The 2011 NOMINATIONS THREAD FOR ILM METAL EOY POLL©

no, that was a different album. This one only came out in the last month or so

Ah, OK.

A few more nominations:

Grails - Deep Politics
Barn Owl - Lost in the Glare
Premonition 13 - Premonition 13

Loutallica - LULU
Megadeth - Thirteen

Gridlink - Orphan

Dir en grey - Dum Spiro Spero

Found my initial best of the year list so far and have added what wasn't already mentioned here

40 Watt Sun - The Inside Room
a Forest of Stars - Opportunistic Thieves of Spring
A Storm of Light - As the Valley of Death Becomes Us, Our Silver Memories Fade
Absu - Abzu
Acid Witch - Stoned
Alastor - Demon Attack
Altar of Plagues - Mammal
Amebix - Sonic Mass
American Heritage - Sedentary
Amon Amarth - Surtur Rising
Anaal Nathrakh - Passion
Ancestors - Invisible White
Animals As Leaders - Weightless
Aosoth - III
Arabrot - Solar Anus
Arckanum - Helvetismyrkr
Arenna - Beats of Olarizu
Argus - Boldly Stride the Doomed
Ash Borer - Ash Borer
Asva - Presences of Absences
Autopsy - Macabre Eternal
Azarath - Blasphemers' Malediction
Azazel/Goatmoon - split CD
Barn Owl - Lost in the Glare
Bastard Noise - Skulldozer
Batillus - Furnace
Benighted - Asylum Cave
Black Spiders - Sons Of The North
Black Tusk - Set the Dial
Blood Ceremony - Living With the Ancients
Blood Stain Child - Epsilon
Blut aus Nord - 777 - Sect(s)
Book of Black Earth - the Cold Testament
Boris - Heavy Rocks
Brain Oil - The Death Of This Dry Season
Bullet - Highway Pirates
Burzum - Fallen
Burzum - From The Depths Of Darkness
Caina - Hands That Pluck
Caïna - Hands That Pluck
Cathedral - Anniversary
Cathis Ord - The Far Shore
Cauldron - Burning Fortune
CHILDREN OF DOOM - Doom, Be Doomed, Ör Fuck Off
CIRCLE OF OUROBORUS - Eleven Fingers
Condenados - A Painful Journey Into Nihil
Corrupted - Garten der Unbewusstheit
Crowbar - Sever the Wicked Hand
Dalriada - Igeret
Danava - Hemisphere of Shadows
Dark Castle - Surrender To Life Beyond All Form
Decrepitaph - Profane Doctrines Unburied
Despise You / Agoraphobic Nosebleed - And On and On...
Destruction - Day Of Reckoning
DEVIL - Time To Repent
Dibbukim - Az a Foygl un a Goylem Tantsm
Diet Pills - Diet Pills
Dir en grey - Dum Spiro Spero
Dirge - Elysian Magnetic Fields
Disma - Towards the Megalith
Djevel - Dodssanger
Earth - Angels of Darkness, Demons of Light 1
Elder - Dead Roots Stirring
Electro Quarterstaff - Aykroyd
Encoffination - O'Hell, Shine In Thy Withed Sepulchres
Ensorcelor - Crucifuge
EPHELES - Je Suis Autrefois
Esoteric - Paragon of Dissonance
Execration - Odes of the Occult
Falkenbach - Tiurida
Falloch - Where Distant Spirits Remain
Fen - Epoch
Gates of Slumber - the Wretch
Gevolt - AlefBase
Giant Squid - Cenotes
GNAW THEIR TONGUES - Per Flagellum Sanguemque, Tenebras Veneramus
Goatmoon - Varjot
Goatpenis - Depleted Ammunition
Goreaphobia - Apocalyptic Necromancy
Grails - Deep Politics
Graveyard - Hilsingen Blues
Grayceon - All We Destroy
Gridlink - Orphan
Hammers Of Misfortune - 17th Street
Hell - Human Remains
Helms Alee - Weatherhead
Hey Colossus - rrr
Ildra - Eðelland
In Solitude - The World. The Flesh. The Devil
Indian - Guiltless
Iskald - The Sun I Carried Alone
ISOLE - Born From Shadows
Kampfar - Mare
Kartikeya - Mahayuga
KEN mode - Venerable
KODIAK - Rn-Xe
Korpiklaani - Ukon Wacka
Krallice - Diotima
Kriegshetzer - Panzer Vorwarts
LANTLOS - Agape
Lento - Icon
Liturgy - Aesthethica
Loon - s/t
Loss - Despond
Loutallica - LULU
Machine Head - Unto The Locust
Manilla Road - Playground of the Damned
Mastodon - The Hunter
Megadeth - Thirteen
Midnight - Satanic Royalty
Midnight Odyssey - Funerals from the Astral Sphere
Mitochondrion - Parasignosis
Moonsorrow - Varjoina Kuljemme Kuolleiden Maassa
Morbid Angel - Illud Divinum Insanus
Morne - Asylum
MORNE - Asylum
Nader Sadek - In The Flesh
Negative Plane - Stained Glass Revelations
Nightwish - Imaginaerum
Obake - Obake
Obscura - Omnivium
Old Silver Key - Tales Of Wanderings
Omega Massif - Karpatia
Opeth - Heritage
Orchid - Capricorn
ORDOG - Remorse
Orthodox - Baal
Pantheïst - Pantheist
Patria - Liturgia Haeresis
Pentagram - Last Rites
Peste Noire - l'Ordure A l'Etat Pur
Petrychor - Effigies And Epitaphs / Dryad
Pharaoh Overlord - Out Of Darkness
Pitom - Blasphemy and Other Serious Crimes
Powerwolf - Blood of the Saints
Premonition 13 - Premonition 13
Premonition 13 - Premonition 13
Primordial - Redemption at the Puritan's Hand
Ravencult - Morbid Blood
RAVENTALE - Bringer Of Heartsore
Red Fang - Murder the Mountains
Rotten Sound - Cursed
Russian Circles - Empros
Rwake - Rest
Samael - Lux Mundi
Scale the Summit - the Collective
Seidr - For Winter Fire
Septic Flesh - The Great Mass
Serpent Venom - Carnal Altar
Shooting Guns - Born To Deal In Magic: 1952-1976
Skeletonwitch - Forever Abomination
SÓLSTAFIR - Svartir Sandar
Sonne Adam - Transformation
Sorcier De Glaces - The Puressence Of Primitive Forests
Subrosa - No Help For The Mighty One
Sungrazer - Mirador
TesseracT - One
The Atlas Moth - An Ache for the Distance
The Devil's Blood - The Thousandfold Epicentre
The Flight Of Sleipnir - Essence of Nine
The Gates of Slumber - The Wretch
THE WOUNDED KINGS - In The Chapel Of The Black Hand
Tiluland - Axes Of The Universe
Today Is the Day - Pain Is a Warning
Tombs - Path Of Totality
Trap Them - Darker Handcraft
Turisas - Stand Up And Fight
Twisted Tower Dire - Make It Dark
Tyr - The Lay Of Thrym
ulcerate - destroyers of all
Uncle Acid And The Deadbeats - Blood Lust
Vastum - Carnal Law
Vektor - Carnal Law
Vintersorg - Jordpuls
Virus - The Agent That Shapes The Desert
Weedeater - Jason...the Dragon
Weekend Nachos - Worthless
Wight - Wight Weedy Wight
Windhand - Windhand
Witch Mountain - South Of Salem
Within Temptation - The Unforgiving
Wolf - Legions Of Bastards
Wolves in the Throne Room - Celestial Lineage
WOODEN STAKE - Black Caped Carnivore
wormrot - dirge
Wreck Of The Hesperus - Light Rotting Out
YOB - Atma

will remove the doubles i see

RYM top rated metal albums of 2011

never heard of that #1 actually

I'd create a googledocs for this if someone tells me how

Vomitron - No NES for the Wicked

also:

Samsara Blues Experiment - Revelation & Mystery
Ulver - Wars of the Roses

man how did i forget about ulver. I guess i was thinking that everyone would say its not metal

Because it's not.

Its not good either. I know they're sort of a sacred cow around here and I really liked their last one, but I thought this one was terrible.

its great

it's okay; I'll give it a couple of points. I figured if Barn Owl can pass muster, then Ulver shd be able to as well

I'm really interested in reading a defense of this album or an explanation of why its great, because I'm just not finding anything to latch onto.

(xp)

I had Barn Owl on my list of noms, but took it off because I didn't think it'd be accepted as metal.

its cool; I will def vote for it (Barn Owl) but I didnt expect it to count either, but I mean if nu-Earth counts I dont see why they wouldn't

I thought this Ulver stank too. Huge disappoint me after the last one.

its as metal as the opeth album

I'm not arguing whether its metal or not, I'm arguing that I thought it was terrible and I'm curious to hear what others loved about it.

haven't heard it but I generally 'like but not love' ulver in their various permutations. so, now I'm curious - what was so off-putting about the last one?

It's not even close to metal in any form beyond perhaps the theme's explored. At least there are moments of actual heaviness on Opeth.

I like Ulver, but this new one was perhaps the most disappointing thing I heard all year.

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The Devil's Blood album is really good btw.

i hope ilm is back soon as there is nowhere near enough people in the sandbox to vote

I was also disappointed at first by the new Ulver, and while I still don't like it quite as much as Shadows of the Sun, which was one of my favorite records of the past few years, I've come around to thinking it's actually pretty good. Why do I like it? I guess for a lot of the same reasons I liked the previous one: the unusual but thoughtful approach to composition, lovely melodies, interesting arrangements, provocative lyrics. I guess one thing that might put people off is the 14 minute final track - which is basically a spoken prose poem over minimal ambient accompaniment. Maybe it's a love it or hate it type thing. It's become probably my favorite track, but you kind of have to approach it as literature as much as music though. I still think the 2nd track is kind of unsuccessful and breaks up the flow. But overall, it's a worthy follow-up, I'd say.

Kroda - Schwarzpfad
Thy Catafalque - Rengeteg
Woods Of Desolation - Torn Beyond Reason
Deafheaven - Roads To Judah

cheers.

once we're back on ILM we will need to allow a weeks nominations there for all those who havent joined the sandbox

have we missed anything?

Yes.

OK then
Yes - Fly From Here

http://www.ilxor.com/ILX/ThreadSelectedControllerServlet?boardid=41&threadid=90253#unread

Looks like it's still down. Still doing noms?

yeah

ghost -- opus eponymous

Lord Vicar - Signs Of Osiris
Krux - III - He Who Sleeps Amongst The Stars
Obrero - Mortui Vivos Docent
Glitter Wizard - Solar Hits
Black Pyramid - II
Hands Of Orlac
Black Capricorn
Beastwars
Demonic Death Judge - The Descent
White Wizzard - Flying Tigers
Arkona - Slovo
Weedsnake
East Of The Wall - The Apologist
Lazarus A.D. - Black Rivers Flow
Roadkillsoda - A Fucked Up Trip Gone Bad

the Ghost album was in last years results so it wont be included this year, sorry.

hm, okay. fwiw, it was released in the u.s. in january 2011.

it's the only metal album i know from this year!

I know it was, but like I said, it was high up in last years poll. If it hadn't been in the 2010 poll it would have been allowed this year.
sorry.

no worries. you 'da boss.

I dont think it was in the big ilm poll last year so maybe you can nominate and vote for it there?

done and done, actually.

oh cool. I daresay i may vote for it there!

Anyone got anything else to nominate?

ilxor the metal reviewer is awfully quiet this time

Hull - Beyond the Lightless Sky
Wizard Smoke - The Speed Of Smoke
Scar Symmetry - The Unseen Empire
Bruce Lamont - Feral Songs For The Epic Decline
Riot - Immortal Soul
Unearth - Darkness in the Light
Between the Buried and Me - The Parallax: Hypersleep Dialogues

SerpentCult - Raised By Wolves

so i don't know where else to put this but what's up with the singer from Freedom Hawk doing an Ozzie impersonation?

looks like anything I was to nominate is already up. Good job!

anyone have a spotify list going or should that fall to my heavy shoulders?

sorry I took so long, here's as many noms as I could find on spotify, in one convenient playlist!

http://open.spotify.com/user/v1c3r0y/playlist/3iDbLB1n1SB30gn5p5dTWz

http://www.ilxor.com/ILX/ThreadSelectedControllerServlet?boardid=41&threadid=90257#unread

Green & Wood - Devil's Plan
Dopethrone - Dark Foil
Leather Nun America - Kult Occult
Ice Dragon - The Sorrowful Sun
Dark Buddha Rising - Abyssolute Transfinite
Slabdragger - Regress
Belzebong - Sonic Scapes & Weedy Grooves
Eggnogg - Moments in Vacuum
Brotherhood Of Sleep - Dark As Light