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

I haven't heard the whole of that Anima Morte album, though! I have the previous one on my computer, but don't know all of this one. Will definitely check it out.

after you've watched the synth pr0n?

ok, who srsly voted for burzum in the #1 spot?

I was meaning to get to that Hell album, would have done it in time for the poll had I known it wasn't just a reissue, but rather new recordings a la Pentagram. Anima Morte is cool spooky, proggy soundtrack music, but really didn't think it was that special.

41. Elder - Dead Roots Stirring (528 Points, 16 Votes, 1 #1)
http://www.roadburn.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/Elder-dead-roots-stirring.jpg

Elder is 3 piece stoner doom band from Boston. They have a self-titled full-length album released in 2008, a second full-length album titled “Dead Roots Stirring”, released 2011, both on MeteorCity records, and a split CD with Hong Kong’s Queen Elephantine on Concrete Lo-Fi Records.

http://www.myspace.com/beholdtheelder

didnt dig the hell that much but i also didnt know the story behind it.

no offense to the voters but i think that burzum album is pretty lame.

ok, who srsly voted for burzum in the #1 spot?

lets not go down that route please. I don't want people being put off voting like they do in the other ILM poll (the anco debacle) because of reactions by posters.

Mordy you like Burzum anyway.

it's a real sad story behind the Hell album but I'm glad it's working out for the remaining members. It's a really good album. Pagan Altar also do the re-recording of old tracks they never got the chance too and they have made 3 terrific albums from it so hopefully there's more to come from Hell.

40. Old Silver Key - Tales of Wanderings (528 Points, 20 Votes, 1 #1)
http://distro.todestrieb.co.uk/images/large/covers16/old-silver-key-tales-of-wanderings_LRG.jpg
Spotify
http://www.last.fm/music/old+silver+key

Old Silver Key is the new band born from the hyperactive mind of Drudkh mainman Roman Sayenko and consisting of four Drudkh members plus French artist Neige (Alcest, Amesoeurs) on vocals. OSK’s debut album is entitled “Tales of Wanderings” and has been released on September 16th 2011. (Season of Mist label).

Line-up:
Neige - vocals
Roman - guitar
Thurios - guitar
Krechet - bass
Vlad - drums, keyboards, piano

This album grew on me after i got over the fact it wasn't a heavy album like I had hoped for. It's shoegaze.

So I might like it then?

Thumbs up from me on that Elder album

The Old Silver Key album is weak in my opinion. Both sides could have done better, and nothing really meshes.

Elder was my #1. The only explanation that it wasn't top 10 could only be that 16 people heard it. Right? My blurb:

Emphasizing a heavily distorted, doomy sound, they're the latest to merge aspects of doom with stoner rock's melodies and sticky riffs. They describe themselves as "a sonic interpretation of the forces that surround us; the pounding waves of ancient seas, the weight of stone colossi rising up from the earth and the endlessness of inflamed, majestic skies." Or alternately, "like Ufomammut fucking Black Sabbath sideways." However you want to describe it, Dead Roots Stirring is immediately addictive, and has stayed at the top of my playlist for months.

http://beholdtheelder.bandcamp.com/album/dead-roots-stirring

just 16 people

Elder also topped the Stoner HiVe poll, #4 in Stoned Sun Vibrations, #5 at The Obelisk and #7 at Doomantia.

Elder was nice but wasn't a favorite. I do regret not voting for the Ufesas record though. It's owned my January so far.

that blut aus nord is decent but also seriously disappointing after the masterful memoria vetusta ii imo

after you've watched the synth pr0n?

*spotifies furiously*

oh man, never even heard of anima morte before but this is GREAT so far!

bear in mind I kind of love any horror prog

39. Blut Aus Nord - 777/The Desanctification (537 Points, 21 Votes)
http://cdn.stereogum.com/files/2011/11/Blut-Aus-Nord-777-The-Desanctification-608x608.jpg
Spotify
http://www.last.fm/music/Blut+aus+Nord

ok that elder album is awesome, and yeah i had not heard it until just now

i read a review of the band Alcest and so i'm listening to their new album now

it's supposed to be black metal, the review said shoegazer too, which i kinda get

overall though it feels a lot more like 90s bands like Hum or Chavez to me than metal, it's cool though, i don't know if they are trv kvlt though :|

it doesn't really seem like black metal at least to me, but i'm no expert

38. Blood Stain Child - Epsilon (540 Points, 18 Votes, 1 #1)
http://getmetal.org/uploads/posts/2011-06/1308262697_blood-stain-child-e-psilon.jpg
http://www.last.fm/music/Blood+stain+child

Blood Stain Child is a trance metal band from the city of Osaka, Japan. They are influenced by techno, gothic, rock and also visual kei elements.
The band formed under the name “VisionQuest” in 1999, but reformed under the name Blood Stain Child in 2000.

BIOGRAPHY

Blood Stain Child was formed in 2000 by Ryo (vocals, bass), Ryu (guitar), Daiki (guitar), Aki (keyboards), and Violator (drums). In August 2000, Blood Stain Child recorded their first demo, which consisted of the songs “Silence of Northern Hell”, “Requiem”, and “Legend of Dark”. The band sent that demo to a radio station and the DJ enjoyed the music so much that he recommended the band to the record label, M&I Company, who eventually signed Blood Stain Child.
A notable feature of Blood Stain Child is their tendency to incorporate both dance and trance related themes and elements into their music. The band’s sound includes death vocals complemented at times by clean vocals.

Current members:

Sophia - vocals (2010)
Ryo – bass, vocals (2000–present)
Ryu Kuriyama – guitar (2000–present)
G.S.R – guitar (2007–present)
Aki – keyboards (2000–present)
GAMI - drums (2010)

i agree w/you about the alcest album m@tt - altho the thing is that black metal has kinda porous boundries these days. still if you played the album for me w/o identifying it, i wouldnt hear any trad BM influence at all really.

great album xp

yeah like i still crank hum and chavez on the regular, also reminds me a little of the later period unwound stuff too

Aw, I was hoping for top 10 for BSC. RAGE QUIT.

overall though it feels a lot more like 90s bands like Hum or Chavez to me than metal

this is somewaht true though imo alcest are wayyyyy too tepid rhythmically to merit comparison to those kinds of bands.

I guess I should have campaigned harder for Elder. I posted a YouTube link with the entire album on the Sandbox.

Regarding Alcest, Neige, Aegnor and Argoth had some demos that were black metal in 2001, but with the latter two left, it quickly became basically shoegaze, or metalgaze. I loved Souvenirs d'un autre monde (2007), but everything sort of sounds the same and I hadn't been inspired to hear the latest.

jeff, was bsc your #2? (assuming turisas was your #1)

i know im being captain negative today and all but oh man i do not get or even vaguely enjoy blood stain child sorry peeps

that's because you have taste mr justen

yeah, souvenirs is great but I haven't felt the need to explore much else either (x-post)

overall though it feels a lot more like 90s bands like Hum or Chavez to me than metal

this is somewaht true though imo alcest are wayyyyy too tepid rhythmically to merit comparison to those kinds of bands.

― call all destroyer, Thursday, January 19, 2012 12:44 PM (1 minute ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

yeah i don't prefer it, a lot of the black metal stuff i've heard has p boring drum parts, it's almost like a skiffle type beat to me, or a johnny cash beat with shitloads of cymbal shit

but i'm digging this, the prettier and less metal this record is the better imo

also curious who gave bsc a #1 vote (tho legit curious, not judgy)

Yeah, they were my number two selection. Love love love that record. Just total insanity.

Aw, I was hoping for top 10 for BSC. RAGE QUIT.

― Gamera died for our sins (J3ff T.),

you really have unrealistic expectations.

ok that elder album is awesome, and yeah i had not heard it until just now

― blurgh (jjjusten), Thursday, January 19, 2012 12:33 PM (12 minutes ago) Bookmark

i just listened to one song, but i would have voted it if i had bothered to listen to it before.
oh well, next time!

BSC record is p samey but really hits the spot if I'm in the mood for trancey melodic death jams w/excellent gigantic choruses (admittedly not a mood I'm often in...)

I think I can pretty much single-handedly take credit for BSC placing at all, much less this high.

that cover looks like final fantasy

j3ff is totally the ilx BSC patient zero

cosplay trance dance melodic death metal

jeffs ideal genre really
cosplay + republica + trivium

m@tt if you want some black metal with depth i think that Epheles album is the best of the year. if you want some black metal with the batshit crazy, give Peste Noire a try.

drumming on the epheles is also crazy crazy good and a lot more varied altho its still mostly 10000 mph

More In Flames than Trivium, really.

Otherwise that is an accurate statement.