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Thy Catafalque - Rengeteg
Holy sh!t! :D |
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Fleshgod Apocalypse - Agony
Well, if you'd ask what's the most unique yet killer album, this is the answer. |
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Vektor - Outer Isolation
Seriously kickass prog-tech thrash metal, like a late 80's culmination of Voivod and Kreator. |
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Illogicist - The Unconsciousness of Living
Oh, hard to place this. Standout album. |
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Blotted Science - The Animation of Entomology
A record no need to be commented. |
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Ana Kefr - The Burial Tree (II)
Closest album to intangible avantgarde death metal perfection. |
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Omnium Gatherum - New World Shadows
Melodical perfectionism. Great for relaxing. |
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Unexpect - Fables Of The Sleepless Empire
Prepare to get excited while dancing to something that is not of this world. |
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Insomnium - One For Sorrow
Gloomy version of Omnium Gatherum, but sometimes lacks consistency. |
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Paddy And The Rats - Hymns For Bastards
Another round of the best irish drinking music! |
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Symphony X - Iconoclast
They became a bit too standard for this record, but still showing some greatness. |
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Leviathan [GER] - Beyond The Gates Of Imagination Pt. I
Bought the cd, quite excellent, I must say! |
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Obscura - Omnivium
Tech death from the better kind. You'll get 10 times what you pay for, though for me some songs just don't kick that much. |
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Iced Earth - Dystopia
They've got a new serie of balls! |
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Talanas - The Waspkeeper
Well, I have to say one of the biggest records of the year. |
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Gorod - Transcendence
The title track is monumental, but I don't want to say about the other 4 tracks... |
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Animals As Leaders - Weightless
Intermittent cutting effect is annoying me, but still great. |
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Beyond Creation - The Aura
Again, tech death from the better (canadian) kind. |
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Suidakra - Book Of Dowth
Never running empty of celtic ink. |
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Enthring - The Grim Tales of the Elder
A very promising band on the path of the old Ensiferum/Equilibrium. |
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Leprous - Bilateral
Various feelings towards Bilateral. Some songs are disappointing, and the vocals are a bit too sophisticated for me. |
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Xerath - II
Groove roots transplanted into next generation sound with symphonies. Sounds awesome, isn't it? ;) |
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Euphoreon - Euphoreon
Exciting stuff, but a bit too much and bland mix of symphonies. |
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Aenaon - Cendres Et Sang
Good album between the boundaries of the genre. |
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Tesseract - One
Overhyped, but still good. Has the potential to become big (although with the new vocalist ugh...) |
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26.
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Protest The Hero - Scurrilous
Some of the best musical ideas I've ever heard, but could use a bit of more inspiration and variation. |
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In Flames - Sounds of a Playground Fading
Best IF record in the last ten years. No kidding. |
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28.
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Sylosis - Edge of the Earth
It lacks a bit of variations in my opinion, and too long for my taste but a great melodeath album anyway. |
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Brymir - Breathe Fire To The Sun
A bit too much Ensiferum copying. Great stuff to listen to though, but won't become a classic this way. |
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30.
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Vildhjarta - Måsstaden
Sometimes turns into a great mass of indistinctive chaos. Also, I miss some great tunes that has been promised earlier... |
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Cloudkicker - Let Yourself Be Huge
Sounds like a bit castrated. |
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32.
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Turisas - Stand Up And Fight
Simple and straightforward. |
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Aliases - Safer Than Reality
Cool start, post-Sikth feelings but overall it's far from that. |
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34.
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The Flight Of Sleipnir - Essence of Nine |
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35.
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Redemption - This Mortal Coil |
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Tersivel - For One Pagan Brotherhood |
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37.
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Amorphis - The Beginning Of Times
Failed to get better, but at least delivered the same goods. |
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38.
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Alestorm - Back Through Time
Alestorm finally showed something! But still remained within their own boundaries. |
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Dream Theater - A Dramatic Turn of Events
Although I've lost my faith in DT a long time ago, this album really lacks the definite and essencial creativity marks. |
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40.
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Megadeth - Th1rt3en
There are some really standout tracks (Never Dead, Sudden Death...), but overall it's weaker than Endgame. |
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Cloudkicker - Loop
Seriously? It's like he took some great background guitar tracks and put it out as an album. |
Also, good list
