","3","",""
"70","Eluveitie - Evocation I: The Arcane Dominion","69","4","",""
"71","Minsk - With Echoes in the Movement of Stone","66","4","",""
"72","Magrudergrind - S/T","66","3","",""
"73","SubArachnoid Space - Eight Bells","63","6","","10.5"
"74","Megadeth - Endgame","62","6","","10.333"
"75","Black Boned Angel - Verdun","62","4","",""
"76","Dethklok - Dethalbum II","61","3","",""
"76","Jello Biafra & the Guantanamo School of Medicine - The Audacity of Hype","61","3","",""
"78","Behemoth - Evangelion","60","4","",""
"78","Blue Sabbath Black Cheer - Crows Eat the Eyes From the Leviathan's Carcass","60","4","",""
"80","Jodis - Secret House","59","4","",""
"81","Gnaw - This Face","58","6","","9.667"
"82","Doomriders - Darkness Come Alive","58","5","","11.6"
"83","Obscura - Cosmogenesis","58","4","",""
"84","1349 - Revelations of the Black Flame","54","4","",""
"85","Altar of Plauges - White Tomb","54","3","",""
"86","Vom - Primitive Arts","54","2","1",""
"87","Anvil - This Is Thirteen","53","4","",""
"88","Cannibal Corpse - Evisceration Plague","53","3","",""
"88","Glorior Belli - Meet Us at the Southern Sign","53","3","",""
"90","Brutal Truth - Evolution Through Revolution","53","2","",""
"91","Revocation - Existence Is Futile","51","4","",""
"92","Augury - Fragmentary Evidence","51","3","",""
"92","Peste Noire - Ballade Cuntre Lo Anemi Francor","51","3","",""
"92","Saros - Acrid Plains","51","3","",""
"92","Them Crooked Vultures - S/T","51","3","",""
"96","Saviours - Accelerated Living","50","4","",""
"97","Masters of Reality - Pine/Cross Dover","49","4","",""
"98","Burnt by the Sun - Heart of Darkness","47","4","",""
"99","Tyr - By the Light of the Northern Star","47","3","",""
"100","Municipal Waste - Massive Aggressor","46","6","","7.667"
"101","Cattle Decapitation - The Harvest Floor","46","3","",""
"101","Cauldron - Chained to the Nite","46","3","",""
"101","Goblin Cock - Come With Me If You Want to Live","46","3","",""
"101","Lamb of God - Wrath","46","3","",""
"105","Suffocation - Blood Oath","43","3","",""
"106","Dyse - Lieder Sind Bruder de Revolution","43","2","",""
"106","Nargaroth - Jahreszeiten","43","2","",""
"108","Nachtmystium - Doomsday Derelicts","42","3","",""
"108","Novembers Doom - Into Night's Requiem Infernal","42","3","",""
"110","The Devil's Blood - The Time of No Time Evermore","42","2","",""
"111","Kreator - Hordes of Chaos","41","4","",""
"112","Loan - Hontzira","41","2","",""
"113","3 Inches of Blood - Here Waits Thy Doom","40","4","",""
"114","Cave - Psychic Summer","40","2","",""
"114","Iron Age - The Sleeping Eye","40","2","",""
"116","Gorgoroth - Quantos Possunt Ad Satanitatem Trahunt","39","2","",""
"117","Celan - Halo","36","2","",""
"118","Maserati - Passages","35","3","",""
"119","Diagonal - Diagonal","34","2","",""
"120","Sólstafir - Köld","33","2","",""
"121","Wolf - Ravenous","32","3","",""
"122","Clutch - Strange Cousins From the West","31","4","",""
"123","Black Sun - Twilight of the Gods","31","2","",""
"124","Firebird - Grand Union","30","3","",""
"125","Infernal Stronghold - Godless Noise","30","2","",""
"125","Manatees - Icarus, the Sunclimber","30","2","",""
"127","Circle of Ouroborus - Tree of Knowledge","30","1","1",""
"127","Dirty Little Rabbits - Simon","30","1","1",""
"127","Every Time I Die - New Junk Aesthetic","30","1","1",""
"130","Disappearer - The Clearing","29","3","",""
"131","Born of Osiris - A Higher Place","29","2","",""
"132","Autumn - Altitude","29","1","",""
"132","Mantic Ritual - Executioner","29","1","",""
"132","Secrets of the Moon - Privilegivm","29","1","",""
"132","Woburn House - Monstrous Manoeuvres in the Mushroom Maze","29","1","",""
"136","Solitude Aeturnus - Hour of Despair","28","3","",""
"137","Asphyx - Death...The Brutal Way","28","1","",""
"137","The Devin Townsend Project - Addicted!","28","1","",""
"137","Pulling Teeth - Paranoid Delusions/Paradise Illusions","28","1","",""
"137","Raise the Red Lantern - Raise the Red Lantern","28","1","",""
"137","Thy Catafalque - Róka Hasa Rádió","28","1","",""
"137","Vreid - Milorg","28","1","",""
"143","Gwynbleidd - Nostalgia","27","2","",""
"144","Admiral Angry - Buster","27","1","",""
"144","Alestorm/Heidevolk/Tyr - Black Sails Over Europe","27","1","",""
"144","Angus Khan - Black Leather Soul","27","1","",""
"144","Antigua & Barbuda - Try Future","27","1","",""
"144","Kong - Snake Magnet","27","1","",""
"144","Zoroaster - Voice of Saturn","27","1","",""
"150","God Forbid - Earthsblood","26","3","",""
"151","Lacuna Coil - Shallow Life","26","1","",""
"152","A Storm of Light - Forgive Us Our Trespasses","25","3","",""
"153","Between the Buried and Me - The Great Misdirect","25","2","",""
"153","L'acephale - Malefeasance","25","2","",""
"155","Diamatregon - Crossroad","25","1","",""
"155","The Few Against Many - SOT","25","1","",""
"155","Goatwhore - A Haunting Curse","25","1","",""
"155","Heirs - Alchera","25","1","",""
"155","Rufus Huff - Rufus Huff","25","1","",""
"160","Bergraven - Till Makabert Vasen","24","3","",""
"161","Crippled Black Phoenix - 200 Tons of Bad Luck","24","2","",""
"161","Worm Ouroboros - Worm Ouroboros","24","2","",""
"163","Argus - Argus","24","1","",""
"163","Ea - Ea II","24","1","",""
"163","White Wizzard - High Speed GTO","24","1","",""
"166","Arckanum - ___________","23","1","",""
"166","Sinner - Crash and Burn","23","1","",""
"168","Amorphis - Skyforger","22","1","",""
"168","Doomraiser - Erasing the Remembrance","22","1","",""
"168","Endstille - Verführer","22","1","",""
"168","Job for a Cowboy - Ruination","22","1","",""
"168","Meercaz - Meercaz","22","1","",""
"173","Shadow of the Torturer - Shadow of the Torturer","21","2","",""
"174","Blackberry Smoke - Little Piece of Dixie","21","1","",""
"174","Cantata Sangui - On Rituals and Correspondence in Constructed Realities","21","1","",""
"174","God Dethroned - Passiondale","21","1","",""
"174","Haud Mundus/Wormlust - Oblivio Appositus","21","1","",""
"174","Horseback - The Invisible Mountain","21","1","",""
"174","Ross the Boss - New Metal Leader","21","1","",""
"180","The Ruins of Beverast - Foulest Semen of a Sheltered Elite","20","2","",""
"180","Wodensthrone - Loss","20","2","",""
"182","Flyleaf - Memento Mori","19","2","",""
"183","The Chasm - Farseeing the Paranormal Abysm","19","1","",""
"183","My Dying Bride - For Lies I Sire","19","1","",""
"183","Steadlür - Everything Is Nothing","19","1","",""
"183","Urna - Iter Ad Lucem","19","1","",""
"187","Wreck of the Hesperus - The Sunken Threshold","18","2","",""
"188","Isole - Silent Ruins","18","1","",""
"188","Trippy Wicked & the Cosmic Children of the Knight - Movin' On","18","1","",""
"190","Arabrot - I Rove","17","2","",""
"190","Woods of Ypres - Wood IV: The Green Album","17","2","",""
"192","Elitist - Elitist","17","1","",""
"192","The Last Vegas - Whatever Gets You Off","17","1","",""
"192","Lord Mantis - Spawning the Nephilim","17","1","",""
"195","Monkey3 - Undercover","16","2","",""
"195","Ulcerate - Everything Is Fire","16","2","",""
"197","Edguy - Tinnitus Sanctus","16","1","",""
"198","Impetuous Ritual - Relentless Execution of Ceremonial Excrescence","15","2","",""
"198","Paradise Lost - Faith Divides Us,Death Unites Us","15","2","",""
"200","Alestorm - Black Sails at Midnight","15","1","",""
"200","The Answer - Everyday Demons","15","1","",""
"202","Hull - Sole Lord","14","1","",""
"202","Nihil - Grond","14","1","",""
"202","The Reds - Early Nothing","14","1","",""
"205","Rammstein - Liebe Ist Fur Alle De","13","2","",""
"206","Hey Colossus/Dethscalator - Split LP","13","1","",""
"206","Majeure - Timespan","13","1","",""
"206","The Mars Volta - Octahedron","13","1","",""
"206","Status Quo - In Search of the Fourth Chord","13","1","",""
"206","Wine From Tears - Through the Eyes of a Mad","13","1","",""
"211","Maudlin of the Well - Part the Second","12","2","",""
"212","Saxon - Into the Labyrinth","12","1","",""
"212","Swallow the Sun - New Moon","12","1","",""
"214","Code - Resplendent Grotesque","11","1","",""
"214","Crimfall - As the Path Unfolds...","11","1","",""
"214","Satyricon - Age of Nero","11","1","",""
"214","Switchblade - Switchblade","11","1","",""
"214","Warbringer - Waking Into Nightmares","11","1","",""
"219","Callisto - Providence","9","1","",""
"219","Necrophobic - Death to All","9","1","",""
"219","The Pinx - Look What You Made Me Do","9","1","",""
"222","Animals As Leaders - Animals As Leaders","8","1","",""
"222","The Black Dahlia Murder - Deflorate","8","1","",""
"222","Culted - Below the Thunders of the Upper Deep","8","1","",""
"222","Dead Man - Euphoria","8","1","",""
"222","Javelina - Beasts Among Sheep","8","1","",""
"222","Monarque - Ad Nauseam","8","1","",""
"222","Samael - Above","8","1","",""
"229","Borgia - Ecclesia","7","1","",""
"229","Maylene and the Sons of Disaster - III","7","1","",""
"229","Raven's Creed - Albion's Thunder","7","1","",""
"232","Fires of Rome - You Kingdom You","6","1","",""
"232","Sirenia - 13th Floor","6","1","",""
"234","H.C. Minds - The Beginning of the End","5","2","",""
"235","Nahemah - A New Constellation","5","1","",""
"235","Obituary - Darkest Day","5","1","",""
"235","Old Man's Child - Slaves of the World","5","1","",""
"238","Birds of Prey - The Hellpreacher","4","1","",""
"238","Entwine - Painstained","4","1","",""
"238","Millions - Gather Scatter","4","1","",""
"241","Bosnia - Nazarene Hallucinations","3","1","",""
"241","Wolfmother - Cosmic Egg","3","1","",""
"243","Black Cobra - Chronomega","2","2","",""
"244","Sonata Arctica - The Days of Grays","1","1","",""

wow, so i own 11-1 except for the zu record

Thanks gentlemen! It's an interesting list, and plenty of things I now need to hear. To quote myself on the winner:

"Unfortunately, Sunn bring out the (((YYYYYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAWWWWWWWWWWWWWWNNNNNNN!!!!))) in me."

I really didn't think Sunn O))) would take the top spot. It's been getting so much good press in the non-metal media that I felt there'd be, well not exactly a backlash, but a feeling of "everyone else likes them now, it's inevitable, so let's vote for something else". I don't mean that in a bad way, of course (the Sunn O))) is great, it was my #4).

so many things to check out on this list... going to be a fun few days of follow-up listening.

"241","Wolfmother - Cosmic Egg","3","1","",""

This makes me so fucking happy.

Haha, I finally heard that Wolfmother last week. Its really not bad. I still wouldn't have voted for it, but it isn't awful.

Only four votes for 3 Inches of Blood? I didn't vote for it but I thought it had a lot of fans here.

I think Lamb Of God missing out on the top 100 was the big shock. Not so much Job For A Cowboy as they don't have too many fans round here.

seems odd that the accused failed to appear anywhere. was it even nominated?

And everyone who hasnt already please go vote in !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!~~~FINALLY - 2009 ILX Albums 'n' Trax Poll voting thread ahoy~~~!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (ballots due RIGHT NOW AT THIS VERY SECOND)

xpost -- I don't see it on the nom. list.

thanks for putting this together! i've already found a lot of really interesting stuff from this thread.

Alice In Chains also didn't get nominated, otherwise I'm sure that may have cracked the top 100.

onimo or neil will be along later with a spotify playlist with as many albums from this poll as there is on spotify i think.

Sorry, I've been really busy the past few days. I call bullshit on the winner, though. Baroness all the way!

Look how close the top 5 was.

Still the wrong order.

posting your ballot, jeff?

Glenn says he will be along shortly. I guess he's still working.

Here's mine:

1. Cobalt – Gin
2. Converge – Axe to Fall
3. Katatonia – Night is the New Day
4. Baroness – The Blue Record
5. Kylesa – Static Tensions
6. Goatwhore – A Haunting Curse
7. Sunn O))) – Monoliths and Dimensions
8. Amesoeurs – Amesoeurs
9. Isis – Wavering Radiant
10. Funeral Mist – Maranatha
11. YOB – The Great Cessation
12. Slayer – World Painted Blood
13. Mastodon – Crack the Skye
14. Between the Buried and Me – The Great Misdirect
15. Nile – Those Whom the Gods Detest
16. Liturgy – Renihilation
17. Marduk - Wormwood
18. Krallice – Dimensional Bleedthrough
19. Cannibal Corpse – Evisceration Plague
20. Revocation – Existence is Futile
21. Megadeth - Endgame
22. Portal - Swarth
23. The Gates of Slumber - Songs of Blood and Thunder
24. Saviours - Accelerated Living
25. Augury - Fragmentary Evidence
26. God Forbid - Earthsblood
27. Behemoth - Evangelion
28. Slough Feg - Ape Uprising
29. Wolves in the Throne Room - Black Cascade
30. 3 Inches of Blood - Here Waits Thy Doom

I think everything but Raise the Red Lantern, 3 Inches of Blood, Wolf and Kreator made the list, so I can't complain. I highly recommend RTRL!

1. Mastodon – Crack The Skye (Reprise/WEA)
2. Shrinebuilder (Neurot)
3. Raise The Red Lantern (At A Loss)
4. Hacride - Lazarus (Listenable)
5. Zu - Carboniferous (Ipecac)
6. Slough Feg - Ape Uprising (Cruz del Sur)
7. YOB – The Great Cessation (Profound Lore)
8. 3 Inches Of Blood - Here Waits Thy Doom (Century Media)
9. The Gates Of Slumber - Hymns Of Blood And Thunder (Rise Above)
10. Kylesa - Static Tensions (Prosthetic)
11. Minsk - With Echoes in the Movement of Stone (Relapse)
12. Cobalt - Gin (ProfoundLore)
13. Converge - Axe To Fall (Epitaph)
14. Madder Mortem - Eight Ways (Peaceville) - Norway
15. Krallice - Dimensional Bleedthrough (Profound Lore)
16. Anvil - This Is Thirteen (VH1)
17. Heaven & Hell - The Devil You Know (Rhino)
18. Gwynbleidd - Nostalgia (MRI)
19. Liturgy - Renihilation (20 Buck Spin)
20. Obscura - Cosmogenesis (Relapse)
21. Coalesce - Ox (Relapse)
22. Skeletonwitch - Breathing The Fire (Prosthetic)
23. Wolf - Ravenous (Century Media)
24. Pelican - What We All Come To Need (Southern Lord)
25. Bloody Panda - Summon (Profound Lore)
26. Slayer - World Painted Blood (Sony)
27. Keelhaul - Keelhaul's Triumphant Return To Obscurity (Hydra Head)
28. Nile - Those Whom The Gods Detest (Nuclear Blast)
29. Napalm Death - Time Waits For No Slave (Century Media)
30. Kreator - Hordes Of Chaos (Steamhammer)

Okay, now it's like les petite mort. I hate this part of the year, all the polls are done, only a few exciting new releases trickling in, the dead of winter and I can't afford to go to Puerto Rico, and the next holiday isn't until Memorial Day. How 'bout a best metal albums ever poll? ;)

A note, first of all, on the Sunn O))) victory. Sunn O))) got 163 points from people who did not vote for Converge. Converge got 159 points from people who did not vote for Sunn O))). But of the 23 ballots with both Sunn O))) and Converge, Sunn O))) was ranked higher on 15 of them, Converge on 8. There's your margin of victory.

Still, the consensus behind the top 5 here was really impressive, and YOB is definitely the winner compared to the outside world, where by "outside world" we mean the Pazz & Jop.

Here's the centricity ranking, which measures how close each voter was to the poll's consensus:

#, Voter, Centricity
1, pfunkboy, 0.952
2, Harpal, 0.917
3, Wouter (Cutyourribbon), 0.818
4, Adrien Begrand, 0.793
5, Stephen Bush (Ilxor), 0.756
6, John Soderquist, 0.752
7, ioannis, 0.75
8, Jamie, 0.749
9, jon/via/chicago 2.0, 0.739
10, John Doran, 0.704
11, Harry (H), 0.693
12, Fastnbulbous, 0.679
12, MTE, 0.679
14, Aldo, 0.639
14, Johnno, 0.639
16, DR Holmes PsyD, 0.624
17, Sonic Bum, 0.618
18, DJ Mencap, 0.582
19, skrotmontague, 0.553
20, Phil Freeman (Unperson), 0.547
21, Salvador Dalek, 0.536
21, Sofatruck, 0.536
23, MacDara, 0.53
24, Knaaq, 0.526
25, Smokey, 0.518
26, Thijs, 0.509
27, Gareth Jenkins De La Motte, 0.507
28, John Justen, 0.457
29, Mordy, 0.441
30, Karen thulu, 0.424
31, FACK, 0.415
32, Whiney, 0.413
33, droneasore, 0.395
34, Jeff Treppel, 0.388
35, Neil S, 0.376
36, Joos Moorkens, 0.367
37, Glenn McDonald, 0.355
38, Johnny Fever, 0.347
39, Le Bateau Ivre, 0.338
40, Jess Harvell, 0.332
41, m the g, 0.324
42, Alan N, 0.286
43, Samosa Gibreel, 0.273
44, Marco Damiani, 0.267
45, Krakow, 0.255
46, SlayerDave, 0.25
47, EZ Snappin, 0.246
48, Viceroy, 0.207
49, Colonel Poo, 0.177
50, Chuck Eddy, 0.142

Pretty amusing to see the poll's organizer almost manage to pick the 30 winners.

Here are the top voter-to-voter similarities:

Score · Overlap · Voters
0.541 · 25 · Harpal · pfunkboy
0.535 · 12 · Karen thulu · Salvador Dalek
0.524 · 7 · m the g · Krakow
0.520 · 22 · pfunkboy · Wouter (Cutyourribbon)
0.516 · 19 · Harpal · Harry (H)
0.506 · 18 · Harry (H) · Jamie
0.504 · 19 · Harry (H) · pfunkboy
0.498 · 18 · Harry (H) · Wouter (Cutyourribbon)
0.493 · 13 · Johnno · Salvador Dalek
0.486 · 14 · DJ Mencap · John Doran
0.483 · 15 · Aldo · Stephen Bush (Ilxor)

I'll happily admit to being a centric voter, as metal isn't really my forte, or main focus (pretty sure I revealed this by voting Oneida and Mount Eerie in my top 5). Really enjoyed the poll, though, and I'll be checking out a lot of what made the top 50 or so.

I guess my lack of interest in black metal really comes through when you calculate centricity.

Thanks again for the tabulations Glenn.

Here's some album-similarity rankings.

Baroness - Blue Record

0.623 · 23 · Mastodon - Crack the Skye
0.592 · 18 · Kylesa - Static Tensions
0.551 · 17 · Isis - Wavering Radiant
0.540 · 20 · Converge - Axe to Fall
0.462 · 18 · Sunn O))) - Monoliths & Dimensions
0.428 · 14 · Krallice - Dimensional Bleedthrough
0.410 · 12 · Shrinebuilder - Shrinebuilder
0.404 · 10 · Tombs - Winter Hours
0.403 · 14 · Cobalt - Gin

Cobalt - Gi

0.600 · 20 · YOB - The Great Cessation
0.548 · 14 · Shrinebuilder - Shrinebuilder
0.544 · 16 · Krallice - Dimensional Bleedthrough
0.486 · 18 · Mastodon - Crack the Skye
0.462 · 12 · Om - God Is Good
0.429 · 16 · Converge - Axe to Fall
0.426 · 12 · The Gates of Slumber - Hymns of Blood and Thunder
0.418 · 16 · Sunn O))) - Monoliths & Dimensions
0.413 · 13 · Isis - Wavering Radiant
0.413 · 13 · Wolves in the Throne Room - Black Cascade
0.407 · 11 · Slough Feg - Ape Uprising

Converge - Axe to Fall

0.623 · 23 · Sunn O))) - Monoliths & Dimensions
0.559 · 21 · Mastodon - Crack the Skye
0.551 · 17 · Krallice - Dimensional Bleedthrough
0.540 · 20 · Baroness - Blue Record
0.536 · 15 · The Gates of Slumber - Hymns of Blood and Thunder
0.533 · 19 · YOB - The Great Cessation
0.507 · 14 · Khanate - Clean Hands Go Foul
0.480 · 16 · Cobalt - Gin
0.469 · 15 · Isis - Wavering Radiant
0.442 · 14 · Zu - Carboniferous
0.428 · 14 · Kylesa - Static Tensions
0.428 · 14 · Wolves in the Throne Room - Black Cascade
0.410 · 12 · Shrinebuilder - Shrinebuilder
0.410 · 12 · Zombi - Spirit Animal

Funeral Mist - Maranatha

0.424 · 7 · Marduk - Wormwood

The Gates of Slumber - Hymns of Blood and Thunder

0.503 · 12 · Slough Feg - Ape Uprising
0.417 · 15 · Converge - Axe to Fall
0.403 · 14 · YOB - The Great Cessation

Isis - Wavering Radiant

0.563 · 20 · Mastodon - Crack the Skye
0.529 · 19 · Sunn O))) - Monoliths & Dimensions
0.472 · 17 · Baroness - Blue Record
0.467 · 14 · Kylesa - Static Tensions
0.455 · 12 · Shrinebuilder - Shrinebuilder
0.419 · 11 · Om - God Is Good
0.402 · 15 · Converge - Axe to Fall

Khanate - Clean Hands Go Foul

0.448 · 13 · Krallice - Dimensional Bleedthrough

Krallice - Dimensional Bleedthrough

0.521 · 16 · Cobalt - Gin
0.511 · 15 · Wolves in the Throne Room - Black Cascade
0.509 · 13 · Khanate - Clean Hands Go Foul
0.475 · 12 · Liturgy - Renihilation
0.472 · 17 · Converge - Axe to Fall
0.460 · 17 · Mastodon - Crack the Skye
0.425 · 15 · YOB - The Great Cessation
0.419 · 11 · Slough Feg - Ape Uprising
0.402 · 11 · Shrinebuilder - Shrinebuilder

Kylesa - Static Tension

0.508 · 18 · Baroness - Blue Record
0.467 · 14 · Isis - Wavering Radiant
0.460 · 17 · Mastodon - Crack the Skye
0.425 · 15 · YOB - The Great Cessation

Liturgy - Renihilation

0.405 · 12 · Krallice - Dimensional Bleedthrough
0.405 · 12 · Wolves in the Throne Room - Black Cascade

Marduk - Wormwood

0.400 · 7 · Funeral Mist - Maranatha

Mastodon - Crack the Skye

0.668 · 20 · Isis - Wavering Radiant
0.634 · 23 · Baroness - Blue Record
0.597 · 16 · Shrinebuilder - Shrinebuilder
0.586 · 22 · Sunn O))) - Monoliths & Dimensions
0.568 · 21 · Converge - Axe to Fall
0.552 · 18 · Cobalt - Gin
0.545 · 17 · Krallice - Dimensional Bleedthrough
0.545 · 17 · Kylesa - Static Tensions
0.545 · 17 · Wolves in the Throne Room - Black Cascade
0.460 · 17 · YOB - The Great Cessation
0.405 · 12 · Khanate - Clean Hands Go Foul

Om - God Is Good

0.438 · 11 · Shrinebuilder - Shrinebuilder

Shrinebuilder - Shrinebuilder

0.461 · 14 · Cobalt - Gin
0.451 · 11 · Om - God Is Good
0.445 · 16 · Mastodon - Crack the Skye
0.409 · 15 · Sunn O))) - Monoliths & Dimensions
0.400 · 12 · Isis - Wavering Radiant

Slough Feg - Ape Uprising

0.475 · 12 · The Gates of Slumber - Hymns of Blood and Thunder
0.438 · 11 · Zombi - Spirit Animal

Sunn O))) - Monoliths & Dimensions

0.634 · 23 · Converge - Axe to Fall
0.627 · 19 · Isis - Wavering Radiant
0.586 · 22 · Mastodon - Crack the Skye
0.563 · 17 · Zu - Carboniferous
0.549 · 15 · Shrinebuilder - Shrinebuilder
0.529 · 19 · YOB - The Great Cessation
0.505 · 16 · Wolves in the Throne Room - Black Cascade
0.501 · 14 · Khanate - Clean Hands Go Foul
0.475 · 16 · Cobalt - Gin
0.470 · 18 · Baroness - Blue Record
0.464 · 15 · Krallice - Dimensional Bleedthrough
0.405 · 12 · Zombi - Spirit Animal

Wolves in the Throne Room - Black Cascade

0.511 · 15 · Krallice - Dimensional Bleedthrough
0.475 · 12 · Liturgy - Renihilation
0.463 · 10 · Amesoeurs - Amesoeurs
0.460 · 17 · Mastodon - Crack the Skye
0.426 · 16 · Sunn O))) - Monoliths & Dimensions

YOB - The Great Cessation

0.648 · 20 · Cobalt - Gin
0.515 · 19 · Converge - Axe to Fall
0.502 · 19 · Sunn O))) - Monoliths & Dimensions
0.501 · 14 · The Gates of Slumber - Hymns of Blood and Thunder
0.489 · 13 · Slough Feg - Ape Uprising
0.479 · 15 · Krallice - Dimensional Bleedthrough
0.479 · 15 · Kylesa - Static Tensions
0.470 · 13 · Shrinebuilder - Shrinebuilder
0.437 · 12 · Liturgy - Renihilation
0.437 · 17 · Mastodon - Crack the Skye
0.421 · 12 · Khanate - Clean Hands Go Foul
0.421 · 12 · Zombi - Spirit Animal

Zombi - Spirit Animal

0.451 · 11 · Slough Feg - Ape Uprising

Zu - Carboniferous

0.464 · 17 · Sunn O))) - Monoliths & Dimensions

glenn can you do this with the main ilx poll? or is it too much work

because it is obv awesome

And here's the kvltosis ranking. This is the tabulation re-weighted by voter-centricity, so the things at the top had more support from people farther from the consensus, the things at the bottom had proportionally more support from voters closer to the consensus. Both ends are interesting.

Score - Votes - Album
0.523 - 6 - Madder Mortem - Eight Ways
0.494 - 8 - Immortal - All Shall Fall
0.484 - 5 - Bloody Panda - Summon
0.484 - 6 - Municipal Waste - Massive Aggressor
0.473 - 7 - Goatwhore - Carving Out the Eyes of God
0.463 - 10 - Absu - Absu
0.462 - 6 - Agoraphobic Nosebleed - Agorapocalypse
0.454 - 5 - Mount Eerie - Wind's Poem
0.452 - 8 - Napalm Death - Time Waits for No Slave
0.449 - 5 - Keelhaul - Triumphant Return to Obscurity
0.438 - 9 - Jesu - Opiate Sun
0.438 - 5 - Part Chimp - Thriller
0.437 - 7 - Gay Witch Abortion - Maverick
0.428 - 7 - Heaven & Hell - The Devil You Know
0.420 - 5 - Doomriders - Darkness Come Alive
0.416 - 8 - Portal - Swarth
0.411 - 7 - Katatonia - Night Is the New Day
0.410 - 5 - Gnaw Their Tongues - All the Dread Magnificence of Perversity
0.406 - 11 - Blut Aus Nord - Memoria Vetusta II: Dialogue With the Stars
0.405 - 9 - Funeral Mist - Maranatha
0.404 - 15 - Slayer - World Painted Blood
0.401 - 6 - Pyramids With Nadja - S/T
0.401 - 6 - Skeletonwitch - Breathing the Fire
0.397 - 8 - Pelican - What We All Come to Need
0.389 - 9 - Nile - Those Whom the Gods Detest
0.388 - 8 - Pissed Jeans - King of Jeans
0.386 - 7 - Drudkh - Microcosmos
0.386 - 11 - Tombs - Winter Hours
0.375 - 8 - Church of Misery - Houses of the Unholy
0.373 - 5 - Nadja and Black Boned Angel - S/T
0.371 - 7 - Eagle Twin - The Unkindness of Crows
0.370 - 6 - SubArachnoid Space - Eight Bells
0.366 - 30 - Baroness - Blue Record
0.365 - 16 - Slough Feg - Ape Uprising
0.363 - 7 - Dysrhythmia - Psychic Maps
0.362 - 16 - Liturgy - Renihilation
0.362 - 28 - YOB - The Great Cessation
0.359 - 6 - Megadeth - Endgame
0.357 - 8 - Candlemass - Death Magic Doom
0.357 - 22 - Wolves in the Throne Room - Black Cascade
0.356 - 8 - Marduk - Wormwood
0.356 - 21 - Zu - Carboniferous
0.353 - 7 - Big Business - Mind the Drift
0.353 - 6 - Xasthur - All Reflections Drained
0.345 - 17 - Zombi - Spirit Animal
0.344 - 6 - Jesu - Infinity
0.344 - 7 - Nadja - When I See the Sun Always Shines on TV
0.342 - 11 - Amesoeurs - Amesoeurs
0.341 - 18 - The Gates of Slumber - Hymns of Blood and Thunder
0.338 - 13 - Lightning Bolt - Earthly Delights
0.337 - 22 - Kylesa - Static Tensions
0.335 - 31 - Mastodon - Crack the Skye
0.335 - 31 - Sunn O))) - Monoliths & Dimensions
0.329 - 30 - Converge - Axe to Fall
0.326 - 22 - Krallice - Dimensional Bleedthrough
0.322 - 24 - Cobalt - Gin
0.317 - 8 - Greymachine - Disconnected
0.314 - 10 - Coalesce - Ox
0.310 - 16 - Om - God Is Good
0.309 - 10 - Oneida - Rated O
0.303 - 6 - Gnaw - This Face
0.301 - 17 - Khanate - Clean Hands Go Foul
0.298 - 22 - Isis - Wavering Radiant
0.279 - 7 - Orthodox - Sentencia
0.269 - 17 - Shrinebuilder - Shrinebuilder
0.254 - 5 - Ahab - The Divinity of Oceans

I knew one of these charts would end up with Madder Mortem at the top! Well done Glenn.

Any other questions of a vaguely computational nature, ask and I'll see what I can do!

Oh, and EZ: you and me, put together, are a potent anti-centric force. I cut kvltosis off at a minimum of 6 votes, or we might have had Wardruna and Eluveitie up there, too.

I wouldn't have heard any of it if you hadn't championed all those bands on Rolling Metal. And Thy Catafalque almost made my ballot too! I hope you steer me towards as much good stuff this year.

Thanks again for doing this guys, great read.