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

fair warning: very little of it is in 11/16 meter, so you probably wont like it much.

xp - i don't think anyone was saying that, lj.

also, the drummer has more fingers and toes than he does drums, so that might ruin it for you as well.

lol

btw imma huge devin townsend fan remember - that guy is like 4/4 4eva (mostly)

pfunkboy was saying that it wasn't metal! i've heard it's still a DM album but one that tries a few new and interesting things and does it well i.e. the sort of thing i ought to be hearing

jj you may joke about dream theater but i've often written here that they're pretty much one of the worst bands ever

I'm pretty sure pfunk was joking...

No, i was jokingly saying that people say its not metal, and that's why it appeals to you!

well, half-jokingly.. :)

200 is gonna be fun btw..

I hope henry will be around, he HATES it

but 201 to come first

200 is ulver isn't it

200. S.O.D - Speak English or Die

201 Cirith Ungol · King of the Dead (1984) (291 Points, 9 votes)
http://www.metal-archives.com/images/1/7/6/6/1766.jpg
http://open.spotify.com/album/5yFnOSjF9MFMokZwXvwofm

If you have a record with a cover like this in your collection, you have already managed to roll a successful saving throw against "having a girlfriend".

fuck yeah that was on my shortlist but got cut!

^ has a wife

and I have a WIFE! (started with full 18 charisma points tho)

here's the recap before we got to #200:

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)
228 Gojira - From Mars to Sirius (2005) (283 Points, 11 votes)
227 Nachtmystium - Assassins: Black Meddle Part I (2008) (284 Points, 7 votes)
225 TIED Carcass - Necrotism (Descanting the Insalubrious) (1991) (284 Points, 8 votes)
225 TIED AC/DC - Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap () (284 Points, 8 votes)
224 Asunder - Works Will Come Undone (2006) (284 Points, 10 votes)
223 Blue Öyster Cult - Tyranny and Mutation (1973) (285 points, 7 votes)
222 Grief - Dismal (1993) (285 points, 8 voters)
220 TIED Def Leppard - Pyromania (1983) (285 points, 9 votes)
220 TIED Alcest - Souvenirs d'Un Autre Monde (2007) (285 points, 9 votes)
219 Witchfinder General - Death Penalty (1982) (286 Points, 7 votes)
218 Danzig - Danzig III: How the Gods Kill (1992)
216 TIE Sarcofago - The Laws of Scourge (1991) (286 Points, 9 votes)
216 TIE Mercyful Fate - Dont Break the Oath (286 Points, 9 votes)
215 Manilla Road - The Deluge (1986) (287 Points, 41)
214 Warning - Watching From a Distance (2006) (287 Points, 8 votes - ONE #1 vote)
213 Queens of the Stone Age - Rated R (2000) (287 Points, 9 Votes)
212 Death - Scream Bloody Gore (1987) (288 Points, 7 votes)
211 The Angelic Process - Weighing Souls With Sand (2007) (288 Points, 9 votes)
210 Graves at Sea - Documents of Grief (2004) (288 Points, 11 votes)
209 Boris • At Last - Feedbacker (2003) (289 Points, 7 votes)
208 Acrimony - Tumuli Shroomaroom (1996) (289 Points, 8 votes)
207 Winter - Into Darkness (1990) (290 Points, 7 votes)
205 TIED Khanate - Things Viral (2001) (290 Points, 8 votes)
205 TIED Black Sabbath - Mob Rules (1981) (290 Points, 8 votes)
204 Diamond Head - Lightning to the Nations (1980) (290 Points, 11 votes)
202 TIED Cathedral - Forest of Equilibrium (1991) (291 Points, 8 votes)
202 TIED Gorguts - Obscura (1998) (291 Points, 8 votes)
201 Cirith Ungol • King of the Dead (1984) (291 Points, 9 votes)

200 Ulver · Shadows of the Sun (2007) (292 Points, 9 votes)
http://www.alexandruvita.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/Herb-Alpert-Whipped-Cream.jpg

Thats what henry keeps the album in so his friends don't know he owns it. Its his guilty pleasure.

oh whoops how did that happen

http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/drj000/j095/j09576xinzr.jpg

Finally some metal for people that find Smooth Jazz a little too intense and aggressive.

:D called it

were I allowed a ballot, this amazing album would have gotten more points. even if it's metal as wanking over your own stick-figure drawing of a woman

(actually it IS pretty metal - grim, terrifying, relentless, uncompromising, heavy, involving, brutal)

but electronic

metal doesn't HAVE to be loud guitars we're all adults aren't we

Imagine what it might have sounded like if Garm hadn't had to pawn all the guitars because of his non-fixed interest mortgage! xpost

Synth is Metal. I will never sway from that position.

I love electronic period Ulver, but it's not metal.

listen to 'Like Music' and tell me you ain't just heard genius* in 3.5 minutes

*not necessarily metal ;)

198 TIED
Monster Magnet · Powertrip (1998) (292 Points, 10 votes)
http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/drf300/f365/f36501ma6lq.jpg
http://open.spotify.com/album/1MBtDyRT0bAnv4zbeUSLs1

198 TIED
Dissection · Storm of the Light's Bane (1995) (292 Points, 10 votes)
http://www.metal-archives.com/images/7/6/8/768.jpg

kerr, u were right about the Acrimony album. I can't believe I haven't heard it before now. Really great.

Powertrip beat Spine of God?

Thats just so wrong...

I knew you would, Mordy.

197
The Young Gods · L'eau Rouge (1989) (292 Points, 11 votes - ONE #1 vote)
http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/drc300/c300/c30084qs8yu.jpg
http://open.spotify.com/album/3pIbqidFqx4fVljrJwAaAs

One of my votes.

I didn't know Mike Patton had a French-themed side project.

the young gods are swiss, saw them live in 1995, awesome gig. LJ needs to hear it pronto.

I have their album from 2007! It's good! :D

hmmmm i do not care for/about the young gods really

I'd just like to say that this list is pretty great so far, apart from the Smashing Pumpkins.

And Sleepytime Gorilla Museum.

o_O

The Young Gods were far better when they sang in French, i.e. their first 2 albums (I gave up after TV Sky so maybe they went back to French later?)

to be fair i only have one young gods cd and it is awful, so i shouldnt judge them just according to that

I found them to be a band of diminishing returns on each subsequent album. Amazing live band back in the day tho

Only Heaven was fantastic

196
Orphaned Land · Mabool (2004) (293 Points, 10 votes - ONE #1 vote)
http://www.metal-archives.com/images/3/2/7/6/32762.JPG
http://open.spotify.com/album/2faceyDbQglry7mPc9CGQR

oh hahahaha i just looked, guess which young gods album it is

the one lj likes best as he hasnt heard the superior albums?

a hint - the album i own is very popular on music site ILM apparently