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

yeah, rolling metal is mostly useless for me, cuz it seems all to take place in shorthand, as an ongoing convo between a bunch of people who all get and listen to basically every metal album in the universe. so it's a constant stream of:

got THIS [picture]

yeah, it's good!

got THIS [picture]

yeah, it's good!

no, it's not

got THIS [picture]

yeah, it's good! hey did you listen to THIS yet?

no, but i got THIS [picture]...

Ok, so how do you actually find out about it all then?

IMPORTANT NOTE: in no way whatsoever am i complaining about the rolling threads, they just tend to leave me in the dust most of the time.

this problem is compounded by the fact that i live in a major metropolitan area with zero (0) record shops that dont look down their nose at metal as a genre. particularly sad because we had one of the greatest metal focused ones ever until the owner got cancer.

Ok, so how do you actually find out about it all then?

Buying stuff, knowing bands by previous albums so downloading new ones until they come out on vinyl. Knowing lots of people on slsk etc who get stuff or receommend it. Reading message boards like Doomed Forever (Used to be Southern Lord message board), stonerrock.com, viva la vinyl and yes, ILM.

Well, I've had an overload of new music with this and the other poll, so when my brain stops resembling mush, I will start trying to figure it all out.

Onimo how is your listening to the list coming along?

I'm working my way through the main albums poll so I'll see what crossover there is then hopefully come back to this list at some point.

I do need some time to listen to my old goth tunes you know!

Old goths never die they just....?

if that isnt an invitation for the "they just smell that way" punchline i dont know what is.

yeah, rolling metal is mostly useless for me, cuz it seems all to take place in shorthand, as an ongoing convo between a bunch of people who all get and listen to basically every metal album in the universe.

SO TRUE, except it's like only stuff from labels that can afford/want to send out promos to big publications.

And streams from the rest?

Mainly seems to be the biggest metal labels that are doing streams in my experience

UK vs US difference?

Torche in the ILX albums poll at no 26 btw(with 3 no1 votes).
Sadly it looks like Harvey Milk may have missed out.

I ranked the Harvey Milk much higher than the Torche - 6th vs. 17th. That might help it, but I'm afraid you're probably right.

i didn't rank my list, and voted for both of them, so its still possible.

I'd be surprised if it beat it. I guess Boris & Earth and Torche have more crossover appeal. *shakes fist @ Pitchfork*

But you never know, if it's going to make it, it will be in the next few. But Torche got 3 #1s. Cant see Harvey Milk getting that.

Kerrang doesn't cover any of these bands. Isis dont get a look in either or Pelican. If hey did im sure these bands could be quite successful. Guess you have to be on a major label to get in it.

so pitchfork >>> Kerrang is sadly true.

I think Pitchfork gave Harvey Milk a nod in their best new music section and a high score btw.

They haven't become as well known as the others. Just seems strange that obv the ppl who voted for them here didn't vote on that poll. It was well clear of the Boris and Earth on this poll.

Considering how odd the actual list is, and the fact that waaaaaaay more people voted in it than this list, I don't think you can write off, well, pretty much anything to place. thanks for the grouper btw, it's really pretty actually, not what i expected.

yeah crystal castles just charted with zero #1 votes so i am oddly optimistic about harvey milk.

actually if i am doing the math right, between the three people who have mentioned voting for it on this thread we contributed 44 points to its total, so if there are others out there we only need 70 points or so (which wait is probably not all that promising). eh, hope springs eternal.

Wish I could share your optimism. I bet it was no51.
You think Marnie Stern will make it? Or are the only ilxors who like her are metal fans? LOL @ the irony.

I voted Marnie Stern lower than I should have. Pretty certain she won't make it though.

I voted for Esoteric quite high when really I should have voted tactically with stuff i thought might get in it at the top. but then that wasnt the point of a list.

No more metal in the poll. Marnie Stern hasn't even made it. Only metallers on ILX like her it seems!

The missing Harvey Milk is still too o_O though.

by which you mean "not terribly surprising" - great album tho

But it is surprising as it was no2 in this poll, well clear of Earth and Boris, who beat them in the main poll. Obv some of it's main backers here didn't vote in the main poll. Resulting in less metal in the 2008 poll than 2007.
At least with this metal poll it raised the HM and other bands profiles with lots of people now checking out the results.

Glenn are you doing stats on the other poll?

No, I'm done with poll stats for now. On to other things!

Aww that's a pity. Got something else in the works for us, Glenn?

I bought the Nachtmystium lp from Avalanche in Glasgow today. Monorail had sold out of it(and their older stuff I had seen in there before xmas).

Also found out Earth are playing in April. You up for it, Grimly/Onimo?

I forgot to say it's at Nice N Sleazys

You guys read this yet?

definitely up for earth at sleazys. missed the stereo date last year...saw them at supersonic, but they were unfortunately timetabled in the early evening 'severely flagging from 18 BPM doom overload' slot. I mean, I love earth, but a kick up the arse they most assuredly are not.

be strange seeing them somewhere as small as sleazys though. every other time, their sound has filled a huge space - scala, islington academy, custard factory. they're too widescreen for that basement.

Bump for fun!

I predict No Line on the Horizon Preinterpreted landslide on the 2009 edition.

was that a bump to annoy grady?

No, I bumped it because I missed it and it should never be forgotten. Good times were had here.

Ahh, well Im bumping it to annoy him ;)

Wonder if there will be interest for a poll next year?

why wouldn't there be?
(and where is Grady, anyhow?)

Mastodon ftw, tho, no?

well, it was a bit of a hassle getting enough people to vote so the novelty might've worn off next year.

any front runners for 2009 yet?

Cobalt I assume. Personally, I hate the vocalist, which is a real shame because I love the music.