"But surely metal will be respectably represented on the overall albums lists! Let's see, 2014, #77..."
― jmm, Tuesday, 20 December 2016 23:01 (seven years ago) link
2010 is impressive. But that Melt-Banana album is probably my favourite of the whole lot (file under 'art rock').
― dance band (tangenttangent), Tuesday, 20 December 2016 23:03 (seven years ago) link
jeff & emil.y were responsible for getting that in the 77
xp
― Cosmic Slop, Tuesday, 20 December 2016 23:04 (seven years ago) link
that 2014 is sorely lacking Emptiness, Domains, Hail Spirit Noir, Behemoth, and Horrendous
speaking of Emptiness, they've released 3 tracks from the 2017 album and it's gonna be even weirder than Nothing But the Whole
― Devilock, Tuesday, 20 December 2016 23:05 (seven years ago) link
2013 has the most of my favourites in the top 20, e.g. In Solitude, Carcass, Subrosa, Melt-Banana.
― jmm, Tuesday, 20 December 2016 23:06 (seven years ago) link
our falseness is our strength xxps
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Tuesday, 20 December 2016 23:07 (seven years ago) link
xps
you can see full results of each year (inc the 00-15 poll) here
Previous Metal Poll EOY Results Thread
― Cosmic Slop, Tuesday, 20 December 2016 23:08 (seven years ago) link
Sorely Lacking Emptiness Domains
― dance band (tangenttangent), Tuesday, 20 December 2016 23:09 (seven years ago) link
Frobisher the two youre missing are Schammasch and Deathspell Omega
― U2 (Drugs A. Money), Tuesday, December 20, 2016 11:01 PM (eight minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
there's one more, as we're all out of Mesarthim (of that nominated - there's ALWAYS more Mesarthim irl)
― illbient microtonal poetry Surbiton (imago), Tuesday, 20 December 2016 23:11 (seven years ago) link
also lol tt
the one more begins with an s btw
― illbient microtonal poetry Surbiton (imago), Tuesday, 20 December 2016 23:13 (seven years ago) link
Ok I chose this fine night to read this whole thread in one go. Didn't vote, didn't get to indulge in the "genre" that much this year. Best takeaways for now are defo Mesarthim and Skáphe <3 The former v heavy on the cheese melody wise, but I dig, I dig. Not a lot of sluggish, doomy black metal out this year right? Love Deathspell Omega as per usual, thought Spectral Lore's last album was great (though technically from last year?)
Still miss stuff like Lurker of Chalice and Xasthur though. Anything in that vein out this year? Regardless, great thread, great work allround.
― Le Bateau Ivre, Tuesday, 20 December 2016 23:44 (seven years ago) link
didn't vote this year and using this thread to catch up on things. all i have to say is my god (satan) this Forgotten Spell record, spectacular.
― Will (kruezer2), Wednesday, 21 December 2016 02:41 (seven years ago) link
Nice to see the Hail Spirit Noir, Horse Lords and Kvelertak placing. Lots of interesting stuff as always. I'm digging this Bolzer so far.
― o. nate, Wednesday, 21 December 2016 03:20 (seven years ago) link
I'm about a 1/4 through the list. Only band I know so far is the Melvins and I had heard some Wo Fat before.
DIG- Blood Ceremony, Lord Vicar & Wo FatINTERESTING- Dawnwalker, Madder Mortem (excellent vocals), Truckfighters, Grand Magus, Wrong, Bloodiest (first track was kinda like Neurosis doing a Shellac tune), Anciients.
Some of the others had some cool elements but I couldn't get with it.
― earlnash, Wednesday, 21 December 2016 03:38 (seven years ago) link
looking at those past top 20s is fun. lots of tight races ... Hammers won 2011 by TWO points!
and then look at how much Carcass STOMPED the rest of the field in 2013.
anyway ... metal poll rollout is THEEEEEE best, seriously.
― alpine static, Wednesday, 21 December 2016 03:50 (seven years ago) link
Yeah, these poll threads the one times this century I lay off the Nazareth, Molly Hatchet and The Minutemen and try something different. I listen to plenty of stuff I haven't heard, it's just often old stuff.
― earlnash, Wednesday, 21 December 2016 03:52 (seven years ago) link
It's weird to still hear complaints about non-metal albums placing, looking at last year's top 20. Ghost, Chelsea Wolfe, Uncle Acid, Sunn O))), Pinkish Black and Jess And The Ancient Ones are all non-metal to varying degrees.
― Fastnbulbous, Wednesday, 21 December 2016 05:43 (seven years ago) link
SubRosaVektorCobaltOranssi PazuzuAluk TolodoMesarthim againJute GuteFuriaand I can't think of two more.
and I can't think of two more.
I'd be surprised if Cobalt makes it. Removing this one and adding Schammasch / Sumac / Deathspell Omega makes it 10.
― Dinsdale, Wednesday, 21 December 2016 08:40 (seven years ago) link
there won't be another mesarthim (although their two december eps, combined into one release and put out two months ago, might well have). cobalt will surely make it!
― illbient microtonal poetry Surbiton (imago), Wednesday, 21 December 2016 08:46 (seven years ago) link
Oh yeah I forgot Sumac
― U2 (Drugs A. Money), Wednesday, 21 December 2016 09:03 (seven years ago) link
I should go for a slow rollout today and post an album every hour so everyone can listen to it and comment while listening.
― Cosmic Slop, Wednesday, 21 December 2016 09:17 (seven years ago) link
That's cool. But if you post our #10 now, our American friends will have to listen and comment only in their dreams
― illbient microtonal poetry Surbiton (imago), Wednesday, 21 December 2016 09:19 (seven years ago) link
So I'd wait until like 1pm
and finish in the wee small hours? fuck that
― Cosmic Slop, Wednesday, 21 December 2016 09:20 (seven years ago) link
Lol, give it a couple of hours though! Even I'm usually still asleep at this time
― illbient microtonal poetry Surbiton (imago), Wednesday, 21 December 2016 09:23 (seven years ago) link
So much metal from the last couple of days to digest as well! I'm listening to Hammers of Misfortune. It's quite fun!
― illbient microtonal poetry Surbiton (imago), Wednesday, 21 December 2016 09:25 (seven years ago) link
Why am I enjoying this so much ffs, it's anachronistic twaddle!
(But with such great melodies, dynamism and songwriting!)
― illbient microtonal poetry Surbiton (imago), Wednesday, 21 December 2016 09:37 (seven years ago) link
Great melodies, dynamism and songwriting would preclude it being twaddle though, wouldn't it? And just IMHO they do a pretty good job of not being terribly anachronistic within the bounds of a genre that would probably prefer them to be as anachronistic as possible.
40 Watt Sun's name, when said aloud, sounds like a Sublime-related band so I did this.
― Forty Watson & the Jute Gute (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Wednesday, 21 December 2016 10:26 (seven years ago) link
put an "ANYWAY," before 40 tia
Oh, 'anachronistic twaddle' was a self-knowing joke, I absolutely loved the album :)
― illbient microtonal poetry Surbiton (imago), Wednesday, 21 December 2016 10:32 (seven years ago) link
Forgotten Spell are an excellent sleep aid
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Wednesday, 21 December 2016 10:39 (seven years ago) link
that sounds fairly backhanded lol
― illbient microtonal poetry Surbiton (imago), Wednesday, 21 December 2016 11:54 (seven years ago) link
I'm as much a sucker for space metal as the next guy but Mesarthim crosses the line into pure Italo cheese a bit too often.
Forgotten Spell would've made my top 10 easily if I'd heard it earlier.
― Siegbran, Wednesday, 21 December 2016 12:28 (seven years ago) link
both a backhanded compliment and not, I value good sleep, hell I voted for the Midnight Odyssey album last year
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Wednesday, 21 December 2016 12:47 (seven years ago) link
Fair enough!
Siegbran, what were your favourite dungeon synth/space metal/sleep-aid albums this year?
― illbient microtonal poetry Surbiton (imago), Wednesday, 21 December 2016 12:50 (seven years ago) link
10 Jute Gyte - Perdurance 539 Points, 14 Votes, TWO #1'shttp://i.imgur.com/vtuUR7f.jpghttps://open.spotify.com/album/4ewLfzMxythcXotxny48Mdspotify:album:4ewLfzMxythcXotxny48Md
https://jutegyte.bandcamp.com/
― Cosmic Slop, Wednesday, 21 December 2016 12:52 (seven years ago) link
threw this on the bottom of my ballot, don't rly care too much though
― illbient microtonal poetry Surbiton (imago), Wednesday, 21 December 2016 12:52 (seven years ago) link
it's all been done before, y'know?
― illbient microtonal poetry Surbiton (imago), Wednesday, 21 December 2016 12:53 (seven years ago) link
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― Cosmic Slop, Wednesday, 21 December 2016 12:55 (seven years ago) link
That was Imago's #1 btw
Who else was it number one for?
This suffered a little on my ballot due to overexposure in our household, but still made the top 10, of course. It's horrible.
― dance band (tangenttangent), Wednesday, 21 December 2016 12:58 (seven years ago) link
He is now going to tell us why he thinks it's his best album yet
― Cosmic Slop, Wednesday, 21 December 2016 12:58 (seven years ago) link
sund4r i expect. theyve had him #1 3 years in a row now i think
― Cosmic Slop, Wednesday, 21 December 2016 12:59 (seven years ago) link
nope, it was someone else
― Cosmic Slop, Wednesday, 21 December 2016 13:01 (seven years ago) link
btw remember that #1 Megadeth got? it was by a user called 'make metal great again'
― Cosmic Slop, Wednesday, 21 December 2016 13:02 (seven years ago) link
Oh Jute GYTE! I thought that read Jute Goat. Ah yes - well, it's the best and most exciting music being made right now, a truly fearsome and limitless synthesis of metal, modern classical and avant-electronica whose songwriting instincts are both cavernous and razor-sharp. Apologies for the misreading.
― illbient microtonal poetry Surbiton (imago), Wednesday, 21 December 2016 13:03 (seven years ago) link
btw this Forgotten Spell album I downloaded are these drums meant to sound like the clanking of pots in the sink?
― Cosmic Slop, Wednesday, 21 December 2016 13:07 (seven years ago) link
And sure it's his best album yet. Each one feels like a monstrous breakthrough at this point. The electronics, polytempi and layers of composition are being integrated in new and spectacular ways - even as the songs get catchier and more memorable. I don't know how he does it.
The Forgotten Spell drums probably ARE pots in the sink, but at least he's playing them, unlike Mr Autechre over here!
― illbient microtonal poetry Surbiton (imago), Wednesday, 21 December 2016 13:09 (seven years ago) link
Gimmie Autechre
― Cosmic Slop, Wednesday, 21 December 2016 13:11 (seven years ago) link