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

I'm glad someone likes it!

Last weekend I listened to Manilla Road - Open The Gates and Goatsnake - Flower Of Disease for the first time. Both are more fun than bouncy tiggers, and will seek out more. I'm reminded that I need to hear more YOB, but at that moment it's feeling like more an obligation than compulsion. I slogged through the first three Manic Street Preachers albums, and while one in four tunes are decent, it still felt mostly like a chore and left me unmoved. I'll shelve for another try later. I'll also wait 'til I'm in the mood for YOB.

Monster Magnet were a little hokey, but also pretty awesome for their first few albums. I listened to them a ton back in the day, and were definitely a gateway to Hawkind. Seemingly unrelated, but I also listened to a lot of Mule in the 90s, and feel like they've been unfairly forgotten. Their live shows were such a satisfying balance of a thick groove and a bludgeoning, like a southern rockin (via Michigan) version of Jesus Lizard.

Animal Collective, etc. Joyless, musician-y deliberate seriousness at the expense of any color.

Not to get all indie defensive, but if anything, Animal Collective are one of the lone "indie" bands with a high profile to be bringing a sense of joy, color, etc. and unserious, playful, creative fun to the Pfork set.

Glad these all placed, btw (and I realize I am the least metal person on this thread for saying so):

149 Baroness · Blue Record (2009) (323 Points, 12 votes)
131 Smashing Pumpkins · Siamese Dream (1993) (341 Points, 8 votes)
128 Nine Inch Nails · The Downward Spiral (1994) (343 Points, 8 votes)
125 Earth · The Bees Made Honey in the Lion's Skull (2008) (344 Points, 10 votes)
124 Earth · Earth 2 (1993) (345 Points, 8 votes)
123 Isis · Celestial (2000) (345 Points, 8 votes- TWO #1 votes)
122 Godflesh · Streetcleaner (1989) (348 Points, 10 votes - TWO #1 votes)

TWO #1 VOTES FOR GODFLESH

YESSSSS

Umm one of them was mine. TOO LOW.

I finally got a chance to look this over. Bizarre results.

Major albums placing far lower than a lot of stuff that has no business on a list like this.

In what universe is Screaming for Vengeance not a top 100 metal album?

in a universe where Nirvana is a guaranteed top ten entry maybe?

Welcome to ILM, Nate!

ILM prides itself on bizarre results where lists look different to the same old lists everywhere else has.

120
Voivod · Dimension Hatröss (1988) (350 Points, 7 votes - ONE #1 Vote)
http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/drd400/d464/d46446lljeu.jpg

Put on your metal faces, gentlemen. Hermie's going in.

some excellent albums to come

the next couple are a lot of fun too

heh, if these results had been the predictable same as everywhere else kind, there would be loads of moaning too. You cant win!

so what do you all prefer, predictable same old metal/heavy rock lists or surprising ones?

Loaded question! I like surprises, as long as I won't be surprised by, like, Kix or Celine Dion or something in the top 10. But I haven't seen Xhuxk around.

lol, chuck didn't vote.

who wants another album?

Drop it on us!

119
The Lord Weird Slough Feg · Traveller (2003) (351 Points, 9 votes)
http://www.metal-archives.com/images/1/9/5/3/19538.jpg

Okay, I've never heard this band before, but I'm listening to a youtube right now and it's pretty nice: gallopping classic metal with intelligible vocals. What the fuck at that album cover though? Is this some furry shit or what?

Obvs with a name like the Lord Weird Slough Feg, it's gonna be kinda weird, I guess.

I love that album cover. Great album but not one of my votes. All my votes seem to be in the bottom half of this poll, heh.

It's fun stuff!

118
Van Halen · Van Halen (1978) (1978) (351 Points, 9 votes - ONE #1 vote)
http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/drf400/f401/f40175zr6cw.jpg
http://open.spotify.com/album/3B0f4S4PI2Z9bBcOFS4gNZ

YAY!!!!

(but far too low!)

Kix was in my top 10 but i've given up hope of seeing them in the poll, if they were gonna show up they would've by now

*YAAAAAAAAAAAWN*

how low can you go?

the tlwsf cover reminds me of Dalgoda so that's cool.

unless you love more than 300 metal albums i don't see any point in stating that the results aren't exciting you all the time

well the point is that people know your vital opinion that a specific album is boring to you, and then they can coo at your cool demeanor and you can go braid each other's hair

Just catching up with the list now. Nice to see Superunknown placing, I love it but I didn't vote for it. This thing was an either/or proposition for me so I went with metal over heavy rock - Superunknown isn't metal, but Badmotorfinger is, so that got my vote.

Other things I should have nominated/voted for but missed in my haste to cast a ballot: Deicide 'Legion'; Earth 2; Melvins 'Houdini'. I'm sure there's more.

117
Led Zeppelin · Led Zeppelin (1969) (351 Points, 10 votes)
http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/drd600/d660/d66066h3a55.jpg

No reaction? too high?

...o the humanity

(-.-)zzZZ

eh, there what, at least 5 Zep albums that are a lock for the top 100? i'm OK with that where it is, although it is a killer album.

116
High on Fire · Surrounded by Thieves (2002) (351 Points, 10 votes - ONE #1 vote)
http://www.metal-archives.com/images/7/3/4/2/7342.jpg
http://open.spotify.com/album/1RE8Ijr77cjGqXxV3GTRvd

Now we're talking.

Dude, where is markers, doesn't he like High on Fire?

He's maybe checking Pitchfork to find out?

8.8 ~ 7.3 ~ 8.2 ~ 8.0

http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/3863-surrounded-by-thieves
http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/3864-blessed-black-wings
http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/11021-death-is-this-communion
http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/13966-snakes-for-the-divine

http://solarpowerrocks.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/01/approved1.jpg

yikes. fightin' words. but yeah Surrounded By Thieves is awesome. Great goddamn band.

The Pitchfork Markers Of Approval™

If Blessed Black Wings has the lowest rating, it's not for lack of trying -- that one has the best production, after all.

Thraft of Canann on Surrounded by Thieves may be the best thing they've ever done.

I misread that as "Thrust of Canann" -- yikes.