Written by Edmund Fogg on 03.03.2012 at 17:34

Written by theFIST on 03.03.2012 at 14:04

they use folk elements in their songs
of course you won"t see it like that if you only count european folk as such, but not the eastern asian that one should rather expect from a folk metal band there

They use elements of their own folklore in their music.

That is exactly what constitutes folk music. World music = folk music.

Written by M C Vice on 03.03.2012 at 03:28

What happened to the drama award? They were funny.

There was no big drama this year.

Written by Cynic Metalhead on 03.03.2012 at 20:19

Written by Rog-Mothoth on 01.03.2012 at 02:38

Now im just glad i dont have to see Septicflesh at the top of 11' every day
(lost to MH unseprisingly but 2nd place is not bad at all and i call it a win in my book), i just didnt feel the urge or time to discover new albums....which i'll definately do this year to compensate.

Check out Havok's Time is Up and probably your taste in thrash will more grew.

I already checked out a few of thier songs and i really like it but will listen more

Written by Marcel Hubregtse on 03.03.2012 at 20:24

That is exactly what constitutes folk music. World music = folk music.

I thought (at least in the Metal scene) Folk reffered to nordic folklore and every other would count in world music

40 watt sun won atleast

Written by basquetal on 01.03.2012 at 01:37

In gothic metal Draconian only won because of the fame, the second Abyss masterpiece - Heavenwood album is much better

agree with you! without doubt

I would like to see a list of favorites from Staff Members, surely many users voted without really listening to each album, they just chose their favorite bands as expected

Written by theFIST on 03.03.2012 at 17:49

So you see every folk music except of the one in your area as world music?
that doesn"t make sense

Even the one in my area (Canada) I consider as world music and not folk. I'm not saying it makes any sense, just the way I see it. Just like it doesn't make sense to have a genre named after a city, but Gothenburg still exist.

Written by Edmund Fogg on 04.03.2012 at 03:33

Written by theFIST on 03.03.2012 at 17:49

So you see every folk music except of the one in your area as world music?
that doesn"t make sense

Even the one in my area (Canada) I consider as world music and not folk. I'm not saying it makes any sense, just the way I see it. Just like it doesn't make sense to have a genre named after a city, but Gothenburg still exist.

well, i"m not for calling it gothenburg either.....

The post-metal battle was pretty close one as expected...unfortunately the winner is not my favourite, but still

Written by Abattoir on 04.03.2012 at 12:01

The post-metal battle was pretty close one as expected...unfortunately the winner is not my favourite, but still

Who did you want to win?

Written by theFIST on 04.03.2012 at 10:03


well, i"m not for calling it gothenburg either.....

Then what? And please don't say melodic death because that one is totally different to Gothenburg, seeing Gothenburg has nothing to do with death metal

Written by Marcel Hubregtse on 04.03.2012 at 13:10

Written by theFIST on 04.03.2012 at 10:03


well, i"m not for calling it gothenburg either.....

Then what? And please don't say melodic death because that one is totally different to Gothenburg, seeing Gothenburg has nothing to do with death metal

well, why not call melodic bands that are clearly not death metal simply melodic metal?
that would describe their sound in a way that someone who hasn"t heard any of it would already roughly know what to expect

Written by theFIST on 04.03.2012 at 13:29


well, why not call melodic bands that are clearly not death metal simply melodic metal?
that would describe their sound in a way that someone who hasn"t heard any of it would already roughly know what to expect

I don't see the problem with calling band Gothenburg sine the bands lumped in there more or less share the same sound (which, suprise surprise, originated in Gothenburg) whereas when you look at NWOBHM the sound varies way too much too lump them in together, and of course originally the NWOBHM tag was only used to describe British band that came to the fore in a certain period of time (hence Judas Priest, Motorhead not being NWOBHM)

Written by Marcel Hubregtse on 04.03.2012 at 13:32

Written by theFIST on 04.03.2012 at 13:29


well, why not call melodic bands that are clearly not death metal simply melodic metal?
that would describe their sound in a way that someone who hasn"t heard any of it would already roughly know what to expect

I don't see the problem with calling band Gothenburg sine the bands lumped in there more or less share the same sound (which, suprise surprise, originated in Gothenburg) whereas when you look at NWOBHM the sound varies way too much too lump them in together, and of course originally the NWOBHM tag was only used to describe British band that came to the fore in a certain period of time (hence Judas Priest, Motorhead not being NWOBHM)

if you apply that to other genres it gives you weird results, for example most of the well known early thrash bands were from the bay area, why not call the genre bay area metal?

Written by theFIST on 04.03.2012 at 13:49


if you apply that to other genres it gives you weird results, for example most of the well known early thrash bands were from the bay area, why not call the genre bay area metal?

There is such a thing as Bay Area Thrash which includes those bands and also Artillery because they clearly had their sound from that area.
And from the biog four of thrash not a single band originated in the Bay Area Although Metallica relocated there early on when Cliff joined

Neurotech should win the cyber and debut MS award, that was a real dissapointment that they didn't.

Glad to see In Flames back after releasing some crap (it's not up to Soundtrack to Your escape yet but I don't expect them to come back to that style).

SeptiFlesh and Amon Amarth grow stronger with every new release, just love them !

Big up to Fleshgod Apocalypse Agony, an album and band I have recently discovered and that I REALLY enjoy a lot !!

I think All Shall Perish could have been in the results too :/

Written by omjaimes on 04.03.2012 at 02:44

Written by basquetal on 01.03.2012 at 01:37

In gothic metal Draconian only won because of the fame, the second Abyss masterpiece - Heavenwood album is much better

agree with you! without doubt

Very much agree as well. I love that Heavenwood album and really don't get Draconian at all.

I was very dissapointed about melodeath category. I am tired to see Amon amarth winning there , even now that an excellent album "one for sorrow" in front of surtur rising, was in the 2nd seat...

Written by omjaimes on 04.03.2012 at 02:54

I would like to see a list of favorites from Staff Members, surely many users voted without really listening to each album, they just chose their favorite bands as expected

those will be forthcoming.

Written by Reaper_Redeemer on 04.03.2012 at 17:57

I was very dissapointed about melodeath category. I am tired to see Amon amarth winning there , even now that an excellent album "one for sorrow" in front of surtur rising, was in the 2nd seat...

agreed about amon amarth, though I was pulling for Mayan to get 1st.

Another MS awards come and gone. Found some really good bands to sink my teeth into (Sleestak, Glorior Belli and Obscure Sphinx stand out). Was disappointed with some of the results but not the ones where it was a foregone conclusion anyway, rather categories like Metalgaze and Post-Metal where the winners didn't have that much star-power to pull them through and whose efforts I thought were really nothing special.

NO FOR FUCKS SAKE! NO!! Machine Head is NOT Thrash! Are you MetalStorm people total idiots? How the fuck does MH classify as thrash? You guys are fucking retarded as hell, and I hope you all die!

Written by Marcel Hubregtse on 04.03.2012 at 13:32

Written by theFIST on 04.03.2012 at 13:29

and of course originally the NWOBHM tag was only used to describe British band that came to the fore in a certain period of time (hence Judas Priest, Motorhead not being NWOBHM)

Finally, someone doesn't lump Motorhead in the NWOBHM. They pre date it, yet most sources keep putting them there. Thank you.

Written by DeathSlyzer on 05.03.2012 at 10:35

NO FOR FUCKS SAKE! NO!! Machine Head is NOT Thrash! Are you MetalStorm people total idiots? How the fuck does MH classify as thrash? You guys are fucking retarded as hell, and I hope you all die!

Taking it all a bit too seriously, aren't we?

Written by Cock is Intruder on 05.03.2012 at 12:18

Written by M C Vice on 05.03.2012 at 12:14

Written by DeathSlyzer on 05.03.2012 at 10:35

NO FOR FUCKS SAKE! NO!! Machine Head is NOT Thrash! Are you MetalStorm people total idiots? How the fuck does MH classify as thrash? You guys are fucking retarded as hell, and I hope you all die!

Taking it all a bit too seriously, aren't we?

You have to accept that those intelligent guys all have been banned, and only left a bunch of obidient student members here.... What can you expect from these students ? This site should be called "student metal storm".

I've noticed that about 80% of the comments on this site are negative. People always bitching about a song/album/band. My favorites are the ones where people keep complaining about how much a band sucks, yet they keep listeneing to their music and talking about them.

Written by Milena on 03.03.2012 at 20:31

Written by M C Vice on 03.03.2012 at 03:28

What happened to the drama award? They were funny.

There was no big drama this year.

Apart from the dramatic quality of Heritage of course.

Written by DeathSlyzer on 05.03.2012 at 10:35

NO FOR FUCKS SAKE! NO!! Machine Head is NOT Thrash! Are you MetalStorm people total idiots? How the fuck does MH classify as thrash? You guys are fucking retarded as hell, and I hope you all die!

Not sure if trolling or a real moron...

Once again staff at METALSTORM, congratulations on a brilliant job done collating and producing the yearly awards. I always look forward to listening and voting on the best metal albums from the previous year. The two bands that I have really got into already, from listening to them for the first time from their nominations in the awards are: Vallenfyre and Rudra. Vallenfyre are a welcome return too old school death metal from an all star line up, whilst Rudra are an amazingly talented technically black metal band from the most unlikely country, with the best album cover.