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2016: The Bests


I did not spend much time searching for/listening to music in 2016, so recommendations are more than welcomed. Some of the stuff towards the end of the list are likely to be deleted.

Created by: mz | 19.06.2016



1. Schammasch - Triangle (Black Metal/ Drone/ Ambient- https://schammasch.bandcamp.com/)
2. Aluk Todolo - Voix (Blackend Krautrock- https://aluktodolo.bandcamp.com/album/voix)
3. Skáphe - Skáphe² (Psychedelic Black Metal- https://skaphe.bandcamp.com/album/sk-phe)
4. Terra Tenebrosa - The Reverses (Avantgarde Metal/Dark Ambient- https://dmp666.bandcamp.com/album/the-reverses)
5. Départe - Failure, Subside (post metal/ extreme avantgarde metal- https://departenoise.bandcamp.com/album/failure-subside)
6. Ancient Meat Revived - A Tribute To Cold Meat Industry (Doomy Death Metal- https://ironboneheadproductions.bandcamp.com/album/ancient-meat-revived-a-tribute-to-cold-meat-industry)
7. Nox Formulae - The Hidden Paths To Black Ecstasy (Progressive Black Metal -https://darkdescentrecords.bandcamp.com/album/the-hidden-paths-to-black-ecstasy)
8. Pogavranjen - Jedva Čekam Da Nikad Ne Umrem (Psychedelic Blackend Avantgarde Metal- https://pogavranjenband.bandcamp.com/album/jedva-ekam-da-nikad-ne-umrem)
9. Virus - Memento Collider (Avantgarde Rock/Metal- https://virus.bandcamp.com/album/memento-collider)
10. Ónefnt - Demó (Low Fi Blackend Psychedelic Metal - http://oreida.bandcamp.com/album/dem)
11. Spectral Apparition - Manifestation (Blackend Death Metal- https://invictusproductions666.bandcamp.com/album/manifestation)
12. SubRosa - For This We Fought The Battle Of Ages (Sludge Metal- https://profoundlorerecords.bandcamp.com/album/for-this-we-fought-the-battle-of-ages)
13. Almyrkvi - Pupil Of The Searing Maelstrom (Industrial Black Metal - https://almyrkvi.bandcamp.com/)
14. Lake Of Violet - The Startling Testimony of Plumb Lines (Experimental Sludge/ Drone - https://gileadmedia.bandcamp.com/album/the-startling-testimony-of-plumb-lines)
15. Pergalé - Antropologija (Black'n' Roll - https://pergale.bandcamp.com/)
16. Throane - Derrière​-​nous, la lumière (Blackend Avantgarde Industrial Metal- https://dmp666.bandcamp.com/album/derri-re-nous-la-lumi-re)
17. Blown Out - New Cruiser (Noise Rock/ Psychedelic Rock- https://blownout.bandcamp.com/album/new-cruiser)
18. Muscle and Marrow - Love (Experimental/ Drone Metal- https://muscleandmarrow.bandcamp.com/)
19. Baklavaa - Dane On (Noise Rock - https://grimoirerecords.bandcamp.com/album/dane-on)
20. Plebeian Grandstand - False Highs, True Lows (Hardcore/ Black Metal - https://plebeiangrandstand.bandcamp.com/album/false-highs-true-lows)
21. Zeal and Ardor - Devil Is Fine (Experimental Black Metal (?) - https://zealandardor.bandcamp.com/)
22. Floating Glasses - Fabric of Disquiet (Drone Metal - http://floatingglasses.bandcamp.com/album/fabric-of-disquiet)
23. Ommadon - OMMADON (Drone Metal - https://ommadon.bandcamp.com/album/ommadon)
24. Howls Of Ebb - Cursus Impasse: The Pendlomic Vows (Psychedelic Blackend Death Metal- https://i-voidhangerrecords.bandcamp.com/track/cabals-of-molder-from-cursus-impasse-the-pendlomic-vows)
25. Grave Miasma - Endless Pilgrimage (OSDM- https://gravemiasma.bandcamp.com/)
26. Haikai No Ku - Temporary Infinity (Psychedelic Rock/Drone- https://boxrecordsshop.bandcamp.com/album/temporary-infinity)
27. Crowhurst - II (Industrial Blackend Doom (?))
28. Ill Omen - Æ.Thy.Rift (Doom/Black Metal- https://nuclearwarnowproductions.bandcamp.com/album/thy-rift)
29. Eldjudnir - Eldjudnir (Blackend Avantgarde Metal- http://eldjudnir.dk/album/eldjudnir)
30. TROLLER - Graphic (Drone/ Synthwave/ Industrial- https://troller.bandcamp.com/album/graphic)
31. Nonsun - Black Snow Desert (Drone Doom Metal -https://nonsun.bandcamp.com/album/black-snow-desert-2)
32. Alone In The Hollow Garden & Nam​-​Khar - Alone In The Hollow Garden & Nam​-​Khar (Drone/Dark Ambient -https://aloneinthehollowgarden.bandcamp.com/album/alone-in-the-hollow-garden-nam-khar)
33. Gorguts - Pleiades' Dust (Avantgarde Death Metal- https://gorguts.bandcamp.com/album/pleiades-dust)
34. The Eye Unclouded - Palm Of The Sun (Psychedelic Avantgarde Black Metal- https://theeyeunclouded.bandcamp.com/album/palm-of-the-sun)
35. Mutterlein - Orphans Of The Black Sun (Blackend Folk/ Ambient- https://sundustrecords.bandcamp.com/album/orphans-of-the-black-sun)
36. Maquerelle - Ghaisergrad (Industrial/Noise)
37. Plateau Sigma - Rituals (Experimental Doom Metal- https://plateausigma-music.bandcamp.com/)
38. Black Earth - Diagrams of a Hidden Order (Noisy Black Metal- https://blackearthband.bandcamp.com/album/diagrams-of-a-hidden-order)
39. Ehnahre - Douve (Avantgarde Metal-https://kathexis.bandcamp.com/album/douve)
40. Imperceptum - Collapse Of Existence (Atmospheric Black Metal-https://imperceptum.bandcamp.com/releases)
41. Goatpsalm - Downstream (Folk Black Metal/ Ambient-https://goatpsalm.bandcamp.com/)
42. Spire (AUS) - Entropy (Black Metal- https://ironboneheadproductions.bandcamp.com/album/spire-entropy)
43. Wolvserpent - Aporia​:​Kāla​:​Ananta (Black Metal/ Drone-https://wolvserpent.bandcamp.com/album/aporia-k-la-ananta)
44. Innumerable Forms - Promo 2016 (Doom Death - https://innumerableforms.bandcamp.com/album/promo-2016)
45. Uttertomb - Sempiternal (Doom Death Metal-https://pulverised.bandcamp.com/album/sempiternal)
46. Light Of The Morning Star - Cemetery Glow (Blackend Gothic (?)-https://ironboneheadproductions.bandcamp.com/album/light-of-the-morning-star-cemetery-glow)
47. Wolvennest Feat. DER BLUTHARSCH and The Infinite Church Of The Leading Hand - "WLVNNST" WeMe036 (?- https://wemerecords.bandcamp.com/album/wlvnnst-weme036)
48. S.I.R.S. - Depopulation (Drone/ Ambient - http://cvlminis.bandcamp.com/album/depopulation)
49. Parlour - Parlour (Alternative/ Progressive Metal - https://parlour.bandcamp.com/album/parlour)
50. Panzerfaust - The Lucifer Principle (Black Metal-https://avantgardemusic.bandcamp.com/album/the-lucifer-principle)
51. Earth And Pillars - Pillars I (Atmospheric Black Metal- https://avantgardemusic.bandcamp.com/album/pillars-i)
52. Queen Elephantine - Kala (Experimental Drone- https://queenelephantine.bandcamp.com/album/kala)
53. Sink - Ark Of Contempt And Anger (Experimental/drone- https://sinkprocess.bandcamp.com/album/ark-of-contempt-and-anger)
54. Take Over And Destroy - Take Over And Destroy (Black'n'Roll- https://takeoveranddestroy.bandcamp.com/)
55. Cage Of Creation - Into nowhere (Experimental Black Metal- https://cage-of-creation.bandcamp.com/album/into-nowhere)
56. Children of the Greyscale Rainbow - The Dynamic Universe Disappears into the Static Zero (Drone/Ambient- https://childrenofthegreyscalerainbow.bandcamp.com/album/the-dynamic-universe-disappears-into-the-static-zero)
57. Anagnorisis - Peripeteia (Black Metal- https://vendetta-records.bandcamp.com/album/peripeteia)
58. BARST - The Western Lands (Industrial- Electronic?- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hk5xTN8YePs)
59. Steel Hook Prosthesis - Calm Morbidity (Deathindustrial-Power Electronics- https://soundcloud.com/malignantrecords/02-cyclopia-by-steel-hook-prostheses)
60. Fetters - Fetters (Noise/Industrial/Funeral Doom-https://solynieve.bandcamp.com/album/fetters)
61. Prosternatur - Abyssus Abyssum Invocat (Black Metal- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fr9feghsHME)
62. Minneriket - Stjerner, speil og svartebøker​.​.​. (Avantgarde Black Metal- https://minneriket.bandcamp.com/album/stjerner-speil-og-svarteb-ker)
63. Pylar - Pyedra (Experimental Drone- https://pylar.bandcamp.com/album/pyedra)
64. Balance Interruption - Door 218 (Industrial-ish Black Metal- https://satanath.bandcamp.com/album/sat159-balance-interruption-door-218-2016)
65. EORÐESLAJYR - HÄXAN (Avantgarde-https://eordeslajyr.bandcamp.com/album/h-xan)
66. Vvltvs - Neerval (Noise-Black Metal- https://pkwst.bandcamp.com/album/neerval)
67. Those Darn Gnomes - The Zodiac (Avantgarde Metal/ Jazz/ https://thosedarngnomes.bandcamp.com/album/the-zodiac)
68. Thousand Wounds - Structures of Paradox (Ambient Black Metal- https://thousandwounds.bandcamp.com/album/structures-of-paradox)
69. Cybernetic Witch Cult - Spaceous Cretaceous (Stoner Metal- https://cyberneticwitchcult.bandcamp.com/album/spaceous-cretaceous)
70. king dude - Sex (post-punk / neofolk- https://kingdude.bandcamp.com/album/sex)
71. Suffer Yourself - Ectoplasm (Death Doom Metal-Funeral Doom Metal- https://sufferyourself.bandcamp.com/)



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20.06.2016 - 01:28
Karlabos
Plz add genre descriptors?
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20.06.2016 - 01:46
mz
Written by Karlabos on 20.06.2016 at 01:28

Plz add genre descriptors?

too lazy for that atM XD
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21.06.2016 - 04:29
Diverge
I'd recommend Gorguts' Pleiades' Dust EP if you haven't heard it.
https://gorguts.bandcamp.com/album/pleiades-dust

And the new Kayo Dot record:
http://noisey.vice.com/blog/kayo-dot-plastic-house-on-base-of-sky-stream?utm_source=noiseytwitterus
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21.06.2016 - 23:39
mz
Written by Diverge on 21.06.2016 at 04:29

I'd recommend Gorguts' Pleiades' Dust EP if you haven't heard it.
https://gorguts.bandcamp.com/album/pleiades-dust

And the new Kayo Dot record:
http://noisey.vice.com/blog/kayo-dot-plastic-house-on-base-of-sky-stream?utm_source=noiseytwitterus

Had previously heard parts of gorguts, and am checking it now. Indeed I think it is going to make it here.
Was not so impressed by kayo dot tbh based on two tracks I heard. It was a bit messy and the experimentation seemed not to be working.
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22.06.2016 - 01:01
mz
Written by Karlabos on 20.06.2016 at 01:28

Plz add genre descriptors?

Happy?
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22.06.2016 - 01:23
Karlabos
Written by mz on 22.06.2016 at 01:01

Written by Karlabos on 20.06.2016 at 01:28

Plz add genre descriptors?

Happy?

Oh, look. What a nice list =D
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22.06.2016 - 01:40
Karlabos
That Nevoa is pretty damn good. By avantgarde music too...
I'm surprised it skipped my radar somehow
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22.06.2016 - 01:43
mz
Written by Karlabos on 22.06.2016 at 01:40

That Nevoa is pretty damn good. By avantgarde music too...
I'm surprised it skipped my radar somehow

It is pretty recent.
Avantgarde music had become a safe source of not-so-crazy- Black Metal for me. Many of the albums they put is just Okish, but you can be sure that they have something great each year.
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22.06.2016 - 03:03
Diverge
Written by mz on 21.06.2016 at 23:39

Was not so impressed by kayo dot tbh based on two tracks I heard. It was a bit messy and the experimentation seemed not to be working.

Fair enough. I don't think you'll end up enjoying it, then. I'm 100% sold on Toby Driver's new trajectory and I've been super impressed. I'll be sure to check out some of your suggestions on this list.

Also, Vaults of Zin https://vaultsofzin.bandcamp.com/ and Zon https://znmusic.bandcamp.com/album/mount-gaash have intrigued me on the kraut-metal end of things. I'm not sure they are worthy for inclusion on your list but you might enjoy these albums.
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25.08.2016 - 00:52
mz
Gave minor update to the list.
recommendations still welcomed, as I am not checking new music that much these days
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25.08.2016 - 08:29
Paz
777
Elite
#21 - synthwave + BM combo sounds promising... Thanks for the heads up!
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25.08.2016 - 12:21
mz
Written by Paz on 25.08.2016 at 08:29

#21 - synthwave + BM combo sounds promising... Thanks for the heads up!

it is really nice and neat and has this playful take on black metal that I find very refreshing.
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25.08.2016 - 13:01
Paz
777
Elite
Written by mz on 25.08.2016 at 12:21

it is really nice and neat and has this playful take on black metal that I find very refreshing.

Color me interested
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29.08.2016 - 23:05
Paz
777
Elite
Heard it. Quiet a fun album, indeed. To me, it sounds like Darkspace on slow motion with more "happy" keys. Pretty addictive! Favorite track: Oscura Noche de Saturno.
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19.09.2016 - 03:02
Neachy
You should be adding all those recs to this list. Scrolling back through the shoutbox gets pretty tedious
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19.09.2016 - 04:29
mz
Written by Neachy on 19.09.2016 at 03:02

You should be adding all those recs to this list. Scrolling back through the shoutbox gets pretty tedious

yeah I will. A few records I've heard during the last two days that will definitely have spot on this list.
EDIT: done
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19.09.2016 - 10:14
LuciferOfGayness
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Listening to full Nox Formulae now, was just a couple of songs last time i checked. I knew it as gonna be good after i saw their bandcamp desription
And its a stunner.
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19.09.2016 - 13:07
mz
Written by [user id=157444] on 19.09.2016 at 10:14

Listening to full Nox Formulae now, was just a couple of songs last time i checked. I knew it as gonna be good after i saw their bandcamp desription
And its a stunner.

It is absolutely one of the best BM albums this year. Did not expect it to be that good personally tbh.
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19.09.2016 - 13:10
LuciferOfGayness
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Written by mz on 19.09.2016 at 13:07

Written by [user id=157444] on 19.09.2016 at 10:14

Listening to full Nox Formulae now, was just a couple of songs last time i checked. I knew it as gonna be good after i saw their bandcamp desription
And its a stunner.

It is absolutely one of the best BM albums this year. Did not expect it to be that good personally tbh.

Its very direct so at the moment I love it. I hope it doesnt fade to fast.
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20.09.2016 - 01:41
mz
Gave multiple updates to this list recently due to the occurrence of a lot of great discoveries.
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23.09.2016 - 01:59
Auntie Sahar
Drone Empress
You needs you some power electronics, boy
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23.09.2016 - 02:00
mz
Written by Auntie Sahar on 23.09.2016 at 01:59

You needs you some power electronics, boy

I've heard that before. Not sure if I was very impressed, but I'm not the biggest fan of PE to start with.
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23.09.2016 - 02:07
Karlabos
Just because you asked on the sb... took straight from my list. absolutely no shame:

Cave Wave
Demimonde
My Purest Heart For You
Tanpopo Crisis
Jute Gyte
Wormfood
LLNN
Phyllomedusa
Lovely Little Girls
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23.09.2016 - 02:07
Neachy
Idk if you've heard it but Ustalost - The Spoor Of Vipers
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23.09.2016 - 02:15
mz
Written by Neachy on 23.09.2016 at 02:07

Idk if you've heard it but Ustalost - The Spoor Of Vipers

Heard it twice already. It was good but not even in the top 5 best black metals this year for me. It might be that I tried it with shitty earbuds, though.
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23.09.2016 - 02:18
mz
Written by Karlabos on 23.09.2016 at 02:07

Just because you asked on the sb... took straight from my list. absolutely no shame:

tnxx.Will check ASAP.
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23.09.2016 - 02:58
Auntie Sahar
Drone Empress
Written by mz on 23.09.2016 at 02:15

Written by Neachy on 23.09.2016 at 02:07

Idk if you've heard it but Ustalost - The Spoor Of Vipers

Heard it twice already. It was good but not even in the top 5 best black metals this year for me. It might be that I tried it with shitty earbuds, though.

Agreed, it's a good album, but to be honest I'm not sure why people are making such a huge deal over it. It pales in comparison to Skaphe, Almyrkvi, Blut Aus Nord, etc
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23.09.2016 - 03:04
!J.O.O.E.!
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Ustalost blows Almyrkvi and Blut Aus Nord out the water for me. Almyrkvi is just a bit repetitive, and the BaN split is flat out just not a good record. Ustalost is an amazing sounding, bass-tastic songwriting triumph.
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23.09.2016 - 03:19
mz
Written by [user id=4365] on 23.09.2016 at 03:04

Ustalost blows Almyrkvi and Blut Aus Nord out the water for me. Almyrkvi is just a bit repetitive, and the BaN split is flat out just not a good record. Ustalost is an amazing sounding, bass-tastic songwriting triumph.

I do have a soft spot for bass-heavy BM. Ustalost just lacked a bit of depth to me, but I admit that my earbuds are not good for listening to that sort of bm.
Would not really call Almyrkvi repetitive. It was nice and balanced. BaN split was not mind blowing. I liked BaN's track, but somehow did not listen to it again after the initial online release. The other side was simply shit.
All in all, I guess it had been a good year BM-wise, considering that we have had great releases within the genre with totally different approaches and sounds.
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23.09.2016 - 23:22
Neachy
Loving that Onefnt demo.
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