ILX METAL ALBUMS OF THE YEAR 2008 RESULTS (NOW COUNTING DOWN THE TOP TEN, BTW)

disagree abt broadyrick quality control he's totally acing that clutching kitten while passively masturbating vibe plus KILLS alcest at making MBV sound like Venom

The Jesu got 6 votes. One #6, one #23 (from me), the other four squarely mid-ballot.

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Moonspell - Night Eternal (SPV/Steamhammer) 81 points

I have nothing interesting to say about the above. I'll leave the stats stuff to glenn

I liked the Jesu, but most of it was on the split with Eluvium which made my 2007 list. Most shoegazer stuff he's done is on there (“Blind and Faithless"). Thought the remixes were crap.

Hope he releases some heavier stuff next time. I think he's taken the shoegaze as far as he can.

I'll post the next one once Glenn has done his stats stuff. (thanks again glenn for doing this)

I liked the Moonspell album a lot. I think since Sentenced disbanded, Moonspell have been the kings of that kind of gothic/death metal. As with Jesu, 6 votes: one high, one low, four in the middle.

To recap the stats for #s 50-31 (Rank - Points - Votes - Artist - Album):

48 - 50 - 4 - Blue Sabbath Black Cheer - Untitled
48 - 50 - 3 - Gnaw Their Tongues - An Epiphanic Vomiting of Blood
47 - 52 - 5 - Bison B.C. - Quiet Earth
45 - 54 - 4 - Nadja - Desire In Uneasiness
45 - 54 - 4 - Withered - Folie Circulaire
43 - 55 - 4 - Metallica - Death Magnetic
43 - 55 - 6 - Unearthly Trance - Electrocution
42 - 59 - 4 - Blood Ceremony - Blood Ceremony
41 - 60 - 4 - Disfear - Live the Storm
40 - 61 - 4 - Marnie Stern - This Is It And I Am It And You Are It
39 - 62 - 5 - Darkspace - III
38 - 63 - 6 - Intronaut - Prehistoricisms
37 - 66 - 5 - Jex Thoth - Jex Thoth
36 - 68 - 6 - Genghis Tron - Board Up the House
35 - 70 - 5 - Witch - Paralyzed
34 - 71 - 3 - Hammers of Misfortune - Fields/Church of Broken Glass
33 - 72 - 6 - Ascend - Ample Fire Within
32 - 78 - 6 - Jesu - Why Are We Not Perfect
31 - 81 - 6 - Moonspell - Night Eternal

Thanks Glenn!

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The Gates of Slumber - Conqueror (Profoundlore) 83 points

I forgot to mention when posting the Blood Ceremony album that it got 1 number 1 vote.
Glenn what other albums got a no1 vote that were outside the top 50?

^^^that was by me I believe

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Earthless - Live at Roadburn (Tee Pee) 88 Points

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UFOmammut - Idolum (Supernatural Cat) 88 points

Here are the albums outside the top 49 that got a #1 vote (Rank - Points - Votes - Artist - Album):

50 - 48 - 3 - Zebulon Pike - Intransience
63 - 39 - 3 - Have A Nice Life - Deathconsciousness
74 - 33 - 2 - Samothrace - Lifes Trade
76 - 32 - 2 - Equilibrium - Sagas
78 - 31 - 2 - Pyramids - Pyramids
89 - 27 - 2 - In This Moment - The Dream
91 - 25 - 1 - Gevolt - Sidur
91 - 25 - 1 - Mar De Grises - draining the waterheart

In This Moment was mine.
91 - 25 - 1 - Rose Tattoo - Blood Brothers

Disfear at no42 got a no1 vote I think

it did.

i just had a feeling that would be the disc i listened to the most over the next five years. which isn't the only criteria, just the only argument one way or the other for the three or four picks that could have been my number one.

I totally would have voted for Sex Vid had I heard it before voting ended. Oh well.

That will teach you to not keep up with the rolling metal thread. Bear that in mind for 2009!

Sex Vid's not even metal though!

dont you start!

48 - 50 - 4 - Blue Sabbath Black Cheer - Untitled

wha... why?

or you! ;)

Did you vote btw?

I like that Gates of Slumber album - real metal cover included.
And the Ascend cd, that I bought under Pfunk Boy instigation, is excellent.

xp: i didn't vote, sorry. just didn't really hear enough to feel like it was worth bothering. might've moved blood ceremony up another fraction of a point, i guess...

Marco,I am glad you enjoyed it. I really do think it's the best thing Greg has done in a while(and I do like recent sunn 0))) stuff)
The Gates Of Slumber album is really good too.

The next 2 albums are tied. I will post one now and keep the suspense going on the other until I've finished my dinner.

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Wetnurse - Invisible City (Seventh Rule Recordings) 89 points

Great, great album, which I would never have heard if J0hn hadn't been hyping it incessantly in Rolling Metal 2008.

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Moss - Sub Templum (Rise Above) 89 Points

I thought the Moss album was a good step up from Cthonic Rites. I think Olly said elsewhere there was new material coming soon. I'm looking forward to that immensely. No doubt it will be crushing doom as ever and for that I say Huzzah!

I was DJing at a best of 2008 night a couple of weeks ago and I played 'Stigma' by UFOmammut and it literally made someone shit their pants on the dancefloor.

Sure that wasn't the Guinness?

Well it was the first Saturday after NYE, so perhaps there were a few loose stomachs in the joint.

As luck would have it one or two regular ILX posters were there and can back me up.

It was horrible really.

Was it one of them?

It was horrible really.

― Doran

would expect so

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The Gutter Twins - Saturnalia (Sub Pop) 98 Points (1 Number One Vote.)

Having spent nearly a year dissecting Saturnalia, I'm ready to declare this the best album either Dulli or Lanegan has been involved with since the Afghan Whigs' swan song in 1998. It's not "metal" by a long shot (many albums on this list are not "metal" in a strict sense, mind) – it is, however, dark, aggressive, haunting and intense in equal measure. The album kicks off with a rock solid 1-2-3 punch, then unravels into a brooding, downtrodden set of gothic-folk tunes with Lanegan nearly stealing the show before Dulli picks up the pace by album's end. These two musicians have shared career parallels and a personal friendship over the past 15 years, and I'm amazed they took so long to record an album together… but my Lord, was it ever worth the wait. All said, it's a solid, memorable set of tunes from two musicians who have continually raised the bar for themselves since the Whigs and Trees were put out to pasture. ---- ilxor

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Ocean - Pantheon of the Lesser (Important Records) 100 Points

Kicks the shit out of all the indie I listened to in 2008. I Am reborn! I am REFORMED! ---- ilxor

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Amon Amarth - Twilight of the Thunder God (Metal Blade) 109 Points (1 Number One Vote)

A shock result in my eyes.
Surprisingly low placed, I thought this would be a contender for No 1 and a certain top 5 place. But again some of the albums advocates on the rolling metal thread didn't vote. So that's what happens.

No one else surprised?

as we approach the top 20... to compare and contrast with Terrorizer top 20 albums of 2008

01. ENSLAVED - Vertebrae (Indie Recordings)
02. CYNIC - Traced In Air (Season Of Mist)
03. NACHTMYSTIUM - Assassins: Black Meddle Part 1 (Candlelight)
04. GOJIRA - The Way Of All Flesh (Listenable)
05. TORCHE - Meanderthal (Hydra Head)
06. MESHUGGAH - ObZen (Nuclear Blast)
07. OPETH - Watershed (Roadrunner)
08. METALLICA - Death Magnetic (Warner)
09. BLOODBATH - The Fathomless Mastery (Peaceville)
10. ESOTERIC - The Maniacal Vale (Season Of Mist)
11. EARTH - The Bees Made Honey In The Lion's Skull (Southern Lord)
12. AC/DC - Black Ice (Sony)
13. ASVA - What You Don't Know Is Frontier (Southern Lord)
14. HAIL OF BULLETS - ...Of Frost And War (Metal Blade)
15. SEPTICFLESH - Communion (Season Of Mist)
16. DARKTHRONE - Dark Thrones And Black Flags (Peaceville)
17. LEVIATHAN - Massive Conspiracy Against All Life (Moribund)
18. GRAND MAGUS - Iron Will (Rise Above)
19. HARVEY MILK - Life... The Best Game In Town (Hydra Head)
20. SATYRICON - The Age Of Nero (Roadrunner)

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Coffins - Buried Death (20 Buck Spin) 111 Points

I shall post no 21 in about 30 mins after i have a cuppa tea.

dj martian some of those albums are still to come. But not telling you who or what position any of them are in. Will not spoil the tension!

Not that surprised - I liked the Amon Amarth, but didn't get caught by it. I wouldn't have even heard it if it wasn't talked about so enthusiastically by some posters, as it is not my usual cup of tea.

Glad to see Ocean do so well.

-bunch of x-posts

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Grails - Doomsdayer's Holiday (Temporary Residence) 118 Points (2 Number One Votes)

and now over to Glenn for some stats...

It was I who picked Hammers of Misfortune for #1. I've never heard anything by them prior to these albums, but they just fulfill this love I have for 70s rock bands with long songs with lots of great passages (I like to refer to them as Songs with Parts), that are like epic journeys. Songs by bands like Rush, Boston, Kansas, and Yes. But the weird thing is that I am not a big fan of any of those bands other than one or two songs each, and HoM doesn't really sound like any one of them in particular. Anyway, I surprised myself by voting for them. All year I figured I'd be telling everyone that Nachtmystium did the best metal album of the year. :)

Songs by bands like Rush, Boston, Kansas, and Yes. But the weird thing is that I am not a big fan of any of those bands other than one or two songs each

heh neither am I, but i dig the Hammers Of Misfortune album.