2019 Metal ’n’ Heavy Rock Poll: VOTING & CAMPAIGNING thread (open until the 21st of February)

i prob should've campaigned too. this immortal bird record is even better than i fucking remembered

That one made the upper part of my list. Another one I really loved that I didn't see get a lot of mention here was the Vanum album. It slipped by my notice for a while I think due to being too close to Vastum and Venom Prison.

if people are still to vote then there's still time to campaign as people may give it a listen before voting.

Polling will be open til seandalai closes the voting form which I assume will be in the morning.

And anyone can resubmit a ballot (just make sure you post here saying you have)

Another one I really loved that I didn't see get a lot of mention here was the Vanum album. It slipped by my notice for a while I think due to being too close to Vastum and Venom Prison.

One of these made my ballot....

Where were Immortal Bird during our bird game marathon the other day? Haha. This is sounding lovely excellent mad.

I love them so.

vote 4 a sanity deranged by nightfell

thanks

I hope everyone who votes will post on the rollout thread but also those who didn't vote who might hear some cool new music or just want to chat on the thread. That's where the fun should be.

Only one mention of Warforged on ILX, which was BlackIronPrison's nomination? Oh wow, you've all got to hear it. Absolutely off the walls blackened death, but prog.

I'll try to post on the rollout thread, but what usually happens is by the time I catch up to it others have said what I was doing to say better than I would've.

a few reminders for anyone still making a ballot:

XOTH: insanely fun sci-fi death metal with a perfect balance of goofiness and serious chops
HAUNTER: kitchen sink black-death-whatever with a ton of incredible ornamental flourishes
WEEPING SORES: Stunning violin-aided techy death-doom ft Doug Moore of Pyrrhon
WORMED: the best grindcore(?) band on the planet
NO ONE KNOWS WHAT THE DEAD THINK: the best grindcore band on the planet
FALLS OF RAUROS: Of all the bands doing the "wintry sweeping melodic BM you would listen to on a trek through the woods" thing, FOR do it best

^ Seconding those Xoth and NOKWtDT takes. I did not know Falls of Rauros had released a new album in 2019!

If you only have space in your ballot for one more tragically beautiful sun-drenched blackgaze album, make it 'Circle of Veins' by Sadness. At the very least, skip ahead to 'Cerrien' and weep.

FoR are seriously under-known/promoted considering how great they are.

I like that Cloud Rat and Monolord both had a song called 'Last Leaf' last year

speaking of, this cloud rat record is a... masterpiece?

i liked it before but it's really hitting me today

it is obviously a huge step up from qliphoth which i thought was incredible

I preferred qliphoth for its greater ratio of dreamy moments, but still think Pollinator is brilliant.

Much as I adore the PUP and Microwave albums, I cannot vote for them in good conscience in this poll.

Oor Neechy / pomenitul - very sorry - I re-submitted - Imprecation and Xoth had just been getting so many spins lately, I couldn't NOT re-submit! Hope that's cool.

reminder that oozing wound good

resubmitting is fine!

2008 30 Ballots
2009 50 Ballots
2010 80 Ballots
2011 74 Ballots
2012 51 Ballots
2013 53 Ballots
2014 62 Ballots
2015 61 Ballots
2016 42 Ballots
2017 40 Ballots
2018 33 Ballots
2019 ?

Lol Brad I fuckin love oozing wound and almost listed them upthread

Sadly there's a lot less interest in the poll now.

xp

Not that surprising considering how heavy and/or dark music did in the main polls. I expect Lingua Ignota and Liturgy to do well. I'm fine with the smaller number, though in a way I think the sheer amount of nominations dilutes the end result a little bit.

Submitted my weighted ballot of 50! It's not the most perfect order, but it will do. This poll always makes me wonder why I'm not listening to metal constantly.

tt has gotten 90 down to 50. I have gotten 16 up to 21 with some last-minute scrambling. A couple of things have been given a lot of points based on a very brief impression. Let's hope the whole Ifernach and Akasha records are as kickass as my brief impressions make them out to be...

Lingua might just top this sucker.

yes, and i reckon my top 5 will all make the top 10

Anyone else planning to vote?

As long at the voting form is open you can still vote. I think seandalai will post here when he's closing it so post in here if you intend to vote.

You will have another 8 or 9 hours to vote for sure.

Still working out my ballot, thanks!

Just finished Ausmuteants--instantly a total classic--and now listening to Car Bomb, which is a bit more traditional than I'd hoped but there seems to be a lot of interesting passages for one to trip over :D

I think it will be a shame if nobody else has voted for the best Boris album in a decade.

Voted but my ballot was slim. Metal just wasn't my focus last year.

Seems to be a common theme this/these past year(s) :(

I will def vote for that Boris album

Finding seven albums I thoroughly enjoy in one genre in one year doesn't seem that bad to me, honestly.

fell asleep, looks like i’m gonna miss the deadline oh well

Deadline still not quite here! Hope you managed to scrape together a ballot of your favourites

It's not over 'till seandalai says it's over.

Hey seandalai give me a 5 minute warning plz🙏, my ballot is about half-dozen in another window

Godspeed!

Ok voted

It's still open, folks. Vote while you can!

forgive me, metal albums were very long this year, but i am submitting a ballot within the next hour

🤘

thats fine. no sign of seandalai and as long as the vote form is open its fine!

submitted

all that research just to submit a 20 album weighted ballot but i feel really strongly about those 20 albums

Thanks for voting!

Until seandalai says so the voting is open