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

oh terria placed! legit masterpiece imo

I have a limited to 50 copies version of this on LP with screenprinted covers.

No, it's not worth anything.

xp

I am also listening to Pantheist. A very promising start!

Yes, The Tenant is a great album, I wasn't expecting it to place since it didn't appear in the extreme metal poll

77 Thy Catafalque - Sgùrr 1727 Points, 9 Votes
http://i.imgur.com/PmJSyEZ.jpg
https://open.spotify.com/album/5DSq4nUklqVcy5GlW03kZm
spotify:album:5DSq4nUklqVcy5GlW03kZm

new album is out on friday

76 Earth - The Bees Made Honey In The Lion's Skull 1728 Points, 10 Votes
http://i.imgur.com/611bvF4.jpg
https://open.spotify.com/album/50lybClNAQNfmuaRhrlGBa
spotify:album:50lybClNAQNfmuaRhrlGBa

Im ok with this album but ended up throwing my vote to Primitive and Deadly, which has From the Zodiacal Light

was this the one after hex?

Its the 2008 one is all I know

That was my #2 or 3 I think. Not metal but a gorgeous record

75 The Gates of Slumber - The Wretch 1751.6 Points, 7 Votes
http://i.imgur.com/mhNviNM.jpg
https://open.spotify.com/album/0IKnSTQkwGtfkEmU7NlaIZ
spotify:album:0IKnSTQkwGtfkEmU7NlaIZ

I assume its dinnertime in the imago household hence he silence?

Such a good Gates of Slumber album - the new band 'Wretch' is really quite good in same vein as well.

Wow, Pantheist was wonderful! Heavy on cheese and melodrama, but really very imaginative and as CS mentioned, very changeable of genre. Broken Statue was my favourite track.

Haha dinnertime here is usually about midnight, if at all. I've just been running amongst deer and goats and imago is promulgating wisdom throughout the land.

writing some kid's arthur miller homework for him

How is francis?

74 Om - Conference of the Birds 1771.1 Points, 10 Votes
http://i.imgur.com/mvQ0A9b.jpg
https://open.spotify.com/album/39uMVfHAEVA703aEcEQln5
spotify:album:39uMVfHAEVA703aEcEQln5

Francis is his usual lugubrious baked-out self!

That Earth album is quite good, but it isn't the one that made my top ten

73 Agalloch - The Serpent Of The Sphere 1772.5 Points, 9 Votes
http://i.imgur.com/5DSMZ8C.jpg
https://open.spotify.com/album/5Jsktg0XuRYrH3vVXPJhcG
spotify:album:5Jsktg0XuRYrH3vVXPJhcG

It begins X/

Corrupted shoulda been higher! My no.1. I think.

says the guy who got every jute gyte album in the poll
xp

what do you have against Agalloch, LJ?

I haven't listened to this Agalloch album for ages... I'm not alone in thinking it was a lot weaker than the previous.

Not that they were consistently brilliant anyway

but they were

I don't know. They're decent. But they don't have that bit of devil in them, that ingenuity or savagery I need. They're a bit...soft. Not Unlike The Waves is a jam, as I'm sure we'll all discover when its parent album finishes top 5

xp I guess we disagree on that. They had their moments certainly but to me it wasn't all gold.

Pantheist is kind of lovely though!

Yeah it's a bit overwrought in places but likeable.

72 Neurosis - A Sun That Never Sets 1776 Points, 11 Votes
http://i.imgur.com/zTvrQo3.jpg
https://open.spotify.com/album/2cdr9bgZKUMUptKSMuC8mP
spotify:album:2cdr9bgZKUMUptKSMuC8mP

Oh now this is a good album

I don't actually have this one

It's second best Neurosis IMO - try From The Hill

But they don't have that bit of devil in them, that ingenuity or savagery I need.

Nicely put. I like moments of Agalloch but this is my overall feeling these days too.

71 Harvey Milk - Special Wishes 1791.7 Points, 9 Votes
http://i.imgur.com/g1UZit3.jpg

far too low.

Sadly not on Spotify or youtube or bandcamp etc

do you want 10 more tonight?

sure

Not sure if enough people are around posting but I'll post #70 and see how it goes

70 Myrkur - M 1799.6 Points, 11 Votes
http://i.imgur.com/VK7gvwJ.jpg
https://open.spotify.com/album/6rJfbMmi86eK8MSXNBUW9s
spotify:album:6rJfbMmi86eK8MSXNBUW9s

Cut this from my ballot late on. It has a couple of lovely tracks but the whole thing doesn't really work for me. Far too many saccharine interludes as well

*rants*

This should be at #300 or something.

I didn't like the production on M as much as the EP, but it's still beautiful. I equally enjoy its engagements with full MBV shoegaze (Dybt I Skoven) to lovely dark folk (Skøgen Skulle Dø). It might not be the most accomplished release from today's rollout, but I think it's a sweet debut and it successfully captures the forest mood.

I wanted Myrkur to be Darkthrone and it wasn't so that's my bad. I'll revisit it soon.

69 Primordial - To the Nameless Dead 1811.6 Points, 9 Votes
http://i.imgur.com/p8BgnXU.jpg
https://open.spotify.com/album/5u0yFJtLyGyqh3NO68qr8n
spotify:album:5u0yFJtLyGyqh3NO68qr8n

nice

That's a beltingly good record.

xpost DHG was my number 8. I haven't figured out yet why I love it so much. It was a slow burner for me-- I listened to it and found it so weird that I had to hear it again, and then realized I'd listened to it four or five times in a week. I love the vocals, but I can 100% understand why someone might not.