THE 10TH ANNUAL ILM METAL POLL:2017 RESULTS THREAD

When they played in Edinburgh the locals were shocked it wasn't just one guy playing solo

"huh, I was expecting the Wiege dude..."

the snaps and rhodes piano in "rain as cure"! somebody invented this band for me

lmao I was waiting for you to hear those snaps. just you wait for the closing minutes....

TIE
82 Dreadnought - A Wake in Sacred Waves 116.0 Points, 4 Votes
http://www.angrymetalguy.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/dreadnoughtcover-500x500.jpg
https://open.spotify.com/album/4seSirz4qfUvkYDQqbhRPD?si=LAwRN_DeQaeYjAlxWqoYXw

On its brilliant boundary-annihilating upcoming third full-length A Wake in Sacred Waves — out vial Sailor Records in October — Denver quartet Dreadnought delivers a deftly executed, completely entrancing sonic amalgamation that calls to mind everything from Bergtatt-era Ulver, Wolves in the Throne Room, and Kate Bush to Slint, June of ’44, and Sabbath at its psychedelic doom-iest. This particular brand of Rocky Mountain High has got the raining-fire-in-the-sky blast beats, guttural vocals, and fuzzed out nasty riffs, yes, but also serious post-punk groove and softer-than-a-lullabye ethereal croons, mandolin, flute, and saxophone.

82 Obituary - Obituary 116.0 Points, 4 Votes
https://media.pitchfork.com/photos/5929c1f9ea9e61561daa7e6f/1:1/w_320/558dd4cf.jpg
https://open.spotify.com/album/07xZ3ekk1HHTTdoYSwlGsm?si=pbLFg-lISsq0wl0SHxtftA

Some of Obituary’s best work has come from letting flashiness creep in. In 1990, for example, Cause of Death had its sludge punctured by James Murphy’s divebombs and neoclassically-influenced soloing. That album contained their most developed songwriting in terms of leads. Likewise, thanks to Ken Andrews’ lead work here, Obituary is their most energetic record since reforming in 2003 (they originally disbanded in ’97). On “shredder” records, the disconnect between the fireworks of the guitarist and the tepid rhythm section can be jarring. But Peres and Donald’s strong foundation keeps that from happening.

Wiegedood means 'cradle death' btw, album title is aptly 'The dead have it good'. Good to see it place, I forgot to vote for it.

agree with Obituary album being their best since reformation....

Yay Dreadnought

Just did my first listen of the Dreadnought album and was v impressed.

the obituary rocks so hard

The Wiegedood is way more intricate and uptempo than I was expecting! I'm liking it a lot so far.

We are going to enter a brief Extremely Kvlt phase, followed by a swing in the total opposite direction.

As a trve poseur I only care about the kvlt stuff anyway.

81 Forgotten Spell - The Necromancer 117.0 Points, 4 Votes
https://www.metal-archives.com/images/6/7/3/5/673556.jpg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N3zDzonKRok

Haha yesss

>:D

Hahaha

how much of this sounds like a tape being rewound

all of it

It's so emotional and cute, really. Lonely angry metal guy smashing and smashing at his drumkit. The closing track is so dear - he just doesn't want to stop playing that sad lovely riff!

Ok this is great

Best drummer in metal

otm

think it might be the 'most metal' thing going

‘Demo’ is selling it short.

Finally! :D

xp I think he calls any of his releases that aren't literally an hour and a half long demos.

80 Succumb - Succumb 118.0 Points, 4 Votes
https://f4.bcbits.com/img/a3799906335_16.jpg
https://open.spotify.com/album/1rVN0ivyBmCfg74LTJl9QH?si=klkJglhFQcmD9QzkfScIbQ

There’s no one simple riff here on this album to spur highlight reels. The riffs are somewhat progressive, and dissonant, so black metal fans will raise eyebrows with the rung notes and tremolo-picked riffs, death metal fans will headbang to the sound of shredding and blastbeats, while metalcore and doom fans will also find slower sections and chugging riffs to love. Forget what you thought you hated about these various sub-genre elements. Put together in the way Succumb does here, they make no simple fodder for a small scene of metal pundits. All bow down to Succumb’s mighty thunder. Their self-titled album is not a hitmaker or two or three track wonder. Apart from Venenum’s Trance of Death, it is modern metal’s most exciting release this 2017.

The Cannibal Corpse and Obituary records are both very good; the Obituary is definitely better.

That Zeal & Ardor record is so bad and misguided.

Hey two of mine in a row!

xp I've been neaning to check out that new Obituary, esp. now that everybody agrees it's a true return to form!

Ooh, Dreadnought sound good so far!

EMO GOON CRU ASSEMBLE

oh hi i'm here

is it creeper

79 Creeper - Eternity, In Your Arms 119.0 Points, 3 Votes
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https://open.spotify.com/album/4Q3AGdThgRrZmYaFtDbWmP?si=uV3-FwstS6Cgzd2QZLG4jg

The much-anticipated full-length debut from the English goth-punk collective, Eternity, in Your Arms arrives after a three-year build-up that saw Creeper honing their Alkaline Trio-meets-the Damned blend of glam rock and post-hardcore-kissed horror-punk in sweaty halls and drink ticket-strewn green rooms. While all of the Misfits, A-Trio, and AFI comparisons are apt, what Creeper has that those giants of bar-chord brooding lack is a keen sense for the pageantry of rock & roll, and it's that propensity for almost Meat Loaf-worthy grandeur that makes Eternity, in Your Arms so consistently compelling. It's a world where pit-worthy, minor-chord verses almost always yield fist-pumping, arms-around-your-mates choruses, and that the proceedings are shepherded by a pair of charismatic vocalists (frontman Will Gould and keyboardist/backing vocalist Hannah Greenwood), makes things all the more spellbinding. With Eternity, in Your Arms, Creeper have truly proven themselves masters of the dark arts, as they've managed to create something as genuinely inspired as it is stylistically derivative.

wow i'm good

Aawww

great record

whenever they announce their next album I'm gonna track its development obsessively

also if any fans of this have not listened to the EPs yet, they're worth your time

That's a description that sounds worth a listen.

I've actually only heard the EPs...completely slept on this release past a couple of the singles. I will enjoy playing it to imago in full

am I emo or goon enough for this? guess we'll find out

A brief intermission.

First song from the Big Brave album is right up my alley, wow. Happiest discovery so far.

78 Gnod - Just Say No to the Psycho Right-Wing Capitalist Fascist Industrial Death Machine 120 Points, 4 Votes
https://i.imgur.com/5ogFR7w.jpg

https://open.spotify.com/album/5EXqFb0ch5dqP2ncl63XVY?si=Xi51xQ33TsaDOBZt1Sq9JQ
https://gnod.bandcamp.com/album/just-say-no-to-the-psycho-right-wing-capitalist-fascist-industrial-death-machine

http://drownedinsound.com/releases/19874/reviews/4150918

GNOD

JUST SAY NO TO THE PSYCHO RIGHT-WING CAPITALIST FASCIST INDUSTRIAL DEATH MACHINE

As we embark on a new year more characterised by fear and uncertainty than hope and optimism, a chronic shortage of dissent can be detected in the artistic community amidst a harrowing socio-political climate. Yet the Salford-based collective Gnod have wasted little time in kicking against the doom and disquiet with everything at their disposal.

“It seems like we are heading towards even more unsettling times in the near future than we are in at present.” reckons Chris Haslam of Gnod. “2016 is just the beginning of what I see as the establishment’s systematic destruction of liberalism and equality as a reaction to the general public’s loss of faith in their system”

Charged by this outlook, Gnod's new album, ' Just Say No To The Psycho Right-Wing Capitalist Fascist Industrial Death Machine’ represents a hitherto uncharted level of antagonism and adversarial force for the band - an artistic statement as righteous, fervent and direct as its title. which far from being an echo of an anarcho spirit of yore, denotes a record firmly entrenched in the psychic... more
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released March 31, 2017

I saw a lot of hype for this but haven't really been up for new GNOD since Infinity Machines

I think I nominated this, but it didn't quite make it onto my ballot, because it didn't get many repeat listens. It's still decent though

My first one to show up.

I def think they lifted the cover from this book btw:

https://images.penguinrandomhouse.com/cover/9781784786229

Lol wow

Ha!