~~~ 15 YEARS OF ILM POLL!!! ~~~ (Metal & Heavy Rock [+ related sub-genres] Edition) RESULTS & DISCUSSION THREAD

'A migraine of wonder'. I'm in.

Going back a bit, I'm an early-Tool obsessive but never got anywhere with 10,000 Days. I've got the CD edition with the daft goggles, too.

Intrigued by Psychic Paramount, sounds like it might be up my street.

imago is Lord Annoying all day every day! :D (a compliment)

I voted for that Tool album out of sheer nostalgia for my first year at uni.

that is actually my metal sobriquet fyi

TIE
154 Mournful Congregation - The June Frost 146 Points, 4 Votes
http://i.imgur.com/eCP4OGI.jpg
https://open.spotify.com/album/38wNvyZy52onN2WOnNoGR3
spotify:album:38wNvyZy52onN2WOnNoGR3

154 Solstafir - Svartir Sandar 146 Points, 4 Votes
http://i.imgur.com/wI9nd5j.jpg
https://open.spotify.com/album/4Yh2OXnwETq6ZDWbFFIuLe
spotify:album:4Yh2OXnwETq6ZDWbFFIuLe

haha all you envy fans luv emo

I think both of them may have been on my ballot

Probably the biggest reason I can listen to Envy and hardly any other screamo is the fact I can't understand what he's whining about xp

I wish there were a little more to Alcest. I respond to them on some level, but it feels superficial.

There's No 'I' in Envy...

Envy are the reason I have a Thursday record (its a split vinyl release)

It's funny to think that hydrahead bands were once known as screamo bands until post metal came along

I still think Brad should run an all-time emo album poll

omg yes

then old skool emo hardcore can fight with the ilm chart friendly mall stuff

153 Neurosis - The Eye Of Every Storm 146 Points, 5 Votes
http://i.imgur.com/9DuAvVe.jpg

Lol I wonder if Pinkerton wd place in an all time emo poll...

The last great thing Neurosis have done (the last two weren't bad, but...)

Pinkerton would prob win a lot of emo polls but maybe not on ILM

They were clearly waning on this one imo

152 Disma - Towards The Megalith 146.6 Points, 5 Votes
http://i.imgur.com/yisaoVF.jpg
https://open.spotify.com/album/0yOqMTXhGpFcEHTPwLsryf
spotify:album:0yOqMTXhGpFcEHTPwLsryf

http://www.metalinjection.net/politics/disma-kicked-off-deathfest-due-to-nazi-ties-after-10-bands-threaten-to-drop-off

lol, I was just about to check them out cos I like OSDM these days band I dig the cover but fuck it

dont read the comments on that article

I wish there were a little more to Alcest. I respond to them on some level, but it feels superficial.

― jmm, Monday, 12 September 2016 18:21 (twenty-two minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

This exactly - although I do love listening to them, the aesthetic goes a long way in selling the music convincingly.

people really raved about that album btw and maybe its better to just remember that than read BTL with lots of white nationalists, anti-semites and people moaning about SJW's

151 Esoteric - Subconscious Dissolution Into the Continuum 147 Points, 3 Votes, One #1
http://i.imgur.com/mQKpcnw.jpg
https://open.spotify.com/album/5swHqaEHehmg2SGQEiQNMw
spotify:album:5swHqaEHehmg2SGQEiQNMw

Siegbran did you vote for this?

Is this like the last two Esoteric albums?

Listen to it and find out

150 Cynic - Traced In Air 147.625 Points, 6 Votes. One #1
http://i.imgur.com/Rw3s1w6.jpg
https://open.spotify.com/album/7cjLJUMUyoS6pFut8fkSOo
spotify:album:7cjLJUMUyoS6pFut8fkSOo

This just missed out on my top 100

yesssss

I put this on my ballot at the last minute, then edited my ballot twice, each time putting it higher. It's awesome

TIE
148 Baroness - Yellow & Green 148 Points, 4 Votes
http://i.imgur.com/8BNGZ74.jpg
https://open.spotify.com/album/4mSoz87AFyUIcZlCmwbI8s
spotify:album:4mSoz87AFyUIcZlCmwbI8s

148 Oneida - Each One Teach One 148 Points, 4 Votes
http://i.imgur.com/ycjAYIF.jpg
https://open.spotify.com/album/1y2huEv3i1homXLHV9W4hf
spotify:album:1y2huEv3i1homXLHV9W4hf

that's my #1 on Cynic

my favorite prog metal tends to be the stuff that avoids the trappings of power metal / symphonic metal. not that i don't like the latter but it feels too obvious a lot of the time

147 Harvey Milk - Life The Best Game In Town 148.6 Points, 6 Votes
http://i.imgur.com/qnrlPp4.jpg
https://open.spotify.com/album/6vM94PYeGkn35S8bB8vJmg
spotify:album:6vM94PYeGkn35S8bB8vJmg

Wouldve been a bit higher if jjj had voted

146 Deftones - White Pony 149 Points, 6 Votes
http://i.imgur.com/sMLFzUe.jpg
https://open.spotify.com/album/5LEXck3kfixFaA3CqVE7bC
spotify:album:5LEXck3kfixFaA3CqVE7bC

white pony was not nearly as cool upon revisit as i remember it being as a teen - big disappointment

pfft it is still super cool

and also my no. 2 or 3 i don't remember

Noone saves their ballot?

Oh, I do

i did i'm just being lazy

145 Jesu - Conqueror 149.1 Points, 6 Votes
http://i.imgur.com/z5XXWyZ.jpg
https://open.spotify.com/album/2po76dzEfWHWzxNnp8zYPP
spotify:album:2po76dzEfWHWzxNnp8zYPP

Prefer Jesu 1 tbh

Cynic track recommendation: just plunge into The Space For This, if you dig the palm-muted riff into distorted whammy intro then you're aboard

144 Harvey Milk - A Small Turn Of Human Kindness 150.6 Points, 6 Votes
http://i.imgur.com/ECDzCSM.jpg
https://open.spotify.com/album/2U8p8554m2MLrR2Edl0nLj
spotify:album:2U8p8554m2MLrR2Edl0nLj

oh good glad this placed ahead of life which is fun but also the most inconsequential harvey milk record