So, I just posted the results for the 2020 Immortal Music Awards, and with every other year, to go with the results, I shared my thoughts. I doubt anyone really cares about that, but I do it because I actually don't vote at all in the polls. I don't give any input ever, and some opinions do get formed while I monitor the polls and other activity. So I always have something to say and just feel like sharing it.
There's a good handful with this year's results that I was quite happy with, but there are a few things I would have chosen that didn't quite make the cut. Before I get into my thoughts, please click here and check out the final results for the Immortal Music Awards. Once you see all of the winners, anything I say will no longer be a spoiler, and will make a lot more sense. Now that you've hopefully actually gone and looked at them, I can get into this. I first want to start off by saying I had absolutely nothing to do with the final outcome. I didn't even vote in any of the polls, despite how it might look. While these were in the suggestion stage, I had so many thoughts. First off, I was extremely happy to see how many suggestions were actually being provided. It was refreshing to see people actually participating, and kind of warmed my heart. Brought me back to before algorithms were basically a force-field against me. It was nice. The second thing was, "Well this is going to look rigged." Because its no secret that I am a massive I Prevail fan. I make that pretty clear, especially with the fact that I think I've shared "Bow Down" basically every single day since its release on the page. So many people suggested them for various different categories, and with the amount of suggestions, I just knew they'd probably win. I promise I had nothing to do with it. Already had a friend picking on me about that,and I hope nobody actually thinks that. That being said, while yes, I do agree that Trauma was hands down the best album to be released last year, and that the video for "Hurricane" is awesome, there is one thing I don't totally believe. They also won for the most underrated band of 2019, and at this point, I don't know if I'd call them underrated. Prior to Trauma being released, hell yes. I absolutely felt they were underrated, but not noq. Trauma has literally been nominated for a Grammy, so was "Bow Down." Underrated bands don't really get the attention of the Grammy's. I personally would have gone with Bury Tomorrow as the underrated band of 2019. I'm fairly new to them, but they're still relatively small and from what I've heard, they're absolutely wonderful. I also fully expected Slipknot to completely dominate the awards. For most of the time the polls were up, they were on top. There was just a last minute spark that set other bands ahead of them. I have always seen a ton of love for Slipknot through the page, but especially lately for "Unsainted." That was a very interesting music video, and I solidly expected that to win for best music video. Slipknot did however win for the best live band, and I can understand that. I actually have seen three of the four nominees live, with the only one I have not being As I Lay Dying, and they all were amazing. I think any of them were completely well deserved. However, the only one I saw live in 2019 was I Prevail, so I guess by default they won for me. Plus that show did something special to me, it was some time of tension release I desperately needed at the time. But that may have been more situational than band related, I don't know. In general though, I'd probably go with them or Bring Me The Horizon. I liked Slipknot live when I saw them in 2015, but I felt way more captivated by BMTH and I Prevail. As for the best song of 2019, I do understand why "Where I Belong" won, as it is a very sweet song, and I love the fact that it was such a big collab between three bands. But personally, I think I'd go with "Popular Monster" by Falling In Reverse. If I'm honest, I hadn't heard it all the way through until earlier this year when I saw them live, but I really think that might be their best song ever. It somehow slipped through the cracks for me prior, I think I might have heard the intro, assumed it was just Ronnie rapping and turned it off. I admit I didn't give it a proper chance, but then they played it live back in February and it proceeded to embed itself into my head for the whole next month. I don't really have that much more to say about all of it, but its tradition for me to give my feed back regarding the results so I decided to do it now. Please let me know your thoughts on the results, and if you did read the whole thing, be sure to send over some up and coming bands. I do have another semi small project in mine. Its just a way to hype up musicians that are not touring and still growing, and I thought it'd be fun. I know a lot of them, and personally really enjoy the local music scene. I absolutely love being part of it, and helping bands grow to the new levels. So send them over to the Facebook page, and be on the look out for that soon.
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