The 2011 NOMINATIONS THREAD FOR ILM METAL EOY POLL©

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

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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

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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