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Persefone - Metanoia
(9.10) [progressive melodeath] Basically all of it |
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Ode And Elegy - Ode And Elegy
(9.00) [chamber/post-metal/post-hardcore] Brilliantly beautiful and aggressive in ebs and flows throughout this near-one hour track. |
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Non Est Deus - Impious
(8.88) [black] Save Us; Fuck Your God; Flagellation; Christraping Polka; The Ascension |
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Confess - Revenge At All Costs
(8.82) [nu/thrash/metalcore] Based On A True Story...; EVIN; Phoenix Rises; Unfilial Son; Under Surveillance; Hegemony; Army Of Pigs! |
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Zeal & Ardor - Zeal & Ardor
(8.71) [avantgarde black] Run; Emersion; Bow; Church Burns; Götterdämmerung |
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Kuolemanlaakso - Kuusumu
(8.57) [death doom] Pimeys Laski; Surusta Meri Suolainen; Surun Sinfonia; Tulessakävelijä |
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Grand Harvest - Consummatum Est
(8.50) [death doom] For a debut, this is superb. Heavy emphasis on lyrical play and memorable melodies. Not the most original, but well executed nontheless. |
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Déhà - Decadanse
(8.50) [industrial black/avantgarde death] I Am The Dead |
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Wilderun - Epigone
(8.33) [progressive/symphonic] Woolgatherer, Passenger, Identifier, Distraction II |
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Once Upon A WInter - Void Moments Of Inertia
(7.67) [experimental post-rock] Interesting blend of various genres with post-rock foundations. Far End; Elegant Demise; Void Moments Of Intertia |
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Gloson - The Rift
(8.33) [post-metal/sludge] Impetus; Cerberus IV |
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Animals As Leaders - Parrhesia
(8.33) [progressive/djent/instrumental] Red Miso; Micro-Aggressions; Gordian Naught |
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Cult Of Luna - The Long Road North
(8.33) [post-metal/sludge] An Offering To The Wild; Into The Night; Blood Upon Stone |
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Archaic - The Endgame Protocol
(8.30) [thrash] The Truth; A Cold Embrace; From The Undying |
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Bloodywood - Rakshak
(8.30) [alternative/folk] Gaddar; Dana-Dan; BSDK.exe |
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Mountaineer - Giving Up The Ghost
(8.29) [post-metal/doom] When The Soul Sleeps |
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Amorphis - Halo
(8.18) [folk/progressive/melodeath] Northwards; Seven Roads Come Together; War; Halo |
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Violet Cold - Səni Uzaq Kainatlarda Axtarıram
(8.17) [shoegaze] Shoegaze Rave; Immersive Collapse; Artificial Love; Demise |
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A Pale December - Death Panacea
(8.17) [atmospheric black] Atoning Monuments; Nethermost |
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Pure Wrath - Hymn To The Woeful Hearts
(8.17) [atmospheric black] Presages From A Restless Soul |
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Shadow Of Intent - Elegy
(8.15) [symphonic deathcore] Farewell; The Coming Fire; Of Fury; From Ruin...We Rise |
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Almach - Realm
(8.14) [atmospheric black] Hindukush; Shades of War; Afghanistan; Flame of the East |
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Voivod - Synchro Anarchy
(8.11) [progressive] Paranormalium; Planet Eaters; Quest For Nothing |
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Allegaeon - Damnum
(8.08) [tech/melodeath] Of Beasts And Worms; Into Embers; Saturnine |
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Billy Talent - Crisis Of Faith
(8.00) [pop-rock] Reckless Paradise; I Beg To Differ (This Will Get Better); The Wolf; Judged; Hanging Out With All The Wrong People |
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Dirty Shirt - Get Your Dose Now!
(8.00) [alternative/crossover folk] Enjoyable but lacking some of the energy I expected from them. |
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Agathodaimon - The Seven
(8.00) [symphonic black/extreme goth] Mother Of All Gods; The Divine |
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Rolo Tomassi - Where Myth Becomes Memory
(7.90) [math/experimental] Almost Always; Closer; Drip |
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Playgrounded - The Death Of Death
(7.83) [progressive post-metal] The Death Of Death; Tomorrow's Rainbow |
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Sylvaine - Nova
(7.83) [atmospheric black/shoegaze] Need another listen |
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We Broke The Weather - We Broke The Weather
(7.80) [psychedelic rock/jazz] Such a great vibe and consistency throughout. Rat King; The Fog |
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Kurokuma - Born Of Obsidian
(7.80) [doom/sludge] Smoking Mirror; Jaguar; Under The Fifth Sun |
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Yumo Zouma - Present Tense
(7.80) [electro-pop] Airy, whimsical pop with catchy songwriting. Mona Lisa; In The Eyes Of Our Love; Haunt |
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Messa - Close
(7.80) [doom] Rubedo; Serving Him |
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Absent In Body - Plague God
(7.75) [atmospheric sludge/post-metal] need another listen |
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Author & Punisher - Krüller
(7.75) [industrial doom/drone] Drone Carrying Dread |
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Imarhan - Aboogi
(7.75) [tishoumaren] Such a great example of how exploring music around the world gives both a nostalgic familiarity and new experiences. |
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Greg Spero - The Chicago Experiment
(7.73) [improv jazz] The Chant; Tiny Beat; Straight Shooter |
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Humanotone - A Flourishing Fall In A Grain Of Sand
(7.67) [progressive stoner] need another listen |
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Hath - All That Was Promised
(7.67) [death] Kenosis; Casting Of The Self |
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Eight Bells - Legacy Of Ruin
(7.67) [experimental progressive] The Crone |
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Shape Of Despair - Return To The Void
(7.67) [funeral doom] Return To The Void |
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Battle Beast - Circus Of Doom
(7.60) [heavy/power/pop rock] Wings Of Light; Master Of Illusion; Armageddon |
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Extinction A.D. - Culture Of Violence
(7.60) [crossover thrash] Need another listen |
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Diablo - When All The Rivers Are Silent
(7.60) [progressive melodeath/groove thrash] Shackles Of Fear; Parathon |
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The Mountain King - WolloW
(7.56) [drone doom] IV Sophos; V DNA Strand |
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Riverwood - Shadows And Flames
(7.54) [folk/progressive] The Dragonborn Comes - Dovahkiin, Babylon (بَابِل), Dying Light, Rise of the Fallen, The Flame |
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Melt Yourself Down - Pray For Me I Don’t Fit In
(7.50) [dance-punk/afrobeat] Some crazy good beats, like in "Ghosts On The Run", but not everything hits the same levels they could. |
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Dæmonesq - The Beauty Of Letting Go
(7.50) [black] The Beauty Of Letting Go |
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Sakis Tolis - Among The Fires Of Hell
(7.44) [gothic] Ad Astra; The Silence; Nocturnal Hecate |
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Delvon Lamarr Organ Trio - Cold As Weiss
(7.44) [jazz] Pull Your Pants Up; Big TT's Blues |
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Endless Dive - A Brief History Of A Kind Human
(7.44) [instrumental post-rock] A Brief History Of A Kind Human; Elevator To Silence; Au revoir |
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Toundra - Hex
(7.43) [instrumental post-rock] El Odio. Parte II; Watt |
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UIV - Frigus
(7.40) [progressive death/blackened death] Tired Hands; Mother; Terrasleep |
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Celeste - Assassine(s)
(7.38) [black/sludge/hardcore] De Tes Yeux Bleus Perlés; (A); Il A Tant Rêvé D’Elles |
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Kimaera - Imperivm
(7.38) [death doom] Caput Mundi; Ya Beirut |
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Buñuel - Killers Like Us
(7.30) [noise punk/post-punk] Somehow a nostalgic, disonant sound tinged with light doomy sludge. Crack Shot |
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Stabbing Westward - Chasing Ghosts
(7.30) [alternative/industrial] Wasteland |
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Sabaton - The War To End All Wars
(7.30) [power] The Unkillable Soldier; Christmas Truce; Versailles |
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Lucida Dark - Of Death, Of Love
(7.29) [instrumental post-rock] Taken By Sorrow; On That Dark Immortal Shore...; There Are Other Worlds Than These |
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Dusk (PAK) - Imaginary Dead
(7.25) [death doom] Eigengrau; Monochromatically Reimagined; Identity's Burden |
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Urzah - II
(7.25) [sludge] Greedbather |
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Mjød - Invisible Forest
(7.25) [pagan folk] Stardust Mead; The Several Pieces Of Dawn |
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Dark Funeral - We Are The Apocalypse
(7.22) [black] Nightfall; When I'm Gone |
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Venom Prison - Erebos
(7.20) [death] Judges Of The Underworld; Pain Of Oizys; Gorgon Sisters |
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(Dolch) - Nacht
(7.08) [atmospheric doom/drone] Open; Mercury; Coda |
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The Weeknd - Dawn FM
(7.06) [synthpop] Gasoline, Out of Time, Less Than Zero, Phantom Regret by Jim |
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Lycopolis - Amduat Part 1 - The Midnight Mystery
(6.75) [black] Hour 1: Waters Of Re; Hour 5: Station Of The Gods |
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Blood Incantation - Timewave Zero
(6.50) [ambient] Ea |
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Aarlon - Dafan
(6.50) [alternative] The lack of direction really hurts the experience, though I like that they sing in Hindi. |
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Emma Ruth Rundle - Orpheus Looking Back
(6.50) [post-rock/neofolk] Some extension from Engine From Hell, but nothing that hit me. |
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Artamene - Ziggurat
(6.38) [heavy/thrash] Fear Of Darkness; Mayhem; Inshushinak |
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Electromancy - Technopagan
(6.00) [industrial black] Disabled; My Body Is Failing Me |
