2014 POLL RESULTS COUNTDOWN - ILM Metal Albums of the Year

btw, what was the one that had 3 #1 votes and didn't make it into the top 100?

i made a mistake i read from the wrong list

lol I thought you were trolling to get people worried about their fav albums

I don't know what any of these albums sound like but the cover art is A+ across the board. Ok, maybe not Autopsy but.

Sweet, I voted for Death Penalty and I think Seven That Spells made my ballot.

95 Body Count - Manslaughter 147 Points,6 votes
http://i.imgur.com/PdxbRw9.jpg
spotify:album:3uQOGUgdZ2dFiOv2YVkkxb

nice, glad it made it in. TOO LOW!

it fills my heart with joy that bodycount have released an album in 2014

Slop, you should give up sleeping and keep releasin'.

Not quite as controversial as their first :)
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hah. To think how far metal has come in extremity since the 80s...

autopsy is decent imo. voted for it but mostly because autopsy coasting is still enjoyable enough.

body count album is hilarious, grandpa ice-t telling people to get a job

That Body Count record is great fun.

eh, plenty of goregrind is topping them these days, they aren't bad by any standard but should recognize they represent an older aspect of the genre and perhaps focus putting out their older, previously unreleased material like they did in the early 2000's.

^^ re: Autopsy

History has moved on, Ice T's now complaining about helpdesks in India, vegetarians disliking his choice of grilled meat, and his Xbox, whereas it all used to be about inner city violence.

lol, sounds like a modern Sinbad stand-up routine.

hated the Body Count album, especially the updated version of Institutionalised, which completely missed the point (and was borderline racist).

cosmic dead cover looks super trippy

Body Count album way too low. I knew I should have posted a weighted ballot.

Three of my big ones showing up already: Ulaan Markhor, Seven that Spells (my #1), and Cosmic Dead! Awesome!

I had v little hope for 7TS showing up, truth be told

Man, I love how there are already three albums on the list that I've never heard of, yet look right up my alley. Thank you ILM!

eh, plenty of goregrind is topping them these days, they aren't bad by any standard but should recognize they represent an older aspect of the genre

imo the strength of the Autopsy album lies in their acceptance of just that. plus the fact it sounds really sick

forgot to vote in this but there are already some records I liked and/or am curious about

will resume in 90 mins or so

ok ready to go

94 Monarch - Sabbracadaver 148 Points, 6 votes
http://i.imgur.com/3vfWP2U.jpg
spotify:album:0DWgq6lCO1shy7qt6hj58b
https://profoundlorerecords.bandcamp.com/album/sabbracadaver

93 Truckfighters - Universe 152 Points, 5 votes, One #1
http://i.imgur.com/GyshWzK.jpg

spotify:album:1sGA0UblbKkjo3PoPbXkZZ
https://fuzzoramarecords1.bandcamp.com/album/truckfighters-universe

When the mood is right that Monarch record is amazing. Best thing they've done.

Yeah, I love that record. I think I had it around #6 (forgot to save my list).

Magical invocations probably would be that slow.

I still need to buy it. Not bought as much this year due to lack of money. Need to make a profoundlore order soon

Ambergris is the only thing I voted for that has placed so far. Curious who gave it the #1. I'm listening to Lantlos now. I listened to it once before and didn't really click with it but I think I'm enjoying it a little better now.

91 Raspberry Bulbs - Privacy 155 Points, 6 votes
http://i.imgur.com/9lrSO5p.jpg
spotify:album:7wQBjixV20G0EkKmZkYIsZ
https://blackesteverblack.bandcamp.com/album/privacy

Lol I need to finally listen to Truckfighters. A good friend of mine surprised me by trying to sell me on the song "Desert Cruising"

Ambergris too. The Branca-metal thread is one of my big go-to places for new music reccs these days

...and tbh Im not hating Raspberry Bulbs either after listening a little to their bandcamp.

Is 91 a tie or is there a numbering error?

yeah its a tie
91 Coffinworm - IV.I.VIII 155 Points, 6 votes
http://i.imgur.com/wIdtRA9.jpg
spotify:album:42aSDPZtBZXHq0Tq5jWvVV
https://profoundlorerecords.bandcamp.com/album/iv-i-viii

next up is the album that i thought didn't get in the countdown despite having 3 #1 votes

but it got a late #1 so it has 4

that's right the next one up has four #1s

I love how wonky everything is this year so far

A Pregnant Light - My Game Doesn't Have A Name 156 Points, 4 votes, Four #1s
http://i.imgur.com/F9TTOj3.jpg

spotify:album:4R17xrjlNhg72GNKtryyfz
https://colloquialsoundrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/my-game-doesnt-have-a-name

Truckfighters! I'd like to think if everyone listened to it, it would have been on at least 30 ballots ;)

thats #90

So yeah, obv Truckfighters was my #1. They tour a lot, I highly recommend their live show.

I have not heard A Pregnant Light.

dunno them but four #1s means we should all give them a go

I'm not a fan.

I think im expecting ASG style stuff (older shouty ASG)

never heard the name in any context at all iirc

songtitles and album art have led me to anticipate a metal version of Xiu Xiu minus the elements that I like about Xiu Xiu

liking it so far i must say. id buy this if i saw it in a shop

fuck, this brutal blues ep is killer! half the "psychedelic" seems to consist of vocal echo, but i love the manic repetitions, lazer streak guitars, natural-sounding kit, everything. never liked noxagt half this much.

also, was superstupid to cut alraune's the process of self-immolation from my list at the last minute. devastating album.

I got the Menace Ruine cd in the mail today an early xmas present to myself

yeah, that alraune album is really good

haha, just been listening to the longest track on the YOB record - this is basically a straight-up post-rock reboot of Wicked Game, lol @ all you hardcore metalheads

so cheesy! aw it's a YOB xmas, said no Satan ever

I didn't vote because I am woefully uninformed. Of the top albums, I own or heard these:

76 Myrkur - Myrkur 173 Points, 6 votes
67 AEvangelist - Writhes in the Murk 205 Points, 6 votes
66 Judas Priest - Redeemer of Souls 209 Points, 8 votes
59 Stargazer - A Merging to the Boundless 255 Points, 7 votes
56 Teitanblood - Death 270 Points, 9 votes
51 Midnight - No Mercy for Mayhem 290 Points, 8 votes
50 Nachtmystium - The World We Left Behind 297 Points, 9 votes
42 Eyehategod - Eyehategod 339 Points, 11 votes
26 Swans - To Be Kind 441 Point, 13 votes
8 Scott Walker & SunnO))) - Soused 799 Points, 21 votes, TWO #1s
5 Triptykon - Melana Chasmata 1078 Points, 27 votes FIVE #1's

There is a long list of things I will be purchasing shortly, however...

imago, you were the first person ever to bring Kayo Dot to my attention; what do you think of Coffins on Io

it's really great, a sort of elaboration on (or intensification of) the underrated Coyote; has great tunes and ideas; erases the masturbatory fug of Hubardo somewhat

still cannot actually credit YOB getting all these plaudits on the basis of that final track but hey-ho, post-rock is a respected genre

track two tho

"marrow" isn't "wicked game", exactly. it's more like fat bedhead. and i'm okay with that, as post rock is and has long been a respected genre.

DZZZZZZCH you cut your head DZZZZZZCH on the bedside table DZZZZZZCH...

plus you are underestimating the extent of geddy lee.

"marrow" breakdown:

00:00 fat bedhead
04:45 geddy lee
10:45 herb-encrusted loin of isaac
13:50 marinate slowly and see

Might ring in the bells with our #1 album this year. Here's to a good 2015 to everyone!

Hi metal people of ilx,

Voting is currently in progress for the big sitewide EOY poll, and I hope that many of you will submit a ballot! If everyone who voted for the #1 album here also voted for it in the ILM poll, it would come in the top 10 for sure. If for some reason you're not stoked at the idea of sharing your favourite music with the rest of the board, maybe you can consider it a favour in return for my helping out with the metal poll every year.

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