OK I don't like Gojira.
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Thursday, 29 January 2009 00:04 (fifteen years ago) link
Just for reference, I'm a pretty serious metal fan and I didn't really like anything in this poll above #13, and only 5 things in the top 30. Tastes vary. That's much of what's fun about them...
― glenn mcdonald, Thursday, 29 January 2009 01:57 (fifteen years ago) link
serious question: which do you like more-- metal or numbers
― gr8080, Thursday, 29 January 2009 02:05 (fifteen years ago) link
Metal, but numbers pay way better.
― glenn mcdonald, Thursday, 29 January 2009 04:20 (fifteen years ago) link
do you like mathmetal? (j/k)
― Keep The Dogs Away (Ioannis), Thursday, 29 January 2009 10:01 (fifteen years ago) link
I voted in Pazz & Jop. 5/7 of my votes were for metal albums. http://www.villagevoice.com/pazznjop/critics/2008/769868
But, sadly, I didn't make it to this poll. Next year I promise to vote and write blurbs!
― Nate Carson, Thursday, 29 January 2009 11:05 (fifteen years ago) link
only seven albums and one track?
(i really dig two of your picks, btw.)
― Keep The Dawgs Away (Ioannis), Thursday, 29 January 2009 11:27 (fifteen years ago) link
I still haven't heard that Jesse Sykes album, Nate. I really should check it out.
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Thursday, 29 January 2009 13:46 (fifteen years ago) link
man, i loved Boris' Smile! what should i check out next from them?
― Keep The Dawgs Away (Ioannis), Thursday, 29 January 2009 14:39 (fifteen years ago) link
I suppose you should try Pink then. But early Boris is still superior to both.
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Thursday, 29 January 2009 14:41 (fifteen years ago) link
ok then, i'll check out both.
― Keep The Dawgs Away (Ioannis), Thursday, 29 January 2009 14:46 (fifteen years ago) link
If you wanna check out old but accessible Boris then start with Heavy Rocks better songs than on Pink and Smile.If you want to check out more Experimental Boris then it has to be Flood or Absolutego which is Boris at their very best.
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Thursday, 29 January 2009 15:07 (fifteen years ago) link
I think amplifier worship is still my fave boris. melvins-y sludge. flood is good too.
― original bgm, Thursday, 29 January 2009 17:20 (fifteen years ago) link
The Rainbow album is really good as well, if you're looking for more accessible Boris stuff.
― A. Begrand, Thursday, 29 January 2009 18:26 (fifteen years ago) link
thanks, guys. i think i need to check out their entire catalog--although i'm kinda weary of anything that sounds like the Melvins (never did like them much).
― Keep The Dawgs Away (Ioannis), Thursday, 29 January 2009 19:02 (fifteen years ago) link
HERETIC
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Thursday, 29 January 2009 19:05 (fifteen years ago) link
well, the drone stuff like dronevil doesnt sound like Melvins
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Thursday, 29 January 2009 19:07 (fifteen years ago) link
heh
― Keep The Dawgs Away (Ioannis), Thursday, 29 January 2009 19:12 (fifteen years ago) link
2008 was an alright year for metal, i have to say.
as for Boris, i can't get into the mix of the new album! dude's vocals are just not strong enough to be featured so prominently. also, Dronevil, Flood, Absolutego ... that was the good stuff. now, it's schlocky Stooges/Melvins meets psych rock thing that i can't get into.
although, admittedly, some of the songs on Pink were really great. and Rainbow was amazing.
--Albums (full lengths and cassettes)--Asva - What You Don't Know is FrontierDeathrow/Moloch - Echoes of EternityMenace Ruine - The Die is CastMoss - Sub TemplumMonument of Urns - AbsenceSmorzando - SmradThou/Leech - We Pass Like Night, From Land to Land
--Reissues (albums, not comps)--Paysage D'Hiver - Kristall & IsaVĂ©rmyapre Kommando - s/t (demo)Watain - Casus Luciferi
― Cameron Octigan, Thursday, 29 January 2009 19:16 (fifteen years ago) link
The new stuff is definitely stooges inspired but not as good as Heavy Rocks was (inspired by stooges as well as stoner rock). I prefer Pink when it's more shoegazy.
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Thursday, 29 January 2009 19:40 (fifteen years ago) link
I think amplifier worship is still my fave boris
It's a great album too.
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Thursday, 29 January 2009 22:49 (fifteen years ago) link
amp worship definitely has a melvins thing going on but I wouldn't let that put you off if you're not a fan. they sound like their own band on it.
also, a warning: somebody smashed into my car during a blizzard while I was listening to this album. just saying.
― original bgm, Friday, 30 January 2009 00:08 (fifteen years ago) link
Wonder what they were listening to :)
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Friday, 30 January 2009 09:55 (fifteen years ago) link
Given up on Gojira. Cynic was ok but dont think I could get into it.
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Friday, 30 January 2009 16:01 (fifteen years ago) link
a hoy hoy , i see the rap poll is go then. Nice one.
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Friday, 30 January 2009 16:11 (fifteen years ago) link
Umm... possibly. If we could get more than, ha, 5 people nominate then it could work!
― a hoy hoy, Friday, 30 January 2009 16:14 (fifteen years ago) link
Well now deej has got it started I think it will keep ticking over. Remember to keep bumping it so it's near the top of the page.
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Friday, 30 January 2009 16:42 (fifteen years ago) link
and remember that if a few people nominate stuff that others were going to ,it looks like hardly anyone is interested. But those guys will still email you their ballots. Just keep the thread at the top of new answers and everything should be ok. It also helps to generate discussion on the nomination/voting threads too.
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Friday, 30 January 2009 17:20 (fifteen years ago) link
Not sure about this Opeth. I think i prefer the other 2 I heard. Its ok i suppose.
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Saturday, 31 January 2009 00:01 (fifteen years ago) link
HYDRAHEAD PLEASE BRING OUT THE HARVEY MILK VINYL YOU BASTARDS
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Saturday, 31 January 2009 01:20 (fifteen years ago) link
On that note I just ordered Harvey Milk - The Singles 2xLP from Relapse.
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Saturday, 31 January 2009 23:05 (fifteen years ago) link
ATH has it cheaper BUT shipping is a lot more expensive. Anyone else got this? Or is it just out?(the repress)
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Sunday, 1 February 2009 00:30 (fifteen years ago) link
Maybe ask rolling metal.
― roxymuzak, Sunday, 1 February 2009 00:31 (fifteen years ago) link
yeah, i just posted here because i mentioned Harvey Milk last night
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Sunday, 1 February 2009 00:41 (fifteen years ago) link
second thoughts - i've just recently listened to (bought) the wetnurse and hammers of misfortune records mentioned above. and had i heard them earlier, both would probably have come in at or near the top of my list. that hammers double thing might end up being my very favorite record(s) on this list, up there with nachtmystium. still trying to get my head around wetnurse, so that's a tougher call.
problem with trying to put together lists is that i often play catch-up at the end of the year, based on what i think i've missed, and as a result, don't have enough time to fully process stuff. i mean, i was intrigued by moonspell and dir en grey for a few weeks, almost on a dare, but they both got real annoying real fast. or i dunno, the "charmingly horrible" became just plain horrible (but still intermittently awesome). something like that. and while gojira is cool, i'd probably rank it quite a few slots lower now that it's had some time to sink in. same goes for coffins, but in reverse. i like it more every time i hear it.
doesn't really matter, just that i'm experiencing lister's remorse.
― Calling All Creeps! (contenderizer), Wednesday, 4 February 2009 16:52 (fifteen years ago) link
Both Wetnurse and Hammers Of Misfortune are great.
― Cuntry Matters (Herman G. Neuname), Friday, 6 February 2009 16:39 (fifteen years ago) link
Onimo> hows the listening of the albums coming? (or indeed anyone else doing the same?)
a hoy hoy > how is the hip hop poll coming? Post the url on the trax poll as everyone is reading it for the results today and ppl are complaining about the lack of rap in it. So I think you will find you get lots more noms! Go for it!
― Boring Sign In Name (Herman G. Neuname), Friday, 6 February 2009 16:40 (fifteen years ago) link
i dunno. i think it's just not gonna happen. if there was more enthusiasm before i went back to school, it would have been great but i think starting it so late was the problem. next year maybe :)
i'm starting to really get into some of these records though. i have listened to the harvey milk/torche/boris a couple times and like them a lot. still not sure about the jesu/earth i got, and still haven't listened to the wetnurse. That's from my initial handful i grabbed anyway.
one thing i noticed - and like my crazy thing about covers - none of it seemed as heavy as i thought it would be. nothing seems remotely close my cliched idea of just STUPIDLY HUGE RIFFS + SCREAMING/SHOUTING etc. as metal and my reasonable knowledge of heavier and sludgier indie/punk/etc. doesn't seem that far away. So whereas I thought I'd be diving into an ocean I knew nothing about, I already had my feet in the water. Cheers anyway.
― . (a hoy hoy), Friday, 6 February 2009 16:48 (fifteen years ago) link
none of it seemed as heavy as i thought it would be. nothing seems remotely close my cliched idea of just STUPIDLY HUGE RIFFS + SCREAMING/SHOUTING etc. as metal and my reasonable knowledge of heavier and sludgier indie/punk/etc.
LISTEN TO THE WETNURSE
― Calling All Creeps! (contenderizer), Friday, 6 February 2009 17:00 (fifteen years ago) link
Onimo> hows the listening of the albums coming?
So far from the final 100 I think I've heard
Harvey MilkEarthGojiraCynicMarnie SternOpethTorcheMeshuggahBorisSunn 0)))Grails
Maybe a couple of others I can't remember. Can't see me ever being more than an occasional metal listener but I'm enjoying working my way through and I'll no doubt find a few things that'll merit repeat listening.
― super shareaholic firefox add (onimo), Friday, 6 February 2009 17:03 (fifteen years ago) link
Favourites so far?
― Boring Sign In Name (Herman G. Neuname), Friday, 6 February 2009 17:05 (fifteen years ago) link
In no particular order: Cynic, Opeth, Earth, Boris, Sunn 0)))
― super shareaholic firefox add (onimo), Friday, 6 February 2009 17:06 (fifteen years ago) link
Sunn0))) and Boris weren't new to me, the others were.
― super shareaholic firefox add (onimo), Friday, 6 February 2009 17:07 (fifteen years ago) link
Were the Harvey Milk vocals too much for you?
― Boring Sign In Name (Herman G. Neuname), Friday, 6 February 2009 18:02 (fifteen years ago) link
Though I think they fit the music.
― Boring Sign In Name (Herman G. Neuname), Friday, 6 February 2009 19:01 (fifteen years ago) link
a hoy hoy, wetnurse is a good mention. also, try out the belphegor.
― born of nililism and iconoclasm (John Justen), Friday, 6 February 2009 19:07 (fifteen years ago) link
it's been added to my ever growing list of things i'll eventually get around to listening too. :)
― . (a hoy hoy), Friday, 6 February 2009 19:08 (fifteen years ago) link
So far from the final 100 I think I've heardHarvey MilkEarthGojiraCynicMarnie SternOpethTorcheMeshuggahBorisSunn 0)))GrailsMaybe a couple of others I can't remember. Can't see me ever being more than an occasional metal listener but I'm enjoying working my way through and I'll no doubt find a few things that'll merit repeat listening.
This is really similar to my short list of stuff I've heard, also. You owe it to yourself to check out the Melvins album and also the Nachtmystium, both are great and pretty accessible and interesting for us "occasional" metal listeners.
― ilxor, Friday, 6 February 2009 19:13 (fifteen years ago) link
second to recommendableness of nachtmystium to non-super-metal folks. esp anyone with like for epic, vaguely psych-proggy rock musics
― Calling All Creeps! (contenderizer), Friday, 6 February 2009 19:16 (fifteen years ago) link