MS Awards 2015 - Staff Picks!!
| Written by: | D.T. Metal |
| Published: | March 14, 2016 |
Every year, the Metal Storm Team puts together the Awards to allow you, our beloved users, to choose the absolute best albums of the previous year. And every year, you people screw it up so badly that we subsequently share with you our divine wisdom. Of course, even we happy few are not without our drama and shake-ups.
Though Melechesh, Deathhammer, and Chaos Ech?s comfortably eclipsed their fellows like an Eclipse-class Star Destroyer, Post and Sludge/Stoner saw support for nearly every nominee.
Marriages thoroughly obliterated their "competition," crushing the other nominees like a Haor Chall seismic tank in a surprisingly brutal takeover for such a non-brutal album. We spent less time deciding that one than George Lucas did writing dialogue for the prequel trilogy.
Symphonic, Folk, and Black alike fell into disarray; like the Imperial warlords during the Thrawn crisis, the other nominees were so divided amongst themselves (six, six, and seven albums, respectively, each receiving a single vote) that none could stand against the ultimate victors.
Meanwhile, we pitted Sigh and Dødheimsgard against each other viciously in Avant-garde, an interminably escalating conflict that made the Jedi Civil War look like a minor turf dispute in Taris's Lower City. Both sides made threats, promised vengeance, insulted each other's honor, agreed to a duel, showed up, chickened out, got ice cream, went home, posted nasty comments, got bored, fell asleep, and then woke up to find that somehow somebody had resolved the tie.
Iron Maiden and Magister Templi nearly faced the same fate in Heavy/Melodic, but cooler minds prevailed and brought imbalance to the votes.
After all that, the final chapter in the Metal Storm Awards 2015 has come to an end, and here are the 2015 picks from your MS Staff, Elites and Official Contributors. We hope you have enjoyed the journey. Me juuz ku, wermo.
2015 Metal Storm Staff Picks
 | Alternative Metal Marriages - Salome |  | Ambient / Drone Metal Echoes Of Yul - The Healing |
 | Avantgarde / Experimental Metal Sigh - Graveward |  | Black Metal A Forest Of Stars - Beware The Sword You Cannot See |
 | Death Metal Chaos Ech?s - Transient |  | Djent / Math Metal SikTh - Opacities [EP] |
 | Doom Metal Shape Of Despair - Monotony Fields |  | Extreme Doom Metal Ahab - The Boats Of The Glen Carrig |
 | Extreme Progressive Metal Enslaved - In Times |  | Folk / Pagan / Viking Metal Negură Bunget - Tău |
 | Gothic Metal Enshine - Singularity |  | Grindcore Cloud Rat - Qliphoth |
 | Hard Rock Clutch - Psychic Warfare |  | Hardcore / Metalcore / Deathcore Anopheli - The Ache Of Want |
 | Heavy / Melodic Metal Magister Templi - Into Duat |  | Industrial / Cyber / Electronic Metal Killing Joke - Pylon |
 | Melodeath / Extreme Power / Gothenburg Metal Sunless Rise - Unrevealed |  | Melodic Black Metal Melechesh - Enki |
 | Metalgaze Sannhet - Revisionist |  | Post-Metal Izah - Sistere |
 | Power Metal Gloryhammer - Space 1992: Rise Of The Chaos Wizards |  | Progressive Metal Leprous - The Congregation |
 | Sludge / Stoner Metal Regarde Les Hommes Tomber - Exile |  | Symphonic Metal Leah - Kings & Queens |
 | Thrash Metal Deathhammer - Evil Power |  | Clandestine Cut Of The Year Exgenesis - Aphotic Veil |
| Debut Chaos Ech?s - Transient |
So, and now that this year's Metal Storm Awards are a wrap, we hope that despite your displeasure that your favorite band was not nominated, you still were able to discovered some new tunes. Since this is what it's all about. Now, lets get back to the year 2016.
The Metal Storm Awards Team
 | Written on 14.03.2016 by Former boss lady. Now just a professional concertgoer... dangerously armed with a camera! |
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| ScreamingSteelUS Editor-in-Chief Admin Posts: 5923  |
I picked 8/27 here; much better than my 5/27 in the regular Awards. At least Sigh finally got some of the recognition they deserve for crafting what is obviously, objectively, definitively the album of the year.
---- "Earth is small and I hate it" - Lum Invader I'm the Agent of Steel.
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| Lou Rambler Posts: 53 |
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| corrupt With a lowercase c Admin Posts: 3537  |
Written by Lou Rambler on 15.03.2016 at 00:16 Check Dødheimsgard as well. It's the avant-garde staff pick winner of hearts. Not their fault that exactly one too many members of this staff are tone-deaf zombies falling for ScreamingStellUS's cheap propaganda 
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| ScreamingSteelUS Editor-in-Chief Admin Posts: 5923 |
Written by corrupt on 15.03.2016 at 01:05 Don't do it, Lou. It's a trap. Corrupt has gone rogue. 
---- "Earth is small and I hate it" - Lum Invader I'm the Agent of Steel.
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| corrupt With a lowercase c Admin Posts: 3537 |
Written by ScreamingSteelUS on 15.03.2016 at 01:42 I'm saying this in a fully official capacity with all proper authority: this vote was doctored. I wouldn't be surprised if an investigation revealed suspicious sums transferred from ScreamingSteelUS's bank account to several numbered ones in Switzerland, one in Paraguay and a few in the USA 
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| Lou Rambler Posts: 53 |
Written by ScreamingSteelUS on 15.03.2016 at 01:42 In fact i voted for Dødheimsgard. Thanks both for the good advice, anyway... Don't let the "divine" blood reaches the river... 
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| Auntie Sahar Drone Empress Posts: 5989  |
Marriages was probably the discovery of this year's MSA for me. Very nice band with totally dreamy undercurrents that speaks strongly to my love of Jefferson Airplane. Truly a great album in Salome
---- 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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| Paz 777 Elite Posts: 4006  |
I'm glad that Echoes Of Yul, Cloud Rat, and Magister Templi were able to win 
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| BloodTears ANA-thema Elite Posts: 11835  |
Corrupt is nothing if not persistent lol Very happy with the choices in general. Native Construct deserved best debut though 
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| corrupt With a lowercase c Admin Posts: 3537 |
Written by BloodTears on 15.03.2016 at 12:25 As So Hideous do melodic black. Hell of an album.
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| Marcel Hubregtse Grumpy Old Fuck Elite Posts: 40071  |
Written by BloodTears on 15.03.2016 at 12:25 No they didn't. Chaos Echoes deserved that one and Dodheimsgard deserved avantgarde, but they missed out due to some shameless plugging of some Japanese band
---- 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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| X-Ray Rod Skandino Staff Posts: 18374  |
Written by corrupt on 15.03.2016 at 15:45 Oh man I voted for that album as well. Insane one, indeed. I went from 1/27 votes on the regular awards to 10/27 here. Hehehehe. I like you guys.
---- Written by BloodTears on 19.08.2011 at 18:29 Written by Milena on 20.06.2012 at 10:49
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| Darkside Momo Retired Elite Posts: 9089  |
Written by corrupt on 15.03.2016 at 01:53 So I voted Sigh for naught? SSUS, gimme my money naow!
---- 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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| corrupt With a lowercase c Admin Posts: 3537 |
Written by Darkside Momo on 15.03.2016 at 18:21 It's on your numbered account in Switzerland.
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| BitterCOld The Ancient One Admin Posts: 15287  |
I voted for Sigh because i couldn't decide what i hated worse... the vocals in DHG or the nonstop stumping for them.
---- 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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| Darkside Momo Retired Elite Posts: 9089 |
Written by corrupt on 15.03.2016 at 18:42 Ah, thanks. Much appreciated
---- 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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| Bad English Tage Westerlund Posts: 62016  |
Only 3 here from all
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| Diverge Posts: 1334 |
Written by BloodTears on 15.03.2016 at 12:25 +1
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| BloodTears ANA-thema Elite Posts: 11835 |
Written by Diverge on 16.03.2016 at 04:35 Finally someone who agrees with me! The Chaos Ech?s album was great and I loved it but Native Construct deserved some love for that excellent album.
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| Marcel Hubregtse Grumpy Old Fuck Elite Posts: 40071 |
Written by BloodTears on 16.03.2016 at 12:14 It was a good album, but just not as good as Chaos Echoes' debut.
---- 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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| LuciferOfGayness Account deleted |
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You actually managed to pick a truly mediocre post-rock album instead of New Bermuda. 
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| Marcel Hubregtse Grumpy Old Fuck Elite Posts: 40071 |
Written by [user id=157444] on 16.03.2016 at 15:50 Sannhet is vastly superior to the mediocre drivel that Deafheaven released.
---- 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 16.03.2016 at 16:04 I am just stating what was obvious to the users. Staff needs to gain ground in post-rock department. 
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| X-Ray Rod Skandino Staff Posts: 18374 |
Written by [user id=157444] on 16.03.2016 at 16:09 If "gaining ground" means "agreeing with the hype". Yeah... I'm staying as far away from that ground as possible. More than a couple of users (Teamster and I, for example) listen to plenty of post-rock outside the metal boundaries. We just didn't consider Deafheaven to be that great.
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Account deleted Written by X-Ray Rod on 16.03.2016 at 17:27 And Sannhet was? Sometimes: Hype>Kvlt.
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| Zap Posts: 3579  |
I get why people like Deafheaven, but I've never gotten why so many people like Deafheaven.
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Account deleted Written by [user id=4365] on 16.03.2016 at 19:38 Im crying about you  and about Sannhet. Sannhet would probably be good in the early 90s, its been done so much before and much better. Horrible pick when you had better alternatives.
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Account deleted Written by [user id=157444] on 16.03.2016 at 19:53 Quite a thing to say considering Deafheaven are the McDonald's of their respective genre and who have no discernibly unique qualities. Sannhet stand out far more in terms of originality and distinctiveness, albeit more so on their previous record.
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