It’s that unholy time of year again. There’s no shortage of metallic catharsis to be had in the age of covid, so let’s do this.
You know the drill. The format is Artist – Album. And, for the love of Lucifer, don’t forget to bold!
Here’s the spreadsheet (please use ctrl + f to check for duplicates):
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1oansNE_3srFiESacKOqgY6nQwqSnt6KfmHzS_tmb9p0/
I don’t have Spotify but Neechy has graciously started a collaborative playlist for everyone to use:
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3a0enQtah5VT4hADz1wdnf?si=Iqpu73C7R56zXNPzEM_9aQ
Lastly, please note that this year you may ‘only’ nominate up to 100 albums so I’d really appreciate it if you could include a little counter at the end of each nom post and update it as needed (e.g. ‘(26/100)’, ’(58/100)’, etc.), just like for the main ILM poll.
Have fun!
― pomenitul, Friday, 27 November 2020 16:26 (three years ago) link
To get things started, here’s a sample nom post (on behalf of Neechy, so these are his):
Blues Pills - Holy MolyBoris - NoBotanist - PhotosynthesisEnvy - The Fallen CrimsonHum - InletKairon; IRSE! - PolysomnNeptunian Maximalism - ÉonsOld Man Gloom - Darkness of Being/Light of MeaningOranssi Pazuzu - Mestarin kynsiPaysage d'Hiver - Im WaldSlift - UmmonSólstafir - Endless Twilight of Codependent LoveSumac - May You Be HeldThy Catafalque - NaivZombi - 2020
(15/100)
― pomenitul, Friday, 27 November 2020 16:27 (three years ago) link
(16/100)Regarde Les Hommes Tomber - Ascension
― Oor Neechy, Friday, 27 November 2020 16:29 (three years ago) link
Ripped to Shreds-LuanOf Feather and Bone-Sulfuric DisintegrationNapalm Death-Throes of Joy in the Jaws of DefeatismMr Bungle-The Raging Wrath of the Easter Bunny DemoPallbearer-Forgotten DaysBlack Curse-Endless Wound
― Lover of Nixon (or LON for short) (Neanderthal), Friday, 27 November 2020 16:30 (three years ago) link
Molassess - Through the Hollow
― Brad C., Friday, 27 November 2020 16:38 (three years ago) link
Meth Leppard - WokePig Destroyer - The Octagonal StairwayWayfarer - A Romance with ViolenceUndeath - Lesions of a Different KindZeal and Ardor - Wake of a NationCadaver - Edder & BileSodom - Genesis XIXFuck the Facts - Plene NoirceurMacabre - Carnival of KillersVenom Prison - PrimevilJunior Bruce - Pray for DeathCarcass - DespicableBenediction - ScripturesNecrophobic - Dawn of the Damned
― Lover of Nixon (or LON for short) (Neanderthal), Friday, 27 November 2020 17:17 (three years ago) link
Here's my list. Sorry for any duplicates.
At The Altar Of The Horned God - Through Doors of Moonlight (I, Voidhanger Records)Barfbag - Let's Stop a War (Stay Gold Records)Black Magnet - Hallucination Scene (20 Buck Spin)Boris - No (Fangs Anal Satan)Celestial Season - The Secret Teachings (Burning World Records)Chrome Waves - Where We Live (Disorder Recordings)Cirith Ungol - Forever Black (Metal Blade Records)Cosmic Burial - Impakt (Purity Through Fire)Couch Slut - Take A Chance On Rock 'n' Roll (Gilead Media)Crippled Black Phoenix - Ellengæst (Season of Mist)Dola - Dola (Independent)Drottinn - Í helgum dýrðar ljóma (Terratur Possessions)Drown - Subaqueous (Prophecy)Duma - Duma (Nyege Nyege Tapes)Early Moods - Spellbound (Dying Victim Productions)Ensiferum - Thalassic (Metal Blade Records)Eternal Champion - Ravening Iron (No Remorse Records)Eternal Rot - Putridarium (Godz ov War Productions)Eye of Nix - Ligeia (Prophecy)Feminazgûl - No Dawn For Men (Independent)Finntroll - Vredesvävd (Century Media)Fluisteraars - Bloem (Eisenwald)Frayle - 1692 (Aqualamb Records)Griiim - Bête Immonde (Purity Through Fire)Haunt - Mind Freeze (Shadow Kingdom)Horn - Mohngang (Iron Bonehead)Hyporian - Volume II (Season of Mist)Ihsahn - Telemark (Spinefarm)Imperial Triumphant - Alphaville (Century Media)Insect Ark - The Vanishing (Profound Lore)Krallice - Mass Cathexis (Hathenter)Lili Refrain - ULU (Subsound Records)Liturgy - Origin Of The Alimonies (YLYLCYN)Lotus Thief - Oresteia (Prophecy)Lucifer - III (Century Media)Macabre - Carnival Of Killers (Nuclear Blast)Maggot Heart - Mercy Machine (Rapid Eye Records)Melted Bodies - Enjoy Yourself (Sweatband Records)Myrkur - Folkesange (Relapse Records)Napalm Death - Throes of Joy in the Jaws of Defeatism (Century Media)Of Feather And Bone - Sulfuric Disintegration (Profound Lore)Onslaught - Generation Antichrist (AFM Records)Oranssi Pazuzu - Mestarin Kynsi (Nuclear Blast America)Paradise Lost - Obsidian (Nuclear Blast America)Paysage d'Hiver - Im Wald (Kunsthall Produktionen)Pig Destroyer - The Octagonal Stairway (Relapse Records)Protokult - Transcending The Ruins (Self-Released)Pyrrhon - Abscess Time (Willowtip Records)Rebel Wizard - Magickal Mystical Indifference (Prosthetic Records)Riot - Rock World (Rare & Unreleased 87-95) (Metal Blade Records)Emma Ruth Rundle & Thou - May Our Chambers Be Full (Sacred Bones Records)Serpent Omega - II (Icons Creating Evil Art)Sightless Pit - Grave of a Dog (Thrill Jockey Records)Skepticism - Alloy (Reissue) (Svart Records)Smoulder - Dream Quest Ends (Cruz Del Sur Music)Sólstafir - Endless Twilight of Co-Dependent Love (Season of Mist)Thy Catafalque - Naiv (Season of Mist)Tombs - Under Sullen Skies (Season of Mist)Tombs - Monarchy of Shadows (Season of Mist)Total Fucking Destruction - ...to be alive at the end of the world (Translation Loss Records)Triptykon - Requiem (Live At Roadburn 2019) (Century Media)Uniform - Shame (Sacred Bones Records)Venom Prison - Primeval (Prosthetic Records)Vile Creature - Glory, Glory! Apathy Took Helm! (Prosthetic Records)Violet Cold - Noir Kid (Independent)Warbringer - Weapons Of Tomorrow (Napalm Records)Witching - Vernal (Independent)Wolftooth - Valhalla (Ripple Music)Yatra - All is Lost (Grimoire Records)Yatra - Blood of the Night (STB Records)Nechochwen / Panopticon - Split (Bindrune Recordings)
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Friday, 27 November 2020 17:26 (three years ago) link
(71/100)
I do not anticipate nominating anything else.
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Friday, 27 November 2020 17:27 (three years ago) link
Hmm... I think me adding the label makes things harder so here's the same list without that info.
At The Altar Of The Horned God - Through Doors of MoonlightBarfbag - Let's Stop a WarBlack Magnet - Hallucination SceneBoris - NoCelestial Season - The Secret TeachingsChrome Waves - Where We LiveCirith Ungol - Forever BlackCosmic Burial - ImpaktCouch Slut - Take A Chance On Rock 'n' RollCrippled Black Phoenix - EllengæstDola - DolaDrottinn - Í helgum dýrðar ljómaDrown - SubaqueousDuma - DumaEarly Moods - SpellboundEnsiferum - ThalassicEternal Champion - Ravening IronEternal Rot - PutridariumEye of Nix - LigeiaFeminazgûl - No Dawn For MenFinntroll - VredesvävdFluisteraars - BloemFrayle - 1692Griiim - Bête Immonde Haunt - Mind FreezeHorn - MohngangHyporian - Volume IIIhsahn - TelemarkImperial Triumphant - AlphavilleInsect Ark - The VanishingKrallice - Mass CathexisLili Refrain - ULULiturgy - Origin Of The AlimoniesLotus Thief - OresteiaLucifer - IIIMacabre - Carnival Of KillersMaggot Heart - Mercy MachineMelted Bodies - Enjoy YourselfMyrkur - FolkesangeNapalm Death - Throes of Joy in the Jaws of Defeatism Of Feather And Bone - Sulfuric DisintegrationOnslaught - Generation AntichristOranssi Pazuzu - Mestarin Kynsi Paradise Lost - ObsidianPaysage d'Hiver - Im WaldPig Destroyer - The Octagonal StairwayProtokult - Transcending The RuinsPyrrhon - Abscess Time Rebel Wizard - Magickal Mystical IndifferenceRiot - Rock World (Rare & Unreleased 87-95)Emma Ruth Rundle & Thou - May Our Chambers Be Full Serpent Omega - IISightless Pit - Grave of a DogSkepticism - Alloy (Reissue)Smoulder - Dream Quest EndsSólstafir - Endless Twilight of Co-Dependent Love Thy Catafalque - NaivTombs - Under Sullen SkiesTombs - Monarchy of ShadowsTotal Fucking Destruction - ...to be alive at the end of the worldTriptykon - Requiem (Live At Roadburn 2019)Uniform - ShameVenom Prison - PrimevalVile Creature - Glory, Glory! Apathy Took Helm!Violet Cold - Noir KidWarbringer - Weapons Of TomorrowWitching - VernalWolftooth - ValhallaYatra - All is LostYatra - Blood of the NightNechochwen / Panopticon - Split
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Friday, 27 November 2020 17:28 (three years ago) link
reissues do not count
― Oor Neechy, Friday, 27 November 2020 17:41 (three years ago) link
If that's the case (which I didn't know) then I think only Skepticism - Alloy needs to be removed.
Riot - Rock World (Rare & Unreleased 87-95) has mostly newly released material, it's just old stuff that was never released before.
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Friday, 27 November 2020 18:48 (three years ago) link
Sweven - The Eternal ResonanceBehold... The Arctopus - Hapeleptic OvertroveBindrune Recordings - OVERGROW TO OVERTHROWPlague Organ - OrphanSerpent Column - Endless DetainmentSerpent Column - KathodosOcrilim - Plvence Abrost R Msitloun殞煞 Vengeful Spectre - 殞煞 Vengeful SpectreTouché Amoré - LamentGulch - Impenetrable Cerebral FortressDeftones - OhmsInfant Island - BeneathSkáphe - Skáphe³
(13/100)
that overgrow to overthrow comp can be overruled if you need to. it's a mixed bag including old stuff but not technically a reissue.
― gman59, Friday, 27 November 2020 19:52 (three years ago) link
Aktor - PlaceboLamp of Murmuur - Heir of Ecliptical RomanticismNecrot - MortalPoppy - I DisagreeUlcerate - Stare Into Death and Be Still
― umarell of the year (jmm), Friday, 27 November 2020 19:57 (three years ago) link
I’ll add ‘em all later but please be mindful of duplicates! Much appreciated.
― pomenitul, Friday, 27 November 2020 20:40 (three years ago) link
I've got them but if there're any duplicates please post here to let us know so one of us can deal with it.
― Oor Neechy, Friday, 27 November 2020 20:54 (three years ago) link
<strong>Mare Cognitum / Spectral Lore - Wanderers: Astrology of the NineSunken - LivsledeShaidar Logoth - Chapter III: The Void GodXibalba - Años En InfiernoFluisteraars - BloemAhab - Live PreyBell Witch / Aerial Ruin - Stygian Bough Vol. ILanterns - Dimensions Förfallet - FörfalletPrimitive Man - Immersion</strong>
― black dice live ft. jerry garcia (rizzx), Friday, 27 November 2020 20:57 (three years ago) link
Sorry for that :(
Mare Cognitum / Spectral Lore - Wanderers: Astrology of the NineSunken - LivsledeShaidar Logoth - Chapter III: The Void GodXibalba - Años En InfiernoFluisteraars - BloemAhab - Live PreyBell Witch / Aerial Ruin - Stygian Bough Vol. ILanterns - DimensionsFörfallet - FörfalletPrimitive Man - Immersion
― black dice live ft. jerry garcia (rizzx), Friday, 27 November 2020 20:58 (three years ago) link
I've not been able to keep up this year, and I don't like voting for albums I heard in voting period, so if anyone wishes to recommend or boost albums, then please do so now and I'll give them a listen.
― Oor Neechy, Friday, 27 November 2020 21:23 (three years ago) link
As ever, we’ll have a designated thread for campaigning once the noms are closed but if people want to start early, that’s totally cool with me and, in some ways, preferable, since it gives everyone more time to catch up.
― pomenitul, Friday, 27 November 2020 21:28 (three years ago) link
Dark Buddha Rising - MathreyataWyrmwoods - GammaCrisis Sigil - Small TownsMoldé Volhal - Into The Cave Of Ordeals...Mystras - Castles Conquered And ReclaimedHail Spirit Noir - Eden In ReverseBiesy - TranssatanizmElder - OmensSalqiu - OrfeuAzusa - Loop Of YesterdaysMamaleek - Come And SeeStabscotch - Twilight DawnLychgate - Also Sprach FuturaPsalm Zero - SpartaFortress Of The Olden Days - VerlassenheitVictory Over The Sun - A Tessitura Of Transfiguration
I would like to boost all of these, but especially Mystras (epic and extremely well-written folk-BM with a leftist historical viewpoint from Spectral Lore, best thing he's done), Dark Buddha Rising (fucken psychedelic monster-doom), Psalm Zero (magnificently melodic industrial art-metal from the Extra Life guy), Azusa (beautiful post-post-popcore) and Victory Over The Sun (gnarly microtonal and intense BM journey which interprets the artist's gender transition in terms of Andrei Rublev)
― imago, Friday, 27 November 2020 21:36 (three years ago) link
ok here's some noms
Esoctrilihum - Eternity of ShaogHorisont - Sudden DeathKadavar - The Isolation Tapes Malokarpatan - Krupinské ohneWake - Devouring Ruin
― Frobisher, Friday, 27 November 2020 23:10 (three years ago) link
Ahna - Crimson DawnAseitas - False PeaceAutolith - Caustic LightBalmog - Pillars Of SaltBarishi - Old SmokeBastard Priest - Vengeance... Of the DamnedBleeding Out - Lifelong Death FantasyCaustic Wound - Death PostureCeremonial Bloodbath - The Tides Of BloodChaotian - Festering ExcarnationCoffin Apartment - Full Torso ApparitionDeafkids & Petbrick - DeafbrickDødskvad - Krønike IErrant - s/tExploatör - Avgrundens BrantFuneral Leech - Death MeditationHead Of the Demon - Deadly Black DoomHot Graves - Days Before PlagueJordablod - The Cabinet Of Numinous SongKarst - Genesis Of Nervous DecayOkkultokrati - La Ilden LysePerversion - Archaic Death MetalQuestion - Reflections Of the VoidRaspberry Bulbs - Before the Age Of MirrorsSeeds In Barren Fields - Sånger som rämnarSentient Divide - Haunted By CrueltySiderean - Sidereal EvolutionSkeleton - s/tSocialstyrelsen - Med Rädsla För LivetThe Death Wheelers - Divine FilthThe Passing - s/tTøronto - Under SiegeTöxik Death - Sepulchral DemonsTranscendence - Towards Obscurities BeyondUtzalu - The Grobian FallVoid Rot - Descending Pillars
36/100
― where do all these unsold amps go? (gaudio), Saturday, 28 November 2020 00:07 (three years ago) link
Ad Infinitum – Chapter I: MonarchyÆnigmatum – Adorned in WrathAlmyrkvi / The Ruins of Beverast – Almyrkvi / The Ruins of BeverastAngel Morgue – In the Morgue of AngelsArmagedda – Svindeldjup ÄttestupAtavisma / Void Rot – Atavisma / Void RotAtramentus – StygianAyyur – BalkarninBlack Flux – Black StreamBognor – Brain ParalysisCultum Interitum – Poison of BeingDraug – Irreelle sindelagEmpyrean Grace – Bestowment of the Seraphic KeyFaceless Burial – SpeciationGenfærd – BlodhævnGrifteskymfning – Bedrövelsens härdKaatayra – Toda história pela frenteLowrider – RefractionsMourning Beloveth / The Ruins of Beverast – Don’t Walk on the Mass GravesNero di Marte – ImmotoPlague – Portraits of MindPrecambrian – TectonicsProsternatur – Mortuus et sepultusSelbst – Relatos de angustiaSerment – Chante, ô flamme de la libertéSlutet – Love & BeautySvartsyn – RequiemTuria – Degen van lichtWytch Hazel – III: PentecostYgg – The Last Scald
(30/100)
― pomenitul, Saturday, 28 November 2020 02:21 (three years ago) link
EPs also fair game btw.
― pomenitul, Saturday, 28 November 2020 02:22 (three years ago) link
here's a few more
Dirt Woman - Lady of the DunesNúll – EntityTombstone Eyes - Land in the SkyWorm - Gloomlord
9/100
― Frobisher, Saturday, 28 November 2020 03:29 (three years ago) link
Bedsore - Hypnagogic Hallucinations
(1/100)
― o. nate, Saturday, 28 November 2020 03:32 (three years ago) link
Prometheus - Resonant Echoes From Cosmos Of Old
(2/100)
― o. nate, Saturday, 28 November 2020 04:01 (three years ago) link
215 albums nominated so far.
― Oor Neechy, Saturday, 28 November 2020 20:50 (three years ago) link
Machine Girl - U-Void SynthesizerDied - Less LifeIzthmi - To Traipse AloneUboa - The Flesh of the WorldShaam Larein - SculptureMy Dying Bride - The Ghost of OrionCryptic Shift - Visitations from EnceladusLos Hijos del Culto - Hijos del CultoVladislav Delay - RakkaBorgne - YDragged Into Sunlight - Terminal Aggressor IIElephant Tree - HabitsInvent, Animate - GreyviewMrs. Piss - Self-SurgeryHex A.D. - Astro Tongue in the Electric GardenSecrets of the Moon - Don’t Look NowGodthrymm - ReflectionsLonker See - HamzaKvelertak - SplidOdraza - RzeczomYuri Gagarin (SWE) - The Outskirts of Reality21/100
― tangenttangent, Saturday, 28 November 2020 21:27 (three years ago) link
Khthoniik Cerviiks - ÆequiizoiikumEscuela Grind - PpoowweerrvviioolleenncceeNawaharjan - LokabrennaFuzzriders - FuzzridersBong Wizard - Left Hand PassSuum - CryptomaasBernelius - Grave DancerVoidlurker - Industrial NightmareDwaal - Gospel of the VileAdzes - No One Wants to Speak About ItKvaen - The Funeral PyreTerminal Nation - Holocene ExtinctionBody Void/Keeper - split LPModarin - In the Distance...
(14/100)There's tons more I haven't gotten around to hearing yet, I might nominate those later but I felt silly nominating stuff I hadn't heard.
― Iannis Xenakis double fisting Cutty Sark (Tom Violence), Saturday, 28 November 2020 21:55 (three years ago) link
Gezan - KlueTaras Bulba - Soul WeaverMoor Jewelry - True OperaKooba Tercu - Proto Tekno
― more haim than good (Drugs A. Money), Saturday, 28 November 2020 23:18 (three years ago) link
Svalbard - When I Die, Will I Get Better?
― more haim than good (Drugs A. Money), Saturday, 28 November 2020 23:56 (three years ago) link
Caligula's Horse - Rise Radiant
1/100
― it bangs for thee (Simon H.), Saturday, 28 November 2020 23:58 (three years ago) link
Some of these are very obviously NØT TRVE METÅL (Vladislav Delay?!?!?) but I'll allow them.
― pomenitul, Sunday, 29 November 2020 05:27 (three years ago) link
I thought that might raise an eyebrow or two, but it's noise! Nøise cøvnts.
― tangenttangent, Sunday, 29 November 2020 12:51 (three years ago) link
Limalla - ¿Ké futuro? Directo if live albums countFaron - InterloperCosmic Putrefaction - The Horizons Towards Which Splendour Withers
(17/100)
― Iannis Xenakis double fisting Cutty Sark (Tom Violence), Sunday, 29 November 2020 13:23 (three years ago) link
The rules are:
Everything countsIn small amounts
xp
― pomenitul, Sunday, 29 November 2020 15:20 (three years ago) link
Live albums are fine btw.
― pomenitul, Sunday, 29 November 2020 15:23 (three years ago) link
Gareth Davis and Merzbow - Broken LandscapesStephen O'Malley - Auflosung der ZeitSenyawa and Stephen O'Malley - Bima SaktiAnaal Nathrakh - EndarkenmentTestament - Titans of CreationCloudkicker - SolitudeVerval - BeeldenstormDesolate Entity - DeconstructionGaerea - Limbo
(26/100)
― Iannis Xenakis double fisting Cutty Sark (Tom Violence), Sunday, 29 November 2020 15:27 (three years ago) link
xp yeah it occurred to me, discounting live albums would take the Triptykon out of the running, which I don't think anybody wants to do.
― Iannis Xenakis double fisting Cutty Sark (Tom Violence), Sunday, 29 November 2020 15:28 (three years ago) link
Or the Ahab, for that matter!
― pomenitul, Sunday, 29 November 2020 15:30 (three years ago) link
i haven't thought about nominating Rakka in here. on board with it
he used to play in metal bands, drums of course; it's documented his staning for all Death Metal Earache; and would anyone be surprised to spot a Beherit hoodie at one of his shows?
― where do all these unsold amps go? (gaudio), Sunday, 29 November 2020 16:18 (three years ago) link
Live albums have always been allowed, dont recall if any of them ever get in the poll rundown.
― Oor Neechy, Monday, 30 November 2020 19:15 (three years ago) link
You are all going to vote for Triptykon, right? 😠😠😠 Good.
― jmm, Monday, 30 November 2020 19:19 (three years ago) link
I dont usually vote for live albums but we'll see.
Is everyone remembering to add their nominations to the collaborative Spotify playlist?
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3a0enQtah5VT4hADz1wdnf?si=qZiCkvMcSWa6hmqOFIcsnw
― Oor Neechy, Tuesday, 1 December 2020 14:59 (three years ago) link
Triptykon's interesting in that part of what they played live was a new composition.
it feels like it was two years ago that this live album came out. when will 2020 end
― Lover of Nixon (or LON for short) (Neanderthal), Tuesday, 1 December 2020 16:06 (three years ago) link
for Deftones lovers
Loathe - I Let It In And It Took Everything
― it bangs for thee (Simon H.), Tuesday, 1 December 2020 16:10 (three years ago) link
Afterbirth - Four Dimensional FleshEnslaved - UtgardHuman Impact - Human ImpactHuntsman - Mandala of FearIgorrr - Spirituality and DistortionIntronaut - Fluid Existential InversionsDarren Korb - Hades: Original Game SoundtrackLeeched - To Dull the Blades of Your AbuseThe Ocean - Phanerozoic II: Mesozoic | CenozoicVoidceremony - Entropic Reflections Continuum: Dimensional Unravel
― beard papa, Tuesday, 1 December 2020 18:38 (three years ago) link
People should give the Enslaved another chance. It left me cold the first couple of listens, but eventually hit me the right way. I know they're pretty much nothing like they used to be, but I don't see how someone who loves music could not at least appreciate the craft of it even if it didn't resonate emotionally. I don't even know why I gave a new Enslaved release more listens or why I'm suddenly OK with pop-oriented Enslaved, but I'm glad I did. I might even go back and check out the last ten years of releases I skipped.
Igorrr doesn't get much any love around here, but Spirituality & Distortion kicks ass. If tracks Nervous Waltz or Himalaya Massive Ritual don't do it for you, you can probably confidently say you're not a fan and move on, but if you like and haven't heard 2017's Savage Sinusoid (which I also nommed that year, and I think it received one vote in the poll) which is slightly more chaotic and unfocused but probably slightly better for it.
Darren Korb's "Hades" soundtrack is worth checking out. It's on Spotify and Bandcamp. My young daughter who is ambivalent to most hard rock/metal I play absolutely loves it. The game is outstanding as well.
― beard papa, Tuesday, 1 December 2020 19:09 (three years ago) link
If anyone needs any help due to a bad memory then sites like RYM et al are worth posting links for
https://rateyourmusic.com/charts/top/album/2020/g:metal/
https://www.decibelmagazine.com/2020/11/12/spoiler-here-are-decibels-top-40-albums-of-2020/
― Oor Neechy, Wednesday, 2 December 2020 00:01 (three years ago) link
the Spotify playlist has been supersized
― stylish but illegal (Simon H.), Saturday, 2 January 2021 16:40 (three years ago) link
thank you very much, Simon
― Oor Neechy, Saturday, 2 January 2021 17:50 (three years ago) link
Danke schön, Simon!
― pomenitul, Saturday, 2 January 2021 18:45 (three years ago) link
I'm assuming noone else has anything else left to nominate?
How about Glenn & Unperson, would you like to nominate?
― Oor Neechy, Sunday, 3 January 2021 19:00 (three years ago) link
Adrien?
― Oor Neechy, Sunday, 3 January 2021 19:01 (three years ago) link
What is the preference for voting?
Would you prefer voting to open next weekend or wait until the big ilm eoy poll rollout is finished which will allow proper attention to metal poll without distraction of big poll?
― Oor Neechy, Sunday, 3 January 2021 19:10 (three years ago) link
Either option works for me, especially since I won't be voting in the main poll this year.
― pomenitul, Sunday, 3 January 2021 19:13 (three years ago) link
So yeah, tell us your preferences and we'll schedule accordingly.
― pomenitul, Sunday, 3 January 2021 19:14 (three years ago) link
We cant compete with enthusiasm for the big polls so I think we should try leaving voting until after main poll so it gets full attention. As most only vote in the last week I think a 2 week period for voting would suffice.
Those who wish to campaign for albums could still do so in a separate thread for it. Might even help get more metal and adjacent into big poll.
― Oor Neechy, Sunday, 3 January 2021 19:15 (three years ago) link
So the question really is, would you like a campaign thread now so people can 'study listen' to nominations or leave it for the 2 week voting thread which starts after the big album poll rollout?
― Oor Neechy, Sunday, 3 January 2021 19:20 (three years ago) link
I’d be interested in seeing a campaigning thread now to study! And voting after the main poll is customary, right? Always good to discover some new metal in January.
― tangenttangent, Sunday, 3 January 2021 20:16 (three years ago) link
It does give time for late releases in 2020 time to sink in and get past the initial listens to see if it still stands up.
Poll always ran in december but we changed it a few years back for the above reasons but voting usually was open before big poll voting opened but results were after big poll.
I think having voting period after big poll rollout allows 100% concentration on it. Lets see if it helps turn out.
― Oor Neechy, Sunday, 3 January 2021 20:22 (three years ago) link
I'll start a campaign thread tonight then, with a link to the spotify playlist that simon helpfully massively expanded.
Im playing catch up on albums now anyway and im sure its the same for a lot of you so why wait for voting period to start it.
I'll post the link below once I've done it, but I want a cup of tea first. Im gasping!
― Oor Neechy, Sunday, 3 January 2021 20:24 (three years ago) link
ILM 2020 METAL & HEAVY + Adjacent Albums Poll CAMPAIGNING THREAD IS NOW OPEN
― Oor Neechy, Sunday, 3 January 2021 20:57 (three years ago) link
As I lunched doing nominations for the main poll can we pls have -
Motorpsycho - The All Is One
― Noel Emits, Thursday, 7 January 2021 11:30 (three years ago) link
― Noel Emits, Thursday, 7 January 2021 11:34 (three years ago) link
Akantha – Gnothi SeautonGrifteskymfning – Malignant MorningstarGrifteskymfning – Svart materiaHate Forest – Hour of the CentaurMors Principium Est – SevenOmination – The Pale HorsemanSinister Downfall – A Dark Shining LightVrenth – Baptism Death
(76/100)
― pomenitul, Friday, 8 January 2021 23:22 (three years ago) link
A few Danish ones:
Afsky - Ofte jeg drømmer mig dødOrm - Mit blodSol - Bersærk
― Frederik B, Saturday, 9 January 2021 00:12 (three years ago) link
Sup Fred? Wb.
Haven't heard the last couple but I quite enjoyed the Afsky.
― pomenitul, Saturday, 9 January 2021 00:14 (three years ago) link
One in, one out ;)
― imago, Saturday, 9 January 2021 01:54 (three years ago) link
we may as well not officially close noms just yet because there are always people who claim not to have seen the thread and voting wont happen for a few weeks yet
― Oor Neechy, Saturday, 9 January 2021 18:59 (three years ago) link
Thee Arcadians - Current Events
Noisy garage punk from Western Mass
(28/100)
― Iannis Xenakis double fisting Cutty Sark (Tom Violence), Saturday, 9 January 2021 19:09 (three years ago) link
Dira Mortis – Ancient Breath of Forgotten Misanthropy
(77/100)
― pomenitul, Saturday, 9 January 2021 23:01 (three years ago) link
fvck it, it's heavier than the Nothing album that's already nominated:
Black Foxxes - Black Foxxes
― stylish but illegal (Simon H.), Saturday, 9 January 2021 23:18 (three years ago) link
Hellripper - The Affair of the PoisonsMidnight Dice - Hypnotized
63/100
― Judi Dench's Human Hand (methanietanner), Saturday, 9 January 2021 23:41 (three years ago) link
Montuln – Arquetipo
(78/100)
― pomenitul, Tuesday, 12 January 2021 01:57 (three years ago) link
one more:
Old Nick - The Night Of The Ambush And The Pillage By The Queen Ann Styl'd Furniture, Animated By One Of The Dozen Or So Spells That Thee Eastern Vampyre Has Studied (T.N.O.T.A.A.T.P.B.T.Q.A.S.F.A.B.O.O.T.D.O.S.S.T.T.E.V.H.S)TYER
― stylish but illegal (Simon H.), Thursday, 14 January 2021 16:17 (three years ago) link
err nix that "TYER" at the end. boy that title sure is long and silly with those extra four characters tacked on!
― stylish but illegal (Simon H.), Thursday, 14 January 2021 16:19 (three years ago) link
More metal bands should channel Fiona Apple.
― pomenitul, Thursday, 14 January 2021 16:23 (three years ago) link
Vuur & Zijde / Impavida – Vuur & Zijde / Impavida
(79/100)
I think that's it.
― pomenitul, Friday, 15 January 2021 03:41 (three years ago) link
One last big dump if that's okay as several of these I thought I had already nominated or just assumed other people would (looks like someone else mentioned Cirith Ungol above, but it wasn't added to the spreadsheet so I'm listing it again just to cover our bases).
Nucleus / Ectoplasma / Fetid Zombie / Temple of Void - 4 Doors To Death Vol. II (Split) Atræ Bilis - DivinihilityBeneath the Massacre - FearmongerBloodsoaked Necrovoid - Expelled into the Unknown Depths of the UnfathomableCirith Ungol - Forever BlackContrarian - Only Time Will TellCordyceps - BetrayalDeeds of Flesh - NucleusDepravity - Grand MalevolenceDeranged - Deeds of Ruthless ViolenceFoul - Of SerpentsGorephilia - In The Eye of NothingHemotoxin - Restructure the Molded MindIntellect Devourer - Demons Of The SkullKatalepsy - Terra Mortuus EstMiasmatic Necrosis - Apex ProfaneOld Nick – Haunted Loom!!!Ominous Scriptures - The Fall of the Celestial ThronePossessed Steel - AedrisPsychotic Waltz - The God-Shaped VoidPsycroptic - The Watcher Of AllSépulcre - Ascent Through Morbid TranscendenceVoracious Scourge - In Death
(86/100)
― Judi Dench's Human Hand (methanietanner), Sunday, 17 January 2021 14:25 (three years ago) link
No idea what happened there, re: Cirith Ungol, so thanks for the heads up!
― pomenitul, Sunday, 17 January 2021 15:15 (three years ago) link
still open for noms.
― Oor Neechy, Thursday, 4 February 2021 15:27 (three years ago) link
one more then . . .Putrid Pile - Revel in Lunacy
(87/100)
― Judi Dench's Human Hand (methanietanner), Thursday, 4 February 2021 17:45 (three years ago) link
HELL YEA
― he said that you son of a bitch (Neanderthal), Thursday, 4 February 2021 18:39 (three years ago) link
Nah, Hell Yeah didn't release anything this year
― Oor Neechy, Thursday, 4 February 2021 19:39 (three years ago) link
btw I think noms will be open til sat or sunday. Depends when seandalai sets up the voting form and weekends might not be a great time for him
― Oor Neechy, Thursday, 4 February 2021 19:40 (three years ago) link
Lie In Ruins - Floating in Timeless Streams
4/100
― o. nate, Thursday, 4 February 2021 21:05 (three years ago) link
A couple more days left to nominate
― Oor Neechy, Friday, 5 February 2021 21:42 (three years ago) link
Some more noms:
Growth - The Smothering Arms of Mercy Dopelord - Sign of the Devil Rotting Kingdom - A Deeper Shade of Sorrow Abigor - Totschläger (A Saintslayer's Songbook) Messiah - Fracmont Valgrind - CondemnationProscription - Conduit Mercyless - The Mother of All Plagues The Spirit - Cosmic Terror Bear Mace - Charred Field of Slaughter Hydra - From Light to the Abyss Häxanu - Snare of All Salvation Ad Vitam Infernal - Infernal Comedy Arsebreed - ButohDiabolic - Mausoleum of the Unholy GhostJupiterian - Protosapien Induced - Coproporeal The Spirit Cabinet - Bloodlines Oldowan Gash - Hubris Unchained
― BlackIronPrison, Saturday, 6 February 2021 17:31 (three years ago) link
I'll add 'em in a bit.
― pomenitul, Saturday, 6 February 2021 18:29 (three years ago) link
Can we add, please:
Glorious Depravity - Ageless Violence
― BlackIronPrison, Sunday, 7 February 2021 02:41 (three years ago) link
Saigan Terror - Anatomy Of SaiganCro-Mags In The BeginningMindforce - Swingin Swords Choppin LordsThree Knee Deep - Three Knee DeepCCR Headcleaner - Street RiffsTurnstile x Mall Grab - Share A ViewHum - InletExpander - Neuropunk BoostergangFu Manchu - Fu30 Pt 1Nudie Mag - Our MilkOmerta - Hyperviolence
― billstevejim, Sunday, 7 February 2021 15:42 (three years ago) link
sorry it'sCro-Mags - In The Beginning
I don't think I heard any noteworthy melodic doom or stoner LPs in 2020.
― billstevejim, Sunday, 7 February 2021 16:34 (three years ago) link
last hours one assumes for nominating. Hoping to get voting started monday
― Oor Neechy, Sunday, 7 February 2021 20:41 (three years ago) link
― BlackIronPrison, Sunday, 7 February 2021 21:14 (three years ago) link
Fab album
― Oor Neechy, Sunday, 7 February 2021 21:51 (three years ago) link
Noms will close in 55 mins
― Oor Neechy, Sunday, 7 February 2021 23:05 (three years ago) link
xp Yeah this is what I need thx
― billstevejim, Monday, 8 February 2021 01:02 (three years ago) link