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

well, not that (as int he tragic story), i meant the countdown. also the live performance of that track is awesome.

Remember to vote in this ILM 2013 | End of Year Albums & Tracks Poll | VOTING THREAD (Voting closes MIDNIGHT EST on Friday, January 17th, 2014)

Cheers, Charlie. It's a great song but the live version is even better. I really want to go see them now!

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

2014 METAL TRACKS POLL TOP 30 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

10 Nails - Suum Cuique 105.0 Points, 7 Votes, Two #1s
9 Jesu - Homesick 105 Points, 8 Votes, One #1
8 Melt-Banana - The Hive 107 Points, 7 Votes, One #1
7 Black Sabbath - God Is Dead? 108 Points, 7 Votes
6 Summoning - Old Mornings Dawn 123 Points, 7 Votes, FOUR #1s
5 In Solitude - Sister 131 Points, 9 Votes
4 Carcass - Thrasher's Abattoir 132 Points 8 Votes
3 Kylesa - Unspoken 136 Points, 8 Votes
2 ASG - Avalanche 142 Points, 8 Votes, One #1

1 Hell - Darkhangel 160 Points, 10 Votes, One #1

Thanks to all who took part!

Onwards to Albums Poll Countdown...

Hell live clip is bonkers ..

did wonder why the band look old (and the gargoyles are very spinal tap !), but the backstory explains.

would i listen to an album ?

i doubt it, as the vocals are too much for my delicate ears, but if they appeared on a festival that was at, i would love it.

ta for all this AG .. been interesting.

It was fun. A good list I think and a great #1.

now onto albums presented to you by fastnbulbous,myself and with a lot of help from seandalai...

2014 ILM METAL ALBUMS POLL TOP 101
Albums Playlist please SUBSCRIBE http://open.spotify.com/user/pfunkboy/playlist/6fsnIonKsPLF5NzZ9hJg27

101 Monster Magnet - Last Patrol 146 Points, 6 Votes
http://i.imgur.com/dmR1GZ3.png
http://open.spotify.com/album/708B29H3PbtlXWxpabDkIb
spotify:album:708B29H3PbtlXWxpabDkIb

http://www.deezer.com/album/6935494

our canadian friends and those who refuse to use spotify can use deezer :)

good album

i love the monster magnet album i have despite it apparently being one of their worst - monolithic baby

guess i should track down a few more.

I've see people say it's their best since Spine Of God

I'd say best since God Says No

They would need to get John McBain back to get anywhere near Spine Of God

100    Watain - The Wild Hunt    150 Points,    5    votes
http://i.imgur.com/ch9Kfbu.jpg
http://open.spotify.com/album/1FCdcUH6lumfoNYHTX5nz1
spotify:album:1FCdcUH6lumfoNYHTX5nz1

http://www.deezer.com/album/6824858

Monolithic Baby is great! Some seriously killer tunes on that one.

I was not much into Last Patrol tbh.

99    Woe - Withdrawal    153 Points,    4  Votes
http://i.imgur.com/Q4eyUKY.jpg
http://open.spotify.com/album/73yVPWPgaspivlcbqD6ztT
spotify:album:73yVPWPgaspivlcbqD6ztT

http://www.deezer.com/album/6485829

obv genre descriptions are very controversial but maybe albums could have the encyclopedia metallum genre desc posted w/ them? i'd love to know what to check out but i'm not interesting in hunting down another thrash album for example

rateyourmusic.com have genre descriptions as well, and rankings of albums for the top 1000 in the year

e.g Woe - Withdrawal
https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/woe_f1/withdrawal/

ranked: 417
genre: Black Metal

its enough work as is tbh but if someone else wants to go for it

98    Corrections House - Last City Zero  154 Points, 5 votes
http://i.imgur.com/QHFnuoV.jpg
http://www.deezer.com/album/7002606

Genre:
Drone/Doom/Experimental

97    Sahg - Delusions of Grandeur    155 Points,   5  Votes
http://i.imgur.com/mmuw62Z.jpg
http://open.spotify.com/album/7EAHkXYObQkiqLO0L8JZ6K
spotify:album:7EAHkXYObQkiqLO0L8JZ6K

http://www.deezer.com/album/6999998

Genre:
Doom Metal

Not actually heard this yet

woe is kind of a… punky, thrashy, post-hardcoreish strain of black metal, not much by way of gimmicks or stylistic hybridization or drama or what have you, save that they sound modern and u.s. and… i dunno. blazing leads, fast drums, throaty howls.

i listened to it a fair bit, a fairly solid, satisfying record.

96    Goatess - Goatess    158 Points,    4 Votes,  One #1  
http://i.imgur.com/L8K6oHB.jpg
http://open.spotify.com/album/192IbdIGft39UMkx7cino4
spotify:album:192IbdIGft39UMkx7cino4

http://www.deezer.com/album/6723799

Genre:
Doom/Stoner Metal

Playing this now for first time

Worst album cover of 2013?

95    Obliteration - Black Death Horizon    162 Points,    4  Votes
http://i.imgur.com/DzqHTph.jpg
http://open.spotify.com/album/0MRxKCVH1bWQEY0U7eeoTf
spotify:album:0MRxKCVH1bWQEY0U7eeoTf

http://www.deezer.com/album/7045912

Genre:
Death Metal

94    Ovo - Abisso    163  Points,  6 Votes
http://i.imgur.com/v07M2PA.png
http://open.spotify.com/album/4vRrt449NhNLSmRDuxDeS6
spotify:album:4vRrt449NhNLSmRDuxDeS6

http://www.deezer.com/album/7161730

Genre:
www.google.com

Will take it down to 91 tonight.

That's a great record.

Ha ha, I love that Goatess cover. Seems effective in creeping people out! Mixed feelings about the placing, glad it made the list, but feel it deserves higher, being at the top of my ballot. Similar with Sahg, my CD came in just a couple days ago and am listening to all four of their albums, and the band definitely deserve attention.

That oVo is freakin intense. Would be interested in seeing them live.

hang on, google is a metal genre now.
fuck, i have so much to learn.

93    Lumbar - the first and last days of unwelcome    164 Points,    7 Votes
http://i.imgur.com/fHxajOC.jpg
http://open.spotify.com/album/4ME8872T5RIFqKvxLDbnAl
spotify:album:4ME8872T5RIFqKvxLDbnAl

http://www.deezer.com/album/7081968

Genre:
Doom/Sludge Metal

Goatess right up there with that other great baby cover:

http://www.metal-archives.com/images/9/0/9/5/9095.jpg?4754

Corrections House was only okay. It wasn't Pinkish Blackish enough for me

92    Ataraxie - L'Être et la Nausée   166 Points,    5  Votes
http://i.imgur.com/MX0dxWA.jpg

Genre:
Funeral Doom

One more to go tonight

That Ataraxie record is really good. Also notable was that the band also announced that Joey DeMaio of Manowar would appear on this as a guest musician. Of course, this news came out on April 1st...

91 Cult Of Luna - Vertikal  I&II  166 Points,    6 Votes  
http://i.imgur.com/b5Nzyt6.jpg
http://open.spotify.com/album/2RxFn9IzCEouUQxfDaBYH2
spotify:album:2RxFn9IzCEouUQxfDaBYH2

http://www.deezer.com/album/7160365

Genre:
Atmospheric Sludge/Progressive Metal/Post-Hardcore

Will resume around tomorrow lunchtime (UK) I guess.

Well I missed the countdown for today. Damn. My wrap up: Tracks list was great!! Happy to see Hell take the top spot!

SAHG album's waaay too low, feel like a lot of people slept on that, it's really good.

And my challops: What is this new trend of death metal bands making album covers that look like black metal? I got excited by the cover of that Obliteration album and then it was all growly death. I mean a band can design their logo however they want and there's always been the cryptic hard to read logo thing in all branches of extreme metal, but something about the combintion of their logo and the cover art made me assume it was black metal... feels like false advertising in a way. It doesn't do what it says on the tin!!

That Summoning track is the only one not available on the album on US spotify so I never listened to it... damn I would have given it a high spot in my track ballot, its incredible! Reminds me of Dissection in its heavier parts, and also Finntroll, lol... it's great.

Direct Link to poll recap & full results

I voted for two of those!

Which? (I dont have ballots to hand) or I would try to find out who voted for the album in last place..

319    jeff treppel and ozzy hamster sings/sqeaks - the best of nightwish    1 Point,   1 vote

hahaha!

I can't stop listening to that Hell song. So OTT but great at the same time.

I was gonna throw Treppel a few points but I kinda ran out of time to make my ballot

90    Baptists - Bushcraft    167 Points,  5  Votes
http://i.imgur.com/0MxUCpG.jpg
http://open.spotify.com/album/5HOIiR27srlahjG5iX6GpM
spotify:album:5HOIiR27srlahjG5iX6GpM