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Written by Daniell on 20.10.2010 at 21:46
And my car driving record, currently along with Melechesh and Hooded Menace
Hooded Menace is fucking great. Am stoked to see them on November 6.
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Written by Daniell on 20.10.2010 at 21:46
And my car driving record, currently along with Melechesh and Hooded Menace
Psh, you people and your planet murdering devices Only listened to the new Melechesh briefly but I wasn't overly enthralled by it, deserves a few more tries though. Can't even remember what that Hooded Menace one sounds like, has been ages since I listened to it. I'm pretty happy with Coffinworm for the moment though.
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Written by Marcel Hubregtse on 20.10.2010 at 21:48
Written by Daniell on 20.10.2010 at 21:46
And my car driving record, currently along with Melechesh and Hooded Menace
Hooded Menace is fucking great. Am stoked to see them on November 6.
So completely, utterly, engulfingly, disarmingly, enthrallingly, endearingly old school, dirty and cool. - I will use this behemoth of a wrongly composed sentence in my review
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I think 7th Symphony from Apocalyptica is not as bad as the previous one. The tracks are not that awesome but decent.
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Mikyz
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I'm only going to describe the relatively less known albums, so my favorite releases so far are (I'm sure I forgot many):
The following have MS reviews;
Enslaved's Axioma Ethica Odini, Mar De Grises' Streams Inwards, Ophis' Withered Shades, Alcest's Ecailles De Lune, Misery Index's Heir to Thievery, and I Shalt Become's Poison.
Kvelertak's Kvelertak
A very unique approach on Black Metal and Hardcore, hence their genre name blackcore, there are also hints of Rock 'n' Roll. The album is in Norwegian but the musicianship is too good for this to push me away. An insanely catchy album.
Fukpig's Belief Is the Death Of Intelligence
Trio that include a member from each of these bands Anaal Nathrakh, Mistress and Exploder, it sounds exactly like you imagine it fast, intense and basically an explosion of mind fucking grindcore/punk.
Hooded Menace's Never Cross The Dead
Death/Doom at it's peak, it's Old School with some freshness, by that I meant that its sound is pretty unique, mainly because it's both catchy and crushing.
Kerasphorus' Cloven Hooves At The Holocaust Dawn [EP]
The brainchild of Pete Helmkamp known for his contribution to Angelcorpse and Revenge, naturally this album is Black/Death Metal with a philosophical aim, highly enjoyable.
Nails' Unsilent Death
14 minutes of unrelenting disgust, a good choice for fans of heavy music. This is basically sludgy hardcore, grind and d-beat mixed into a cesspool of hate, to the point leaving no time for bullshit.
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Every year I make an own list that I share in my blog, at the moment, and with many releases that I must listen carefully yet, this is my top:
01-Morowe - Piekło.Labirynty.Diabły
02-Bifroest - Heidenmetal
03-Alcest -Écailles De Lune
04-Sigh - Scenes From Hell
05-Dimmu Borgir - Abrahadabra
06-Mokoma - Sydanjuuret
07-Aeternam - Disciples of the Unseen
08-Keep Of Kalessin - Reptilian
09-Enthrope - Tomorrow's Dead Days
10-Crystalic - Persistence
11-Masterplan - Time to be King
12-Bran Barr - Sidh
13-Finntroll - Nifelvind
14-Aorlhac - La Cite Des Vents
15-The Vision Bleak - Set Sail To Mistery
16-Fallen Sentinel - Perpetual
17-Barren Earth - Curse of the Red River
18-Equilibrium - Rekreatur
19-Negura_Bunget - Vîrstele Pămîntului
20-Carach Angren - Death Came Through a Phantom Ship
21-An Infinite Dream Sequence - The Series Of Reveries Subsides
22-Aldaaron - Nous Reviendrons Immortels
23-Ereb Altor - The End
24-Son Of Aurelius - The Farthest Reaches
25-Pertness - From the Beginning to the End
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I want to add some releases that I skipped,
Atlantean Kodex - The Golden Bough
When it comes to heavy metal I usually stick with the oldies like Black Sabbath, Mercyful Fate and Whatnot but I was pleasantly surprised by this album which is executed is a near flawless way, specially when it comes to the quality of the guitar work.
Briton Rites - For Mircalla
Heavy/Doom Metal obviously influenced by the one and only Black Sabbath it has a very old-school sound. This album is all about thick, fuzzy and heavy guitar sounds. A very entrancing album for fans of Black Sabbath, Witchfinder General or NWOBHM in general.
Aldaaron - Nous Reviendrons Immortels
This might be my favorite Black Metal release this year, Aldaaron remind me once again why I love the French Black Metal scene so much. Like most of the time I was taken aback and enchanted by the majestic yet bleak songwriting dominated by melodic tremolo riffing which might give a Pagan feel to the music. Nevertheless a must for 2010.
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One more that will most definitely make the top 10: Ophis "Withered Shades".
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Yeah that Ophis is pretty swell shizzle.
@Mikyz: That Atlantean Kodex has been sitting on my mp3 player for a couple of weeks now waiting to be listened to properly, just haven't got round to it. I blame Venetian Snares and Barren Earth. The one or so times I've heard it bodes extremely well though.
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My vote for "Best Album of 2010" goes to Angantyr - Svig (for my tastes, of course).
Closely followed by Nightbringer - Apocalypse Sun.
By the way, I can count the albums I bought this year on one hand. In fact, I bought easily over a dozen albums but most of them are not from 2010.
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Marcel Hubregtse Grumpy Old Fuck ElitePosts: 40071 |
Difficult to say up to now.
at the end of the year will most probably have bought around 400 albums of which around 100 are from this year.
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Written by Marcel Hubregtse on 26.10.2010 at 16:16
Difficult to say up to now.
at the end of the year will most probably have bought around 400 albums of which around 100 are from this year.
Damn that's a lot of albums, I only bought like 20 albums this year I'm tight on cash, can't wait for Christmas though. btw how many albums do you own overall Marcel?
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So far the few albums that have really impressed me so far
Blind Guardian - At the Edge of Time
Enslaved - Axioma Ethica Odini
Iron Maiden - The Final Frontier (was a bit of a disappointment at first, but now I consider the second half of the album among Maiden's best)
Volbeat - Beyond Hell / Above Heaven
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Written by [user id=4365] on 20.10.2010 at 21:43
Written by Daniell on 20.10.2010 at 21:27
So far, I can single out the following:
Barren Earth - Curse of the Red River
Can't seem to get enough of that one at the moment. Has become my bus riding record.
I enjoyed that one quite a lot, though I found more depth in In Mourning's Monolith
Written by Daniell on 20.10.2010 at 21:27
So far, I can single out the following:
Enslaved - Axioma Ethica Odini
Nevermore - The Obsidian Conspiracy
Mar De Grises - Streams Inwards
Melechesh - Epigenesis
Hooded Menace - Never Cross the Dead
Overkill - Ironbound
Exodus - Exhibit B
Barren Earth - Curse of the Red River
Byfrost - Black Earth
Drudkh - Handful of Stars
Eibon - Entering Darkness
Fungoid Stream - Oceanus
Kvelertak - Kvelertak
Watain - Lawless Darkness
Heathen - Evolution of Chaos
Keep of Kalessin - Reptilian
Just realised that we seem to have similar tastes. The ones you mentioned and I've heard have all been really enjoyable for me, though I won't necessarily put them in my final top list, but I'll check out the other ones that I have not heard that Hooded Menace, Drudkh and Fungoid Stream
Written by Mikyz on 27.10.2010 at 10:04
Written by Marcel Hubregtse on 26.10.2010 at 16:16
Difficult to say up to now.
at the end of the year will most probably have bought around 400 albums of which around 100 are from this year.
Damn that's a lot of albums, I only bought like 20 albums this year I'm tight on cash, can't wait for Christmas though. btw how many albums do you own overall Marcel?
Must be a massive collection that would make museum curators jealous as it's been over a day now and Marcel's still obviously counting
Anyway, back to topic...
has anyone heard of Grey Water's Below The Ever Setting Sun?
I know, I know... it's an EP, but it's probably the most listened to record of mine in this year. Like shoegaze? Go for it!
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Written by Ag Fox on 29.10.2010 at 02:19
Just realised that we seem to have similar tastes. The ones you mentioned and I've heard have all been really enjoyable for me, though I won't necessarily put them in my final top list, but I'll check out the other ones that I have not heard that Hooded Menace, Drudkh and Fungoid Stream
I wouldn't recommend Drudkh, they completely lost their sound, the production is top not ch so no more fuzzy guitars and no more overwhelming atmosphere, it has a very modern sound which disappoints me even more because Drudkh is usually who I turn to when I'm in the mood for some atmospheric BM. Nevertheless, if you aren't an old Drudkh fan then there is no reason that you shouldn't enjoy this album, if it wasn't Drudkh I would probably enjoy this more.
But I recommend Hooded Menace's Never Cross The Dead, it's heaviness/crushingness at its peak.
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Written by Mikyz on 29.10.2010 at 10:50
But I recommend Hooded Menace's Never Cross The Dead, it's heaviness/crushingness at its peak.
Add catchiness to it
Written by Mikyz on 29.10.2010 at 10:50
I wouldn't recommend Drudkh, they completely lost their sound, the production is top not ch so no more fuzzy guitars and no more overwhelming atmosphere, it has a very modern sound which disappoints me even more because Drudkh is usually who I turn to when I'm in the mood for some atmospheric BM. Nevertheless, if you aren't an old Drudkh fan then there is no reason that you shouldn't enjoy this album, if it wasn't Drudkh I would probably enjoy this more.
It's still good music, even though the sound is quite different. I do recommend it to those who care about music, not their own expectations about music... No offense meant. I just think that's what it boils down to: expectations. I'll publish the review of Drudkh this weekend, where I will also broach this topic.
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Haha, guess what? I've never heard of any previous work from Drudkh, so I might as well start from their latest. Heard quite a lot of good things said about them anyway and a change of style may not be a bad thing sometimes.
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Unbroken is the second album from American Idol season five runner-up Katharine McPhee. The album was released on January 5, 2010 by Verve Forecast Records, her first album on the label.[1] It debuted at #27 on the Billboard 200, selling 15,000 copies in its first week.[2] To date, the album has sold 43,000 copies in the US
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Written by Daniell on 29.10.2010 at 12:36
It's still good music, even though the sound is quite different. I do recommend it to those who care about music, not their own expectations about music... No offense meant. I just think that's what it boils down to: expectations. I'll publish the review of Drudkh this weekend, where I will also broach this topic.
I agree, but beyond the expectations, I still find this album to be weak. They tried to take the safe road and in the process offered us something near mediocre, we're talking about the people who released Autumn Aurora and Blood In Our Wells here. This album is too safe, the guitar riffs have potential but their execution just don't make the cut, the intensity of the atmosphere and the beauty of their simplistic riffs is no longer here, the production is bad to say the least (For me). They tried to hard to "modernize" their sound, leaning towards post-black rather than their usual recipe. This album has the potential to be much better, unfortunately they traded their artistic and enchanting atmosphere for a superficial plastic feeling.
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Satanic Warmaster for best black in 2010? Great atmosphere, Not the most original but so well executed!
Arckanum - Sviga Lae is also very good but needs more listens.
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Until now:
FLOTSAM & JETSAM - The cold
NEVERMORE - The Obsidian Conspiracy
SONS OF LIBERTY - Brush fires of the mind
ANACRUSIS - Hindsight : Suffering hours & Reason revisited
HEATHEN - The evolution of chaos
DEATH ANGEL - Relentless Retribution
A TORTURED SOUL - Lucifer's fate
ANTITHESIS - Dreaming reality
MEKONG DELTA - Wanderer on the egde of time
DOFKA - Humanity bleak
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Written by Hellish Star on 01.11.2010 at 12:42
MEKONG DELTA - Wanderer on the egde of time
I like it more and more, but apart of a few songs (like "The Apocalypt - World In Shards") I think it does not compare to their best works...
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Jaldaboath - The Rise Of The Heraldic Beasts
best folk metal and best debut
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Blind Guardian - At The Edge Of Time
Fear Factory - Mechanize
Angelus Apatrida - Clockwork
Soulitude - Wonderfool World
I add this other:
Helloween - 7 Sinners.
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Death Angel - Relentless Retribution - I liked it, pretty good album.
Helloween - 7 Sinners - good album, but no superlatives.
Some non-metal mentions: The Orb featuring David Gilmour - Metallic Spheres - interesting album, i listened to it because it featured Gilmour, well, I enjoyed it.
Pure Reason Revolution - Hammer and Anvil - interesting, good album.
Gazpacho - Missa Atropos - one of the best albums for me this year; very good prog-rock album.
Pineapple Thief - Someone Here Is Missing - another prog(ish) rock album that I love listening to.
God Is an Astronaut - Age of the Fifth Sun - great come back, much better than their previous 2008 album.
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What the hell is happening to "listenable" metal bands these days?!?
I go check out some new bands and they sound all the same, it almost does not resemble metal anymore.
The commercialization of the music is a crime, metal should be classified under endangered styles of music, mainstream is killing it!!
We should also forbid metal to go on Mtv and such tv channels.
Take a random band out of the milions that try to break in the scene, and it will sound almost exactly like the other random band you will pick for comparison. Boring, flat, lifeless songs ahhh...
I'm tired of it.
What happened to the originality??
Is there aynone that feels this way, or am I the only one??
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It's nothing personal, abysss, but I'm getting pretty fed up with all the people complaining metal is no longer original. If you do not discover at least twenty original bands and/or albums every year, you're simply not looking hard enough. There's plenty of amazing stuff out there, the '00s gave us so much in terms of amazingly unique metal.
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Written by Ellrohir on 02.11.2010 at 13:03
Jaldaboath - The Rise Of The Heraldic Beasts
best folk metal and best debut
The Meads of Asphodel side project. I have to confess I haven't listened to that yet, but their debut EP was kinda ok but not that great. Should probably check the full length though.
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Written by abysss on 05.11.2010 at 18:11
What the hell is happening to "listenable" metal bands these days?!?
I go check out some new bands and they sound all the same, it almost does not resemble metal anymore.
The commercialization of the music is a crime, metal should be classified under endangered styles of music, mainstream is killing it!!
We should also forbid metal to go on Mtv and such tv channels.
Take a random band out of the milions that try to break in the scene, and it will sound almost exactly like the other random band you will pick for comparison. Boring, flat, lifeless songs ahhh...
I'm tired of it.
What happened to the originality??
Is there aynone that feels this way, or am I the only one??
You're not looking hard enough, or you have no idea where to look. Every year a massive number of albums are released if you search enough you'll surely find something that suits your taste.
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Written by [user id=4365] on 06.11.2010 at 23:10
Written by Ellrohir on 02.11.2010 at 13:03
Jaldaboath - The Rise Of The Heraldic Beasts
best folk metal and best debut
The Meads of Asphodel side project. I have to confess I haven't listened to that yet, but their debut EP was kinda ok but not that great. Should probably check the full length though.
i wouldnt say "side project", since James "Jaldaboath" Fogarty was in Meads only up to 2002 and the drumer only did session job for them...
anyway the album is pure "medieval folk" fun - crazy lyrics, catchy melodies, awesome vid of "Hark The Herald"...and they dont pretend - they just made up solid piece of comedy metal and they know it...no intentions of playing serious folk warriors...and this appeals on me much more how "cool" projects as Eluvieite or new Elvenking...
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