Well there's a MISSING TRACK you see, but only if you reject the cosmic logic that lies beyond mathematical ken.
― toilet-cleaning brain surgeon (pomenitul), Monday, 3 February 2020 18:19 (four years ago) link
Closer should be 256m long - every length the square of the preceding
― TOO LOW, the Curator (imago), Monday, 3 February 2020 18:25 (four years ago) link
Yeah pomenitul otm: I'm sure there's some covert reason why this album has a MISSING CENTER...I still love it anyhow
Anyways, serious props to whomever it was who nominated this awesome-as-fuck Cherubs album because it's been doing my head in lately
https://youtu.be/_sUo7ZdPaFM
― are you a fan of i.die music (Drugs A. Money), Tuesday, 4 February 2020 12:28 (four years ago) link
"Sooey Pig" is a decent approximation of how "Tommy Gun Angel" would've ended up like if Bardo Pond had been on Amphetamine Reptile
https://youtu.be/k5C1ueLTg8Y
― are you a fan of i.die music (Drugs A. Money), Tuesday, 4 February 2020 12:31 (four years ago) link
@pomenitul, @seandalaivoted a few weeks ago, realizing now that i want to give points to 5 more records. prolly not making a difference in the rollout, but is it ok if i resend and replace my ballot?
― gaudio, Friday, 7 February 2020 13:22 (four years ago) link
I'll wait for seandalai to confirm but I'm fairly sure that's fine.
― toilet-cleaning brain surgeon (pomenitul), Friday, 7 February 2020 13:23 (four years ago) link
right! thanks pom
― gaudio, Friday, 7 February 2020 13:24 (four years ago) link
yeah i'll let him know
― Oor Neechy, Friday, 7 February 2020 17:54 (four years ago) link
Could everyone start thinking about their ballots now? EOY season poll is not over yet!
― Oor Neechy, Friday, 7 February 2020 21:06 (four years ago) link
Spotify playlist https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1uKGEOJlIeCmzYH7kf5d9A?si=VVPrvp9aRT2guNgD_xzL4w
― Oor Neechy, Friday, 7 February 2020 21:08 (four years ago) link
Pastebin if its easierhttps://pastebin.com/3nTvzgnF
― Oor Neechy, Friday, 7 February 2020 21:10 (four years ago) link
Thanks!
― toilet-cleaning brain surgeon (pomenitul), Friday, 7 February 2020 21:14 (four years ago) link
I hope y'all don't forget about the Chelsea Wolfe album. Again she failed to make the general poll so I hope she gets in this one even if it isnt as riff heavy as the past few
― Oor Neechy, Friday, 7 February 2020 21:28 (four years ago) link
Anyone want to campaign for other albums?
― Oor Neechy, Friday, 7 February 2020 23:13 (four years ago) link
Where's the pup and moon tooth and mdou moctar fans who bemoaned them not making the eoy poll?
Where's brad?!
― Oor Neechy, Friday, 7 February 2020 23:24 (four years ago) link
May I recommend the albums by
Esoteric https://open.spotify.com/album/7GrKomosr29udfIEPtk3o0?si=F890jcGFTo6Ia-Y59-AFygSchammasch https://open.spotify.com/album/1PmHVrFZdWmaaOni45bqD7?si=ITxNAmK5QQ2AOTwYmnfRKA
― Oor Neechy, Saturday, 8 February 2020 00:04 (four years ago) link
Voted. Never did get to listen to the Yellow Eyes record, someone convince me that was a major oversight.
― Schammasch Cannonball (Tom Violence), Saturday, 8 February 2020 01:05 (four years ago) link
It was.
― Oor Neechy, Saturday, 8 February 2020 01:07 (four years ago) link
I voted too btw.
If everyone could post when they have voted it means seandalai can check incase something went wrong.
― Oor Neechy, Saturday, 8 February 2020 03:50 (four years ago) link
Almost done with the preliminary ballot. Will post when I vote for sure and probably to campaign for things...
The Obsequiae album is pretty great! And Lord Weird Slough Feg! And give the Candlemass album a chance, I think it's their best in over a decade tbh.
― Frobisher, Saturday, 8 February 2020 04:46 (four years ago) link
I liked the Esoteric, surprisingly since I usually think the doom metal albums with the organs are goofy. As usual, I don't see the appeal of Obsequiae or Schammasch, despite many others really enjoying them.
It didn't make my ballot, but I'll point out the Ausmuteants "album," a 20 minute group of punk songs sung from the point of view of a cop, but written by crusty anarchists. Absolutely hilarious.
― Schammasch Cannonball (Tom Violence), Saturday, 8 February 2020 04:59 (four years ago) link
Three more suggestions:
Veiled – In Blinding Presence (pitch-black manic dissonance heightened through hypnosis)Belenos – Argoat (Celtic BM heroism from Brittany)Sur Austru – Meteahna timpurilor (ex-Negură Bunget, in keeping with that band's final albums)
― toilet-cleaning brain surgeon (pomenitul), Saturday, 8 February 2020 14:13 (four years ago) link
Jesus Wayne Rogers rules so hard, check the solo @ 03:10...unreal...
https://youtu.be/1XftyHePPNQ
― are you a fan of i.die music (Drugs A. Money), Sunday, 9 February 2020 10:27 (four years ago) link
major stars album fucking rules
― are you a fan of i.die music (Drugs A. Money), Sunday, 9 February 2020 10:45 (four years ago) link
Lol, I'm kinda getting into this. I have the most fake metal taste ever, but I did hear enough good stuff that it's kinda fun to finesse it into a top 25.
― Frederik B, Sunday, 9 February 2020 11:01 (four years ago) link
good good
― Oor Neechy, Sunday, 9 February 2020 21:14 (four years ago) link
Would be nice to get lots of ballots from ilxors who have never voted before.
Look at the nominations list and if there are albums you like, then please vote for them. Don't worry if you think you are not metal enough. If its on the noms list its metal enough.
― Oor Neechy, Monday, 10 February 2020 12:21 (four years ago) link
Exactly, I predict Weyes Blood will win this poll too. I'm holding off sending the ballot until the last day but I will vote as usual.
― Siegbran, Monday, 10 February 2020 12:26 (four years ago) link
Agreed.
There's a staggering range of sounds on that list, so everyone (well, except for Tuomas) can find something worth voting for.
xp
― toilet-cleaning brain surgeon (pomenitul), Monday, 10 February 2020 12:28 (four years ago) link
There are a couple albums I like but aren't voting for, because I don't consider them metal enough, though. Fly Pan Am and Blanck Mass. I don't begrudge anyone voting for them, they are good albums, but I'm having more fun creating a list without them.
― Frederik B, Monday, 10 February 2020 12:28 (four years ago) link
Blanck Mass might not be 'metal' as such but I have no problems classing it as 'industrial' and valid for this poll. Not sure if I actually like it enough to place it high tho.
― Siegbran, Monday, 10 February 2020 12:31 (four years ago) link
I did hesitate when finishing my ballot, as my picks are unlikely to surprise. The hesitation didn't last long though: this poll and the nomination process made for some excellent catching-up listening during xmas and after, and I can truthfully say I like to love all 25 albums I listed. I'll send it in this week.
― Le Bateau Ivre, Monday, 10 February 2020 12:38 (four years ago) link
I have no problem thinking of them as valid. They were on my first version of the list. But half the fun for me is digging into what it is I really value in metal records, and Blanck Mass belongs to a genre I listen to for other things. Cattle Decapitation, great use of climate change monologues, trve metal.
― Frederik B, Monday, 10 February 2020 12:39 (four years ago) link
You have a ballot of up to 50 albums and we encourage as many as possible to do so as possible so we get interesting results.
― Oor Neechy, Monday, 10 February 2020 12:57 (four years ago) link
I have my initial short list of.....81 albums. Hoo boy.
― bold caucasian eroticism (Simon H.), Monday, 10 February 2020 16:14 (four years ago) link
That's the spirit!
― toilet-cleaning brain surgeon (pomenitul), Monday, 10 February 2020 16:17 (four years ago) link
I've not-so-secretly added Aara's So fallen alle Tempel to the noms list.
Mildly lo-fi atmoblack from Switzerland with a gaze-esque melodic streak, the occasional Gregorian chant and non-clean female vocals. Superb stuff – I very much look to their next album, which will be out in April.
― toilet-cleaning brain surgeon (pomenitul), Monday, 10 February 2020 16:32 (four years ago) link
Please don't add more good records. My shortlist is exactly 25, and I'll get confused if I have to add + remove some...
― Frederik B, Monday, 10 February 2020 16:40 (four years ago) link
Or probably just ignore me and I'll ignore the late additions. Except Wyrmwood
*look forward to (xps)
Seriously, though, we've got 50 spots on our respective ballots unlike in the main poll, so we might as well use them all.
― toilet-cleaning brain surgeon (pomenitul), Monday, 10 February 2020 16:46 (four years ago) link
Yeah, but... There is only 52 weeks in a year, 25 albums for the main poll, 50 albums for the metal poll. Who has time for that?
I could of course just make a top 26, but that feels extremely wrong, somehow.
― Frederik B, Monday, 10 February 2020 16:53 (four years ago) link
I can afford to half-listen to music while silently plying my so-called trade, so… I do, I guess.
― toilet-cleaning brain surgeon (pomenitul), Monday, 10 February 2020 16:56 (four years ago) link
considering your dn that's impressive!
― sorry for butt rockin (Neanderthal), Monday, 10 February 2020 16:57 (four years ago) link
Loooool
― Frederik B, Monday, 10 February 2020 16:58 (four years ago) link
Tbf it's just an euphemism for trepanation.
― toilet-cleaning brain surgeon (pomenitul), Monday, 10 February 2020 16:58 (four years ago) link
I have my initial short list of.....81 albums. Hoo boy.― bold caucasian eroticism (Simon H.)
Easy, just let your sock send in a ballot
― Siegbran, Monday, 10 February 2020 17:02 (four years ago) link
3 socks = 3 top 25s, at the very least.
― toilet-cleaning brain surgeon (pomenitul), Monday, 10 February 2020 17:03 (four years ago) link
I will never sock.
― bold caucasian eroticism (Simon H.), Monday, 10 February 2020 17:05 (four years ago) link
Can't sockWon't sock
― sorry for butt rockin (Neanderthal), Monday, 10 February 2020 17:08 (four years ago) link
Mildly lo-fi atmoblack from Switzerland
Ha! I've just worked my way through twenty-odd Swiss metal albums from last year (most of them good - Cân Bardd, Rorcal, Schammasch, Bölzer, Kvelgeyst, Ateiggär) but I missed that one.
― Siegbran, Monday, 10 February 2020 17:09 (four years ago) link