NOMINATIONS AND DISCUSSION THREAD FOR 2016 METAL/HEAVY ROCK POLL (Nominations end December 7)

We need to run this now as seandalai cant help out after xmas, so a big thanks to him for helping us with all the hard work.

We only have a week for nominations and a week for voting because we need the week before xmas for the rollout. That shouldn't be a problem since everyone waits until the final week to vote anyway.

Please nominate below in the usual Format Artist - Album

I will start us off

Alcest - Kodama
Aluk Todolo - Voix
Bölzer - Hero
Cobalt - Slow Forever
Dysrhythmia - The Veil Of Control
Entropia - Ufonaut
Hammers of Misfortune - Dead Revolution
Mesarthim - Isolate
Oranssi Pazuzu - Värähtelijä
Schammasch - Triangle
Subrosa - For This We Fought The Battle of Ages.
Sumac - What One Becomes
Thy Catafalque - Meta

Spreadsheet will be updated daily
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/16yRJl7C_FiuzCxzED07e1mV-0h3NxJjmC2NLDfoahBE/edit?usp=sharing

Spotify playlist of nominations which everyone can add their nominations to
https://open.spotify.com/user/pfunkboy/playlist/5jWlgqW5pvNHmO7BTqXIT7
spotify:user:pfunkboy:playlist:5jWlgqW5pvNHmO7BTqXIT7

Nominations end December 7.

Everybody welcome to take part.

Blut aus Nord/Ævangelist - Codex Obscura Nomina
ColdWorld - Autumn
Chthe'ilist - Le dernier crépuscule
Deftones - Gore
Eight Bells - Landless
Fuath - I
Gojira - Magma
Plebeian Grandstand - False Highs, True Lows
Terra Tenebrosa - The Reverses

Astronoid - Air
Deathspell Omega - The Synarchy of Molten Bones
Ecferus - Pangaea
Ehnnahre - Douve
Forgotten Spell - Epiphaneia Phosphorus (Angel, God or Insanity)
Fyrnask - Fórn
Geryon - The Wound and The Bow
Glyptoglossio - GLYPTOGLO5510
Gorguts - Pleiades' Dust
Hail Spirit Noir - Mayhem in Blue
Helms Alee - Stillicide
Krallice - Hyperion
Neurosis - Fires Within Fires
Nocte Obducta - Mogontiacum (Nachdem die Nacht herabgesunken)
Ophidian Forest - Susurrus
Palace of Worms - The Ladder
Temisto - Temisto
Urfaust - Empty Space Meditation
Vektor - Terminal Redux
Virus - Memento Collider
Wormed - Krighsu
Zealotry - The Last Witness

phew

Anaal Nathrakh - The Whole Of The Law
Ancestors Blood - Hyperborea
Asphyx - Incoming Death
Autumn, Leaves, Scars/Dreams Of Nature/Lumnos - A Desolate Landscape (split)
Basarabian Hills - Attraction
Brutus - Murwgebeukt
Countess - Fires Of Destiny
Death Angel - The Evil Divide
Departe - Failure, Subside
Desaster - The Oath Of An Iron Ritual
Destroyer 666 - Wildfire
Draugnim - Vulturine
Entropia - Ufonaut
Eternal Champion - The Armor Of Ire
Forteresse - Thèmes Pour La Rébellion
Gehennah - Too Loud To Live Too Drunk To Die
Graveyard - ...For Thine Is The Darkness
Heimleiden - Mysterium Melancholie
Is - Glimpses Of Sorrow
Krater - Urere
Lethargic Euphoria - Standstill
Mare Cognitum - Luminiferous Aether
Megadeth - Dystopia
Melankoli - Fallen
Metallica - Hardwired...To Self Destruct
Nokturnal Mortum/Graveland - The Spirit Never Dies (split)
Moonsorrow - Jumalten Aika
Mortualia - Wild, Wild Misery
Mourning Sun - Último Exhalario
Nonsun - Black Snow Desert
Nordjevel - Nordjevel
Old Forest - Dagian
Pensées Nocturnes - À Boire Et À Manger
Recitations - The First Of The Listeners
Ripper - Experiment Of Existence
Saor - Guardians
Skyforest - Unity
Soulburn - Earthless Pagan Spirit
Testament - Brotherhood Of The Snake
Trna - Lose Yourself To Find Peace
Waldgefluster/Panopticon - Split
Wildernessking - Mystical Future
Winterhorde - Maestro
Witte Wieven - Silhouettes Of An Imprisoned Mind
Wode - Wode
Zhrine - Unortheta

V/A - Ancient Meat Revived (A Tribute To Cold Meat Industry)

IIRC last year it was mentioned that we could nominate stuff from Dec 2015, right?

Cadaveric Fumes - Dimensions Obscure EP
Khanus - Rites of Fire EP
Head of the Demon - Sathanas Trismegistos
Wakedead Gathering - Fuscus: Strings of the Black Lyre
Darkthrone - Arctic Thunder
Void Meditation Cult - Utter the Tongue of the Dead
Cultes des Ghoules - Coven, or Evil Ways Instead of Love
Ghoulgotha - To Starve the Cross
Skáphe - Skáphe²

ok then, this 2015 leftover:
Batushka - Litourgiya

Wormed - Krighsu

hell yeah

updated
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/16yRJl7C_FiuzCxzED07e1mV-0h3NxJjmC2NLDfoahBE/edit?usp=sharing

I will leave it up to you all if you want to allow the Baroness album from last year since it wasnt out when voting ended last year so only those with promos had heard it

It already made the 2010-2015 poll, right? That feels like recognition enough.

AutorYno - Flauros: Book of Angels Vol. 29
Black Mountain - IV
Witchcraft - Nucleus
Myrath - Legacy
Serenity - Codex Atlanticus
Conan - Revengeance
King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard - Nonagon Infinity
Kvelertak - Nattesferd
King Goblin - Cryptozoology
Goat - Requiem
Cauldron - In Ruin
Khemmis - Hunted

Ppl don't sleep on the AutorYno.

Capra Informis - Womb of the Wild
Sinistro - Semente
The Body - No One Deserves Happiness
Église - Église
Oceans of Slumber - Winter
Dälek - Asphalt for Eden
Jambinai - A Hermitage
Mammoth Weed Wizard Bastard - Y Proffwyd Dwell
Monolord - Lord of Suffering / Die in Haze
Comet Control - Center of the Maze
Ulver - ATGCLVLSSCAP
Helen Money - Become Zero
Okkultokrati - Raspberry Dawn
Wardruna - Runaljod - Ragnarok
Car Bomb - Meta
Oathbreaker - Rheia
Wormrot - Voices
Cult of Luna & Julie Christmas - The Wreck of S.S. Needle
The Dillinger Escape Plan - Dissociation
Three Trapped Tigers - Silent Earthling
Rotting Christ - Rituals
Vindland - Hanter Savet
Drudkh - One Who Talks with the Fog
Russian Circles - Guidance
Ivar Bjørnson & Einar Selvik - Skuggsjá

Oh and do call me out on any flagrant abuses of genre. I'm not accustomed to nominating in this and imago already had to stop me from adding all the emo

That Wormrot is awesome. I should listen to it more.

Yes! I first heard it this morning. Not usually a huge fan of grindcore, but its energy is all over the place in a weird and great way.

drumroll please

Jute Gyte - Perdurance

also, Thy Catafalque - Meta isn't even the best metal album called Meta this year, not that anyone here has any interest in Car Bomb

Moon Tooth - Chromaparagon
Warm - The Human Exemplar

Furia - Księżyc milczy luty
Interment - Scent of the Buried
Wrong - Wrong
Occult Burial - Hideous Obscure
Blizaro - Cornucopia Della Morte

Updated https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/16yRJl7C_FiuzCxzED07e1mV-0h3NxJjmC2NLDfoahBE/edit?usp=sharing

Please remember to add nominations to
https://open.spotify.com/user/pfunkboy/playlist/5jWlgqW5pvNHmO7BTqXIT7
spotify:user:pfunkboy:playlist:5jWlgqW5pvNHmO7BTqXIT7

I'm relistening to the new Tanya Tagaq and y'know what

Tanya Tagaq - Retribution

otm

Good shout on Helen Money tangenttangent, Become Zero's definitely metal-adjacent and a very good album in any case

Thank you. Yeah, I like its gothic chamber vibe a whole lot and I'm always enamoured of anything where dark, heavy cello is involved.

Also thanks for the reminder about that Ophidian Forest LP. I had totally forgotten! Relistening now - it's lovely. The lo-fi production makes it feel truly wrought from the fibres of the forest.

Absolute Power - Absolute Power

(not too much of a stretch to include in this poll, I think)

Nécropole ‎– Nécropole
Arizmenda ‎– Beneath This Reality Of Flesh
Caverne ‎– Aux Frontières du Monde
Sapaudia - Sainte Nuit
Bestial Raids ‎– Master Satan's Witchery
Cultes Des Ghoules ‎– Coven, Or Evil Ways Instead Of Love
Deathspell Omega ‎– The Synarchy Of Molten Bones
Shataan ‎– Weigh Of The Wolf

Bekëth Nexëhmü ‎– De Dunklas Återkomst
Wormed - Krighsu
Qrixkuor - Three Devils Dance
Irkallian Oracle ‎– Apollyon
Mystik ‎– Dunkla Klangor... (Kapitel I)
Void Meditation Cult ‎– Utter The Tongue Of The Dead
Deviant Process - Paroxysm
Sorcier Des Glaces - North
Ride For Revenge - Thy Horrendous Yearning

is the Cultes Des Ghoules ‎– Coven, Or Evil Ways Instead Of Love out?

Ashbringer - Yügen
Echoes of the Moon - Elusion
Morphinist - Giants

Dälek - Asphalt for Eden

dälek is metal as fuck

Sure, but it's not metal.

good point

but but 'heavy rock' where do you draw the line yawn

Personally I dont care what we allow, we allow zombie,Earth, marnie stern, ulver (yes i know they are all metal or rock musicians making non metal which is why they get in and dalek are hip hop)

I will leave it for people here to decide if they should be added to the spreadsheet.

Same goes for emo. Screamo has always got in and you the voters can argue here what gets in and doesnt.

feel free to campaign for albums though or describe those albums so others might give it a listen and vote. Also please add your nominations to the spotify playlist

I recommend some of you check out the Schammasch album.

It actually intrigued Mark S enough to check it out and I think he did like it.

Its very ambitious and well worth giving it some time. Its a triple album but can also be listened to as 3 separate albums too as theyre quite distinct.

Schammasch - Triangle https://open.spotify.com/album/08pUbf5AYJ38OpjpPKoXpr

you can also find it in the spotify playlist

tangenttangent and glenn iirc loved the schammasch too

http://www.themonolith.com/music/review-schammasch-triangle/

on with the campaigning then. I mean description.

Cadaveric Fumes - Dimensions Obscure EP: French twangy death metal with a sinister edge, as if Soulside Journey was made right after listening to King Crimson's Red. also good synth stuff

Khanus - Rites of Fire EP: Finnish twangy death metal, as if they were going for a similar sound as the above band, but as they are orcs, it all came out like ritualistic mountain metal

Head of the Demon - Sathanas Trismegistos: blackened traditional doom, with odd tunings, introspective passages and old school necro feelings

Wakedead Gathering - Fuscus: Strings of the Black Lyre: straight ahead one-man death metal, but expertly written, arranged, performed. This faded a bit for me as the year went on, compared to the more original stuff above, but still really solid release overall.

Darkthrone - Arctic Thunder: yeah, the new Darkthrone album. Good for fans who miss the black metal sound, but still pretty much new school Darkthrone in execution.

Void Meditation Cult - Utter the Tongue of the Dead: just heard this recently, but very heavy, blackened death metal. For fans of the classic Incantation death doom sound, but even darker vibe.

Cultes des Ghoules - Coven, or Evil Ways Instead of Love: Ridiculously epic "play"/double album. Maybe not quite as immediately good as Henbane, but it's not like they changed their sound up or anything. You need to sit down and take this in, because CdG are clearly the kind of band who wants to hypnotize you.

Ghoulgotha - To Starve the Cross: unique, semi-technical death-doom. A bit overlong as an album, but the sound is cool, and the band is definitely one to keep an eye on.

Skáphe - Skáphe²: suffocating, surrealistic black metal, for fans of Darkspace/Paysage, or even Portal-esque abstract sounds. About as dark as it gets, but done well, and not afraid to let its sound bleed out into psychedelic spaces

(some of these are duped on spreadsheet)

I need to hear the cultes des ghoules, i thought it wasnt out til next year

imago kept telling me 'Dälek totally counts!'. The main guy gave us some metal recommendations last year when we saw them, which is I think why they are so closely associated with metal for me. I do not mind if they are axed from the nominations so much as I'm sure they'll pick up votes in the main end of year poll.

And yes, I was very into that Schammasch album at the beginning of the year, but haven't listened to it much recently so will need to be addressing that. Looking forward to listening to some of Dominique's recommendations too.

Will follow up with my own repping soon.

Elder - Lore

Moon Tooth - Chromapargon

Long Island prog-metal band, this album thrashes and croons and belts and grinds all in turns. Also there's a guest vocal by Roz Raskin, of the Rice Cakes, another great (non-metal) band who don't get enough attention.

http://www.heavyblogisheavy.com/2016/01/13/moon-tooth-chromaparagon/

Elder - Lore

last year?

the Elder was definitely 2015.

digital release last year physical release this year and you messaged me on fb about about january i think. They've had 2 releases since I think!

Armory - World Peace ... Cosmic War

Nice find! I really like this.

Only Isolate is on Spotify fwiw (for some reason)

yeah they seem to be headed into a heavier keyboard direction while I head in a heavier metal direction. Isolate's good though.

pillars is super keyboardy but the morse code one feels real pared down to me. fav band of the year at least, easily

also the zao record is extremely good thank u simon

yeah it really comes alive in the middle section

I completely missed that Truckfighters had one this year

I love that band, could never miss a new release from them, though there's less fanfare I suppose since it's been only two years since Universe. Greenleaf is great but I still think Truckfighters do the desert fuzz thing best. I forgot to CTRL-F for Greenleaf, hopefully there's no other repeats in my list.

Abnormality - Mechanisms of Omniscience

Oh wow, I was completely misremembering Mesarthim as something else! This is the little space one. I like it a lot. Yeah, Pillars is beautiful. Listening to Isolate now for the first time - lovely majestic fuzz.

Mesarthim are the band that sounds like Summoning IN SPACE

It is also a bit like if Botanist were upset and tending to his greenhouse IN SPACE

Wow though, this is really too much.

Isolate is a 2015 record it seems

i really love that abnormality record, feel like they stepped it up all around, the riffs are better and even a little metalcore-y in parts, and the song structures occasionally get real abstract without losing their sense as songs (a problem in tech death)

Mesarthim did two EPs (Spire, Pillars) and an album (Absence) this year - that's plenty. Nominate Spire I guess

Isolate PHYSICAL release came out this year. It stays.

Oh OK! Will listen to it then ;)

O it's quite something

Vale of Pnath - II

Deceptionist - Initializing Irreversible Process
ALTARAGE - Nihl
Auroch - Mute Books
Ordinance - The Ides of March
Autokrator - The Obedience to Authority
Carnophage - Monument
Cognizant - Cognizant

If anyone needs more atmospheric black metal IN SPACE you should try Mare Cognitum - Luminiferous Aether, it's reet good

So glad someone nominated Xoth upthread. Saw them with Vektor and they stole the show. The bass player is a total character and also their producer. They seem to be on all the good metal bills in Seattle so I'm happy to have a rad local band to follow.

This year has been a giant leap for space metal.

All the metal is escaping this planet.

and not on horses

Caïna - Christ Clad In White Phosphorus

Have we got everything then?

Now closed and just waiting on voting form to be set up by seandalai.

Voting will end FRIDAY DECEMBER 16 regardless so I suggest forming your shortlists/listening now.

Dammit. Bloodiest.

just realized Khthoniik Cerviiks - SeroLogiikal Scars (Vertex of Dementiia) was nominated, came out Dec '15. This is a great record! For fans of the Cadaveric Fumes/Khanus end of weirdo death metal.

seandalai has told me he will set up voting tonight and sorry for the delay. If anyone has forgotten to nominate anything now is your chance.

I suggest you may want to start your shortlists anyway as voting will have to end next friday.

Nominations

I nominate:

Wrekmeister Harmonies - Light Falls

Ghold - PYR

Hemelbestormer - Aether

Woman is the Earth - Torch of Our Final Night

and Bloodiest - Bloodiest

which had already been nominated, actually

Listening to Cadaveric Fumes and finding it great fun. It's like a death metal Castlevania.

An Autumn for Crippled Children - Eternal
Psychonaut 4 - Neurasthenia

Sorry I didn't ask for those earlier, I didn't know this was happening -- I've been out of the loop.

Acid Mothers Temple & the Melting Paraiso U.F.O. - Wake to a New Dawn of Another Astro Era
Acid Guru Pond - Acid Guru Pond
Haikai No Ku - Temporary Infinity
Sun Drifter - Not Coming Back

Sendelica - I'll Walk the Stars for You
Sendelica - The Cromlech Chronicles
Rangda - The Heretic's Bargain
Horseback - Dead Ringers
Atomikylä - Keräily
Farflung - 5
The Spacelords - Liquid Sun
Cosmic Letdown - In the Caves
The Myrrors - Entranced Earth
Kandodo/McBain - Lost Chants/Last Chance
Mugstar - Magnetic Seasons
Vespero - Lique Mekwas
Sunwatchers - Sunwatchers

I was just about to ask after DA.M!

Ask what??

Oh! Just where you were. I hadn't spotted you itt. And then you arrived with some wonderfully named bands like 'Cosmic Letdown'

http://ilxor.com/ILX/ThreadSelectedControllerServlet?boardid=41&threadid=104977#unread

Here is another imo wonderfully-named stoner band:

Infinite Flux - Infinite Flux

Ohh never mind :(

it's ok. I can add late noms this year. Ive added it

👍👍👍

Inquisition - Bloodshed Across the Empyrean Altar Beyond the Celestial Zenith

I just found out about this band and haven't heard this yet but can we throw it on just in case it turns out to be good? Cheers

It's already nominated, vote with impunity.

Yeah, it's nominated under a truncated title. It's great, too. Probably in my top 10.