~~~~VOTE IN THE 2010 ALBUMS OF THE YEAR (METAL EDITION) POLL~~~ Voting Ends Sunday Jan 9th

And due to popular demand on the metal thread we're back again.

We have a nominations list BUT, if you were too lazy to click on the thread to nominate you can ask ON THIS THREAD if it's ok to vote for something, and if it meets the criteria, you will then be allowed to vote for it and the nomination(s) will be added to the Google spreadsheet.
If you vote for something not on the list and didn't ask here, your ballot will be rejected and you will be asked to resubmit it. So please follow the rules.
Also, if there's any bullshit like happened on the all time metal poll we will just halt the thing completely.

When you vote you should receive an automated reply. If you don't get one, then it means in all likelihood your ballot has not been received. So if you don't get a reply, please post on this thread and tell us.

Please send your ballots ranked (minimum of 15 maximum of 40) but DON'T put numbers beside your albums. Please use this format ARTIST - ALBUM
Your #1 album will be first and you will rank in descending order

Subject line in the email is to be ILM Metal Poll 2010 and the address is ilxmetalpoll2010 at gmail dot com

Here are the 276 Nominations we received

1349 - Demonoir
36 Crazyfists - Collisions and Castaways
Accept - Blood Of The Nations
Acid Witch - Stoned
Across Tundras - Old World Wanderer
Adrift For Days - The Lunar Maria
Agalloch - Marrow of the Spirit
Agrypnie - 16[485]
Alcest - Écailles De Lune
An Autumn for Crippled Children - Lost
Angel Eyes - Midwestern
Anima - Spasenge
Apostle Of Solitude - Last Sunrise
Arabrot - Revenge
Arckanum - Sviga Lae
Armored Saint – La Raza
Arsis - Starve for the Devil
Atheist - Jupiter
Atlantean Kodex - The Golden Bough
Autopsy - The Tomb Within
Avenged Sevenfold - Nightmare
Barn Owl - Ancestral Star
Bison B.C. - Dark Ages
Black Bombaim - Saturdays and Space Travels
Black Breath - Heavy Breathing
Black Sun - Twilight Of The Gods
Black Tusk - Taste The Sin
Blind Guardian - at the Edge of Time
Blood Of The Black Owl - A Banishing Ritual (Into White)
Blus Aus Nord - What Once Was... Liber I
Bongripper - Satan Worshiping Doom
Boris - Variations
Boris & Ian Astbury - BXI
Bullet for My Valentine - Fever
Burzum - Belus
Castevet - Mounds of Ash
Cathedral - The Guessing Game
Celeste - Morte(s) Nee(s)
Celestiial - Where Life Springs Eternal
Centurions Ghost - Blessed & Cursed in Equal Measure
Cephalic Carnage - Misled By Certainty
Christian Mistress - Agony & Opium
Coffinworm - When All Became None
Coliseum - House With a Curse
Conan - Horseback Battle Hammer
Cough - Ritual Abuse
Countess - Burning Scripture
Cradle of Filth - Darkly, Darkly Venus Aversa
Crystal Viper - Legends
Cuzo - Otros Mundos
Danzig - Deth Red Sabaoth
Dark Fortress - Ylem
Dark Tranquillity - We Are the Void
Darkblack - Midnight Wraith
Darkthrone - Circle the Wagons
Daughters - S/T
Dawn of Ashes - Genocide Chapters
Dawnbringer - Nucleus
Dead Meadow - Three Kings
Death Angel - Relentless Retribution
Deathspell Omega - Paracletus
Decrepit Birth - Polarity
Deftones - Diamond Eyes
Demon Hunter - The World Is a Thorn
Demonic Death Judge - Kneel
Diabulus In Musica - Secrets
Dimmu Borgir - Abrahadabra
Dio - At Donington UK: Live 1983 & 1987
Disturbed - Asylum
Doomshine - The Piper At The Gates Of Doom
Double Negative - Daydreamnation
Dragged Into Sunlight - Hatred For Mankind
Dråpsnatt - Hymner till undergången
Draugnim - Horizons Low
Drowning Pool - s/t
Drudkh - Handful of Stars
Ea - Au Ellai
Early Graves - Goner
Earthride - Something Wicked
Eibon - Entering Darkness
Eldjudnir - Ragnarok
Electric Wizard - Black Masses
Elixir - All Hallows Eve
Eluveitie - Everything Remains as It Never Was
Embryonic Devourment - Vivid Interpretations of the Void
Encoffination - Ritual Ascension Beyond Flesh
Enslaved - Axioma Ethica Odini
Envy - Recitation
Equilibrium - Rekreatur
Exodus – Exhibit B: The Human Condition
Father Befouled - Morbid Destitution of Covenant
Fatso Jetson - Archaic Volumes
Fear Factory - Mechanize
Finntroll - Nifelvind
Flesh Consumed - Ecliptic Dimensions of Suffering
Fleshpress - No Return
Fleshpress - Rebuild/Crumble
Furze - Reaper Subconscious Guide
Gamma Ray - To the Metal
Garden of Worm - Garden of Worm
Ghost - Opus Eponymous
Gnaw Their Tongues - L'Arrivée De La Terne Mort Triomphante
Godsmack - The Oracle
Gozu - Locust Season
Grand Magus - Hammer Of The North
Hail of Bullets - On Divine Winds
Halford - Made of Metal
Hansel - Never Say Die
Harvey Milk - A Small Turn Of Human Kindness
Hellbeard - Scarecrow
Helloween - 7 Sinners
Helmet - Seeing Eye Dog
Hey Colossus & The Van Halen Time Capsule - Eurogrumble vol 1
High On Fire - Snakes For The Divine
HIM - Screamworks
Hooded Menace - Never Cross The Dead
Horseback - The Invisible Mountain
Hour Of 13 - The Ritualist
Howl - Full Of Hell
Humanfly - Darker Later
Ihsahn - After
Immolation- Majesty and Decay
Imperium Dekadenz - Procella Vadens
In Mourning - Monolith
In This Moment - A Star-Crossed Wasteland
Integrity- The Blackest Curse
Intronaut - Valley of Smoke
Iron Maiden - The Final Frontier
Jesu - Heart Ache & Dethroned
Jucifer - Throned in Blood
Kamelot - Poetry for the Poisoned
Karma to Burn - Appalachian Incantation
Katatonia - The Longest Year EP
Kathaarsys - Intuition
Kayo Dot - Coyote
Kellermensch - Kellermensch
Kill the Client - Set for Extinction
Knut - Wonder
Kongh - Shadows Of The Shapeless
Korn - Korn III: Remember Who You Are
Krieg - The Isolationist
Kvelertak - Kvelertak
Kylesa - Spiral Shadow
Lacrimas Profundere - The Grandiose Nowhere
Lair of the Minotaur - Evil Power
Lantlôs - .neon
Le Kraken - Exalt
Les Discrets - Septembre Et Ses Dernieres Pensees
Lesbian - Stratospheria Cubensis
Limbonic Art - Phantasmagoria
Linkin Park - A Thousand Suns
Liveride - Туманами
Locrian - The Crystal World
Lordi - Babez for Breakfast
Ludicra - The Tenant
Lustre - A Glimpse Of Glory
Mael Mordha - Manannan
Magnus Pelander - Magnus Pelander EP
Mandrake - Innocence Weakness
Mar De Grises - Stream Inwards
Mares Of Thrace - The Moulting
Master Musicians Of Bukkake - Totem Two
Master's Hammer - Mantras
Melechesh - Epigenesis
Melvins - The Bride Screamed Murder
Menace Ruine - Union of Irreconcilables
Metsatöll - Äio
Mob Rules - The Donor
Monarch - Sabbat Noir
Monster Magnet - Mastermind
Monument Of Urns - Absence
Mortemia - Misere Mortem
Motorpsycho - Heavy Metal Fruit
Mourner - Still
Murderdolls - Women and Children Last
Murmuure - Murmuure
My Sleeping Karma - Tri
My Uncle The Wolf - Flush
Nachtmystium - Addicts: Black Meddle Part II
Nadja - Under the Jaguar Sun
Nails - Unsilent Death
Nechochwen - Azimuths to the Otherworld
Negura Bunget - Vîrstele Pamîntului
Neurosis - Live at Roadburn 2007
Nevermore - The Obsidian Conspiracy
Nightfall - Astron Black and the Thirty Tyrants
Nokturnal Mortum - The Voice Of Steel
October Tide - A Thin Shell
Opeth - Live Concert At The Royal Albert Hall
Orphaned Land - The Never Ending Way of ORwarriOR
Ov Hell - The Underworld Regime
Overkill - Ironbound
Ozzy Osbourne - Scream
Pathfinder - Beyond the Space, Beyond the Time
Petrychor - Dryad
PIVIXKI - Gravissima
Poisonblack - Of Rust and Bones
Quest For Fire - Lights From Paradise
Ramesses - Take The Curse
Ratt - Infestation
Retro Grave - Again
Rosetta - A Determinism of Morality
Rotting Christ – AEALO
Sahara Surfers - Spacetrip on a Paper Plane
Sahg - III
Sailors With Wax Wings - Sailors With Wax Wings
Salome - Terminal
Samsara Blues Experiment - Long Distance Trip
Serj Tankian - Imperfect Harmonies
Serpentina Satelite - Mecanica Celeste
Sevendust - Cold Day Memory
Sheavy - Disfigurine
Shining - Blackjazz
Sigh - Scenes from Hell
Sister Sin - True Sound of the Underground
Sloath - S/T
Slough Feg - Animal Spirits
Solace - A.D.
Solefald - Norrøn Livskunst
Sorgeldom - Inner Receivings
Soulfly - Omen
Spitit Descent - Doominion
Stargazer - A Great Work Of Ages
Stone Sour - Audio Secrecy
Suma - Ashes
Sungrazer - Sungrazer
Sweet Cobra - Mercy
Tarja Turunen - What Lies Beneath
The Austerity Program - Backsliders and Apostates Will Burn
The Body - All The Waters Of The Earth Turn To Blood
The Dillinger Escape Plan - Option Paralysis
The Flight Of Sleipnir - Lore
The Howling Void - Shadows Over the Cosmos
The Howling Wind - Into The Cryosphere
The Ocean - Anthropocentric
The Ocean - Heliocentric
The Red Sparowes - The Fear Is Excruciating
The Sword - Warp Riders
The Wounded Kings - The Shadow Over Atlantis
Thou - Summit
Titan - Sweet Dreams
Torche - Songs for Singles
Trees - Freed Of This Flesh
Triosphere - The Road Less Travelled
Triptykon - Eparistera Daimones
Triptykon - Shatter
Tweak Bird - Tweak Bird
Twilight - Monument To Time End
U.S. Christmas - Run Thick In The Night
U.S. Christmas/Minsk/Harvestman - Hawkwind Triad
Ufomammut - Eve
Ultralyd - Inertiadrome
Unearthly Trance - V
Unsun - Clinic for Dolls
Valborg - Crown of Sorrow
Voltax - Fugitive State of Mind
Watain - Lawless Darkness
Weapon - From the Devil's Tomb
Westering - Help A Body
White Hills - White Hills
White Hills & GNOD 'White Hills Drop Out With Gnod'
White Hills 'Stolen Stars Are Left For No One'
Wildildlife - Give It To Live
Wino - Adrift
Winterhorde - Underwatermoon
Witchsorrow - Witchsorrow
Withered - Dualitas
Wolf People - Steeple
Wolvserpent - Wolvserpent
Wormrot - Abuse
Xasthur - Portal Of Sorrow
Yakuza - Of Seismic Consequence
Year Of No Light - Ausserwelt
Yngwie Malmsteen - Relentless
Yrsel - Requiem for the Three Kharites
Zoroaster - Matador

Here is the Google Spreadsheet link which may be updated if other late nominations are given the OK.

So happy voting!

As usual everyone is allowed to vote, including lurkers.

Also please post here if you voted/got your automated reply, thanks.

So if I only vote for 5 albums, is it still 1 vote for 1 album? I seem to recall on the poll two years ago you could spend a certain amount of points on albums you liked more. Sorry if this is a dumb question

No, you must vote for at least 15 albums. A maximum of 40. (the more the better as it means less chances of ties). If your ballot has less than 15 albums on it, it wont be counted and you will be emailed asking you to resubmit. So if you can manage 40 then please do so!
Your #1 album will receive 40 points #2 will get 39 & so on. This is the way we always ran it I think.

oh okay cool. just wanted to make sure I wasn't spreading myself thin by voting for too many.

Nope, the more albums you vote for the better!

Voted, got an automated reply.

Awesome! Gonna take me a couple days to complete my ballot and order it. Usually I have it all ready to go but there's more stuff I want to listen to and gestate on first.

Quick work Mr Snappin! Thanks!

I had fifteen already in order from my end of year top 20. Wasn't hard to put on the other stuff I liked to pad it out.

voted, got reply. Thanks for organizing this

got them, thanks!

Just checking, but I thought we added the Hypnos 69 album in the nom thread.

We did, it's probably just not saved properly on the spreadsheet. Maybe JJ will add it to the 1st post WHEN HE SEES THIS

Spreadsheet updated.

still think we should allow minimum of 10 ballots for people who like 10 or more albums, but haven't had time to hit 15

anyway... i've chosen my albums, just gonna play w/ the ordering a bit before i submit

White Hills - White Hills


^^ honestly this is NOT a metal album, should be veto'd (but if not, i may vote for it anyway)

you had several weeks to veto stuff, that was nominated way back and you just noticed?

There's lots of borderline stuff thats heavy psych or whatever. If it places I'd be surprised, though I nominated it and like it.

i like it, i'm just surprised herman would let in white hills but not, like, acid mothers temple ;_;

Were amt vetoed? I don't remember.
Who wants to start a "campaign thread" for albums with youtubes?

AMT weren't actually vetoed, i nominated them, but you conveniently left 'em off the noms list ^_____^

I didn't see them, honestly. But you nominated so much stuff haphazardly to be a pain in the arse so it's your own fault.
Now off you go and start the youtube thread! I'm going to go back to bed for a few more hours.

so.... you were sleeping, then woke up to check the ilx metal poll thread, and now are going back to bed?

I didn't wake up to check it. I woke up, couldn't get right back to sleep, so I got a drink and checked my emails then had a quick look here. Now I really am going back to bed.

what kind of drink did you have?

orange juice

and bacardi 151

Sent in my ballot! And here's the spotify playlist link again in case there's people who didn't check the nominations thread:

http://open.spotify.com/user/cyclades/playlist/68hBEkhGa8bbsJWkPe0iNZ

ilxor, you forgot im teetotal?

obv. i was j/k

uh-huh

8 ballots in already

we have reached 10 ballots already! Keep em coming! Thanks to all who voted.
I assume everyone received the autoreply?

No-one want to start a youtube thread to boost albums?
If you want to do non-youtube boosting do it here! Stan for your faves and obscure curios here!

Another vote in, thanks!

11 all together so far. A good first day showing. I'm sure making lists is more fun than whatever you do during the day so hopefully more on tuesday?

Most ballots have been the full 40 btw. Which is very pleasing!

I've started *staring tracks* I like a lot on the spotify list. All subscribed spotify listeners are free to star tracks too... in case we end up wanting to do a tracks poll after-all that would help make a quick but sturdy base for a nominations list...

I picked up the Wolf People today based on the good comments so far, but I haven't had a chance to listen to it yet. Kind of weird to see a Jagjaguwar release on this nomination list, but the dude behind the counter was a big fan of Steeple and he usually digs cool metal stuff so I'm guessing it should hit my sweet spot.

Viceroy there didn't appear to be any demand for a tracks poll.

Looks like some more arrived, thanks!

glad to see everyone is posting right after they submit their ballots

yeah, lazy bastards!

The auto reply even asks them to do just that!

I trust ilxor will let us know?

Bill Magill will you be voting this year?

a bill magill ballot is a ballot against slough feg! maybe they'll rank lower as a result?

I don't even know if he has ever heard an album, I think his hatred is because a band he had never heard of had 4 or 5 entries in the alltime top 250.
I dont think we will get anywhere near as half as much of the alltime ballot amounts unfortunately. Much lower pool to choose from, I'd be surprised if emil.y and dan p etc vote this time. LJ will no doubt fail to vote despite promising too. Chuck didn't even nominate anything.

Still, anyone who wants to vote can. We have 17 so far.

Hey Glenn this Agrypnie album is great. Anyone (especially those who like Agalloch or even older Ulver) might want to check it out before voting.
Glenn has been raving about it on the rolling metal thread. For those with Spotify here it is http://open.spotify.com/album/1y46PE8MCOKxNdh7vlLZUn

Bill Magill will you be voting this year?

― Shakey Moe Szyslak (Algerian Goalkeeper), Tuesday, December 21, 2010 1:57 PM (2 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

Probably not, you guys enjoy.

Why not?

hey, can I add this one to the nominations?

Starlit - Ataraxis

not heard of it but I'm sure I can trust you that it fits

Just noticed the lack of Electric Wizard, are we all pretty much considering that one a 2011 release?

Never mind, I missed it.

Could have sworn Landmine Marathon was nominated though.

Just voted.

Went to bed at 9pm last night, just woke up and found 4 more ballots, awesome work guys, thanks!

any front-runners emerging yet?

Five Finger Death Punch, iirc

But, seriously, please don't tell us about any front-runners. I'd prefer to be surprised when the list rolls out.

yeah, things always change anyway. But you're right, better to give no hints at all as to not influence future ballots. So get your votes in!

sorry, i wasn't asking you to name names -- more like, just wondering if a clear hierarchy of #1, #2, etc. has emerged at all, or if there's not a clear picture of how things will turn out yet

things always change as more votes come in especially when we get to the final results if other polls we ran are anything to go by.

Hey, if you dont want your real names used on the ballots on needle put your ilx name in the email. I don't know most peoples real names so I cant put ilx names to them.

Thanks, got your vote bendy! But I wish people would bump this thread after they voted!

25 ballots in now. Good work so far but keep em coming!

pretty happy with how my ballot turned out

did you vote? I dunno your real name so if you let me know i can put your ilx name on the ballot instead of your real name if you want it.

ballot submitted. didn't hear enough this year to vote for a top 40 in good conscience, but i made it to a solid 20. looking forward to the results.

Got it thanks! Received a couple more too, methinks ilxors be bored @ work!

I will be voting, after the distinctly non-metal period of spending Xmas with my family has passed...

Submitted and response received. Just know I've missed something important though.

Just voted, cheers.

got it thanks. Aldo I made your change, it was no problem.

Reached the magic 30 ballot mark btw

Cheers Kerr.

no worries. I don't expect we will get any votes over xmas but if you're bored of shitty tv then do your ballot!

you'll get mine over xmas possibly ^_____^

you gonna submerge yourself in metal over christmas?

^^^i deff will! 'tis the season fer treason, y'all. btw, a pox on dat fat slob in da red enjoy-coke-cola suit (and his rancid reindeer, too). ugh! where die eggnog at???

someone be drunk early

ware???

Greece.

Xmas is the best time to contemplate metal. Trying to understand what other people see in Kvelertak while staring at the giant slag heap from the end of my parents' estate.

(N.B. American posters. A giant slag heap isn't necessarily what you think it is.)

You suggesting they wont know what a Bing is?

Anyone with any sense won't type giant slag heap into google or Bing while at work.

a heap o slags?

giant, even?

Just voted

got it, thanks!

I listened to the new Cathedral album again and I still dont get why so many on ILM were raving about it.

well, what don't you like about it?

Nothing really sticks out on it

Happy Christmas to you all!

bah, humbug!

listenin' to Pentagram, fyi.

\m/ ^_^ \m/

Get an xmas day vote in then! We haven't had one! Be our Santa!

Aww no votes today

boxing day bump

Anyone get any music at xmas then?

Got another vote, woohoo. Was rather quiet over xmas.

I'll throw mine together soon. Can I include Edenbridge? It's girly metal, but I was listening to it again over the holidays and I still really like it.

If you really want to vote for something that has no chance of placing, go for it.

Don't try to peer pressure me. I have integrity.

Was that your xmas gift from your folks?

Holy crap I had no idea any other male in the world listened to Edenbridge! Also, I didn't know they made an album this year.

also, I got the Black Masses double-lp for Christmas!! I wish I had heard it on vinyl on a proper stereo before I voted or it would have been a couple notches higher on my ballot.

oohhhh nice present!!!!!

Who still plans to vote?

i do -- was hoping to hear a bunch of albums before year's end but profound lore hasn't shipped quickly enough :(

i will vote, though!

When did you order?

15 days ago ;_;

emailed them & apparently orders from canada to US are taking up to 3 weeks right now

i will vote, though, dont worry

Well you can wait to the last min so you hear those essential albums!

i've heard a bunch of various tracks but streaming web quality stuff isn't the same as hearing albums start to finish on a good stereo ;_;

like i said, dont rush your vote in until you've heard it all.

New Terrorizer is out, does anyone have the full albums of the year list?

White Wizzard - Over the Top

Was that you who just voted?

Yeah, I just realized that was one that wasn't nominated. If it's too late, no biggie, my ballot can be 39 albums.

oooh guess who just got a half-dozen metal albums and is listening like crazy??

~wooooo~

No its fine, i just asked so that i can use your s/n rather than your real name.
xp

woohoo. Happy Listening!

Terrorizer top 40 - mag is out today I think - p good list imo (NB I voted in it and daresay I moved eg the Christian Mistress record up a few places)

1 TRIPTYKON EPARISTERA DAIMONES CENTURY MEDIA
2 ENSLAVED AXIOMA... INDIE
3 WATAIN LAWLESS DARKNESS SEASON OF MIST
4 GHOST OPUS EPONYMOUS RISE ABOVE
5 ELECTRIC WIZARD BLACK MASSES RISE ABOVE
6 BURZUM BELUS CANDLELIGHT
7 SWANS MY FATHER... YOUNG GODS
8 KVELERTAK KVELERTAK INDIE
9 DARKTHRONE CIRCLE THE WAGON PEACEVILLE
10 KILLING JOKE ABSOLUTE DISSENT SPINEFARM
11 CHRISTIAN MISTRESS AGONY AND OPIUM YOUNG GODS
12 BLACK BREATH HEAVY BREATHING SOUTHERN LORD
13 ANATHEMA WE'RE HERE BECAUSE... KSCOPE
14 IRON MAIDEN THE FINAL FRONTIER EMI
15 IHSAHN AFTER CANDLELIGHT
16 DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN OPTION PARALYSIS SEASON OF MIST
17 NEGURA BUNGET VIRSTELE... CODE 666
18 ALCEST ECAILLES DE LA LUNE PROPHECY
19 GNAW THEIR TONGUES L'ARIVEE... CANDLELIGHT
20 WINTERFYLLETH THE MERCIAN SPHERE CANDLELIGHT
21 TWILIGHT MONUMENT TO TIME PROFOUND LORE
22 CATHEDRAL GUESSING GAME NUCLEAR BLAST
23 NACHTMYSTIUM ADDICTS PART II CANDLELIGHT
24 ROTTING CHRIST AEOLO SEASON OF MIST
25 KYLESA SPIRAL SHADOW SEASON OF MIST
26 ENFORCER DIAMONDS EARACHE
27 BASTARD PRIEST UNDER THE HAMMER PULVERISED
28 HAIL OF BULLETS ON DIVINE WINDS METAL BLADE
29 HIGH ON FIRE SNAKES FOR THE DEVINE E1/CENTURY MEDIA
30 SHINING (NO) BLACK JAZZ INDIE
31 ION DISSONANCE CURSED BASICK
32 VOMITOR DEVILS POISON HELLS HEADBANGERS
33 AGALLOCH MARROWS OF THE SPIRIT VIVA HATE
34 OCEAN HELIOCENTRIC METAL BLADE
35 ATHEIST JUPITER SEASON OF MIST
36 SABBATH ASSEMBLY RESTORED TO ONE AJNA OFFENSIVE
37 ABSCESS DAWN OF INHUMANITY PEACEVILLE
38 INTEGRITY THE BLACKEST CURSE DEATHWISH
39 SLOUGH FEG THE ANIMAL SPIRITS CRUZ DEL SUR
40 LUDICRA THE TENANT PROFOUND LORE

― When I Pardew I See Rakes (DJ Mencap), Thursday, 30 December 2010

that's an ok list but putting Kylesa at 25 and the new Agalloch at 33 is ridiculous... both of those are definitely top 10 albums.

As I said on the other thread, the Agalloch was out quite late so it didn't have time for it to sink in with a lot of writers. the el wiz was different because british legendary band etc would have been anticipated. Agalloch do not have that profile.
dj mencap im sure will be able to tell us when the list deadline was.

ballot coming tomorrow, i think i have all my preferences sorted

you sure you dont want to spend more time with your new cds? You still have over a week.

I just noticed that the Julie Christmas solo album didn't get nominated. Not Metal? Just over looked? I'm curious as to what people thought of it.

you sure you dont want to spend more time with your new cds? You still have over a week.

^__________^

fine, you win, i'll keep listening. pretty sure i can tell where stuff's going to slot in on my ballot, though.

I liked the Julie Christmas album a lot, although not as much as The Ruiner but didn't nominate it because:

1) I heard a leak and didn't know whether it was a 2010 or early 2011 release

and

2) figured it wouldn't pass the R U Metaall test for inclusion.

I just stumbled upon it a few days ago and it certainly would fall in my top 10, but I could see where it wouldn't pass the Metal test.

I assume it's a 2011 release and that is why no-one nominated it.

I have no idea when/if the Julie Christmas will have it's physical release, but the MP3s went up on Amazon Nov. 9th.

I love The Ruiner but wasn't too impressed with these songs. Not bad, but not particularly noteworthy either. I'll wait for next year's new Made Out Of Babies record for my Julie fix.

No, having checked it was Nov 2010. xpost I said I didn't nominate it because I was pretty sure it would get vetoed (I think Nate didn't nominate Rose Kemp for the same reasons, which I would have voted for, probably).

Yeah, looking forward to the new MooB.

I dont know if anyone would have vetoed them tbh. But who knows, they weren't nominated so we will never know.

I love the Rose Kemp but it really isn't metal. The Julie Christmas I would have been cool with, and still am if people want to vote for it.

ilxor just send yours in if you think it wont change

well now you've got me thinkin about it

think i'll wait til 10 min before it's due, is that okay?

Um knowing you, you will forget to send it in and plead for us to redo the rundown cuz your vote wasn't in on time.

And next vote has the honour of being the first of 2011!

So who wants to do it?

Anyone with a hangover want to do it? ;)

guess i'll finish mine up this morning

woohoo

voted!!!!!

& i didn't even leave an honorary #1 slot empty ;)

and you want your real name used, right?

lol, did you see the comment at the bottom of my ballot?

I thought it was a joke along with the rest of the bottom of your ballot..

i dont fuck w/ joke ballots, my entire ballot 1-40 is dead fkin serious :)

(except maybe agalloch @ 4?)

ayo just voted - totted up all the albums on the poll I recalled enjoying this year and it came to 40 exactly. Which was nice

voted, managed 23 votes, will definitely be checking more out when the run-down starts!

Cheers, that's 3 votes today, taking us up to 40 ballots in with exactly a week to go! Let's see if we can make 50 like we did last year!

10 ballots could change the results a lot, so get voting, your vote will count!

love the enthusiasm with which the marshals of ILM metal polls attempt to corral votes

mr justen has disappeared so its all left to me atm

Actually he hasn't even voted yet.

(sincerely) looking forwards to the results of this y'all

hopin' lots of people vote in this. more ballots = a more varied and also more "significant" list.

you sure you havent heard 15 albums on the list?
xp

probably not

just vote for all your favorite nu-metallers from 10 years ago-- i nominated lots ;)

can you do that? if so, i'd like to submit an all-staind circa break the cycle ballot please

yes, go ahead and vote for a bunch of albums that you haven't heard and know nothing about from bands you liked 10 years ago... that will certainly be a valuable contribution to the poll...

i was listening to staind the other day

you sad bastard

i have never knowingly heard staind

Staind sucks. The singer was a fugly guy who couldn't hit notes and when he tried to be emotional he sounded like he was trying to take a shit. Also the music was boring post-grunge pablum. I had a friend who was super into them and it was very hard for me to not make fun of him for it all the time.

well said everybody!

lol AG

Staind were as bad as Disturbed

My nu-metal math goes like this:

Slipknot >>>>>>>>> Disturbed > Being forced to eat dogshit > Staind

The singer was a fugly guy who couldn't hit notes and when he tried to be emotional he sounded like he was trying to take a shit.

you sure you weren't listening to pavement, bro?

silly ilxor

dare I post the top ten metal albums of 2010 from the Pitchfork.com Readers Poll?

Top 10 Metal Albums

01. Kylesa: Spiral Shadow
02. Deftones: Diamond Eyes
03. High on Fire: Snakes for the Divine
04. Alcest: Écailles de Lune
05. Shining: Blackjazz
06. The Body: All the Waters of the Earth Turn to Blood
07. Agalloch: Marrow of the Spirit
08. Nachtmystium: Addicts: Black Meddle, Part II
09. Watain: Lawless Darkness
10. Harvey Milk: A Small Turn of Human Kindness

hey, Shining! :D

will vote in this. may only have 7 albums but will vote.

you need to make a min ballot of 15.

But no-ones had a problem making 15 this year, it's been another great year in the underground for metal.

ok but you have my warning: I *will* be voting for Kayo Dot who aren't really 'metal' any more

I think we can cope.

and if you haven't heard 15 albums, just make shit up

that 2009 Liturgy album is fukkkken brilliant, wish I could vote for it this time around

It was, it did well last year iirc

and if you haven't heard 15 albums, just make shit up

He has no need, he can ask frankie j

infact fj can vote if he wants, he's posted on ilx before and he knows his onions.

lj you didnt even vote last year iirc

holy crap that pitchfork list... ;_; - no room for Enslaved or Electric Wizard's amazing albums, they had to make sure the fucking Deftones got the #2 slot.

amazed to find out that Enslaved aren't massive with the sort of person who would vote in a Pitchfork Readers' Poll

lulz

Whiney thanks for voting but swans and killing joke were vetoed. If everyone else would copy & paste from the noms list when voting it makes things easier.

amazed to find out that Enslaved aren't massive with the sort of person who would vote in a Pitchfork Readers' Poll

yr looking in the wrong place dude

http://rateyourmusic.com/charts/top/album/2010

btw I *really* unashamedly like RYM and find it a more valuable music resource than anything aside from ILX (often more so) - stuff I like tends to have an actual, like, audience there

RYM is ok

41 ballots in

did whiney's count?

like, remove swans/kj if you have to, but dude's ballot is probably pretty great

yes it counted (minus the vetoes)

yay

a ballot for harvey milk is a ballot worth counting

Pitchfork list isn't all that bad, considering. In fact, I'd say it's a pretty solid one.

RYM is better, plus its a democratic aggregate and not controlled by elitist gatekeepers.

I really don't get why RYM is so hated by ILX - elitism is probably the answer tbh

A Democratic aggregate... of European mouth breathers who listen to LOTS of metal.

jeff getting xenephobic there

My top 30 listed and emailed. Had a few albums I had to catch up on... Hated Kvelertak, Agalloch was too melodically basic to float my boat and don't have enough time to decide whether I like Xasthur or not.

ILX recs that made my end of year list include Bongripper and Nachtmystium.

RYM is better, plus its a democratic aggregate and not controlled by elitist gatekeepers.

― no pop, no style -- all simply (Viceroy), Tuesday, 4 January 2011 03:20 (13 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

Pitchfork top 10 up there was the readers' poll, not the writers', if that's what you were getting at

feel like most of the dislike of RYM stems from when djmartian constantly invoked its charts as if it had been coded by Moses

Or hatred of non-americans

plus all geir's RYM polls

but mainly because their fellow ilx music journos aren't on it.

Metal Hammer Top 50 Albums of 2010

1.) Iron Maiden - The Final Frontier
2.) Alter Bridge - III <--------------------- WTF
3.) Deftones- Diamond Eyes
4.) Killing Joke - Absolute Dissent
5.) Airbourne - No Guts. No Glory.
6.) Triptykon - Eparistera Daimones
7.) Slash - Slash
8.) Cathedral - The Guessing Game
9.) Parkway Drive - Deep Blue
10.) Cancer Bats - Bears, Mayors, Straps & Bones
11.) Ihsahn - After
12.) Bring Me The Horizon - There Is A Hell, Believe Me I've Seen It. There Is A Heaven, Let's Keep It A Secret.
13.) Avenged Sevenfold - Nightmare
14.) The Dillenger Escape Plan - Option Paralysis
15.) Anathema - We're Here Because We're Here
16.) Black Country Communion - Black Country Communion
17.) Swans - Father Will Guide Me Up A Rope To The Sky
18.) High On Fire - Snakes For The Divine
19.) Electric Wizard - Black Masses
20.) Fear Factory - Mechanize
21.) Rob Zombie - Hillbilly Deluxe 2
22.) Kvelertak - Kvelertak
23.) Letlive - Fake History
24.) Black Label Society - Order Of The Black
25.) Dimmu Borgir - Abrahadabra
26.) Accept - Blood Of The Nations
27.) Burzum - Belus
28.) Grand Magus - Hammer Of The North
29.) Volbeat - Beyond Hell/Above Heaven
30.) Coheed And Cambria - Year Of The Black Rainbow
31.) Your Demise - The Kids We Used To Be
32.) Enslaved - Axioma Ethica Oudini
33.) Scorpions - Sting In The Tail
34.) Lower Than Atlantis - Far Q
35.) Black Breath - Heavy Breathing
36.) 36 Crazyfists - Collisions And Castaways
37.) The Sword - Warp Riders
38.) Monster Magnet - Mastermind
39.) Ufomammut - Eve
40.) Kylesa - Spiral Shadow
41.) Stone Sour - Audio Secrecy
42.) Whitechapel - A New Era Of Corruption
43.) Serj Tankian - Imperfect Harmonies
44.) Soulfly - Omen
45.) Christopher Amott - Follow Your Heart
46.) Armored Saint - La Raza
47.) Ozzy Osbourne - Scream
48.) Watain - Lawless Darkness
49.) Korn - III
50.) Ghost - Opus Eponymous

RYM is better, plus its a democratic aggregate and not controlled by elitist gatekeepers.

― no pop, no style -- all simply (Viceroy), Tuesday, 4 January 2011 03:20 (13 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

Pitchfork top 10 up there was the readers' poll, not the writers', if that's what you were getting at

― Scilk Mahouthy (DJ Mencap), Tuesday, January 4, 2011 9:49 AM (1 hour ago) Bookmark

Oh I missed that part...

The top 10 of that Metal Hammer list is ridiculous! Like only two or three albums out of the bunch make any sense being that high up.

the #2 is pure wtf. Even markers & ilxor couldnt like a Creed spin-off band

Yeah, that Metal Hammer list is a joke, right?

Also, there is no xenophobia. I mean, look at the RYM list. It's as skewed as any other list by the clear listening bias of the voters. I was trying to be funny in my description, but the predominance of Europrog makes it pretty apparent that it's not drawing from a deep democratic pool.

Well it just needs to become more popular, its not like you have to be a European metal and prog fan to use it, there's just a big contingency of them on it.

Right, it's a cool tool, and ideally it could be used as a fantastic Democratic aggregate. Unfortunately, we don't live in an ideal world.

The top 10 of that Metal Hammer list is ridiculous! Like only two or three albums out of the bunch make any sense being that high up.

― no pop, no style -- all simply (Viceroy), Tuesday, 4 January 2011 18:28 (40 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

idk, beyond the faintly redundant 'why do ppl like such terrible music' kvetching it seems like a cheery mashup of Kerrang, Clasic Rock and Terrorizer, on a par with the mag itself

also Classic Rock

Have you ever written for classic rock ,metal hammer or kerrang?

nope x 3

Even markers & ilxor couldnt like a Creed spin-off band

lol ^__________^

i was never a nu-metal kid like markers btw

i was listening to mudvayne like an hour ago

you sad bastard

lol

Ok, I dunno which one of you posters/lurkers is "cronos smith" , but whoever you are, thankyou for voting again and I still laughed when I saw the name like I did during the alltime poll. You have made my year already.

RYM is better, plus its a democratic aggregate and not controlled by elitist gatekeepers.

― no pop, no style -- all simply (Viceroy), Monday, January 3, 2011 7:20 PM (Yesterday)

I really don't get why RYM is so hated by ILX - elitism is probably the answer tbh

― Boo Radely and the Super Fury Aminal (acoleuthic), Monday, January 3, 2011 7:21 PM (Yesterday)

RYM is great for certain things (love the list making options), but it's actual rankings have always felt absurdly elitist and insular to me. as thought it was peopled and in some way policed by a gang of serious-minded and deeply obsessive art/prog completists (and yeah, euro metal fans). but it's not hard to find people who like the music i like on the internet, so i can't deny those folks their stomping grounds.

it's /= its

thought /= though

was /= were

maybe a bunch of american ilxors should get on RYM and take it over then. Is there a similar site where all the americans are?

I don't know... Last.fm doesn't have the same kind of chart system. I'm gonna make an RYM account and start rating stuff though.

It's funny, I love reading lists, but I really dont care for making them apart from now & again.

Got your vote Adrien, thanks!

Another couple of ballots in, thanks!

Which brings it to 47 ballots.

Would you like me to submit another ballot to bring you closer to 50?

You taught lemmy how to type?

49 in, who wants to be the 50th?

woohoo. 1 more vote and we beat last years total. C'mon unperson, you're the man to do it.

Has anyone seen my co-conspirator John Justen? He hasn't voted nor has he been around. Dan you seen him?

done. receipt received. phew. ack!

thanks!

im alive!

nah i have just been busy w/all manner of stuff so kinda not on ilx as much (also home computer still brokeded) still planning on voting and everything, prob tomorrow

Hurrah. We have edged past last years total of 51 so good work guys & girls. Should hopefully get a few more before the end of voting on Sunday.

I have to admit I am pretty excited to see the results. This was a year where I actually listened to a bunch of albums and have opinions about them so I'm kinda pumped!

Glad to hear it. Hopefully those who didn't vote will still check out the results and the albums.

Also, still a few days left for everyone who hasnt already voted to have their say!

Now is the time top ask, does anyone want any particular stats done by needle? Now is the time to ask, and if Glenn can do it, I'm sure he will.

We've added a few but any input or requests would be good.

this is probably a really late time to mention that iirc dragged into light - hatred for mankind was a 2009 release?

its awesome tho

Hmm. I'm sure it came out last year in the UK... I've got it in my list. Strike it off if it doesn't count.

im happy to be proven wrong so i can vote for it!

It was reissued last year by Prosthetic.

Gah, it was a reissue? I mean, how many copies did the original actually run to? I didn't even hear of it until this release...

John can replace it with another album no worries.

hey jj that shows how we need you man. It's impossible to run a poll on ones own!

Looking at the needlebase thing for the alltime metal poll I think it would be good to replicate what you did with it for that. I especially like the "false metal voters" list and the genre known as "Mordy metal".... has me lollin bigtime.

Yeah, we'll do most of those stats. The all-time poll had lots more artist overlap than this one-year poll, of course, so some of the stats that were interesting in the all-time poll wouldn't mean anything here, but we'll have centricity and falseness and similarity and various other things...

So feel free to suggest anything and we will see what we can do. The more who vote the more the statistics get interesting.

57 ballots in btw

so finalizing my ballot atm but just realized that one of my frontrunners is pretty clearly a NSBM thing (not burzum) so uh kinda giving me the squeals. thinking i have to retool around them. stupid backwards ukraine peeps

sent! thing received! Nokturnal Mortum gonged at the last second! 3 things in my top twenty thanks to reviewing noms that i had never heard!

fun all around.

Any of mine? *hopeful*

Oh wait this is the metal poll lol

hey i fucking voted for kayo dot get off my back dude

nah just kidding i would never vote for kayo dot

wuhhhhh

tbf they're not rly metal any more

altho if 'metal' is a state of mind and not noisy guitars then they are more metal than ANYTHING ELSE HERE

haa

(j/k)

so do i just submit this same ballot for that big other thing or

(i think my ballot might have had a fair amount of jagger metal tbh but all will become clear once the results roll out.)

also i might have accompanied the last 3 hours of ranking and deliberation w/a whiskey/red wine/black label rotation so i cant really be held responsible for anything i say at this point or ever

hey john do you mean drudkh? cuz they arent nsbm

I'm thinking I'll be right up there in the falseness chart :-)

Nah I was talking about nocturnal mortum.

Oh I dunno them at all.

they are pretty good... but yeah... NSBM. :-/

Some people accidentally voted for albums twice, so I emailed them. Just waiting on 1 reply.

btw did any other nsbm get in the noms? I have no idea which bands are nsbm other than graveland. I know Burzum dont count.

Lady, if you have to ask...

to be clear im not going to get all freaky about people voting for nsbm stuff, i just cant do it myself

jj check email (s)

"rest assured, your vote will count."

This is good to know. Voted.

Since he brought the discussion from the other thread to here is what Johnny is referring to
THE 2010 ILM SUPER-MEGA YEAR-END ALBUMS 'N' TRACKS POLL™ - VOTING IS OPEN THRU MIDNIGHT EST FRIDAY, JANUARY 21st 2011

ps johnny wheres your vote?

I don't think I've even heard 15 albums on your list.

― Dr. (Johnny Fever), Friday, 7 January 2011 17:32 (38 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

Johnny - just let me fill in the rest like you did for me on the all-time poll.

― EZ Snappin, Friday, 7 January 2011 17:35 (35 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

Okay, that's a good idea.

― Dr. (Johnny Fever), Friday, 7 January 2011 17:36 (34 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

i think people will object to ez snappin having 2 votes, sorry

― Shakey Moe Szyslak (Algerian Goalkeeper), Friday, 7 January 2011 17:52 (18 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

Well, in that case, EZ just recommended me some albums to listen to, but because I trust his judgement so much, I'm going to go ahead and vote for them.

― Dr. (Johnny Fever), Friday, 7 January 2011 17:55 (15 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

John & glenn wont approve im sure either. It could influence the end results if he includes albums ,especially ones on his own ballot. and I would rather avoid the shitstorm.

― Shakey Moe Szyslak (Algerian Goalkeeper), Friday, 7 January 2011 17:56 (14 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

So if Paul listens to and likes the stuff it's invalid? Really? How is that different than my listening to something Glenn or John recommends - they turn me on to way more stuff than I find on my own.

― EZ Snappin, Friday, 7 January 2011 17:59 (12 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

How would people feel if pauly allows people to let others finish ballots off in this poll?

― Shakey Moe Szyslak (Algerian Goalkeeper), Friday, 7 January 2011 18:05 (5 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

Well, people here can vote for one album if they want without arbitrary 15 minimum bullshit. No need to pad it out.

― EZ Snappin, Friday, 7 January 2011 18:06 (4 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

The difference here is that I haven't asked any person in particular to vote. You asked me, so I voted. Just pretend that EZ recommended I hear these albums over the course of last year (which he basically did, counting down his 2010 list on his tumblr). My vote will count! I'm resting assured.

― Dr. (Johnny Fever), Friday, 7 January 2011 18:08 (3 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

xp that's ALSO true

― Dr. (Johnny Fever), Friday, 7 January 2011 18:08 (2 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

Problem could be entirely averted if you'd allow me to just vote for the top six on my ballot instead of having to round it out to fifteen.

Anyway, it seems i have to include it. So if anyone objects, direct it towards them not me. I wash my hands of it. I dont want yet another poll fiasco or have to deal with complaints.

Or, if we weren't up front and honest people, I could have just sent an email offering to help and you'd have been none the wiser.

yeah well, you could have allowed more than 20noms all in for albums/songs, but you didn't in your poll.

Oh thank you Pontius Goalkeeper. Your hands are clean.

And don't equate nomination rules with voting rules. That's just silly.

20 nom limit in the poll J0rdan and I are running still resulted in some gigantic lists to choose from (bigger than they've ever been).

See, this is exactly what I said would happen -- you bug people to vote who aren't interested, and who are known to cause problems, and then we get nonsense like this. I think we should reject the ballot.

Also, get a room.

:D

You can reject my ballot. I really don't care. However, I still think it sucks that I can't just vote for my six choices.

This will keep my outlier status intact. That second vote for Black Bombaim would have sent the results all akimbo.

I voted for them, actually.

Really? I didn't think anyone else liked them. Cool beans.

Anyway, AG -- you bring crap like this on yourself. If you hadn't annoyed Johnny to vote, none of this would have happened. So there's no washing your hands of it. It is entirely your doing.

I see that as of yesterday, there were already 57 ballots in. I'm sure that mine, with all 15 of its votes, wouldn't make that much of an impact either way.

I didn't fucking annoy him. I just asked where his vote was. It was one comment. I didn't tell him to vote, he decided on his own to vote.
But jeff has to clutch at straws to try and prove his point.

hey dudes lets all take a step back and a deep breath OF TEH STENCH OF PUTREFACTION and remember this is all fun and this list is going to be cool so no need for anger.

john have you looked at the results in so far yet? (ps reply by email)

johnny's centricity will be low as hes one of the few who only voted for 15 albums, but ,without giving anything away, those who usually vote may find themselves in different order in centricity. Results might not be what everyone expects. Things can change with more votes however.

"It's Hard out Here for a Goalkeeper"

― hipity-hopity muzik ftw! (Ioannis), Thursday, December 9, 2010 8:04 PM (4 weeks ago) Bookmark

Anyway I hope you all had fun compiling your ballots, and thanks to all who voted

And I hope you are all looking forward to the results on Monday.

I still need to send mine, actually....

johnny's centricity will be low as hes one of the few who only voted for 15 albums, but ,without giving anything away, those who usually vote may find themselves in different order in centricity. Results might not be what everyone expects. Things can change with more votes however.

??

Johnny Fever withdrew his ballot.

No he didn't. Its counted. we've moved on, everyones ok with it bar jeff.

Okay...

btw did the ilx goons really have their own offboard by invitation secret poll for hiphop/rap albums or is that just a joke thread?

girly-metal man wise like owl! trust one that knows.

of course they did! how else do you suppose they could include Ethan and Dom's votes after all?

xp

well we allow lurkers to vote in ours. So if dom & ethan or anyone banned wanted to vote, they could, but why have it invitation only?

Anyone can vote in email polls i mean, so there's no need to have it invitation only just to let those guys vote.

keepin shit pure!

Anyway, I'm gonna try check out some of that stuff if its easy available.

hah, i dont like the connotations of keeping a metal poll "pure". I like it the way it is.

never let it be said that their poll has been sullied by the great unwashed massesherbs of ilx.

xps

of course i'm making all this up as i go along you know.

Holy fuck I just read that thread.

Makes the alltime metal poll thread look perfectly ok

This has been a busy day for voting, obviously because it is the last workday before the sunday deadline.

Burzum cruising towards an easy win.

Yeah, somehow I doubt that.

Yo - thanks for the hard work on this - just voted - hoping to push Dawnbringer record to the top! (ha!). Seriously - tough to rank this year - a lot of great metal records released, and probably most metal records I bought in one year since my thrash days in college! Hope everyone's fave places ...

Got it, thanks! I think it's been a great year for underground metal.

2 days left and 67 votes , excellent work everyone and thanks to all who voted.

please remember its a minimum of 15 albums or it cant be counted.

lol 67 votes -- can't believe we had that thread about "will ilx ppl be interested in a metal poll in 2010"

70 votes now actually.

Voted.

Voted.

wish mr. seward would vote in this!

otm

wish seward step back from that ledge my friend...

sorry.

I'm not gonna ask him, if he wants to vote he can (as can anyone). Happy to receive any ballots as long as they meet the criteria!

Thanks to all who have voted so far!

What are we up to?

73!

we got a 90+ in the alltime poll so we're not gonna top that, votes peaked yesterday as it was last working day,not had too many today, but last years poll got 50, i think the first one got 30? So it's a great turnout. A lot of alltime voters stuck around which is nice.

Anyone got requests for stats?

Something that I can show to my colleagues at Metal Hammer proving I'm not a hipster. </jk>

Show them our disgust at trying to remove the "metal" from their mags name and to shove their defending the faith bullshit up their arse in return then ;)

Ah, yeah, that's something I'd probably better not get involved in!

Some of us have long memories! Did they ever give an explanation about that?

was it the editorial team who wanted to change or the publishing company?

hmmm... turns out I have a couple of things that I forgot to nominate. just list em all now?

6 albums from my list of 30.

all pretty firmly in the metal/hardcore camp.

XXXP: Erm, I'm pretty sure I don't know a single person who was there back then (when?) so I can't comment. My guess is, it's an entirely different team... publishers included. (It's certainly not since I've been working there... since 2003 but I'm guessing you mean during Nu Metal.)

I mainly write for the Subteranea, extreme metal section about noise and avant garde shit but I'll rep all day and night for Alex Mil@s the editor who is a true gentleman and a pleasure to work for and Jon $elzer, my commissioning editor, who obviously cut his teeth on Melody Maker and Terrorizer and is a good friend but more importantly, really, really knows his shit. Also with writers like Dom Lawson and Joel McIver on board it's pretty much rock solid. It's genuinely my favourite UK metal magazine but obv. Terrorizer comes a close second. Hammer are good people and they've always treated me very well, which is sadly quite a rarity in journalism over here.

There's stuff in it I'm not interested in of course but then I'm a 39-year-old not a teenager/20-something!

I've never even heard of this dropping the "Metal" from the title thing but it sounds like the sort of thing that perhaps got floated by marketing people if it's true.

Even if I was supposing stuff about a magazine that I loathed, I wouldn't credit an editorial team with that much dim-wittedness. I mean, the mag that's always trying to purge the metal is K!...

... meant to say but even in the case of me disliking K! I know there are some awesome writers on their team but they're hamstrung by a highly corporate atmosphere instigated by Bauer's marketing division.

oh, just read the rules up top. (duh.) here's the list of stuff that wasn't on the noms google doc:

Abscess - Dawn Of Inhumanity
Ares Kingdom - Incendiary
Bastard Noise - A Culture Of Monsters
Bastard Noise / The Endless Blockade - The Red List (Split)
Starlit - Ataraxis (I think I already mentioned this one?)
Witchery - Witchkrieg

just gonna go ahead and send off my list to ya, kerr. let me know if there are any issues.

I think those all look ok. Just beware you will be the only voter for them!

yeah, no biggie.

just voted!

gaaaahh dont split votes into blocks. Makes it murder for C&Ping.

whoopso. sorry!

76 people have voted now

into the last 24 hours we go

voting will finish midnight UK time.

think we'll reach 80?

Stats I'd like to see, but I don't know how possible they may be:

- how 'obscure' a voters ballot is (this could be based subjectively by the poll-runners or by # of records sold)
- who voted most/highest for what subgenres
- stats on the highest-to-lowest number of votes for bands by country (ie which country is making the best metal, which is making the worst)

I know I was told the country thing would be a big pain in the ass but I still like it as an idea. Just floating it out there... I can't believe we've got this many ballots. Very impressive!

Getting reliable/any sales figures from Japan, Ukraine or Czech is not easy though.

so go by facebook hits maybe?

thank god I dont have facebook..

OK, I've got obscurity and various genre breakdowns. Algerian has volunteered to add countries, but he said he's going to do it while watching FA Cup, so don't be surprised if Wales and Scotland show up.

Not worth it , I think only scots band is Black Sun and welsh is Bullet For My Valentine. So United Kingdom it is .

Cant do mordy metal this year, he hasn't voted!

I wanted to, but I only listened to mordy metal this year and there wasn't enough of it to compose a ballot.

Iron Maiden - Mordy In The Rue Morgue

Black Sabbath - Sabbath, Mordy Sabbath

Mayhem - Mordy Ad Chao

Google Trends score!

6 hours that took to input countries.

thanks goalkeeper!!

no Mordy metal vote; no etc.

1 hour left for voting

VOTING IS CLOSED

Thank you to all who voted. Rollout will start very soon once Glenn has double checked everything.

I'll probably be on my best behavior because I have no idea what's coming (thus, I won't be disappointed)!

Everyone go to The Jizz & Poop 2010 Albums Poll (Metal Edition) Countdown To Extinction Begins..

Could a mod lock this thread please?