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

Oh, them. I need to catch up with Kylesa. I have their first three but my enthusiasm sort of petered out a few years ago.

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xp well this sounds nothing like the first albums especially iirc

That review did not incline me to catch up with them after all.

fwiw i am enjoying Vaura a damn sight more the second time around

you cant judge albums after only 1 or 2 listens

Trust my review then

it's good

"This is not some Scott Weinrich/Matt Pike/Bill Ward fantasy project"

That would be fucking awesome.

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Well the guys in Beastmilk were indeed sad, at least with S.A.D. (seasonal affective disorder), according to the interview in Decibel that I read in the courtroom. I'm surprised no one pointed out their many similarities (vocal, etc) to Interpol, heh. But there are not so many sad retreads in metal as much as genuine tributes. Guess it all comes down to which genres you prefer bands pay tribute to.

I finally got to leave court. I was worried the defending attorney would want to pick me because I said it's an abuse of the legal system to treat it like the lottery with ridiculous awards of millions of dollars for minor injuries in an accident where no fault was proven either side. However he asked potential jurors about their hobbies. I said running, writing about music, concerts and worshiping Satan. No I didn't say the last part. However I think it's a way they try to judge to see how easily they can manipulate jurors, which is why they don't like people who are too educated or intellectually engaged. Good thing to keep in mind if you don't want to get stuck in several week trial and perhaps even have to get sequestered.

I like some of the psychedelic tendencies on the last couple Kylesa albums, but would prefer a bit more psych and less sludge. Maybe the next album.

i got the impression some folk thought there was too much psych and not enough sludge

hang on f-n-b ..
is court thing a job, or, a temp jury service kind of groove ?
ps. i like what i have heard of kylesa, but i love psych.

Just now listening to a little Beastmilk; p cool

But there's no shortage of sludge! I would have expected Beastwars, Celeste and Jucifer to do better.

mark - In the U.S. all citizens are obligated to do jury duty no more than once a year if they are randomly picked. I've gotten the notices nearly every year the past 6 years, while my wife has never gotten the letter. She wishes she could do it but I hate it.

ahh.
same in uk.
so far, despite my age, i have never been called up for jury duty.

Album I'm surprised hasn't placed yet = Shooting Guns

xxxp

Really what wore thin with me about Kylesa was the monotonous, shouty singing style. Musically they didn't change much over the first 3 albums so I guess I have at least a widened musical palette to look forward to.

Also, this countdown is sort of fun, thanks for doing it. I should probably shut off the Finnish black metal and avail myself of the opportunity to check out what I've missed.

They change up the vocals some, but could still improve in that area.

Other thoughts, glad to see Avatarium high up, since it's release seemed kind of under the radar at first. The band is Leif and Carl from Candlemass, Lars from Tiamat and Marcus from Evergrey, who I'm not familiar with. Jennie-Ann Smith mainly sang blues and jazz previously.

vaura losing its appeal towards the end of the album. when yer doin metal/postpunk crossovers it's not like yer really going for avantgarde complexity, so may as well make it as propulsive and fiery as you can. vaura fudge it ever so slightly by trying to keep it black metal. a bit of a cake that's been had, eaten and corpsepainted

fwiw Evergrey had at least one really good album in them, In Search of Truth -- dark and moody power metal with a gruff baritone on vox, kind of a rarity. Supposedly Recreation Day was good too.

Pinkish Black, now THIS is more like it

i played the kylesa record quite a bit when it came out cos i really liked the noisiness and the shoutiness of it - reminded me a bit of unwound. did end up getting a bit bored of it though

imago does it pass your art school qualifications test? :P

yes

Pinkish Black album is fantastic. Lots of points for that one in both polls

Got My Vote

19 Ghost - Infestissumam, 502 Points, 15 Votes
17 Queens Of The Stone Age - ...Like Clockwork, 557 Points, 15 Votes, One #1
14 Darkthrone - The Underground Resistance, 597 Points, 17 Votes

Need to check out

20 Summoning - Old Mornings Dawn, 500 Points, 14 Votes
18 Beastmilk - Climax, 529 Points, 15 Votes, One #1
16 Hell - Curse And Chapter, 560 Points, 14 Votes, One, #1
15 Nails - Abandon All Life, 561 Points, 16 Votes, One #1
12 Atlantean Kodex - The White Goddess, 615 Points, 15 Votes, One #1
11 Kylesa - Ultraviolet, 637 Points, 18 Votes, One #1

That Hell video is amazing... And I am intrigued by the Beastmilk based on the love here.

At this point I feel weird talking about Pinkish Black, but I'm happy every time I see someone is enjoying it.

Did you work on that album?

No, they've just become close friends.

get 'em on ilx haha

I think heavy or extreme metal fans dig anything heavy or extreme not just heavy guitar stuff.

This is the case for me, but I also like non-extreme stuff. My friends who were big into death metal in college were also into power electronics and stuff like Venetian Blinds. Noise d00ds I guess?

Very glad Avatarium placed so well. I'm gonna have to check Vaura out since it's getting so much talk on this thread.

I started that Vaura album, and as soon as I got to the vocals it just made me want to listen to Killing Joke. So now I am.

silence, then bonus track = bumping u down 2 spaces in my mainpoll ballot pinkish black sorry

them's the rules

fp

Listen to the LP version. The record company cut it off.

o ok

mordy! why this outburst

Acoustic doom. Avatarium rehearsing "Moonhorse" - http://youtu.be/o_4Zu40lqRk

I got my CD in the mail yesterday, disappointed the "War Pigs" cover wasn't included.

Interesting countdown so far.
Surprised to see Ghost on it at all. People actually liked that album eh?

yup

Surprised there has been no top 10 predictions yet.

Who wants to see who guesses the order best?

You get 100 ilx cred points!

In Solitude, Carcass, Gorguts, Deafheaven, Subrosa, Lycus, Altar of Plagues, Ihsahn, Windhand, Melt Banana

Carcass ftw

I love guesses for the order of the top 10, More please!

Will be starting rollout at 4pm cuz noone was around when I started at 2 pm yesterday and viceroy and those not on west coast usa were still in bed.

Hopefully more will be around today and lots of comments because that is the best reward for running polls - seeing lots of posts. Love the top 10 predictions especially!

so am giving the Summoning one a go. The elves party opening track hasn't filled me with hope, and the "Casio keyboard drum machine playing the samba" on track 2 isn't helping.

You haven't heard their previous albums then?

nope

gave Hell a quick go too, not for me. Ghost are... okay? Swedish funfair metal.