ILM's Top 77 Albums of 2013

I played the Neko on the radio a lot (it was on rotation) but would probably never listen to it on my own initiative

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53 CARCASS Surgical Steel (344 points, 9 votes, 3 first place votes)

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Phew, feel less guilty about not voting now.

Lex's no1 obv.

3 #1s! We're not going to see that again until, uh, tomorrow.

Anything here that would be accessible to a non-fan of metal?

voted for the Donato Dozzy and the Ka albums. They serve a similar purpose for me, in that they are both very much mood pieces. I think Ka's lyrics are confounding, being so dense that the effort it takes to fully appreciate them carries me out of the mood of the music, which is where I'd rather be

sean: no.

Thanks people who voted for the Dozzy album, really enjoyed it.

I tried so damn hard to love this album because she's great. I found it tuneless.

― Bryan Fairy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, January 28, 2014 12:12 PM (25 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

so like all of her albums since blacklisted. i got to the ridiculous honolulu one this time before i gave up.

It's quite trad rocky in a lot of its arrangements, some very melodic lead parts. Try 'Cadaver Conveyor Pouch System', 'Noncompliance to astm f899-12 standard' or "The Granulating Dark Satanic Mills'. The vocals may prove a stumbling block.

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for anyone who wants Carcass at their "most" "pop" I recommend "The Granulating Dark Satanic Mills."

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It seems to be a photo of garbage which fits in with the whole vaporwave thing but it seems lazy and not very compelling, except it compels me to hate it. Maybe because it's so fugly. And maybe somebody thought to arrange that photo, in which case, IDK if that's worse or not... Anyway it's a pretty good ambient record but I voted for Tim Hecker instead. xpost

Donato Dozzy is the first thing on here I straight-up hadn't even heard of that seems interesting.

i'm not super big on 'middle cyclone' these days and this one isn't hitting me yet (might need to spend more time with both), but i think 'the tigers have spoken' and 'fox confessor' are both incredible.

thanks al for turning me on to that Donato Dozzy album, think you mentioned it on ILV

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52 SAVAGES Silence Yourself (346 points, 15 votes, 1 first place vote)

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my favorites off the new Neko Case are "Night Still Comes" and "Bracing for Sunday"

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I shd have thrown this on the bottom of my ballot tbh, it was a very enjoyable listen even if it didn't melt my mind (like Gorguts)

uhhh Carcass obv

i voted for 'night still comes' in the tracks poll, it's great

I don't know why I automatically lose interest as soon as a metal riff kicks in - maybe I should take it to BB's autoconditioning thread.

I really love most of Neko's albums, but couldn't get into the latest one at all. It really drags, and am surprised so many rate it. It seems to be a similar case, to a lesser extent, to PJ Harvey's last one.

Well Surgical Steel is made entirely out of metal riffs so it's probably a lost cause for you.

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Hm, getting worried that no more of my choices will make it now, the number of votes needed to get on the list seems to be pretty high.

Not got much to say about things that have placed so far, I will try to sample some of the ones I don't know and find something semi-interesting to say.

J0rdan imma call you out on your shit here: Gorguts got 9 minutes before the next album was posted, Carcass 11. As poll chief d'ya think you could perhaps at least strive to hide your contempt a little?

wtf chill out

An EP with Shut Up // She Will // Husbands // Marshall Dear or perhaps I Am Here would have been one of my favorite releases this year.

Carcass is very pop-streamlined as death metal goes. Easy to rock out to.

J0rdan imma call you out on your shit here: Gorguts got 9 minutes before the next album was posted, Carcass 11. As poll chief d'ya think you could perhaps at least strive to hide your contempt a little?

― in fact, do read if you hate me (imago), Tuesday, January 28, 2014 12:47 PM (1 minute ago) Bookmark

yeah cuz i'm really salivating to read some posts about savages

Fortunately people are still allowed to talk about an album once the next one has been posted.

Which just happened.

J0rdan imma call you out on your shit here: Gorguts got 9 minutes before the next album was posted, Carcass 11. As poll chief d'ya think you could perhaps at least strive to hide your contempt a little?

― in fact, do read if you hate me (imago), Tuesday, January 28, 2014 12:47 PM (1 minute ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

this is, seriously, maybe the single most psychotic post in the history of ilx. print it, put it in a frame.

lolol

10-minute lag is pretty standard for rollouts - JF slowed his down this year but that's more the exception than the rule. Prefer a brisk-ish pace myself tbh.

you guys

Enjoying Carcass more than I enjoyed Gorguts, but suspect this might well be due to the fact that I'm not trying to listen to it first thing in the morning.

Obama just raised fed minimum wage, let's lobby him to raise ILE's so volunteers can get paid to do this shit

i'm completely ambivalent about metal btw ... i have much more "contempt" for factory floor or rhye or whatever

glad carcass, gorguts, and dj sprinkles placed, all way high on my ballot

As a former poll runner I can vouch for the self control it takes not to splurge all the results in half an hour.

trv (kvlt) challop: jeff walker's vocals are actually pop

i think what lj is het up abt is the lingering attention given to some community faves makes it seem like a brisk succession from one alb (e.g. carcass) to another is saying, 'well not much to say here obv, lol metal'.

The only song on the Savages album that I don't think works that well is "Hit Me" and that's mostly because by the time the album hits that point I'm anxiously anticipating "Husbands"; I may try swapping those in the play order and see if I like it more.

Awesome! Neko Case & Carcass. Terrific double whammy! yay!

I usually try to keep it around 4 placings per hour. 5 if I'm in a hurry.

Enjoying Carcass more than I enjoyed Gorguts, but suspect this might well be due to the fact that I'm not trying to listen to it first thing in the morning.

― keiji cretins (NickB)

Also they are considerably more accessible.

Thrashers Abattoir is a pretty cool two minute blast. I like plenty of metal vox, but this guy, not so sure. I like the production on this a lot.

ty j., precisely. also welcome to team psycho *applies corpsepaint*

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51 ASHLEY MONROE Like a Rose (348 points, 13 votes)

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nice! would've voted for ashley monroe if i'd heard enough of it in time.