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2014, Now Featuring A Peanut Butter Burger!

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Diverge
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January 19, 2014
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Thank you all once again for all of the suggestions and recommendations from 2014, and for following this list over the year! I can't promise I'll get to all of the suggestions, nor will I make this list as much of a priority. However, I will probably get to them at some point in the near future. The only thing I need to do is adjust my ratings, which are skewed very high at the moment.

My future plans: Well, I'm going to be primarily pilfering metal selections from everyone else for a little while. I don't know if I'll contribute by making a 2015 list or not. I'm very interested in making an alternative metal or all-time favourites list, so that's my next project. I imagine you'll see another 2015 list materialize, but it will probably be later than usual.
89.
1.
Qualeaceans - Capture Of Ziz
[9.8] Experimental death metal with a little bit of kraut midway for taste. Thanks to mz for bringing this album to my attention!
89.
2.
Amogh Symphony - Vectorscan
[9.7] Easily the best avant-garde metal I have heard since uneXpect's Fables of the Sleepless Empire in 2011. This is an absolutely stunning piece of avant-garde jazz fusion metal, remarkable simply because it remains cohesive without skimping out on experimentation/technical guitar work (an enormous challenge that very few of their contemporaries have overcome). This stands light years away from The Quantum Hack Code, and if you didn't already know the name, you wouldn't suspect Vishal made both of these records. A definite album of the year candidate, and my personal favourite Amogh Symphony album.
89.
3.
Schammasch - Contradiction
[9.3] An extreme metal tour de force, with some creepy nuances and an astonishing vocal performance all around. This album is actually better than Emptiness's Nothing But the Whole, mainly because it injects some much needed personality to make the album cross the other side.
89.
4.
Kayo Dot - Coffins On Io
[9.3] Prog with avant-garde tendencies- probably the closest thing we'll get to the progressive rock album of the year. Toby Driver's impressive vocal performance conjures memories of Peter Gabriel's Genesis days, but his ability to finely control his falsetto is the real icing on the cake. Add the "Future Noir" Blade Runner styled atmosphere, and you've got a winner all around. Fantastic.
89.
5.
Stoic Dissention - Autochthon
[9.3] Dissonant black/doom
89.
6.
Gazpacho - Demon
[9.3] Progressive rock
89.
7.
Los Random - Pidanoma
[9.3] Progressive metal/avant-garde
89.
8.
Taurus - No/Thing
[9.0] Alternative/avant-garde
89.
9.
Zaum - Oracles
[9.0] Middle-Eastern styled doom from Moncton, NB
89.
10.
Space Witch - Space Witch
[9.0] Instrumental psychadelic sludge metal
89.
11.
Persisting Absolution - MMXIV
[8.9] A really exciting technical thrash/death metal band that's producing some of the best local music I've heard in a long time. This demo is absolutely enormous. This is fun and technical, like a thrashier version of Gorod without the jazz-based additions. Be sure to check out Barra Xul as well. http://persistingabsolution.bandcamp.com/album/mmxiv
89.
12.
Ride for Revenge - Enter the Gauntlet
[8.9] Death metal
89.
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Execration - Morbid Dimensions
[8.9] Experimental death metal
89.
14.
Vanhelgd - Relics Of Sulphur Salvation
[8.9] Death metal
89.
15.
Impetuous Ritual - Unholy Congregation Of Hypocritical Ambivalence
[8.8] Death metal
89.
16.
Benighted - Carnivore Sublime
[8.8] Brutal death metal
89.
17.
Trepalium - Voodoo Moonshine
[8.8] Jazz/groovy death metal
89.
18.
Plebeian Grandstand - Lowgazers
[8.8] Dissonant black metal with hardcore touches
89.
19.
Omnerod - Ivory Dune
[8.8] Avant-garde djent
89.
20.
Major Parkinson - Twilight Cinema
[8.8] Progressive rock
89.
21.
Crib45 - Marching Through The Borderlines
[8.7] Post metal/sludge metal
89.
22.
Nasheim - Solens Vemod
[8.7] Atmospheric black metal
89.
23.
Nero Di Marte - Derivae
[8.7] Ulcerate-styled progressive melodeath
89.
24.
Alkerdeel - Dyodyo Asema [Collaboration]
[8.7] Sludge metal
89.
25.
Rude - Soul Recall
[8.5] Traditional death metal
89.
26.
Wo Fat - The Conjuring
[8.5] Stoner/doom metal
89.
27.
Gloomy Sunday - Introduction to the Apocalypse
[8.5] Hardcore
89.
28.
Rosetta - Flies To Flame
[8.5]
89.
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Moanaa - Descent
[8.5]
89.
30.
King Bong - Pinng- Or The Underwater Adventures of a Young Cthlulu
[8.4] Psychadelic/stoner metal
89.
31.
Amniac - Infinite
[8.4] Post-sludge metal
89.
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Pallbearer - Foundations Of Burden
[8.4] Traditional doom metal
89.
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Smallman - Envision
[8.4] Alternative metal
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Thessa - Exile
[8.3] Instrumental djent/progressive
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35.
Serdce - Timelessness
[8.3] Progressive metal/technical metal
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White Suns - Totem
[8.3]
89.
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Lethe - When Dreams Become Nightmares
[8.3]
89.
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Eden Circus - Marula
[8.3] Post-metal/alternative metal for fans of Karnivool and Soundgarden
89.
39.
Hark - Crystalline
[8.3] Stoner doom/sludge rock
89.
40.
The Helix Nebula - Meridian [EP]
[8.3] Djent instrumental
89.
41.
7 for 4 - Splash
[8.3] Progressive jazz fusion with a bit of funk, featuring a former member of Sieges Even.
89.
42.
AsZension - Biosphere
[8.3] Progressive metal/fusion
89.
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Fallujah - The Flesh Prevails
[8.3] Melodic death metal
89.
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Soen - Tellurian
[8.3] Alternative metal
89.
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Lazuli - Tant Que L'herbe Est Grasse
[8.3] Progressive rock
89.
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Dirge - Hyperion
[8.3] Post metal/sludge metal
89.
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Shattered Hope - Waters Of Lethe
[8.3] Doom
89.
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Mammoth Storm - Rite of Ascension [EP]
[8.3]
89.
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As We Draw - Mirages
[8.3] Hardcore post-metal
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50.
Rishloo - Living As Ghosts With Buildings As Teeth
[8.2] The renuited band has released a stunning comeback that paves a new pathway between Eidolon and Feathergun, on the one hand, while straying into even more unique territory. The most unpredictable record in their discography- there are some really unsettling moments and also some tantalizing psychadelic noodlings, along with some downright stunning vocal performances by Drew. Will not disappoint.
89.
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Deumuseth - Deumuseth
[8.2]
89.
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The Bellerophon Project - Mental Abscess [EP]
[8.2]
89.
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Limb - Limb
[8.2] Stoner metal
89.
54.
Nibiru - Netrayoni
[8.1]
89.
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Emptiness - Nothing But The Whole
[8.1] Black/death metal
89.
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Noneuclid - Metatheosis
[8.1]
89.
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Lurk - Kaldera
[8.1] Sludge metal
89.
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Darkspace - Dark Space III I
[8.1] Ambient black
89.
59.
Memories Of A Dead Man - Ashes Of Joy
[8.0] Alternative metal
89.
60.
Conquering Dystopia - Conquering Dystopia
[8.0] Technical/instrumental progressive metal
89.
61.
Perturbator - Dangerous Days
[8.0] Horror-themed electronic; thanks to Fat & Sassy!
89.
62.
Atlas Machine - Elysium
[8.0] Ambient
89.
63.
Mindplotter - Depths
[7.9] Djent
89.
64.
Giant Squid - Minoans
[7.9] Post metal
89.
65.
Perfect Beings - Perfect_Beings
[7.9] Progressive rock
89.
66.
Cynic - Kindly Bent To Free Us
[7.8] Progressive metal/fusion
89.
67.
Devius - The Absents Presence
[7.7]
89.
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Ifing - Against This Weald
[7.7]
89.
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Doom Machine - Doomnation
[7.7] Groove metal
89.
70.
Merkabah [POL] - Moloch
[7.7]
89.
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Fen - Carrion Skies
[7.5]
89.
72.
Ævangelist - Writhes In The Murk
[7.5] Some excellent moments here, but from one listen I seem to prefer the approach of OeS.
89.
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Distorted Harmony - Chain Reaction
[7.5] Progressive metal
89.
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Ethersens - Your Wandering Ghost
[7.5]
89.
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Ethereal Riffian - Aeonian
[7.4]
89.
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Hexis - Abalam
[7.4]
89.
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Hirsute - Still Waiting
[7.4]
89.
78.
Sydonia - Reality Kicks
[7.3] Progressive rock/metal
89.
79.
Thou - Heathen
[7.2] Sludge metal
89.
80.
Hail Spirit Noir - Oi Magoi
[7.2] Avant-garde progressive/black metal
89.
81.
Altar Of Betelgeuze - Darkness Sustains The Silence
[7.2] Doom metal
89.
82.
Warknife - Amorphous
[7.0]
89.
83.
Seven [US] - End of the Circle
[7.0] Djent
89.
84.
Monsterworks - Universe
[6.3] Progressive
89.
85.
Dog Fashion Disco - Sweet Nothings
[6.3] Avant-garde
89.
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Alcest - Shelter
[6.2] Atmospheric rock/shoegaze
89.
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Desolation - V
[5.6]
89.
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Teramaze - Esoteric Symbolism
[4.5]
89.
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We All Die (Laughing) - Thoughtscanning
[3.4]
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Written by [user id=110592] on 12.12.2014 at 04:44

Did you know that Qualeaceans shared this list on their fb?

Also, something you might like : Torrential Downpour-Truth Knowledge Vision

Funny you should mention that. I liked them on Facebook but I didn't see it until now. Cool!!!

As for the album there, I got a chance to hear the first two tracks of it and I'm pretty impressed. When I finish my bloody physics thesis I'll check out the whole thing.
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Will definitely check some of these out. Your no. 2 and 3 (which I won't type out because it's not worth the effort) both caught my interest greatly.

As for recommendations, I'd say check out Bent Knee's "Shiny Eyed Babies"; these guys came out of absolutely nowhere with one of the best art rock albums I've heard.

Also I'd say check out Vampillia's "My Beautiful Twisted Nightmares In Aurora Rainbow Darkness". Avant-Garde metal fused with Japanese traditional music. It really is an absolute treat for avant-garde nuts. I believe "artistically insane" was the term?
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Written by Lethrokai on 15.12.2014 at 16:52

Will definitely check some of these out. Your no. 2 and 3 (which I won't type out because it's not worth the effort) both caught my interest greatly.

As for recommendations, I'd say check out Bent Knee's "Shiny Eyed Babies"; these guys came out of absolutely nowhere with one of the best art rock albums I've heard.

Also I'd say check out Vampillia's "My Beautiful Twisted Nightmares In Aurora Rainbow Darkness". Avant-Garde metal fused with Japanese traditional music. It really is an absolute treat for avant-garde nuts. I believe "artistically insane" was the term?

Ooh thanks for the recommendation for Bent Knee. I was eyeing that on your list a few days ago and I need to check it out, along with that Swans one. Vampillia's also sounds like it would indeed be up my alley.

My #2 choice is very interesting, although I don't think my description is quite accurate. There's very little metal happening on that one- it's very naturalistic, original music with some obvious jazzy sections. Some listeners don't find an emotional connection to the music, but I think it's pretty engaging. I'm in the minority, though. Hope you enjoy it.
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Still wandering through my 2015 albums. came across this, must have missed it in 14' , lol. Very unique sound, I must say.

http://lotusthief.bandcamp.com/album/rervm
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