Awards Voting Now Closed
So this, the 10th Annual Metal Storm Awards, have come to pass.
The awards have continued to grow, with numerous categories surpassing 1000 votes cast, despite a lack of big name clout. For point of comparison, Therion was the biggest vote getter in our first ever awards, racking up 191 for Lemuria. In 2014 they barely would have cracked the Top 25. And that is only if Kvelertak doesn't score two more votes as I type this during the waning hours of the month. That is some growth.
While in general this lack of big names in many genres lead to some closer contests, as with each of the prior 9 editions, we also had the typical big name beat downs. Carcass racked up nearly 600 votes, nearly half cast in the Death Metal field. TesseracT also pulled nearly half the votes in Djent, thumping their competitors. Ever popular Amorphis exorcised Ghost B.C. by over 200 votes, and garnering a third of the vote in a busy Heavy/Melodic metal.
Conversely Orphaned Land won a relatively tight 20 vote victory over Finntroll in a strong Folk / Pagan / Viking cast, and Amaranthe for eeking out a "count the difference on your fingers" victory over Shining in Industrial/Cyber Metal. Congrats and hails to Gloryhammer for winning Best Debut.
Best Clandestine Cut was the newest, bestest, tightest race ever. How tight? Try a tie. Our first tie ever. Deception was winning by a paltry two votes over Pin-Up Went Down as I wrote this up with about an hour before voting closed and went down to the wire as a tie with 20 minutes to go. This has left me furiously typing and updating this piece so it's accurate. Maybe we can find the brick who voted for My Dying Bride to break the tie?
Earlier this year your humble narrator didn't have great things to say about the latest Megadeth? Looks like the Metal Storm masses found it equally limp, Burn!ing it with Biggest Letdown, with more than double the write-ins of second place "winner" Turisas.
And much to my surprise,Carcass Black Sabbath took Biggest Surprise for making an album that wasn't even remotely surprising. Not sure what y'all were expecting from them? Grind Zydeco? Death Doom Himalayan Throat Singing?
Check out all our winners here.
So 10 up, 10 down. Congratulations to our winners. But more importantly, congratulations to those fans who found new bands, and those bands who found new fans.
The awards have continued to grow, with numerous categories surpassing 1000 votes cast, despite a lack of big name clout. For point of comparison, Therion was the biggest vote getter in our first ever awards, racking up 191 for Lemuria. In 2014 they barely would have cracked the Top 25. And that is only if Kvelertak doesn't score two more votes as I type this during the waning hours of the month. That is some growth.
While in general this lack of big names in many genres lead to some closer contests, as with each of the prior 9 editions, we also had the typical big name beat downs. Carcass racked up nearly 600 votes, nearly half cast in the Death Metal field. TesseracT also pulled nearly half the votes in Djent, thumping their competitors. Ever popular Amorphis exorcised Ghost B.C. by over 200 votes, and garnering a third of the vote in a busy Heavy/Melodic metal.
Conversely Orphaned Land won a relatively tight 20 vote victory over Finntroll in a strong Folk / Pagan / Viking cast, and Amaranthe for eeking out a "count the difference on your fingers" victory over Shining in Industrial/Cyber Metal. Congrats and hails to Gloryhammer for winning Best Debut.
Best Clandestine Cut was the newest, bestest, tightest race ever. How tight? Try a tie. Our first tie ever. Deception was winning by a paltry two votes over Pin-Up Went Down as I wrote this up with about an hour before voting closed and went down to the wire as a tie with 20 minutes to go. This has left me furiously typing and updating this piece so it's accurate. Maybe we can find the brick who voted for My Dying Bride to break the tie?
Earlier this year your humble narrator didn't have great things to say about the latest Megadeth? Looks like the Metal Storm masses found it equally limp, Burn!ing it with Biggest Letdown, with more than double the write-ins of second place "winner" Turisas.
And much to my surprise,
Check out all our winners here.
So 10 up, 10 down. Congratulations to our winners. But more importantly, congratulations to those fans who found new bands, and those bands who found new fans.
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| Darth Revan Posts: 147 |
Written by Lethrokai on 02.03.2014 at 03:31 ADDITIONAL SPOILERS: Sonata Arctica are going to win most disappointing album for 2014. Because apparently this album is SUPPOSED to be a return to the style of their first albums, except it features slower songs and overly simplistic songwriting. I'm not gonna vote for it though personally, I didn't expect much to begin with after the last three disappointments... Also, we're all forgetting one very important winner. The ass on the logo. Never before has an ass been so dramatic (By which I mean it got 5th place in the drama category).
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| Auntie Sahar Drone Empress Posts: 5989  |
Written by Schnabeltier 24 on 02.03.2014 at 01:13 It may win out whatever it's nominated in, but it's not going to be in black metal. Not gonna let such bullshit transpire 
---- I am the Magician and the Exorcist. I am the axle of the wheel, and the cube in the circle. “Come unto me” is a foolish word: for it is I that go. ~ II. VII
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| psykometal A staff guy... Elite Posts: 6101  |
Written by Auntie Sahar on 02.03.2014 at 04:54 That's part of the joke. And don't worry, I think it's safe to assume that there is no way in hell The Satanist makes it into the final 10 of any of the genre cats. 
---- ~Zep, Database and Forum Moderation~ 
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| Monolithic ♠♠♠ Posts: 669  |
Written by psykometal on 02.03.2014 at 05:19 It'll have its place in the write-in votes next year as well. Mark my words. 
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| M C Vice ex-polydactyl Posts: 3407  |
Written by Alex F on 01.03.2014 at 16:50 Me too!
---- "Another day, another Doug." "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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| M C Vice ex-polydactyl Posts: 3407 |
Written by Hex_Omega on 01.03.2014 at 12:52 Would that be the lowest rated winner in the award's history?
---- "Another day, another Doug." "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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| IronAngel Posts: 4880  |
I got one right, and it's the one I cared least about (Enshine). I went for Kayo Dot, Lychgate, Tribulation, Procession, Ataraxie, Mael Mórdha, Enshine, Atlantean Kodex, In Vain, Deafheaven (though in retrospect, I might pick Caladan Brood), Obscure Sphinx and Subrosa.
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| Dinruth Posts: 438 |
Written by psykometal on 01.03.2014 at 23:26 good for you 
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| Hex_Omega Gem Seeker Posts: 1178 |
Written by M C Vice on 02.03.2014 at 09:10 Yes 
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| psykometal A staff guy... Elite Posts: 6101 |
Written by Monolithic on 02.03.2014 at 08:10 Very true. But it's not win any categories.
---- ~Zep, Database and Forum Moderation~
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| Ellrohir Heaven Knight Posts: 8669  |
Amaranthe and Summoning were the only one I "guessed"
---- My rest seems now calm and deep Finally I got my dead man sleep 
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| AnGina-- Dark Phoenix Posts: 3555  |
Fanboys bitchin' again, I see. To me MS awards is just an amusement. 2 albums I have voted for actually won, and I voted for 1 because I'm a fan of the band which album got nominated. It's not particularly fair, but then again, this is what the contest is really about. I really don't give a sh#% who won and who didn't, because the albums I love the most are going to stay my faves. The only thing I saw as a minus was merging some genres together in the nominations categories and that actually some pretty cool stuff didn't even make it to the phase of being nominated. Also, I think everything the categories such as ''best dvd'' bla bla... are boring and meaningless. Older awards were much more fun Yippykayayay motha$#"#%! 
---- You think darkness is your ally? You merely adopted the dark. I was born in it. Molded by it. I didn't see the light until I was a man. But it was nothing to me but blinding.
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| X-Ray Rod Skandino Staff Posts: 18374  |
Written by AnGina-- on 02.03.2014 at 20:32 Hence they are just write-in nominations. Neither the staff/elite cares about it too much. 
---- Written by BloodTears on 19.08.2011 at 18:29 Written by Milena on 20.06.2012 at 10:49
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| AnGina-- Dark Phoenix Posts: 3555 |
Written by X-Ray Rod on 02.03.2014 at 20:40 That makes sesne nao  Also forgot to mention before, a big plus comes out of these awards - I usually check out some of the nominated albums, that didn't bother with before. And as had been said before, the ''real award'' is just that, some bands/albums get more recognition and new fans.
---- You think darkness is your ally? You merely adopted the dark. I was born in it. Molded by it. I didn't see the light until I was a man. But it was nothing to me but blinding.
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| erat Posts: 59  |
The Biggest Letdown is "Ashes of Ares" for me. Matt Barlow..
---- Sick liaisons raised this monumental mark, The sun sets forever over Blackwater Park!
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| theembryo Posts: 161  |
I just want to thanks MS for a fucking great site and all....... Have turned a lot of folks on to it who got ahold of a lot of kick-ass music they say they otherwise wouldn't have. Something else, but it got lost in my dementia place.......need to put on Avatarium again......
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| Karlabos Posts: 5736  |
Yeah, some people are too much concerned about the awards end, when it's the awards event itself which deserves it. Some people even delete their profile and stuff... 
---- "Aah! The cat turned into a cat!" - Reimu Hakurei
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Account deleted Written by Karlabos on 03.03.2014 at 01:16 I personally look forward to the awards as people often throw their toys out the pram. This year was disappointing in that respect as no one really did.
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| Karlabos Posts: 5736 |
Written by [user id=4365] on 03.03.2014 at 01:20 Well, it seems Neroese deleted his profile. Even warned it on the shoutbox that he would...
---- "Aah! The cat turned into a cat!" - Reimu Hakurei
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| Karlabos Posts: 5736 |
Written by deadone on 03.03.2014 at 01:59 I think it's relative... It could also be that such reaction is serious for us, which are relatively assiduous members. But not such a serious matter for those who commit MSuicide, if they were here like once per week or less and didn't care very much...
---- "Aah! The cat turned into a cat!" - Reimu Hakurei
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The 47 that voted Bölzer - Aura know in their hearts what was good last year
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Account deleted Written by [user id=20536] on 03.03.2014 at 02:41 Pretty amazing amount of votes for a little EP from a band that no one had heard of in 2012. That shows true quality shining through.
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| Marcel Hubregtse Grumpy Old Fuck Elite Posts: 40071  |
Written by [user id=4365] on 03.03.2014 at 01:20 Mmm well Apothecary did
---- 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 03.03.2014 at 05:28 Haha, yes he did a bit. Was't expecting the biggest emotional reaction to come from one of the staff. Ah, to be young again....
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| Reverend X Posts: 60  |
Blessed be to all winners. Celebrate the day you receive the Metal Gospel of Metalstorm. May you continue to produce more riffs that we still haven't heard.
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| Cynic Metalhead Ambrish Saxena Posts: 7557  |
Written by deadone on 03.03.2014 at 01:59 Was any choice left? I think the thrash cat was very clear in sense of winner. Everyone was expecting DA's new album to be top of it. Well, if even you look to other records, they pretty much sucked from their predecessors(except Soulfly's Savages which was comparatively "decent"). We all know that how Thrash pathetically drilled in 13 and checking out new Death Angel album was somewhat pleasing to our ears.
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| mz Posts: 4824  |
Written by deadone on 03.03.2014 at 03:06 The heavy discussion on gorguts/ulcerate stems from not only their quality, but also from the fact that these bands are responsible for some of the most innovative DM records ever. These bands are still not so popular, but they (will) have great impact on death metal scene. I've seen many reviews about new ulcerate saying how much this record will contribute to the incarnation of new modern metal.
---- Giving my ears a rest from music.
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