THE 10TH ANNUAL ILM METAL POLL:2017 RESULTS THREAD

I like this Planning for Burial record very much; I think it made my ballot.

Aw, way too low for Planning for Burial :(

Reminded me of the Mt Eerie black wooden records. I miss that sound, though I don't begrudge Elverum for doing something else.

That and Fred's comparison with metal Mt Eerie will make me want to check this out.

older Mt Eerie made metal poll

Next up is the creepiest album I've checked out from this rollout so far

52 Ehnahre - The Marrow 171.0 Points, 5 Votes
(Sorry, couldn't find a non-hueg version of the album art.)
https://open.spotify.com/album/7InPnS3IWdrb4fBUdQVfhF?si=3WpP0NKzRhWJELyvwhMlhA

On the whole, The Marrow offers a more dismal, droning version of Kayo Dot’s Hubardo with plenty of desolate passages drawn straight from a Portal record. But the manner in which Ehnahre fulfills this overarching theme varies in a way that enriches it’s expansive soundscapes of filth and anguish. A percussive assault on the double bass introduces “The Crow Speaks” in such a way that renders the instrument virtually unrecognizable. This performance, in conjunction with the following metallic electronics and sound samples, provide the first instances of the album’s electroacoustic undertones. The sudden pang of dissonant guitars pierces through the chaos and begins to distort alongside the double bass and effects before percussion smashes into the fold to intensify the mood. The cacophony sets the track up for its first burst of Roethke’s poem, with wispy, haunted vocals wheezing out the words they’ve been tasked with delivering:

Images get resized automatically, don't they?

Don't know, and didn't want to risk it. Anyway, this is on an ambient experimental tip, which has been underrepresented so far, though it's (once again) not particularly my bag.

Funny to see Ehnahre here, I thought I was the only one who really gave a shit. Same with Gasp. Good to see Ungfell and Corpse Garden place, Pyrrhon TOO LOW.

I think The Marrow's pretty stunning fwiw but it's not exactly friendly.

Good album.

https://i.imgur.com/BYBxRUk.jpg

Your advocacy bore fruit.

xp

tip, take the pics from the bandcamp if available and use imgur.com

Your advocacy bore fruit.

xp

― pomenitul, Tuesday, 6 February 2018 15:26 (twenty-nine seconds ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

C: I think I'm responsible for Dreadnought too to be honest, does that make me an influential tastemaker? That makes me uncomfortable.

51 Gigan - Undulating Waves of Rainbiotic Iridescense 174.0 Points, 7 Votes
http://www.nocleansinging.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/Gigan-Undulating-Waves-of-Rainbiotic-Iridescence--e1498095459199.jpg
https://open.spotify.com/album/7nlck5qvCmRBkySBl5zwVp?si=OtXqG3ghRUmrvNhekNKnqA

Undulating Waves Of Rainbiotic Iridescence is an incredible technical death metal album. equal parts extreme ambition, furious and complex hyper-active blast and shred passages, atmospheric focused moments across the album, extreme doses of unearthly dissonance, plus their signature psychedelic element woven in as always, making for truly epic stuff as a whole that feels like its own world and musical language. If you consider yourself a death metal connoisseur than this album is a ten-course meal one must seek out, though a fair warning should be given that experiencing its depths will cause involuntary orgasms to arise while it leads you to your death amidst the psychedelic nightmares one can only envision to exist in other universes and realms.

Admit it, at least three of you voted for this just for the title.

are Propaghandi a poppunk barenaked ladies?

― Algerian Goalkeeper (Odysseus), Tuesday, February 6, 2018 7:57 AM (forty minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

they used to be a pop-punk band, now they're a thrash metal band with pop melodies floating over the top

it is going to take me forever to catch up with this list lol. btw y'all should finish thursday, friday internet is a dead zone

I was expecting this Gigan record to be wacky space concept prog metal and not this absolutely brutal concoction

Gigan always have amazing song/album titles but the music itself I've never been truly sold on.

I enjoyed this way more than I expected to. I think it is wackily brutal.

Yeah, I almost had to chuckle at how brutal the opening track is.

it is going to take me forever to catch up with this list lol. btw y'all should finish thursday, friday internet is a dead zone

― flamenco drop (BradNelson),

no can do. We can finish weds or fri. Im not around thursday

ahhh sorry whoops

My preference is weds, simon prefers friday.

you guys get to choose

the big|brave record is not really my thing but i'm not turning it off?

friday imo

y'all crazy for this one

50 Psudoku - Deep Space Psudokument 177.0 Points, 4 Votes, 1 #1 Vote
https://img.discogs.com/i1GsU0hLurUe_n5RLBHrLK9_Gpc=/fit-in/600x600/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-10241340-1494072157-2214.jpeg.jpg
https://open.spotify.com/album/3YIWBdHXosvKLl7ByvFHJH?si=CR1Hj-cBR2WnySbgkPxO7g

"Deep Space Psudokument" is a code name of the third album interplanetary project PSUDOKU. The development of futuristic 70's progressive grind continues, and this time surf rock, doom and electronic classical is incorporated. This is progressive grind that has time travelled backwards an entire year from the future.
A must have for fans of THE MAHAVISHNU ORCHESTRA, KING CRIMSON, NAKED CITY, NAPALM DEATH, MR. BUNGLE, ANTIGAMA.

yAaaaAaAy

yay! Had I re-submitted, this would have been higher. Thanks imago for mentioning, have subsequently obtained all of their (his?) records

A very cool record I have yet to have even the vaguest desire to listen to the entirety of.

My #3, so chuffed this made the top 50. Electro + grindcore + Cardiacs = joy unlimited! For me at least. And as a bonus for you all, it's like 25 minutes long

My #1. I wish that about 70% of music had this energy and intensity. Manages to be insane and humorous without encroaching on silliness territory. Perfect dinner party music.

necrot's blood offerings is just regular ass old school death metal. it is awesome

Yesss great album

Psudoku that is

I wonder who the fourth vote was from?

Dominique has already said!

nah, I heard it after I voted

Anyway, thanks again to tt for finding another winner

49 Venenum - Trance of Death 183.0 Points, 6 Votes
https://www.metal-archives.com/images/6/2/8/2/628270.jpg
https://venenum.bandcamp.com/album/trance-of-death

There’s an undeniable gothic sensibility to what Venenum does, but not in the same way that Mercyful Fate or Swedish contemporaries Tribulation would display. “Entrance,” the leadoff track from Trance of Death, is a mournful and haunting instrumental played on cello and piano that wouldn’t be out of place on an Agalloch album. The band maintains that darkness throughout, but they do so in the service of some furiously righteous death metal born of a twisted and unfamiliar realm. The title of “Merging Nebular Drapes” offers the possibility that alien blood really does run through their system, though it’s arguably the most straightforward death metal offering here, galloping forth with tight rhythmic dynamics and tremolo riffs. “The Nature of the Ground” takes things into a more complex direction, shifting tempos and introducing some dizzying, psychedelic guitar leads into the mix. And “Cold Threat” shakes up the approach even more, slowing to a crawl before launching back into a blast-beat explosion and eventually a section of crunchy grooves and acid-laced guitar leads that send the listener through a portal to a thrilling, terrifying terrain.

we should just call this the 10th Annual ILM Death Metal Poll 2017

iirc this one topped the Last Rites staff poll.

48 Falls of Rauros - Vigilance Perennial 184 Points, 7 Votes
https://i.imgur.com/0v0oCUI.jpg

https://open.spotify.com/album/2gcjg5RGSxXOo6XhOawMtb?si=jiICuNBqQD26dpXxMJyN6w
https://fallsofrauros.bandcamp.com/album/vigilance-perennial

With Falls of Rauros' 4th full-length album, Vigilance Perennial, a vital complexity and multifaceted emotion is at the forefront of this stunning quartet's musical creativity, drive and evolution. Ever since the opening notes of the Hail Wind and Hewn Oak debut, Falls of Rauros have never put on a mask to hide behind a false facade. Yes their sound has indeed grown to embrace an otherworldly atmosphere that feels almost spiritual, but their songs possess endlessly layered riffs and thoughts from the heart that feel as real as the earth squishing up between your toes as you stop to appreciate the sound of the wind sailing through the pines. Such an organic flow and endlessly dynamic rise and fall elevates the 5 songs of Vigilance Perennial from a multi-layered bout of aggression to beautiful moments of music that twist with a powerful and honest emotion rarely experienced within a musical mindset that others refer to as “black metal”.

Vigilance Perennial finds Falls of Rauros once again challenging the status quo, for the pure honesty and obvious love for truly unique songcrafting has in part distanced this band from any obvious genre defining terms. This music bleeds from the heart in a giving way, and we, the Bindrune and Nordvis alliance are proud to share our brothers' stunning and healing work with the world.
credits
released March 31, 2017

http://www.angrymetalguy.com/falls-of-rauros-vigilance-perennial-review/

I didn't mention anything upthread but yeah, Blood Offerings is fucking awesome.

Not as enthused with Psudoku.

Glad to see Venenum, though.

LOVE the Falls of Rauros album. I'm bummed that I had the chance to see them on christmas day but chickened out due to the extreme cold.

the falls of rauaros album is really good