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

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
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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

It's rare that you get to spend an afternoon with one of your favorite musicians. Much less one who had such a foundational influence on how you view the world. Yet, that was exactly what I had the chance to do with the legendary Don Anderson of Agalloch, Sculptured, and now Khorada. Over the course of a five hour hangout, where we talked about everything from our favorite local beers to the European educational system I had a chance to see into what has always made this band such a vital part of the metal scene. Don Anderson is a metalheads intellectual, a young professor on his way to tenure who happens to tour the world between semesters. What more could you want?

lol he is such an ilxor

the author of the article?

28 Alcest - Le Secret 2873 Points, 13 Votes
http://i67.tinypic.com/2nqdy87.jpg
https://open.spotify.com/album/0MdqkprQf1ogZ7HKn46LNQ
spotify:album:0MdqkprQf1ogZ7HKn46LNQ

This album (Agalloch) was decent enough iirc. Black Lake Nidstang has a nice electro breakdown. They're fundamentally a bit dull while being quite good. I'm at peace with them ruling the top 30 :P

Less at peace with this lot, ironically as they're so peaceful themselves!!!!

I meant Don Anderson himself btw

the Le Secret EP was full on black metal

A former winner of the EOY poll is up next

Oh this is those doctors

Def a fan of both of these.

27 Carcass - Surgical Steel 2921 Points, 16 Votes, One #1
http://i66.tinypic.com/15s7kf5.jpg
https://open.spotify.com/album/7ncsoREb5KN50j3wfJ2peo
spotify:album:7ncsoREb5KN50j3wfJ2peo

Le Secret is what I always wanted 'blackgaze' to be and what it so rarely turned out to be.

I'm listening to that other Alcest album with the green cover and oh wow, why don't I know this? This is everything I like!

Enya?

Closing track's nice I guess :P