07:08 - BoxCar Willy There's a lot of people here who would is agree with that, lex.
03:18 - LICH the new HIM album is quite impressive, i usent to listen to them much before tot, im inventing a drinking game, whenver ville sings about love you take a shot. i wish i was jokint.
These are the albums I've listened to the whole way through at least twice from 2013. I don't tend to listen to a bunch of shit I don't want to listen to so this list is generally confined to bands/albums that pique my interest somehow. Feel free to toss recommendations my way.
October Falls - The Plague of A Coming Age (8) (Dark Folk/Pagan Black) Mikko Lehto's new album is even more focused on the dark folk and nostalgic pagan elements than his recent prior work. Shorter track lengths have increased accessibility. Clean 'epic' sounding vocals are used in some parts. Haven't decided for sure if those add to or detract from the overall feel.
Autism - The Crawling Chaos (8) (Post-Rock/Spoken Word) Excellent post-rock performance featuring spoken word vocals reciting excerpts from H.P. Lovecraft's short story "The Crawling Chaos".
18.
The Ocean - Pelagial (8) (Instrumental Post-Sludge) This album is much better without vocals.
19.
In Vain - Ænigma (8) (Extreme Progressive) My natural inclination when listening to any band for the first time is to make comparisons to other bands I'm familiar with. My first thoughts were of Enslaved and Opeth as well as De Profundis' recent album I heard a while back. The one that stuck however was Enslaved but with a strong death metal influence.
20.
Redwood Hill - Descender (8) (Post-Black/Post-Metal) Very well executed amalgamation of post-black and sludge elements. They keep it short and sweet on this debut album, clocking in at 37 min and change.
Kongh - Sole Creation (7) (Sludge/Doom) The vocalist sounds uncannily similar to Layne Staley.
32.
Cult of Luna - Vertikal (7) (Post-Metal) I found the songwriting lacking for a stalwart of the genre. Mammoth track 'Vicarious Redemption' was the album's saving grace.
Veldes - To Drown In Bleeding Hope (7) Atmospheric Black
35.
The Flight of Sleipnir - Saga (7) (Blackened Stoner Folk) This album is a little more flat and monotonous than some of their other work I've heard.
36.
Annorkoth - The Last Days (7) (Atmospheric Depressive Black) Very pretty and somber. A little too pretty for my taste but an aura of sadness is definitely conveyed.
Anciients - Heart of Oak (6) (Progressive) Takes the style and sound of Baroness and Mastodon and makes a competent if uninspired album.
40.
Shining (NOR) - One One One (6) (Extreme Progressive/Avant-Garde) Norway's Shining has pulled back on the insanity and relegated the sax to occasional solos. This album comes off closer to the works of Devin Townsend than their own Blackjazz.
41.
Universe217 - Never (6) (Experimental Doom) Didn't care for the Rob Halford/King Diamond style vocals but the instrumentation makes the album worth listening to.
Todtgelichter - Apnoe (3) (Some bastardization of black metal and emo) Nothing about this album appealed to me. I had to listen to it a second time just to verify how much I disliked it.
Disclaimer: All top lists are unofficial and do not represent the point of view of the MS Staff.
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Great list. We have the same tastes. Also, Rosetta is coming out with new material this fall! All we need is an album title
Yeah, pretty close. I tend to keep an eye on your list for interesting albums I may have missed. New material from Rosetta is always a good thing. Looking forward to it.
