97 Dawnwalker - In Rooms 109 Points, 4 Voteshttp://i63.tinypic.com/118n0xg.jpghttps://open.spotify.com/album/4eZVVmoVadvHlVqdsUCyILspotify:album:4eZVVmoVadvHlVqdsUCyIL
https://dawnwalker.bandcamp.com/
l0u1s jagg3r I once made this guy sit through a Whit Stillman movie naked against his will and he's repaid me by making one of the best metal albums of 2016. There's no justice Favorite track: Reflecting Pool.
― Cosmic Slop, Sunday, 18 December 2016 02:10 (seven years ago) link
He gets his pal into the poll but isn't even around to comment!
― Cosmic Slop, Sunday, 18 December 2016 02:14 (seven years ago) link
Some metal noob beat Abbath? This is madness.
The Abbath album's great btw.
― rudy githyanki (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Sunday, 18 December 2016 02:17 (seven years ago) link
oh my god
― illbient microtonal poetry Surbiton (imago), Sunday, 18 December 2016 02:17 (seven years ago) link
i will text him
― illbient microtonal poetry Surbiton (imago), Sunday, 18 December 2016 02:18 (seven years ago) link
it's really good!
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Sunday, 18 December 2016 02:20 (seven years ago) link
:) glad i could persuade two of you (not including my gf) to listen! have repaid the compliment with many things yet to come obv
literally ten people on this earth have heard his music, four of them in this poll. it's great obv - indie-leaning sludge-doom with good production values and songwriting. sounds a bit like if mansun made a metal album (in a good way)
― illbient microtonal poetry Surbiton (imago), Sunday, 18 December 2016 02:21 (seven years ago) link
TIE95 Madder Mortem - Red In Tooth and Claw 110 Points, 4 Voteshttp://i66.tinypic.com/2qleffd.jpghttps://open.spotify.com/album/2odxQG8alGQ2CkAWjq7bplspotify:album:2odxQG8alGQ2CkAWjq7bplhttps://maddermortem.bandcamp.com/album/red-in-tooth-and-claw
95 Wardruna - Runaljod - Ragnarok 110 Points, 4 Voteshttp://i68.tinypic.com/2ak0ifa.jpg
https://open.spotify.com/album/7jd4fRf4g2BfmifRRQJIxTspotify:album:7jd4fRf4g2BfmifRRQJIxT
― Cosmic Slop, Sunday, 18 December 2016 02:24 (seven years ago) link
Does that Wardruna album come in a wooden chest??
― Tom Violence, Sunday, 18 December 2016 02:27 (seven years ago) link
If I hadn't voted for both of these then Dawnwalker would have been even higher!
― dance band (tangenttangent), Sunday, 18 December 2016 02:29 (seven years ago) link
94 Sunwatchers - Sunwatchers 112 Points, 3 Voteshttp://i67.tinypic.com/15xtx0g.jpg
dunno what this is nor can i find any music. maybe several bands of the same name?
― Cosmic Slop, Sunday, 18 December 2016 02:29 (seven years ago) link
ok i have to hear this
― illbient microtonal poetry Surbiton (imago), Sunday, 18 December 2016 02:30 (seven years ago) link
tom - im guessing a very expensive version of it does
― Cosmic Slop, Sunday, 18 December 2016 02:30 (seven years ago) link
Oh, looks like it's part of a trilogy, maybe the box holds all three records. Can they be listened to out of order, or should one start with the 2009 album and move on from there?
xpost re the Wardruna
― Tom Violence, Sunday, 18 December 2016 02:31 (seven years ago) link
It's part 3 of a trilogy I think, so maybe they all feature in the treasure trove, hopefullly with a set of runes too. It's really nice dark folk. Or as imago put it: 'like the in-between bits on a black metal album'
― dance band (tangenttangent), Sunday, 18 December 2016 02:33 (seven years ago) link
Oh xp, sorry - posting from phone. Any order is fine
― dance band (tangenttangent), Sunday, 18 December 2016 02:34 (seven years ago) link
93 Truckfighters - V 116 Points, 4 Voteshttp://i63.tinypic.com/117scd1.jpghttps://open.spotify.com/album/2st5WC99waH8DaN3naNq32spotify:album:2st5WC99waH8DaN3naNq32
― Cosmic Slop, Sunday, 18 December 2016 02:35 (seven years ago) link
still researching Wardruna, that's the other guy from Skuggsja!
― Tom Violence, Sunday, 18 December 2016 02:35 (seven years ago) link
Oh I voted for Truckfighters. One of the bands I discovered in the lower reaches of a previous year's poll. Not as good as Conan or Wo Fat, but still pretty solid.
― Tom Violence, Sunday, 18 December 2016 02:36 (seven years ago) link
You can listen to the Wardruna in any order. I wrote about how they make their instruments here.
I'm happy just to see Lord Vicar, Blood Ceremony and Madder Mortem make the top 100. I've seen lists with either Blood Ceremony or Purson but rarely both, which is odd, as I think they're both great and very close in quality. I saw them both live this year, a couple of my favorite shows. Truckfighters are one of my top five all-time favorite live bands, and am stoked that I'll see them again next month.
― Fastnbulbous, Sunday, 18 December 2016 02:38 (seven years ago) link
Sunwatchers stream: http://www.undertheradarmag.com/news/premiere_sunwatchers_sunwatchers_album_stream/
― illbient microtonal poetry Surbiton (imago), Sunday, 18 December 2016 02:42 (seven years ago) link
That Wardruna writeup kinda lost me at "sunwheel necklace" :/
― Tom Violence, Sunday, 18 December 2016 02:43 (seven years ago) link
92 Atomikylä – Keräily 118 Points, 3 Voteshttp://i65.tinypic.com/122hlzl.jpghttps://open.spotify.com/album/3G8lcItKRyUFlKloluvrU1spotify:album:3G8lcItKRyUFlKloluvrU1
https://atomikyla.bandcamp.com/album/ker-ily
― Cosmic Slop, Sunday, 18 December 2016 02:43 (seven years ago) link
will take it down to #90 tonight
― Cosmic Slop, Sunday, 18 December 2016 02:44 (seven years ago) link
That Atomikylä record looks intense, I'm gonna check that out after the Wardruna.
― Tom Violence, Sunday, 18 December 2016 02:45 (seven years ago) link
xxp I've missed a couple of Madder Mortem records but they're a great band who deserves some goddamn recognition.
Atomikyla record's great, Oranssi Pazuzu dudes (I think?) doing super heavy psych doom.
― rudy githyanki (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Sunday, 18 December 2016 02:45 (seven years ago) link
this section has always been known as the george section fir a reason
― Cosmic Slop, Sunday, 18 December 2016 02:48 (seven years ago) link
Sunwatchers may not be metal, but they have some super heavy psych fusion jamz, which functionally work a bit like super heavy psych doom maybe so go for it
― illbient microtonal poetry Surbiton (imago), Sunday, 18 December 2016 02:50 (seven years ago) link
Sunwatchers reminds me a little of, like, Lightning Bolt. Not metal, per se, but well within bounds of this poll. (Of course, I think Tanya Tagaq is too, and now that I see Dalek made the Terrorizer list, I would've fought harder for him)
― sushi and the banh mis (Drugs A. Money), Sunday, 18 December 2016 02:51 (seven years ago) link
91 Wo Fat - Midnight Cometh 121 Points, 4 Voteshttp://i67.tinypic.com/o8cmj6.jpg
https://open.spotify.com/album/0evEp1io20rWIF32pQ3hStspotify:album:0evEp1io20rWIF32pQ3hSt
https://wofat.bandcamp.com/album/midnight-cometh
― Cosmic Slop, Sunday, 18 December 2016 02:51 (seven years ago) link
My first top 10 to place! I didn't even know this was out until a couple weeks ago but it's really good. I think it's a step down from the last album, but I need to hear it a few more times to be sure.
― Tom Violence, Sunday, 18 December 2016 02:52 (seven years ago) link
Wo Fat and Truckfighters are generally solid. You wont get anything new from them but you wont be letdown.
― Cosmic Slop, Sunday, 18 December 2016 02:57 (seven years ago) link
Last one for tonight up next. Will resume around lunchtime
― Cosmic Slop, Sunday, 18 December 2016 02:59 (seven years ago) link
Who is volunteering this year to post the recaps at the end of the day?
― Cosmic Slop, Sunday, 18 December 2016 03:04 (seven years ago) link
90 Grand Magus - Sword Songs 122 Points, 3 Voteshttp://i.imgur.com/CHFz0aa.jpghttps://open.spotify.com/album/2PUPnMAPQ6zuTu2KzTwfKFspotify:album:2PUPnMAPQ6zuTu2KzTwfKF
Descriptors boastful, fantasy
― illbient microtonal poetry Surbiton (imago), Sunday, 18 December 2016 03:09 (seven years ago) link
I called them as Swedish from the album cover alone btw. What an adorably surly eagle!
― illbient microtonal poetry Surbiton (imago), Sunday, 18 December 2016 03:10 (seven years ago) link
They have been around for years. They used to be an awesome doom band. They went in a more metal direction after the 1st couple and had a decent amount of success. Another band who wont let you down really.
― Cosmic Slop, Sunday, 18 December 2016 03:12 (seven years ago) link
Forgot to listen to that Madder Mortem album after being told they had gotten harder/heavier. I'm so out of it this year that besides the Blood Ceremony I don't know any of the albums posted so far. Lots of ties... that usually means low ballot count. :(
― Frobisher, Sunday, 18 December 2016 03:13 (seven years ago) link
big drop this year. 42 ballots 60 odd last time. Still waiting on the reason theory promised upthread
― Cosmic Slop, Sunday, 18 December 2016 03:14 (seven years ago) link
Maybe the metal bubble's deflating.― rudy githyanki (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Sunday, 18 December 2016 01:53 (one hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post PermalinkI have theories as to why that # is down but maybe let's hash that out another time― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Sunday, 18 December 2016 01:54 (one hour ago)
― rudy githyanki (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Sunday, 18 December 2016 01:53 (one hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
I have theories as to why that # is down but maybe let's hash that out another time
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Sunday, 18 December 2016 01:54 (one hour ago)
― Cosmic Slop, Sunday, 18 December 2016 03:21 (seven years ago) link
nows the time
Recap101 Khthoniik Cerviiks - SeroLogiikal Scars (Vertex of Dementiia) 108 4 198 Abbath - Abbath 109 3 098 Blood Ceremony - Lord Of Misrule 109 3 098 Lord Vicar - Gates of Flesh 109 3 097 Dawnwalker - In Rooms 109 4 095 Madder Mortem - Red In Tooth and Claw 110 4 095 Wardruna - Runaljod - Ragnarok 110 4 094 Sunwatchers - Sunwatchers 112 3 093 Truckfighters - V 116 4 092 Atomikylä - Keräily 118 3 091 Wo Fat - Midnight Cometh 121 4 090 Grand Magus - Sword Songs 122 3 0
― Cosmic Slop, Sunday, 18 December 2016 03:24 (seven years ago) link
I like metal, but trying to keep up with the rolling thread is like trying to hold back the tide. Props to those who can be in the know. Most of the metal I see is more local/regional music. All I can say, is The Stonecutters are my favorite Louisville metal band and are worth checking out. Their guitarists can really rake. Devil to Pay's new LP was good too.
― earlnash, Sunday, 18 December 2016 04:12 (seven years ago) link
If you ever want to pop in on Rolling Metal and say "hey, I feel like listening to stuff that sounds like ______" we'd be happy to help, I'm sure! It is kind of a flood there sometimes.
― rudy githyanki (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Sunday, 18 December 2016 05:03 (seven years ago) link
if i'd heard blood ceremony in time maybe they'd have made my ballot since i really love em (tbh i still haven't heard this album.)
― nomar, Sunday, 18 December 2016 05:16 (seven years ago) link
I love Wo Fat, my favorites being Psychedelonaut (2009) and The Black Code (2012). Some people don't like the vocals, but I always felt Rowlf from the Muppets should front a stoner/blues/psych band. I didn't listen to the new one as much as the others, and I think the Truckfighters album is way better, but it did make my ballot. Fun fact, the Texas band have toured Europe multiple times, but never did a proper U.S. tour, and have never played Chicago.
― Fastnbulbous, Sunday, 18 December 2016 06:24 (seven years ago) link
That is an interesting point about heavy rock. It does seem like there is a whole lot more interest on the other side of the pond than in the US. Kinda sad in a way.
― earlnash, Sunday, 18 December 2016 06:47 (seven years ago) link
Reason for lower turnout isn't simply that we had less time to nom/rep/vote? I don't remember exactly how long it was last year but this felt super abrupt (not blaming it on the pollrunners, I understand that there was no other way).
― Dinsdale, Sunday, 18 December 2016 07:55 (seven years ago) link
I voted for Wardruna but it's really only metal by association. Love it though, slight step down from the second album.
― Siegbran, Sunday, 18 December 2016 10:48 (seven years ago) link