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adg211288
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Topic: MMA Best of Year 2018 Voting Thread Posted: 22 Dec 2018 at 1:13am |
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MMA Best of Year 2018 Voting Thread For 2018, MMA will post a Staff Picks for albums late December/early January (when it's ready), but we are still running our public vote as normal which will be published a little way into 2019 (around February 1st). Voting officially opens on January 1st however we are releasing the rules and voting thread now to give fair warning that it is happening. If you do make your votes before January 1st, don't worry, we will still count them. Who Can Vote? Anyone with an MMA account, from new members to admins. When is the Voting Deadline? The deadline for submitting your votes is February 1st 2019. You may edit your submission at any point up until the closing date. There is a little leeway for last minute edits, dependant on what time of the day we can look at the results. The vote only ends once an MMA admin posts in this thread saying that it is closed. After that point no new votes or edits will be counted. What Can I Vote For? You may vote for any release that is tagged as 2018 on Metal Music Archives with some restrictions: Release Sub-Genre: Non-Metal and Proto-Metal tagged releases may not be voted for. The latter is likely to only have been used for any archival releases that may have come out during the year. These are not be counted among the best 2018 albums. Metal Related tagged albums are permitted however. We expect voters to use their discretion with such albums and considered whether a Metal Related tagged release really deserves to be placed on a metal website's best of year list. Release Type: Live Album, Single, Boxset/Compilation, Demo, Promo/Other and Split (unless that split can be considered a full, unique record in its own right* and is not just random tracks taken from the contributor's other releases) may not be voted for. EP's are generally okay to vote for so long as they are made up entirely of new studio material. Ask an admin to verify a particular release if in doubt. You cannot vote for something that is not in our database at all. If it should be, then please suggest the artist for inclusion as soon as possible, or if the artist is here but not the release, report the need for an update. Additionally, while recording musicians are welcome to take part, you may not vote for any release in which you took a part in recording. Making Your Votes You may vote for up to 30 releases in your submission. There is no minimum, but it is preferable that you get as close to the maximum as you can without giving points away to releases that you don't actually like very much. Please only post one submission and edit it if you change your mind. We will work through adding everyone's votes from the start of this voting thread which means that your earliest submission will be the one that is counted. We will not go back and edit the one we have already taken if we encounter a second from the same member. Please lay your submission out in the following format only - others will not be counted. Artist – Release Artist – Release And so forth, where the album you list first is your top album of the year. To be perfectly clear, this means no numbering, no Release – Artist lists, no spaces between each line (your list should be a maximum of 30 lines long, one for each album) and no commentary on your choices, at least in line (you may talk about your choices separately to your heart's content). And especially important: no reverse lists even when the rest of this is taken into account: you don't want us to count your opinion in the wrong order and give the most points to your 30th ranked album instead of your first. Additionally, please only use the standard formatting settings (you're looking at them) that the forum uses. Believe it or not, this also can make the tallying take just that bit longer. Sticking to the requested format speeds up tallying the result considerably, so please be considerate and stick to it. Admins may edit the formatting before the tally but do not count on it! How Will the Submissions be Scored? We will be using a score range of 1 to 100 points, rewarding higher placed albums on submitted lists with more points. The exact breakdown from 1st place to 30th is as follows: Place - Points 1 – 100 2 – 85 3 – 70 4 – 60 5 – 55 6 – 50 7 – 47 8 – 44 9 – 41 10 – 38 11 – 35 12 – 32 13 – 29 14 – 26 15 – 23 16 – 20 17 – 18 18 – 16 19 – 14 20 – 12 21 – 10 22 – 9 23 – 8 24 – 7 25 – 6 26 – 5 27 – 4 28 – 3 29 – 2 30 - 1 How Can I Help Promote This Vote? The best way that you can help out is just spread that it is happening via word of mouth. If you know others who like metal, both online and off, invite them to take part. This is a public vote, so we don't require those who take part to be MMA veterans. * An examples of a split from a previous year that would count as acceptable is Spectral Lore/Mare Cognitum - Sol.
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UMUR
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Terrorizer - Caustic Attack
Corrosion of Conformity - No Cross No Crown
The Grotesquery - The Lupine Anathema Pestilence - Hadeon Alphakill - Degrees of Manipulation |
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adg211288
Forum Admin Group Black Metal, Prog/AG Teams Joined: 05 Nov 2010 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 22280 |
Posted: 22 Dec 2018 at 1:42am | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Mine will need heavy editing before the due date as I haven't listened to as many new albums in 2018 and some I've streamed not enough to really ranked them. Just going to add the definite ones for now.
Lovebites - Clockwork Immortality Nachtlieder - Lynx MaYaN - Dhyana Augury - Illusive Golden Age Lovebites - Battle Against Damnation Esoctrilihum - Pandaemorthium (Forbidden Formulas to Awaken the Blind Sovereigns of Nothingness) Esoctrilihum - Inhüma Metal Church - Damned If You Do Sacral Rage - Beyond Celestial Echoes Progenie Terrestre Pura - starCross Dire Peril - The Extraterrestrial Compendium Аркона - Храм (Arkona - Khram) Uada - Cult of a Dying Sun Panopticon - The Scars of Man on the Once Nameless Wilderness Part 1* Lascaille's Shroud - The Tiger's Daughter Burning Witches - Hexenhammer Haken - Vector Pure Wrath - Sempiternal Wisdom The Vintage Caravan - Gateways Cruachan - Nine Years of Blood Grave Digger - The Living Dead Beyond Creation - Algorythm Yhdarl - Loss Obscura - Diluvium Orion's Reign - Scores of War Selvans - Faunalia Nervosa - Downfall of Mankind Immortal - Northern Chaos Gods Evoken - Hypnagogia Judas Priest - Firepower Currently Dropped Out of Top 30: Rebellion - A Tragedy in Steel Part II: Shakespeare's King Lear Contenders for Top 30: Entropia - Vacuum Anachronism - Orogeny Judicator - The Last Emperor Slugdge - Esoteric Malacology Mesarthim - The Density Parameter Riot V - Armor of Light Primordial - Exile Amongst the Ruins Sleep - The Sciences Drunemeton - Disciples of the Old Faith Paara - Riitti Yob - Our Raw Heart Seventh Wonder - Tiara Æthĕrĭa Conscĭentĭa - Tales From Hydhradh Sylvaine - Atoms Aligned, Coming Undone Sojourner - The Shadowed Road Hegemone - We Disappear Alice in Chains - Rainier Fog Visigoth - Conqueror's Oath Rivers of Nihil - Where Owls Know My Name Djinn and Miskatonic - Even Gods Must Die Circle of Silence - The Crimson Throne Kayleth - Colossus Drudkh - Їм часто сниться капіж (They Often See Dreams About the Spring) * Just an FYI here, we list this as two albums on MMA since that is how their primary physical versions are sold, but the artist considers it one work and under our voting rules, Part II isn't actually eligible, so votes for just part 1 or the whole will will be counted together. Votes for Part II alone will not be counted.
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DippoMagoo
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^One tricky one, that would effect me directly: Between the Buried and Me did a two part release this year: One full length and one EP. I actually would have the EP ranked slightly higher, so should I just do one entry based on my rankings for that one, or is it fine to put both on the list? Lovebites are in a similar spot, but those are two completely separate releases, so I feel better about including both of theirs.
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adg211288
Forum Admin Group Black Metal, Prog/AG Teams Joined: 05 Nov 2010 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 22280 |
Posted: 23 Dec 2018 at 9:08am | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
It's fine to list EP's, especially if they're full of studio material unique to them. I did consider not putting them in mine but have now put the Lovebites one in.
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DippoMagoo
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Posted: 23 Dec 2018 at 9:20am | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
I actually just realized, only the EP would make my list, anyway, so it's not the issue I thought it was. Anyway, I'll start my list up on my next post, so there's no distractions from it. The only thing I can possibly see changing, is the new Eternity's End could squeak in (then again, it's only releasing in Japan this year, so I'm not even sure if it would count anyway. It's so confusing when the same album gets released in two different years.)
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DippoMagoo
MMA Special Collaborator Power & Neo, Goth & Symph, Prog/AG Teams Joined: 31 Aug 2014 Location: Canada Status: Offline Points: 3085 |
Posted: 23 Dec 2018 at 9:33am | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Seventh Wonder - Tiara
Lovebites - Clockwork Immortality Powerwolf - The Sacrament of Sin Temperance - of Jupiter and Moons Sirenia - Arcane Astral Aeons Dire Peril - The Extraterrestrial Compendium MaYan - Dhyana Orion's Reign - Scores of War Solborn - Dark Lights of Delirium Derdian - DNA Heavatar - Opus II: The Annihilation Lovebites - Battle Against Damnation Threads of Fate - A Funeral for the Virtuous Euphoreon - Ends of the Earth Lèpoka - Bibere Vivere Dynazty - Firesign Visions of Atlantis - The Deep & The Dark Mob Rules - Beast Reborn Grave Digger - The Living Dead Dragony - Masters of the Multiverse Frozen Crown - The Fallen King Cryonic Temple - Deliverance Dalriada - Nyárutó Redemption - Long Night's Journey Into Day Guardians of Time - Tearing Up the World Tales of Evening - A fény nyomában Pertness - Metamorphosis Between the Buried and Me - Automata II Michael Romeo - War of the Worlds // Pt. 1 Judicator - The Last Emperor Three of the bands I voted for aren't on the site yet. This is more a reminder to myself that I have to add them to the site before voting ends, so they can make it in. Admin reason for edit: spaces removed.
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adg211288
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Posted: 24 Dec 2018 at 2:10am | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
This is always tricky, but it will remain 2018 tagged here on account of the Japanese release being the first on a label that hasn't licensed the release from another label: according to their Facebook, they don't actually have a label in the US or Europe that has agreed to release the album yet. In other year's this has happened, such as with the first Vandroya if I recall correctly, the earlier Japanese release was licensed from another, primary, label. I'm just hoping that they A) digitally release it worldwide and B) it's made available for streaming worldwide. Otherwise it could get really shafted in this best of year vote.
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Psydye
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Posted: 24 Dec 2018 at 7:34am | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
UPDATED... Striker - Play to Win Immortal - Northern Chaos GodsLovebites - Clockwork Immortality Visigoth - Conqueror's Oath Metal Church - Damned If You Do Sleep - The Sciences A Sound of Thunder - It Was Metal Tribulation - Down Below Behemoth - I Loved You at Your Darkest Satan - Cruel Magic Fu Manchu - Clone of the Universe Clutch - Book of Bad Decisions Alien Weapnry - Tu Revocation - The Outer Ones Artizan - Demon Rider Grave Digger - The Living Dead Skeletal Remains - Devouring Mortality Orion's Reign - Scores of War Judas Priest - Firepower Dynazty - Firesign At the Gates - To Drink From the Night Itself Nervosa - Downfall of Mankind Gruesome - Twisted Prayers Powerwolf - The Sacramanet of Sin Gama Bomb - Speed Between the Lines Edited by Psydye - 27 Dec 2018 at 12:37pm |
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siLLy puPPy
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Both releases by Between The Buried And Me are technically considered full albums even if they are normally EP length for them. At least that's the only way i've seen it catalogued on multiple sites.
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adg211288
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Just a clarification, the way I've laid my list out is just my way of quickly counting the 30 maximum without numbering and shouldn't be taken as how final lists should be laid out.
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rushfan4
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Nightfly
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For now....
Tribulation - Down Below Hamferð - Tamsin Likam Judas Priest - Firepower Revocation - The Outer Ones Unleashed - The Hunt For White Christ Jungle Rot - Jungle Rot Sulphur Aeon - The Scythe Of Cosmic Chaos Black Moth - Anatomical Venus The Skull - The Endless Road Turns Dark Barren Earth - A Complex Of Cages Haken - Vector Terrorizer - Caustic Attack Taphos - Come Ethereal Somberness Cryptopsy - The Book Of Suffering Tome II Necrophobic - Mark Of The Necrogram Satan - Cruel Magic Sinistro - Sangue Cassia Behemoth - I Loved You At Your Darkest De Profundis - The Blinding Light Of Faith At The Gates - To Drink From The Night Itself Pig Destroyer - Head Cage Artillery - The Face Of Fear Metal Church - Damned If You Do Sinsaenum - Repulsion For Humanity Augury - Illusive Golden Age Watain - Trident Wolf Eclipse Saxon - Thunderbolt Burning Witches - Hexenhammer Pestilence - Hadeon Rolo Tomassi - Time Will Die And Love Will Bury It Maybe's.... King Witch, Agrimonia, Skeletal Remains, Immortal, Uada, Krisiun, Voivod Edited by Nightfly - 31 Jan 2019 at 1:26pm |
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Bartje1979
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Omnium Gatherum - The Burning Cold Amorphis - Queen Of Time Marduk - Viktoria Michael Romeo - War Of The Worlds // Pt. 1 Summoning - With Doom We Come Tribulation - Down Below Uada - Cult Of A Dying Sun Riverside - Waste7and Haken - Vektor Immortal - Northern Chaos Gods Krisiun - Scourge Of The Enthroned Judas Priest - Firepower Redemption - Long Night's Journey Into Day Memoriam - The Silent Vigil Gruesome - Twisted Prayers Aborted - Terrorvision Obscura - Diluvium Edited by Bartje1979 - 05 Jan 2019 at 12:41pm |
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siLLy puPPy
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This might change a bit but seems close to my final vote: Portal - Ion Orion's Reign - Scores Of War
Judas Priest - Fire Power The Ocean Collective - Phanerozoic I Oh. - Metallia Immortal - Northern Chaos Gods Behemoth - I Loved You At Your Darkest Between The Buried And Me - Automata I Between The Buried And Me - Automata II Sleep - The Sciences Imperial Triumphant - Vile Luxury Chaos Echoes - Mouvement Amorphis - Queen Of Time Obscura - Diluvium Convulsing - Grievance Evoken - Hynogogia Lepoka - Bibere Vivere Summoning - With Doom We Come Beyond Creation - Algorythm Rivers Of Nihil - Where Owls Know My Name Modern Man - Modern Man Аркона - храm Esoctrilihum - Inhuma Archgoat - The Luciferian Crown Satan - Cruel Magic Lychgate - The Contagion In Nine Steps Seventh Wonder - Tiara Dimmu Borgir - Eonian Orphaned Land - Unsung Prophets & Dead Messiahs Edited by siLLy puPPy - 12 Jan 2019 at 8:17am |
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666sharon666
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Posted: 03 Jan 2019 at 8:15am | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Will be edited probably a few times but as a start:
Lovebites - Clockwork Immortality Judas Priest - Firepower Augury - Illusive Golden Age Esoctrilihum - Inhüma Esoctrilihum - Pandaemorthium Nachtlieder - Lynx Haken - Vector Judicator - The Last Emperor Lascaille's Shroud - The Tiger's Daughter Seventh Wonder - Tiara Uada - Cult of a Dying Sun Beyond Creation - Algorythm Panopticon - The Scars of Man on the Once Nameless Wilderness Part 1 Entropia - Vacuum Pure Wrath - Sempiternal Wisdom Obscura - Diluvium Immortal - Northern Chaos Gods Riot V - Armor of Light Primordial - Exile Amongst the Ruins Orion's Reign - Scores of War Xenoblight - Procreation Amorphis - Queen of Time Visigoth - Conqueror's Oath Аркона - храm Deafheaven - Ordinary Corrupt Human Love Satan - Cruel Magic In Vain - Currents Sojourner - The Shadowed Road Kayleth - Colossus Drudkh - Їм часто сниться капіж (They Often See Dreams About the Spring)
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LittleBig
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Posted: 12 Jan 2019 at 3:48pm | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
a few more albums left to listen and I'll be back with a list
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Yog Sothoth
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Sinistro - Sangue Cássia Tomb Mold – Manor of Infinite Forms Mary's Blood - Revenant Lovebites – Clockwork Immortality Obscura – Diluvium Slugdge - Esoteric Malacology Voivod - The Wake Horrendous - Idol Sigh - Heir to Despair Madder Mortem – Marrow Beyond Creation – Algorythm Aborted – Terrorvision Cross Vein - Gate of Fantasia Unleashed - The Hunt for White Christ Portal – ION Octaviagrace - New Eclosion Riverside - Wasteland Chapel of Disease - …and as We Have Seen the Storm... Hooded Menace – Ossuarium Silhouettes Unhallowed Tribulation – Down Below Monstrosity - The Passage of Existence Dream Ocean - Lost Love Symphony Immortal - Northern Chaos Gods Admin reason for edit: notes removed (all updates have been made, thanks for reporting them). Whoa...awesome that you added them!
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LittleBig
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Posted: 17 Jan 2019 at 6:59am | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Riverside - Wasteland In the Woods... - Cease the Day Subsignal - La Muerta Sisare - Leaving the Land Haken - Vector Skyharbor - Sunshine Dust Freak Kitchen - Confusion To The Enemy Kingcrow - The Persistence Kontinuum - No Need to Reason Redemption - Long Night's Journey into Day Heir Apparent - The View from Below Voivod - The Wake Lucifer - Lucifer II Haunt - Burst into Flame Widek - Dream Reflection Seventh Wonder - Tiarra Uriah Heep – Living The Dream Metal Church - Damned If You Do Barren Earth - A Complex of Cages Judas Priest - Firepower Ghost Ship Octavius - Delirium Ty Tabor - Alien Beans Circles - The Last One Tesseract - Sonder Modern Day Babylon - Coma Warrel Dane - Shadow Work Skull Fist - Way of the Road Mob Rules - Beast Reborn Icarus Witch- Goodbye Cruel World Edited by LittleBig - 01 Feb 2019 at 2:24am |
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666sharon666
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Thanks for flagging these. Someone will make sure the additions/updates are made ASAP.
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