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Sunnyvale 07.05.24	Here we go again - get your votes in!
ArsMoriendi 07.05.24	Hiatus Kaiyote - Love Heart Cheat Code
jrlikestodance 07.05.24	Skee Mask - Resort
JohnnyoftheWell 07.05.24	Sumac - The Healer
efp123 07.05.24	mono - oath
nomistim9000 07.05.24	Uboa - Impossible Light
Zac124 07.05.24	Domestic Terminal - Sanctuary
bighubbabuddha 07.05.24	Ulcerate - Cutting The Throat Of God M//
Space Jester 07.05.24	Sumac - The Healer
Hawks 07.05.24	Ulcerate - Cutting the Throat of God
Demon of the Fall 07.05.24	Sumac - The Healer
DoofDoof 07.05.24	Bonny Light Horseman - Keep Me On Your Mind/See You Free Honourable Mention: Perry Blake - Death of a Society Girl Rare I award two 5 ratings for new releases in a single month
markjamie 07.05.24	Skee Mask - Resort
AlexKzillion 07.05.24	Charli XCX - Brat really good month tho
Sniff 07.05.24	Ulcerate - Cutting the Throat of God duh
mkmusic1995 07.05.24	Alcest - Les Chantes de l'aurore
bellovddd 07.05.24	Charli XCX - Brat
Dedes 07.05.24	Alcest ez pz Albums so warm and loving and is probably the most wholesome thing I've ever jammed
FowlKrietzsche 07.05.24	Brat
neekafat 07.06.24	Charli XCX - Brat
Dewinged 07.06.24	Alcest, didn't even listen to anything else ;/
Get Low 07.06.24	Immortal Disfigurement - King
onionbubs 07.06.24	charli xcx - brat
YoYoMancuso 07.06.24	Lupe Fiasco - Samurai
Ladron93 07.06.24	Skee Mask - Resort
evilford 07.06.24	Ulcerate - Cutting the Throat of God
Hawks 07.06.24	If Alcest wins I fucking give up.
evilford 07.06.24	Looks like Charlie gonna run away with it
rage11111ro 07.06.24	Ulcerate - Cutting the Throat of God
alamo 07.06.24	charli xcx - brat charli xcx - brat charli xcx - bratcharli xcx - brat charli xcx - brat charli xcx - brat charli xcx - bratcharli xcx - bratcharli xcx - bratcharli xcx - brat
NexCeleris 07.06.24	Ulcerate - Cutting the Throat of God
someone 07.06.24	Julie Christmas fo sho
bananatossing 07.06.24	SUMAC - The Healer
zakalwe 07.06.24	Aaron Frazer - Into The Blue, for me please
theBoneyKing 07.06.24	Good Looks - Lived Here For a While
Vercetti 07.06.24	The Warning - Keep Me Fed
tectactoe 07.06.24	sumac - the healer
JoyfulPlatypus 07.07.24	Eh, not feeling confident in any of these really. Put me down as a vote for Charli XCX - Brat
jrlikestodance 07.07.24	Brat winning this would be so unsurprising but I need my fellow Skee Maskers to rise up!!!
Sowing 07.07.24	Ha Vay - Baby I'm the Wolf
bighubbabuddha 07.07.24	June was the best month this year for me. May and February were also good
Demon of the Fall 07.07.24	Charli vs Ulcerate expected Skee Mask respected but underperforming Alcest is here for some reason Sumac the dark horse gaining traction
JohnnyoftheWell 07.07.24	Will end up voting Charli if it comes down to a head to head, but smdh get that deja vu vote out of here. Tuxes for Sumac, taxis for Alcest voters
DadKungFu 07.07.24	Uboa protest vote
Demon of the Fall 07.07.24	I would vote Charli over Ulcerate and I didn’t even like Brat
tectactoe 07.07.24	charli just seems like an insufferable person
SlothcoreSam 07.07.24	Domestic terminal - Sanctuary
Pikazilla 07.07.24	all i know is that aotm is def not alcest
JohnnyoftheWell 07.07.24	the only victory that matters join sumac gang erect that 3-way tie
Tundra 07.07.24	Thrailkill - Unperson
Lord(e)Po)))ts 07.07.24	Sumac
Demon of the Fall 07.07.24	“charli just seems like an insufferable person“ really? can’t say I’ve noticed but the discourse surrounding that album has descended into things I think absolutely shouldn’t matter, but that’s to be expected I guess because I’m old or something
Demon of the Fall 07.07.24	based Pots appearance
botb 07.07.24	8 or Boldy James/conductor Williams
DadKungFu 07.07.24	Switchin to sumac for interesting music's sake
Sniff 07.07.24	Sad
evilford 07.08.24	Gotta love the anti-ulcerate conspiracy goin on in here
Taxt 07.08.24	Sumac - The Healer
Trifolium 07.09.24	Moby - Always Centered At Night
SteakByrnes 07.09.24	Foreign Hands - What's Left Unsaid
hesperus 07.09.24	put me down for Ulcerate
ShapeOfJizzToCum 07.09.24	Put me down for one Susan's Healing Mac n Cheese please.
ShapeOfJizzToCum 07.09.24	In case it's not clear from on account of how I'm dumb as hell I do rly mean to put in a vote for Sumac
Futures 07.09.24	umbra vitae for me m/
JesperL 07.10.24	brat goddammit
ToSmokMuzyki 07.10.24	alcest
Demon of the Fall 07.10.24	close this
Slex 07.10.24	It should be Domestic Terminal but I will be diplomatic and say my vote is for Brat
evilford 07.10.24	This place is a cesspool
tectactoe 07.10.24	if brat wins we riot
Slex 07.10.24	Ford I love u but new Ulcerate is so fucking boring
Winesburgohio 07.10.24	throw my hat in the ring for Brat not every day one experiences a cultural Moment
JesperL 07.10.24	"It should be Domestic Terminal but I will be diplomatic and say my vote is for Brat" yes this precisely. brat must win
JohnnyoftheWell 07.10.24	the temptation to be the kind of charli fan who gets their paper bag out over cultural moments is exactly why I'm doing the right thing and voting sumac
AlexKzillion 07.10.24	brat summer bitch are you bumpin that?
JohnnyoftheWell 07.10.24	that said, following France's example, any vote in which a force as obnoxious as Ulcerate looks set to take the whole affair by storm but doesn't even end up cracking the top 2 is a good moment for democracy
evilford 07.10.24	This brat push is weak af
evilford 07.10.24	Johnny has never listened to ulcerate confirmed
Pikazilla 07.10.24	charli winning is far from the worst outcome
evilford 07.10.24	This is why I never participate in these things Or most metalheads tbh It's a sham from the start
jrlikestodance 07.10.24	Brat rules tho ):
evilford 07.10.24	I'm sure brat is fine A metal band will never get a fair shake tho, cuz users set out to sabotage it immediately Which is fine, not like this matters at all It's just funny that people are gonna parade around an album that wins this as if there wasn't a conspiracy to vote another album down
Pikazilla 07.10.24	didn't a metal album win aotm last month
evilford 07.10.24	No idea
jrlikestodance 07.10.24	I feel where you're coming from Ford. I knew my pick didn't have a shot but at the very least hope it could get people to check it out
JohnnyoftheWell 07.10.24	"A metal band will never get a fair shake tho" vote sumac coward
evilford 07.10.24	Yeah it's fine jr lol, this contest is of zero actual consequence I just wonder sometimes if people realize that when they see metal Fandom as being an outsider or pariah (from the outside looking in) is due in part to how the genre is treated publicly by non metal fans You don't see me/other metalheads generally campaigning to have another album lose this contest lmao I can't believe I've wasted this much time talking about this
Demon of the Fall 07.10.24	Knocked Loose won last month (core but still metal I’m afraid), so I think you need to differentiate by saying “good metal”… and that’s where Sumac come in! I was also campaigning for KL NOT to win, we all have our agendas
evilford 07.10.24	I never considered knocked loose metal i guess.
NexCeleris 07.10.24	"due to how the genre is treated publicly by non metal fans" Society's acceptance for metal has never been as high as it is right now, at least here in the Western world. Just minutes ago, I overheard some 50-something-year-old blue collar dudes talking about a grind gig they had attended on the weekend. Then you have movie celebs and pop stars sporting Maiden shirts etc. In all likelihood, they haven't heard a single non-radio metal song even once in their lives, but they still deem repping that merch edgy/cool enough to have themselves photographed wearing it. Metal albums cop Sput's aotm and aoty top spots pretty often, I feel.
Demon of the Fall 07.10.24	and the fact not one but two metal albums even have a chance here is a reflection on how Sput isn’t like the outside (more pop centric / leaning) world… is that not enough to appease you?
evilford 07.10.24	Yes, thank you for your generous offering demon 🙄🙄🙄
evilford 07.10.24	Guess I dont follow album of the month closely enough then Forget I said anything
Demon of the Fall 07.10.24	There’s a ton of support for metal. Sput certainly doesn’t need MORE imo
LilLioness 07.10.24	Really, it is album of the decade that truly matters.
Pikazilla 07.10.24	you know sput is truly dead once djent starts seeping into sput's end of year lists
YoYoMancuso 07.10.24	here's how Lupe Fiasco can still win:
evilford 07.10.24	I didn't realize sumac had so many votes lol
AlexKzillion 07.10.24	sumac would've certainly had my vote in a non-brat world idk gang i think its more so ulcerate and sumac are just cannibalizing each other rather than people conspiring to not vote metal in this instance
Spec 07.10.24	Ulcerate
evilford 07.10.24	I guess metal is pretty popular here, idk what I was smoking Carry on
Pikazilla 07.10.24	have a nice day, bud
evilford 07.10.24	U 2 brother
LilLioness 07.10.24	@pika I will never apologize for having different tastes than you. If there is a djent record that drops that gets me going, you best believe it till top my year end list.
Hawks 07.10.24	There are no good djent albums though.
tectactoe 07.10.24	There is one. Only one, though.
JohnnyoftheWell 07.10.24	last time i checked, sikth have multiple albums
TheManMachine 07.10.24	charli
bighubbabuddha 07.10.24	The best illustration of "just because you can doesn't mean you should" is the genre djent
Slex 07.10.24	Djent is genuinely the worst thing to ever happen to music
Zakusz 07.10.24	Sumac - The Healer
jrlikestodance 07.10.24	Djent is genuinely the worst thing to ever happen to music [2] We need to stop associating it and Octanecore w metalcore
Winesburgohio 07.11.24	i think it's exciting when the release of an album is an Event, especially in these perilous internet times and when tastes are so splintered (not a bad thing! but...). it happens so rarely it's worth acknowledgment and celebration. (also more evilly the schadenfreude when an album rigged to be an "event" sputters out)
Pikazilla 07.11.24	please kindly shut the fuck up
evilford 07.11.24	Wow rude
onionbubs 07.11.24	see i just voted for brat because it is better than everything else anyway culture moment or not sumac does go hard as hell tho and would be a supremely based winner either way
evilford 07.11.24	I vote lynyrd skynyrd
JohnnyoftheWell 07.11.24	you either die a metalhead or live long enough to become someone who listens to pop music For The Culture smdh
Demon of the Fall 07.11.24	is there an alternative third option? Wines comment gave me a headache
Pikazilla 07.11.24	Wines' existence gives most people a headache
Demon of the Fall 07.11.24	a rather bizarre 'I just wanted to feel like I was part of something' moment
AsleepInTheBack 07.11.24	I vote 10 (Charli) Because it is a good album and because I like what wines said
bighubbabuddha 07.11.24	Pika stop being mean to wineburger
NexCeleris 07.11.24	Switching to Sumac - The Healer (obv not to trigger Ford, but to reduce the chance of that TikTok autotune hellscape of an album winning)
JohnnyoftheWell 07.11.24	on a slightly more serious note, i think wines' comment catches quite nicely why a brat victory would be so underwhelming for me - that album has earned and occupied its spotlight, and voting it up here for such procedural reasons is moot and unimaginative in a way i don't usually associate with this feature (however much of a mess it is, its one great strength is that it can be whatever the hell the site makes it, and i think its past record has reflected the sputnik brand in all its absurdity and mainstream-underground blindness, as unbeholden to the wider market and d-d-Discourse as anything realistically can be). do we really need another victory lap for a zeitgeist pang we all experienced just a few weeks ago, or can we pull our heads out of our topical arse and vote for whatever's raising still exclamation marks here and now hmmm? fwiw brat is obviously a strong enough album that i usually wouldn't care, but it's not as though this month has been at all short of alternative contenders - think a high-nosed approach is dishonest to the rest of the field
Demon of the Fall 07.11.24	yeah, either Charli or Ulcerate winning would be wholly underwhelming or "unimaginative" but for entirely different reasons - at least Ulcerate would be a very 'only on Sput' moment
evilford 07.11.24	TRIGGEREDDDDDDDDDDDDD
Winesburgohio 07.11.24	i think you make a good and fair point! but if we shift the polarities surely there's something disingenuous about discounting it for the same reasons? i.e. if the motivation to vote for something else is based on the perceived demands of a more niche market to construct a counter-culture and disavow the popularity of what is just an exceptional album? to clarify "brat" would be my album of the month if i'm honest with myself and you, my personal priest. it just really does rule that hard. memories of the initial club-mate-caffeine-high is just another quiver in the bow, to mix metaphors terribly
Winesburgohio 07.11.24	and it's not as though this thread hasn't fulfilled that purpose. i'm 100 percent going to check SUMAC instead of 20. ...and the new Moby, for that matter. i too am always centered at night
someone 07.11.24	Yo Sunny, if it comes to a tie, please switch me to Sumac, will you?
JesperL 07.11.24	if it's a tie please put me on brat a second time
Pikazilla 07.11.24	Sumac - The Healer
tectactoe 07.11.24	based pika
SteakByrnes 07.11.24	who truly is sue mac
JohnnyoftheWell 07.11.24	macmum76
mouldypigeon 07.11.24	charli xcx - brat
SteakByrnes 07.11.24	is this shit closed yet goddamn
evilford 07.11.24	Lol
YoYoMancuso 07.12.24	michael jackson - thriller
Sunnyvale 07.12.24	Sorry folks, LOL - I will likely close this tomorrow, so get your votes in (Thriller comeback incoming...)
Drifter 07.12.24	Sumac
Sunnyvale 07.12.24	And voting is closed. The winner is Sumac-The Healer. If you voted for that album and are interested in writing a short blurb for it, please let me know!
Demon of the Fall 07.12.24	WE DID IT! is this the most overall votes / most votes required to secure victory? Epic
onionbubs 07.12.24	in celebration we can make drifter actually listen to it
Scheumke 07.12.24	Ahh too late. Good month though
JohnnyoftheWell 07.12.24	metal wins probably means that Charli has the second most votes ever cast for one albums, so she also wins even though pop#2 nice of ulcerate to keep the foot of the podium warm
Demon of the Fall 07.12.24	in the face of such a monumental and titanic battle, would it be unreasonable to have a bonus edition this month? i.e. both albums get write-ups scrap July if necessary (lol?)
mkmusic1995 07.12.24	Definitely the most competitive battle I've seen for album of the month thus far. A lot of great stuff in June so makes sense