Blackened heavy doom from Norway. At some point it reminds me of Darkthrone.

Dutch stoner/sludge doom.

Whooom - Gargantua

Weird sort of swedish garage rock/black/death. Not sure what to compare this, though it maybe had some sort of raw Tribulation vibes. Overall just kinda weird.

Reveal - Flystrips



Imagery and song titles are also kind of bizarre. I like the single cover

Normally I'm not a huge Black Metal fan, but I have to say that I do like this album.

Urfaust - Empty Space Meditation

It seems that Wędrujący Wiatr have a new album out. Atmospheric black metal with a proper production for this type of music.

Written by tominator on 06.11.2016 at 02:07

Normally I'm not a huge Black Metal fan, but I have to say that I do like this album.

Urfaust - Empty Space Meditation

This is because the album has about 25% of BM in it

I'd say Qu'Qu'Matz - Tepeu is "extreme progressive metal" but it wouldn't be a fair description because people
would think it's those things like Opeth or something... This one has a lot dirtier production and the song "structure" (if you can picture an structure) is a lot messier


And Specules - That Scraping Sound blends lo-fi black metal and some sorta indie pop/psychedelic rock thing

Written by Paz on 06.11.2016 at 13:51

Written by tominator on 06.11.2016 at 02:07

Normally I'm not a huge Black Metal fan, but I have to say that I do like this album.

Urfaust - Empty Space Meditation

This is because the album has about 25% of BM in it

Quite possible, I'm not an expert in the BM genre. :p

Blackened death/doom from Seattle. Slow parts are quite generic though. An average listen I'd say.

Voidthrone - Spiritual War Tactics

WARNING: Unlistenable raw bm ahead! Pretty awful release tbh.

Blackened Doomened Grindcorened Noisened stuff from Seattle. Can't even nail where this belongs. Pretty weird stuff. The rhythm guitar itself sounds quite bassy.

Christmung - Crucifixion Holocaust

You guys are quick on the new releases. I found my way back here even though I wanted to be a more active poster and forgot about it. Anyway, I wanted to see what you think about Tepeu by Q'uq'umatz coming from the same person who brought you th great ZÖN

Thanks for digging it, I had a lot of fun making it

Written by ZÖN on 07.11.2016 at 01:12

Tepeu by Q'uq'umatz

Ha, I was just listening to it today in the morning... Twice

I even recommended in the thread already. Very nice stuff

I was trying to quote your post but on mobile everything is all dark and laggy so I just did a quick reply. Still not metal enough for the Archives though.

It got out so quickly that it was almost overwhelming. Got a nod from some big black metal blog, a French webzine, and ran out of my 200 free download credits in 2 days. I dunno how but it's sweet.

Anyway.... Some great stuff has come around this year. I'm a big fan of Unortheta by Zhrine, really well done dissonant but also melodic death/black metal. On tour with Ulcerate, who also have a fantastic 2016 album. I just listened to the new Deathspell Onega release yesterday, really nice as always. And more greats from Obscura, Oranssi Pazuzu, Coma Cluster Void and such.

I'm gonna go out on a limb and say my album of the year is Dissociation by the Dillinger Escape Plan though

Best selling album atm tagged "metal" on bandcamp. Ladies and germs, behold:

Trumpgrind

Anal Trump - That Makes Me Smart!

Actually seems to feature Cattle Decapitation's Travis Ryan on vocals.

New GTT track "Hold High The Banners Of Truth Among The Swollen Dead" streaming. A lot more industrial and electronic than the last one. Good direction I bet!

Gnaw Their Tongues - Hymns For The Broken, Swollen and Silent

Stoner influenced progressive metal. Sounds quite bassy and melodic.

Beatstorm - Biophobia

Psychedelic drone metal and more. Musically sounds great, but it is ruined somehow by the vocals

Harmony In Grotesque

Written by [user id=4365] on 02.11.2016 at 20:23

Avant-garde-ish / industrial balck metal with some jazz elements thrown in. Seems very high quality to me.

Balance Interruption

Just came to post this. Great album indeed.

Written by mz on 07.11.2016 at 20:32

Just came to post this. Great album indeed.

Haven't actually finished then whole thing ha. Good to know it'll be worth it though.

Written by [user id=4365] on 07.11.2016 at 20:46

Written by mz on 07.11.2016 at 20:42

Lol, not only did Karly post that but he was discussing it just up there with ZÖN (as it's his band).

oh shit man I just delete it and u also delete this quote. I dont want everyone to see how stupid I am

Written by mz on 07.11.2016 at 20:50

oh shit man I just delete it and u also delete this quote. I dont want everyone to see how stupid I am

QFT.

You were too late mz. I did my bit.

Polish post black, with some post punk tendencies. @ Paz

Anything You Want.​.​.​and other trumatic events

Written by Karlabos on 24.01.2016 at 15:40

Some obscure blackened post-metal. Not sure whether I like it or not, but it's quite interesting.
夢遊病者

would not call it post metal. More like psychedelic black metal.
It is very nice for me.

Thanks a lot everyone for digging Tepeu I didn't imagine it being such a big hit. I just got an email from a label that wants to put it out on LP!

Written by mz on 07.11.2016 at 21:06

Polish post black, with some post punk tendencies. @ Paz

Anything You Want.​.​.​and other trumatic events

This is really awesome right here, I'm a sucker for post punk within metal. Definitely making it in my favs for the year

Written by ZÖN on 07.11.2016 at 22:11

Thanks a lot everyone for digging Tepeu I didn't imagine it being such a big hit. I just got an email from a label that wants to put it out on LP!

I liked it a lot. I adore what u do with your production. With Zon also it was pretty awesome. Your approach was also fresh on my ears.
How would you categorize it?

I've just been calling Tepeu progressive/experimental black metal. The guys over at the metal archives don't think it's metal because they listened to three minutes and didn't hear any. That's kinda whack though, like, I got intros. Punk asses.

Lol whatever. I had more of a Negura Bunget sound in mind before starting, with more folk stuff, but went deeper down into the avant-garde. The lyrics are excerpts from the Popol Vuh (not like you can make them out though ha) and I guess it would kinda be a concept album about the Mayan genesis.

Zon is hard to categorize on the whole.

Earth-worship from Poland. The band was created by musicians known from Thaw. Possible drone & ambient AOTY.

Written by mz on 07.11.2016 at 21:06

Polish post black, with some post punk tendencies. @ Paz

Anything You Want.​.​.​and other trumatic events

Finally something that I already know! This guy used to sing and play bass in Hegemone. Their debut is way way better than this...

Written by ZÖN on 07.11.2016 at 22:38

The guys over at the metal archives don't think it's metal because they listened to three minutes and didn't hear any.

Wow, if that album is not metal then nothing else is, really =p

I'm convinced that they don't give submissions a fair listen. Told me " It seems to be a rule of thumb that if you have to give us detailed instructions on how to find the metal sections, that the band as a whole is not predominantly metal."