YOU TOTALLY MISSED THE ILX HEAVY ROCK/METAL ALBUM POLL COUNTDOWN, SUCKA (CLICK FOR A RECAP)

if it ran again i think the top 2 would be reversed

oh yeah vol iv over master of reality is kinda wack even though they're both great

Paranoid is still best imo.

In the UK = Vol IV
North America = Master Of Reality

we had a by country breakdown on the old needlebase site glenn ran that hosted the results

vol iv pretty easily the worst of the first four imo

i guess it's possible for an entire country to be wrong

Very much agree.

Paranoid > Master of Reality > Black Sabbath > Vol. IV is how I'd rank them.

Well if anyone wants to join us on the lifetime of ilm tracks poll please do
Lifetime of ILM 2000-19 Heavy Rock,Noise, Heavy Psych, punk, emo, nu-metal & Metal (or related) Poll Nominations (All welcome to participate) Noms close 23:59 November 8th

pomenitul were you around when we did the lifetime of ILM metal albums poll?

Said albums poll results
https://www.ilxor.com/ILX/ThreadSelectedControllerServlet?showall=true&bookmarkedmessageid=6366797&boardid=41&threadid=104546

Nah, I briefly haunted ILX in the early 00s then wandered off for more than a decade. Besides, I wasn't really into metal at the time.

the lifetime poll i linked above was only in 2016

dunno why it didnt give the thread title

I only came back in early 2017 iirc.

oh ok, well have a look at the thread then. let me know there what you think of the results

Fairly different from my ballot if I'd have to come up with one now (in part because I don't really get stoner metal) but, as with the all-time poll, and at the risk of sounding like a purist, at least it's mostly metal metal and not just variegated shades of heavy.

I do wonder whether people care as much about Isis these days. They definitely acted as a stepping stone for me.