Announcing the Winners of Our 1st Annual Readers Choice Awards!

Thanks once again to everyone who voted in our 1st Annual Readers Choice Awards! Over 1,100 votes were cast and 46 albums nominated!

Our original plan was to feature the top 10 vote-getting albums. However, due to a three-way tie for the last spot, we have 12 albums instead! Let’s see if you can identify the albums in the collage below!

Thanks very much to Mimi of the UtF staff for putting this image together!

So, now you see the covers of the honored albums.  Here is a more detailed list of the winners:

1. Modified – Modified
2. Dama – Eirwen
3. (tie) Stream of Passion – Darker Days
3. (tie) Echoterra – Land of the Midnight Sun
5. Crysalys – The Awakening of Gaia
6. Nemesea – The Quiet Resistance
7. Amaranthe – Amaranthe
8. Only Fate Remains – Breathe
9. Benedictum – Dominion
10. (tie) Cassandra Syndrome – Satire X
10. (tie) Draconian – A Rose for the Apocalypse
10. (tie) Noctura – Surrender the Sun

Once again, thanks to everyone who voted this year!  The Awards were a great success – so let’s have it again next year, shall we?

May BotM Poll Closes – and June Poll Begins!

And our Band of the Month for May 2011 is…  One Without!

 

Thanks to their enthusiastic fans, the Swedish gothic metal band took an early lead in our first Band of the Month Poll and never looked back. So, One Without is Unleash the Furies’ first Band of the Month!

To promote One Without for the month of May, and to promote future Bands of the Month here at Unleash the Furies, we have launched a Band of the Month logo widget on the right-hand sidebar of our WordPress site. Click on that logo – it takes you to a special page with links and information on One Without so you can learn more about the band. You can also find this special page by visiting the Band of the Month section of our site. Or, just click here.

The poll itself was a HUGE success! Over 450 votes were cast! Thanks very much to everyone who took part! Here are the final results:

1. One Without: 224 votes (48.7%)
2. Noctura: 134 votes (29.13%)
3. Echoterra: 84 votes (18.26%)
4. Triosphere: 10 votes (2.17%)
5. Straight Line Stitch: 8 votes (1.74%)

And now, here are the choices for the June 2010 Band of the Month Poll!

• Amaranthe, a modern melodic death metal band from Gothenburg, Sweden. Amaranthe is currently touring Europe with Kamelot to promote their self-titled debut album, which was released last month via Spinefarm Records.
• Regardless of Me, a hardcore progressive metal band based out of Milan, Italy. Regardless of Me will play shows in the UK and Bosnia in May and June. Their second album is due out via Unexploded Records early this summer.
• ReVamp, a Dutch symphonic metal band led by former After Forever vocalist Floor Jansen. ReVamp is one of the headliners at this year’s Femme Metal Festival, which takes place on May 29^th and 30^th in London, United Kingdom. In June, the band will tour South America for the first time.
• Solsikk, a groove metal band from the United Kingdom. Solsikk will release its self-titied debut album tomorrow via Femme Metal Records.
• Whyzdom, a French symphonic metal band. Whyzdom was recently voted Best French Band at the Metal Sympho Awards for the second year in a row. The band is currently recording its second album, tentatively titled Blind?, and it will be the first to feature new lead singer Clemetine Delauney.

To cast your vote, visit our WordPress site and scroll down to find the poll on the right-hand sidebar. Voting closes on Tuesday, May 31st, and you can vote once a day!

Which bands would you like to see featured in our next Band of the Month Poll? Let us know by sending an email to unleashthefuriesmetal@gmail.com!

~ Sara