ILX METAL ALBUMS OF THE YEAR 2008 RESULTS (NOW COUNTING DOWN THE TOP TEN, BTW)

I liked Blood Mountain.

better is always good.

Blood Mountain is a good album, maybe my expectations were just insanely high.

I didn't much like blood mountain myself.

as for the new one... maybe it's because I'm living in obama's america, but I'm hopeful.

see, i had no expectations for it, and was consequently floored.

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Made Out of Babies and Blood Ceremony tied on Trueness. Or if you prefer Falseness, they tied on that, too.

I kind of liked Blood Ceremony: it evokes a lot of things I like, its a shame the songs aren't that exciting.

I'd probably recommend Grails to Ioannis, Sabbathy-prog.

I think according to Glenn's True Metal barometer I pray to the gods of False Metal, which is unsurprising. Made Out Of Babies was my #1.

I was listening to Grails' Sabbath cover last night. I want to say it was great but I can't even remember what they covered. I'll say Sweet Leaf then go look it up

Nope it was 'Black Sabbath'! Eh.

Yeah check the Grails album, it's not heavy or metal but is really really really good.

A bit of a shock (but excellent) entry coming up next at no8. Glenn has some surprising info about it and the P&J poll IIRC

no sign of Chinese Democracy yet? Could it be in for a strong placing?! o_0

Not mentioned yet. But i wont be saying what is or isnt coming (and noone else please either) so we can keep suspense going!

like i said earlier tho I never understood the ilm love for chinese democracy or death magnetic

or why they got in best album lists in magazines this year so high

infact i was even more underwhelmed by the Guns N Roses than the Metallica (at least it was better than their last)

hey, cool, i like the Grails tracks on micepace so far.

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no. 8...

...will be along shortly.... Feel the suspense!!

I'll give you a clue, it's not time for chinese democracy :)

It is a rather great album though that I would recommend you. But you will have to wait a few more mins to see what it is/

I'll post it sooner though if someone tells me why people like Death Magnetic and Chinese Democracy.

'cause they got tons of press?

i think i know what's coming up, btw. thank ya, whiney.

I'd hope people don't like albums just because they get tons of press.

I think people like them because, despite how not "great" they are, there are enough songs that flash back to each band's former greatness. I like the Metallica way, way better than GnR, but I can see the appeal of both.

well, it just makes it that much harder to avoid them (assuming you're at all interested in the first place, of course).

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right-o.

You're getting impatient!

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5ive - Hesperus (Hydra Head) 179 Points

^^^ What an unfortunate name for a band.

huh. nice title.

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hah

http://www.stargate.no/main/images/5ive-album.jpg

curses.

http://www.stargate.no/main/images/5ive-album.jpg

Hilarious...

Just for that I will delay posting no 7

i have to confess, most of the voting in this poll is completely bizarre to me. i like that 5ive album but wow that's a high rating.

Well, I don't know who all voted. I know I didn't, though. (Not out of disrespect for the effort or anything, I just forgot until it was too late.)

I think maybe my poll about them last year raised their profile enough for people to check them out.
ILX does have a spacerock division though, but it's not like people only voted 5ive on its own or just with other spacerock type stuff. It obviously must have got votes across the board to place so high.
Glenn can tell you how many votes it got along with other stats and the P&J stuff mentioned earlier.

5ive (12 votes, no #1s) is the highest-ranking album in this poll that didn't even get mentined in P&J.

Shame on Pazz & Jop!

i'm listening to them now, actually. great stuff! no vocals?

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You should check out their other albums.

check out this dude's review on Amazon:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Hesperus-5ive/dp/B0011F18CW/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1232731539&sr=8-1

Some more shock high placings to come

and the no7 album was my no1 album.

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Esoteric - The Maniacal Vale (Season of Mist) 183 Points (2 Number One Votes)

What an album! a double cd of the best crushing psychedelic doom/death you are ever likely to hear. Always a favourite band of mine but they REALLY raised the barrier on this. Not only their best album, but album of the year for me. A high point for UK Doom/Metal and quite possibly an album people will be discovering and being blown away by for years to come. If you need to hear one track to be convinced by, check out Circle.
Now all we need is the 10LP box set of their entire output as has been promised for a few years now. ILM, check out Esoteric - The Maniacal Vale NOW! ---- pfunkboy

You suck, gr80

Hi Grady!

Esoteric got 10 votes from us, but only 1 in P&J. From this amusingly varied ballot: http://www.villagevoice.com/pazznjop/critics/2008/685977

Anyone else got anything to say about the Esoteric album?
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I'm glad someone else knew about it. A criminally underrated band. It's a shame Kerrang ignores some great bands on it's own doorstep.

Estoeric was another one I downloaded twice, thinking I'd missed something the first time because people kept raving about it. Nope, still did nothing for me. It's not a bad exercise, though. I think I did that with 6 bands this year, and although didn't warm to Esoteric, Krallice or Origin, the second time was what I needed for Evoken and Wetnurse and Septicflesh. Yay, both directly and indirectly, for Rolling Metal!