YOU TOTALLY MISSED THE ILX HEAVY ROCK/METAL ALBUM POLL COUNTDOWN, SUCKA (CLICK FOR A RECAP)

those are both highly alchemical numbers the albums better match suit!

oh good!!!

am totally spending all of tomorrow playing cricket fwiw

222
Grief · Dismal (1993) (285 points, 8 voters)
http://www.metal-archives.com/images/9/5/0/4/9504.jpg

nice!!! Grief is pretty well represented!

yeah, pleased, even if its lower down (and i didn't vote for any)

I think there's a varied mix of metal/heavy rock on show here already dontcha think?

yeah its a very well mixed list!

last for tonight

220 TIED
Def Leppard · Pyromania (1983) (285 points, 9 votes)
http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/drc300/c335/c33511kk8d2.jpg

220 TIED
Alcest · Souvenirs d'Un Autre Monde (2007) (285 points, 9 votes)
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5wClkydTeL0/SraZeKZntLI/AAAAAAAAADM/e2-QzjUJpc8/s320/Alcest%2B-%2BSouvenirs%2BD%27un%2BAutre%2BMonde%2BFLM.jpg
http://open.spotify.com/album/0ioKZBgeLLTpk6c08yq0hw

bill you still here?

― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Friday, August 6, 2010 10:46 PM (27 minutes ago) Bookmark

I see why you asked Herm. I had to step away for a while. #223 is near and dear to my heart, bummed its so low-but psyched its on the list.

oh look its ALCEST

they're pretty good and 100% legit slaying fuck-heavy pigdeath metal fury bollocks

you and alcolethic are nuts man, its like 5 in the morning there!

Glad I stuck to my guns about a bigger list! Lotsa great stuff on here. It deserves the spotlight!
xp

that's all for tonight I've been told, so here's the recap of the countdown as it stands now:

300 TIE Girlschool - Hit And Run (1981) (157 Points, 4 votes)
300 TIE Lightning Bolt - Wonderful Rainbow (2003)(157 Points, 4 votes)
298 Monarch - 666 (2005) (158 Points, 5 voters)
298 Witchfinder General - Friends Of Hell (1982) (159 Points, 5 voters)
297 Turisas - Battle Metal (2004) (160 Points, 4 votes)
296 Borknagar - Origin (2006) (160 Points, 5 votes)
295 The Young Gods - TV Sky (1991) (161 Points, 4 votes)
294 Rush - Permanent Waves (1980) (161 Points, 5 votes)
293 Black Flag - My War (1984) (164 Points, 6 votes)
292 Van Halen - 1984 (1984) (166 Points, 5 votes)
291 Thin Lizzy - Bad Reputation (1977) (167 Points, 4 votes)
289 TIE ZZ Top - Tres Hombres (1973) (170 Points, 5 votes)
289 TIE Morbid Angel - Altars of Madness (1989) (170 Points, 5 votes)
288 Deep Purple - Machine Head (1973) (174 Points, 5 votes)
287 Tool - Undertow (1993) (180 Points, 4 votes - ONE #1 Vote)
286 Def Leppard - Hysteria (1987) (180 Points, 6 voters)
285 Obituary - Slowly We Rot (1989) (200 Points, 7 votes)
284 Opeth - Ghost Reveries (2005) (200 Points, 8 votes)
283 Alice Cooper - Killer ( 1971) (201 Points, 6 votes)
282 Smashing Pumpkins - Gish (1991) (203 Points, 6 votes)
281 Deep Purple - In Rock (1970) (207 Points, 6 votes)
280 Discharge - Hear Nothing See Nothing Say Nothing (282) (208 Points, 5 votes)
279 Bad Brains - I Against I (1986) (210 Points, 6 votes)
278 Judas Priest - Stained Class (1978) (212 Points, 6 votes)
277 Nirvana - Bleach (1989) (213 Points, 9 votes)
276 Monster Magnet - Spine of God (1992) (215 Points, 7 votes)
275 Led Zeppelin - Presence (1976) (219 Points, 5 votes)
274 Motörhead - Overkill (1979) (220 Points, 5 votes - ONE #1)
273 Judas Priest - Sin After Sin (1977) (221 Points, 7 votes)
272 Andrew WK - I Get Wet (2001) (222 Points, 7 votes)
271 Om - Conference of the Birds (2006) (225 Points, 6 votes)
270 Blue Öyster Cult - Agents of Fortune (1976) (270 Points, 7 votes)
269 Metallica - ...And Justice for All (1988) (233 Points, 6 votes - ONE #1
268 Rush - Moving Pictures (1981) (237 Points, 5 votes)
267 Pearl Jam - Vitalogy (1994) (237 Points, 5 votes)
266 Saxon - Wheels of Steel (1980) (238 Points, 6 votes - ONE #1 vote)
265 Nine Inch Nails - Broken (1992) (249 Points, 7 votes)
264 Killing Joke - Killing Joke (1980) (250 Points, 7 votes)
263 Faith No More - The Real Thing (1989) (250 Points, 9 votes)
262 Cryptopsy - Blasphemy Made Flesh (1994) (251 Point, 5 votes)
261 Tool - Aenima (1996) (253 Points, 6 votes - ONE #1 vote)
260 AC/DC - Let There Be Rock (1977) (256 Points, 6 votes)
259 Hawkwind - Space Ritual (1973) (264 Points, 6 votes)
258 Napalm Death - From Enslavement to Obliteration (1988) (266 Points, 6 votes)
257 Boston - Boston (1976) (266 Points, 7 votes)
256 Swans - Children of God (1987) (268 Points, 6 votes)
255 Ufomammut - Snailking (2004) (270 Points, 11 votes)
254 Borknagar - The Olden Domain (1997) (271 Points, 9 votes)
253 Ministry - The Mind Is a Terrible Thing to Taste (1988) (274 Points, 10 votes)
252 Slayer - Seasons in the Abyss (1990) (275 Points, 7 votes)
251 Blue Cheer - Vincebus Eruptum (1968) (275 Points, 10 votes)
250 Morbid Angel - Blessed Are the Sick (1991) (276 Points, 7 votes)
249 Danzig - Danzig II (Lucifuge) (1990) (276 Points, 9 votes)
247 TIED Worship - Last Vinyl/Cd/Tape Before Doomsday (1999) (278 Points, 7 votes)
247 TIED Pentagram - Pentagram (aka Relentless) (1985) (278 Points, 7 votes)
245 TIED Venom - Welcome to Hell (1981) (278 Points, 8 votes)
245 TIED Skepticism - Stormcrowfleet (1995) (278 Points, 8 votes)
244 Grief - Torso (1998) (278 Points, 9 votes)
243 Suicidal Tendencies - Suicidal Tendencies (1983) (278 points, 10 votes)
242 AC/DC - Powerage (1978) (279 points, 8 votes)
240 TIED Rainbow - Rising (1976) (279 Points, 9 votes)
240 TIED Negură Bunget - Om (2006) (279 Points, 9 votes)
239 Floor - Floor (2002) (280 Points, 7 votes)
238 Sleepytime Gorilla Museum - Of Natural History (2004) (280 Points, 9 votes)
236 TIED Alice Cooper - Billion Dollar Babies (1973) (281 Points, 7 votes)
236 TIED Black Sabbath - Heaven and Hell (1980) (281 Points, 7 votes)
235 Manilla Road - Open the Gates (1985) (281 Points, 8 votes)
234 Church of Misery - The Second Coming (2004) (281 Points, 9 votes)
232 TIED Goatsnake - Flower of Disease (2000) (282 Points, 8 votes)
232 TIED Flower Travellin' Band - Satori (1971) (282 Points, 8 votes)
231 Old Man Gloom - Seminar III: Zozobra (2003) (283 Points, 7 votes)
230 Fu Manchu - In Search Of (1996) (283 points, 8 votes)
229 Ministry - Psalm 69: The Way to Succeed & the Way to Suck Eggs (1992) (283 Points, 10 votes)
228 Gojira - From Mars to Sirius (2005) (283 Points, 11 votes)
227 Nachtmystium - Assassins: Black Meddle Part I (2008) (284 Points, 7 votes)
225 TIED Carcass - Necrotism (Descanting the Insalubrious) (1991) (284 Points, 8 votes)
225 TIED AC/DC - Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap () (284 Points, 8 votes)
224 Asunder - Works Will Come Undone (2006) (284 Points, 10 votes)
223 Blue Öyster Cult - Tyranny and Mutation (1973) (285 points, 7 votes)
222 Grief - Dismal (1993) (285 points, 8 voters)
220 TIED Def Leppard • Pyromania (1983) (285 points, 9 votes)
220 TIED Alcest • Souvenirs d'Un Autre Monde (2007) (285 points, 9 votes)

love it.

I'll repost my question from earlier since it got missed out in all the excitement. Maybe some of you can help.

A question for you metaller's- Judging by the tracks & album results so far, there appears to be lots and lots of sub-genres sub-sub-genres and micro-genres. Metal appears to be even more splintered than say, indie or even electronica/dance music. is that the case? I'm told that this list http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heavy_metal_subgenres is not even definitive. Why is metal more open to a cross pollination of other genres? It looks as though it's always evolving. Anything I hear now sounds completely different to what I heard in the 90s, or the 80s and 70s metal I've heard (while a lot of indie music is stuck in the 60s, at least here in England), even commercially, yet older genres are still going strong too. Is the famous elitism part of this as when a band or genre gets popular, they all get into another one to remain cool? or is it just a progressive genre where boundaries are always broken?( a bit like pop music absorbing everything and anything).

I'm no metaller, Paula, so I can't help - I just wanted to let you know that I did read your question and wondered that too.

Sorry I didn't vote, Alcest. Glad you still placed.:(

I was sceptical re. top 300, but not any more, loads of great stuff to discover here and very varied too!

Aw, how adorable, someone let Grandpa vote in the metal poll.

yo.

219
Witchfinder General · Death Penalty (1982) (286 Points, 7 votes)
http://www.metal-archives.com/images/1/2/7/8/1278.jpg
http://open.spotify.com/album/0ZcT2WLVCx2jKs1SIlpmm6

Awesome Daily Mail lyrics on the title track!

Awesome cover as well.

a page 3 model too

218
Danzig · Danzig III: How the Gods Kill (1992)
http://www.metal-archives.com/images/1/1/2/9/1129.jpg
http://open.spotify.com/album/4QVD94zjxJVXLnVKYVf5ld

Ian Christe writes about a lot of genres in Sound of the Beast: The Complete Headbanging History of Heavy Metal, but I'm not sure if he directly addresses the question of why so many sub-genres. It seems to me it's a healthy sign of metal's enduring popularity. The sub-genres seem mostly fan driven. Many fans don't dabble, they obsessively see all their favorites live, wear the t-shirts, buy all the albums, and live the life. And often form their own band. For every new variation a single band might create or stumble upon, there are fans that might follow through with their own band. A good example would be Lars Ulrich. A budding pro tennis player who became an obsessive metal fan who bought imports, haunted record swaps, participated in fanzine culture, flew to the UK to see his favorite band Diamond Head and ended up living with them for a bit before going back to work on his own band.

a tie coming up, something that smithy likes too

whoever didn't vote for Death Penalty deserves to receive one!
(also the title track is p. explicitly anti-death penalty)

just popping in -- I might not be around much today!

216
Sarcofago · The Laws of Scourge (1991) (286 Points, 9 votes)
http://www.metal-archives.com/images/6/4/5/5/6455.jpg

216
Mercyful Fate · Dont Break the Oath (286 Points, 9 votes)
http://www.metal-archives.com/images/7/4/7/747.jpg
http://open.spotify.com/album/76qLOTDutH2qCoP0imlhXw

no shouts of too low?

too early in the day

215
Manilla Road · The Deluge (1986) (287 Points, 41)
http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/drg900/g933/g93356fpsvr.jpg

7 votes that should be

the next album up actually got a #1 vote

then after that its a shock low entry..

214
Warning · Watching From a Distance (2006) (287 Points, 8 votes - ONE #1 vote)
http://www.metal-archives.com/images/1/3/1/4/131406.jpg

a classic

213
Queens of the Stone Age · Rated R (2000) (287 Points, 9 Votes)
http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/dre100/e157/e15781ubbno.jpg
http://open.spotify.com/album/44CwXmrvsV98P2rbrP1BpM

Yeah, that is too low. I wonder if Songs for the Deaf will do better.

ez snappin will be pleased it's low

Presumably we have yet to see some Kyuss albums too.

There was like 30+ more voters in the albums poll rather than the tracks poll, plus a few who voted in the tracks poll didn't submit a ballot. So not surprisingly results might be a bit different. So expect some surprises,left outs,too lows,wtfs and lots of GREAT albums.

212
Death · Scream Bloody Gore (1987) (288 Points, 7 votes)
http://www.metal-archives.com/images/5/9/8/598.jpg

mordy do you like death?

contextually, i'd say yes. but knowing u, i have to hedge my answer in case you're not asking me about the band. :)

such a dungeons + dragons album cover btw

lol, yes the band Death

211
The Angelic Process · Weighing Souls With Sand (2007) (288 Points, 9 votes)
http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/drj100/j151/j15153sehi4.jpg