THE ILM METAL POLL 2011 RESULTS (All lurkers/non metalheads welcome to join in!)

But everyone else vote for albums that have a chance of making it!

Direct Link to poll recap & full results

Thoughts?
Predictions?
Hopes?

I predict I will once more have voted for the album in dead last.

you try to do that every year though

i predict Turisas in the top 10

I sawa lot of top album list this year thast had Litutgy at the top of their list... Lets hope you guys did something different.

Liturgy.. Damn I'm the wosrt typist ever.

Go check out the metal entries in http://www.villagevoice.com/pazznjop/

and laugh

well come on, its the Village Voice, arguably the leading voice in whats hot and not.. heavy music isn''t even a consideration.. Carson Daly has been crowing about Kylesa on his late night show the past few months(has had em on twice), but thats as close as its gonna get for heavy music being excepted by the masses...

(pretty much all of the critics on ilm vote in that poll sean)

okay, well they don't like heavy music then.. lol!
And you're making my point for me... look at ALL the post on ilm and how little heavy music is on here.. two, maybe three threads at a time maybe, while there is a shit ton of other stuff on here with a lot more traffic.. Just an observation, not a slag by any stretch, and not a very investigative conclusion, just at quick glance, thats what I've seen

yeah but the reason there's a limited # of metal threads is because people want it all on one rolling thread.

Cuz of the frequency in which it gets talked about. I posted in the rolling thread last night, and this afternoon my post was still the last one.. It doesn't get the traffic, and its roughly about the same 10 people that post regularly. Again not a slag, just an observation to the scope of heavy music and where it lies in the mainstream of whats trendy and hip.. But, all the reason I love it that much more.

and that thread gets a lot of posts

lol xp

Metal still hasn't seen the big stages here in the states like it does in Europe, literally not since the hair metal shit in the 80s, but its always done well over there, so maybe its a bit more in the public eye than here, but only a bit more... Perfect example, the big 4 shows.. what did Europe get 7 shows, we got two.. And where are they all from, oh thats right they're fucking Yanks! lol..

well sean, the reason i do this poll (and the large rollout) is to introduce a lot of heavy music to ilx. It's not just metal thread posters reading this. There's ilxors who dont read that thread as they may only have a passing interest in metal, then theres fuck knows how many lurkers reading it but loads of them vote and even more will be reading this thread.

i don't think this is necessarily a bad thing but i kinda feel like we have this conversation every year? (the one about the metal thread, and the amount that metal is or isn't visible on mainstream ilm?)

but ilm might cover a lot of mainstream music right down to the downright obscure, but metal thread ignores the mainstream really. But i know we cover the better music!

oh im not dissing the metal thread. I was just saying to sean why there's not a lot of metal threads, as its all contained on the 1 thread really.

Kerr brought it up.. LOL! wanting us to laugh at the Village Voice poll.

Bottom line, this site in gerneral is cool for just seeing what else is out there no matter what type of noise it is..

anything in music gets discussed on ilm. Which is great.

even your album got discussed, sean!

(pretty much all of the critics on ilm vote in that poll sean)

I wish. I was only one of two people who voted for Graveyard and Elder, and of three for Uncle Acid & the Deadbeats.

man everything about Acid Witch is so awesome, from the stoner riffs to the graphics to song titles, the band photos, I'm loving those guys.

agreed!

I ordered the CD a month ago and still don't have it. Nevertheless, I sure hope more people voted for it here than in Pazz & Jop.

^what is this post referring to, Uncle Acid or Acid Witch?

Oops, Uncle Acid. Slow-azz shipping from U.K.

75. Deafheaven - Roads to Judah (390 Points, 16 Votes)
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-pXh2qWKzURs/TWwpYgrjcCI/AAAAAAAAC98/J_YCqGBOpfU/s1600/DFHVNcover.jpg
http://www.last.fm/music/Deafheaven

Based out of San Francisco, CA, Deafheaven started as an isolated project between frontman George Clarke and guitarist Kerry McCoy. After sending the demo to various blogs and receiving overwhelmingly positive reception, they accepted offers to play live shows and added members of Whirl and Temple Of Saturn to form the quintet that today tours as Deafheaven. On July 29th, 2010, Deafheaven played their first show, marking the unofficial genesis of their rise to bay area prominence. Within months of forming, they began receiving interest from numerous record labels and officially signed on with Deathwish Records in December of 2010.

Since signing to Deathwish, Deafheaven has released a limited edition 7” demo, debuted their first full album, Roads to Judah, toured the West Coast; and are currently preparing for a tour of the South West.

Their music is described as “A dizzying hybrid of shoegaze shimmer, hardcore punk passion, emo vulnerability, and black metal intensity.” They have cited a wide range of musical influences, including, but not limited to, Morbid Angel, The Smiths, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Orchid and My Bloody Valentine

wonder if sean has an opinion on these guys

interesting list of influences. i don't quite get how they all go together, but i've noticed that no matter how long your list of influences, if it includes 'black metal' it probably sounds mostly like black metal and much less like the other things...

Black metal is the green bell pepper of influences.

I'm guessing they sound like Wolves in the Throne Room, like lots of BM-gaze bands. WitTR haven't been mentioned much for a hight placing, I think they're locked on for top ten, and possibly top five.

"we're emo in the sense that if you could understand our lyrics, you'd see that they're really quite sensitive."

Glenn voted for them so ask him!

74. Raspberry Bulbs - Nature Tries Again (392 Points, 11 Votes, 1 #1)
http://static.boomkat.com/images/433477/333.jpg
http://www.last.fm/music/Raspberry+Bulbs

Lo-fi black metal/punk by He Who Crushes Teeth, half of Bone Awl.

i have this lp. It's really good!

Somehow this totally passed me by. Must acquire and listen.

I thought it was average at best. Like Bone Awl but not as good.

TIE
72. Lantlôs - Agape (392 Points, 14 Votes)
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-jQYh2SE_X28/TrbKwcfz8ZI/AAAAAAAAB1k/ezMJxUWE-MI/s1600/lantlo%25CC%2582s+-+agape.jpg
Spotify
http://www.last.fm/music/Lantl%C3%B4s

Lantlôs was founded in 2005/2006 in Rheda, Germany by Herbst and Angrrau. Some rough demos were recorded and later released on the extremely limited “Îsern Himel” demo tape by the band itself in 2008. Because both Herbst and Angrrau were not satisfied with the sound and “Îsern Himel” was always meant to be a demo, they started to record the debut in their homestudio in September of 2007. After Alboîn joined as a session singer their first line-up was complete. “Lantlôs”, released by ATMF, saw daylight in September of 2008 in combination with the perfect artwork by Fursy Teyssier. Shortly thereafter, Angrrau and Alboîn left Lantlôs. The debut was rereleased on LP via Deviant Records and on tape via Karge Welten in 2009.

In the end of 2007/early 2008 Herbst started to work on the next album”.neon”, and eventually Neige (Alcest) joined Lantlôs as a permanent vocalist. “.neon” was recorded in February 2009. In March 2010 Lantlôs switched to Prophecy Productions. Again Fursy Teyssier delivered even more breathtaking artwork for “.neon” and the new material was released in May 2010.

Herbst and Neige will enter the studio in mid July 2010 to record the third full length.
Herbst words about their following album; “With our new album we’ll tread new paths, both musically and conceptually. In general, the upcoming album will be very vanguard and rather unaccessible and the black metal vibe will be gone almost entirely. Still the record will be much darker than its predecessors, nihilistic, and strange. It’ll be bulky, ugly and will feed off its listeners.”

72. Orchid - Capricorn (392 Points, 14 Votes)
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-2tS5V2eSBB0/TV6qDte3hAI/AAAAAAAABQw/KULYSEW5jsM/s1600/Orchid.jpg
Spotify
http://www.last.fm/music/Orchid

2. ORCHID (SF) hail from San Francisco, California. They began playing live in and around San Francisco in early 2008. Since that time they have shared the stage with such heavies as Pentagram, Earthless, Nachtmystium, Fu Manchu, Astra, Slough Feg, Ludicra, and Hammers of Misfortune.

ORCHID signed with German Doom label The Church Within Records in October of 2009 and released their debut EP Through the Devil’s Doorway in December of that year to much praise and critical acclaim from both European and American press.
A full length LP, Capricorn, was released in February of 2011.

www.facebook.com/orchidsf

gotta say, mordy's spotify playlist is helping me keep up with this
there are only 4 subscribers?

Presumably a lot of people are listening to the other polls playlist to help with their ballots

Well it took me...er..6 hours but I've finally managed to hear a few tracks off each of yesterday's countdown placers. I feel my world is a little topsy turvy right now cos I really liked a surprisingly (to me) large number of 'em.

Very much liked - ICS Vortex, Hands of Orlac, The Wounded Kings, Dornenreich

Fell head over heels for - Premonition 13, Pitom

Coupled with the fact that I spent the early hours of this morning at work blasting the Red Fang album I only discovered yesterday, I'm a bit worried about what's happening to me.

Onto 75 and beyond!

http://open.spotify.com/user/mordys/playlist/6FNGd20uP6dyX5W1jzFE6Z

Gonna try to throw all of these in this playlist.

― Mordy,

Pandemic I wish there was more like you!
Your comments and enthusiasm really makes doing all this worthwhile! (and everyone elses too!)

once upon a time all of tzadik's stuff was on spotify. alas, no more.

the ulcerate album has been growing on me in a major way over the last few days. curious where it will place.

71. Slough Feg - Made in Poland (395 Points, 13 Votes, 1 #1)
http://www.cruzdelsurmusic.com/store/image/cache/data/sloughfeg_live-300x300.jpg
http://www.last.fm/music/Slough+Feg

First ever SLOUGH FEG live, includes 28-page booklet + liner notes by Mike Scalzi and full of color photos!
’The Lord Weird Slough Feg’, whose name is derived from a character in the British mythology-inspired Sláine comics, originates from Central Pennsylvania.

The band relocated to San Francisco, California in 1990 in hopes of resurrecting the ailing ‘true metal’ scene in the United States. The band quickly gained a reputation as, ‘The band San Francisco loved to hate’ by taking a stand against the trends and incorporating stage savagery with strong visual imagery.
The band moved to underground Italian label, Cruz Del Sur in 2005 and shortened their name to simply, ‘Slough Feg’ with the release of ‘Atavism’.
Slough Feg’s style is an eclectic mix of Celtic Folk and Traditional Metal peppered with buckets of energy and lyrical depth.
Bill Magill is known to be a massive fan.