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

They're just very pop, very 'epic'. There's not much dissonant or thorny here. But I love it!

Hope you're feeling restored btw

Not had much sleep as I went to bed at 12 but didn't get to sleep til after 6 but feeling a lot better, thanks.

I'll start the rollout soon incase I need a nap later and disappear for a while after lunch

100 Bölzer - Aura [EP] 1453 Points, 8 Votes
http://i.imgur.com/FDF8PwW.jpg
https://ironboneheadproductions.bandcamp.com/album/b-lzer-aura

Think I heard this. It's pretty sick

My fave track is the 3rd one The Great Unifier , you should check it out imago if you havent

This has to be one of the best EP debuts ever.

When their album drops almost everyone is going to say it's not as great as the EP , aren't they? Such a tough release to follow. Soma EP just wasn't as good.

Baroness syndrome mk ii

I think I found this linked from Neil Kulkarni's blog when I read it one time, and I remember being very impressed.

yup , Neil is a big fan

99 Darkspace - Dark Space III I 1456 Points, 8 Votes One #1
http://i.imgur.com/N6BFhVG.jpg
https://open.spotify.com/album/6zrTpLPW6vmaVk6xGa0Fmg
spotify:album:6zrTpLPW6vmaVk6xGa0Fmg

Listened to my CD of this earlier and it really is a masterpiece

this was good without being mindblowing, but could certainly stand to be heard again

I found it pretty mindblowing

Whoever it's #1 voter was obviously did too!

My expectations were probably too high after III

Go listen now then, it may just be that you were too familiar with III and haven't done so with III I

I thought this actually was III at first. It's going to get complicated when they get up to Dark Space IIIIIIIIII

I have not previously been a Darkspace fan, but am going to try this again now with an open mind.

Darkspace ||||

They're magnificent in their sustained fury, but I do find a little Dark Space goes a long way. Which is to say I don't think I ever made it this far! Will check it out later.

The concentrated mercury of Darkspace... Listening to this now, having heard a lot of other black metal in quick succession, it seems very distinctive. I like it a lot more. It sounds like standing at the centre of a waterfall (in space).

This is sounding much better than I remember! Probably dismissed it very quickly because it didn't have Dark 3.12 on it haha

98 The Mars Volta - De-Loused in the Comatorium 1489 Points, 8 Votes One #1
http://i.imgur.com/VCjcfNl.jpg
https://open.spotify.com/album/5yq5H94vrdtWGlas2RZjsC
spotify:album:5yq5H94vrdtWGlas2RZjsC

I didn't know ILM ever liked these guys

Must be all the Rush fans into Tool & TMV

Tooooo loooww

toooooooo hiiiiiiiiiiigggggghhhhh

This is my number one and I'm not even a Rush fan (maybe a bit).

It is genuinely mad and infectiously brilliant and full of crazy time signatures. They manage to be literary without taking themselves too seriously and have knitted a Lovecraftian space reality that feels complete and terrifying. Also huge nostalgia.

Take the Veil Cerpin Taxt should be sung at volume on a daily basis

There are just no weak tracks. An hour and seven minutes could never seem shorter!

97 40 Watt Sun - The Inside Room 1501 Points, 7 Votes
http://i.imgur.com/MPRgNR6.jpg
https://cycloneempire.bandcamp.com/album/the-inside-room

It's not on this album but has anyone heard their cover of Songs: Ohia?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p_38_5ERLkU

I liked that first Mars Volta album at the time but the second one just killed my enjoyment of the band. I get why people like them (I think) but it leaves me totally cold. I do quite like Rush and love Tool for what it's worth (think I had Lateralus in my top 10, hoping that places high).

Also I realised we've not had any Agalloch albums place yet, I'm guessing at least three of those will show up?

oh god

Alll 78786 Jute Gyte albums will probably place

Imago did you vote for every Jute Gyte album?

96 High on Fire - Surrounded by Thieves 1508 Points, 8 Votes
http://i.imgur.com/HkbLUId.jpg
https://open.spotify.com/album/1RE8Ijr77cjGqXxV3GTRvd
spotify:album:1RE8Ijr77cjGqXxV3GTRvd

Such a crushing album

95 Triptykon - Eparistera Daimones 1510 Points, 9 Votes
http://i.imgur.com/Fuprg2t.jpg
https://open.spotify.com/album/4ebDjAqthFnXg87J8iMeev
spotify:album:4ebDjAqthFnXg87J8iMeev

hell yeah i voted for this

at times i think it's better than monotheist

shit's starting to get real

It's more a continuation of Monotheist as it pretty obviously would have been the next Celtic Frost album if they hadn't split.

hah bad tagging there

94 Converge - Axe To Fall 1511 Points, 10 Votes
http://i.imgur.com/nw9L9Ij.jpg
https://open.spotify.com/album/0sAtQQ4Y2zewIIxFidHbVR
spotify:album:0sAtQQ4Y2zewIIxFidHbVR

It's going to be all screamo and metalcore from here on.

The 40 Watt Sun singer sounds a lot like the guy from The Decemberists.

It's hugely emotional. It would not be out of place on the My So-Called Life soundtrack, not that that's a bad thing