I'd like to nominate pretty much every album from the Stereogum list that hasn't been nominated yet, because every album I've sampled so far from that list has been great:
Rope Sect - Personae IngrataeViolet Cold - AnomieNo Faith - Forced SubservienceSabbath Assembly - Rites of PassageHell - HellVerge - The Process of Self-BecomingJassa - Incarnation of the Higher GnosisPsudoku - Deep Space PsudokumentChaos Moon - Eschaton MémoireUnearthly Trance - Stalking the GhostTuria - Dede KondreCondor - Unstoppable PowerHeretoir - The CircleDemonic Death Judge - SeaweedArkhtinn - VAu Dessus - End of ChapterSarcasm - Within the Sphere of Ethereal Minds
Also, the Pillorian album is called Obsidian Arc
― ArchCarrier, Thursday, 14 December 2017 08:18 (six years ago) link
Going through the Stereogum list myself. It's....well aside from the albums I already know and love there's some decent stuff, but nothing to really blow me away. Dodecahedron was threatening to be quite good but didn't hang on. Anyway I'm only a quarter of the way through so who knows
― Cardi Acs (imago), Thursday, 14 December 2017 14:54 (six years ago) link
from the Kerrang list I'm gonna go ahead and add
Creeper - Eternity, In Your Arms (I hesitated at first but honestly it's at least as heavy as Ghost and QOTSA)Arcane Roots - Melancholia HymnsGlassjaw - Material Control
― Simon H., Thursday, 14 December 2017 15:00 (six years ago) link
Just found out that Mesarthim had The Great Filter and Type III released as a single disc by Avantgarde Music. This presents an ethical difficulty for me
― Cardi Acs (imago), Thursday, 14 December 2017 15:10 (six years ago) link
Does it count?
― Cardi Acs (imago), Thursday, 14 December 2017 15:11 (six years ago) link
simon we generally automatically include as nominations anything that gets in Kerrang/Decibel/Terrorizer/Revolver lists
― Algerian Goalkeeper (Odysseus), Thursday, 14 December 2017 15:13 (six years ago) link
ehhh xp
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Thursday, 14 December 2017 15:15 (six years ago) link
I think maybe it doesn't count, which is a shame. If they'd held off releasing the tracks individually last December it'd be a clear AOTY contender
― Cardi Acs (imago), Thursday, 14 December 2017 15:17 (six years ago) link
i will probably vote for the presence ep
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Thursday, 14 December 2017 15:17 (six years ago) link
oh me too, the title track is one of the most audacious things ever released under the 'metal' banner
― Cardi Acs (imago), Thursday, 14 December 2017 15:18 (six years ago) link
can't wait to vote for Paramore
― Simon H., Thursday, 14 December 2017 15:20 (six years ago) link
A few usually do
― Algerian Goalkeeper (Odysseus), Thursday, 14 December 2017 16:04 (six years ago) link
And that would be totally defensible for literally any other Paramore album
― Simon H., Thursday, 14 December 2017 16:11 (six years ago) link
as far as I remember there are basically no metal or even rock elements on the Linkin Park album either.
― Simon H., Thursday, 14 December 2017 16:21 (six years ago) link
there are none
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Thursday, 14 December 2017 16:41 (six years ago) link
i mean "talking to myself" is arguably "rock" but that's as close as it gets
Remember to nominate your faves inILM's 2017 End of Year Tracks & Albums Poll / NOMINATIONS THREAD
― Algerian Goalkeeper (Odysseus), Thursday, 14 December 2017 18:55 (six years ago) link
Pyrolatrous - Teneral
― Dinsdale, Thursday, 14 December 2017 22:15 (six years ago) link
(my campaigning buzzwords for the above: Gilead Media, Krallice drummer)
― Dinsdale, Thursday, 14 December 2017 22:51 (six years ago) link
spirit adrift is really good!
― Joan Digimon (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 15 December 2017 19:41 (six years ago) link
hoooooly shit PSUDOKU
― Cardi Acs (imago), Saturday, 16 December 2017 11:10 (six years ago) link
ultros and dleone get the fuck on this
― Cardi Acs (imago), Saturday, 16 December 2017 11:12 (six years ago) link
OK that's fucking nuts.
― ultros ultros-ghali, Saturday, 16 December 2017 17:16 (six years ago) link
YES
― ultros ultros-ghali, Saturday, 16 December 2017 17:22 (six years ago) link
hahahahaaa
― Cardi Acs (imago), Saturday, 16 December 2017 17:44 (six years ago) link
Vespero - Shum-ShirThe Spacelords - Water PlanetVoid Generator - ProdromiMoths & Locusts - Intro/OutroNik Turner - Life in SpacePlastic Crimewave Syndicate - Thunderbolt of Flaming WisdomYagow - YagowMaat Lander - Season in Space Vol. 1Lamagaia - LamagaiaSnakes Don't Belong in Alaska - Mountain RitualsSpace Spectrum - Dark Side of the Red-Eyed Queen10000 Russos - Distress DistressAncient River - O.D.D.S. 2"the band whose name is a symbol" - Do Not Stack Flat
Multishiva - Time Messeral-Namrood - Enkar
― the underground is pass-agg (Drugs A. Money), Sunday, 17 December 2017 22:28 (six years ago) link
Missed there was a new Vespero. Off to check it out.
― EZ Snappin, Sunday, 17 December 2017 22:49 (six years ago) link
Fuck it
Pontiak - Dialectic of Ignorance
― The Fortnightly Intruder (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Monday, 18 December 2017 04:26 (six years ago) link
Nominations wrap tomorrow night!
Satan's Hallow - s/tAll Pigs Must Die - Hostage AnimalBelus - ApopheniaCavernlight - As We Cup Our Hands And Drink From the Stream of Our AcheDeinonychus - Ode to Acts of Murder, Dystopia and SuicideDragonForce - Reaching Into InfinityHellripper - Coagulating DarknessBreak City Drowwners - RiphouseImpure Wilhelmina - RadiationImpureza - La Caida de TonatiuhLunar Shadow - Far From LightOceanwake - EarthenPart Chimp - IVSaule - s/tWitherfall - Nocturnes and Requiems
― Simon H., Monday, 18 December 2017 13:56 (six years ago) link
Haha EZ that Vespero might be one of the best things I've heard this year
― the underground is pass-agg (Drugs A. Money), Monday, 18 December 2017 20:06 (six years ago) link
I know I've nominated a ton of stuff but if there's one I'd recommend everyone to check out it's the Colotyphus album.
― Siegbran, Monday, 18 December 2017 20:45 (six years ago) link
oh whoops i need to not miss the nominations period this time
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Monday, 18 December 2017 20:53 (six years ago) link
There's still time!
― Simon H., Monday, 18 December 2017 21:01 (six years ago) link
now for something only I could ever vote for
Thumpermonkey - Electricity EP
― Cardi Acs (imago), Monday, 18 December 2017 21:43 (six years ago) link
There are rumours of an incoming consignment
― Cardi Acs (imago), Monday, 18 December 2017 23:15 (six years ago) link
Potence - L’Amour Au Temps De La PesteUgory - PadlinaGnod - Just Say No to the Psycho Right-Wing Capitalist Fascist Industrial Death MachineGnaw Their Tongues - Hymns for the Broken, Swollen and SilentHe Whose Ox Is Gored - ParalyzerAether Realm - TarotAt the Drive In - in.ter a.li.aYowie - SynchromysticismHeaven In Her Arms - White HaloDopelord - Children of the HazeHour of Penance - Cast the First StoneUtopianisti - BrutopianistiWobbler - From Silence to Somewhere
― tangenttangent, Monday, 18 December 2017 23:36 (six years ago) link
??
― Simon H., Tuesday, 19 December 2017 01:09 (six years ago) link
it's right there!
― Cardi Acs (imago), Tuesday, 19 December 2017 07:49 (six years ago) link
I had my doubts. Glad you could make it tt
― the underground is pass-agg (Drugs A. Money), Tuesday, 19 December 2017 09:32 (six years ago) link
We had a sneak peek at the Forgotten Spell last night btw - it was sounding like the most metal thing on earth obv
― Cardi Acs (imago), Tuesday, 19 December 2017 09:47 (six years ago) link
Not sure if it's metal enough but
Brutus - Burst
― Gavin, Leeds, Tuesday, 19 December 2017 11:39 (six years ago) link
Dirge - Alma Baltica
(haven't heard it yet but since the nominations round ends today I want to be able to vote for it if it's good)
― Dinsdale, Tuesday, 19 December 2017 11:53 (six years ago) link
Some I, Voidhanger releases I haven't been able to listen to in depth but will hopefully get to soon:Bloodway - A Fragile Riddle Crypting CluesTongues - HreiliaClearing Path - Watershed Between Firmament And The Realm of HyperboreaInconcessus Lux Lucis - The Crowning Quietus
― The Fortnightly Intruder (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Tuesday, 19 December 2017 12:06 (six years ago) link
Brutus def counts
― Simon H., Tuesday, 19 December 2017 13:15 (six years ago) link
i only have one nomination but it's incidentally like the best metal album i've heard this year
Lunatii- Elimino
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Tuesday, 19 December 2017 17:19 (six years ago) link
Thank you! Glad to be here! Now we commence listening...
― tangenttangent, Tuesday, 19 December 2017 17:34 (six years ago) link
I had forgotten about the Lunatii album! It rules so much.
― Simon H., Tuesday, 19 December 2017 20:09 (six years ago) link
Iron Monkey - 9-13
― Fastnbulbous, Tuesday, 19 December 2017 21:56 (six years ago) link
some more nominations:
Aetherian - The Untamed WildernessAmenra - Mass VIAnomalie - VisionsAntarktis - IlldlaanteApotelesma - Timewrought KingsArchspire - Relentless MutationArallu - SixAsira - EfferenceAuðn - Farvegir FyrndarClaret Ash - The Great Adjudication: Fragment OneDuskmourn - Of Shadow and FlameDVNE - AsheranEnisum - Seasons of DesolationHallatar - No Stars Upon the BridgeKaunis Kuolematon - VapusNetra - IngratsNightbringer - Terra DamnataNullingroots - Into the GreyPersona - MetamorphosisProtean Collective - CollapseRa's Dawn - From the Vile CatacombsRed Moon Architect - Return of the Black ButterfliesSorrow Plagues - HomecomingSun of the Sleepless - To the ElementsThe Great Discord - The Rabbit HoleW.E.B. - Tartarus
Bandcamp Links:
Aetherian - The Untamed Wildernesshttps://aetherianlfr.bandcamp.com/album/the-untamed-wildernessFrance
Amenra - Mass VIhttps://amenra.bandcamp.com/album/mass-viBelgium
Anomalie - Visionshttps://anomalie-official.bandcamp.com/album/visionsAustria
Antarktis - Illdlaantehttps://agoniarecords.bandcamp.com/album/ildlaanteSweden
Apotelesma - Timewrought Kingshttps://apotelesma.bandcamp.com/album/timewrought-kings-2Netherlands
Arallu - Sixhttps://arallu.bandcamp.com/album/six-folk-black-thrash-metalIsrael
Archspire - Relentless Mutationhttps://archspire.bandcamp.com/album/relentless-mutationCanada
Asira - Efferencehttps://asira.bandcamp.com/England
Auðn - Farvegir Fyrndarhttps://audnofficial.bandcamp.com/album/farvegir-fyrndarIceland
Claret Ash - The Great Adjudication: Fragment Onehttps://claretash.bandcamp.com/album/the-great-adjudication-fragment-oneAustralia
Duskmourn - Of Shadow and Flamehttps://duskmourn.bandcamp.com/album/of-shadow-and-flameNew Jersey, USA
DVNE - Asheranhttps://songs-of-arrakis.bandcamp.com/album/asheranScotland
Enisum - Seasons of Desolationhttps://avantgardemusic.bandcamp.com/album/seasons-of-desolationItaly
Hallatar - No Stars Upon the Bridgehttps://hallatar.bandcamp.com/album/no-stars-upon-the-bridgeFinland
Kaunis Kuolematon - Vapushttps://kauniskuolematon.bandcamp.com/album/vapausFinland
Netra - Ingratshttps://hypnoticdirgerecords.bandcamp.com/album/ingratsGreece
Nightbringer - Terra Damnatahttps://nightbringer.bandcamp.com/album/terra-damnataColorado, USA
Nullingroots - Into the Greyhttps://nullingroots.bandcamp.com/album/into-the-greyArizona, USA
Persona - Metamorphosishttps://personaband.bandcamp.com/album/metamorphosisTunisia
Protean Collective - Collapsehttps://proteancollective.bandcamp.com/album/collapseMassachusetts, USA
Ra's Dawn - From the Vile Catacombshttps://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/ras-dawn/from-the-vile-catacombs/Germany
Red Moon Architect - Return of the Black Butterflieshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eOH6KmPO0Ekhttps://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/red-moon-architect/return-of-the-black-butterflies/
Sorrow Plagues - Homecominghttps://sorrowplagues.bandcamp.com/album/homecomingUK
Sun of the Sleepless - To the Elementshttps://sun-of-the-sleepless.bandcamp.com/album/to-the-elementsGermany
The Great Discord - The Rabbit Holehttps://thesignrecords.bandcamp.com/album/the-great-discord-the-rabbit-holeSweden
W.E.B. - Tartarushttps://apathiarecords.bandcamp.com/album/tartarusGreece
― djmartian, Wednesday, 20 December 2017 00:15 (six years ago) link
You need Biblical in there.
― A. Begrand, Wednesday, 20 December 2017 00:35 (six years ago) link