The ILM 1980s Anti-Rolling Stone Canon (FREE PUSSY RIOT) Rock Poll Results - Tracks! Final top 10 results happening right now.

THAT RIFF! THAT VOICE!

They were obv such a corny band, but they really did have great vocal melodies.

― Neckbeard's Castle (Mr Andy M), Monday, September 24, 2012 4:39 PM (6 minutes ago)

corny maybe, but pound for pound they produced the greatest body of work of any punk band imo

http://userserve-ak.last.fm/serve/_/20789097/Candlemass+_Messiah.jpg

Aldo get in thread

playlist going from the adolescents -> iron maiden is causing some cognitive dissonance

surprised anyone doesn't like "so what", if i'm honest.

like, you look at how a song like "(Everyday Is) Halloween" is structured and then compare it to "So What", which is two minutes longer and has fewer musical ideas in it, and you really start seeing how Ministry really just turned into a vehicle for a drugged-up Jourgenson to shout at a microphone more than a band making music

Even "Flashback", which is a simple 4 minute long aggro blast, introduces more weirdo variations and phrases into its semi-brainless howl of anger than the meandering rumble of "So What", which basically alternates between "here's the part where the guitar noodles" and "here's the part where the guitar plays a riff" with little to no development within those sections distinguishing one from another as the song listlessly alternates through them, at which point I'm basically stuck trying to like the song solely because Al shouts "ANAL FUCKFEST" in it.

and that's why I don't like post-Land and Rape Ministry *bows*

*applause*

Oh not arguing with that, and I'd consider myself a fan. But they do have some elements where... the best way I could put it is I could imagine other people cringing although I don't. And a few indefensible lyrics obv.
xpost to EdwardIII

I get the feeling Dan & John have been arguing about this for over 20 years.

Didn't vote for Candlemass, but Messiah era is great, aye. Chapter VI is fucking dreadful though.

I just want to say however WHY WASN'T JUST LIKE YOU NOMINATED?

Dio pwns

and I know it's assumed when I'm posting now but fyi its' criminal that Rainbow isn't higher

hehehehe aldo is still sore from a messiah-less candlemass making a power metal album and not doom.

I strongly considered nominating Twitch era songs but they didn't feel sufficiently "rock" enough for what I thought ppl were looking for

In retrospect, I would have nominated the entire album and voted for "Isle of Man" and "The Angel Song"

136 Ministry - Deity 339 6 Votes
http://open.spotify.com/track/2C4r66hSqKhvTvBHxZiJG3
http://youtu.be/h6MAPQw665Y

Did Dan nip out for a crap?

135 Celtic Frost - Procreation Of The Wicked 340 Points, 5 Votes
http://open.spotify.com/track/3TNb7BL1votP59buumqgrv
http://youtu.be/Fa4gp8CNSes

If you don't dig this you're dead to me.

I do like "Deity" but it's not my favorite Rape and Honey song (which would be "You Know What You Are" or "Flashback")

It's no Into The Crypt Of Rays.

btw I'm listening to "Fascist Jock Itch" right now and kind of mad that I didn't vote for it; the Ministry template from this era works so much better on non-Ministry bands

I know I've been a bit 'meh' about most of the metal selections so far (this is just vmic for me I'm afraid) but yeah, this Celtic Frost one I quite like.

how can anyone be meh about Candlemass?????

Think I tend to like my metal mid-to-slow tempo and chunky/crunchy sounding (with a few exceptions, e.g. I love Motothead's uptempo stuff).

yeah cmon Candlemass is awesome

xpost well then Candlemass is yr thing, they are super slow!

yeah I don't remember hearing Candlemass before today and that's kind of my takeaway "I should look into this band more" for the day

xpost the vocals are certainly impressive, I'll give you that. They're not in a style I'd go out of my way for, but he's good at what he does.

also if "Tin Omen" doesn't show up on this poll I'm gonna pitch one

Candlemass go from super slow to mid-paced epic doom and back again. Just like Trouble both bands are the gods of the genre along with a certain SST band.

ok the cries of TOO LOW are really gonna come thick and fast now. But blame those who cba voting.

134 Slayer - Raining Blood 347 Points, 7 Votes
http://open.spotify.com/track/01Mpj13vURSO3cCLprPt5T
http://youtu.be/QgpzLUCY0rU

actually was it "Tin Omen 1" that was the slightly slower version that popped up on the "Worlock" single? that version is full-on creepfest menacing awesome with about as close as Skinny Puppy comes to a bravura vocal performance

YOU ARE FUCKING KIDDING

^he's talking about Slayer.

Looool.

reign in blood v. high in my album ballot

with a few exceptions, tracks from albums that were on my album ballot got dropped off my tracks ballot

I had that as a lock for the top 10.

although "Tin Omen 1" does miss the howl of rage over the double-time section

I think the takeaway is this: "Tin Omen" is fucking awesome and I would recommend ppl buy the album Rabies solely for that song, even though there are other good songs on the album

oh hey, are you guys talking about Slayer or something

I suppose thrash metal hating hair metallers will be sniggering.

yeah Dan I think we're 2 days ahead of you

btw Scratch Acid is fucking fantastic

that first scratch acid EP is a thing of perfection

The next one up I assumed was a lock for the top 10 too, but like slayer, it misses out.

is it true skinny puppy wrote call me maybe

ike, you look at how a song like "(Everyday Is) Halloween" is structured and then compare it to "So What", which is two minutes longer and has fewer musical ideas in it, and you really start seeing how Ministry really just turned into a vehicle for a drugged-up Jourgenson to shout at a microphone more than a band making music

i actually pretty much agree with you and i think "mind.." is an extremely so-so album but i think i probably have a penchant for "so what" from when i would mix it into banging techno tracks at extremely high volumes and watching people on ecstasy have an instant comedown.

haha okay if I had that type of association with "So What" I would probably like it more

digging scratch acid much more now than i did at the time.

Reign in Blood is just one long chunk of rancor. difficult if not impossible (and also perverse) to split it into singles.

So heavy rock fans who sniggered at Slayer placing so low pick your chins up off the floor.