Metal Storm Awards 2011 - Now Open!
Metalstormers, the time is here once more.
The Metal Storm Awards 2011 are now open!
Throughout January we have been painstakingly working to provide you with a run-down of our nominations for what we feel are the best albums of 2011. It is now your job to check out the cream of the crop, and vote for your favourites.
This is the eighth year of the Metal Storm Awards, and as always you have the month of February to cast your judgement. This year however, we have introduced a couple of new categories; Melodic Black and Djent/Math metal, and also split up a few of the categories that were coupled in previous years.
Don't forget to share this news with your friends, or even start your own campaign over the internet for your favourite bands to win. We have done the hard work bringing you these nominations, now let's have some fun. Useful banners and buttons can be found here.
Results will be announced on the 1st March!
- The Metal Storm Staff
The Metal Storm Awards 2011 are now open!
Throughout January we have been painstakingly working to provide you with a run-down of our nominations for what we feel are the best albums of 2011. It is now your job to check out the cream of the crop, and vote for your favourites.
This is the eighth year of the Metal Storm Awards, and as always you have the month of February to cast your judgement. This year however, we have introduced a couple of new categories; Melodic Black and Djent/Math metal, and also split up a few of the categories that were coupled in previous years.
Don't forget to share this news with your friends, or even start your own campaign over the internet for your favourite bands to win. We have done the hard work bringing you these nominations, now let's have some fun. Useful banners and buttons can be found here.
Results will be announced on the 1st March!
- The Metal Storm Staff
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| Marcel Hubregtse Grumpy Old Fuck Elite Posts: 40071  |
Written by M C Vice on 14.02.2012 at 10:48 Okay, which are the others? I am just wondering. At times I am not happy with some classifications here on MS either 
---- Member of the true crusade against European Flower Metal Yesterday is dead and gone, tomorrow is out of sight Dawn Crosby (r.i.p.) 05.04.1963 - 15.12.1996 
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| M C Vice ex-polydactyl Posts: 3420  |
Written by Marcel Hubregtse on 14.02.2012 at 10:51 I'll send a pm.
---- "I'm here to nunchuck and not wear helmets. And I'm all out of helmets." "I'll fight you on one condition. That you lower your nipples." " 'Tis a lie! Thy backside is whole and ungobbled, thou ungrateful whelp!"
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| Milena gloom cookie Staff Posts: 4603  |
Written by M C Vice on 14.02.2012 at 10:11 I don't think Tarot's latest counts, since it was a re-recording of SOI anyway, as changed as the songs may be... also, you like Symphonia over Strato's latest, which makes you the first person I've met who sides with Tolkki 
---- 7.0 means the album is good
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| Cynic Metalhead Ambrish Saxena Posts: 7668  |
Written by JCJen7 on 14.02.2012 at 04:58 You guys[psko!) have taken enough rounds on Dave Grohl?!! eh?! anyways, standing on a "ever-plastic" stupid Grammy's podium...he was really proud of it that his new album was made in a garage. After all, their producer is a old Nirvana man...and grunge stuff hasn't faded yet...he should thank Kurt Cobain for this. But now, they are Grammy winner...they can whine about anyone.
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| JCJen7 Posts: 423  |
Written by Cynic Metalhead on 14.02.2012 at 19:14 *smiles and nods*
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| M C Vice ex-polydactyl Posts: 3420 |
Written by Milena on 14.02.2012 at 18:51 Havn't got any Stratovarius and I found Symphonia in the shops (unlike Stratovarius). Tarot are still elegable though, right?
---- "I'm here to nunchuck and not wear helmets. And I'm all out of helmets." "I'll fight you on one condition. That you lower your nipples." " 'Tis a lie! Thy backside is whole and ungobbled, thou ungrateful whelp!"
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| Milena gloom cookie Staff Posts: 4603 |
Written by M C Vice on 15.02.2012 at 06:34 Well, it kinda doesn't make sense to vote for a remake for a best NEW album... they are different but those are still the same songs as they were on the original Spell Of Iron 
---- 7.0 means the album is good
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| tea[m]ster Au Pays Natal Contributor Posts: 5266  |
I noticed like only 15 people have Dirge Elysian Magnetic Fields. There are over 600 votes in the post-metal catagory. The odds aren't in favor for my FAVORITE album of 2011 
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| Darkside Momo Retired Elite Posts: 9096  |
Written by tea[m]ster on 16.02.2012 at 00:40 I have the same problem with Lazuli in prog, actually 
---- My Author's Blog (in French)  "You must stay drunk on writing so reality cannot destroy you" "I've lost too many years now I'm stealing back my soul I am awake"
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| Marcel Hubregtse Grumpy Old Fuck Elite Posts: 40071 |
Who cares if your favourite album doesn't win. As llong as it gets exposure. I really don't get why people get so hung up over the fact that the albums they voted for didn't win/
---- Member of the true crusade against European Flower Metal Yesterday is dead and gone, tomorrow is out of sight Dawn Crosby (r.i.p.) 05.04.1963 - 15.12.1996
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| BitterCOld The Ancient One Admin Posts: 15304  |
Written by Marcel Hubregtse on 16.02.2012 at 01:01 if an unknown, i agree. i routinely cast my vote for bands that end up in the 7-10 slot once results are published. i've cast 9 votes, of which i think two might/should win, a couple will finish middle of the pack, and most at the tail-end. i can see getting "upset" if some lame band wins because of a name over a far more deserving band thanks to a massive last minute push or something. but for the most part the results are obvious and inevitable.
---- get the fuck off my lawn. Beer Bug Virus Spotify Playlist crafted by Nikarg and I. Feel free to tune in and add some pertinent metal tunes!
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| M C Vice ex-polydactyl Posts: 3420 |
Written by Marcel Hubregtse on 16.02.2012 at 01:01 I'm only expecting one of my votes to win (chthonic). Thought Fleshgod Apocalypse might untill I saw Vader in the nominees.
---- "I'm here to nunchuck and not wear helmets. And I'm all out of helmets." "I'll fight you on one condition. That you lower your nipples." " 'Tis a lie! Thy backside is whole and ungobbled, thou ungrateful whelp!"
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| tea[m]ster Au Pays Natal Contributor Posts: 5266 |
Written by Darkside Momo on 16.02.2012 at 00:48 Almost feel hopeless, but Marcel is right: at least the exposure is there!
---- rekt
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| tea[m]ster Au Pays Natal Contributor Posts: 5266 |
Written by Marcel Hubregtse on 16.02.2012 at 01:01 OMG, a glass-half-full comment from Marcel! But I do agree with you on 85% of that comment. The other 15% of me wants to beat my chest and say "I told you so, this cd rocks!"
---- rekt
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| Cynic Metalhead Ambrish Saxena Posts: 7668 |
Well, out of 30 votes..if my 7 votes are considered to be a winner...then probably i will jump from houses to houses in a nerdy celebration that alteast i thought of something winning out of my exact votes. Not like a bitch sitting on a softy bed crying/ whining that i casted my vote in this and fuck! it doesn't come out as a winner. Totally shit.
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| M C Vice ex-polydactyl Posts: 3420 |
Written by Milena on 15.02.2012 at 12:40 But by that logic (albeit a streching of it) Northern Kings would never be eligable because they have no original songs. Spell Of Iron MMXI was a studio album of new recordings and is listed as a proper album here, so I'll assume it's elegable unless someone can find the rule that disqualifies it. I'm still not sure which to vote for, but I'm leaning towards Tarot (In Paradisia is just so purple! The cover looks like something from Prince.) And can someone remind me a day or two before voting closes to cast my doom vote. (Omit's Repose and Ixion's To The Viod). I may have to toss a coin on this one.
---- "I'm here to nunchuck and not wear helmets. And I'm all out of helmets." "I'll fight you on one condition. That you lower your nipples." " 'Tis a lie! Thy backside is whole and ungobbled, thou ungrateful whelp!"
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| Milena gloom cookie Staff Posts: 4603 |
Written by M C Vice on 16.02.2012 at 11:40 Well you're right, they probably wouldn't
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| Koen Smits Posts: 1331  |
Damn, we need more subdivisions in death metal this year. I'm in a real struggle. We 've got the doomy death releases from Sonne Adam, Cianide, Vallenfyre, Necros Christos etc... We've got the more technicals: Benighted, Origin, Fleshgod Apocalypse, Obscura etc... The old schools: Disma, Miasmal, Morbus Chron, Bastard Priest etc... The casuals: Vader, Demonical, Vomitory, Hate Eternal etc... The blackened ones: Azarath, Belphegor, Panzerchrist etc... The specials: The Rotted, Ouroboros, Ulcerate, Mitochondrion etc... I can't choose between subgenres, let alone between bands.
---- RIP: Frank Vandenbroucke (6 nov 1974 - 12 oct 2009) Written by Bad English on 05.04.2014 at 15:05 but spoil thius film is like spoil porn and say porn ends whit cum shot ...
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| M C Vice ex-polydactyl Posts: 3420 |
Does biggest letdown have to be an album? Oh, and somehow Lacuna Coil's new album has been nominated in both biggest letdown and biggest surprise.
---- "I'm here to nunchuck and not wear helmets. And I'm all out of helmets." "I'll fight you on one condition. That you lower your nipples." " 'Tis a lie! Thy backside is whole and ungobbled, thou ungrateful whelp!"
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| Marcel Hubregtse Grumpy Old Fuck Elite Posts: 40071 |
Written by M C Vice on 18.02.2012 at 08:34 Letdown doesn't have to be an album. And it is possible that f.e. gets nominated in biggest letdwon and biggest surprise. One person't letdwon might be another's surprise. And tbh surprise doesn't always have to be positive.
---- Member of the true crusade against European Flower Metal Yesterday is dead and gone, tomorrow is out of sight Dawn Crosby (r.i.p.) 05.04.1963 - 15.12.1996
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| M C Vice ex-polydactyl Posts: 3420 |
Written by Marcel Hubregtse on 18.02.2012 at 12:23 I mean Dark Adrenaline was released this year. So it shouldn't be in the 2011 awards. At least two idiots don't know that the year changed a month and a half ago. (if the letdown or suprise was it not being released last year, then I retract the idiot comment.)
---- "I'm here to nunchuck and not wear helmets. And I'm all out of helmets." "I'll fight you on one condition. That you lower your nipples." " 'Tis a lie! Thy backside is whole and ungobbled, thou ungrateful whelp!"
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| Marcel Hubregtse Grumpy Old Fuck Elite Posts: 40071 |
Written by [user id=114505] on 18.02.2012 at 16:06 So, you actually originally expected it to be good? 
---- Member of the true crusade against European Flower Metal Yesterday is dead and gone, tomorrow is out of sight Dawn Crosby (r.i.p.) 05.04.1963 - 15.12.1996
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Account deleted Written by Marcel Hubregtse on 18.02.2012 at 16:07 Before the first song came out... Yeah.
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| Cynic Metalhead Ambrish Saxena Posts: 7668 |
Written by [user id=114505] on 18.02.2012 at 16:09 You didn't knew it before the making of "Lulu"??
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| Cynic Metalhead Ambrish Saxena Posts: 7668 |
Written by [user id=114505] on 19.02.2012 at 03:22 Man, the moment i came to know that Lou is collaborating with Metallica...instantly i came to know it gonna be weak record/ crappy slow Rock record. I think when they announced the title "Lulu" only few days after their first track was on internet. Anyways, LULU can be awarded in"Record never made" crap.
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Account deleted Written by Cynic Metalhead on 19.02.2012 at 11:27 I never listened to Lou Reed before this colaboration, but I already knew him, of course. That's why I didn't expected nothing out of this world. In the final, I was wrong... 
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| Cynic Metalhead Ambrish Saxena Posts: 7668 |
Written by [user id=114505] on 19.02.2012 at 16:18 So, it should gonna go in Biggest Surprise or Letdown??
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Account deleted Written by Cynic Metalhead on 19.02.2012 at 16:37 At first I expected something at least enjoyable from Metallica... Maybe another Load or Reload. BUT I SUCKS!  So I voted Lulu for the biggest letdow. I don't have a album to put under Biggest Surprise yet... Nothing this year was a great surprise (for me).
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