THE ILM METAL POLL 2011 RESULTS (All lurkers/non metalheads welcome to join in!)

True 9 votes is not bad at all actually. I'm actually more surprised with the low placement of Woods of Desolation, given the whole post-BM hype and all, WITTR, Krallice, Drudkh etc.

No preference, whatever's best/easiest for you

finish it on Friday. already moving too quickly to listen to the stuff that looks interesting

i'll go with what the majority wants.

i agree with LL

this is a lot of work (thx btw) so if you want to spread it out til Friday to make it easier on yourself then have at it

its no more hassle to do it over 4 days than 5 tbh

i just know that some people leave work on a friday before it ends and wont see any results til monday so thats why im asking

if we finish on friday then theres only 3 more for tonight

103. Black Tusk - Set the Dial (317 Points, 12 Votes)
http://www.relapse.com/media/catalog/product/cache/1/image/364x/9df78eab33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95/s/e/setthedialrgb_1.jpg
Spotify

http://www.last.fm/music/Black+Tusk

Black Tusk is a sludge band from Savannah, Georgia, United States formed in 2005

who on ilx are all the big sludge fans? i feel like most of it is totally off my radar

Man, a good chunk of my list has been burned off already. That Machine Head record was in my top five, it's fantastic but I understand why it placed so low on this particular poll.

Meanwhile, I don't understand why ASR is sidetracking his own thread into conversation about a secondhand account of an article that he knows is idiotic?

myself, jjj and a bunch of others

btw where is j3ff?

lol xp

maybe machine head and others would have done better if people had campaigned for them and persuaded everyone to listen to them.

102. Animals As Leaders - Weightless (336 Points, 12 Votes)
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-rkOcd4UQDWg/TrO6EY4FnBI/AAAAAAAABIU/_NFoyUaIlek/s1600/Animals-As-Leaders-Weightless.jpg

Animals as Leaders is a Washington, D.C. based instrumental progressive metal project by guitarist Tosin Abasi in 2007. Their self-titled debut album was released in April 2009 by Prosthetic Records.

Decent list so far. I really like 90% of that Machine Head record, but that goddamn kiddie's chorus kills all momentum dead.

I like that part, I think it adds a nice contrast to the blunt brutality of the rest of the song.

Aw c'mon, that deserved better.

101. Karma to Burn - V (341 Points, 14 Votes)
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Spotify
http://www.last.fm/music/Karma+To+Burn

Karma to Burn is an American instrumental stoner rock band. The band was formed in 1994, in Hicksville, West Virginia (actually Morgantown, West Virginia, though this was a running joke also reflected in bios of the band on other Web sites). The band is currently located in Los Angeles

Whoops, I sent in the top 50 I did for MSN in early December and forgot to stick in Vektor. Best thrash album of 2011 right there, it grew on me in a big way over the last month.

Thanks for voting though! (same to all of you)

You're welcome.

You're weclome.

damn cant find a pic of that still game reference

Direct Link to poll recap & full results

found it!
http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lssuudTgAj1qh4utio1_500.jpg

Need to check out some of these; all I've done so far is listen to the one Pharaoh Overlord album that's on Spotify (from 2005) and been appropriately impressed.

While you're all waiting for part 2 of the countdown tomorrow, why not put together your ballot for the big ILM poll? The more metal-inclined voters we get, the more metal-inclined the results will be and the more enjoyment you'll get from exposing other ILXors to e.g. your favourite grindcore band. The voting thread is here and the ballot form is here.

http://heavyartillery.bandcamp.com/album/outer-isolation (Vektor)
http://blacktusk.bandcamp.com/releases

Windham and Vektor look fun. I look forward to hearing 'em. A pretty high average quality for 125-101, nice start.

yeah I think it's a pretty good list so far. Yeah there's albums i don't know but they seem to be pretty highly rated in their sub-genres.
Surprised with the within temptation placing. Goth metal has never had any traction round here outside of like 2 posters. It's a concept album, right? Maybe that's what attracted votes?
To anyone who has heard it (or any of the albums in the list, its never too late to chime in even if they were posted ages ago) want to tell us more?

I've heard it and it's ok. Just played it again today, didn't notice it was a concept album apart from maybe some silly spoken word parts. I don't hear much "gothic" metal in it tbh, it's basically a Kelly Clarkson pop/rock album with a little bit of 80s AOR thrown in (I'm hearing bits of Heart, Bon Jovi). I realise I'm not selling this album very well.

^^^ Within Temptation, that is.

Ahh, so the description way above about it looking like an album for 12 year old girls is accurate then?

Or for boomers who don't hear "music like this made anymore".

bound to do well in the P&J poll then..

It's like music from alternative chart-rock universe, where grunge and nu-metal never happened

(a parallel universe)

you mean Holland?

Wonder if any non metal folks have stuck around to listen to anything. Though I realise the albums at the top end of the poll will be of more interest, I'd still like to see their comments if they did check anything out. If you have and didn't like anything then dont give up! The poll is varied.

I didn't listen to anything because I'm non metal and just assume most of this stuff sounds like ass. I'm just checking in to see if LULU has shown up yet.

judging by siegbran/mordys posts you should give Within Temptation a try

we have a loose definition of metal btw

and its a broad broad church full of sub-genres of sub-genres of sub-genres. So to dismiss it as 'ass' is silly. Even though I assume you were joking.

Damn it!! I should of voted... Weekend Nachos and Trap Them were my favs of the year and you guys have em that low?!?! whats wrong with you people?!? lol!!

because guys with beards from hell forgot to vote or didn't reply to emails!

Hey mane long time no see!

xp

Interested in what lesser known albums people want to place tomorrow (or highly rated albums they want to crash n burn).
Not many predicting what will go top 10. Go on stick your neck out !

just think that 12 months ago Hellbeard crashed into the poll

I'm a bad person, what do you want from me! lol!
I totally was looking foward to voting, and I got all your emails and heads up, I was just being, as some of you might say, a wanker.. lol!

well we will forgive you if you hang around this week commenting on the albums as they roll out!
ps i bet you like within temptation ;)

hey whats up seanwayne! good to see you around here man