~~~ 15 YEARS OF ILM POLL!!! ~~~ (Metal & Heavy Rock [+ related sub-genres] Edition) RESULTS & DISCUSSION THREAD

Piano Island also a great record, though I don't listen to it much any more, I prefer Young Machetes for my occasional Blood Brothers fix.

Domains made it into the original poll results but disappeared during a re-post for some reason. They've dropped from 218 to 281, ha.

My number one, Ordo ad Chao, gained 11 spots, and Henbane dropped by 30.

Obliteration's Black Death Horizon has magically materialized, however, so that's good. Recommended for anyone who likes creeping black/death metal that moves at a sort of Autopsy pace and has an atmosphere that combines Soulside Journey and Blaze in the Northern Sky. It's a very aptly named album.

Just put on the closing track of the Nokturnal Mortum as I forgot to listen to it earlier. tt reckons it sounds like Last Christmas by Wham

last christmas i gave you my iron cross

Is it the reissue because they covered Nights in White Satin

mclusky do dallas has turned up in the top 200! it's an indie rock album. i voted for it

Aw fuck, Zombi were nominated and I didn't see that album was there when I voted! Fuck!

anyway, nokturnal mortum, my discovery of the poll so far, wouldn't have been in the top 200 if we'd run it properly, so i have sean's wonky maths to thank

I must need to listen to Ordo ad Chao, because the rest of Devilock's post was very much regarding my interests.

Still, kinda bummed. If Domains and CDG are so low -- what kind of heavy rock/metal is high? Who am I supposed to drink whiskey with??

154 Oranssi Pazuzu - Valionielu 1108.414634 Points, 9 Votes
http://i.imgur.com/Rjuaan1.jpg
https://open.spotify.com/album/6lA7q02cKCIWImvzHbhmrs
spotify:album:6lA7q02cKCIWImvzHbhmrs

Yes, great album. This year's is even better.

Hey, TMV haven't showed up again yet!

That is a beautiful album art. There is much Oranssi Pazuzu still to be explored

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The production of Ordo ad Chao is gonna make a first listen very odd. Like I said earlier, it's very lo-fi but not in a jagged, crackling "necro" way. It just sounds distant and foggy. All the performances are stellar.

153 Solstafir - Svartir Sandar 1111 Points, 6 Votes
http://i.imgur.com/clto9MQ.jpg
https://open.spotify.com/album/4Yh2OXnwETq6ZDWbFFIuLe
spotify:album:4Yh2OXnwETq6ZDWbFFIuLe

yeah the first few Oranssi Pazuzu albums are really good. this year's is phenomenal

152 Uncle Acid & The Deadbeats - The Night Creeper 1117.6 Points, 7 Votes
http://i.imgur.com/N7wiJVp.jpg
https://open.spotify.com/album/0svSY4AxaBPQi2337yEd3W
spotify:album:0svSY4AxaBPQi2337yEd3W

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I had read someone saying it was what DSO should be, and that intrigued me -- not sure why I didn't investigate then. Maybe just because I don't think of Mayhem as that kind of band, but whatevs. On it!

I've heard Ordo Ad Chao a couple of times, it's really cool but I need to give it a really concentrated listen. time to crack out the whisky

Which album is what DSO should be? (I assume you mean Deathspell Omega because the Detroit Symphony Orchestra is great as is. At least they were when I lived nearby.)

151 Beastmilk - Climax 1119.5 Points, 6 Votes
http://i.imgur.com/L1ALRR1.jpg
https://open.spotify.com/album/0e6FNGa8UuKhCYZVebTTnt
spotify:album:0e6FNGa8UuKhCYZVebTTnt

Ordo Ad Chao sund4r, but I can't vouch for that comparison because I haven't heard it yet!

such a great album
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this was good heavy-goth iirc, not quite Pinkish Black but worth a listen

Yay for Valonielu!

I had Beastmilk on my first draft but nixed it over the course of things. Really good though, obv.

Also: I probably shouldve voted for the Vaura album

Looks like a Look Around You spoof of a metal album. Still, I am intrigued

150 Marnie Stern - Marnie Stern 1122 Points, 6 Votes
http://i.imgur.com/iMvcXUi.jpg
https://open.spotify.com/album/27NA8hsAXzFSUspaIIB7YZ
spotify:album:27NA8hsAXzFSUspaIIB7YZ

Oh! Cool!

I remember when that made the metal poll the year it came out (didnt get in the main poll)

Oh yay! This album is amaaazing. Such shredding.

I never heard this one. I remember enjoying This Is It....

Surprised that I'm actually really enjoying Darkspace II so far.

For Ash and Cinco De Mayo are my favourites from this. Really pleased to see it even this high!

How does it compare to This Is It...?

The shred/tapping stuff was what I liked most about that one iirc.

149 Immortal - Sons Of Northern Darkness 1128.6 7 Votes
http://i.imgur.com/IXwWqmp.jpg
https://open.spotify.com/album/2caJZ1rdL6eYz07kcBzolr
spotify:album:2caJZ1rdL6eYz07kcBzolr

Oh wow, I really thought this was a pre-2000 album.

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I like Marnie Stern of course, have all of her records. But I didn't vote for her in this poll because metal.

also, listening to Mayhem now, and yeah, this is cool. I like the production! It makes it sound a lot older than it is, and it's definitely not brick-walled or anything. Very proggy in places too, almost like they wanted to reincarnate King Crimson as darkly as KC always gave the impression they were (in the 70s).

wow sons of northern darkness is way too fuckin low

also sweet my no. 1 placed (blood inside)

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The tapping is still very much present and imo this is her best to date. I haven't actually listened to it in a while and just put on the opening track - so euphoric! It's a blisteringly quick album. I hope you like it!

Having no clue who Marnie Stern is, I watched the "Immortals" video and perhaps will investigate further.

And Sons of Northern Darkness is pretty much peak Immortal. Though depending on my mood I could probably argue that any Immortal album is peak Immortal.

oh huh, "Immortals," Immortal. Cosmic!

148 Esoteric - Paragon Of Dissonance 1135 Points, 7 Votes
http://i.imgur.com/iwn1K1b.jpg
https://open.spotify.com/album/6LXzs2hsUrEryy3qOx0eTy
spotify:album:6LXzs2hsUrEryy3qOx0eTy

147 Fen - Epoch 1146 Points, 7 Votes
http://i.imgur.com/QheWRFC.jpg
https://open.spotify.com/album/2Co5WjR7No5oNchGCUmsos
spotify:album:2Co5WjR7No5oNchGCUmsos

it's still great

(esoteric)

lovely cover connection tho

146 Wolves in the Throne Room - Diadem of 12 Stars 1146.6 Points, 9 Votes
http://i.imgur.com/rMAFyR5.jpg
https://open.spotify.com/album/4aqJgxxo4nKUyXStKQUWWS
spotify:album:4aqJgxxo4nKUyXStKQUWWS

Here is where the case is .ade that the Marnie Stern album is metal:

https://youtu.be/kH0-mhLd9FM

It's a bit down in my ballot but it's just a wonderful album