I honestly hope he is just very successful at trolling. I find him hilarious with the language he uses in his reviews and stuff, but I also get why no one wants to be roasted by their peers
It's February 1st, which means it's the moment you've all been waiting for? The 9th Annual Metal Storm Awards are upon us. We've done a lot of work in setting this whole thing up and now it's your turn to bust your voting nut 30 seconds in to the month then spend the next 28 days whining because we didn't include your favorite album or put it under the wrong genre.
Seriously though, take your time and check out our nominees. We've got LOTS of first timers that made the cut and are worth taking a listen to before casting your vote. And for any questions regarding what category a band belongs in please ask HERE.
Looks like there's lots of albums for me to check out here! Amazingly I haven't heard the Black Metal nominees, save Ash Borer... Looks like I have some terrifying research to do! On the other hand the Death Metal category is a tough decision, though already thoroughly researched Have fun y'all!
PS... How many here have an undisputed favourite album this year? Usually I can't really say, but Pallbearer got me in a way few albums ever have, in any genre. I think my year was split roughly 50% Death/Black/Thrash, 50% Pallbearer
I'd like to have a cover pic for my facebook of the metal storm awards...
But no one ever listens to Daggon
Well I'm no photo editing expert but I used a screencap program and Paint to create a half-assed MSA 2012 cover image if you want to copy it... http://www.facebook.com/psykometal
PS... How many here have an undisputed favourite album this year? Usually I can't really say, but Pallbearer got me in a way few albums ever have, in any genre. I think my year was split roughly 50% Death/Black/Thrash, 50% Pallbearer
weird year for me. i suppose FAAL is my favorite, but there was no real clear cut album for me this year. Even in past years i've had competing albums that were like "fighting" for it. 2009 comes to mind, with six amazing albums...
This year there were five albums i "9'd", and a multitude i thought were 8's, but even Faal would have a tough time cracking top 5's on most prior years.
I'd like to have a cover pic for my facebook of the metal storm awards...
But no one ever listens to Daggon
Well I'm no photo editing expert but I used a screencap program and Paint to create a half-assed MSA 2012 cover image if you want to copy it... http://www.facebook.com/psykometal
Well, it's something haha, thanks!
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PS... How many here have an undisputed favourite album this year? Usually I can't really say, but Pallbearer got me in a way few albums ever have, in any genre. I think my year was split roughly 50% Death/Black/Thrash, 50% Pallbearer
I didn't technically start listening to the album until 2013 (I was made aware of the album the day Troy posted his review it on the front page but never listened to it cuz at the time I was not interested in 9-13 minute songs) but it is definitely my fave album released in 2012.
How did Periphery's Periphery II not make a nomination in Djent/Math metal? It was a seriously good album!
If there is anything, I miss Stealing Axion's debut far more from the math category
Also, I am surprised to see Veil of Maya in the -core list, since that album didn't have a huge reception on this site, but a pleasant surprise nontheless.
I'll save any ejaculation, be it premature or not, for the bedroom. But looking at all the categories, I just realise how little time I really have for listening to music. I need more time.
Why vote on new Fear Factory album is avaible only through 'vrite in vote' option
This is heresy
Since at least 2010, when Overkill was not selected as nr 1 in thrash metal album category Metal Storm Awards are becoming more and more unreliable
It was a good year for stoner/sludge. And how about that prog category?
Epic fail as well as industrial category.
I always thought that Enslaved plays black metal at the first place
But...
...can we expect any wisdom and reliability from webpage, who 2 years ago pastet Septic Flesh into symphonic metal category?
It was a good year for stoner/sludge. And how about that prog category?
Epic fail as well as industrial category.
I always thought that Enslaved plays black metal at the first place
But...
...can we expect any wisdom and reliability from webpage, who 2 years ago pastet Septic Flesh into symphonic metal category?
then what would you call SepticFlesh. Iff you say death metal you clearly have no clue what you're talking about.
And Enslaved has primarily been progressive albeit with some black in it on quite a few albums already.
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Dunno if i'll be able to vote for most of the categories this year, the only cats I can safely vote for are the Black, Death, Metalgaze, Doom and Extreme Doom. And it seems that I missed a lot of great albums this year.
The Prog, Sludge/Stoner, Avantegarde, Post Metal, Grindcore categories look GREAT ! I'll be spending a lot of time checking those albums ... thanks you guys
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For the same reason anything does not make the top 10 of any cat, we in Staff did not agree with your opinion.
Well fair enough. I noticed last year as well, the djent community tends to disagree hugely with the MS community on the matter of djent. There are other great releases in the category, though. I love The Royal Thousand.
Rest assured that is was given a fair chance, the other albums just seemed more deserving to us. I personally didn't like the album, the vocals play a major part in my disdain but the songwriting is also less endearing than the debut. Luckily, the format of the awards accounts for taste and you can always write-in (which it appears you may already have.)
Epic fail as well as industrial category.
I always thought that Enslaved plays black metal at the first place
But...
...can we expect any wisdom and reliability from webpage, who 2 years ago pastet Septic Flesh into symphonic metal category?
I disagree with you. Septicflesh clearly belonged in the symphonic metal category for that album as does Enslaved in prog this year. It is not about whether you think the band plays a specific genre, it's about the album itself. Bands tend to mix-up genres a lot too, so sometimes it can go either way.
Why vote on new Fear Factory album is avaible only through 'vrite in vote' option
This is heresy
Since at least 2010, when Overkill was not selected as nr 1 in thrash metal album category Metal Storm Awards are becoming more and more unreliable
So if I were to go along the lines of your reasoning, I'd have to dismiss any site that presents opinions different than my own? How utterly preposterous.
Rest assured that is was given a fair chance, the other albums just seemed more deserving to us. I personally didn't like the album, the vocals play a major part in my disdain but the songwriting is also less endearing than the debut. Luckily, the format of the awards accounts for taste and you can always write-in (which it appears you may already have.)
No, I noticed somebody else wrote it in. Djent is a category that is fairly near and dear to my heart, and some of those releases I hadn't been intrigued by when they first came out, so I think that's one of the categories I'll do some serious digging around in before voting.
I've decided to listen (and oftentimes re-listen) to all of the albums that are available from the Awards on Spotify before making my final decisions. Starting at the top, so Alternative Metal releases first. Cheers for giving me such good listening inspiration for the whole of February.
Strange that Royal Thunder hasn't been nominated. Will have to do a write in I guess :/
EDIT: Opps, daft me, I missed it.
Heheheheh, most of the staff enjoyed that album a hell of a lot, which shows in the fact that it got in for sludge/stoner AND debut.
Fantastic stuff.
Written by Guest on 01.02.2013 at 12:49
I always thought that Enslaved plays black metal at the first place
But...
...can we expect any wisdom and reliability from webpage, who 2 years ago pastet Septic Flesh into symphonic metal category?
Written by demonsarising on 01.02.2013 at 16:15 so I think that's one of the categories I'll do some serious digging around in before voting.
That's the spirit! A high-five to everyone that see the true meaning of this event: To discover new music and help the bands by giving them more attention! I hope you find some good stuff!
Enjoy the ride!
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Written by BloodTears on 19.08.2011 at 18:29 Like you could kiss my ass
Written by Milena on 20.06.2012 at 10:49 Rod, let me love you.