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

Kinda surprised to see Behemeoth that low, its a good album. Maybe because it really wasn't anything other than a very well executed Behemoth album and didn't really push for new things? I've never heard anything by Blue Sabbath Black Cheer, even though the name makes it sound like it would hit me perfectly.

That Gnaw album kills, played it on Sunday for the first time in a few months - it is at least as original as Khanate but a fraction of ppl seem to have picked up on it even compared to how popular Khanate were

― i swear on my life i feel so powerfull (musically) (DJ Mencap),

Possibly because it's on a euro label. Americans don't like to pay the higher cost of importing. We euros are used to it as we import most of our albums from the states, but if you look at msg boards , americans hate to import anything especially vinyl due to shipping charges.

re Jodis

Agreed it's not really a metal record, it makes me think most of the This Mortal Coil version of Come Here My Love. Which is no bad thing.

OTM, much of this would be right at home on mid-80s 4AD. First in the list so far that I'm guaranteed to play again.

Doomriders coming up next...

old goths never die

oh, that Jodis record sounds like my kind of thing. never heard of it before, tho.

Here's what I said about Behemoth at the time, and I still stand behind my review:

New Behemoth is the aural equivalent of having your eyeballs pried out and then getting skullfucked in the empty, bleeding sockets by the two-pronged phallus of Evil. Not that I would know.

― Drum machines have no sole (J3ff T.)

low placing for the behermoth album really is surprising.

still have to hear it, tho...

I really liked the Behemoth album when it first came out, but then didn't really pay much attention to it until I had to dig deep into their stuff prior to interviewing Nergal the other week. It is really good, but I probably like Demigod and The Apostasy more.

Demigod is still my favorite too. Evangelion didn't do anything for me, it's just *too* Behemoth, in a way.

low placing for the behermoth album really is surprising.

several "too low" placing comments already, but it's hardly surprising when several rolling metal regulars didn't vote, the more extreme or real metal bands will suffer in this case. A couple of high votes each from a few of those would boost albums way up. But at the end of the day, this is how people voted.

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#76 , 61 Points , 3 votes.
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Jello Biafra & the Guantanamo School of Medicine - The Audacity of Hype

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Dethklok - Dethalbum II

Man, I wish the Mastodon/Converge/High On Fire tour didn't include fuckin' Dethklok. I might as well just come out and confess: I don't find Metalocalypse funny. I've watched about half of each season on DVD and never laughed once. What a waste of an hour of my life their set is gonna be.

― unperson,

Yeah, Converge opening for Dethklok just doesn't feel right.

(I like the show, though)

― A. Begrand,

I saw Dethklok live and it was better than Dragonforce...

― Nate Carson,

I was struck by how little the second Dethklok album sounds like a "novelty" thing. The vocals aren't mixed as "up front" as they were with the last one, and if you weren't paying close attention it certainly wouldn't be as obvious where this band came from. I mean, during my first background listen, they mostly sounded like your average-to-decent band.

― & other try hard shitfests (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Sunday, 4 October 2009 04:20 (3 months ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

Yeeeah the first album is definitely a novelty but the second one they're making a bid for Serious Mid-Level metal band

― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver,

That Dethklok CD is shockingly good, Small did away with the joke songs and focused more on celebrating the whole metal lyric shtick on a more sincere level. Plus the songs are all stronger. And Hoglan's drumming doesn't hurt.

Evangelion is definitely Behemoth's best since Demigod, but Demigod is still Behemoth's best record. Wish I could see their current tour.

As for Jodis, it's alright, but I wound up getting that one at the same time as Greymachine, and Greymachine just blew me away. I ended up forgetting about the Jodis album.

I'm glad that Jodis album placed in the top 100. It was one of my top 10, and a great successor to Khanate - much more inviting to me than the Gnaw one, which I just couldn't get into at all. Ditto Greymachine. Diff'rent strokes, I guess.

hey my edit worked and i didnt break the thread!

its gonna be a good day

Til Dan appears?

#75 , 62 Points, 4 votes

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Black Boned Angel - Verdun

The eagerly awaited and much delayed (our fault!) new studio album from Black Boned Angel. Described by Rock-A-Rolla magazine as the bands "most sombre and realised work to date", and who are we to argue ?

Sharing a similarly bleak ground to Corrupted, Sunn 0))) and Earth, New Zealand's Black Boned Angel return with their fourth full length album 'Verdun', and perhaps their most sombre and fully-realised work to date.

The Battle of Verdun was fought between the German and French armies, and was one of the critical battles during World War 1 on the Western Front. It resulted in more than a quarter of a million battlefield deaths and at least half a million wounded. Verdun was the longest battle and one of the most devastating in World War 1 and indeed in history. Over the course of 50 minutes, BBA soundtrack that brutal conflict with their trademark dark ambient drones and doom-laden riffs.

The first album I voted for to appear.

And... it's a good one.

I get the feeling it is sombre and realised, maybe even fully.

I was very 'out of touch' with metal last year, this one flew by my radar as well, but the quote makes it go on my things to listen list immediately!

ps. K and Glenn thanks for putting in all the work!

A shock low entry btw coming up @ 74

Ulver?

Baroness?

Pearl Jam?

I've created a collaborative Spotify playlist for the list, where available, using Onimo's list above. Please feel free to add stuff if I don't have time etc. Here's the URL:
http://open.spotify.com/user/nstewart/playlist/0bPofQLVRFL7VoiAHYaRim

Gay Witch Abortion?

not pearl jam

or anything mentioned

metals fave born again christian

#74 , 62 Points , 6 votes
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Megadeth - Endgame

The new Megadeth album is really quite shockingly good.

― neither good nor bad, just a kid like you (unperson),

!!!! they had a split 7" with Less Than Jake circa '99 I think (lol memory) and their half was CRUSHING, great stuff, and I was bummed that there wasn't any followup on it...wonder if the new one's gonna be at that level of arty prog-thrashy feel

― Man Is Nairf! (J0hn D.),

Megadeth last night, the positive reviews are nailing it - great album. Never really expected another album from Dave that maintained that consistency.
― Size-zero-brigade-embrace-token-chubby-chops (jon /via/ chi 2.0),

I couldn't believe how good the Megadeth turned out to be.

― A. Begrand,

Yipes, this Megadeth album really is good. I half thought some people had agreed to pretend to like it as some sort of elaborate group prank. But no. It's good.

Alestorm, on the other hand, suck piss.

― glenn mcdonald,

I predict that Megadeth will wipe the floor with the competition at that festival btw

― a full circle lol (J0hn D.),

And, yep, didn't end up ranking on my list. I think it basically would have been '31'. I kinda soured on it over the year as m focus shifted to other stuff, but this still remains a really great latter-day Megadeth album and it deserves to be heard.

I had no idea Dave Mustaine was born again. Information plz?

Was in kerrang and terrorizer a good few years back.

#73 , 63 Points , 6 votes
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SubArachnoid Space - Eight Bells

Not strictly a metal release, but certainly of interest to many here. Promos for the new SubArachnoid Space on Crucial Blast should be going out soon. Highly recommended. Production is by Steve Lobdell (ex-Faust).

― Nate Carson,

I kinda lost interest in SubArachnoid Space after their studio debut on Relapse, Endless Renovation. Too many guest players and nonessential extra instruments. The two live and/or live-in-studio discs they did before and after it, Almost Invisible and These Things Take Time, were enjoyable, though.

― unperson,

I'm not into early SubArachnoid, personally. To me it's all about the latest few. The band is darker and more focused than it was in the early days.

― Nate Carson,

I really like the new subarachnoid space!

― scott seward,

Decibel hates SubArachnoid Space, apparently :(

― Nate Carson, Thursday, 8 October 2009 21:47 (3 months ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

That's a shame...I think they're cool. I love spacey Krautrock metal.

― A. Begrand,

Never heard them before, but "spacey Krautrock metal" just ensured that I will be looking them up tonight!

― & other try hard shitfests (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, 8 October 2009 22:55 (3 months ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

SubArachnoid Space rule. Fuck which ever journo slagged it off

― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname),

Listening to samples on iTunes right now, loving the shit out of these 30-second clips. That descriptor is actually pretty good because I do hear a bit of Circle (probably my favorite band right now) in these. Any recommendations on the album to start with?

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

Here's a link to that absurdly lazy SubArachnoid review in Decibel: http://decibelmagazine.com/Content.aspx?ncid=333999

― Nate Carson,

^ Cool record, that one. Like the full art design, too.

Mustaine's so devout he won't even perform "The Conjuring" ever again. Which is a disappointment, considering it's my favourite Megadeth tune.

New album's great, though. He's got his best backing band since 90-94.

SubArachnoid Space was in my list.

I really liked (and voted) for this one. Spacey and creepy, without too much Kraut to turn me off.

What does SubArachnoid Space sound like? For some reason when I hear the name I keep thinking of the video game Dead Space.

http://www.myspace.com/subarachnoidspace

#72 , 66 Points, 3 votes
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Magrudergrind - S/T

That Magrudergrind album is cool.

― A. Begrand,

someone wanna add to adriens insight before i post the next one? i dont like posting straight after i put a result up with another one.

Haven't heard it, sorry ;)

Ballou's production on that album is probably the best thing about it.

#71 , 66 Points, 4 votes
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Minsk - With Echoes in the Movement of Stone

Not sure what the rolling metal denizens think of Minsk, but I'm enjoying the new album. The bit about halfway through "Almitra's Premonition" when the Hawkwind keyboards come in just kills me.

― homage is parody gone sour (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 28 April 2009 03:05 (8 months ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

Great band. New album? awesome! cant wait to hear it.

― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Tuesday, 28 April 2009 03:07 (8 months ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

Yeah, it comes out May 26th. Lots of stuff going on here, very heavy and full sound. Quite a few of the songs incorporate keyboards, but never in a way that detracts from everything else. I'm really impressed after first listen.

― homage is parody gone sour (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 28 April 2009 03:16 (8 months ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

I've enjoyed the last two Minsk albums a lot. I don't listen to those Relapse streams, though; I'm waiting for a real copy to show up in the mail, or at least downloadable files from that Play MPE system.

― unperson,

he-ey. what's up?

I recommend the Minsk, I like them a lot. I think I still need to pick them up.

ok next album may be a shock low entry or a shock high entry, but i know 2 ilxors who will be disappointed

The Minsk is great. I liked their last but this is a big step forward.

#70 , 69 Points, 4 votes

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Eluveitie - Evocation I: The Arcane Dominion

Evocation I: The Arcane Dominion is kinda the perfect folk metal album. I've gotta be in a specific mood to listen to metal (ie: a mood that does not involve a headache), but since Eluveitie does away with the hardness/aggression while keeping the lyrical metal tropes, the metal chord progressions, etc, I can listen to it anytime. It's simultaneously pretty and creepy, evocative (like the title says!) of some exotic locale and immediately accessible. One of my favorite metal albums of the year, even if I'm skeptical that it's TRU METAL. Oh well. It's folk metal. Pretty cool anyway.

Mordy

For an acoustic album, the new Eluveitie packs quite a punch at times. Pretty cool.

― A. Begrand,

I'm loving the new "acoustic" Eluveitie album. I was kind of worried it was going to be noodly and gutless, just to prove some sort of cultural point, but it's not. It's basically a metal album performed on acoustic instruments (including drums). And a really good one.

― glenn mcdonald,

Yeah, the Eluveitie was a really pleasant surprise. Pretty darn heavy for an acoustic record, too.

― A. Begrand,

Yeah, I liked that Eluveitie disc too.

― unperson,

So obviously we're cheating here by knowing, for reasons external to this particular album, that Eluveitie "is" a metal band. But if we didn't, I think you still have as prominent clues the more-rock-than-folk drumming style on a bunch of songs (most particularly "Memento"), the growly male vocals on "Brictom" and "The Cauldron Of Renascence", and the thunking cadence of "Omnos" (even the regular version). But probably the more accurate thing I mean to say is that this feels to me like an album from the same band that did Slania, rather than, as the premise might have just as easily lead to, an album of some wholly other music that happens to share personnel with the earlier one.

― glenn mcdonald, Monday, 22 June 2009 20:07 (6 months ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

I agree with Glenn. Metal is like porn: you know when you hear it.

― don't cry, emo hamster (J3ff T.),

Somehow that album completely slipped past me, I didn't even realize they put a new one out this year. Probably because I've yet to be completely sold on the band.

Seeing Eluveitie live is what convinced me they were for real.