~~~ 2014 ILM METAL POLL TRACKS & ALBUMS COUNTDOWN! ~~~ (Tracks top 30 first then Albums)

well its still heavy rock innit?

Yeah true. Actually I'm not sure why I called it weird, this stuff is definitely heavy metal, especially in the 70s sense where "heavy metal" just meant badass heavy rock band.

Occult rock revival is definitely heavy rock at least -- if Deep Purple and Bloodrock can be considered metal so can all the stuff like Ghost and Jess and stuff.

I've heard it referred to as "Lava Lamp Bullshit" hahaha

The funny thing is that in an old metal band I was in we had a nearly identical organ vamp to the one in Astral Sabbat. They stole my song!!! lol.

I love me some lova lamp bullshit!

did not like the purson thing at all.

saw them mentioned on another blog rundown (fastnbulbous ?) .. dreary and boring.

guess i like lava lamp bullshit more.

some people 40 and under think sabbath and priest/maiden are metal but nothing inbetween.
Some people of that age think Metal began with slayer/metallica thrash.
No doubt some kids think only extreme death or black is metal.

i am 45.
to me metal meant metallica, slayer, iron maiden, sabbath, megadeath, judas priest, dio, and a plethora of crap hair metal crap ..
in fact i think it was the hair metal thing that put me off for a long time.

yeah but you admit you were never into metal. Im talking about people who are but basically have no idea how heavy metal started bar sabbath.

the kind who think anything that isnt extreme isnt metal.

hair metal sure put me off at the time though too until i heard better stuff in the early 90s

nu-metal had the same effect on metal that hair metal did to us older types too

love a bunch of these: ghost bc, jess + ancient ones, windhand -- i didn't vote in tracks but great list so far

some big hitters still to come too so make sure everyone is around late sunday afternoon UK time for the top 10 then the start of the albums countdown in the evening.

idk why metal just is not a tracks genre for me. it is very rare that i can name a single track title on even a favorite metal album.

"Proto-Metal" has been subsumed into Heavy Metal for a while now AFAIK, and bands that are going back to that retro sound thus count as Metal. Everything old is new again.

Because they all sound the same? ;)
xp

Tracks results playlist
http://open.spotify.com/user/pfunkboy/playlist/3JEQkwsSD5C7VsXMg4k1HX

recap
30 Purson - well spoiled machine 44 Points, 3 votes
29 Watain - The Wild Hunt 45 Points, 4 votes
28 Darkthrone - leave no cross unturned 46 Points, 4 Votes, One #1
27 Dillinger Escape Plan - prancer 48 Points, 4 Votes
26 SubRosa - The Usher 50 Points, 3 Votes
25 Inter Arma - the survival fires 51 Points, 3 Votes
24 Anciients - faith and oath 52 Points, 3 Votes, One #1
23 Bölzer - Entranced By The Wolfshook 54 Points, 3 Votes , TWO #1s
22 Carcass - the granulating dark satanic mills 56 Points, 3 Votes, One #1
21 Uncle Acid and the Deadbeats - Mind Crawler 57 Points 5 Votes

20 Windhand - Woodbine 62 Points, 4 Votes
19 Suffocation - eminent wrath 63 Points, 4 Votes
18 Noothgrush - Thoth 66 Points, 4 Votes One #1
17 Vhol - Grace 66.0 Points, 5 Votes
16 Ghost - Ghuleh/Zombie Queen 67 Points, 4 Votes, One #1
15 Fen - Consequence 73 Points, 5 Votes
14 Deafheaven - Dreamhouse 75 Points, 5 Votes, 2 #1s
13 Ghost - Monstrance Clock 81 Points, 6 Votes
12 Jess and the Ancient Ones - Astral Sabbat 82 Points, 6 Votes, One #1
11 Grayceon - Pearl 85 Points, 6 Votes

I love Purson, that was a top album of the year for me, I def. voted for that track. I can understand not "getting" Purson but to me I think they are producing some pretty awesome weird proggy folk-revival heavy rock tinged stuff that I can dig pretty hard.

Mordy & AG - Nail on the head, there's usually not "stand out" tracks on most metal albums I like... there's ones I prefer but really it's mostly the sound of the whole album that metal goes for. Metal bands don't typically focus on singles, but album cohesion -- just a fact of the culture surrounding the genre.

BTW I am really really into the recent trend of the increasing inclusion of females into the world of metal... finally some gender parity going on!!

I dunno, a lot of albums still have standout songs on them. People have favourites they want to hear at gigs for instance.

yeah that's true for sure... I didn't get around to nominating a lot of tracks I liked this year, and I don't think I was alone in that, but yeah -- fan favorites are "a thing."

gotta go do some chores for a bit so I'll be gone from the countdown for a few hours.

this is almost certainly bc i am a metal dilettante and metal listening only makes up to at most 15% of my music listening over a given year. that said i do have orphaned land track faves so there are exceptions to everything. these 2 ghost tracks btw i didn't recognize by name, but listening now they were definitely 2 of the best on the album. i feel like their album kinda got a critical panning or overlooking? too corny for mainstreamers??

the only thing on here so far that kept my attention was the Noothgrush, Inter Arma, and that Suffocation track... and I'm not a fan of Suffocation.

haha but you hate "singing"!

will start the top ten soon

and here we go...

10    Nails - Suum Cuique    105.0 Points,   7 Votes,   Two #1s   
http://youtu.be/GXd8DVlGvsY
http://open.spotify.com/track/4gKomxifSnukn7D65PNFtt
spotify:track:4gKomxifSnukn7D65PNFtt

Results Playlist
http://open.spotify.com/user/pfunkboy/playlist/3JEQkwsSD5C7VsXMg4k1HX
spotify:user:pfunkboy:playlist:3JEQkwsSD5C7VsXMg4k1HX

9    Jesu - Homesick    105 Points,    8 Votes,  One #1  
http://youtu.be/rxWEes8WZvo
http://open.spotify.com/track/4GJWAOdD3zmImgpVXvAWX3
spotify:track:4GJWAOdD3zmImgpVXvAWX3

8    Melt-Banana - The Hive    107 Points,    7 Votes,  One #1   
http://youtu.be/vsVH9CqrTeA
http://open.spotify.com/track/5WDpk8hngqHB2J8DZp1mjp
spotify:track:5WDpk8hngqHB2J8DZp1mjp

This song rules. I still have to hear the album.

I await the "they're not metal protests"

I'm seeing Godflesh soon and wish it would be a double bill with Jesu.

Melt-Banana are not remotely metal, but hey someone's gotta give 'em love. I saw them open for Shellac at a comedy club back in '94.

the good thing with this tracks poll is that nobody knew what will be in the top 30 and still dont really with the top 10

Melt-Banana album placed in the Decibel Albums Of The Year list iirc

Nobody is even prepared to guess the top 5 haha

7    Black Sabbath - God Is Dead?    108 Points,  7  Votes
http://youtu.be/OhhOU5FUPBE
http://open.spotify.com/track/42wFRybIJ2n5RoD7r9R8Rz
spotify:track:42wFRybIJ2n5RoD7r9R8Rz

next one up got FOUR #1 votes

6 Summoning - Old Mornings Dawn 123 Points, 7 Votes, FOUR #1s
http://youtu.be/-Y9TsxeWGt0
http://open.spotify.com/track/0WFTNQFHN57d5Z5ybNsdDg
spotify:track:0WFTNQFHN57d5Z5ybNsdDg

Great track

Kind of nice. I haven't looked into Summoning all that closely, they seem like not my thing.

I don't get the excitement around that Sabbath track at all. Nine minutes of tedium.

Jesu is boring live... Although I love Godflesh, I'm guessing they might me a bit sleepy live as well.

Saw Jesu live supporting Isis (Panopticon tour) when the 1st Jesu album was out. It was great. You wont be able to mosh to it obviously

5    In Solitude - Sister    131 Points,    9  Votes
http://youtu.be/R4EiRvFHrCo
http://open.spotify.com/track/6nAdP8LqFhEbJ95HE2AIoF
spotify:track:6nAdP8LqFhEbJ95HE2AIoF

4    Carcass - Thrasher's Abattoir    132 Points    8  Votes
http://youtu.be/n1YhxHLbqvM
http://open.spotify.com/track/0buuMlA8DY2I1ovnWicXnI
spotify:track:0buuMlA8DY2I1ovnWicXnI

what are the chances Carcass take up the last 3 slots?

Sad I only voted in the albums poll and not the tracks poll now.

Any guesses for top 3?

hah that was an xp

dog latin - there wasn't much enthusiasm for tracks poll sadly and hardly anyone subscribed to the nominations playlist to check songs out but we got enough ballots for a decent list i think. Just a shame more didn't vote.