The 2017 ILX Metal n' Heavy Rock Poll VOTING + CAMPAIGNING thread! Ballots due Saturday, Feb. 3rd!

I'm only voting for stuff I gave 7/10 or more to, which currently numbers at about 17 albums. I'm sure I'll be able to add to that later!

Voted!

I submitted a ballot but accidentally left off my bottom five, so I resubmitted. Please take the longer ballot and discard the shorter one? Sorry!

I guess I should chuck a ballot into this thing since I was the lone Rebel Wizard voter in the non-metal poll ... been listening to a bunch of Chinese metal but obv none of that's nominated. What time on Saturday does the poll close? 's 9am where I am. Enjoying the Vespero and King Woman so far, though o_O at the latter's Stone Roses cover.

voted!

Something Tom Ewing wrote about the last track of the Mara Balls album

http://freakytrigger.co.uk/nylpm/2017/11/my-pop-year-mara-balls-elava-kivi/

Don't forget to vote in the 10th annual metal poll tomorrow! Even if you send a ballot with only Ex Eye, Blanck Mass and Elder it will still be welcome!

Lol xp

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Blanck Mass is not on the noms list?

This is how you lure poor, innocent voters in huh? Disgrace.

lmao

*psst Blanck Mass has already gotten one vote, go ahead and include it*

Ok I've been informed that I'm out of order here.

Will you please add

Blanck Mass - World Eater

to the nominations list

Drugs A and AG lured me into this thread. When I saw how I was greeted

https://i.giphy.com/media/PHPxb8qUkKqKA/giphy.gif

I simply couldn't resist. Voted!

wahey!

we have 26 ballots in! Last year we dropped from 60 to 40, so lets see if we can get to 40 again at least

Is it too late for write-ins?

Yeah I have no idea why that Europe album wasnt nominated either, go ahead.

Simon can add to the noms for you if you nominate them here

last 24 hours to vote!

Did anybody give the Solstafir album a listen? Their third masterpiece in a row. Siegbran loved it iirc

lj and tt i hope you give it a try

tbh I think Solstafir is something that could crossover on ilx

acck i can't get my shit together with this. still gonna vote!

ok I voted!

Voted submitted, unweighted for once.

I'm enjoying the organs in Solstafir, but I wish there was more of them!

Favourite finds of the morning:

Big Brave - Surprised I didn't hear about this sooner, so thanks to whoever brought it up itt! Love the vocals and their delicacy as set against this slow grind
Slagmaur - Victorian ghost story covered in moss
Pillorian - Heavy and melodic enough. I like how it changes it up every 30 seconds or so and still manages to sound evenly paced
Sundays & Cybele - You had me at 'paisley'. A smoke-filled fabrics den on a sunny Sunday afternoon

Shit I think I forgot to vote for Slagmaur.

A few more quick albums on the last day of voting

Korto, this year's Comet Control though it's definitely harder candy. See also: power-pop Astronoid
https://korto-yo.bandcamp.com/album/korto-s-t

Plastic Crimewave, spacy Stooges-style garage rock with the chaos element quite prominent
https://cful.bandcamp.com/album/plastic-crimewave-syndicate-thunderbolt-of-flaming-wisdom

10000 Russos, kind of like a more postpunk/kraut-y Moon Duo but with plenty of oppressive sludginess
https://fuzzclub.bandcamp.com/album/distress-distress

Moths & Locusts: this album has a lot more ideas than your average stoner release
https://mothsandlocusts.bandcamp.com/album/intro-outro

I voted for Big|Brave.

1000 Russos sounds awesome, I'm going to check them out.

10000, even

we have 30 ballots, still ten down on last year (30 down on 2016)

thanks to all who have voted and if anyone wants to vote , please do! dont be afraid, chuck in a ballot

It's is a 3-wheeled race car that combines the past to future, advocates free public transportation and doesn't order dessert at a restaurant.

Haha this Korto is lovely! How do you find this stuff DAM?

Just voted for 12 albums, unweighted

Posting mine now, unweighted. There's a bunch of these I haven't heard yet but I'm sure I have in a folder full of promos. My bad.

(Also some of my picks I'd barely count as metal, like Oxbow and White Suns, but they were in the nominations so on my list they went.)

Sorry, I'm ridiculously late… If at all possible, I'd like to add the following nominations:

Almyrkvi - Umbra
Bestia Arcana - Holókauston
Lluvia - Enigma
Rebirth of Nefast - Tabernaculum
SLOW - V – Oceans
Väki -Kirous

and voted.

Voted!

voted

again?

no lol

I resubmitted since I forgot two albums. Please discard the first ballot (with 12 albums) and accept the second (with 14). Sorry for the confusion.

grrr - late additions and I'm too busy to re-submit - oh well it stands

Oh! The Lingua Ignota is amazing!

Good, more people should hear it. Strictly speaking not metal of course, but unhinged apoplectic rage rarely sounded this good.

I’m really surprised this wasn’t even nominated in the regular poll.

because you forgot and nobody else heard it?

please remember if you vote to post here that you did so we can confirm it

I didnt nominate anything for the main poll, totally forgot. But more surprised that no-one else did.

I didn't nominate anything for it either due to my mum being in hospital and being too knackered to do it. So Electric Wizard even went un-nominated.

Only 2 metal albums made the 77 so I think metal poll not running first may have contributed to that?

Chelsea Wolfe only got 3 or 4 votes too so I'm thinking she may not do that well here? I forget if the last one placed.

Abyss was #6 in the metal poll and #26 in the general one