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1.
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Sermon - Of Golden Verse
[9.0] - Every bit as dope as I would hope the follow-up to Birth Of The Marvellous would be, and with a bit more range included too. |
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2.
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Ne Obliviscaris - Exul
[9.0] - Another great listen from NeO; Misericorde joins the pantheon of their best songs. |
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3.
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Fvnerals - Let The Earth Be Silent
[8.5] - Take Chelsea Wolfe's Abyss, make it doomier and more metallic, and you're approaching the majesty of this record. |
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4.
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Enslaved - Heimdal
[8.5] |
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5.
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Moonreich - Amer
[8.5] |
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6.
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Omnerod - The Amensal Rise
[8.5] |
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7.
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Natt - Natt
[8.5] - Fascinating instrumental post-rock/metal/krautrock, two excellent first songs, then the final track goes beyond this to become celestial drone (metal), fantastic record. |
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8.
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Entropia - Total
[8.5] |
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9.
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Insomnium - Anno 1696
[8.5] |
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10.
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Katie Gately - Fawn / Brute
[8.5] |
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11.
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Fires In The Distance - Air Not Meant For Us
[8.0] |
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12.
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Pronostic - Chaotic Upheaval
[8.0 |
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13.
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Ikarie - Arde
[8.0] |
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14.
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The Black Cat's Eye - The Empty Space Between A Seamount And Shock-Headed Julia
[8.0] |
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15.
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Hypno5e - Sheol
[8.0] |
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16.
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Unfurl - Ascension
[8.0] |
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17.
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Rezn - Solace
[8.0] |
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18.
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Khan - Creatures
[8.0] |
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19.
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The Ocean - Holocene
[8.0] |
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20.
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Oak - Disintegrate
[8.0] |
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21.
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Witch Ripper - The Flight After The Fall
[8.0] |
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22.
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Seek - Kokyou De Shinu Otoko
[8.0] - Bulldozing sludge debut from Japan. |
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23.
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Herod - Iconoclast
[8.0] |
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24.
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Nebulae Come Sweet - De Lumière
[8.0] |
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25.
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Caratucay - Nocturnes Of The Incarcerated
[8.0] |
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26.
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Vulture Industries - Ghosts From The Past
[8.0] |
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27.
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Death Engine - Ocean
[8.0] |
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28.
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Miserere Luminis - Ordalie
[8.0] - Strong post-black release with piano/orchestral passages to add atmosphere. |
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29.
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Riverside - ID.Entity
[8.0] |
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30.
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Hollow Hour - Till The Grey Skies Are Gone
[8.0] |
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31.
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Ocean Of Grief - Pale Existence
[8.0] |
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32.
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Insomnium - Songs Of The Dusk
[8.0] |
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33.
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Lethvm - Winterreise
[8.0] |
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34.
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Cursebinder - Drifting
[8.0] - Pretty damn decent atmospheric post-black. |
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35.
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The World Is Quiet Here - Zon
[8.0] |
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36.
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Scáth Na Déithe - Virulent Providence
[8.0] |
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37.
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Bizarrekult - Den Tapte Krigen
[8.0] - Very solid, emotional, post-y black-y metal. |
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38.
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Silent Whale Becomes A Dream - North
[8.0] - Elite post-rock band produces elite post-rock EP, they really have an aura that so many of their peers lack. |
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39.
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Cattle Decapitation - Terrasite
[8.0] |
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40.
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Sól Án Varma - Sól Án Varma
[8.0] - Slightly too long, but very strong Icelandic BM debut with good mix of riffs, atmosphere and melodic hints. |
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41.
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Kalmah - Kalmah
[8.0] |
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42.
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Mental Cruelty - Zwielicht
[8.0] - Lorna Shore-esque blackened symph-deathcore. |
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43.
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Sworn - A Journey Told Through Fire
[8.0] |
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44.
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The Arcane Order - Distortions From Cosmogony
[8.0] |
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45.
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Anachronism - Meanders
[8.0] |
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46.
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Bosco Sacro - Gem
[8.0] - Really nice gloomy atmospheric rock/slightly metal release. |
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47.
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Atavistia - Cosmic Warfare
[8.0] |
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48.
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Ring Of Gyges - Metamorphosis
[8.0] |
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49.
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Lo! - The Gleaners
[8.0] - Malevolent sludge-heavy post-metal with darkness and intensity. |
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50.
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At The Altar Of The Horned God - Heart Of Silence
[8.0] |
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51.
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Suotana - Ounas I
[8.0] - Very entertaining extreme power/melodeath with lots of innate hookiness. |
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52.
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Lunar Chamber - Shambhallic Vibrations
[8.0] |
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53.
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Hasard - Malivore
[8.0] |
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54.
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Arkona - Kob'
[8.0] |
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55.
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Hills Like White Lions - Meander
[8.0] - Posty, proggy stuff that sounds fairly unique and evocative. |
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56.
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Nightmarer - Deformity Adrift
[8.0] - Unusual, doomy and dense disso-death. |
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57.
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Sunrot - The Unfailing Rope
[8.0] - Malevolent sludge doom with some malicious grimness but also surprising hints of levity. |
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58.
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Entheos - Time Will Take Us All
[8.0] - Pretty great progressive deathcore that sounds great in deathcore, djent, tech-death or prog mode. |
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59.
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Blindfolded And Led To The Woods - Rejecting Obliteration
[8.0] - Great mix of tech-death, deathcore, and other proggy and more melodic sounds. |
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60.
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Pupil Slicer - Blossom
[8.0] |
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61.
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Pa Vesh En - Martyrs
[8.0] |
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62.
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Henget - Beyond North Star
[8.0] - Bold stylistic mix of black, prog death, and some other quirks. |
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63.
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Nemesis Sopor - Firmament
[8.0] - Emphatic, powerful, blast-heavy post-tinged black metal effort. |
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64.
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Úkryt - 1897
[8.0] - A more blackened version of Year Of No Light/Silent Whale Becomes A Dream, pretty awe-inspiring in its grandest moments. |
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65.
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Carnosus - Visions Of Infinihility
[8.0] - Good mix of riffs, solos and venom on this modern-sounding DM effort. |
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66.
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Vortesvin - The Beauty Of Extinction
[8.0] - Excessive at 83 minutes long, but it's actually a very solid prog death/black album with good musical extremes and moments. |
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67.
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Ethir Anduin - Холод
[8.0] - Strong, diverse, melodically inclined black metal with other elements in there. |
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68.
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Håndgemeng - Ultraritual
[8.0] |
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69.
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Telos - Delude
[8.0] |
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70.
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Kostnatění - Úpal
[8.0] - Demented avant-garde black metal with bizarre dissonance and weird folkish tones. |
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71.
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Saturnus - The Storm Within
[8.0] |
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72.
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Contemporary Noise Ensemble - An Excellent Spiritual Serviceman
[8.0] - Really enjoyable Cinematic Orchestra-style soft jazzy post-rock. |
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73.
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Shores Of Null - The Loss Of Beauty
[8.0] - Rich, melody-heavy quasi-extreme doom record with excellent vocals. |
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74.
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Thy Catafalque - Alföld
[8.0] |
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75.
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Late Night Venture - V: Bones Of The Extinct
[8.0] - Sounds a lot like Amenra mixed with Gloson, but is satisfying like both those bands can be. |
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76.
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Healthyliving - Songs Of Abundance, Psalms Of Grief
[8.0] - Chelsea Wolfecore/doom, subdued and haunting. |
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77.
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Dirge (IND) - Dirge
[8.0] - I'm disappointed that a post-metal album by Dirge doesn't indicate a return from the French band, but this Indian group are also very proficient at textured, atmospheric post-metal. |
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78.
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Mammal Hands - Gift From The Trees
[8.0] - Really nice Portico Quartet/GoGo Penguin-style jazz. |
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79.
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Derhead - The Grey Zone Phobia
[8.0] - Strong frenetic black metal with plenty of blasting and subtle psychedelic hints. |
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80.
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King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard - PetroDragonic Apocalypse; Or, Dawn Of Eternal Night: An Annihilation Of Planet Earth And The Beginning Of Merciless Damnation
[8.0] - Ridiculous name, solid album. |
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81.
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...And Oceans - As In Gardens, So In Tombs
[8.0] |
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82.
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3xperimental - Cosmic Tales
[8.0] - The name fits - this is an oddball, eclectic display of meloblack with industrial, electronic, symphonic, post-metal and other elements on top. |
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83.
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Hyldr - Order Of The Mist
[8.0] - Very decent gothic doom debut with some unexpected musical detours. |
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84.
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Sarmat - Determined To Strike
[8.0] |
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85.
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Anatomy Of Habit - Black Openings
[8.0] - Unconventional post-metal with post-punk, industrial and death rock elements. |
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86.
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Remote Viewing - Modern Addictions
[8.0] - Solid slab of grim sludge with venom alongside some quieter noise rock moments. |
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87.
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Rye - Всё
[8.0] - More stylistically consistent than the half-blackgaze/half-funeral doom debut, this ambient atmo-black release has a nice mix of approaches and subtle melody (with a little funeral doom return in the last song). |
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88.
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Gorod - The Orb
[8.0] - Upper-tier prog/tech-death, the jam midway through We Are The Sun Gods is dope. |
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89.
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Kanaan - Downpour
[8.0] - Exciting heavy psych rock bonanza. |
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90.
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Ironmaster - Weapons Of Spiritual Carnage
[8.0] - 2000s Behemoth-esque death metal juggernaut, a lot of fun. |
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91.
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Okhema - Okhema
[8.0] - Sharp-edged, impressive meloblack debut. |
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92.
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Iron Buddha - Raze//Repose
[8.0] - Tasty sludge with post/mathy bits. |
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93.
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Downfall Of Gaia - Silhouettes Of Disgust
[8.0] - Fairly gazey post-black. |
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94.
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Deviser - Evil Summons Evil
[8.0] - Very catchy meloblack. |
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95.
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Austere - Corrosion Of Hearts
[8.0] |
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96.
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Guts Club - Cliffs/Walls
[8.0] - Drone with noise rock vibes, works really well having the slow heavy drums building suspense. |
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97.
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Predatory Void - Seven Keys To The Discomfort Of Being
[7.5] - More malicious side-project than the day job of 2 Amenra members. |
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98.
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For I Am King - Crown
[7.5] |
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99.
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Karmanjakah - Ancient Skills
[7.5] |
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100.
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Yawning Man - Long Walk Of The Navajo
[7.5] - Really pleasant instrumental psych rock jam record. |
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101.
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Fromjoy - Fromjoy
[7.5] - Weird, eclectic, chaotic, diverse X-core. |
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102.
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Antrisch - Expedition II: Die Passage
[7.5] - Very respectable high-energy meloblack debut. |
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103.
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Autumn Tears - Guardian Of The Pale
[7.5] |
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104.
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Samtar - Shadow Of The King's Charade
[7.5] |
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105.
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Harboured - Harboured
[7.5] |
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106.
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Isolde Laseon - Oh Dear
[7.5] - Really nice tone to these moody understated pop-style songs. |
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107.
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Úlfúð - Of Existential Distortion
[7.5] |
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108.
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Koronus - Sentinel
[7.5] |
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109.
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The Infinity Ring - Nemesis & Nativity
[7.5] - Nice moody gothy dark folk. |
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110.
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Balmong - Covenants Of Salt
[7.5] - Feisty 20-minute single-song black metal EP. |
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111.
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Polymoon - Chrysalis
[7.5] - Very solid prog/psych rock. |
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112.
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Wooden Veins - Imploding Waves
[7.5] - Strong proggy gothic doom debut, bit Ghost Brigade-y. |
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113.
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Dødheimsgard - Black Medium Current
[7.5] |
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114.
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Black Orchid Empire - Tempus Veritas
[7.5] |
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115.
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Nospūn - Opus
[7.5] |
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116.
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A Constant Knowledge Of Death - Dissecting A One-Winged Bird
[7.5] - Grisly deathened proggy sludge/post-metal trudge. |
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117.
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M83 - Fantasy
[7.5] |
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118.
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Man Must Die - The Pain Behind It All
[7.5] - Really decent death that goes in a few different directions - groovy, techy, atmos/melodic - but manages to be consistently unpredictable and satisfying. |
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119.
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WuW - L'Orchaostre
[7.5] |
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120.
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They Watch Us From The Moon - Cosmic Chronicles, Act I: The Ascension
[7.5] |
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121.
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Paenil Era - Deviere
[7.5] |
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122.
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Zopp - Dominion
[7.5] - Another cool Canterbury-style album, with occasional vocals now too. |
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123.
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Big Brave - Nature Morte
[7.5] - Another solid effort from these dronesters, love the percussion and vibe. |
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124.
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Thantifaxath - Hive Mind Narcosis
[7.5] - Contorted, unorthodox, savage black metal; it's pretty great. |
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125.
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Periphery - Periphery V: Djent Is Not A Genre
[7.5] |
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126.
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Hwaino - Ashes Of The World Tree
[7.5] - Tender, evocative blackgaze/post-rock. |
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127.
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Eterknight - Forgotten Tales
[7.5] - Fun, super-energetic folk power debut. |
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128.
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Klone - Meanwhile
[7.5] - Another very enjoyable proggy alt album from these guys that is just below being great. |
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129.
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Einar Solberg - 16
[7.5] - Long and has a couple of missteps, but it's a very solid record overall. |
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130.
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Host - IX
[7.5] - Neat return to the goth rock times from the Paradise Lost cohort. |
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131.
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HamaSaari - Ineffable
[7.5] - Nicely atmospheric modern prog album, it has its heavy moments but is quite mellow too. |
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132.
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Smote - Genog
[7.5] - Cool psychedelic drone folk stuff, gets heavy on some tracks but others are more dreamy psych rock. |
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133.
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Vintersea - Woven Into Ashes
[7.5] - Varied mix of styles; perhaps slips at moments in how seamlessly the styls are integrated, but it's a good album all in all. |
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134.
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Ocular Trauma - The Dissection Of Tragedy
[7.5] - Very solid techy-death 25-min EP. |
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135.
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Teitan - In Oculus Abyss
[7.5] - Cacophonic avant-garde black metal with lots of demented samples and sound effects. |
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136.
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Akilla - The Gods Have Spoken
[7.5] - Very Insomnium-esque, and very enjoyable as a result. |
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137.
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Bongzilla - Dab City
[7.5] - Droney, sludgy stoner with swagger. |
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138.
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Thron - Dust
[7.5] - Super-riffy quasi-melodic black metal; The Golden Calf is a banger. |
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139.
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Void Of Light - Enshroud
[7.5] - Solid two-track blackened post-metal EP. |
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140.
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Dark Sanctuary - Cernunnos
[7.5] - Love the strings on the title track; really nice understated neoclassical darkwave. |
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141.
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Pandrador - Seiðr
[7.5] - Solid death metal, some OSDM hints but also some more modern and more evil sounds. |
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142.
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Cypherium - Moral Injury
[7.5] |
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143.
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Outlaw - Reaching Beyond Assiah
[7.5] - Riff-heavy meloblack with everything important down pat, albeit with relatively few frills. |
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144.
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Viscera - Carcinogenesis
[7.5] - Solid deathcore with good riffs, decent breakdowns and nice melodic guitar moments. |
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145.
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The Devil's Trade x JOHN CXNNOR - Live At Roadburn 2022
[7.5] - Nice to get to hear this performance again. |
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146.
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Nerve End - The Cycle
[7.5] - Nifty djent-prog with djent-heavy riffing, an upbeat melodic aura and emotive vocals. |
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147.
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Marianas Rest - Auer
[7.5] - More lush melodeath/doom with Insomnium-esque and Ghost Brigade-esque songs. |
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148.
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Shodan - None Shall Prevail
[7.5] - Polish death, proggier than Dormant Ordeal and not quite as great. |
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149.
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Raze The Void - Para Sempre
[7.5] - Melodeath/doom - parts of it are pretty unnoteworthy, but damn is Edge Of The Universe lovely. |
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150.
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Walg - III
[7.5] - Exciting high-energy meloblack record. |
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151.
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Leiþa - Reue
[7.5] - Slightly questionable spoken vocals on track 2 aside, this is a really decent meloblack release, enjoyed it a lot. |
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152.
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Conjoined Twin Octopus - The Infinite Pregnancy
[7.5] - Fascinating genre-hopping madness. |
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153.
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Druids Of Eld - A Day Of Sorrow
[7.5] |
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154.
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Inherus - Beholden
[7.5] |
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155.
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Kaksonen - Universumin Kuningas
[7.5] |
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156.
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Bríi - Último Ancestral Comum
[7.5] - Production hinders it in places, but overall it's another solid black/electro outing from Bríi. |
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157.
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The Machine - Wave Cannon
[7.5] |
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158.
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Chronicle - Where Chaos Thrives
[7.5] - High-tempo Gothenburg with tech-death slant. |
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159.
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Ignea - Dreams Of Lands Unseen
[7.5] - Enjoyable symph-lite prog with pleasantly gentle lead vocals. |
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160.
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71TONMAN - Of End Times
[7.5] - Devastatingly heavy doomy sludge. |
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161.
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ALL HANDS_MAKE LIGHT - "Darling The Dawn"
[7.5] - Ethereal ambient post-'rock'. |
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162.
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Santo Rostro - Después No Habrá Nada
[7.5] |
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163.
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Mélancolia - HissThroughRottenTeeth
[7.5] - Fairly monstruous and tasty blackened deathcore with slight post- and symph features. |
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164.
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The Motion Mosaic - Limbo Conditions
[7.5] - Really dig these guys, hope there's more on the way. |
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165.
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The Eating Cave - The Miscalculation
[7.5] - Ballistic, frenetic proggy tech-death. |
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166.
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TDK - Nemesta
[7.5] - Exuberant mesh of jazz, math rock, prog, and post-metal that works pretty well. |
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167.
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66crusher - Limbo
[7.5] - Starts off as thrash but ends up closer to something like Evergrey, pretty solid album. |
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168.
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Ruadh - 1296
[7.5] |
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169.
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Cloak - Black Flame Eternal
[7.5] |
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170.
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Crown Lands - Fearless
[7.5] |
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171.
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Hexer - Abyssal
[7.5] - Solid non-conventional sludge album with a few different musical flavours, both lighter and more primitive. |
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172.
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Skrying Mirror - Omnimalevolence
[7.5] - Densely atmospheric extreme industrial metal album, it's weird and unorthodox but also rather satisfying. |
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173.
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Venuvian - Lost
[7.5] |
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174.
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GoGo Penguin - Everything Is Going To Be OK
[7.5] |
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175.
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Onheil - In Black Ashes
[7.5] |
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176.
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Summer Haze '99 - Inevitable
[7.5] |
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177.
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Witte Wieven - Dwaallicht
[7.5] - At-times post-y, at times melodic/atmo, black metal. |
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178.
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Stömb - Massive Disturbed Meta Art
[7.5] |
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179.
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PoiL & Junko Ueda - PoiL / Ueda
[7.5] - Hypnotic, cacophonic psych rock. |
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180.
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Vorna - Aamunkoi
[7.5] - Warm, melancholic pagan/meloblack - has somee Tyr and Vintersorg to it, particularly vocally. |
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181.
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Contrarian - Sage Of Shekhinah
[7.5] - Weird but fairly compelling proggy/techy death taking clear influence from the 90s Florida tech-death bands like Atheist, Cynic and later Death. |
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182.
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Royal Thunder - Rebuilding The Mountain
[7.5] |
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183.
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Wallowing - Earth Reaper
[7.5] |
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184.
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Velaraas - Pantheon
[7.5] - Prog/tech death with some TBDM-ish melodeath at times too. |
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185.
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Sacred Outcry - Towers Of Gold
[7.5] - Heiman makes another power metal band great. |
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186.
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Seven Impale - Summit
[7.5] - Intriguing jazzy prog rock with heavy metallic moments. |
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187.
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Legacy Of Brutality - Travellers To Nowhere
[7.5] - Retro-death metal with melodeath/folk melodies woven in. |
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188.
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MOOR - Heavy Heart
[7.5] - Bleak sludge doom with a lot of tragedy in its making. |
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189.
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Isiliel - 月虹創聖記
[7.5] - Nice mix of power metal with folk, symphonic and other elements. |
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190.
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Gyrdleah - Spellbinder
[7.5] - One-man black metal debut album a long time in the making, pretty solid now that it's here. |
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191.
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Undrask - God Emperor
[7.5] - Solid, fun melodeath release. |
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192.
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Aetherius Obscuritas - A Sors Szürke Pora
[7.5] |
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193.
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Hellripper - Warlocks Grim & Withered Hags
[7.5] |
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194.
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Krigsgrav - Fires In The Fall
[7.5] |
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195.
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Rană - Richtfeuer
[7.5] - Lengthy, crusty BM songs with a few quirks, such as the more melodic hardcore ending of the last one. |
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196.
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Johnny The Boy - You
[7.5] - Sludge/post-black distinctive sound from CBP members. |
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197.
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Vexing - Grand Reproach
[7.5] - Solid sludge debut with proggy inclinations; slightly hindered by muted production. |
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198.
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Fjoergyn - Judasmesse
[7.5] - Peculiar meloblack with clean singing/spoken word - a bit like something like Lifelover. |
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199.
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Vnder A Crvmbling Moon - I: Oblivion
[7.5] - Prefer the sludgier parts to the funeral doom. |
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200.
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Keep Of Kalessin - Katharsis
[7.5] - Enjoyably dramatic and epic symph-meloblack. |
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201.
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Godflesh - Purge
[7.5] |
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202.
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Krallice - Porous Resonance Abyss
[7.5] |
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203.
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Corpus Necromanthum - He ... Who Suffers Knowledge
[7.5] - Solid blackened death effort. |
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204.
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Lurk - Aegis
[7.5] |
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205.
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Dawn Of Ouroboros - Velvet Incandescence
[7.5] |
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206.
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Phlebotomized - Clouds Of Confusion
[7.5] - Pretty cool proggy melodeath with more extreme current; keys are a bit cheesy though. |
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207.
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Maulén - El Miedo De Amar Pero Igual Lo Hago
[7.5] |
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208.
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Haken - Fauna
[7.5] |
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209.
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Barren Heir - Died Down
[7.5] - Post-tinged brooding, menacing sludge album. |
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210.
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Oath Of Cranes - The Unsung Mantras
[7.5] |
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211.
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The Acacia Strain - Failure Will Follow
[7.5] - Fun sludge doom. |
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212.
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Omnium Gatherum - Slasher
[7.5] - Cheesy Maniac cover, but this is as lush as ever for OG. |
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213.
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Itself - The Absence
[7.5] - Lively, groovy tech-death with some symphonic bombast and other oddities. |
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214.
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Craving - Call Of The Sirens
[7.5] - Up-tempo catchy meloblack/folk. |
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215.
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Abyssal - Sepulchorporeal / Amore
[7.5] |
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216.
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As Light Dies - The Laniakea Architecture Vol. II
[7.5] - Unusual, unpredictable mix of black, prog, doom and other styles. |
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217.
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Hex A.D. - Delightful Sharp Edges
[7.5] - I liked this one more than the predecessor. |
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218.
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Usnea - Bathed In Light
[7.5] - Sludgy, blackened funeral doom, works well. |
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219.
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The Anchoret - It All Began With Loneliness
[7.5] |
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220.
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Poltergeist - Impressions Of The Bizarre And The Uncanny
[7.5] - Gnarly Meshuggah-leaning lengthy EP. |
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221.
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Xandria - The Wonders Still Awaiting
[7.5] |
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222.
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Horizon's End - The Great Destroyer
[7.5] |
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223.
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Conspiracy Of Zero - Ahthos Arouris
[7.5] - Starts off as fairly unassuming death metal, but evolves quite impressively, particularly with the clean solos on the likes of Ahthos Arouris I. |
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224.
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Aiming For Enrike - Empty Airports
[7.5] |
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225.
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Lazaret - Emphasis
[7.5] - By-the-book but potently evocative post with samples. |
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226.
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Halls Of Oblivion - Eighteen Hundred And Froze To Death
[7.5] - Intriguing melodeath with blackgaze and meloblack elements. |
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227.
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Victory Over The Sun - Dance You Monster To My Soft Song!
[7.5] - More approachable than the last one. |
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228.
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Moral Collapse - Divine Prosthetics
[7.5] - Malevolent proggy tech-death with some omious harsher noise passages. |
|
229.
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Ugly - Autograph
[7.5] - Grim doomy industrial-tinged sludge. |
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230.
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The Bipolar Disorder Project - Black
[7.5] - A short-but-pleasant album from a gone-too-soon artist. |
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231.
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Stormhaven - Blindsight
[7.5] - Opethy prog death, not sold on the clean vox totally but decent record. |
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232.
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Back To R'lyeh - The Break
[7.5] - Solid EP that's exuberant and unpredictable without being obnoxious. |
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233.
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Mystic Circle - Erzdämon
[7.5] - Lively meloblack with some cool lead shredding bits in there. |
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234.
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Ignominy - Imminent Collapse
[7.5] - It's not the best disso-death album, but it's a good demonstration of how easily I get into disso-death. |
|
235.
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Räum - Cursed By The Crown
[7.5] - Blast-heavy but gripping post-tinged black metal. |
|
236.
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Afraid Of Destiny - Contra Omnes
[7.5] - Solid atmo/depressive black with some scene-stealing guitar solos. |
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237.
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Majesties - Vast Reaches Unclaimed
[7.5] |
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238.
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Snakemother - Snakemother
[7.5] - Proggy, stoner-y all-fem doom debut. |
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239.
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Enforced - War Remains
[7.5] - No-frills, full-pelt sharp thrash. |
|
240.
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Klidas - No Harmony
[7.5] - Solid quirky psych-rock instrumental effort. |
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241.
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Asteriæ - Gasnąc
[7.5] - Solid gazey post-black with some hardcore moments but also some more post-metallish parts. |
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242.
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The Abbey - Word Of Sin
[7.5] |
|
243.
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Serotonin Syndrome - Seed Of Mankind
[7.5] - Post-black metal with a solid mixture of both and atmosphere to be up my street. |
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244.
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Ashen Horde - Antimony
[7.5] - Prog black is a fair tag for this, but it's not obviously similar to any other prog black records, quite a distinctive sound executed well. |
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245.
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Ascension (UK) - Under The Veil Of Madness
[7.5] - Playful power metal album with showmanship - I get a slight weird vibe with the vocals, but they're generally solid. |
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246.
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Cruachan - The Living And The Dead
[7.5] |
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247.
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Alconaut - Endless Skies
[7.5] |
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248.
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Scar Symmetry - The Singularity (Phase II - Xenotaph)
[7.5] |
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249.
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Poh Hock - Gallimaufry
[7.5] |
|
250.
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Midwife - Orbweaving
[7.5] |
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251.
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Thumos - Symposium
[7.5] |
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252.
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Vale - A Senseless Progression
[7.5] - Varied atmo-blackgaze with nice delicacies and heavier moments (but an unconvincing detour into Opeth territory towards the end). |
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253.
|
Allochiria - Commotion
[7.5] - Decent, brooding sludge-heavy post-metal. |
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254.
|
Theophonos - Nightmare Visions
[7.5] - Solid proggy blackened hardcore. |
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255.
|
Crown Of Madness - Elemental Binding
[7.5] |
|
256.
|
O.S.M. - Plagued By Doubts
[7.5] - Solid proggy, post-y stuff. |
|
257.
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Cincinnati Bowtie - Incantation
[7.5] - Tad overlong, but exciting techy deathcore release. |
|
258.
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Atsuko Chiba - Water, It Feels Like It's Growing
[7.5] |
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259.
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Ævangelist - Simulacra Retrospectræ
[7.5] - Impressively cacophonic 31-minute hellish epic. |
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260.
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Ulthar - Helionomicon
[7.5] - The more meandering, dense approach on these two super-long songs is impressive. |
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261.
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Vvilderness - Path
[7.5] |
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262.
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Dreadrealm - Live From The Fall
[7.5] - Very pleasant folky atmo-black. |
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263.
|
Telesterion - Myesis
[7.5] - Another compelling edition of this high-productivity post-metalgaze sound. |
|
264.
|
Aisles - Beyond Drama
[7.5] - Neat modern heavy prog rock record. |
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265.
|
Paracrona - Sun God
[7.5] - Respectable prog- and melo-tinged BM debut. |
|
266.
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18 Slashes - Jawnnobyl
[7.5] |
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267.
|
Haliphron - Prey
[7.5] - Symphonic death metal with good emphasis on symphonics that aren't banal; the playful piano on The Resistance is fun. |
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268.
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Dhishti - Life Is Suffering
[7.5] |
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269.
|
Mithridatum - Harrowing
[7.5] - Solid atmospheric doomy disso-death. |
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270.
|
Wounds Of Recollection - Warm Glow Of The End Of Everything
[7.5] - Doesn't break the dreamy blackgaze mould, but has exuberance and conviction that makes it stand out. |
|
271.
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Snow Ghosts - The Fell
[7.5] - Cool moody electronic folk. |
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272.
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Quantum Loba - Descending Void
[7.5] |
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273.
|
Trollband - Woolgatherings
[7.5] - Fiery, sharp meloblack. |
|
274.
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Exdestrier - Glorious Barbarism
[7.5] - Rowdy, unpredictable blackened prog sludge. |
|
275.
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Radien - Unissa Palaneet
[7.5] - Sludge doom with expansive final song. |
|
276.
|
Alase - A Matter Of Time
[7.5] - Pleasantly melancholic Finnish prog with occasional djenty bits. |
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277.
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Hanging Garden - The Garden
[7.5] |
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278.
|
Invent Animate - Heavener
[7.5] |
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279.
|
Weight Of Emptiness - Withered Paradogma
[7.5] - Rather satisfying symph-tinged melodic death/doom; occasionally the vocals undersell it, but most of the time it's rather solid. |
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280.
|
Dragoncorpse - The Drakketh Saga
[7.5] - Pretty creative power metal/deathcore fusion. |
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281.
|
Snorlax - The Necrotrophic Abyss
[7.5] - Gnarly graduation from CCs. |
|
282.
|
Avkvrst - The Approbation
[7.5] - 00s Porcupine Tree worship. |
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283.
|
Avenged Sevenfold - Life Is But A Dream...
[7.5] |
|
284.
|
Sleepsculptor - Divine Recalibration
[7.5] - Vicious yet groovy mathcore. |
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285.
|
Demonstealer - The Propaganda Machine
[7.5] - Pretty decent modern death metal album with techy bits, symphy bits, melodic sung bits, and a plethora of guests. |
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286.
|
Ov Sulfur - The Burden Ov Faith
[7.5] - Guest-heavy symph-tinged blackened deathcore - not the best in the genre but somewhat memorably hooky and not too breakdown-reliant. |
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287.
|
Brundarkh - Those Born Of Fire & Shadow
[7.5] - Pretty decent symphy melodeath Tolkein-themed debut. |
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288.
|
Full Of Hell - Suffocating Hallucination [Collaboration]
[7.5] |
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289.
|
Sunbeam Overdrive - Diama
[7.5] - Proggy alt-metal, best when it's proggiest. |
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290.
|
Chrome Waves - Earth Will Shed Its Skin
[7.5] - Pleasant posty blackgazey stuff, fairly inoffensive. |
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291.
|
Blood Ceremony - The Old Ways Remain
[7.5] |
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292.
|
Bell Witch - Future's Shadow Part 1: The Clandestine Gate
[7.5] |
|
293.
|
Molekh - Ritus
[7.5] - Solid onslaught of deathy black, a tad modern Behemoth-y at times. |
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294.
|
Frozen Crown - Call Of The North
[7.5] - High-energy, vibrant power metal, a good amount of enjoyment to be got from it. |
 |
295.
|
Afsky - Om Hundrede År
[7.5] |
|
296.
|
Ayyur - Prevail
[7.5] - Tunisian atmo-inclined black metal - accessible and enjoyable, particularly near th end, albeit with some rough edges in songwriting. |
 |
297.
|
Desert Storm - Death Rattle
[7.5] |
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298.
|
Depravation - IV:LETVM
[7.5] - Black + crust + other stuff, I like it quite a bit. |
 |
299.
|
Pyramid Mass - Monolith
[7.5] |
|
300.
|
The Mask Of Prospero - Hiraeth
[7.5] - Djentcore that I like quite a bit, particularly in the more emotional moments, but isn't quite as consistently great as I'd like. |
 |
301.
|
Haradrim - Death Of Idols
[7.5] - Solid Behemoth worship. |
|
302.
|
Shy, Low - Babylonica
[7.5] |
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303.
|
Nexorum - Tongue Of Thorns
[7.5] |
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304.
|
Fauns - Surcease
[7.5] - Neat 2-song post-doom EP. |
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305.
|
Atlases - Between The Day & I
[7.5] |
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306.
|
Ockra - Gratitude
[7.5] - Fairly fun proggy doom with stoner tinges. |
 |
307.
|
Asphagor - Pyrogenesis
[7.5] - Meloblack with hints of other extreme styles in, this is a solid record. |
 |
308.
|
Prognan - Naši Životi Više Ne Postoje
[7.5] - Solid meloblack album, although I don't entirely love the vocal style. |
|
309.
|
Fathers - He Who Greets With Fire
[7.5] - Sludge-tinged hardcore with abrasion but also some nice solos and melodic bits scattered in, and some post-metal inclinations. Slow Fall |
|
310.
|
Yaaroth - The Man In The Wood
[7.5] - I, Voidhanger doom, not so unusual for the style as to make clear sense on that label, but there's a bit more to this than pure retro-doom, especially the 70s prog rock quirks. |
|
311.
|
8 Hour Animal - Kill Your Boss
[7.5] - Deliciously distorted industrial metal, no frills venom. |
|
312.
|
Gridfailure & Interstitia - Sunyata Ontologoy
[7.5] - Neat dark ambient electronica. |
|
313.
|
Omen Astra - The End Of Everything
[7.5] - Standard but solid sludge debut. |
 |
314.
|
Ancient Settlers - Transition
[7.5] - Promising EP that is based in melodeath, but also incorporates prog, gothic, metalgaze and other sounds. |
|
315.
|
Oceanlord - Kingdom Cold
[7.5] - Unhurried, bluesy stoner doom with Samsara Blues Experiment vibes. |
|
316.
|
Mistral - In The Throes Of Losing Love
[7.5] - Dreamy, poignant blackgaze. |
|
317.
|
Median Omega - Insolence
[7.5] |
|
318.
|
BLACK:I - Kimah Elenu Su'ati Bahlu
[7.5] |
 |
319.
|
Dead Quiet - IV
[7.5] - Lively, hooky hard rock. |
 |
320.
|
Neurotech - Ave Neptune
[7.5] |
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321.
|
Edoma - Buried By Permafrost
[7.5] |
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322.
|
Acid King - Beyond Vision
[7.5] - Cool stoner doom, Electro Magnetic is nicely Om-ish in its droning nature. |
|
323.
|
Soulkeeper - Holy Design
[7.5] - Pure aggression mathcore with no melody/moments of respite. |
 |
324.
|
Pressure Points - The Island
[7.5] - The growls don't necessarily detract from this album, but it is a classic prog album with some random growls. |
 |
325.
|
Lampr3a - ESnSE
[7.5] - Jørgen Munkeby leaves the saxophone aside for a frenetic instru-prog/djent manicfest. |
 |
326.
|
Sarmat - Dubious Disk
[7.5] - Chaotic jazz metal EP. |
 |
327.
|
Vorder - False Haven
[7.5] - Melodeathdoom/post-metal mesh. |
|
328.
|
Idolos - Ajchikaj
[7.5] - Decent meloblack EP with quirks. |
|
329.
|
Aphronic Threnody - When Death Becomes Again
[7.5] - Evocative melodic funeral doom, but overly long. |
 |
330.
|
Ulthar - Anthronomicon
[7.5] - The more compartmentalized of the two albums, it's got plenty of vicious black/death that sounds good, but didn't quite pull me in. |
|
331.
|
Fucked Up - One Day
[7.5] - Less sprawling and stylistically diverse than my previous taste with them, but an interesting core-y release. |
 |
332.
|
Soulmass - Let Us Pray
[7.5] - Solid doomy death metal with good prog and melodeath infusions. |
|
333.
|
Ciconia - Animal Chapters
[7.5] - Fun instru-djent with style and groove. |
|
334.
|
Hypnodrone Ensemble - The Signal In The Signal
[7.5] - Slick drone rock featuring a Nadja member. |
|
335.
|
V:XII - Lu-Cipher-Sabbatean
[7.5] - Grim, malevolent industrial electronica. |
|
336.
|
Grottos - Через топи
[7.5] - Pretty tasty post-black/post-hardcore/metalgaze. |
 |
337.
|
Nothingness - Supraliminal
[7.5] - Tasty mix of OSDM and more brutal sounds with some quality riffs. |
 |
338.
|
Haxprocess - The Caverns Of Duat
[7.5] - Pretty cool proggy Egyptian-themed technical OSDM-sounding debut. |
 |
339.
|
Temptress - See
[7.5] - Psychedelic stoner/hard rock, the more psychedelic tracks are great, the more stoner-y ones are fine, but a bit less impressive. |
|
340.
|
Daydream Flights - The Garnet Bracelet
[7.5] - Suitably enjoyable post-hardcore/blackgaze. |
 |
341.
|
Necropanther - Betrayal
[7.5] - Hard-edged thrashy melodeath with some neat melodic guitar moments in there. |
 |
342.
|
Vosbúð - Heklugjá
[7.5] - As far as melo/atmo-black from Iceland with long songs goes, it's not quite a new Nasheim, but it's a very decent album. |
 |
343.
|
Ὁπλίτης - Ψευδομένη
[7.5] - Intriguing proggy dissoblack record, albeit not one that ever fully engaged me. |
|
344.
|
Strider (TUR) - Midnight Zen
[7.5] - Decent proggy stoner with hints of Elder/Weedpecker, albeit not quite at the level of either group at their best. |
 |
345.
|
Turbid North - The Decline
[7.5] - Stoner/sludge and death metal aren't obvious bedmates, and there is some inconsistency between tracks here, but overall it's a solid and curious album. |
 |
346.
|
Frozen Dawn - The Decline Of The Enlightened Gods
[7.5] - Conventional but solid chilled-edges meloblack. |
 |
347.
|
Yashira - Yashira / Horsewhip
[7.5] |
 |
348.
|
Redemption - I Am The Storm
[7.5] |
 |
349.
|
Fange - Privation
[7.5] - Perhaps their best yet, the grimness is turned down for more ominous industrial; the Hangman's Chair track is cool. |
 |
350.
|
Kamelot - The Awakening
[7.5] |
|
351.
|
Sound Of Smoke - Phases
[7.5] - Fun retro hard rock album with swagger. |
|
352.
|
Iterum Nata - Trench Of Loneliness
[7.5] - Pleasant proggy folk stuff. |
 |
353.
|
Eyes - Congratulations
[7.5] - Hard/metalcore with DEP-esque mixes of groove, venom and brief mathy outbursts. |
 |
354.
|
Sightless Pit - Lockstep Bloodwar
[7.5] |
 |
355.
|
Graveworm - Killing Innocence
[7.5] - Solid return from symph-tinged blackish metallers. |
 |
356.
|
Ad Infinitum - Chapter III: Downfall
[7.5] |
 |
357.
|
Tribulation - Hamartia
[7.5] |
|
358.
|
Troller - Drain
[7.5] |
 |
359.
|
Burden Of Ymir - Heorot
[7.5] - I prefer the artwork to the album as a whole, but there are some nice folk melodies in here. |
|
360.
|
Trailight - Mirrors
[7.5] - Occasionally slightly gothy alt-prog with nice Keenan-ish vocals. |
 |
361.
|
Kollapsed - An Altar In Mind
[7.5] - Very conventional post-metal, but it's got strong atmosphere and good writing. |
 |
362.
|
Colosso - Zero
[7.5] - Brief, vicious, riffy modern death. |
 |
363.
|
Elvenking - Reader Of The Runes - Rapture
[7.5] - A few duddy songs and not a huge fan of the vocals, but some great instrumental work. |
 |
364.
|
The Privateer - Kingdom Of Exiles
[7.5] - Pleasant folk metal with power and melodeath elements; I'd say the folkiest parts are most to my tastes. |
 |
365.
|
Pylar - Límyte
[7.5] - Preferred the previous Pylar release. |
 |
366.
|
Daughters Of Sophia - ソフィアの娘たち
[7.5] - Pleasant dreamy instrumental metalgaze. |
|
367.
|
Numeron - Road To Valhalla
[7.5] - Artwork is better than the music, but it's a good blackgaze record. |
 |
368.
|
Triumpher - Storming The Walls
[7.5] - Pretty solid old-school power/speed/heavy metal. |
 |
369.
|
Nekus - Sepulchral Divination
[7.5] - Cavernous, malevolent death/doom. |
 |
370.
|
Hellwitch - Annihilational Intercention
[7.5] - Black-tinged thrash/speed with riffs and venom. |
|
371.
|
Cerbère - Cendre
[7.5] - Bleak sludge doom that becomes a bit more uplifting near the end, almost dreamy ambient staticy. |
 |
372.
|
Kong - Traders Of Truth
[7.5] |
|
373.
|
Nephilim's Noose - Blood Chants Of Impiety
[7.5] - Tastily deathly doom with nicely grim atmosphere. |
|
374.
|
Covet - Catharsis
[7.5] - Slightly heavier than past efforts in moments. |
|
375.
|
Black Helium - Um
[7.5] - Fun stoner/psych rock album. |
 |
376.
|
Ossaert - Offerdier
[7.5] |
 |
377.
|
Imperium Dekadenz - Into Sorrow Evermore
[7.5] |
 |
378.
|
As Everything Unfolds - Ultraviolet
[7.5] - Hyper-accessible but catchy metalcore with nice clean-heavy vocals. |
 |
379.
|
Tithe - Inverse Rapture
[7.5] - I'm not really hearing any doom here, but the deathly grind is pretty tasty. |
|
380.
|
The Mon - Eye
[7.5] |
 |
381.
|
Neverus - Burdens Of The Earth
[7.5] - Folky, symphy extreme power/melodeath, good fun. |
 |
382.
|
Church Of Misery - Born Under A Mad Sign
[7.5] |
 |
383.
|
Spotlights - Alchemy For The Dead
[7.5] - Post-y alt rock/metal, pretty distinctive sound and better than the earlier EP. |
 |
384.
|
Raider - Trial By Chaos
[7.5] - Dark, gritty death/thrash. |
 |
385.
|
Geld - Currency // Castration
[7.5] - Short, direct hardcore, but also with a lively sound and sense of fun with the wackier rockabilly-style soloing. |
 |
386.
|
Isole - Anesidora
[7.5] - Slightly too trudging for my tastes, but a very respectable epic doom album. |
 |
387.
|
Grandiosa Muerte - Egregor
[7.5] - Bit too standard OSDM at times, but some of the more expanded aspects of the sound (e.g. the semi-clean tones and deep echoing vocals on Oculto) make this LatAm death metal album pretty neat. |
|
388.
|
Bong Coffin - The End Beyond Doubt
[7.5] - Just about stoner due to the grooves, but with a lot of grimness and intensity that pushes it towards sludge. |
 |
389.
|
Olde Throne - In The Land Of Ghosts
[7.5] - Artwork is arguably the standout element, but the mix of slightly rawer atmo-black with folk-heavy parts results in quite a nice melodic black album. |
 |
390.
|
Fimbulvet - Portale
[7.5] - Nice folk melodies; vocals are slightly weak. |
 |
391.
|
Ahab - The Coral Tombs
[7.5] |
|
392.
|
The Abortionist - Deceiving Hales
[7.5] - Solid melodeath-tinged techy-death debut. |
|
393.
|
Silence Before The Storm - V: The Dead Eyes Of Eternity
[7.0] - Decent melodeath reminiscent of early In Flames. |
 |
394.
|
OHHMS - Rot
[7.0] |
 |
395.
|
Eïs - Loather
[7.0] |
 |
396.
|
Man As Plague - Titanomancy
[7.0] |
 |
397.
|
Autumn Nostalgie - Awaking Mechanon
[7.0] - Enjoyable post-black/blackgaze split. |
 |
398.
|
Curse Of Cain - Curse Of Cain
[7.0] |
 |
399.
|
Non Est Deus - Legacy
[7.0] |
 |
400.
|
Witchskull - The Serpent Tide
[7.0] - Decent stoner-ish rocky doom. |
|
401.
|
Mast Year - Knife
[7.0] - Suitably misanthropic noise rock/sludge metal, improves as the album progresses. |
 |
402.
|
Fatal Embrace - Manifestum Infernalis
[7.0] - Aspects of this meloblackdeath I enjoy quite a bit, but the shrieks are a bit too front and centre, and there's a lack of hooks. |
|
403.
|
My Hair Is A Rat's Nest - Fragment
[7.0] |
 |
404.
|
Night Demon - Outsider
[7.0] - Solid up-tempo trad-heavy record. |
 |
405.
|
Wanderer - Indulgence Of The Unreal
[7.0] - Brief, feisty metallic hardcore EP with crunch and groove. |
 |
406.
|
Iravu - A Fate Worse Than Home
[7.0] - Nice shredding guitar solos and proggy inclinations of this melody-tinged black metal record. |
 |
407.
|
Blaze Of Sorrow - Vultus Fati
[7.0] - Fun blast-heavy meloblack. |
 |
408.
|
Smoulder - Violent Creed Of Vengeance
[7.0] - Good doomy trad heavy. |
|
409.
|
Netherlands - Severance
[7.0] - Weird sludge with psychedelic, noise rock and alt rock elements. |
 |
410.
|
Ascended Dead - Evenfall Of The Apocalypse
[7.0] - Fairly OSDMy, but remains interesting due to the sheer velocity, bursts of brutality and technicality, and the deranged vocals. |
 |
411.
|
JAAW - Supercluster
[7.0] - Gnarly industrial metal/noise rock. |
 |
412.
|
Myrkur - Ragnarok (Original Soundtrack)
[7.0] |
|
413.
|
Whythre - Impregnate My Hate
[7.0] |
 |
414.
|
Yossi Sassi - Prediluvian
[7.0] |
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415.
|
When Plagues Collide - An Unbiblical Paradigm
[7.0] - Solid symph-tinged deathcore. |
|
416.
|
Sunscourge - Wraith
[7.0] |
|
417.
|
Sick To The Back Teeth - Where Was I?
[7.0] - Very DIY but intriguing psychedelic metal release with stoner, doom, sludge, drone aspects. |
 |
418.
|
Mournful Congregation - The Exuviae Of Gods - Part II
[7.0] |
 |
419.
|
Chained To The Bottom Of The Ocean - Obsession Destruction
[7.0] - Bit dragged out, this sludge doom effort. |
|
420.
|
Draconian Reign - Tragedy Eternal
[7.0] - Solid early-career symph-deathcore EP. |
|
421.
|
Faced Out - Faced Out
[7.0] - Charming folksy midwest emo stuff. |
|
422.
|
FrostSeele - Dämon
[7.0] - Nice melancholic prog mixed with blackgaze. |
 |
423.
|
Malice Divine - Everlasting Ascendancy
[7.0] - Impressive blackened tech-death. |
 |
424.
|
They Grieve - To Which I Bore Witness
[7.0] - Solid enough doomy/sludgy post-metal, but has a few awkward bits in it. |
 |
425.
|
Mesarthim - Arrival
[7.0] |
|
426.
|
Walk With Titans - Olympian Dystopia
[7.0] |
 |
427.
|
Spectral Lore - 11 Days
[7.0] - Still has some awkward moments, but on the whole it's more appealing than the last record, and integrates the ambient stuff a bit more cohesively and satisfyingly. |
|
428.
|
Orbital - Optical Delusion
[7.0] |
 |
429.
|
The Lightbringer Of Sweden - The New World Order
[7.0] |
 |
430.
|
Wothrosch - Odium
[7.0] - Unspectacular but pretty enjoyable ominous Behemoth-tinged black metal with a doomy current to it. |
 |
431.
|
KOLLAPS\E - Phantom Centre
[7.0] |
 |
432.
|
Abused Majesty - Proxima Inferni
[7.0] |
 |
433.
|
Heretoir - Wastelands
[7.0] |
 |
434.
|
Tenhi - Valkama
[7.0] - Overlong but soothing stripped-down acoustic neofolk. |
 |
435.
|
Helleruin - Devils, Death And Dark Arts
[7.0] |
|
436.
|
A Horrible Death To A Horrible Man - Days Gone By
[7.0] - Dreary metalgaze, it's alright. |
|
437.
|
Lesotho - Through The Dying Light
[7.0] |
 |
438.
|
Bandit - Siege Of Self
[7.0] - Tasty deathly grindcore. |
|
439.
|
Bacchus - II
[7.0] |
|
440.
|
Moribund Mantras - ...Of Fathomless Depths
[7.0] |
 |
441.
|
Ὁπλίτης - Τρωθησομένη
[7.0] |
 |
442.
|
Against Myself - Tides Of Insanity
[7.0] - Well-produced symphonic prog/power running a bit low on memorability. |
 |
443.
|
A Lapse Of Solitude - Aeon
[7.0] |
 |
444.
|
Shadows - Out For Blood
[7.0] - Early Motley Crue with a tinge of Mercyful Fate. |
 |
445.
|
Kaal Akuma - Turiya
[7.0] - Beastly Bangladeshi brutal death/doom. |
|
446.
|
Enchantya - Cerberus
[7.0] - Bombastic, well-layered symphonic. |
|
447.
|
Fever Ray - Radical Romantics
[7.0] - Some songs don't work, but generally neat. |
|
448.
|
Ruiner - The Book Of Patience
[7.0] - Protracted descent from celestial ambience into churning noise. |
 |
449.
|
Illuminated Void - Veriditas
[7.0] |
 |
450.
|
Gatekeeper - From Western Shores
[7.0] |
 |
451.
|
A Pretext to Human Suffering - Endless Cycle Of Suffering
[7.0] - Surprisingly decent brutal death. |
 |
452.
|
Adversvm - Vana Marga
[7.0] |
 |
453.
|
August Burns Red - Death Below
[7.0] - Not as memorable as Phantom Anthem, but more interesting than Guardians. |
|
454.
|
To Be Gentle - Loneliness Will Sit Over Our Roofs With Brooding Wings
[7.0] - Screamo with a couple of blackgaze moments. |
 |
455.
|
Tales Of A Liquid Dawn - The Rise Of Emperor Var
[7.0] - Extremely long space/psych-rock, a bit too meandering for its own good but pretty cool. |
 |
456.
|
Manigance - The Shadows Ball
[7.0] - Pretty solid melodic album with power metal leanings, enjoyable and catchy. |
 |
457.
|
Minenwerfer - Feuerwalze
[7.0] - No-frills riffy black metal with some solid shredding. |
 |
458.
|
Lovebites - Judgement Day
[7.0] - Generally enjoyable power metal, the vocals occasionally get a bit much. |
|
459.
|
Deathsbroom - Quietus
[7.0] - Conventional but solid black metal debut with occasional meloblack/dungeon synth moments. |
|
460.
|
SHRVL - Limbus
[7.0] - Ambient spin-off from Holocene. |
 |
461.
|
Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs - Land Of Sleeper
[7.0] |
 |
462.
|
Devangelic - Xul
[7.0] - Filthy growls for this Nile-y death metal. |
 |
463.
|
Memoriam - Rise To Power
[7.0] |
 |
464.
|
Underneath - Nothing Here Is Held Sacred
[7.0] - Feisty deathcore EP. |
 |
465.
|
Conjureth - The Parasitic Chambers
[7.0] - Ferocious, ever-so-slightly-techy OSDM record that's good fun. |
|
466.
|
Wooden Shadow - Eternal Land Of Wrath And Mourn
[7.5] - Well-made mid-tempo Nordic folk metal. |
|
467.
|
Sarvekas - Woven Dark Paths
[7.0] - Decent Behemoth-style black. |
 |
468.
|
Immortal - War Against All
[7.0] |
 |
469.
|
Saint Deamon - League Of The Serpent
[7.0] - Power-ish melodic heavy metal, pleasant listening. |
 |
470.
|
Mesmur - Chthonic
[7.0] |
 |
471.
|
Rise To The Sky - Two Years Of Grief
[7.0] |
 |
472.
|
Vomitory - All Heads Are Gonna Roll
[7.0] - Straight OSDM, but at least it's got some energy unlike Obituary. |
 |
473.
|
Holy Moses - Invisible Queen
[7.0] |
 |
474.
|
K.F.R - Pain/Ter
[7.0] - Ambient black metal that's not as noisey/ambient as Kryatjurr; it's a bit more accessible, but perhaps slightly less intriguing as a result. |
 |
475.
|
Duthaig - Hiraeth
[7.0] - Blackgaze/atmo-black with some subtle other ideas (trip-hop interludes); good, but not as enchanting as the artwork. |
 |
476.
|
Foretoken - Triumphs
[7.0] - The general lively vibe is cool for this ex power/melodeath album, but it does seem a bit lacking in memorability. |
 |
477.
|
VoidCeremony - Threads Of Unknowing
[7.0] - Cacophonic, odd, proggy tech-death, has cool moments in it. |
 |
478.
|
Anubis Gate - Interference
[7.0] |
 |
479.
|
Arriver - Azimuth
[7.0] - On the plus side, this mixture of post-metal, prog, alt-metal, sludge and other sounds is fairly distinctive; on the downside, it's not particularly enjoyable. |
 |
480.
|
Angstskríg - Angstskríg
[7.0] - Respectable black metal album with some neat riffs or clean detours, but also a lack of exceptional aspects. |
|
481.
|
Young Fathers - Heavy Heavy
[7.0] |
 |
482.
|
Revolution Saints - Eagle Flight
[7.0] - Lande-esque vocals and heartfelt songs makes this pretty enjoyable for a melodic hard rock album. |
 |
483.
|
Dysmal - Gates To Apperception
[7.0] - Pleasant Gothic-tinged melodeath debut. |
 |
484.
|
Sleep Terror - Railroad To Dystopia
[7.0] - Bit all over the place, but a fun album. |
 |
485.
|
Birdflesh - Sickness In The North
[7.0] - Grindcore with some variety and a slight sense of fun. |
 |
486.
|
Dark Flood - Illusion Of Light
[7.0] |
 |
487.
|
Spirit Possession - Of The Sign...
[7.0] - Thrashy/first wave-style black metal, fun enough. |
 |
488.
|
Phantom Fire - Eminente Lucifer Libertad
[7.0] - More varied and enjoyable than I would expect for blackened speed metal, the changes in tempo and electronic interlude are nice touches. |
|
489.
|
Polterguise - Eurydice
[7.0] |
 |
490.
|
Heathen Foray - Oathbreaker
[7.0] |
 |
491.
|
Ornamentos Del Miedo - Frío
[7.0] - Not as solid as last year's album, some of the guitar leads were a tad distracting on track 1, but I enjoyed the melancholy of track 2. |
 |
492.
|
Wedingoth - Five Stars Above
[7.0] - Pretty decent prog effort with pleasant vocals (a bit Universal Migrator Pt 1), and quite an impressive 15-minute epic near the end. |
 |
493.
|
Overkill - Scorched
[7.0] |
 |
494.
|
Babymetal - The Other One
[7.0] |
 |
495.
|
Hail The Void - Memento Mori
[7.0] - Generic doomy stoner with occultish vocals and heavy riffs: unremarkable but enjoyable. |
 |
496.
|
Tribunal - The Weight Of Remembrance
[7.0] - Pleasant moody melodies on this gothic doom release. |
 |
497.
|
Zørormr - The Monolith
[7.0] - Rudimentary meloblack but with solid soling. |
 |
498.
|
Katatonia - Sky Void Of Stars
[7.0] |
|
499.
|
Le Mur - Caelum Invictus
[7.0] - The emotion in the vocals is a key strength in the favour of this alt rock record. |
 |
500.
|
Jethro Tull - RökFlöte
[7.0] |
 |
501.
|
Elyose - Déviante
[7.0] - Djenty industrial/cyber metal; reminds me a bit of Mechina, but with some actual dynamics and briefer songs - I like it. |
 |
502.
|
Sortilège - Apocalypso
[7.0] - Bit stylistically scattered, but when on form (e.g. Walkyrie), a solid decades-in-waiting comeback. |
 |
503.
|
Inherits The Void - The Impending Fall Of The Stars
[7.0] - Decent meloblack that is consistently full-pelt and high-energy. |
 |
504.
|
Sorrowful Land - Faded Anchors Of The Past
[7.0] - Nicely crafted melodic death/doom. |
|
505.
|
Vitrail - Le Mépris Du Monde
[7.0] - Nice post-black/blackgaze EP with Deafheaven-style vocals and a nice dark undercurrent to it. |
|
506.
|
Azken Auzi - Azken Auzi
[7.0] - Decently chonky and thick groovy sludge doom, enjoyable without pushing any particular boundaries. |
|
507.
|
Primitive Rage - Enemies Left To Crush
[7.0] - Metallic hardcore with lots of short songs rounded out by one over 10 minutes sounds very Jane Doe, but the closing title track is a lot more vicious; kudos for making such a long and misanthropic track consistently engaging. |
 |
508.
|
Lamp Of Murmuur - Saturnian Bloodstorm
[7.0] |
 |
509.
|
Queens Of The Stone Age - In Times New Roman...
[7.0] |
|
510.
|
Hammock - Love In The Void
[7.0] - Dreamy ambient post-rock. |
|
511.
|
Dissentient - Labyrinth
[7.0] - Djent/deathcore/prog record, a bit one-dimensional but kinda decent groovefest. |
 |
512.
|
Ice Age - Waves Of Loss And Power
[7.0] - Very classic-style prog metal, too classic for my tastes but it's well made. |
 |
513.
|
The Enigma Division - The Enigma Division
[7.0] - Classic-style prog with some extreme/modern moments. |
 |
514.
|
Happy Days - En Enfer, J'ai Régné
[7.0] - Pleasant blackgaze/meloblack. |
 |
515.
|
Silver Bullet - Shadowfall
[7.0] - Found this to be lively and memorable enough to do the job as a Europower release - some slight BG hints in there. |
 |
516.
|
FaithXtractor - Contempt For A Failed Dimension
[7.0] - Good classic death metal sound. |
 |
517.
|
Thy Darkened Shade - Liber Lvcifer II: Mahapralaya
[7.0] - Generally decent sinister black metal, but it can be quite corny and it's also a tad short on standout moments for me. |
|
518.
|
Hand Of Doom - Stray From The Path
[7.0] |
 |
519.
|
Pyramaze - Bloodlines
[7.0] - Soothing, catchy prog/power. |
 |
520.
|
Siena Root - Revelation
[7.0] - Nice retro psych/blues rock, vocals and writing are good enough to be more enjoyable than quite a lot of similar efforts. |
|
521.
|
Sigur Rós - Átta
[7.0] - Bit too dreamy for me. |
 |
522.
|
Death Of Giants - Ventesorg
[7.0] - Evocative gothic melodeathdoom debut, not sure about the Maiden cover though. |
 |
523.
|
Dozer - Drifting In The Endless Void
[7.0] - Decent desert action with good vocals. |
 |
524.
|
Neo Inferno 262 - Pleonectic
[7.0] - Tad cheesy with the electronics but half-decent industrial/electronic/black metal fusion. |
 |
525.
|
Thecodontion - Thecodontion / Ceremented
[7.0] - Two different takes on guitarless extreme metal. |
|
526.
|
The Human Race Is Filth - Cognitive Dissonance
[7.0] - Fairly standard deathgrind, but has the very occasional clean or otherwise unexpected moment, plus good riffs both slow and frantic. |
 |
527.
|
Wytch Hazel - IV: Sacrament
[7.0] |
 |
528.
|
Moonthoth - Uroczysko
[7.0] - Ominous atmo-black on the grimmer side, good but not quite there. |
|
529.
|
XL Life - The Boogie Down South
[7.0] - Punky, rappy stuff that's not too shabby. |
 |
530.
|
Slog - Divination
[7.0] - Satisfying doomy take on death metal that has retro elements without feeling too retro itself. |
 |
531.
|
Twilight Force - At The Heart Of Wintervale
[7.0] - Extraordinary bombast in the ROF-style power metal, but it's certainly enjoyable for the style. |
 |
532.
|
Vale Of Amonition - Immortalizing The Lugubrious, Or Those Of Evolving Despair
[7.0] - Classic-sounding gothic-tinged doom, comes with the perks and drawbacks of that style, but pretty decent. |
 |
533.
|
The Howling Void - Into Darkness Ever More Profound
[7.0] |
 |
534.
|
Narnia - Ghost Town
[7.0] - A bit too mid-tempo for a flowery power metal album, but good vocals and some nice melodic hooks. |
|
535.
|
RIAH - A Man And His Nature
[7.0] - Heavy post-rock/soft post-metal with gentle vocals and soothing melancholic soundscapes. |
|
536.
|
A.M.E.N. - The Book Of Lies - Liber I
[7.0] - Impressively cacophonic jazzy death metal, but quite grating at times. |
|
537.
|
Wrack - Altäre Der Vergänglichkeit
[7.0] - Enjoyable viking-y meloblack a bit let down by subpar clean singing (which doesn't appear enough to derail the whole record). |
 |
538.
|
Turrigenous - Vesper, The Evening Star
[7.0] - Predominantly classic-style prog metal with some thrash or extreme moments. |
 |
539.
|
Unto The Wolves - Chapter IV: Covered In Ash
[7.0] - Sounds like a kinda melodeathy Trivium; the vocals aren't always great, but it's pretty decent overall. |
 |
540.
|
Aran Angmar - Atavism & Dying Stars
[7.0] - Behemoth-ish blackened death; the penultimate song is the clear highlight that saves it from a lower score. |
 |
541.
|
Fifth Angel - When Angels Kill
[7.0] |
 |
542.
|
Aodon - Portraits
[7.0] |
 |
543.
|
Megaton Sword - Might & Power
[7.0] - The good songs for the style are very good (e.g. Iron Plains), but the AC/DC vocals and trudging nature of some other songs (e.g. The Raving Light Of Day) are not for me. |
 |
544.
|
Elder Devil - Everything Worth Loving
[7.0] |
 |
545.
|
Witchthroat Serpent - Trove Of Oddities At The Devil's Driveway
[7.0] - Full-on Electric Wizard-style stoner doom, but has the flow and patience to be engaging. |
|
546.
|
Voidscape - Odyssey Of Spite
[7.0] - Decent melodeath EP with occasional bland passages. |
 |
547.
|
Urarv - Substratum
[7.0] |
|
548.
|
Ison - Stars & Embers
[7.0] - Still pleasant, but a bit drearier than Aurora. |
|
549.
|
Ǥứŕū - Nova Lvx
[7.0] |
 |
550.
|
See You Next Tuesday - Distractions
[7.0] - Satisfying hardcore/grindcore with venom but also some moments that go beyond pure savagery. |
 |
551.
|
Aphotic - Abyssgazer
[7.0] - Death/doom or doomy death. |
 |
552.
|
Winds Of Tragedy - Hating Life
[7.0] - The tone of this album is clear from the title; depressive meloblack/blackgaze with harsher moments, works fine without being outstanding. |
 |
553.
|
Transgressive - Extreme Transgression
[7.0] |
|
554.
|
Ardent Nova - Ardent Nova
[7.0] - Melodeathy pagan NWOBHM - lead guitar stuff is the highlight. |
 |
555.
|
E-an-na - Alveolar
[7.0] - Bit scattered, but can be cool in some parts. |
|
556.
|
Floor Jansen - Paragon
[7.0] |
 |
557.
|
Trespasser - Αποκάλυψις
[7.0] - Pretty cool riffy meloblack. |
 |
558.
|
Hellish Form - Deathless
[7.0] |
 |
559.
|
Uriah Heep - Chaos & Colour
[7.0] |
 |
560.
|
Decemberance - Implosions
[7.0] |
 |
561.
|
Blind Oath - Blind Oath
[7.0] - Rowdy, thrashy trad metal with barked vocals and a decent energy to it. |
 |
562.
|
Orpheus Omega - Portraits
[7.0] - Decent Soilwork imitation on the last song; generally OK melodeath EP. |
 |
563.
|
Daevar - Delirious Rites
[7.0] - Very Windhand-y release; does the job, but doesn't do enough more than said job in order to stand out. |
 |
564.
|
Coffin Nail - The Hanged Man
[7.0] - It's grind, got a bit of murky depth to it but pretty par for the course. |
 |
565.
|
Zustand Null - Beyond The Limit Of Sanity
[7.0] - Solid disso-death-black, not too remarkable but good for a listen or two. |
|
566.
|
Jeffk - Tar
[7.0] - Does try to mix things up to avoid being just standard instru-post, but is decent but not super exciting. |
|
567.
|
Imperial Demonic - Beneath The Crimson Eclipse
[7.0] - The least-frills meloblack possible, but it's a decent EP. |
 |
568.
|
Vanish - A Hint Of Solace
[7.0] - Occasionally power metal in terms of speed, but mainly mid-tempo melodic metal with power metal vocals; good enough for the style. |
 |
569.
|
Galneryus - Between Dread And Valor
[7.0] - Flamboyant but entertaining power metal. |
 |
570.
|
Air Raid - Fatal Encounter
[7.0] - Solid enough up-tempo trad heavy album with neat understated vocal style. |
 |
571.
|
Häxanu - Totenpass
[7.0] - Pretty standard atmoblack. |
 |
572.
|
Гнёт - Передай Нерождённым Мои Крики
[7.0] - Nice atmoblackgaze release with almost Earthshine-tier lo-fi production. |
 |
573.
|
All Out War - Celestial Rot
[7.0] - Thrashy hardcore with a good balance of riff hooks and outright aggression. |
 |
574.
|
Scalp - Black Tar
[7.0] - Brief, furious burst of black-tinged grindcore. |
 |
575.
|
Sear - Grief In V Stages
[7.0] - Only 13 minutes, this screamo record is short but sweet. |
|
576.
|
Elizabeth Shaw - III
[7.0] |
 |
577.
|
Sacred Son - Privolva
[7.0] |
 |
578.
|
Angerot - The Profound Recreant
[7.0] - OSDMy, but not completely dry retro, found it generally enjoyable while it was on. |
 |
579.
|
Palace Of Worms - Cabal
[7.0] - Fluid, unpredictable mesh of several styles. |
 |
580.
|
Stargazer (NOR) - Life Will Never Be The Same
[7.0] - On the stadium rock/heavy metal borderline, it's pretty decent for the genre. |
 |
581.
|
Rexoria - Imperial Dawn
[7.0] - Heavy/power with good vocals, memorable melodies and general competence, if not rising above that threshold. |
 |
582.
|
Firienholt - White Frost And Elder Blood
[7.0] - Pleasant Summoning worship. |
 |
583.
|
Onmyo-Za - 龍凰童子
[7.0] - Usual Visual Kei fare - well made, although 71 minutes is way too much. |
 |
584.
|
Gravehuffer - ...Depart From So Much Evil
[7.0] - Grindcore, but also not grindcore; the 22-minute song is very ambitious. |
 |
585.
|
Die Like Gentlemen - Hard Truths
[7.0] - Curious alt/doom/sludge sound, has a cool swagger to it, even if it's not super engaging. |
 |
586.
|
Dryad - The Abyssal Plain
[7.0] - Straightforward, no-nonsense lo-fi black/death metal assault with occasional keyboards spicing things up. |
 |
587.
|
Magic Opera - Battle Of Ice
[7.0] - Perhaps even cheesier than Twilight Force, still professional and competent RoF worship. |
 |
588.
|
Fredlös - Fredlös
[7.0] |
 |
589.
|
Thulcandra - Hail The Abyss
[6.5] |
 |
590.
|
Tsjuder - Helvegr
[6.5] |
 |
591.
|
Esoctrilihum - Funeral
[6.5] |
|
592.
|
Foo Fighters - But We Are Here
[6.5] - It's Foos, but it's fine. |
 |
593.
|
Sleep Token - Take Me Back To Eden
[6.5] |
 |
594.
|
Heidevolk - Wederkeer
[6.5] - Not keen on the vocals, and some songs are straight boring, but it does have enough strong moments to be a bit above average. |
 |
595.
|
Currents - The Death We Seek
[6.5] |
 |
596.
|
Jag Panzer - The Hallowed
[6.5] |
 |
597.
|
Duelist - Spaghetti Western Black Metal
[6.5] - Bit rudimentary and overly repetitive on some tracks, but still good to hear more bands trying the Western black metal approach. |
 |
598.
|
Rotten Sound - Apocalypse
[6.5] |
|
599.
|
Metuzalem - Infra
[6.5] - Meandering, menacing death metal, a bit too hookless to really make an impact, but has intriguing ideas. |
 |
600.
|
Crowne - Operation Phoenix
[6.5] - Power metal-leaning arena-style heavy metal elevated above its inherent super-cheesiness by a very good vocalist. |
 |
601.
|
Botanist - VIII: Selenotrope
[6.5] |
 |
602.
|
Angus McSix - Angus McSix And The Sword Of Power
[6.5] |
 |
603.
|
Brand Of Sacrifice - Between Death And Dreams
[6.5] |
 |
604.
|
Metallica - 72 Seasons
[6.5] |
 |
605.
|
The Arson Project - God Bless
[6.5] |
|
606.
|
These Beasts - Cares, Wills, Wants
[6.5] - Respectable Kylesa-esque sludge with irksome effects-laden vocals. |
|
607.
|
Dream Awake - Enigma
[6.5] - Prog-metalcore with djent moments; it's not amazing, but a couple of songs (Dystopia in particular) are pretty dope. |
 |
608.
|
Invicta - Triumph And Torment
[6.5] - Melody-tinged tech-death, generally strong sound but gets tiring over a whole album listen. |
 |
609.
|
Grey Stag - Call Of The Mountain
[6.5] |
 |
610.
|
Bolverk - Svarte Sekunder
[6.5] |
 |
611.
|
The Acacia Strain - Step Into The Light
[6.5] - Somewhat forgettable core-fest. |
 |
612.
|
Portrayal Of Guilt - Devil Music
[6.5] - First half is fine, the strings don't quite fit in the second half. |
 |
613.
|
Lunar Spells - Shadowrealm Incantations [Split]
[6.5] - Rudimentary BM. |
|
614.
|
Larvae - Entitled To Death
[6.5] |
 |
615.
|
Lum - Lunaria - I Racconti Del Falò
[6.5] - Has occasional quirks (e.g. flute sounds), but is mostly fairly straight-nosed melody-tinged black metal; it's good, but slightly rudimentary. |
 |
616.
|
Dawn Ray'd - To Know The Light
[6.5] - Folky meloblack, unspectacular but enjoyable. |
 |
617.
|
Evermore - In Memoriam
[6.5] - Good instrumentals, not in love with the vocals. |
 |
618.
|
Ūkanose - Šiaurum Vėjum
[6.5] |
 |
619.
|
Fit For An Autopsy - The Aggression Sessions
[6.5] - Unremarkable deathcore split. |
 |
620.
|
Elysion - Bring Out Your Dead
[6.5] - Pleasant enough synthy/electro goth-lite stuff. |
 |
621.
|
Yakuza - Sutra
[6.5] - Decent sludge-lite music with dubious vocals on some songs. |
 |
622.
|
Avaland - The Legend Of The Storyteller
[6.5] - Power metal album slightly undermined by excessive narration tracks and underwhelming lead vocals. |
 |
623.
|
Falaise - After All This Time
[6.5] |
|
624.
|
Tidal Wave - The Lord Knows
[6.5] - The artwork is great, but this is completely ordinary stoner/desert rock. |
 |
625.
|
Cromlech - Ascent Of Kings
[6.5] - I like the Hansi Kursch tone to the singer's voice and quite a few aspects of the album work for me, but it's overlong and some aspects of it do feel a bit rough. |
 |
626.
|
Eremit - Weaver Of Numerous Forms
[6.5] |
|
627.
|
Dorthia Cottrell - Death Folk Country
[6.5] |
 |
628.
|
False Memories - Hybrid Ego System
[6.5] |
|
629.
|
Exit Catacomb - No Escape From The Catacomb
[6.5] |
 |
630.
|
Wings Of Steel - Gates Of Twilight
[6.5] |
 |
631.
|
Boris - Bright New Disease
[6.5] |
 |
632.
|
Rival Sons - Darkfighter
[6.5] |
 |
633.
|
Megalith Levitation - Obscure Fire
[6.5] - Pretty standard stoner doom. |
|
634.
|
Altai-Sayan - Sängke-Tūrem Najt Mut-Moräh
[6.5] - Lo-fi atmo-black, intrinsically decent but a bit too one-dimensional for my tastes. |
|
635.
|
Morass Of Molasses - End All We Know
[6.5] - Suitably enjoyable but unremarkable generic stoner metal. |
 |
636.
|
Embryo - A Vivid Shade On Misery
[6.5] - Competent but slightly dry melodeath. |
 |
637.
|
Suicide Silence - Remember... You Must Die
[6.5] |
 |
638.
|
Spotlights - Seance
[6.5] - Not as taken with this EP as the previous full-length. |
 |
639.
|
Shrouded In Darkness - Be None Of You
[6.5] - Fairly solid but one-dimensional death/doom, the keys are overbearing, and I'm not keen on the drum sound. |
|
640.
|
Merlock - Onward Strides Colossus
[6.5] - Pretty decent sludgy stoner album, loses me at times. |
 |
641.
|
Maggot Crown - Apparition Of Faces
[6.5] - Cacophonous deathgrind assault with some muddiness, but some cool moments. |
|
642.
|
Deep Cross - Royal Wateer
[6.5] - Decent industrial-based record with detours into lighter sounds closer to post-punk or post-rock. |
 |
643.
|
The Fallen Prophets - Perpetual Damnation
[6.5] - Deathcore that's heavy on the death, it's OK. |
|
644.
|
Gorillaz - Cracker Island
[6.5] |
 |
645.
|
Signo Rojo - There Was A Hole Here
[6.5] - Pretty decent sludge, a bit Hollow Leg-y, but for some reason I found it ever so slightly irritating - I can't identify why, but it's unfortunate. |
|
646.
|
Creye - III: Weightless
[6.5] - Pleasant 'soft' arena hard rock with a good vocalist and soothing tones. |
 |
647.
|
Kardinal Sin - S.A.L.I.G.I.A
[6.5] - Generally pleasant arena-style power metal, but with a few iffy bits. |
 |
648.
|
Morwinyon - Wastelands
[6.5] - Soothing but slightly insipid synth-heavy gazey atmo-black. |
|
649.
|
Ob Nixilis - Abhorred
[6.5] - Black-tinged death that is slightly 'accessible' at times but also has a weird streak; it's pretty interesting, but doesn't quite keep me engaged. |
|
650.
|
Lüger - Revelations Of The Sacred Skull
[6.5] - Retro trad-heavy/hard rock with some personality to it. |
 |
651.
|
Avatar - Dance Devil Dance
[6.5] - My first time listening to Avatar, they were less annoying than I'd expected; for alt/nu stuff it's alright, and pretty heavy. |
|
652.
|
Wolfpath - Wolfpath
[6.5] |
|
653.
|
eMolecule - The Architect
[6.5] - Prog hard rock/metal a bit like Porcupine Tree at times, it's alright but a bit overlong. |
 |
654.
|
Gates Of Mourning - Ruination
[6.5] - I honestly quite liked this, it's black but has a few unexpected moves, it's just a bit rough production- and songwriting-wise. |
 |
655.
|
Big City - Sunwind Sails
[6.5] - Relatively good arena-oriented hard rock. |
 |
656.
|
Judiciary - Flesh + Blood
[6.5] - Crossover thrashy hardcore, well enough made but a bit 'macho BS' for me. |
 |
657.
|
Oak Pantheon - The Absence
[6.5] |
|
658.
|
Cthulhu Dreamt - Precursor
[6.5] - Ok ex-prog/djent album, but not quite as great as you'd hope a Cthulhu djent/prog death album would be. |
 |
659.
|
Distant - Heritage
[6.5] - Half-decent, but a bit too chuggy. |
 |
660.
|
VV - Neon Noir
[6.5] - Pleasant enough, even if a bit unexciting. |
 |
661.
|
Lord Mountain - The Oath
[6.5] - Competent and moderately satisfying doomy trad-heavy. |
 |
662.
|
Suffering Quota - Collide
[6.5] - Very standard punky grind. |
 |
663.
|
Orkrist - Luea
[6.5] - Stylistically varied, has elements of symph-power, meloblack, gothic doom and dungeon synth at different points; it's nice, but not great at any individual style. |
|
664.
|
Vengeant - Mana
[6.5] - Good vocals, but this operatic symph-power EP doesn't quite do enough for me beyond this. |
|
665.
|
Kossuth - Necronym
[6.5] - Tech-death(core) that does what it needs to for the genre - frenetic, technical, some nice solos - but doesn't quite have enough moments to stand out from the many other similar bands. |
 |
666.
|
Great Cold Emptiness - Immaculate Hearts Will Triumph
[6.5] - Pleasant, dreamy blackgaze/atmo-black with Mesarthim-esque synths. |
 |
667.
|
Kryatjurr Of Desert Ahd - Deafening Supercells Of Thunder And Death
[6.5] - More black metal so lo-fi it turns into noise. |
 |
668.
|
Vitriolic Sage - 梦路
[6.5] - Not very keen on the production, and the section where it's just crying for a minute is a bit much. |
 |
669.
|
The Dark Side Of The Moon - Metamorphosis
[6.5] - Soundtrack covers are never going to interest me, but at least it's competently made. |
|
670.
|
Upcdownc - Duel
[6.5] - Pretty much the epitome of 'solid but unnoteworthy' generic instru-post-metal. |
 |
671.
|
Delain - Dark Waters
[6.5] - Could have been much worse given the mass exodus, but is clearly a step down from the last album with the older line-up. |
 |
672.
|
King Potenaz - Goat Rider
[6.5] - Slightly iffy vocal production and generic writing, but when it's on form, such as the jammy closing track, it's enjoyable. |
 |
673.
|
Sanguisugabogg - Homicidal Ecstasy
[6.5] - As far as brutal death goes, they're more appealing than a lot of them, but 45 mins is a lot for this style. |
 |
674.
|
Wishing Well - Sin And Shame
[6.5] - Very retro-sounding stuff, the up-tempo songs like the opener are decent fun with cool guitar solos, but the vocals aren't quite good enough to carry the slower/softer tracks. |
 |
675.
|
Enisum - Forgotten Mountains
[6.5] - Nice enough atmo-blackgaze, but the clean vocals aren't great. |
|
676.
|
Astral Moon - Into Solar Abyss
[6.5] - The goth-leaning vocals are a nice touch, but this is just stoner doom. |
 |
677.
|
Crom - The Era Of Darkness
[6.5] - Pleasant enough folk/power metal, but lacking in great moments and has too many irritating ones. |
 |
678.
|
Drakon Ho Megas - Έλευσις Αντίχριστου
[6.5] - Very conventional but likeable meloblack. |
 |
679.
|
Iron Void - IV
[6.5] |
 |
680.
|
Penumbra - Eden
[6.0] |
 |
681.
|
Lucifer's Fall - Children Of The Night
[6.0] |
 |
682.
|
Swans - The Beggar
[6.0] - Sadly, I fear the appeal of Swans will always elude me. |
|
683.
|
Psyclopean - Nostalgiamancer
[6.0] |
|
684.
|
Nymphrenia - Lonely Suicide [Split]
[6.0] - Fairly pedestrian DSBM, but some nice melodic aspects to it. |
 |
685.
|
Alien Fucker - Gimplanet
[6.0] - Dumb as fuck, but it's kinda fun. |
|
686.
|
Kingsmen - Bones Don't Lie
[6.0] - Adequate accessible alt metal with some decent choruses and djenty riffs, but also some more awkward or irritating bits. |
 |
687.
|
Dead Sun - Soul Diseased
[6.0] |
 |
688.
|
In Flames - Foregone
[6.0] |
 |
689.
|
Dark Sarah - Attack Of Orym
[6.0] - Good vocals and some charm, but runs a bit out of steam in terms of interest before it's over. |
 |
690.
|
Dark Princess - Phoenix
[6.0] - At its best, I find this to be pretty enjoyable, but a bit too much of it is not at its best. |
 |
691.
|
Høstsol - Länge Leve Döden
[6.0] - Just found this a bit boring really, it doesn't do anything wrong but there's little here that stands out. |
|
692.
|
Lumbar - The Very Strongest Of The Most Fragile
[6.0] |
 |
693.
|
Ciemra - The Tread Of Darkness
[6.0] |
|
694.
|
Christian Cosentino/Winterquilt - Portals To Perdition
[6.0] - Erratic split album. |
 |
695.
|
Velian - Spectacle Of Tragedy
[6.0] - Pleasant enough gothic doom, unspectacular but decent. |
 |
696.
|
Ocean Districts - Phantom Islands
[6.0] |
 |
697.
|
Avalanch - El Dilema De Los Dioses
[6.0] |
 |
698.
|
Unearth - The Wretched; The Ruinous
[6.0] |
 |
699.
|
Senshi - Rise Again
[6.0] |
 |
700.
|
Stoned Jesus - Father Light
[6.0] |
 |
701.
|
Grá - Lycaon
[6.0] |
 |
702.
|
The Canyon Observer - Figura
[6.0] |
 |
703.
|
Leper Colony - Leper Colony
[6.0] |
|
704.
|
Winter's Breath - Stories Left Behind
[6.0] - Meloblack with good bits, but too many meh bits to rise above average. |
 |
705.
|
Infinite & Divine - Ascendancy
[6.0] - Fairly decent arena/hard rock with good vocals, but can't say I like it all that much. |
 |
706.
|
Liv Sin - KaliYuga
[6.0] - Good vocals and OK AOR-style heavy metal songs. |
 |
707.
|
Trastorned - Into The Void
[6.0] - Aggressive but generic thrash. |
|
708.
|
Shrezzers - Sex & Sax
[6.0] - Eclectic 'djent + other stuff' album that ruins decent material with obnoxious parts. |
 |
709.
|
Arctic Rain - Unity
[6.0] - Competent arena hard rock. |
|
710.
|
Ancient Waters - Isjerna
[6.0] - Nordic folk-tinged symphonic record with nice ideas undermined by rough production and songwriting. |
 |
711.
|
1782 - Clamor Luciferi
[6.0] |
 |
712.
|
Frenzy - Of Hoods And Masks
[6.0] - Short trad heavy album with a lot of the genre's irritating aspects. |
 |
713.
|
Turmion Kätilöt - Omen X
[6.0] |
 |
714.
|
Necrodeath - Singin' In The Pain
[6.0] - This is decent thrash in parts, but it also has some awkward-sounding moments. |
 |
715.
|
Ruinthrone - The Unconscious Mind Of Arda
[6.0] - Has all the cheese meriting a 'symphonic folk power' genre tag, but not quite the songwriting chops to match. |
 |
716.
|
Beyond The Black - Beyond The Black
[6.0] - 'Symphonic' metal light on symphonics; it's OK, nothing wrong with it, but a bit dull. |
 |
717.
|
Veilcaste - Precipice
[5.5] |
 |
718.
|
Veil Of Maya - [M]other
[5.5] |
 |
719.
|
Maerzfeld - Alles Anders
[5.5] |
 |
720.
|
Chelsea Grin - Suffer In Heaven
[5.5] |
 |
721.
|
Obituary - Dying Of Everything
[5.5] |
 |
722.
|
Mechina - Cenotaph
[5.5] |
 |
723.
|
Ravenlight - Immemorial
[5.5] - Vocals fall flat for me on this one. |
 |
724.
|
Zorya - Mystic Lament
[5.0] - Peculiar misstep following last year's decent EP. |
 |
725.
|
Phantom Elite - Blue Blood
[5.0] - Bland pop metal with occasionally interesting synthy or djenty parts. |
|
726.
|
Our Last Crusade - Death Wins
[5.0] - Djent-core release that's good in moments but also has the capacity to irritate, particularly in some vocal moments. |
 |
727.
|
Nanowar Of Steel - Dislike To False Metal
[5.0] |
|
728.
|
Dead Sun Rising - A Slow Decay
[5.0] - Lethargic, boring stoner/post. |
|
729.
|
The Faith Hills Have Eyes - The Riffth Element
[5.0] |
 |
730.
|
Atreyu - The Hope Of A Spark
[5.0] - Bullshit cringe. |
 |
731.
|
Messial - Ellipses II: Astronomicon Collapse
[4.5] |
|
732.
|
Joe D. Carpenter - Grimoire
[4.5] |
 |
733.
|
Hercules - Waiting For The King
[4.0] |
 |
734.
|
Najand - Battle For Emancipation
[3.0] |
I will be following this list closely as there's always hidden gems to be found amongst your colossal lists 
