2020 Metal ’n’ Heavy Rock Poll: NOMINATIONS Thread (open until the 8th of January 2021)

So yeah, tell us your preferences and we'll schedule accordingly.

We cant compete with enthusiasm for the big polls so I think we should try leaving voting until after main poll so it gets full attention. As most only vote in the last week I think a 2 week period for voting would suffice.

Those who wish to campaign for albums could still do so in a separate thread for it. Might even help get more metal and adjacent into big poll.

So the question really is, would you like a campaign thread now so people can 'study listen' to nominations or leave it for the 2 week voting thread which starts after the big album poll rollout?

I’d be interested in seeing a campaigning thread now to study! And voting after the main poll is customary, right? Always good to discover some new metal in January.

It does give time for late releases in 2020 time to sink in and get past the initial listens to see if it still stands up.

Poll always ran in december but we changed it a few years back for the above reasons but voting usually was open before big poll voting opened but results were after big poll.

I think having voting period after big poll rollout allows 100% concentration on it. Lets see if it helps turn out.

I'll start a campaign thread tonight then, with a link to the spotify playlist that simon helpfully massively expanded.

Im playing catch up on albums now anyway and im sure its the same for a lot of you so why wait for voting period to start it.

I'll post the link below once I've done it, but I want a cup of tea first. Im gasping!

ILM 2020 METAL & HEAVY + Adjacent Albums Poll CAMPAIGNING THREAD IS NOW OPEN

As I lunched doing nominations for the main poll can we pls have -

Motorpsycho - The All Is One

Motorpsycho - The All Is One

(1/100)

Akantha – Gnothi Seauton
Grifteskymfning – Malignant Morningstar
Grifteskymfning – Svart materia
Hate Forest – Hour of the Centaur
Mors Principium Est – Seven
Omination – The Pale Horseman
Sinister Downfall – A Dark Shining Light
Vrenth – Baptism Death

(76/100)

A few Danish ones:

Afsky - Ofte jeg drømmer mig død
Orm - Mit blod
Sol - Bersærk

Sup Fred? Wb.

Haven't heard the last couple but I quite enjoyed the Afsky.

Sup Fred? Wb.

One in, one out ;)

we may as well not officially close noms just yet because there are always people who claim not to have seen the thread and voting wont happen for a few weeks yet

Thee Arcadians - Current Events

Noisy garage punk from Western Mass

(28/100)

Dira Mortis – Ancient Breath of Forgotten Misanthropy

(77/100)

fvck it, it's heavier than the Nothing album that's already nominated:

Black Foxxes - Black Foxxes

Hellripper - The Affair of the Poisons
Midnight Dice - Hypnotized

63/100

Montuln – Arquetipo

(78/100)

one more:

Old Nick - The Night Of The Ambush And The Pillage By The Queen Ann Styl'd Furniture, Animated By One Of The Dozen Or So Spells That Thee Eastern Vampyre Has Studied (T.N.O.T.A.A.T.P.B.T.Q.A.S.F.A.B.O.O.T.D.O.S.S.T.T.E.V.H.S)TYER

err nix that "TYER" at the end. boy that title sure is long and silly with those extra four characters tacked on!

More metal bands should channel Fiona Apple.

Vuur & Zijde / Impavida – Vuur & Zijde / Impavida

(79/100)

I think that's it.

One last big dump if that's okay as several of these I thought I had already nominated or just assumed other people would (looks like someone else mentioned Cirith Ungol above, but it wasn't added to the spreadsheet so I'm listing it again just to cover our bases).

Nucleus / Ectoplasma / Fetid Zombie / Temple of Void - 4 Doors To Death Vol. II (Split)
Atræ Bilis - Divinihility
Beneath the Massacre - Fearmonger
Bloodsoaked Necrovoid - Expelled into the Unknown Depths of the Unfathomable
Cirith Ungol - Forever Black
Contrarian - Only Time Will Tell
Cordyceps - Betrayal
Deeds of Flesh - Nucleus
Depravity - Grand Malevolence
Deranged - Deeds of Ruthless Violence
Foul - Of Serpents
Gorephilia - In The Eye of Nothing
Hemotoxin - Restructure the Molded Mind
Intellect Devourer - Demons Of The Skull
Katalepsy - Terra Mortuus Est
Miasmatic Necrosis - Apex Profane
Old Nick – Haunted Loom!!!
Ominous Scriptures - The Fall of the Celestial Throne
Possessed Steel - Aedris
Psychotic Waltz - The God-Shaped Void
Psycroptic - The Watcher Of All
Sépulcre - Ascent Through Morbid Transcendence
Voracious Scourge - In Death

(86/100)

No idea what happened there, re: Cirith Ungol, so thanks for the heads up!

still open for noms.

one more then . . .
Putrid Pile - Revel in Lunacy

(87/100)

HELL YEA

Nah, Hell Yeah didn't release anything this year

btw I think noms will be open til sat or sunday. Depends when seandalai sets up the voting form and weekends might not be a great time for him

Lie In Ruins - Floating in Timeless Streams

4/100

A couple more days left to nominate

Some more noms:

Growth - The Smothering Arms of Mercy
Dopelord - Sign of the Devil
Rotting Kingdom - A Deeper Shade of Sorrow
Abigor - Totschläger (A Saintslayer's Songbook)
Messiah - Fracmont
Valgrind - Condemnation
Proscription - Conduit
Mercyless - The Mother of All Plagues
The Spirit - Cosmic Terror
Bear Mace - Charred Field of Slaughter
Hydra - From Light to the Abyss
Häxanu - Snare of All Salvation
Ad Vitam Infernal - Infernal Comedy
Arsebreed - Butoh
Diabolic - Mausoleum of the Unholy Ghost
Jupiterian - Protosapien
Induced - Coproporeal
The Spirit Cabinet - Bloodlines
Oldowan Gash - Hubris Unchained

I'll add 'em in a bit.

Can we add, please:

Glorious Depravity - Ageless Violence

Saigan Terror - Anatomy Of Saigan
Cro-Mags In The Beginning
Mindforce - Swingin Swords Choppin Lords
Three Knee Deep - Three Knee Deep
CCR Headcleaner - Street Riffs
Turnstile x Mall Grab - Share A View
Hum - Inlet
Expander - Neuropunk Boostergang
Fu Manchu - Fu30 Pt 1
Nudie Mag - Our Milk
Omerta - Hyperviolence

sorry it's
Cro-Mags - In The Beginning

I don't think I heard any noteworthy melodic doom or stoner LPs in 2020.

last hours one assumes for nominating. Hoping to get voting started monday

I don't think I heard any noteworthy melodic doom or stoner LPs in 2020.

Fab album

Noms will close in 55 mins

xp Yeah this is what I need thx