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Anaal Nathrakh - Endarkenment
(9) This album is amazing. My most played album of 2020. Favorite Track: Singularity |
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The Ocean - Phanerozoic II: Mesozoic / Cenozoic
(9) While a couple songs feel less interesting to me, the beginning and end of the album are classics. Favorite Track: Pleistocene |
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Envy - The Fallen Crimson
(9) I'm not in love with every song, but something about the blend of the beautiful composition and the poetic lyrics hits me pretty hard. Favorite Track: HIKARI |
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Igorrr - Spirituality And Distortion
(9) Would have been a 10 except for a few bits in the middle that overstayed their welcome. Favorite Track: Nervous Waltz |
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Paradise Lost - Obsidian
(9) Love how nostaligc the sound makes me. Favorite song: Darker Thoughts |
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Boisson Divine - La Halha
(9) So damn fun and catchy. Favorite Track: La Sicolana |
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Saurom - Música
(9) So damn fun and catchy. Favorite Track: El Queso Rodante |
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Fires In The Distance - Echoes From Deep November
(9) Surprised by how much I enjoyed this. Favorite Track: The Lock And The Key |
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Thy Catafalque - Naiv
(9) brilliant musicianship and engaging throughout. Favorite Track: Tsitsushka |
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Skyforest - A New Dawn
(9) the atmoshphere makes for a dramatic journey and really does its job to transport you. Favorite Track: Along The Waves |
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Imperial Triumphant - Alphaville
(9) Loved every minute of this fantastic album. Favorite Track: Excelsior |
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Neptunian Maximalism - Éons
(9) Incredible musicianship and a fantastic ride. Favorite Track: Enūma Eli? |
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Sylosis - Cycle Of Suffering
(9) Fantastic. Favorite Track: Devils In Their Eyes |
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Sepultura - Quadra
(9) I really enjoy the different approaches in this album, especially as I've not listened to much Sepultra. Great introduction. Favorite Track: Capital Enslavement |
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Pain Of Salvation - Panther
(8) This is incredibly digestible with plenty of engaging experimentation. Very engaging production enhances the atmosphere. Favorite Track: Icon |
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Lucid Planet - Lucid Planet II
(8) Lush. I love the creative flow and genius of this album. Favorite Track: On The Way |
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Mountaineer - Bloodletting
(8) The warmth of the tracks and the balance between light and heavy moments make this a fantastic listen. Favorite Track: Shot Through With Sunlight |
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Déluge - Ægo Templo
(8) The intensity and fervor of this album is only matched by its compositional beauty. Favorite Track: Gloire Au Silence |
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Wayfarer - A Romance With Violence
(8) The Western themes and imagery really worked to set this apart from other sounds. Favorite Track: Vaudeville |
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20.
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Greg Puciato - Child Soldier: Creator Of God
(8) Really fantastic work that shows incredible versatility. Favorite Track: Deep Set |
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Killer Be Killed - Reluctant Hero
(8) Great release from amazing musicians. Favorite Track: Dream Gone Bad |
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Vulkan - Technatura
(8) Favorite Track: Bewildering Conception Of Truth |
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Crippled Black Phoenix - Ellengæst
(8) Great atmosphere and emotion. Favorite Track: The Invisible Past |
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Body Count - Carnivore
(8) Ice-T is great and this album kicks ass. Favorite Track: The Hate is Real |
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Aeternam - Al Qassam
(8) Nice blend of melody with middle eastern backdrops. Favorite Track: Palmyra Scriptures |
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Enslaved - Utgard
(8) Really smooth album, definitely an album that will grow on me. Favorite Track: Homebound |
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Necrophobic - Dawn Of The Damned
(8) I'm usually bored by the usual satanic black metal but this was fun, exciting, and pummeling in the best way. Favorite Track: Mirror Black |
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Unleash The Archers - Abyss
(8) First time listening to this band and I enjoyed it, if it felt a little less than satisfactory on the musicality side. Definitely need another listen. Favorite Track: Faster Than Light |
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Black Crown Initiate - Violent Portraits Of Doomed Escape
(8) solid prog metal. Favorite Track: Years in Frigid Light |
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Daniel Tompkins - Ruins
(8) Enjoyable solo effort by a great singer. Favorite Track: Stains of Betrayal |
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Cloudkicker - Solitude
(8) Great instrumental album with catchy lines. Favorite Track: Code Language |
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Vredehammer - Viperous
(8) Loved the synth blended into the death metal. Favorite Track: Aggressor |
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Cytotoxin - Nuklearth
(8) Reminiscient of Cattle Decapitation. Favorite Track: Lupus Aurora |
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Gaerea - Limbo
(8) Fantastic blend of post and black metal. Favorite Track: To Ain |
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Ad Infinitum - Chapter I: Monarchy
(7) Vocals are fantastic and this is a great listen. I got a little bored with the music and can only hope they add more interesting elements to match the vocals. Favorite Track: Revenge |
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Dark Tranquillity - Moment
(7) Emjoyable riffs and melody, I just wish it was more consistent throughout. Favorite Track: Phantom Days |
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Pull Down The Sun - Of Valleys And Mountains
(7) Great debut album, minus some issues I have with the vocals and borrowing from other bands. That said, the last half of the album felt like a more mature sound for them. Looking forward to their next album. Favorite Track: Salt Of The Earth |
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Dawn Of Solace - Waves
(7) Mikko's voice is great and music plays well. Favorite Track: Lead Wings |
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Deafkids - Deafbrick [Collaboration]
(7) Fun, chuncky industrial. Favorite Track: Mega-Ritual |
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Thou - May Our Chambers Be Full [Collaboration]
(7) Emma's voice and the incorporation of post-metal made this an interesting listen. Favorite Track: Into Being |
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Fates Warning - Long Day Good Night
(7) It's great prog but something about it doesn't quite click with me. Powerful ending tracks though. Favorite Track: The Last Song |
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Bloody Tyrant - 島嶼神話 (Myths Of The Islands)
(7) The folk elements are great but doesn't hold my attention as much as I'd like. Favorite Track: 鬼湖 (Sacred Lake) |
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Countless Skies - Glow
(7) Beautiful soundscape that didn't quite reach the heights I wanted. Favorite Track: Tempest |
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Sacred Outcry - Damned For All Time
(7) Not all the songs clicked with me but I loved the music and storytelling. Power metal is always an iffy genre for me. Favorite Track: Damned For All Time |
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Dark Fortress - Spectres From The Old World
(7) I liked the incorporation of cleans and progressive tones. Favorite Track: Pali Aike |
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Garganjua - Toward The Sun
(7) This is almost up my alley, but something about it doesn't click with me. Favorite Track: Mire |
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...And Oceans - Cosmic World Mother
(7) There's a lot of interesting things going on, probably gets a higher score with more listens. Favorite Track: As The After Becomes The Before |
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Kvaen - The Funeral Pyre
(7) Great melodies and energy; something that will grow on me. Favorite Track: Yee Naaldlooshii |
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Green Druid - At The Maw Of Ruin
(7) Very enjoyable stoner metal with a touch of the darker elements of metal. Favorite Track: The Forest Dark |
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Cirith Ungol - Forever Black
(7) Vocals take getting used to but decent heavy metal. Favorite Track: Legions Arise |
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Draconian - Under A Godless Veil
(7) Enjoyable goth doom, just not my favorite genre. Favorite Track: The Sethian |
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Intronaut - Fluid Existential Inversions
(7) I don't really click with Intronaut, but their talent is obvious. Favorite Track: The Cull |
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Shedfromthebody - A Dead And Aimless Hum
(7) Enjoyed the atmosphere and ethereal vocals but the album struggled to keep my attention. Favorite Track: Sol |
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Stygian Crown - Stygian Crown
(7) good, chunky doom. favorite track: when old gods die |
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Plini - Impulse Voices
(7) Interesting listen. Favorite Track: Perfume |
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Kekal - Quantum Resolution
(7) Interesting and creative, but didn't hold my attention as well. Favorite Track: Quiet Eye |
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Aversio Humanitatis - Behold The Silent Dwellers
(7) Solid black metal. Favorite Track: The Wanderer of Abstract Paths |
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Rezn - Chaotic Divine
(7) Good stoner metal, but doesn't do much for me beyond a few songs. Favorite Song: Emerging |
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Jupiterian - Protosapien
(7) crushing atmosphere. Favorite Track: Mere Humans |
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Trivium - What The Dead Men Say
(7) First time listening to Trivium since 2007, not bad. Favorite Track: The Defiant |
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Black Fate - Ithaca
(6) Loved the Kamelot vibes but few of the songs resonated with me. Great vocalist though. Favorite Track: Ithaca |
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Black Royal - Firebride
(6) Dumb fun but without much to keep me interested. Favorite Track: Hail Yourself |
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Irist - Order Of The Mind
(6) Love the Gojira vibes, but little to diversify their sound. Favorite Track: Severed |
