!!!!!!!! ILX METAL ALBUMS of 2009 POLL RESULTS!!!!!! (FINAL RESULTS NOW IN! LISTENING TO THESE ALBUMS WILL MAKE YOU STRONGER FRAIL INTERNET PERSON!)

The Augury is the first one of these that I liked a whole lot. The Municipal Waste was a huge leap forward for them but still somehow...unnecessary, as was the Saviours disc (and it wasn't even that big a leap in their case), and the Burnt By The Sun just didn't do it for me - I never really liked them. The others I haven't heard.

Two albums featuring Dave Witte already! How much nominations did he get? Birds of Prey was also on the list.

#91, 51 Points, 4 votes
http://www.metalkingdom.net/album/img/d20/24319.jpg
Revocation - Existence Is Futile

Shame on me for not listening to the new Revocation sooner. What an incredible album. Traditional yet proggy in places, and can that dude ever shred. Why aren't those meatheads at Liquid Metal not playing the hell out of this? This is groovy American metal at its finest.

― A. Begrand,

That Revocation album is awesome. Made my Top Fourteen for the year.

That's an incredibly low placing actually...

You think? I could only find 2 mentions of it on the rolling metal thread and both were by Adrien!

I remember Phil enthusing for that one too, figured it would place higher!

I guess not many else did. Need to check the album out I guess.

I was going over my list earlier today and the one thing I regret is not putting Revocation in the top 10, at least. What would be the other serious contenders for best new/young band besides these guys? Stylistically they're all over the place, even throwing in some downright twangy stuff here and there, but they make it work in an incredible way. Chops, inventiveness, hooks, they've got it all in spades, and the execution is punishing and playful at the same time. 'Pestilence Reigns' is the catchiest extreme metal song of 2009 imo, and 'Across Fjords & Forests' is as good an Immortal tribute as I've ever heard by an American band. Looking forward to seeing them in April, when they will share a bill with Carcass, Bolt Thrower, Napalm Death and Dying Fetus among others at Neurotic Deathfest.

#90, 53 points, 2 votes
http://c.ilike.com/w/0300/523/0300523443_l.jpg
Brutal Truth - Evolution Through Revolution

So far I'm not impressed by the new Brutal Truth. The BT is OK, but slower than previous efforts. It includes a cover version of the Minutemen's "Bob Dylan Wrote Propaganda Songs" that adds nothing to the original, but does justify Kevin Sharp's disturbing resemblance to Mike Watt.
― unperson,

I was thinking exactly the same thing when I saw him in the new Terrorizer (got it for the grindcore special, first time I've bought it in years). Not the first time that song's been covered by a grind band, either -- that is if you count Melt-Banana as grind.

And that's not the only Watt connection to grind: he used to play A.C. on his old internet radio show, and I read an interview once where he met Seth Putnam in Boston. I don't recall if that was a positive or negative experience...

― MacDara,

I am looking forward to the Brutal Truth, that's for sure.
― A. Begrand,

Saw Brutal Truth play in Toronto on Friday night. I really like them with the new guitarist, something I wasn't sure of going into the show. However, a band like them touring without their own sound guy is a huge no no. The club they were playing in, the Wreck Room, was just that. A shithole with a bar down through the middle did nothing for creating a good atmosphere and the club sound dude was just atrocious. Mix was brutal. No guitar, too much bass, drum sounds were fucked. Anyway, they were great despite all of that. Nice to see them playing again after all these years.

― S. Palmerston,

TIE
#88 , 53 Points, 3 votes
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_eeIxCpLBAp0/ShX1wQEbDbI/AAAAAAAAC6w/uRouW9O5UYE/s320/www.perfectdowns.com.br.jpg
Cannibal Corpse - Evisceration Plague
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_OBR_OdKiYfI/ShK8q4NlwmI/AAAAAAAAAQ0/E-zXhGzAoAM/s320/cover.jpg
Glorior Belli - Meet Us at the Southern Sign

I know roxy is a fan of Glorior Belli so it couldve been higher if she had voted but hopefully she's happy it placed. Anyone got any thoughts on these albums?

Hey it's my annual tilt at listening to some metal. I listened to more than last year but nothing like enough to justify actually voting for anything.

Anyway good work & thank you K & G.

For fellow dabblers wanting to check these out, a good few are on spotify so far:
Municipal Waste - Massive Aggressive - spotify:album:6uQ0MftEHBxUFBgmTTy64o
Tyr - By the Light of the Northern Star - spotify:album:1gigJvXjF9sgPyrINVMih6
Masters of Reality - Pine/Cross Dover - spotify:album:5lHqP66G1aqYBa0aQ6ilOC
Saviours - Accelerated Living - spotify:album:678W5eRcLqlDLxfWg9j8ji
Them Crooked Vultures - S/T - spotify:album:2Tue2cd1zxKZdsVevrH0iS
Augury - Fragmentary Evidence - spotify:album:3l5d8NIMcnLIMND4mbwCDD
Cannibal Corpse - Evisceration Plague - spotify:album:1dr77LDDrNaulAJfLky2yz

Nice touch onimo. I'll let you provide spotify links as we go on since I dont have spotify on my laptop. Thanks!

Damn it, why can't we get spotify here? So frustrating. Guess I'll settle for the 30 second iTunes clips for samples.

Liking Tyr more than I thought I would from reading about them.

Metal polls are awes for brilliant and/or stupid artwork.

Yeah, I liked that Tyr from the samples I've heard, never really gave them the time of day before but I like the sounds of this album.

Oh, once again before I forget to mention it, thanks for putting all this together again. These are always a fun read!

Guess I'll settle for the 30 second iTunes clips for samples.

http://listen.grooveshark.com/ might have a few of these. I rarely use it but it's occasionally handy for something you can't find elsewhere.

e.g. http://listen.grooveshark.com/#/album/Massive+Aggressive/3811731

Cool, thanks! I'll give it a try.

Damn it, why can't we get spotify here? So frustrating.

There are ways around it!

Are there really? I wasn't aware of that, do you have a link to more info or something?

I'll email you. Once you're set up it's easy, you just have to remember to reset the proxy every week.

Thanks, I really appreciate it!

Back to the tunes, Revocation deserves to be the next big thing in mainstream metal. It's all there, accessible Lamb of God riffing, cool technical death stuff, and very strong songwriting.

Just hope then they dont do what Lamb Of God did and start aping fucking pantera. Had such high hopes for that band too so ending up pantera clones was a crushing disappointment.

Yeah, exactly. I still dig Lamb of God on a fun, trite level, but they've already started plagiarizing themselves in addition to Pantera, which obviously isn't a good thing.

I actually just finally streamed the Revocation album from the Relapse site and was really sorry I didn't get to it sooner, it surely would have made it on to my list. Great to hear a young American metal band with such promise.

Im not a fan of death metal much but you guys at least make me want to check it out.

It's not death metal per se, lots of thrash, black, NWOAHM, even fusion and twang stuff on there. I only wish they would do away with the overblown modern drum sound, that's a bit too much for my liking really.

that drum triggering type of stuff?

Yup, especially the clockwork double kick is way too prominent in the mix. Not so prominent that it ruins the album tho, so yeah, do check it out.

Ok shall do since it's on spotify.

The next album goes out to all you canadians. A canadian metal institution, anyone want to guess who?

Sacrifice?

Actually I forgot to vote for Sacrifice.

no...

Voivod?

i dont think you actually voted for this album adrien.

#87, 53 Points, 4 votes

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Anvil - This Is Thirteen

Listening to the new Anvil album right now. It's...good! Much heavier than I thought it would be, almost reminds me of the Heaven and Hell disc in a way, and the vocals are almost Ian Gillan-esque. Note: this is my first experience with Anvil - haven't heard the back catalog, haven't seen the movie. So if anyone can tell me if this is a major change for them (if age has slowed them down) or if they were always sorta doomy classic/power metal?

― unperson,

I'm so glad those guys are finally getting paid.

― Nate Carson,

I take back what I said about Anvil upthread, I'll never trust a listen through shitty Borders headphones again.. the record is indeed pretty good. Not great, the lyrics are sometimes painful, but some of the tunes really hit me. "Thumb Hang" was on repeat for a bit last night.

― & other try hard shitfests (jon /via/ chi 2.0),

Anvil this low?

(xpost - ha!)

http://purerockradio.org/requests/pictures/Anvil-This-Is-Thirteen.jpg
Perhaps a mod can replace the url that didn't work and add this one then remove this post?

Sheesh, hadn't seen the cover art for that one yet. Ouch.

thrash > Roberta from Spotify > thrash doesn't work. I'm still not paying for it though.

Listened to all of Týr and Municipal Waste so far and have thoroughly enjoyed it, despite having to play it at don't wake the kids volume. Anything droney on the list so far that I can check out?

That Anvil album is actually good. And they'd been putting out a lot of mediocre music as of late.

No drone yet but the Masters Of Reality is a good late night non heavy album.

thanks everyone for posting here and making this thread more fun than the vampire weekend thread!

Oh great. Lex baiting. Do you really wanna hear him explain how the lyrics on the Revocation album are terrible? :P

(Btw, great album. I'm sorry I didn't hear it in time to vote for it.)

None of my votes turned up yet, and from memory I'm not sure I've heard much, if any, of it. Some listening ahead, then.

I'm sure LJ will be along in a minute to say how it's not innovative or prog enough ;)

\mm/

So scary that it's probably not worth doing a best metal of the 00's poll. I'm not sure there would be enough interest in it due to poll fatigue.

really loving GAY WITCH ABORTION....sooo sick

the really really extra noisy parts are reminding me of someone else but can't think of who they sound like

So scary that it's probably not worth doing a best metal of the 00's poll. I'm not sure there would be enough interest in it due to poll fatigue.

I'd vote!

me too

it would be somewhat difficult to pull off, i'd imagine.

Main ilx albums poll has started.
Yo P&J, I'm really happy for you, Imma let you finish, but ILX had the greatest 2009 poll of all time! All time! (2009 ILX Albums Poll Results)

Baroness in at a lowly 47.

At least it beat fucking Girls at 48, right?

for jj
http://www.stonerrock.com/store/images/covers/ATH-6867_big.jpg
http://www.allthatisheavy.com/info.asp?item_num=ATH-6867

I guess he didn't see it?

High on Fire (despite crap production) vs Burzum for 2010 then?

Mastodon in @ 20 on the big ilx poll

Sunn o))) at 15. So 3 albums from our poll made it. Not very good but 2 in the top 20 was better than expected.

See you all next year?

(ps anyone still checking out albums from this poll? Please post what you think here anytime)

Sorry guys, I forgot to vote in the main ILX poll, so I didn't help represent the metal contingent.

may your goat fail to milk and piss in your face instead

ksh you should check this thread out

Just to make it easier to find the results here is yet another recap

"#","Album","Points","Votes","1s","Enthusiasm"
"1","Sunn O))) - Monoliths & Dimensions","757","31","4","24.419"
"2","Converge - Axe to Fall","722","30","2","24.067"
"3","Mastodon - Crack the Skye","709","31","6","22.871"
"4","Baroness - Blue Record","708","30","6","23.6"
"5","YOB - The Great Cessation","705","28","5","25.179"
"6","Cobalt - Gin","566","24","1","23.583"
"7","Kylesa - Static Tensions","490","22","","22.273"
"8","Zu - Carboniferous","454","21","1","21.619"
"9","Isis - Wavering Radiant","437","22","1","19.864"
"10","Krallice - Dimensional Bleedthrough","412","22","","18.727"
"11","Wolves in the Throne Room - Black Cascade","405","22","","18.409"
"12","Zombi - Spirit Animal","401","17","3","23.588"
"13","Slough Feg - Ape Uprising","390","16","2","24.375"
"14","The Gates of Slumber - Hymns of Blood and Thunder","380","18","","21.111"
"15","Om - God Is Good","335","16","","20.938"
"16","Shrinebuilder - Shrinebuilder","334","17","1","19.647"
"17","Khanate - Clean Hands Go Foul","315","17","1","18.529"
"18","Slayer - World Painted Blood","293","15","","19.533"
"19","Liturgy - Renihilation","260","16","","16.25"
"20","Lightning Bolt - Earthly Delights","253","13","","19.462"
"21","Blut Aus Nord - Memoria Vetusta II: Dialogue With the Stars","239","11","1","21.727"
"22","Oneida - Rated O","205","10","2","20.5"
"23","Pissed Jeans - King of Jeans","193","8","2","24.125"
"24","Funeral Mist - Maranatha","175","9","1","19.444"
"25","Absu - Absu","168","10","","16.8"
"26","Amesoeurs - Amesoeurs","163","11","","14.818"
"27","Tombs - Winter Hours","147","11","","13.364"
"28","Katatonia - Night Is the New Day","147","7","","21"
"29","Jesu - Opiate Sun","143","9","","15.889"
"30","Gay Witch Abortion - Maverick","141","7","1","20.143"
"31","Goatwhore - Carving Out the Eyes of God","137","7","","19.571"
"32","Drudkh - Microcosmos","131","7","","18.714"
"33","Agoraphobic Nosebleed - Agorapocalypse","131","6","","21.833"
"34","Nile - Those Whom the Gods Detest","129","9","","14.333"
"35","Heaven & Hell - The Devil You Know","126","7","","18"
"36","Orthodox - Sentencia","124","7","","17.714"
"37","Pelican - What We All Come to Need","123","8","","15.375"
"38","Marduk - Wormwood","122","8","","15.25"
"39","Immortal - All Shall Fall","121","8","","15.125"
"40","Mount Eerie - Wind's Poem","119","5","1","23.8"
"41","Coalesce - Ox","116","10","","11.6"
"42","Portal - Swarth","112","8","","14"
"43","Big Business - Mind the Drift","110","7","1","15.714"
"44","Gnaw Their Tongues - All the Dread Magnificence of Perversity","108","5","","21.6"
"45","Madder Mortem - Eight Ways","107","6","1","17.833"
"46","Napalm Death - Time Waits for No Slave","106","8","1","13.25"
"47","Eagle Twin - The Unkindness of Crows","105","7","","15"
"48","Nadja - When I See the Sun Always Shines on TV","103","7","","14.714"
"49","Pyramids With Nadja - S/T","98","6","","16.333"
"50","Part Chimp - Thriller","98","5","","19.6"
"51","Dysrhythmia - Psychic Maps","96","7","","13.714"
"52","Jesu - Infinity","96","6","","16"
"53","Church of Misery - Houses of the Unholy","94","8","","11.75"
"54","Wardruna - Runaljod - Gap Var Ginnunga","93","4","",""
"55","Jamie Saft - Black Shabbis","91","4","1",""
"56","Greymachine - Disconnected","88","8","","11"
"57","Ancestors - Of Sound Mind","88","4","",""
"58","Bloody Panda - Summon","83","5","","16.6"
"59","Xasthur - All Reflections Drained","82","6","","13.667"
"60","Ahab - The Divinity of Oceans","82","5","","16.4"
"61","Lifelover - Dekadens","81","4","",""
"62","Anaal Nathrakh - In the Constellation of the Black Widow","79","4","",""
"63","Keelhaul - Triumphant Return to Obscurity","78","5","1","15.6"
"64","Nadja and Black Boned Angel - S/T","78","5","","15.6"
"65","Hacride - Lazarus","75","4","",""
"66","Melvins - Chicken Switch","73","4","",""
"67","Candlemass - Death Magic Doom","70","8","","8.75"
"68","Skeletonwitch - Breathing the Fire","70","6","","11.667"
"69","Voivod - Infini","70","3","",""
"70","Eluveitie - Evocation I: The Arcane Dominion","69","4","",""
"71","Minsk - With Echoes in the Movement of Stone","66","4","",""
"72","Magrudergrind - S/T","66","3","",""
"73","SubArachnoid Space - Eight Bells","63","6","","10.5"
"74","Megadeth - Endgame","62","6","","10.333"
"75","Black Boned Angel - Verdun","62","4","",""
"76","Dethklok - Dethalbum II","61","3","",""
"76","Jello Biafra & the Guantanamo School of Medicine - The Audacity of Hype","61","3","",""
"78","Behemoth - Evangelion","60","4","",""
"78","Blue Sabbath Black Cheer - Crows Eat the Eyes From the Leviathan's Carcass","60","4","",""
"80","Jodis - Secret House","59","4","",""
"81","Gnaw - This Face","58","6","","9.667"
"82","Doomriders - Darkness Come Alive","58","5","","11.6"
"83","Obscura - Cosmogenesis","58","4","",""
"84","1349 - Revelations of the Black Flame","54","4","",""
"85","Altar of Plauges - White Tomb","54","3","",""
"86","Vom - Primitive Arts","54","2","1",""
"87","Anvil - This Is Thirteen","53","4","",""
"88","Cannibal Corpse - Evisceration Plague","53","3","",""
"88","Glorior Belli - Meet Us at the Southern Sign","53","3","",""
"90","Brutal Truth - Evolution Through Revolution","53","2","",""
"91","Revocation - Existence Is Futile","51","4","",""
"92","Augury - Fragmentary Evidence","51","3","",""
"92","Peste Noire - Ballade Cuntre Lo Anemi Francor","51","3","",""
"92","Saros - Acrid Plains","51","3","",""
"92","Them Crooked Vultures - S/T","51","3","",""
"96","Saviours - Accelerated Living","50","4","",""
"97","Masters of Reality - Pine/Cross Dover","49","4","",""
"98","Burnt by the Sun - Heart of Darkness","47","4","",""
"99","Tyr - By the Light of the Northern Star","47","3","",""
"100","Municipal Waste - Massive Aggressor","46","6","","7.667"
"101","Cattle Decapitation - The Harvest Floor","46","3","",""
"101","Cauldron - Chained to the Nite","46","3","",""
"101","Goblin Cock - Come With Me If You Want to Live","46","3","",""
"101","Lamb of God - Wrath","46","3","",""
"105","Suffocation - Blood Oath","43","3","",""
"106","Dyse - Lieder Sind Bruder de Revolution","43","2","",""
"106","Nargaroth - Jahreszeiten","43","2","",""
"108","Nachtmystium - Doomsday Derelicts","42","3","",""
"108","Novembers Doom - Into Night's Requiem Infernal","42","3","",""
"110","The Devil's Blood - The Time of No Time Evermore","42","2","",""
"111","Kreator - Hordes of Chaos","41","4","",""
"112","Loan - Hontzira","41","2","",""
"113","3 Inches of Blood - Here Waits Thy Doom","40","4","",""
"114","Cave - Psychic Summer","40","2","",""
"114","Iron Age - The Sleeping Eye","40","2","",""
"116","Gorgoroth - Quantos Possunt Ad Satanitatem Trahunt","39","2","",""
"117","Celan - Halo","36","2","",""
"118","Maserati - Passages","35","3","",""
"119","Diagonal - Diagonal","34","2","",""
"120","Sólstafir - Köld","33","2","",""
"121","Wolf - Ravenous","32","3","",""
"122","Clutch - Strange Cousins From the West","31","4","",""
"123","Black Sun - Twilight of the Gods","31","2","",""
"124","Firebird - Grand Union","30","3","",""
"125","Infernal Stronghold - Godless Noise","30","2","",""
"125","Manatees - Icarus, the Sunclimber","30","2","",""
"127","Circle of Ouroborus - Tree of Knowledge","30","1","1",""
"127","Dirty Little Rabbits - Simon","30","1","1",""
"127","Every Time I Die - New Junk Aesthetic","30","1","1",""
"130","Disappearer - The Clearing","29","3","",""
"131","Born of Osiris - A Higher Place","29","2","",""
"132","Autumn - Altitude","29","1","",""
"132","Mantic Ritual - Executioner","29","1","",""
"132","Secrets of the Moon - Privilegivm","29","1","",""
"132","Woburn House - Monstrous Manoeuvres in the Mushroom Maze","29","1","",""
"136","Solitude Aeturnus - Hour of Despair","28","3","",""
"137","Asphyx - Death...The Brutal Way","28","1","",""
"137","The Devin Townsend Project - Addicted!","28","1","",""
"137","Pulling Teeth - Paranoid Delusions/Paradise Illusions","28","1","",""
"137","Raise the Red Lantern - Raise the Red Lantern","28","1","",""
"137","Thy Catafalque - Róka Hasa Rádió","28","1","",""
"137","Vreid - Milorg","28","1","",""
"143","Gwynbleidd - Nostalgia","27","2","",""
"144","Admiral Angry - Buster","27","1","",""
"144","Alestorm/Heidevolk/Tyr - Black Sails Over Europe","27","1","",""
"144","Angus Khan - Black Leather Soul","27","1","",""
"144","Antigua & Barbuda - Try Future","27","1","",""
"144","Kong - Snake Magnet","27","1","",""
"144","Zoroaster - Voice of Saturn","27","1","",""
"150","God Forbid - Earthsblood","26","3","",""
"151","Lacuna Coil - Shallow Life","26","1","",""
"152","A Storm of Light - Forgive Us Our Trespasses","25","3","",""
"153","Between the Buried and Me - The Great Misdirect","25","2","",""
"153","L'acephale - Malefeasance","25","2","",""
"155","Diamatregon - Crossroad","25","1","",""
"155","The Few Against Many - SOT","25","1","",""
"155","Goatwhore - A Haunting Curse","25","1","",""
"155","Heirs - Alchera","25","1","",""
"155","Rufus Huff - Rufus Huff","25","1","",""
"160","Bergraven - Till Makabert Vasen","24","3","",""
"161","Crippled Black Phoenix - 200 Tons of Bad Luck","24","2","",""
"161","Worm Ouroboros - Worm Ouroboros","24","2","",""
"163","Argus - Argus","24","1","",""
"163","Ea - Ea II","24","1","",""
"163","White Wizzard - High Speed GTO","24","1","",""
"166","Arckanum - ___________","23","1","",""
"166","Sinner - Crash and Burn","23","1","",""
"168","Amorphis - Skyforger","22","1","",""
"168","Doomraiser - Erasing the Remembrance","22","1","",""
"168","Endstille - Verführer","22","1","",""
"168","Job for a Cowboy - Ruination","22","1","",""
"168","Meercaz - Meercaz","22","1","",""
"173","Shadow of the Torturer - Shadow of the Torturer","21","2","",""
"174","Blackberry Smoke - Little Piece of Dixie","21","1","",""
"174","Cantata Sangui - On Rituals and Correspondence in Constructed Realities","21","1","",""
"174","God Dethroned - Passiondale","21","1","",""
"174","Haud Mundus/Wormlust - Oblivio Appositus","21","1","",""
"174","Horseback - The Invisible Mountain","21","1","",""
"174","Ross the Boss - New Metal Leader","21","1","",""
"180","The Ruins of Beverast - Foulest Semen of a Sheltered Elite","20","2","",""
"180","Wodensthrone - Loss","20","2","",""
"182","Flyleaf - Memento Mori","19","2","",""
"183","The Chasm - Farseeing the Paranormal Abysm","19","1","",""
"183","My Dying Bride - For Lies I Sire","19","1","",""
"183","Steadlür - Everything Is Nothing","19","1","",""
"183","Urna - Iter Ad Lucem","19","1","",""
"187","Wreck of the Hesperus - The Sunken Threshold","18","2","",""
"188","Isole - Silent Ruins","18","1","",""
"188","Trippy Wicked & the Cosmic Children of the Knight - Movin' On","18","1","",""
"190","Arabrot - I Rove","17","2","",""
"190","Woods of Ypres - Wood IV: The Green Album","17","2","",""
"192","Elitist - Elitist","17","1","",""
"192","The Last Vegas - Whatever Gets You Off","17","1","",""
"192","Lord Mantis - Spawning the Nephilim","17","1","",""
"195","Monkey3 - Undercover","16","2","",""
"195","Ulcerate - Everything Is Fire","16","2","",""
"197","Edguy - Tinnitus Sanctus","16","1","",""
"198","Impetuous Ritual - Relentless Execution of Ceremonial Excrescence","15","2","",""
"198","Paradise Lost - Faith Divides Us,Death Unites Us","15","2","",""
"200","Alestorm - Black Sails at Midnight","15","1","",""
"200","The Answer - Everyday Demons","15","1","",""
"202","Hull - Sole Lord","14","1","",""
"202","Nihil - Grond","14","1","",""
"202","The Reds - Early Nothing","14","1","",""
"205","Rammstein - Liebe Ist Fur Alle De","13","2","",""
"206","Hey Colossus/Dethscalator - Split LP","13","1","",""
"206","Majeure - Timespan","13","1","",""
"206","The Mars Volta - Octahedron","13","1","",""
"206","Status Quo - In Search of the Fourth Chord","13","1","",""
"206","Wine From Tears - Through the Eyes of a Mad","13","1","",""
"211","Maudlin of the Well - Part the Second","12","2","",""
"212","Saxon - Into the Labyrinth","12","1","",""
"212","Swallow the Sun - New Moon","12","1","",""
"214","Code - Resplendent Grotesque","11","1","",""
"214","Crimfall - As the Path Unfolds...","11","1","",""
"214","Satyricon - Age of Nero","11","1","",""
"214","Switchblade - Switchblade","11","1","",""
"214","Warbringer - Waking Into Nightmares","11","1","",""
"219","Callisto - Providence","9","1","",""
"219","Necrophobic - Death to All","9","1","",""
"219","The Pinx - Look What You Made Me Do","9","1","",""
"222","Animals As Leaders - Animals As Leaders","8","1","",""
"222","The Black Dahlia Murder - Deflorate","8","1","",""
"222","Culted - Below the Thunders of the Upper Deep","8","1","",""
"222","Dead Man - Euphoria","8","1","",""
"222","Javelina - Beasts Among Sheep","8","1","",""
"222","Monarque - Ad Nauseam","8","1","",""
"222","Samael - Above","8","1","",""
"229","Borgia - Ecclesia","7","1","",""
"229","Maylene and the Sons of Disaster - III","7","1","",""
"229","Raven's Creed - Albion's Thunder","7","1","",""
"232","Fires of Rome - You Kingdom You","6","1","",""
"232","Sirenia - 13th Floor","6","1","",""
"234","H.C. Minds - The Beginning of the End","5","2","",""
"235","Nahemah - A New Constellation","5","1","",""
"235","Obituary - Darkest Day","5","1","",""
"235","Old Man's Child - Slaves of the World","5","1","",""
"238","Birds of Prey - The Hellpreacher","4","1","",""
"238","Entwine - Painstained","4","1","",""
"238","Millions - Gather Scatter","4","1","",""
"241","Bosnia - Nazarene Hallucinations","3","1","",""
"241","Wolfmother - Cosmic Egg","3","1","",""
"243","Black Cobra - Chronomega","2","2","",""
"244","Sonata Arctica - The Days of Grays","1","1","",""

ksh: please ignore Herman's vote for this album, it's awful.

"241","Wolfmother - Cosmic Egg","3","1","",""

hah, i think it was Jeff who voted for that?

It was

Possible dodgy politics aside, this Peste Noire album is totally bonkers in a good way.

I had this at #1 on my ballot I think.