Top Releases Of 2016, Now With Eggs Benedict!
Top Releases Of 2016, Now With Eggs Benedict!
Here are my favourite releases (8+ ratings) from 2016! This year, my preferences are ranked in order of how I'd rate them. I didn't manage to listen to an exceptional amount of new music this year, so please feel free to recommend and share some releases I may not have gotten to.
Impression about 2016: A terrible year for prog and alternative metal, if I had to be honest, mostly because my expectations were sky-high for releases from Headspace, Haken, Third Ion and Dissona. On the other hand, Vektor revitalized the stagnant genre of thrash with an incredible release. It was a decent year for post-metal or post-influenced things (Départe, Moanaa, Bossk, Blindead), but it was tough to top some of the gems from 2015 (mainly, Sunpocrisy's Eyegasm, Hallelujah! album). Finally, the combination of krautrock with metal in 2016 tantalized me frequently earlier in the year (exemplified by the music of ZÖN and Vaults of Zin).
Impression about 2016: A terrible year for prog and alternative metal, if I had to be honest, mostly because my expectations were sky-high for releases from Headspace, Haken, Third Ion and Dissona. On the other hand, Vektor revitalized the stagnant genre of thrash with an incredible release. It was a decent year for post-metal or post-influenced things (Départe, Moanaa, Bossk, Blindead), but it was tough to top some of the gems from 2015 (mainly, Sunpocrisy's Eyegasm, Hallelujah! album). Finally, the combination of krautrock with metal in 2016 tantalized me frequently earlier in the year (exemplified by the music of ZÖN and Vaults of Zin).
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11.
O'Brother
- Endless Light
2016
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15.
The Mercury Tree
- Permutations
2016
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Vaults of Zin
- Kadath
2016
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24.
Lake of Violet
- The Startling Testimony of Plumb Lines
2016
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Jason Richardson
- I
2016
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Posts: 1334 Written by tea[m]ster on 14.01.2017 at 02:42 Good! I'm still perusing your list a bit- I only listened to ~30 albums in 2016. I actually rather enjoyed Blindead's newest, even if I thought the vocals were noticeably worse. This year, I plan on keeping a 2017 list and I'll finally publish a list of my favourite post-metal albums! Those albums wouldn't quite fit in with my alternative/avant-garde/prog list- Rosetta deserves better than being trapped in the middle of a behemoth list 
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I feel ashamed of myself. I had this record on my hard drive all year long, only gave it a casual spin. I have been revisiting it more and more and I must say, It may be a top 5 album in 2016. I know you will like it, you've probably even heard it, I posted it in the post/sludge thread a while ago: http://ifthesetreescouldtalk.bandcamp.com/album/the-bones-of-a-dying-world
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Eggs are among the best food ever. You just can't make them taste bad no matter what you do with it!
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I was promised Eggs Benedict. /taps foot /taps foot /taps foot as for the list, we have a few similarities, should i pound mine out.
---- get the fuck off my lawn. Beer Bug Virus Spotify Playlist crafted by Nikarg and I. Feel free to tune in and add some pertinent metal tunes!
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The eggs benedict in your picture looks far more appetizing than the chipotle chicken benedict I had the other day...but that's beside the point. 40 Watt Sun's album has been a staple in my rotation, especially at work these last few weeks. I need to show that Departe album some more love, but it is definitely a good one. Also really enjoy the new Schammasch...well...2/3 of it. The last third is decent, but not always in the mood for it.
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Oh for the love...did you miss out on the best post rock album from 2016? I am so close to "10ing" it... pg.lost - Versus
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