Written by Guest on 01.02.2012 at 18:56
Yes I can change my vote.

Written by X-Ray Rod on 01.02.2012 at 18:55

Hhahahah well, that is actually bad for us as our goal is to always avoid the write-ins as much as possible.
I'm not saying you should do that though, just saying that we always hope to ahve the best nominees and please the largest amount of people.


Wishful thinking though...

Written by Merchant of Doom on 01.02.2012 at 18:56

Written by X-Ray Rod on 01.02.2012 at 18:32

Written by Merchant of Doom on 01.02.2012 at 18:26

Ixion: To The Void is not their debut album... it's their second... first one was Through The Space We Die (2007)... DELETE!

Nope, it's a demo. Even the band consider it a demo.

ah, shit, it is a demo... DON'T DELETE!

Written by X-Ray Rod on 01.02.2012 at 18:58

Illuminatus does have harsh vocals, harsh as in "yelling" not as growls or anything, but still harsh
Red (probably my favorite) has both harsh and clean vocals, I think mostly clean though but I really enjoy their music. catchy.

You could check out both

Written by Merchant of Doom on 01.02.2012 at 18:56

ah, shit, it is a demo... DON'T DELETE!

Written by malaikat on 01.02.2012 at 19:16

People are again voting for Wintersun as the biggest letdown? Come on, they had their chance, and blew it. The album will probably be a 6.0, and that's coming from someone who gave 9 to their first release. I'm surprised people still remember them.

Written by Guest on 01.02.2012 at 19:05

I think I'm gonna try Illuminatus. As for Red I remember listening to their "End Of Silence", not my cup of tea

Written by malaikat on 01.02.2012 at 19:16

People are again voting for Wintersun as the biggest letdown? Come on, they had their chance, and blew it. The album will probably be a 6.0, and that's coming from someone who gave 9 to their first release. I'm surprised people still remember them.

Written by Unhealer on 01.02.2012 at 19:46

Written by malaikat on 01.02.2012 at 19:16

People are again voting for Wintersun as the biggest letdown? Come on, they had their chance, and blew it. The album will probably be a 6.0, and that's coming from someone who gave 9 to their first release. I'm surprised people still remember them.

Anyway the biggest letdown winner is clearly going to be Lulu, you know it

Written by malaikat on 01.02.2012 at 19:57
I voted for Opeth. Almost all of us knew that LULU's going to suck, but I was really hyped-up about Opeth going "retro-proggy". As it turns out, that was just a gimmick to justify a lazy written album which tried to justify it's boringness with pretentiousness. I'm the first to call myself an Opeth-fanboy, but that was just dissapointing.

Written by malaikat on 01.02.2012 at 19:57


I voted for Opeth. Almost all of us knew that LULU's going to suck, but I was really hyped-up about Opeth going "retro-proggy". As it turns out, that was just a gimmick to justify a lazy written album which tried to justify it's boringness with pretentiousness. I'm the first to call myself an Opeth-fanboy, but that was just dissapointing.

Written by X-Ray Rod on 01.02.2012 at 19:25

Aye, there's a chance you might like them. I might end up voting for them because they have a superior songwritting comapred to my toher favorite, Red. I dig the post-metal injection.

Thinking back about Opeth. I don't know if I should vote for that one or Shining's latest as dissapointment of the year

Written by Guest on 01.02.2012 at 20:42
For me it's probably between Illuminatus(love the cover!), and Lunatic Soul.

Written by X-Ray Rod on 01.02.2012 at 20:43

Glad that you liked them! Always great to discover new stuff.

Written by Cynic Metalhead on 01.02.2012 at 17:47

Written by Deadmeat on 01.02.2012 at 15:07

Only 3 votes from me (Death, Symphonic and Letdown) and there may be one 4th (Thrash).

i think a reconsideration in the voting system would make the results a bit more fair.

reconsideration is there, i mean on a first go if you select a particular album to be best after that too you can change your option. you gotta whole fucking feb month to do that, then why do you need for again-reconsideration??! and tbh once all the votes are collected...majority wins! it is very pristine and straightforward.

Written by Guest on 01.02.2012 at 20:47

Written by X-Ray Rod on 01.02.2012 at 20:43

Glad that you liked them! Always great to discover new stuff.

The last year I remember skipping the alternative section, but not this year, thanks to you

Written by X-Ray Rod on 01.02.2012 at 19:01

Written by Merchant of Doom on 01.02.2012 at 18:56

Written by X-Ray Rod on 01.02.2012 at 18:32

Written by Merchant of Doom on 01.02.2012 at 18:26

Ixion: To The Void is not their debut album... it's their second... first one was Through The Space We Die (2007)... DELETE!

Nope, it's a demo. Even the band consider it a demo.

ah, shit, it is a demo... DON'T DELETE!

I gotta admit though.... for one split second... I got REALLY scared But then I calmed down, checked their official website and it was a demo

Written by musclassia on 01.02.2012 at 22:28

Thought I might as well check, would Sylosis Edge Of The Earth go under Thrash, metalcore or what else?
And Protest The Hero isn't under metalcore?

Written by psykometal on 01.02.2012 at 18:24

Written by Guest on 01.02.2012 at 14:23

help im being repressed

If you're so pissed and butt hurt about Absu not being nominated and about the Staff, Elites and Contributors giving you shit for over-reacting about such an inconsequential and (in the grand scheme of life) pointless Award ceremony then why don't you just go delete your account and start up your own metal webzine/site (call it bluemobiusthinksabsuisthebestblackmetalbandintheworldawards.com or something to that tune) and have yourself a field day getting mad at your subscribers because/if/when most of them all agreed that bands like Glorior Belli and Wolves In the Throne Room put out better albums then Absu; and then you can invoke your right as site owner/moderator to say they're all retarded and repress their opinions and put in your uber vote that Absu has the best BM album of 2011 and tell them all to "fuck off" cuz they're wrong...

Written by Darkside Momo on 02.02.2012 at 01:07

Written by musclassia on 01.02.2012 at 22:28

Thought I might as well check, would Sylosis Edge Of The Earth go under Thrash, metalcore or what else?
And Protest The Hero isn't under metalcore?

Sylosis was in our thrash section
Protest The Hero didn't make it, but was considered for metalcore or progressive. Could really fit in both, I guess.

Written by Guest on 02.02.2012 at 01:31

Notice your cuss word filled paragraph above. Not once have I used that language in any of my replies on this topic.

Written by malaikat on 01.02.2012 at 19:16

People are again voting for Wintersun as the biggest letdown? Come on, they had their chance, and blew it. The album will probably be a 6.0, and that's coming from someone who gave 9 to their first release. I'm surprised people still remember them.

Written by tea[m]ster on 02.02.2012 at 03:54

I said this before and will say it again: It has a Duke Nukem Forever feel. Put off far too long and will never live up to expectation.

Written by M C Vice on 02.02.2012 at 08:50

There's quite a lot of write in votes for albums already nominated in that genre. Can't people read?

Written by psykometal on 02.02.2012 at 09:06

Written by M C Vice on 02.02.2012 at 08:50

There's quite a lot of write in votes for albums already nominated in that genre. Can't people read?

No kidding...fukn ridiculous...

You do realize that you still need to write in Limp Bizkit so they get more votes right?

Written by M C Vice on 02.02.2012 at 09:21

Yeah, I just thought that I'd be the only one here who liked them.
BTW, Cold said something about write in votes being wiped if they don't fit the genre. If I voted for Gallhammer in extreme doom, would it get wiped?
And Blood Stain Child has been written i in 3 different catagories. Which one do you reckon they have the best chance in (so I can put my vote in there, though I'm leaning towards either power or electro)?

Written by psykometal on 02.02.2012 at 09:27

Written by M C Vice on 02.02.2012 at 09:21

Yeah, I just thought that I'd be the only one here who liked them.
BTW, Cold said something about write in votes being wiped if they don't fit the genre. If I voted for Gallhammer in extreme doom, would it get wiped?
And Blood Stain Child has been written i in 3 different catagories. Which one do you reckon they have the best chance in (so I can put my vote in there, though I'm leaning towards either power or electro)?

Yea I wouldn't have guessed anybody would vote for Limp Bizkit either, but I haven't listened to them since Chocolate Starfish.

As for what BC said, I'm not Staff so I can only speculate but I too would say Gallhammer belongs in extreme doom. And I would say the BSC belongs in Electro. If you're worried about your write-in getting nuked then I would PM BC just to be sure...