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

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.

Cobalt wont pick up crossover votes for an ILM poll though, as awesome as the album is.

I haven't heard much with crossover appeal - Tombs? Amoseurs? The upcoming Mastodon?

None really do anything for me. It hasn't been a real metal year for me thus far.

Amesoeurs possibly. Going to be interesting on how the Mastodon is received. Could do well crossover-wise but metal purists hate it.

Steely Dan is more metal than Cynic.

The Gnaw album is the best metal record, by which TBH I mean 'noise record featuring metal luminaries', I've heard this year. Not at all a frontrunner but might scrape a nominal top 50 if enough ppl hear it, which they should

My top metal album so far this year is Jamie Saft's Black Shabbis. I also liked that Lamb of God, and the new Mastodon.

I have the Gnaw vinyl, it's great.
Khanate album should do well too, it's the best thing they've done since the 1st album, pity it took dubin 3 years to do the vocals so they split up and wont tour it.

slim pickings so far

tombs is all right, buried inside is better but no real surprises in it, lord mantis the only thing I've heard that made me sit up & take notice really

lord mantis at 7:30 a.m. is pretty fucking bracing though I gotta say, this'll make my overall year-end

New Mastodon in the running for next years poll then?