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I haven't listened to a lot of new music this year, but here are some of the highpoints for me. This year, my selections will be posted in no particular order aside from "The Best" and "The Rest". By "The Rest", I'm certainly not insinuating that these selections are bad- in fact, they are very good albums, in my opinion! I have decided not to include awful albums on this list. This list won't be as exhaustive as previous lists I've made. I'm very open for recommendations, so please send me some if you see anything that might appeal to me!

Album of the year candidates: Sunpocrisy's Eyegasm Hallelujah! or Native Construct's Quiet World.
Recently added: Marriages' Salome album, thanks to BloodTears!
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Earthside
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Marriages - Salome
Progressive metal LISTEN: http://voicesfromthefuselage.bandcamp.com/
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Third Ion - 13/8 Bit
Progressive metal https://earthside.bandcamp.com/
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Marriages - Salome
Alternative metal LISTEN: http://marriagesmusic.bandcamp.com/album/salome
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Echoes Of Yul - The Healing
Progressive metal LISTEN: https://play.spotify.com/album/5i36LCaxZfR2RrbENsfsIi
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Gazpacho - Molok
Progressive/post rock LISTEN: http://ouroceansband.bandcamp.com
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Evoke Thy Lords - Boys! Raise Giant Mushrooms In Your Cellar!
Instrumental ambient stuff LISTEN: https://echoesofyul.bandcamp.com/
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Tacoma Narrows Bridge Disaster - Wires/Dream\Wires
Progressive rock LISTEN: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aAJE_FtSRnY
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Evoke Thy Lords - Boys! Raise Giant Mushrooms In Your Cellar!
Psychadelic doom metal LISTEN: https://evokethylords.bandcamp.com/album/boys-raise-giant-mushrooms-in-your-cellar
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Native Construct - Quiet World
Instrumental post metal LISTEN: http://bridgedisaster.co.uk/album/wires-dream-wires
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Sunpocrisy - Eyegasm, Hallelujah!
Dark subversive R&B (so good it had to make my list! A big thank you to Lethrokai for the recommendation at some point during the year) LISTEN: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f7jpBhfM83A
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Special Providence - Essence Of Change
Progressive metal LISTEN: https://nativeconstruct.bandcamp.com/
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Izah - Sistere
Post-metal with progressive tinges LISTEN: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JDb8I4RvLO4&index=1&list=PL6eEowL0-Klpno-5F55ltBQG0xv4sZTDe (the motion picture)
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Metallic Taste Of Blood - Doctoring The Dead
Instrumental progressive metal LISTEN: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1_7EBh2Nu3A
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Izah - Sistere
Post-metal LISTEN: https://izahband.bandcamp.com/album/sistere
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Tribulation - The Children Of The Night
Progressive/instrumental metal LISTEN: http://www.metallictasteofblood.com/
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Leprous - The Congregation
Progressive/sludge metal LISTEN: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PiAQ_56WlfM
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Misþyrming - Söngvar Elds Og Óreiðu
Death/black metal LISTEN: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mEw6rm8ISO8
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Magister Templi - Into Duat
Progressive metal LISTEN: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8PJ4oaTNU6M
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Sunset In The 12th House - Mozaic
Black metal LISTEN: https://misthyrming.bandcamp.com/releases
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Cruciamentum - Charnel Passages
Doom LISTEN: https://cruzdelsurmusic.bandcamp.com/album/into-duat
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Sunset In The 12th House - Mozaic
Post rock LISTEN: https://sunset-in-the-12th-house.bandcamp.com/releases
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Cruciamentum - Charnel Passages
Death metal LISTEN: https://profoundlorerecords.bandcamp.com/album/charnel-passages
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Memento Waltz - Division By Zero
Progressive metal (re-release) LISTEN: https://jolly-roger-records.bandcamp.com/album/memento-waltz-division-by-zero
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Chaos Ech?s - Transient
Death something LISTEN: https://nuclearwarnowproductions.bandcamp.com/album/transient
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Gorod
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Quiet Child - If Only You Had Seen Me
Alternative rock
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Alustrium - A Tunnel To Eden
Technical death metal LISTEN: https://listenable-records.bandcamp.com/album/a-maze-of-recycled-creed
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Ævangelist - Enthrall To The Void Of Bliss
Alternative metal/progressive rock (for fans of Karnivool) LISTEN: https://quietchild1.bandcamp.com/album/if-only-you-had-seen-me
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Arcane - Known​/​Learned
Progressive/technical death metal
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Subsignal - The Beacons Of Somewhere Sometime
Death metal
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Caligula's Horse - Bloom
Progressive metal/rock
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Cult Of Occult - Five Degrees Of Insanity
Progressive rock
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Matron Thorn - The Ritual Narcotic
Alternative rock
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Klone - Here Comes The Sun
Sludge doom
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Abyssal - Antikatastaseis
Death metal
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Alkaloid - The Malkuth Grimoire
Alternative rock
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Riverside - Love, Fear And The Time Machine
Death metal
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Rosetta - Quintessential Ephemera
Progressive/technical death metal
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Ouroboros - Emanations
Progressive rock
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Rosetta - Quintessential Ephemera
Post-metal
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Ouroboros - Emanations
Death metal
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16.11.2015 - 12:45
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I still haven't listened to that Evoke Thy Lords album, and I totally bloody loved the previous one. That Clarence Clarity is also something I need to check out it seems.
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Written by [user id=4365] on 16.11.2015 at 12:45

I still haven't listened to that Evoke Thy Lords album, and I totally bloody loved the previous one. That Clarence Clarity is also something I need to check out it seems.

Both of those records are fun listens. I think the opening of that Evoke Thy Lords album still gets my interest, even after multiple listens. Clarence Clarity, on the other hand, takes a wild unorthodox approach to electronic pop and is definitely worth a gander. It was the only album I was listening to for a couple of months....

Then again, I haven't been the biggest fan of the music this year. Nowadays, anything that pops out as fun and/or interesting tends to bias my thinking, even if the quality of the music is subpar.
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!J.O.O.E.!
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That Clarence Clarity is one hell of an original take on a sound I have to say. I can say my appreciation of it definitely outweighs my enjoyment, but I did like a lot of it for sure.
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Glad you liked Marriages
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Have you checked out The Moth Gatherer - The Earth Is The Sky ? Overlooked, possible post metal AOTY.
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Written by tea[m]ster on 15.01.2016 at 03:43

Have you checked out The Moth Gatherer - The Earth Is The Sky ? Overlooked, possible post metal AOTY.

I have not, but I know that you and R'Vannith and maybe Musclassia are into The Moth Gatherer so that would probably be worth checking out. I'll absolutely look into it. I also need to look into the new Intronaut- apparently that has been receiving very good reviews, too!
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Hey man, as you may know (or not know) in 2015 I really didn't do a great job following my favorite genre, or metal music for that matter. I am slowly starting to catch up. Here is a good one:


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Ha, I am in the letter 'C' right now...


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Written by tea[m]ster on 14.02.2016 at 04:44

Ha, I am in the letter 'C' right now...


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I've been on a post-metal binge lately. Listening to Caspian now!!!
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Listening to Earthside right now. Wow. Impressive stuff and what a roster of vocalists. How the hell did they get the Moscow Symphony Orchestra for this - they are a band from Connecticut! Excellent choice for your list!
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Written by tea[m]ster on 14.02.2016 at 16:14

Listening to Earthside right now. Wow. Impressive stuff and what a roster of vocalists. How the hell did they get the Moscow Symphony Orchestra for this - they are a band from Connecticut! Excellent choice for your list!

Earthside has been receiving lots of acclaim from other websites and I'm surprised they never trickled over here! Glad to hear you enjoyed it.
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18.02.2016 - 00:00
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http://hewhoseoxisgored.bandcamp.com/

Thought you would like this.
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Written by tea[m]ster on 18.02.2016 at 00:00

http://hewhoseoxisgored.bandcamp.com/

Thought you would like this.

First few songs sound absolutely wicked. Thanks for sharing, my friend. This could be one of the better albums from 2015, imo.
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27.02.2016 - 16:11
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I posted a video in the post/sludge/atmospheric thread - you have to check it out.
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I <3 shawarmas. Your taste in food is as awesome as your taste in music.
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