Thanks Glenn!
― Pfunkboy Formerly Known As... (Herman G. Neuname), Wednesday, 21 January 2009 06:30 (fifteen years ago) link
30http://www.stonerrock.com/store/images/covers/ath-5299.jpgThe Gates of Slumber - Conqueror (Profoundlore) 83 points
― Pfunkboy Formerly Known As... (Herman G. Neuname), Wednesday, 21 January 2009 06:34 (fifteen years ago) link
I forgot to mention when posting the Blood Ceremony album that it got 1 number 1 vote.Glenn what other albums got a no1 vote that were outside the top 50?
― Pfunkboy Formerly Known As... (Herman G. Neuname), Wednesday, 21 January 2009 07:31 (fifteen years ago) link
^^^that was by me I believe
― Pescetarian Reich (DJ Mencap), Wednesday, 21 January 2009 08:04 (fifteen years ago) link
29 (tied)http://www.stonerrock.com/store/images/covers/ath-5589.jpgEarthless - Live at Roadburn (Tee Pee) 88 Points
― Pfunkboy Formerly Known As... (Herman G. Neuname), Wednesday, 21 January 2009 13:55 (fifteen years ago) link
29 (Tied)http://www.stonerrock.com/store/images/covers/ath-5177.jpgUFOmammut - Idolum (Supernatural Cat) 88 points
― Pfunkboy Formerly Known As... (Herman G. Neuname), Wednesday, 21 January 2009 13:57 (fifteen years ago) link
Here are the albums outside the top 49 that got a #1 vote (Rank - Points - Votes - Artist - Album):
50 - 48 - 3 - Zebulon Pike - Intransience63 - 39 - 3 - Have A Nice Life - Deathconsciousness74 - 33 - 2 - Samothrace - Lifes Trade76 - 32 - 2 - Equilibrium - Sagas78 - 31 - 2 - Pyramids - Pyramids89 - 27 - 2 - In This Moment - The Dream91 - 25 - 1 - Gevolt - Sidur91 - 25 - 1 - Mar De Grises - draining the waterheart
In This Moment was mine.91 - 25 - 1 - Rose Tattoo - Blood Brothers
― glenn mcdonald, Wednesday, 21 January 2009 14:31 (fifteen years ago) link
Disfear at no42 got a no1 vote I think
― Pfunkboy Formerly Known As... (Herman G. Neuname), Wednesday, 21 January 2009 14:43 (fifteen years ago) link
it did.
i just had a feeling that would be the disc i listened to the most over the next five years. which isn't the only criteria, just the only argument one way or the other for the three or four picks that could have been my number one.
― mte, Wednesday, 21 January 2009 15:15 (fifteen years ago) link
I totally would have voted for Sex Vid had I heard it before voting ended. Oh well.
― I KNOW WHAT YOU'RE UP TO (Colonel Poo), Wednesday, 21 January 2009 15:31 (fifteen years ago) link
That will teach you to not keep up with the rolling metal thread. Bear that in mind for 2009!
― Pfunkboy Formerly Known As... (Herman G. Neuname), Wednesday, 21 January 2009 16:10 (fifteen years ago) link
Sex Vid's not even metal though!
― I KNOW WHAT YOU'RE UP TO (Colonel Poo), Wednesday, 21 January 2009 16:45 (fifteen years ago) link
dont you start!
― Pfunkboy Formerly Known As... (Herman G. Neuname), Wednesday, 21 January 2009 16:48 (fifteen years ago) link
48 - 50 - 4 - Blue Sabbath Black Cheer - Untitled
wha... why?
― HELPING CHILDREN THROUGH RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Wednesday, 21 January 2009 17:03 (fifteen years ago) link
or you! ;)
Did you vote btw?
― Pfunkboy Formerly Known As... (Herman G. Neuname), Wednesday, 21 January 2009 17:06 (fifteen years ago) link
I like that Gates of Slumber album - real metal cover included.And the Ascend cd, that I bought under Pfunk Boy instigation, is excellent.
― Marco Damiani, Wednesday, 21 January 2009 17:29 (fifteen years ago) link
xp: i didn't vote, sorry. just didn't really hear enough to feel like it was worth bothering. might've moved blood ceremony up another fraction of a point, i guess...
― HELPING CHILDREN THROUGH RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Wednesday, 21 January 2009 17:40 (fifteen years ago) link
Marco,I am glad you enjoyed it. I really do think it's the best thing Greg has done in a while(and I do like recent sunn 0))) stuff) The Gates Of Slumber album is really good too.
― Pfunkboy Formerly Known As... (Herman G. Neuname), Wednesday, 21 January 2009 17:51 (fifteen years ago) link
The next 2 albums are tied. I will post one now and keep the suspense going on the other until I've finished my dinner.
― Pfunkboy Formerly Known As... (Herman G. Neuname), Wednesday, 21 January 2009 18:02 (fifteen years ago) link
27 (tied)http://www.seventhrule.com/store/wetnurse/invisiblecity.jpgWetnurse - Invisible City (Seventh Rule Recordings) 89 points
― Pfunkboy Formerly Known As... (Herman G. Neuname), Wednesday, 21 January 2009 18:05 (fifteen years ago) link
Great, great album, which I would never have heard if J0hn hadn't been hyping it incessantly in Rolling Metal 2008.
― EZ Snappin, Wednesday, 21 January 2009 18:13 (fifteen years ago) link
27 (Tied)http://www.stonerrock.com/store/images/covers/ath-5333.jpgMoss - Sub Templum (Rise Above) 89 Points
― Pfunkboy Formerly Known As... (Herman G. Neuname), Wednesday, 21 January 2009 18:39 (fifteen years ago) link
I thought the Moss album was a good step up from Cthonic Rites. I think Olly said elsewhere there was new material coming soon. I'm looking forward to that immensely. No doubt it will be crushing doom as ever and for that I say Huzzah!
― Pfunkboy Formerly Known As... (Herman G. Neuname), Wednesday, 21 January 2009 18:47 (fifteen years ago) link
I was DJing at a best of 2008 night a couple of weeks ago and I played 'Stigma' by UFOmammut and it literally made someone shit their pants on the dancefloor.
― Doran, Wednesday, 21 January 2009 18:58 (fifteen years ago) link
Sure that wasn't the Guinness?
― Pfunkboy Formerly Known As... (Herman G. Neuname), Wednesday, 21 January 2009 18:59 (fifteen years ago) link
Well it was the first Saturday after NYE, so perhaps there were a few loose stomachs in the joint.
As luck would have it one or two regular ILX posters were there and can back me up.
It was horrible really.
― Doran, Wednesday, 21 January 2009 19:05 (fifteen years ago) link
Was it one of them?
― Pfunkboy Formerly Known As... (Herman G. Neuname), Wednesday, 21 January 2009 19:32 (fifteen years ago) link
It was horrible really.― Doran
― Doran
would expect so
― Calling All Creeps! (contenderizer), Wednesday, 21 January 2009 19:49 (fifteen years ago) link
25The Gutter Twins - Saturnalia (Sub Pop) 98 Points (1 Number One Vote.)
Having spent nearly a year dissecting Saturnalia, I'm ready to declare this the best album either Dulli or Lanegan has been involved with since the Afghan Whigs' swan song in 1998. It's not "metal" by a long shot (many albums on this list are not "metal" in a strict sense, mind) – it is, however, dark, aggressive, haunting and intense in equal measure. The album kicks off with a rock solid 1-2-3 punch, then unravels into a brooding, downtrodden set of gothic-folk tunes with Lanegan nearly stealing the show before Dulli picks up the pace by album's end. These two musicians have shared career parallels and a personal friendship over the past 15 years, and I'm amazed they took so long to record an album together… but my Lord, was it ever worth the wait. All said, it's a solid, memorable set of tunes from two musicians who have continually raised the bar for themselves since the Whigs and Trees were put out to pasture. ---- ilxor
― Pfunkboy Formerly Known As... (Herman G. Neuname), Wednesday, 21 January 2009 19:59 (fifteen years ago) link
http://991.com/newGallery/The-Gutter-Twins-Saturnalia-430003.jpg
24http://www.metal-archives.com/images/2/1/5/1/215198.jpgOcean - Pantheon of the Lesser (Important Records) 100 Points
Kicks the shit out of all the indie I listened to in 2008. I Am reborn! I am REFORMED! ---- ilxor
― Pfunkboy Formerly Known As... (Herman G. Neuname), Wednesday, 21 January 2009 21:06 (fifteen years ago) link
23http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51jNDkoLw8L._SL500_AA240_.jpgAmon Amarth - Twilight of the Thunder God (Metal Blade) 109 Points (1 Number One Vote)
― Pfunkboy Formerly Known As... (Herman G. Neuname), Wednesday, 21 January 2009 22:02 (fifteen years ago) link
A shock result in my eyes.Surprisingly low placed, I thought this would be a contender for No 1 and a certain top 5 place. But again some of the albums advocates on the rolling metal thread didn't vote. So that's what happens.
― Pfunkboy Formerly Known As... (Herman G. Neuname), Wednesday, 21 January 2009 22:03 (fifteen years ago) link
No one else surprised?
― Pfunkboy Formerly Known As... (Herman G. Neuname), Wednesday, 21 January 2009 22:36 (fifteen years ago) link
as we approach the top 20... to compare and contrast with Terrorizer top 20 albums of 2008
01. ENSLAVED - Vertebrae (Indie Recordings)02. CYNIC - Traced In Air (Season Of Mist)03. NACHTMYSTIUM - Assassins: Black Meddle Part 1 (Candlelight)04. GOJIRA - The Way Of All Flesh (Listenable)05. TORCHE - Meanderthal (Hydra Head)06. MESHUGGAH - ObZen (Nuclear Blast)07. OPETH - Watershed (Roadrunner)08. METALLICA - Death Magnetic (Warner)09. BLOODBATH - The Fathomless Mastery (Peaceville)10. ESOTERIC - The Maniacal Vale (Season Of Mist)11. EARTH - The Bees Made Honey In The Lion's Skull (Southern Lord)12. AC/DC - Black Ice (Sony)13. ASVA - What You Don't Know Is Frontier (Southern Lord)14. HAIL OF BULLETS - ...Of Frost And War (Metal Blade)15. SEPTICFLESH - Communion (Season Of Mist)16. DARKTHRONE - Dark Thrones And Black Flags (Peaceville)17. LEVIATHAN - Massive Conspiracy Against All Life (Moribund)18. GRAND MAGUS - Iron Will (Rise Above)19. HARVEY MILK - Life... The Best Game In Town (Hydra Head)20. SATYRICON - The Age Of Nero (Roadrunner)
― djmartian, Wednesday, 21 January 2009 22:41 (fifteen years ago) link
22http://www.metal-archives.com/images/1/8/7/7/187721.jpgCoffins - Buried Death (20 Buck Spin) 111 Points
I shall post no 21 in about 30 mins after i have a cuppa tea.
― Pfunkboy Formerly Known As... (Herman G. Neuname), Wednesday, 21 January 2009 22:43 (fifteen years ago) link
dj martian some of those albums are still to come. But not telling you who or what position any of them are in. Will not spoil the tension!
― Pfunkboy Formerly Known As... (Herman G. Neuname), Wednesday, 21 January 2009 22:44 (fifteen years ago) link
Not that surprised - I liked the Amon Amarth, but didn't get caught by it. I wouldn't have even heard it if it wasn't talked about so enthusiastically by some posters, as it is not my usual cup of tea.
Glad to see Ocean do so well.
-bunch of x-posts
― EZ Snappin, Wednesday, 21 January 2009 22:45 (fifteen years ago) link
21 http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41vW8oEdURL._SL500_AA240_.jpgGrails - Doomsdayer's Holiday (Temporary Residence) 118 Points (2 Number One Votes)
and now over to Glenn for some stats...
― Pfunkboy Formerly Known As... (Herman G. Neuname), Wednesday, 21 January 2009 23:17 (fifteen years ago) link
It was I who picked Hammers of Misfortune for #1. I've never heard anything by them prior to these albums, but they just fulfill this love I have for 70s rock bands with long songs with lots of great passages (I like to refer to them as Songs with Parts), that are like epic journeys. Songs by bands like Rush, Boston, Kansas, and Yes. But the weird thing is that I am not a big fan of any of those bands other than one or two songs each, and HoM doesn't really sound like any one of them in particular. Anyway, I surprised myself by voting for them. All year I figured I'd be telling everyone that Nachtmystium did the best metal album of the year. :)
― fwiw (rockapads), Thursday, 22 January 2009 00:14 (fifteen years ago) link
Songs by bands like Rush, Boston, Kansas, and Yes. But the weird thing is that I am not a big fan of any of those bands other than one or two songs each
heh neither am I, but i dig the Hammers Of Misfortune album.
― Pfunkboy Formerly Known As... (Herman G. Neuname), Thursday, 22 January 2009 01:17 (fifteen years ago) link
Here's the stats recap of 50-21 (Rank - Points - Total Votes - #1 Votes - Artist - Album):
50 - 48 - 3 - 0 - Racebannon - Acid or Blood50 - 48 - 3 - 1 - Zebulon Pike - Intransience48 - 50 - 4 - 0 - Blue Sabbath Black Cheer - Untitled48 - 50 - 3 - 0 - Gnaw Their Tongues - An Epiphanic Vomiting of Blood47 - 52 - 5 - 0 - Bison B.C. - Quiet Earth45 - 54 - 4 - 0 - Nadja - Desire In Uneasiness45 - 54 - 4 - 0 - Withered - Folie Circulaire43 - 55 - 4 - 0 - Metallica - Death Magnetic43 - 55 - 6 - 0 - Unearthly Trance - Electrocution42 - 59 - 4 - 1 - Blood Ceremony - Blood Ceremony41 - 60 - 4 - 1 - Disfear - Live the Storm40 - 61 - 4 - 0 - Marnie Stern - This Is It And I Am It And You Are It39 - 62 - 5 - 0 - Darkspace - III38 - 63 - 6 - 0 - Intronaut - Prehistoricisms37 - 66 - 5 - 0 - Jex Thoth - Jex Thoth36 - 68 - 6 - 0 - Genghis Tron - Board Up the House35 - 70 - 5 - 0 - Witch - Paralyzed34 - 71 - 3 - 1 - Hammers of Misfortune - Fields/Church of Broken Glass33 - 72 - 6 - 0 - Ascend - Ample Fire Within32 - 78 - 6 - 0 - Jesu - Why Are We Not Perfect31 - 81 - 6 - 0 - Moonspell - Night Eternal30 - 83 - 6 - 0 - The Gates of Slumber - Conqueror28 - 88 - 7 - 0 - Earthless - Live at Roadburn28 - 88 - 8 - 0 - UFOmammut - Idolum26 - 89 - 6 - 0 - Moss - Sub Templum26 - 89 - 5 - 0 - Wetnurse - Invisible City25 - 98 - 5 - 1 - The Gutter Twins - Saturnalia24 - 100 - 6 - 0 - Ocean - Pantheon of the Lesser23 - 109 - 8 - 0 - Amon Amarth - Twilight of the Thunder God22 - 111 - 8 - 0 - Coffins - Buried Death21 - 118 - 7 - 2 - Grails - Doomsdayer's Holiday
― glenn mcdonald, Thursday, 22 January 2009 02:05 (fifteen years ago) link
And I'll start the top 20 countdown.........
― Pfunkboy Formerly Known As... (Herman G. Neuname), Thursday, 22 January 2009 03:12 (fifteen years ago) link
Tomorrow (Later today UK time)
― Pfunkboy Formerly Known As... (Herman G. Neuname), Thursday, 22 January 2009 03:13 (fifteen years ago) link
Grails - Doomsdayer's Holiday (Important Records) 118 Points (2 Number One Votes)
I think this was on Temporary Residence, if I recall correctly.
The year's other Grails album (sadly not nominated) was on Important.
― ilxor, Thursday, 22 January 2009 03:30 (fifteen years ago) link
Ahh yes. You are right. Not only do I own it and all the other Grails albums, I voted for it too. It just said on the site i checked that it was on Important. Oh well, if john justen sees this maybe he will change it if he has the time.
― Pfunkboy Formerly Known As... (Herman G. Neuname), Thursday, 22 January 2009 03:32 (fifteen years ago) link
fixed
― Barackman Hussein Overdrive (John Justen), Thursday, 22 January 2009 04:06 (fifteen years ago) link
And now we enter the top twenty..
― Pfunkboy Formerly Known As... (Herman G. Neuname), Thursday, 22 January 2009 13:43 (fifteen years ago) link
20http://www.metal-archives.com/images/2/0/1/2/201282.jpgSunn 0))) - Domkirke (Southern Lord} 123 Points
― Pfunkboy Formerly Known As... (Herman G. Neuname), Thursday, 22 January 2009 13:44 (fifteen years ago) link
I'm embarrassed to admit that I haven't heard Domkirke yet. Will remedy this today.
― glenn mcdonald, Thursday, 22 January 2009 13:51 (fifteen years ago) link