Fuck Brumpxit its the 2016 Metal and Hard N' Heavy Rock Poll Results Thread (With spotify and bandcamp links)

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.

Sunwatchers stream: http://www.undertheradarmag.com/news/premiere_sunwatchers_sunwatchers_album_stream/

That Wardruna writeup kinda lost me at "sunwheel necklace" :/

92 Atomikylä – Keräily 118 Points, 3 Votes
http://i65.tinypic.com/122hlzl.jpg
https://open.spotify.com/album/3G8lcItKRyUFlKloluvrU1
spotify:album:3G8lcItKRyUFlKloluvrU1

https://atomikyla.bandcamp.com/album/ker-ily

will take it down to #90 tonight

That Atomikylä record looks intense, I'm gonna check that out after the Wardruna.

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.

this section has always been known as the george section fir a reason

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

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)

91 Wo Fat - Midnight Cometh 121 Points, 4 Votes
http://i67.tinypic.com/o8cmj6.jpg

https://open.spotify.com/album/0evEp1io20rWIF32pQ3hSt
spotify:album:0evEp1io20rWIF32pQ3hSt

https://wofat.bandcamp.com/album/midnight-cometh

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.

Wo Fat and Truckfighters are generally solid. You wont get anything new from them but you wont be letdown.

Last one for tonight up next. Will resume around lunchtime

Who is volunteering this year to post the recaps at the end of the day?

90 Grand Magus - Sword Songs 122 Points, 3 Votes
http://i.imgur.com/CHFz0aa.jpg
https://open.spotify.com/album/2PUPnMAPQ6zuTu2KzTwfKF
spotify:album:2PUPnMAPQ6zuTu2KzTwfKF

Descriptors boastful, fantasy

I called them as Swedish from the album cover alone btw. What an adorably surly eagle!

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.

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. :(

big drop this year. 42 ballots 60 odd last time. Still waiting on the reason theory promised upthread

Maybe the metal bubble's deflating.

― 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)

nows the time

Recap
101 Khthoniik Cerviiks - SeroLogiikal Scars (Vertex of Dementiia) 108 4 1
98 Abbath - Abbath 109 3 0
98 Blood Ceremony - Lord Of Misrule 109 3 0
98 Lord Vicar - Gates of Flesh 109 3 0
97 Dawnwalker - In Rooms 109 4 0
95 Madder Mortem - Red In Tooth and Claw 110 4 0
95 Wardruna - Runaljod - Ragnarok 110 4 0
94 Sunwatchers - Sunwatchers 112 3 0
93 Truckfighters - V 116 4 0
92 Atomikylä - Keräily 118 3 0
91 Wo Fat - Midnight Cometh 121 4 0
90 Grand Magus - Sword Songs 122 3 0

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.

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.

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.)

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.

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.

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).

I voted for Wardruna but it's really only metal by association. Love it though, slight step down from the second album.

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).

Yeah I think it was a combo of not enough time + more metal available than ever via bandcamp etc. And frankly I don't think the nomination policing helps, either.

Most of the lurkers who have voted for years didn't vote this time.

...and I think one or more of those factors contributed this time.

But hey 40+ ballots for a niche poll with a week for voting is still pretty damn good imo

89 Rotting Christ - Rituals 123 Points, 4 Votes
http://i.imgur.com/mZaSopi.jpg
https://open.spotify.com/album/4N5BHS8X27bX5wMqVCk83x
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It is easier for stoner/doom bands in particular to tour Europe than the U.S. However, there are road warriors who manage it, like Truckfighters, Kadavar, Horisont, Mars Red Sky, Ufomammut (finally for the first time ever last year) etc. All the more impressive because many of the members of those bands hold down day jobs. The first tour can be tough, also for more obscure European metal bands, but if they're good enough, it gets easier on subsequent rounds, like for Enforcer. So when bands like Motorpsycho, Colour Haze, Blues Pills, Goatess, Spiders, Jess and the Ancient Ones, Dead Skeletons, Lola Colt, Messenger, Avatarium, Mansion (now there's a festival lineup I'd like to see) never set foot in North America, it's a shame. Has 40 Watt Sun ever come over? Another U.S. band I wish would tour, Magic Circle. Labelmates Khemmis all have full time jobs or are in Ph.D. programs, so they're just playing a few dates in January, Denver in 1/7, Reggie's in Chicago 1/13, St. Vitus in NYC, 1/14, and Fillmore in Philadelphia 4/23 (that's the Decibel Beer & Metal Fest with Sleep, Crypt Sermon, Withered, etc).

Here's the Stoner Hive slow roll so far:
http://stonerhive.blogspot.com/

20 The Re-Stoned – Reptiles Return
19 Komatsu – Recipe For Murder One
18 Baroness – Purple
17 Mos Generator – Abyssinia
16 Mars Red Sky – Apex III (Praise For The Burning Soul)
16 Baby Woodrose – Freedom

Have to admit I haven't heard the Rotting Christ yet, it's always been a good band.

so far this is the best new discovery for me

Can we vote for the Glenn Branca thing?

88 Wrong - Wrong 124 Points, 3 Votes
http://i.imgur.com/pJ5BmFH.jpg
https://open.spotify.com/album/4M8OATaZhcuAuPlkCQ7Kmu
spotify:album:4M8OATaZhcuAuPlkCQ7Kmu

Fans of Meantime era Helmet need to check the Wrong album

87 Melvins - Basses Loaded 126 Points, 4 Votes
http://i.imgur.com/RxcwDh3.jpg
https://open.spotify.com/album/4GyFbBMotFFGxqNu2jodxl
spotify:album:4GyFbBMotFFGxqNu2jodxl

https://melvinsofficial.bandcamp.com/album/basses-loaded

lol the only song I've heard off of this is their version of "Shaving Cream"

I saw the Melvins on this tour because any show from them is worth seeing, but this album is a throwaway.

86 Batushka - Litourgiya 127 Points, 3 Votes
http://i.imgur.com/EmQA6GY.jpg
https://open.spotify.com/album/06JF5y4HEpmHioTWcqIsBK
spotify:album:06JF5y4HEpmHioTWcqIsBK

https://witchinghourproductions.bandcamp.com/album/litourgiya

Dunno this at all

Never heard of it. I was hoping to listen to Wrong before voting closed but didnt happen, oh well. Maybe for the main poll...

I'd totally forgotten about that Batushka. I thought it was a 2015 release, though. The novelty of those chanted vox kind of wore off and there wasn't much else to get excited about.

Black metal with christian orthodox-like chanting, supposedly a Mgla side-project. Nice concept but musically a bit bland.

yeah Batushka was rep'd pretty hard last year. It's alright.