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What properties of LLVM makes it good choice for implementation of (parallel, concurrent, distributed)-oriented language, what makes it bad?
LLVM is called LLVM (Low Level virtual machine) for a good reason. It is so low-level that you’re not bound to any particular semantics for your source language.
There are some useful things in LLVM that makes compilation of some parallel languages easier – e.g., jumps to arbitrary blocks: http://llvm.org/docs/LangRef.html#blockaddress
And LLVM does not imply any particular runtime properties, does not force any specific implementation of GC. You can build whatever you want on top of it.