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

19 Skepticism - Alloy 3268 Points, 13 Votes, TWO #1's
http://i67.tinypic.com/97lg5u.jpg
https://open.spotify.com/album/6XnXwHt0rIvun3QunwNetl
spotify:album:6XnXwHt0rIvun3QunwNetl

a fine album by a fine band in a subgenre that makes me feel like I have the flu

18 Tool - Lateralus 3298 Points, 15 Votes
http://i68.tinypic.com/rcrnr5.jpg
https://youtu.be/JCDjP4JnpGU

Wow.

Brent DiCrescenzo's review to thread!

I haven't listened to this one in years. Would probably keep "Reflection" and "Schism". Coloured Sands is really good, though.

Yeah the final suite is ok to good iirc

hahahaha holy shit

Rush fans had to vote for something

http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/8104-lateralus/

The review that got me into music reviewing ;)

17 Sunn 0))) - Monoliths & Dimensions 3367.666667 Points, 18 Votes, TWO #1's
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https://youtu.be/T5P7bo5hKgQ?list=PLwPBM4hpb3mOo0eD4N-dMMtjYnMQ-6M0z
https://sunn.bandcamp.com/album/monoliths-dimensions

Voted for this, but think it's slightly overrated

i really like this one

you used to rave about it

xp

Actually, I cut it from my ballot at the last second haha

Voted for both Sunn 0))) and Gorguts, so top 20 is most action I've seen this poll!

Monoliths was the only Sunn 0))) I voted for, and really, the only Sunn 0))) I ever want to hear. Overrated or not, it's easily the most distinctive and interesting for me, and am surprised they didn't continue in this style. More to do there IMO.

Julian Priester's trombone on 'Alice' damn near makes me levitate.

Well, yeah, Alice is amazing, and it's by far their most interesting work.

Tbf, I did include Lateralus in the unranked part of my ballot. Just surprised to see it do this well. I checked: I included this Sunn O))) as well as Black One there too. Never been that passionate about them but they were interesting. (Yes, would OPO "Alice".)

(Those old diCrescenzo reviews were kind of dickish imo.)

(Oh obv! Big part of the critical narrative. Tool can shrug that shit off, as the song Hooker With A Penis demonstrates ;) )

Voted for this, but think it's slightly overrated

Same here, kind of (OK just saw your correction, lol).

If everyone who thought it's overrated had voted for it could have been even higher!

Ha! I mean I like it but it's a record that sounded amazing on first listen and then just 'good' after a couple more plays.

16 Weakling - Dead as Dreams 3407.333333 Points, 16 Votes, TWO #1's
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https://youtu.be/mnjH-ZYe59c

Gave this lots of points. It is a grey labyrinth of despair

my #11

the best USBM album and indeed the album that got me into black metal finally (lol fucking champs connection)

My #2 I think.

I'm hoping dominique approves

the vinyl sells for about $500 now.

A magnificent, wretched thing.

I love the Champs! Weakling was ok, but I didn't spend enough time with it to vote for. 15 minute songs are a tough sell in today's go-go world.

some of us heard it when it came out :)

and bollocks to today's go-go world

I don't know if I've heard this. I should probably check it out after all these raves (after I do my final listening for the notated music poll - which is really sticking it to the go-go world).

15 Boris at Last - Feedbacker 3644.166667 Points, 18 Votes, TWO #1's
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https://youtu.be/eWgXJMyqZ2g

Brilliant record. Glad to see it go top 20

oh yeah i guess there needed to be another boris album. this one's fine

love weakling

Only my #30 though. I had Flood at #9

Clearly I'm at odds with ILM on Boris as per usual

I have one Fucking Champs album. I've basically never listened to it since I heard Scale the Summit.

xps

I always wonder how much the Champs had to do w/indie appreciation of metal. I remember at the time reading all this hand-wringing kind of stuff about authenticity, and hipsters, and not really getting what the big deal was. Either you like riffs or you don't, thought I, in my bubble.

Hand-wringing aside, I more or less concluded that there were a bunch of heavy progressive bands doing similar things with much better chops.

they didn't have tim greene though

I still remember all the Tim Greene fanboys down the front at the 13th Note when I saw The Fucking Champs (Touring with Trans AM). It was like the second coming for them.

I've never even heard The Fucking Champs but I do remember one of their albums, IV I think, getting talked up a lot by some of the writers in Metal Maniacs that I tended to pay more attn to, like (iirc) Jeff Wagner, Chris Black, and Marty Rytkonen.

Dont think they were ever written about in the UK press

14 Cobalt - Gin 3731.666667 Points, 20 Votes, One #1
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https://profoundlorerecords.bandcamp.com/album/gin
https://youtu.be/BZHyYPSkB5o