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

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