IRISH METAL POLL AWARDS 2017
Welcome to what we hope to be, the first annual Irish Metal Poll Awards!
First and foremost sincere thanks to you and everyone else who voted for your favourites in the following eleven categories for 2017 which were:
IRISH BAND OF THE YEAR
IRISH ALBUM OF THE YEAR
IRISH E.P. OF THE YEAR
BEST NEW IRISH BAND
IRISH SINGLE OF THE YEAR
BEST ALBUM ARTWORK
BEST PROMOTER OF THE YEAR
BEST IRISH MEDIA SITE OF THE YEAR
BEST FESTIVAL EVENT OF THE YEAR
BEST RADIO SHOW OF THE YEAR
VENUE OF THE YEAR
The idea was first tried out in 2014 but not since, so we decided to try it again this year, see how it went down and take it from there.
The feedback to the poll was pretty overwhelming with an final count of 1,850 individual responses. So to add a little more weight and recognition there are prizes, in the form of framed certificates designed by 'Seven8ths Creations', issued to each of the winners in the main categories:
IRISH BAND OF THE YEAR
IRISH ALBUM OF THE YEAR
IRISH E.P. OF THE YEAR
BEST NEW IRISH BAND
IRISH SINGLE OF THE YEAR
BEST ALBUM ARTWORK
(If you are reading this and have won in your category, but you are not listed above and would like to receive a prize certificate, please simply email: metalradioireland@gmail.com)
I think you'll agree that 2017 was a particularly strong year for Irish Metal, as the winners and runner ups wholly demonstrate, with some fantastic original releases by incredibly talented bands both upcoming and established.
So without any further ado, here are the results for 2017.
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IRISH BAND OF THE YEAR:
1st -The Crawling
(Photograph by Kerri Clarke of Exposing Shadows Photography)
2nd - Ten Ton Slug
3rd - The Vicious Head Society
4th - Baleful Ceeed
5th - Na Cruithne
6th - Conjuring Fate
7th - Marabou
8th - Jenova
9th - Archáos
10th - Rabid Bitch Of The North
11th - Ketos
12th - Coroza
13th - Sectile
14th - God Alone
15th (tied) - Words That Burn / Animator
(Created by Seven8ths Creations)
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IRISH ALBUM OF THE YEAR:
1st -The Crawling - Anatomy Of Loss
2nd - Na Cruithne - Gairm An Fhiántais
3rd -The Vicious Head Society - Abject Tomorrow
4th - Baleful Creed - Seismic Shifter
5th - Between The Lines - Between The Lines
6th (tied) -zhOra - Ethos Pathos Logos / Conjuring Fate - Valley Of Shadows
7th - Rabid Bitch Of The North - Nothing But a Bitter Taste
8th -Xero - Beyond The Glass
9th (tied) - Overoth - The Forgotten Tome / Elder Druid - Carmina Satanae
10th - Old Season - Beyond The Black
11th - Legion Of Wolves - Bringers of The Dark Sleep
12th - Unkindness Of Ravens - The Perfect Dark
13th - Nautilus - The Wrath Of The Sea
14th (tied) - Stereo Nasty - Twisting The Blade / Apostate Viaticum - Before the Gates of Gomorrah (tied)
15th - Acidwhore (Strawberry Stew) - Midas Touch
16th - Scimitar - Where Darkness Dwells
17th (tied) - Outis - The Sacred and the Profane / Slomatics - Futurians: Live At Roadburn
18th - Dread Sovereign - For Doom The Bell Tolls
19th - Debridement - Vomited Forth From The Earth
20th - Owlcrusher - Owl Crusher
(Created by Seven8ths Creations)
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IRISH EP OF THE YEAR:
1st -Ten Ton Slug - Blood & Slime
2nd - Drakonis - The Great Miasma
3rd - Jenova - The Less You Know, The More You Sleep
4th - Ketos - Rise
5th - Animator - The Venom Within
6th - Coroza - Coroza
7th - God Alone - Intivim
8th - Sectile -Sectile
9th - Shrouded - Ominous Divinity
10th - Cursed Sun - The Amygdala
11th - Bailer - PTSD
12th - Aponym - Deus Incognitus
13th - This Place Hell - Contempt
14th (tied) - Zhi Ren - Who Fucked The Monkey!?/ Weedpriest - Consummate Darkness
15th - Dream Awake - Don't Hold Your Breath
16th (tied) - Stonecarver - Doom Gloom & Shrooms/ Neamhní - Vermin
17th -The Magnapinna - #Hashtag
18th (tied) - Wild Rocket - Dissociation Mechanics/
The Dystopian Project - Paradigm/ Scáth
Na Déithe - Pledge Nothing But Flesh/
Coscradh - Of Death And Delirium
19th - Following the signs - Following the signs
20th (tied)- Hornets - Witch Hunt/ Death The Leveller - Death The Leveller
(Created by Seven8ths Creations)
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BEST NEW IRISH BAND
1st - Jenova
(Photograph by Laura Ní Dhuinn of Into The Woods Photography)
2nd - Unkindness Of Ravens
3rd - Elder Druid
4th - Stranglewire
5th - God Alone
6th - This Place Hell
7th - Archaos
8th - Sectile
9th (tied)- Xero / Ironborne / Neamhní
10th -Third Island
11th - Peasant To A King
12th - Acid whore (AKA Strawberry Stew)
13th - Slung From A Tree
14th - Death The Leveller
15th - Aponym
(Created by Seven8ths Creations)
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IRISH SINGLE OF THE YEAR
1st -Na Cruithne - Búltúr Marú
2nd - The Crawling - The Right To Crawl
3rd - Weedpriest - Vampyr
4th (tied) - Rabid Bitch Of The North - The Missionary / Jenova - Walking Dead
5th - Conjuring Fate - Trust No One
6th - Marabou - Pig Killers
7th - Animator - Sticks And Stones
8th - Archaós - The Temptress
9th - Hedfuzy - The Lost Star
10th - The Magnapinna - Uniform
11th - Stranglewire - The Games They play
12th - B A I L E R - In For A Penny, In For A Pound
13th - Warpath - Upon His Return
14th - Overoth - The Keeper
15th - Outis - Deadbutterfly
(Created by Seven8ths Creations)
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BEST ALBUM ARTWORK
1st - Conjuring Fate - Valley Of Shadows Artwork By Kym Horner
2nd - The Crawling - Anatomy Of Loss Artwork By Travis Smith (Seempieces)
3rd - Rabid Bitch Of The North - Nothing But a Bitter Artwork By Taste Jason Hendry
4th - Ten Ton Slug - Blood & Slime Artwork By Eoghain Wynne
5th (tied) - Jenova - The Less You Know, The More You Sleep Artwork By
David Mooney and Martin McCormack/
Na Cruithne - Gairm An Fhiántais Artwork By Tia Friedel
6th (tied) - Sectile - Sectile Artwork ByGabriel Gaba /
Nautilus- Wrath Of The Sea Artwork By Luciana Nedelea
7th - zhOra - Ethos Pathos Logos Artwork By Jake Kobrin
8th (tied) - Archaos Artwork By Sarah Mackey Media /
Baleful Creed - Seismic Shifter Artwork By Mark Hylands
9th - Drakonis - The Great Miasma artwork – Artwork/Photo By Kerri Clarke of Exposing Shadows Photography
10th - The Vicious Head Society - Artwork By Fresh Fleshart
11th - Aponym - Deus Incognitus Artwork By Daniel Howard
12th - Old Season - Beyond The Black Artwork By Markus Vesper
13th - Overoth - The Forgotten Tome Artwork By Will Simpson
14th (tied) - Shrouded - Ominous Divinity Artwork By Tata Kumislizer Art /
Stereo Nasty - Twisting The Blade Artwork By Marc Schoenbach
15th - (tied) Humanity Check - Humanity Check/ Xero Beyond The Glass
(Artist's Unknown)
(Created by Seven8ths Creations)
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BEST PROMOTER OF THE YEAR
1st - The Distortion Project
2nd - Dublin Metal Events
3rd - Bad Reputation Limerick
4th - Pethrophile Promotions (Cork)
5th - Overdrive (Dublin)
6th - Hexan Haus (Galway)
7th - Cosmonaut Music Cork
8th - Damage Inc Galway
9th - Subtle Beast Promotions
10th - Jetrocker (Dublin)
11th - EHT promotions (Dublin)
12th - PYRE (Cork)
13th - Hels Bells Promotions (N.Ireland)
14th - Finbar Hoban Presents (Mayo)
15th - Feast (Galway)
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BEST FESTIVAL OR EVENT OF THE YEAR
1st -Siege Of Limerick
2nd -Bloodstock Metal To The Masses
3rd -Urban Assault Cork
4th -Wacken Metal Battle Ireland
5th -No Sleep 'Til Dublin
6th -Dublin Doom Days
7th -Poser Holocaust (N.Ireland)
8th -Seshtival Festival
9th -Rock 4 Choice Ireland
10th -Rally of Lúgh LongArm
11th -Walpurgis Night
12th -Emerald Haze
13th -Gothic Species
14th -Rebellion Dublin
15th -Dark Arts Galway
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BEST IRISH MEDIA SITE OF THE YEAR
1st -Metal Ireland
2nd -Irish Metal Archive
3rd -Overdrive
4th -Burning Metal
5th -Overblown
6th -Black Staff Music
7th -Resounding Footsteps
8th - Planet Mosh
9th - Metal Radio Ireland
10th -Nialler 9
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BEST RADIO SHOW OF THE YEAR
1st -The Cranium Titanium Metal Show
(Flirt FM)
2nd -The Metal Show (Limerick City FM)
3rd -Rebel Radio (Phoenix FM)
4th -The Moshpit (Dublin City FM)
5th -The Dark Side (Wired FM)
6th -Bleeding Eardrums (Flirt FM)
7th -High Voltage (Liffey sound FM)
8th -The Rock Stop (Wired FM)
9th -Blashyrkh (Room 101)
10th -Dead Air (Dublin City FM)
11th -Fuzzed Up radio show (Near FM)
12th -Caffeinated Frequencies (Room 101)
13th -Rotten Square Wave (Room 101)
14th -TTLG (Room 101)
15th - Across The Lines - BBC Radio
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BEST VENUE OF THE YEAR
1st - Dolans Warehouse Limerick
2nd - Lime Light Belfast
3rd - Fibber Magees Dublin
4th - Voo Doo Lounge (Dublin/ Belfast)
5th - The Academy Dublin
6th - Fred Zeplins Cork
7th - Spailpin Fanach Cork
8th - Sally Longs Galway
9th - Warzone Belfast
10th - Vicar St Dublin
11th - The Cellar Bar Galway
12th - Whelans Dublin
13th - Fozzy's Clonmel
14th -The Grand Social
15th -The Gypsy Rose
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The awards were also announced first and in collaboration with Flirt Fm's Cranium Titanium Metal Show.
You can find a link to the whole show here:
So thats it for another year!
Massive congrats to everyone who is listed above.
To be featured amongst such an array of talent is no mean feat.
Thank you for your outstanding contribution to the metal music scene here in Ireland.
'Til next year :)
