RESULTS | The WINNERS OF THE POM RECORDS COMMUNITY AWARDS OF 2023

Here it is! Keep in mind this was all in good fun. So no hurt feelings. There were a lot of surprises and the flip-side probably a lot of new motivation from all this. The results mean something of course but you never know for sure. We had 25 votes in total, so not a HUGE amount but I'd say relatively decent for a small niche community at this point. So it doesn't 100% definitively mean one thing or another; could just be the time of the year, the people who happened to be active at the time, a lot of other factors and variables... such as manipulation and bribing with maple syrup... we know who you are! But regardless, here's the breakdown of the votes! 

1. Favorite New Band of 2023?

• ​Plain Front - 8 votes
• Alcateia - 7 votes
• Special Ed - 4 votes
• League of Nations - 3 votes
• White Splash - 1 vote
• Deduction of a Miscalculation - 1 vote
• INB4 - 1 vote

2. Favorite overall new standalone EP/LP of 2023/2022?!

• Your Worst Enemy is Yourself - 14 votes
• Prisoner of Eternity - 2 votes
• Skod - 2 votes
• The Judge & The Jury - 2 votes
• Survive - 1 vote
• Pretty Average - 1 vote
• World's Collide - 1 vote
• Architect of Destruction - 1 vote
• Disobedient - 1 vote

3. Favorite overall new standalone Single of 2023/2022?!

• Kowareta - 5 votes
• Institutionalized - 5 votes
• iPledge - 4 votes
• Right Here in My Arms - 3 votes
• Fuck the Neighbors - 3 votes
• My Addiction is You - 3 votes
• Let's go to the Race - 1 vote
• Thanks for Nothing - 1 vote

4. Favorite overall new split / collaboration album of 2023?

• The Punk Archives - 11 votes
• C.O.F.F.I.N - 8 votes
• Split EP (PF x LoN) - 6 votes

5. Favorite album art of 2023?

• Lost Tapes - 6 votes
• Right Here in My Arms - 3 votes
• Lobotomy - 2 votes
• Prisoner of Eternity - 2 votes
• Split EP (PF x LoN) - 2 votes
• Your Worst Enemy is Yourself - 2 votes
• Skod - 2 votes
• Kowareta - 1 vote
• My Addiction is You - 1 vote
• Hollywise - 1 vote
• The Show - 1 vote
• The Judge & The Jury - 1 vote

6. Best Punk / Pop-Punk release of 2023?!

• The Punk Archives - 6 votes
• Lobotomy - 4 votes
• Pretty Average - 3 votes
• Break Away - 3 votes
• Thanks for Nothing - 2 votes
• Hollywise - 2 votes
• Feeling the Space Dragon - 2 votes
• Once Upon A Christmas - 1 vote

7. Best Rock / Alternative / Experimental release of 2023?

• Your Worst Enemy is Yourself - 18 votes
• Fuck The Neighbors - 3 votes
• Kowareta - 1 vote
• V - 1 vote

8. Best Metal release of 2023?!!!

• Survive - 11 votes
• C.O.F.F.I.N - 2 votes
• Prisoner of Eternity - 2 votes
• My Addiction of You - 2 votes
• Skod - 2 votes
• Worlds Collide - 1 vote
• Architect of Destruction - 1 vote
• Lost Tapes - 1 vote
• Disobedient - 1 vote
• The Judge & The Jury - 1 vote

9. Most fun and/or catchy active band of 2023?

• Plain Front - 11 votes
• Special Ed - 4 votes
• Faceless Culture - 4 votes
• League of Nations - 2 votes
• Alcateia - 2 votes
• Deduction of a Miscalculation - 1 vote

10. Most technical or creative active band of 2023?

• Faceless Culture - 9 votes
• Deduction of a Miscalculation - 4 votes
• City X - 3 votes
• Alcateia - 3 votes
• White Splash - 2 votes
• League of Nations - 2 votes
• Plain Front - 1 vote
• Special Ed - 1 vote

11. Favorite Faceless Culture album release in 2023/2022?

• Prisoner of Eternity - 9 votes
• Architect of Destruction - 8 votes
• The Judge & The Jury - 7 votes
• Lost Tapes - 1 vote

12. Which band's merch would you wear in public?

• 1st Assault - 10 votes
• Special Ed - 4 votes
• City X - 3 votes
• Hello Sunrise - 2 votes
• Faceless Culture - 2 votes
• Plain Front - 1 vote
• Alcateia - 1 vote
• Deduction of a Miscalculation - 1 vote
• League of Nations - 1 vote

13. Which band would you be in the mosh pit and throw down most for?

• Alcateia - 9 votes
• Faceless Culture - 7 votes
• 1st Assault - 6 votes
• Deduction of a Miscalculation - 3 votes

14. Band most likely to go mainstream and succeed? 

• Plain Front - 13 votes
• Faceless Culture - 4 votes
• Deduction of a Miscalculation - 2 votes
• 1st Assault - 2 votes
• Hello Sunrise - 1 vote
• League of Nations - 1 vote
• City X - 1 vote
• Objctve - 1 vote

15. Which band members would you most likely want to hang out with?

• City X - 10 votes
• 1st Assault - 5 votes
• Alcateia - 3 votes
• Call of the Void - 3 votes
• Deduction of a Miscalculation - 1 vote
• Special Ed - 1 vote
• Plain Front - 1 vote
• White Splash - 1 vote
• Hello Sunrise - 1 vote

16. Which band would you want to see live the most?

• Plain Front - 8 votes
• 1st Assault - 5 votes
• Faceless Culture - 3 votes
• City X - 2 votes
• Alcateia - 2 votes
• Special Ed - 1 vote
• Deduction of a Miscalculation - 1 vote
• White Splash - 1 vote
• League of Nations - 1 vote
• INB4 - 1 vote

17. Favorite all-time band on POM Records????

• Plain Front - 4 votes
• 1st Assault - 4 votes
• Suicide by Spoon - 4 votes
• Faceless Culture - 2 votes
• Deduction of a Miscalculation - 2 votes
• Poetic - 1 vote
• Hands up! - 1 vote
• Alcateia - 1 vote
• Nothing Personal - 1 vote
• The Night Before - 1 vote
• Hello Sunrise - 1 vote
• City X - 1 vote
• INB4 - 1 vote
• Giant O' Mine - 1 vote

Thanks to everyone that voted!