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

It is when there's not just a tiny showing of glam/hair metal, but a nearly non-existent presence at all. xps

Hey, you know what, I feel like dancing! D-A-N-C-I-N-G! So, like, we goin' Justice or we goin' Music For Airports?

121
Judas Priest · British Steel (1980) (348 Points, 11 votes)
http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/drf300/f306/f30660qz9oa.jpg
http://open.spotify.com/album/4OwBaU87F1fKR9xAQ5qdhQ

ffs lj, THERE IS FUN GOOD METAL OUT THERE, BUT I SEEM TO BE THE ONLY PERSON WHO VOTED FOR ANY OF IT.

British Steel = far too low. If normal people were voting, this would've been top 30 easy.

"normal"

there is good fun metal out there, and lots of it was made by Devin Townsend :D

<3 British Steel!

British Steel is quite a fun album, can everyone agree on that?

i was about to post my list of fun metal that has placed so far here but i started w/SGM and realized that things were going to degenerate from there into an argument about fun. which isnt fun. so i stopped.

the people who voted for all these albums have fun with them.

but johnny doesn't want them to have that kind of fun!

Also, anthrax Among The Living is a ton of fucking fun, if you cant have fun w/caught in a mosh u r dead inside.

xpost actually i agree w/pfunks statement for sure. i dont think anyone was secret balloting a NO FUN ALL SRS CRED ballot, peeps just dig different things.

but anyway johnny, its 2010, you cant expect people to only vote for 70s & 80s metal of the era you like just like LJ cant expect people to only vote for post 1990 albums.

How many times to I have to restate that I like Anthrax and did indeed vote for Among the Living? IT Я FUN!!!!!!!!

I'm not expecting people to only vote for '70s and '80s albums. But I was expecting a respectable showing for some things that anywhere else besides this place are held in high esteem, only to be belittled and treated as a complete joke here.

One of the only joyful things about opening this thread at this point is seeing the Girlschool album up there are #300. Them shits is fun.

are=at

Johnny Fever = upping Deftones & Attack of the Killer B's = doing God's work on this thread...

But I was expecting a respectable showing for some things that anywhere else besides this place are held in high esteem, only to be belittled and treated as a complete joke here.

― Johnny Fever,

1989? ;)

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) (230 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)
198 TIED Monster Magnet - Powertrip (1998) (292 Points, 10 votes)
198 TIED Dissection - Storm of the Light's Bane (1995) (292 Points, 10 votes)
197 The Young Gods - L'eau Rouge (1989) (292 Points, 11 votes - ONE #1 vote)
196 Orphaned Land - Mabool (2004) (293 Points, 10 votes - ONE #1 vote)
195 Screaming Trees - Dust (1996) (294 Points, 7 votes)
194 Warhorse - As Heaven Turns to Ash () (296 Points, 7 votes - ONE #1 vote)
193 System of a Down - Toxicity (2001) (297 Points, 8 votes)
191 TIED Ludicra - Fex Urbis Lex Orbis (2006) (298 Points 8 votes - ONE #1 vote)
191 TIED Blue Öyster Cult - Secret Treaties (1974)(298 Points 8 votes - ONE #1 vote)
189 TIED Voivod - Angel Rat (1991) (299 Points, 9 votes)
189 TIED Drudkh - Forgotten Legends (2003) (299 Points, 9 votes)
188 Sarcofago - Inri (1987) (301 Points, 9 votes)
187 At The Drive-In - Relationship of Command (2000) (302 Points, 8 votes)
186 Hellhammer - Triumph of Death (1983) (302 Points, 9 votes)
185 Pungent Stench - Been Caught Buttering (1991) (302 Points, 10 votes)
184 Grief - Come to Grief (1994) (304 Points, 8 votes)
183 Aerosmith - Toys in the Attic (1975) (304 Points, 9 votes)
182 Sunn O))) - Black One (2005) (305 Points, 8 votes)
181 Isis - Panopticon (2004) (306 Points, 8 votes)
180 Gorgoroth - Destroyer (Or About How to Philosophize With the Hammer) (1998) (307 Points, 9 votes)
179 Angel Witch - Angel Witch (1980) (308 Points, 8 votes)
178 Harvey Milk - Special Wishes (2006) (308 Points, 10 votes)
177 Melvins - Lysol (1992) (309 Points, 8 votes - ONE #1 vote)
176 Melvins - Gluey Porch Treatments (1987) (309 Points, 9 votes)
175 Screaming Trees - Sweet Oblivion (1992) (310 Points, 8 votes)
174 Sepultura - Beneath the Remains (1989) (310 Points, 9 votes)
173 Cobalt - Gin (2009) (310 Points, 11 votes)
172 Jane's Addiction - Ritual de Lo Habitual (1990) (311 Points, 6 votes)
171 Manic Street Preachers - Generation Terrorists (1992) (311 Points, 8 votes - ONE #1 vote)
168 TIED Deicide - Deicide (1990) (311 Points, 9 votes)
168 TIED Ministry - Land of Rape & Honey (1988) (311 Points, 9 votes)
168 TIED Nachtmystium - Instincts Decay (2006) (311 Points, 9 votes)
167 Sunn O))) - Monoliths and Dimensions (2009) (311 Points, 10 votes)
165 TIED Megadeth - Peace Sells...But Who's Buyin? (1986) (311 Points, 11 votes)
165 TIED Manilla Road - Mystification (1987) (311 Points, 11 votes)
163 TIED Manic Street Preachers - The Holy Bible (1994) (312 Points, 9 votes)
163 TIED Iron Maiden - Powerslave (1983) (312 Points, 9 votes)
162 Baroness - Red Album (2007) (313 Points, 9 votes)
161 Esoteric - Metamorphogenesis (1999) (314 Points, 10 votes)
160 Jane's Addiction - Nothings Shocking (1988) (315 Points, 8 votes)
159 Godflesh - Pure (1992) (316 Points, 9 votes)
158 Melvins - Houdini (1993) (318 Points, 8 votes)
157 Anthrax - Among the Living (1987) (318 Points, 9 votes)
156 Wolves in the Throne Room - Two Hunters (2007) (318 Points, 10 votes)
155 Manic Street Preachers - Gold Against the Soul (1993) (319 Points, 8 votes)
154 Candlemass · Epicus Doomicus Metallicus (1986) (319 Points, 9 votes)
153 Immortal · At the Heart of Winter (1999) (321 Points, 9 votes)
152 Torche · Meanderthal (2008) (321 Points, 10 votes)
151 Venom · Black Metal (1982) (322 Points , 9 votes - ONE #1 vote)
150 Judas Priest · Screaming for Vengeance (1982) (322 Points, 10 votes)
149 Baroness · Blue Record (2009) (323 Points, 12 votes)
148 Bathory · Under the Sign of the Black Mark (1987) (324 Points, 8 votes)
147 Slough Feg · Ape Uprising! (2009) (324 Points, 9 votes)
146 Napalm Death · Scum (1987) (325 Points, 9 votes)
145 Slayer · South of Heaven (1988) (326 Points, 10 votes)
144 Fudge Tunnel · Hate Songs in E-Minor (1991) (329 Points, 10 votes - ONE #1 vote)
142 TIED Unida · Coping With the Urban Coyote (1999) (330 Points, 9 votes)
142 TIED Absu · Tara (2001) (330 Points, 9 votes)
140 TIED Soundgarden · Superunknown (1994) (331 Points, 8 votes)
140 Dio · Holy Diver TIED (1983) (331 Points, 8 votes)
139 Monster Magnet · Dopes to Infinity (1995) (331 Points, 10 votes)
138 Hanoi Rocks · Bangkok Shocks, Saigon Shakes, Hanoi Rocks (1981) (332 Points, 7 votes)
137 Yob · Elaborations of Carbon (2002) (332 Points, 10 votes - ONE #1 vote)
136 Yob · The Illusion of Motion (2004) (334 Points, 8 votes)
135 Cryptopsy · None So Vile (1996) (334 Points, 9 votes)
134 Ulver · Blood Inside (2005) (337 Points, 8 voters)
133 Helmet · Meantime (1992) (339 Points, 9 votes)
132 Agalloch · The Mantle (2002) (340 Points, 9 votes)
131 Smashing Pumpkins · Siamese Dream (1993) (341 Points, 8 votes)
130 Sepultura · Chaos AD (1993) (342 Points, 8 votes)
129 Esoteric · The Maniacal Vale (2008) (342 Points, 10 votes)
128 Nine Inch Nails · The Downward Spiral (1994) (343 Points, 8 votes)
127 Iron Maiden · Piece of Mind (1983) (342 Points, 9 votes)
126 Yob · The Unreal Never Lived (2005) (342 Points, 9 votes - ONE #1 vote)
125 Earth · The Bees Made Honey in the Lion's Skull (2008) (344 Points, 10 votes)
124 Earth · Earth 2 (1993) (345 Points, 8 votes)
123 Isis · Celestial (2000) (345 Points, 8 votes- TWO #1 votes)
122 Godflesh · Streetcleaner (1989) (348 Points, 10 votes - TWO #1 votes)
121 Judas Priest · British Steel (1980) (348 Points, 11 votes)

Personally I think that's a good mix, and those Monster Magnet albums are fun, as is the Hanoi Rocks,Unida and more.

Monster Magnet has always seemed hokey to me, but fun enough.
Hanoi Rocks was never any good.
Unida I don't know at all. I'll check it out.

Okay, Unida gets a thumbs up in the same way Fu Manchu and Hellacopters do. Makes me wanna hop in a '66 GTO and barrel through New Mexico at 120 mph.

Where's all the funk metal at? The Bad Brains disc, I guess.

Where's all the funk metal at? The Bad Brains disc, I guess.

― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, August 10, 2010 12:37 AM (7 minutes ago)

buried in a toxic waste barrel at the bottom of the ocean, one hopes

Hell, Aerosmith is funky enough for these people.

Jane's Addiction were seen as funk metal.

Anyone else got any thoughts on todays albums?

And tomorrow we will break into the top 100.

I was sort of figuring that if not one, not two, but three Manic Street Preachers albums made it, then how much of a stretch is it for, say, the Red Hot Chili Peppers to make it?

Love seeing stuff like Yob and Earth up against Judas Priest and Iron Maiden.

I'm glad someone likes it!

Last weekend I listened to Manilla Road - Open The Gates and Goatsnake - Flower Of Disease for the first time. Both are more fun than bouncy tiggers, and will seek out more. I'm reminded that I need to hear more YOB, but at that moment it's feeling like more an obligation than compulsion. I slogged through the first three Manic Street Preachers albums, and while one in four tunes are decent, it still felt mostly like a chore and left me unmoved. I'll shelve for another try later. I'll also wait 'til I'm in the mood for YOB.

Monster Magnet were a little hokey, but also pretty awesome for their first few albums. I listened to them a ton back in the day, and were definitely a gateway to Hawkind. Seemingly unrelated, but I also listened to a lot of Mule in the 90s, and feel like they've been unfairly forgotten. Their live shows were such a satisfying balance of a thick groove and a bludgeoning, like a southern rockin (via Michigan) version of Jesus Lizard.

Animal Collective, etc. Joyless, musician-y deliberate seriousness at the expense of any color.

Not to get all indie defensive, but if anything, Animal Collective are one of the lone "indie" bands with a high profile to be bringing a sense of joy, color, etc. and unserious, playful, creative fun to the Pfork set.

Glad these all placed, btw (and I realize I am the least metal person on this thread for saying so):

149 Baroness · Blue Record (2009) (323 Points, 12 votes)
131 Smashing Pumpkins · Siamese Dream (1993) (341 Points, 8 votes)
128 Nine Inch Nails · The Downward Spiral (1994) (343 Points, 8 votes)
125 Earth · The Bees Made Honey in the Lion's Skull (2008) (344 Points, 10 votes)
124 Earth · Earth 2 (1993) (345 Points, 8 votes)
123 Isis · Celestial (2000) (345 Points, 8 votes- TWO #1 votes)
122 Godflesh · Streetcleaner (1989) (348 Points, 10 votes - TWO #1 votes)

TWO #1 VOTES FOR GODFLESH

YESSSSS

Umm one of them was mine. TOO LOW.

I finally got a chance to look this over. Bizarre results.

Major albums placing far lower than a lot of stuff that has no business on a list like this.

In what universe is Screaming for Vengeance not a top 100 metal album?

in a universe where Nirvana is a guaranteed top ten entry maybe?

Welcome to ILM, Nate!

ILM prides itself on bizarre results where lists look different to the same old lists everywhere else has.

120
Voivod · Dimension Hatröss (1988) (350 Points, 7 votes - ONE #1 Vote)
http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/drd400/d464/d46446lljeu.jpg

Put on your metal faces, gentlemen. Hermie's going in.

some excellent albums to come

the next couple are a lot of fun too

heh, if these results had been the predictable same as everywhere else kind, there would be loads of moaning too. You cant win!

so what do you all prefer, predictable same old metal/heavy rock lists or surprising ones?

Loaded question! I like surprises, as long as I won't be surprised by, like, Kix or Celine Dion or something in the top 10. But I haven't seen Xhuxk around.

lol, chuck didn't vote.

who wants another album?