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

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39 SubRosa - No Help For the Mighty Ones 2372.6 Points, 13 Votes
http://i65.tinypic.com/308ljxi.jpg
https://open.spotify.com/album/3mYNFe9G85URf09SmoX2sB
spotify:album:3mYNFe9G85URf09SmoX2sB

so corrupted of you xp

will def listen to it tho ty

doom, esp the grimy downtuned stuff, is the subgenre I listen to the least, so I have to be in the specific mood for something like Corrupted, and that mood doesn't come often. Solitude Aeturnus is usually my go-to for any kind of doom, and that's mostly for Robert Lowe's voice.

38 Aluk Todolo - Occult Rock 2387.1 Points, 14 Votes
http://i63.tinypic.com/1izwrb.jpg
https://open.spotify.com/album/6dE7Dn3cAheFKmvJK7lHNC
spotify:album:6dE7Dn3cAheFKmvJK7lHNC

We listened to this a bit. It sounded quite cool. Then after what felt like an album's worth, we stopped, midway through track 3 :p

I couldn't really get into the whole Aluk Todolo album either back when I tried. Maybe I'll try again. SubRosa is obv classic.

37 Lightning Bolt - Wonderful Rainbow 2411.5 Points, 13 Votes, One #1
http://i66.tinypic.com/2rzrr4i.jpg
https://open.spotify.com/album/0cGaQUOlAm0smFXWUB8KIL
spotify:album:0cGaQUOlAm0smFXWUB8KIL

xpost don't miss track VI or VII (can't recall exactly)

36 Deafheaven - Sunbather 2449 Points, 13 Votes
http://i63.tinypic.com/34o7ywn.jpg
https://open.spotify.com/album/6zEacAdWHLaclKB2C39mag
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lol

hoo boy

TOO LOL

I'm listening to Lightning Bolt and not totally disliking it. Kinda skronky.

Watching a Trump economic speech but listening to Lightning Bolt is kinda working.

35 Absu - Tara 2449.1 Points, 14 Votes, One #1
http://i68.tinypic.com/qnnzug.jpg
https://open.spotify.com/album/0XvzG5PTrCcGxR3LiY8xke
spotify:album:0XvzG5PTrCcGxR3LiY8xke

well there we go

So these guys are meant to be pretty good eh

this is a great record

somehow the songs don't get buried by the most caffeinated drum performance in metal history, just a sword and sorcery epic in music form

Yeah I'm going to give this a go in a bit

Absu have some adorably ridiculous promo shots for a start

Just a great band in general.

As are the next one up..

there's a really good show at St Vitus on YT, but it's obv after they got a bass player to do most of the vox
https://youtu.be/80izCsv-oPE

I liked it more when Proscriptor did the singing but I dunno how long a human could be expected to do that

oh I forgot it's only 3 songs

34 Yob - Catharsis 2494.8 Points, 12 Votes, One #1
http://i65.tinypic.com/34fm8eq.jpg
https://open.spotify.com/album/31APckO5ZOLjWecTohSpuD
spotify:album:31APckO5ZOLjWecTohSpuD

and here is the cover for the reissued version which is the one you see to buy now

http://i67.tinypic.com/4tm69j.jpg

and the reissue is well worth buying!

I have the og cd, vinyl and remastered cd and vinyl and its defo better

ez snappin who used to vote in metal polls did a good review on it somewhere

oh duh, a correction, I knew I'd seen the full show of that Absu, I hit the wrong link
https://youtu.be/IFjGGAE7jpE

actually I don't even think that's the same show, I give up

http://yourlastrites.com/articles/630/is-it-worth-it----yobs-catharsis

33 Alcest - Souvenirs d'un Autre Monde 2545.6 Points, 14 Votes
http://i65.tinypic.com/333ejiv.jpg
https://open.spotify.com/album/5wmBTIuYVQ9hbCZuVxLNxf
spotify:album:5wmBTIuYVQ9hbCZuVxLNxf

Awwww. Love this album.

A lot of my votes placed while I was asleep. Grandeur of Hair was my #2. Ship of Theseus my #4. Toxicity my #10. Also voted for Aluk Todolo, Goat, Subrosa. Much father down, but that doesn't matter because it's only like the bottom 5 albums on my ballot that I think are less than fantastic! Occult Rock was my #59, & World Music my #62, but that essentially translates into being my twelfth- and thirteenth-favorite albums from 2011...

32 Sunn 0))) - Black One 2557 Points, 12 Votes
http://i66.tinypic.com/28hfnup.jpg
https://open.spotify.com/album/000evy3NGK1prD8a069ILp
spotify:album:000evy3NGK1prD8a069ILp

I don't care for the Alcest's subsequent garbage but I still like this one, even if it's not as good as Le Secret. Not sure what makes it metal but nice fuzzed-out dreampop songs. xp

Also, they would be better if they reformed as a garage rock band called The Alcests.

30 Khanate - Khanate 2746.3 Points, 13 Votes
http://i63.tinypic.com/2ihnur7.jpg
https://youtu.be/agWDggjI0Pw

forever one of the most freakish things to ever bubble up through the magma veins

31?

31 Corrupted - Se Hace Por Los Suenos Asesinos 2682.8 Points, 15 Votes One #1
http://i65.tinypic.com/2je34eb.jpg
https://youtu.be/tkAWgXb7ZOA?list=PL5d_44T5Oc1rOy9aYz53Xue-KvvPvXZHg (Full album - 3 tracks in a playlist)

hah I guess this somehow got xposted and i didnt notice

30 Khanate - Khanate 2746.3 Points, 13 Votes
http://i63.tinypic.com/2ihnur7.jpg
https://youtu.be/agWDggjI0Pw

taking it down to 21 today. Top 20 tomorrow.

not the best james plotkin project :P

O.L.D. was cool too

Well, their last album was p much the greatest. His Atomsmasher project was exceptional too

29 Agalloch - Marrow Of The Spirit 2813.5 Points, 14 Votes, TWO #1's
http://i63.tinypic.com/23ww41i.jpg
https://open.spotify.com/album/69dtvmEbd0xejAVrqOuzDO
spotify:album:69dtvmEbd0xejAVrqOuzDO

John Haughm trademarked the band name without telling anyone else in the band.
http://www.metalinjection.net/interviews/agalloch-is-the-closest-thing-i-have-to-religion-an-interview-with-don-anderson