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1.
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Bees Made Honey In The Vein Tree - Aion
[9.0] - Super-long but captivating and hypnotic atmospheric psychedelic/stoner doom album with greater post-metal influence. |
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2.
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Meridian Sun - The Curse
[8.5] - Another anticipated debut from a CC band hits the mark. |
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3.
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The Gorge - Mechanical Fiction
[8.5] - Great prog-sludge effort with elaborate instrumentation and sick riffs. |
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4.
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Earthside - Let The Truth Speak
[8.5] - Highly dense and elaborate sequel to one of the 2010's most remarkable prog debut albums. |
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5.
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Wayfarer - American Gothic
[8.5] - Won't overtake A Romance With Violence for their best, but further proof of their excellence. |
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6.
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Melancholia - Book Of Ruination
[8.5] - Monstruous debut from one of the hottest up-and-coming sludge bands. |
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7.
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Calligram - Position / Momentum
[8.5] - Delicious chunk of versatile and savage blackened metal. |
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8.
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Morokh - Insomnia
[8.5] - Hardcore-tinged post-black with melodic moments. |
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9.
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Tideless - Eye Of Water
[8.5] - Inspired combination of deathly doom with more melancholic/lighter sounds such as post-rock and shoegaze. |
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10.
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Morne - Engraved With Pain
[8.5] - Delicious drum-heavy long-form sludge/post-metal. |
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11.
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Torpor - Abscission
[8.5] - Bleak, imposing post-/sludge/doom metal with lots of suffocating atmosphere. |
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12.
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Omnivortex - Circulate
[8.0] - Quality death metal with disso, tech and prog elements. |
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13.
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Rorcal - Silence
[8.0] - Impressive tour de force of sonic violence encompassing sludge, black and hardcore. |
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14.
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Aviations - Luminaria
[8.0] - Very bright-sounding and evocative. |
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15.
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The Zenith Passage - Datalysium
[8.0] - Tech/prog-death done right. |
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16.
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Bloody Cumshot - Deflorantism
[8.0] |
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17.
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Fleshvessel - Yearning: Promethean Fates Sealed
[8.0] - The avantgarde prog-death insanity of the 2020 EP expanded to more epic proportions. |
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18.
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Public Memory - Elegiac Beat
[8.0] - Really enjoyable trip-hop release, top vibes. |
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19.
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Domkraft - Sonic Moons
[8.0] |
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20.
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Föllakzoid - V
[8.0] - More compelling low-key techno. |
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21.
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Sulphur Aeon - Seven Crowns And Seven Seals
[8.0] - Very strong death metal, at times dissonant, sometimes proggy, always atmospheric but also extreme. |
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22.
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Stortregn - Finitude
[8.0] - Relentless proggy, melodic, blackened tech-death. |
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23.
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Ozric Tentacles - Lotus Unfolding
[8.0] - Another super-fun listen. |
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24.
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Shylmagoghnar - Convergence
[8.0] |
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25.
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Ershetu - Xibalba
[8.0] - Impressive debut Mexico-themed folky meloblack. |
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26.
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Obsidyen - Litany Of Iah
[8.0] - Dense, atmospheric, melody-tinged, post-leaning black metal. |
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27.
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You Win Again Gravity - Into The Dancing Blue
[8.0] - Really nice djenty prog-metalcore release, a bit Contortionist-y or Karmajakah-ish. |
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28.
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Blackbraid - Blackbraid II
[8.0] - Nice maturation from the debut. |
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29.
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Pyrkagion - The Katchon And The Unending Fire
[8.0] - Evil Panzerfaust-esque posty black metal debut. |
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30.
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Thragedium - Lisboa Depois De Morta
[8.0] - Really solid death/doom + neofolk mix. |
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31.
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Finsterforst - Jenseits
[8.0] - They're not quite Moonsorrow, but they're a very able stand-in while we wait for more Moonsorrow. |
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32.
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Hail The Sun - Divine Inner Tension
[8.0] - Might not have the killer songs of New Age Filth, but is a rich and satisfying listen. |
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33.
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TesseracT - War Of Being
[8.0] - Will need more listens, but sounds moderately impressive on first spin. |
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34.
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Helga - Wrapped In Mist
[8.0] - Neofolk/art rock with metal tendencies, I enjoy this a bit more than the new Myrkur release. |
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35.
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Briqueville - IIII
[8.0] |
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36.
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Swords Of Dis - Melencolia
[8.0] - Fascinating mesh of black metal and occult rock/doom. |
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37.
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Pénitence Onirique - Nature Morte
[8.0] - Delightful melody-heavy meloblack with strong post-metal conclusion. |
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38.
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Monika Roscher Bigband - Witchy Activities And The Maple Death
[8.0] - Fascinating prog/math/jazz/pop big band ensemble genre-hopper; has a really compelling mood to it. |
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39.
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Oromet - Oromet
[8.0] - Evocative, rich funeral doom with moving melody. |
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40.
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Dead Neanderthals - Specters
[8.0] - Enthralling, hypnotic drone/noise rock with insidious layers. |
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41.
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Runespell - Shores Of Nastrond
[8.0] - Really warm, melancholic melody in the meloblack here, a standout release in the genre this year. |
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42.
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Tomb Mold - The Enduring Spirit
[8.0] - OSDM with dreamy melodic prog inclinations, works really well. |
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43.
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Dyssebeia - Garden Of Stillborn Idols
[8.0] - Solid proggy, techy death with blackened and melodic touches. |
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44.
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Mephorash - Krystl-Ah
[8.0] - Great meloblack album with flamboyant cultish atmosphere; the 16-minute closer also offers a major shift in pace. |
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45.
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Moonlight Sorcery - Horned Lord Of The Thorned Castle
[8.0] - Hyper-energetic extreme power-bordering meloblack, a lot of fun. |
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46.
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Night Verses - Every Sound Has A Color In The Valley Of Night: Part 1
[8.0] - Very good instrumental prog release. |
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47.
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Stone Of Duna - Moonsplitter
[8.0] |
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48.
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Wolvennest - The Dark Path To The Light
[8.0] - Shorter and not quite as engrossing as the last couple, but still a really strong and atmospheric record. |
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49.
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Xoth - Exogalactic
[8.0] - Frenetic, exhilarating, melodically inclined tech-death. |
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50.
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Darkness Ablaze - It All Shall Burn
[8.0] - Swell mix of Finnish and Gothenburg melodeath sounds with memorable and stirring songs. |
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51.
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Fen - Monuments To Absence
[8.0] - Perhaps their best since Carrion Skies. |
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52.
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Owdwyr - Receptor
[8.0] - Completely original prog-tech-death-grind monster of a debut. |
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53.
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Subsignal - A Poetry Of Rain
[8.0] |
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54.
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Nuclear Power Trio - Wet Ass Plutonium
[8.0] - Infectiously fun instrumental prog album. |
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55.
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Massen - Gentle Brutality
[8.0] - Rich-sounding folky, meloblacky stuff. |
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56.
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Anima Hereticae - Descended From The Mountains
[8.0] - Very Finnish melodeath, lots of warm melancholic textures. |
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57.
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Corrupted - Mushikeras
[8.0] - Creepy sludgy drone with menacing vocals. |
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58.
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Phobocosm - Foreordained
[8.0] - Gnarly, crushing, doomy disso-death. |
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59.
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Convocation - No Dawn For The Caliginous Night
[8.0] - Mean and sinister extreme doom with a dense sound. |
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60.
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Hinayana - Shatter And Fall
[8.0] - Another strong Finnish-style melodeath release. |
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61.
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Crystal Coffin - The Curse Of Immortality
[8.0] - Standout meloblack album from this year with great songs, solos and riffs. |
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62.
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A Flourishing Scourge - Sickened Seed
[8.0] |
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63.
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Décembre Noir - Your Sunset / My Sunrise
[8.0] - Well-crafted, stirring melancholic death/doom. |
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64.
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Exmortus - Necrophony
[8.0] - Really impressive neoclassical-influenced thrash. |
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65.
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The Circle - Of Awakening
[8.0] - Tight and emphatic meloblack/death mix. |
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66.
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Vansidian - Reflecting The Shadows
[8.0] - Energetic, lively melodeath with exciting lead guitars. |
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67.
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Exulansis - Overtures Of Uprising
[8.0] - Sorrowful violin-heavy extreme metal. |
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68.
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Rezn - Silent Future [Collaboration]
[8.0] - Brief but compelling psych/stoner with atmospheric tendencies. |
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69.
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Drune - Drown
[8.0] - Super-fuzzy droning stoner/sludge doom EP. |
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70.
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Gévaudan - Umbra
[8.0] - Takes elements from classic and epic doom, but has a more modern edge reminiscent of acts such as Khemmis; very solid song-album. |
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71.
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The Salt Pale Collective - A Body That Could Pass Through Stones And Trees
[8.0] |
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72.
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Terminalist - The Crisis As Condition
[8.0] - Another very good Vektor-esque prog thrash release. |
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73.
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Gridlink - Coronet Juniper
[8.0] - Eclectic, exciting grindcore with wide sonic palette. |
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74.
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Chorosia - Stray Dogs
[8.0] - Feisty sludge with some cool leads. |
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75.
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Jaye Jayle - Don't Let Your Love Life Get You Down
[8.0] - Really neat dark gothic stuff. |
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76.
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Venus - Obscured Until Observed
[8.0] - Another solid Vektory prog thrash release. |
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77.
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Celeste - Epilogue(s)
[8.0] |
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78.
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Dwaal - Never Enough
[8.0] - Bit more towards post-metal than the doomier debut, but it's a positive shift, this is really satisfying. |
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79.
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Horrendous - Ontological Mysterium
[8.0] - Not their best, but further evidence of their quality. |
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80.
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Humanity's Last Breath - Ashen
[8.0] - Fierce technical djenty deathcore; not quite Valde-level perhaps, but very meaty. |
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81.
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Somniate - We Have Proved Death
[8.0] |
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82.
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On Thorns I Lay - On Thorns I Lay
[8.0] - It's a good year for death/doom. |
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83.
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Altari - Kröflueldar
[8.0] - Oranssi Pazuzu-style blackened psychedelic weirdness. |
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84.
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Kita - Tyhjiö
[8.0] |
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85.
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Oxx - The Primordial Blues
[8.0] - More proggy sludge, not as good as The Gorge but prefer to Radiant Knife; very hectic but also has some proper fierce riffs. |
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86.
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Panopticon - The Rime Of Memory
[8.0] |
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87.
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Bull Of Apis Bull Of Bronze - The Fractal Ouroboros
[8.0] |
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88.
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Kannabinõid - Mass
[8.0] - Nifty stoner/sludge album that starts off chunky and heavy, but becomes more atmospheric and psychedelic as it progresses, in a really interesting way. |
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89.
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Afterbirth - In But Not Of
[8.0] - Takes the experimentation even further than the 2020 album. |
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90.
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Besra - Transitions
[8.0] - Conventional but evocative post-metal with lots of dainty cleaner parts. |
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91.
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Taine - Chaos & Contemplation
[8.0] - Strong prog-death/tech-death comeback album with a litany of guests. |
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92.
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Alkaloid - Numen
[8.0] - Not keen on the start, but grows on me as it progresses. |
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93.
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Nott (USA) - Hiraeth
[8.0] |
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94.
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Steven Wilson - The Harmony Codex
[8.0] - Wilson shows he still has talent beneath the ego. |
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95.
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October Tide - The Cancer Pledge
[8.0] - Solid melodically inclined death/doom. |
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96.
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Venomous Echoes - Writhing Tomb Amongst The Stars
[8.0] - Insane avant-garde black metal with demented songwriting and inspired other influences. |
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97.
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Bolt Gun - The Tower
[8.0] - Avantgarde-tinged black metal with saxophone and ambient parts. |
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98.
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Spurv - Brefjære
[8.0] - Post-rock with a little extra substance. |
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99.
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Primordial - How It Ends
[8.0] - Pleasantly strong for what may be their last record, even if it does have a few plodding moments in the second half. |
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100.
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Beyond Grace - Welcome To The New Dark Ages, Part 1
[8.0] - Very solid step forwards for BG. |
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101.
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Shiro - Haven
[8.0] - Slick psybient. |
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102.
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Dissona - Dreadfully Distinct
[8.0] - Fun, exuberant comeback from this band. |
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103.
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Dream Unending - Starpath
[8.0] - Standout split from this year. |
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104.
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The Color Of Rain - Oceans Above
[8.0] - Strong dissoblack. |
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105.
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Anareta - Fear Not
[8.0] - Definitely rewards repeat listens; undermined by production, however. |
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106.
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Ofnus - Time Held Me Grey And Dying
[8.0] - One of the best atmo-black releases thus far this year. |
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107.
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Uada - Crepuscule Natura
[8.0] - Some very solid riffing on here. |
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108.
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IJdelheid - Alas, I Am Morbid!
[8.0] - Tender and evocative ambient folky pop. |
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109.
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Serpent Of Old - Ensemble Under The Dark Sun
[8.0] - Solid black-tinged death with hints of doom, dissonance and atmosphere. |
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110.
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Blood Incantation - Luminescent Bridge
[8.0] - Good mix across the two songs of their signature death sound and some of that Timewave Zero ambience rendered more interesting. |
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111.
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Blut Aus Nord - Disharmonium - Nahab
[8.0] - Evil dissonance - kinda par for the course for BaN but impressive nevertheless. |
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112.
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Welmoed - Ash & Embla
[8.0] - Gorgeous artwork, and affecting metalgaze with soothing vocals. |
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113.
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Monosphere - Sentience
[8.0] - Not as compelling or fresh-feeling as The Puppeteer on first listens, but still an impressive proggy/djenty/corey effort. |
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114.
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My Great Guilt - Pačatak Zaćmieńnia
[8.0] - Symphy meloblack with prog/avantgarde inclinations at occasional moments. |
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115.
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Bekor Qilish - The Flesh Of A New God
[8.0] |
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116.
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Spider Kitten - A Pound For The Peacebringer
[8.0] |
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117.
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Urbain - A Soul Purged
[8.0] - Well-rounded, multi-faceted urban meloblack. |
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118.
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Zemeth - 絶世ノ哀歌ト黒紅ノ追憶
[8.0] - Not one to listen to as a back-to-back double album, but very fun. |
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119.
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As The Sun Falls - Where The Silence Reigns
[7.5] - Extremely conventional Finnish melancholic melodeath sound, but rendered impressively well. |
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120.
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Halysis - Unbury The Sun
[7.5] - Really interesting extreme prog/metalcore sound, has some NeO and BTBAM bits, some djentier parts, generally fluid and exciting. |
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121.
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Men Eater - Men Eater
[7.5] |
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122.
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Sâver - From Ember And Rust
[7.5] - LLNN hints in the vocals along with synthy, sludgy post-metal, it's a good mix, but not elite Pelagic material. |
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123.
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Dymna Lotva - Зямля Пад Чорнымі Крыламі: Кроў
[7.5] - Melancholic post/doom metal with more than a hint of Amenra to the vocals. |
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124.
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Hemina - Romancing The Ether
[7.5] |
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125.
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Harm's Way - Common Suffering
[7.5] |
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126.
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Ringarë - Of Momentous Endless Night
[7.5] - Very jackhammer-y drumming, solid atmo-black. |
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127.
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Black Bile - L'Oratoire
[7.5] - Doomy, slightly gothic, slightly Chelsea Wolfe-ish post metal with subdued, gloomy soft passages and harsh heavy parts. |
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128.
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Vinsta - Freiweitn
[7.5] - Opeth-resembling melodeathy prog. |
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129.
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Splice - Crypsoria's Echoes
[7.5] - Hectic, entertaining symphonic tech-death EP. |
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130.
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Worm Shepherd - The Sleeping Sun
[7.5] |
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131.
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Ensemble 1 - Delay Works
[7.5] - Sick experimental instrumental rock album. |
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132.
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Thra - Forged In Chaotic Spew
[7.5] |
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133.
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Existentialist - The Heretic
[7.5] |
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134.
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Árstíðir Lífsins - Hermalausaz
[7.5] |
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135.
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Chamber (USA) - A Love To Kill For
[7.5] |
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136.
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Fawn Limbs - Vestigial Spectra [Collaboration]
[7.5] - Rewarding collaboration spanning multiple genres. |
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137.
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Urfaust - Untergang
[7.5] - Impressive swansong bringing together their black, doom, ambient and other elements. |
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138.
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Yawning Balch - Volume One
[7.5] |
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139.
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Tumanduumband - Throne Of Grief
[7.5] - Super-heavy bass/drum instrumental doom. |
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140.
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Myrkur - Spine
[7.5] |
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141.
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Rannoch - Conflagrations
[7.5] - Prog-death with plenty of aggression; clean parts are fine, but hold them back from joining the elite in the genre. |
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142.
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Djinn-Ghül - Opulence
[7.5] - Broadly enjoyable industrial death/deathcore release, has some very tasty grooves/riffs on some songs. |
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143.
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Aefen Styrra - Harbinger
[7.5] |
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144.
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Windthrow - Katabasis
[7.5] - Above-average meloblack for the year, some great hooks. |
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145.
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Chaver - Of Gloom
[7.5] - Fierce, chunky, mean metallic hardcore with an oppressive vibe. |
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146.
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Dreamwell - In My Saddest Dreams, I Am Beside You
[7.5] - An album that grows into itself, when it starts mixing the heaviness and the sad melody on track 6 I'm on board. |
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147.
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Unprocessed - ...And Everything In Between
[7.5] - A lot heavier than the last album. |
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148.
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Oro - Vid Vägs Ände
[7.5] - Generic but enjoyable sludgy post. |
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149.
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Executus - The Black Throne Of Chaos Abandoned
[7.5] |
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150.
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Sol - Promethean Sessions
[7.5] |
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151.
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Bull Elephant - The Long War
[7.5] - Multifaceted and engaging mix of prog, sludge, stoner, doom and hard rock sounds. |
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152.
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Sherpa - Land Of Corals
[7.5] - Engaging, at-times droning heavy psychedelic rock/metal release. |
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153.
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Agima Sun - Ultra Fiction
[7.5] |
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154.
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Full Of Hell - When No Birds Sang [Collaboration]
[7.5] - An impressive fusion of two disparate bands. |
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155.
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Sea Mosquito - Igitur
[7.5] - Oddball avantgarde black, offers some unusual interpretations of black metal, some of which sound quite compelling. |
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156.
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Varathron - The Crimson Temple
[7.5] - Some good meloblack, although I'm not keen on the thrashier parts. |
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157.
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Svalbard - The Weight Of The Mask
[7.5] |
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158.
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Vertebra Atlantis - A Dialogue With The Eeriest Sublime
[7.5] - Solid black/death metal, not too wild for Voidhanger material and even dabbles with cleaner sounds on the last song. |
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159.
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The Spacelords - Nectar Of The Gods
[7.5] - Very pleasant psych/space rock jams. |
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160.
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I Am Low - Úma
[7.5] - Cool stoner with mellow vibes but some heaviness, and AIC-style vocal harmonies at times. |
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161.
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Vlk - Solastalgia I
[7.5] - Rather compelling post-black with extra dramatic flairs. |
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162.
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Wells Valley - Achamoth
[7.5] - Gnarly, post-y sludge with extreme metal elements. |
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163.
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Grim Ravine - Upon The Darkest Shores
[7.5] - Bilious, bleak riffy sludge. |
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164.
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Rising Sun - Quest For Absolution
[7.5] - Solid technical thrash release with some quality riffs and songs. |
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165.
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Tegmentum - Evolvement
[7.5] - Fierce djent release, goes vicious at times. |
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166.
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Limbs - Everything Under Heaven
[7.5] - Vicious yet somewhat eclectic blackened hardcore/screamo from Philippines. |
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167.
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End (USA) - The Sin Of Human Frailty
[7.5] - Some more feisty belligerence from End, cool guitar leads/riffs. |
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168.
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Urne - A Feast On Sorrow
[7.5] - A step up in consistency of sound/style from the debut, but perhaps not in memorability. |
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169.
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San Leo - Aves Raras
[7.5] - Cool instrumental psych rock album with great 20-min opener. |
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170.
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Domhain - Nimue
[7.5] - Nice, engaging post/atmo-black. |
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171.
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Gunship - Unicorn
[7.5] - Poppy, vibrant synthwave-lite with litany of guests. |
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172.
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Ars Moriendi - Lorsque Les Coeurs S'assèchent
[7.5] - Varied black metal with intriguing non-metal electronic detours. |
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173.
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Silverburn - Self Induced Transcendental Annihilation
[7.5] - Gnarly sludge with a touch of Remission-era Mastodon. |
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174.
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Haar - Ouroboros
[7.5] - Gnarly prog-black farewell album; wouldn't mind a bit more of the proggy melodic bits. |
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175.
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Kryatjurr Of Desert Ahd - Underestimate Climate Systems And Suffer Incomprehensible Losses
[7.5] - Probably their best release thus far; the black metal songs are maybe a bit more full-bodied than the noise-like sound previously, but there's also more ambient atmospheric songs and passages, and everything just works a it better here for me. |
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176.
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Remission - Impermanence
[7.5] - Sylosis/Trivium-influenced melodeathy thrash. |
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177.
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Cult Burial - Reverie Of The Malignant
[7.5] - Solid deathly black metal. |
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178.
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Cosmitorium - Broken Archetypes
[7.5] - Good proggy tech-death. |
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179.
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Rile - Pessimist
[7.5] - Lot of angry metal/hardcore noise, not quite at the level of a Chaver but suitably fierce. |
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180.
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Grymheart - Hellish Hunt
[7.5] - Very derivative but entertaining Ensiferum/CoB worship. |
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181.
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The Ritual Aura - Heresiarch
[7.5] - Very decent deathcore with some adventurous moments with orchestral instruments and other elements. |
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182.
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Howling Giant - Glass Future
[7.5] - Fun King Buffalo-y psych rock/metal. |
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183.
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The Keening - Little Bird
[7.5] - SubRosa with the chamber music dialled up. |
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184.
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Crust - Dissolution
[7.5] - Bit better than the last one, decent balance of black and sludge. |
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185.
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Slow - Abîmes I
[7.5] - Nice melodies in this death/doom. |
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186.
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Malaise Shire - Reunion
[7.5] - An intriguingly wide-ranging album with black, doom, alt, post-, folk and gothic elements at different times. |
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187.
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Essence Of Datum - Radikal Rats
[7.5] - Fun mathy/proggy instrumental album with occasional extreme moments. |
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188.
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Permutation - Transience
[7.5] - Enjoyable melodeath/meloblack debut with great lead guitar melodies. |
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189.
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Solarcycles - Lunar
[7.5] - Very pleasant melancholic folk metal. |
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190.
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Cult Burial - Reverie Of The Malignant
[7.5] - Solid deathly BM with subtle dissonant and atmospheric touches. |
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191.
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Malokarpatan - Vertumnus Caesar
[7.5] - Another good album with a nifty 80s first wave black/NWOBHM fusion. |
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192.
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Hellix - Montage
[7.5] - Fascinating prog thrash slightly undermined by subpar vocals. |
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193.
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Nyrst - Völd
[7.5] |
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194.
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The Voynich Code - Insomnia
[7.5] - High-energy, riffy proggy deathcore. |
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195.
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Great Falls - Objects Without Pain
[7.5] - Grim, gnarly sludge/noise rock. |
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196.
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Baroness - Stone
[7.5] - Feels like a step up on the last couple. |
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197.
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Flesh Of The Stars - The Glass Garden
[7.5] - Solid prog doom. |
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198.
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Decoherence - Order
[7.5] - Bleak, cold, reverberating industrial black metal. |
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199.
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Deadspace - Within Haunted Chambers
[7.5] - Very nice melancholic black metal EP. |
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200.
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Ggu:ll - Van Grond
[7.5] |
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201.
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KEN Mode - Void
[7.5] - Moody, heavy noise rock. |
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202.
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Ordo Anguis - Life Goddess / Death Goddess
[7.5] - Nifty prog sludge, occasionally iffy vocals but compositions have a lot of strong moments. |
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203.
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Sol Negate - On The Verge Of Dreaming Again
[7.5] - Solid symph-prog-death that sounds a bit like a symphonic Persefone. |
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204.
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Grift - Dolt Land
[7.5] - Beautiful acoustic neofolk from apparently a former black metal band. |
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205.
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Shedfromthebody - Amare
[7.5] - Bit heavier than previous albums, but when she goes for the ethereal gazey sound, it remains enchanting. |
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206.
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Health - Rat Wars
[7.5] - Really wish they had a different regular vocalist, the instrumentations are reliably enjoyable. |
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207.
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Wormreign - Abyssus
[7.5] - Sharp, frenetic dissoblack. |
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208.
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The Answer Lies In The Black Void - Thou Shalt
[7.5] - Has moments like The Gathering. |
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209.
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Catafalque - Dybbuk
[7.5] - Imposing, heavy, nasty drone doom; naturally, the tom-heavy parts are my favourites. |
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210.
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Night Crowned - Tales
[7.5] |
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211.
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Aeonian Sorrow - Katara
[7.5] - Stirring melodic funeral doom. |
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212.
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Shade Empire - Sunholy
[7.5] - A change-up from previous albums of theirs I've heard, but not necessarily a bad one - less epic/progressive perhaps, and more melodeath than meloblack, but still has some of the symphonic bombast. |
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213.
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Night In Gales - The Black Stream
[7.5] - Enjoyable 90s Gothenburg worship. |
|
214.
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Venit Mortem - Deliverance
[7.5] - High-drama symphonic meloblack. |
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215.
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Plini - Mirage
[7.5] - More pleasant Plini magic with a very nice closing song, although the EP as a whole isn't 'Sweet Nothings'-tier. |
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216.
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Nytt Land - Torem
[7.5] - Very Heilung-esque neofolk, but without the storytelling - makes for a more consistently enjoyable listen. |
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217.
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Leonov - Procession
[7.5] - Brooding, bleak, understated and naturalistic clean-heavy post-metal. |
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218.
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Soars - Repeater
[7.5] |
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219.
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Welcome To Pleshiwar - Apostasy
[7.5] - Pleasant melodic d/d debut. |
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220.
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Winterhorde - Neptunian
[7.5] |
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221.
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Hexvessel - Polar Veil
[7.5] - Psychedelic rock gone blackened, quite an interesting take. |
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222.
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Superlynx - 4 10
[7.5] - Atmospheric, ethereal stoner/doom. |
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223.
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Odd Crew - Dark Matters - Part II
[7.5] - Very Evergrey-esque melancholic prog. |
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224.
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Ragana - Desolation's Flower
[7.5] - Blackened sludgy post-hardcore. |
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225.
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Wolves In The Throne Room - Crypt Of Ancestral Knowledge
[7.5] - Quite melodic for WITTR, the Medieval feel of Initiates Of The White Hart is cool. |
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226.
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Bear - Vanta
[7.5] - Lots of djenty/mathy aggression, not as taken by the cleaner vocals. |
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227.
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Grails - Anches En Maat
[7.5] - Mellow instrumental prog rock. |
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228.
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Damian Hamada's Creatures - 運命の支配者
[7.5] - Solid Japanese power metal, bit too mid-tempo. |
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229.
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Dead Feathers - Full Circle
[7.5] - Really nice mellow psychedelic/stoner rock with fuzzier parts. |
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230.
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Thurnin - Útiseta
[7.5] - Super-dainty bard-ish acoustic folk, bit too long for the style. |
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231.
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Serenity - Nemesis AD
[7.5] |
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232.
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Hmunga - Crimson
[7.5] - Pleasant stonery psych/prog rock stuff. |
|
233.
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Oldest Sea - A Birdsong, A Ghost
[7.5] - Haunting, folkish drone doom. |
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234.
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Future Static - Liminality
[7.5] - Catchy fem-fronted poppy djentcore, perhaps the intensity is a bit too high throughout. |
|
235.
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Dismal Aura - Imperium Mortalia
[7.5] - Decent black-turn-post-black release. |
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236.
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Mayfire - Cloudscapes & Silhouettes
[7.5] - Evergrey-ish prog. |
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237.
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Modern Technology - Conditions Of Worth
[7.5] |
|
238.
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Mars Red Sky - Dawn Of The Dusk
[7.5] - Solid stoner rock/metal. |
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239.
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Urna - Diamond Tears
[7.5] |
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240.
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Valdrin - Throne Of The Lunar Soul
[7.5] - Overlong but enjoyable medieval-ish meloblack with folk and some Agalloch-y elements. |
|
241.
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Conjuring - Vis Naturae
[7.5] - Nice compact mid-tempo meloblack release. |
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242.
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Theocracy - Mosaic
[7.5] |
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243.
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Ufomammut - Crookhead
[7.5] - Not one of their best releases, but still has that rumbling crunch. |
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244.
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Noveria - The Gates Of The Underworld
[7.5] - Very respectable prog/power, closer to the prog. |
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245.
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Deathcode Society - Unlightenment
[7.5] - Enjoyable symph-tinged techy black. |
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246.
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Crypta - Shades Of Sorrow
[7.5] - Melodeathy riffing death metal, good stuff. |
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247.
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Death Portrait - Morbid Curiosity
[7.5] - Decent tech-death; mostly stands out for the occasional Rob Halford-style falsetto vocals that pop up. |
|
248.
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Mega Drive - 200XAD
[7.5] - Fun synthwave. |
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249.
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Draconicon - Pestilence
[7.5] - Power metal with some power behind it and depth to the arrangements. |
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250.
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Jeromes Dream - The Gray In Between
[7.5] |
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251.
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Pomegranate Tiger - All Input Is Error
[7.5] |
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252.
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Green Lung - This Heathen Land
[7.5] - Green Lung go a bit more towards prog/psych rock, still good, still not something I love. |
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253.
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Fortíð - Narkissos
[7.5] - Good meloblack. |
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254.
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Racetraitor - Creation And The Timeless Order Of Things
[7.5] - Fascinating mesh of grindcore, hardcore, and other metal and non-metal elements. |
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255.
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The Magus - Βυσσοδομώντας
[7.5] |
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256.
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Eldritch - Innervoid
[7.5] - Satissfying prog/power with hints of Evergrey. |
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257.
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Linus Klausenitzer - Tulpa
[7.5] - B-tier Grossmann-core prog/tech-death. |
|
258.
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Haurun - Wilting Within
[7.5] - The light, hazy vocals play a major role in this being an appealing record. |
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259.
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Sanguine Glacialis - Maladaptive Daydreaming
[7.5] - Solid and theatrical symphonic gothic melodeath(core). |
|
260.
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Rosa Faenskap - Jeg Blir Til Deg
[7.5] - Solid post-hardcorey melodically inclined black metal (not quite metalgaze). |
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261.
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ShadowStrike - Traveler's Tales
[7.5] - Fun, cheesy, lively power metal. |
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262.
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Weeping Silence - Isles Of Lore
[7.5] - Overlong but pleasant gothic doom with melodeath moments. |
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263.
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Notturno - Inside
[7.5] - Slightly gothic meloblack, it's pretty good overall. |
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264.
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Déhà - The Illusion Of Reach
[7.5] |
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265.
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Psygnosis - Mercury
[7.5] |
|
266.
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Mouse On The Keys - Pointillism
[7.5] - Effortlessly delicate piano-led mellow jazz. |
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267.
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Mutoid Man - Mutants
[7.5] - Energetic and entertaining genre-crossing record. |
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268.
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Dead Soma - Pathos
[7.5] - Mathcore with a meaty tone and some Deftones-esque detours. |
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269.
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Soen - Memorial
[7.5] - Still pleasant, particularly vocally, but a bit lightweight on the songwriting front. |
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270.
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Wormhole - Almost Human
[7.5] - Quality techy brutal death with grating gargling vocals. |
|
271.
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Gods Of Gaia - As Daylight Dies
[7.5] - Decent symphonic (melo)death: better than new Septicflesh, not as good as older Septicflesh. |
|
272.
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Sun King Ba - Goliath Worm
[7.5] - Solidly engaging instrumental stoner/sludge. |
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273.
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Edu Falaschi - Eldorado
[7.5] - Lively, full-pelt, memorable power metal. |
|
274.
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Sol Negre - The Spiral Labyrinth
[7.5] - Pleasant but overlong gothic death/doom. |
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275.
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Muyubyosha - Skopofoboexoskelett
[7.5] - Deranged avant-garde blackened metal with free jazz chaos. |
|
276.
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Deadlife - Mortal Sojourn
[7.5] - Perhaps not quite as strong throughout as Mega Drive's latest, but still satisfying synthwave. |
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277.
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Deadly Carnage - Endless Blue
[7.5] - Unorthodox but enjoyable-sounding blackgaze with doomy currents. |
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278.
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Morag Tong - Grieve
[7.5] - Generally enjoyable sludge/doom with prog/post-/stoner elements, doesn't quite work as well on record as live. |
|
279.
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Aaron Cravens - Regenerate
[7.5] - Very pleasant and uplifting modern prog guitarist album with some djenty moments and soaring soundscapes. |
|
280.
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Venera - Venera
[7.5] - Understated, ominous, industrial-tinged electronica. |
|
281.
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Ophanim - Tämpelskläng
[7.5] - Dramatic atmoblack with ominous organ-style synths draped across it. |
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282.
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Korgonthurus - Jumalhaaska
[7.5] - Hint of Nasheim to this melancholic black metal. |
|
283.
|
Yawning Balch - Volume Two
[7.5] |
|
284.
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Harkla - THe Living Mountain
[7.5] - Nice folksy touches in this djent beast. |
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285.
|
Satanic Witch - 4:44
[7.5] - Relatively interesting black+ sound from Wolvennest and E-L-R members. |
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286.
|
Devil's Reef - The Droste Observer
[7.5] - Pretty cool tech-death. |
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287.
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Æolian - Echoes Of The Future
[7.5] - Aside from a few iffier moments, it's a solid rendition of the melodeath sound. |
|
288.
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Absque Cor - Na Zawsze Cieniem...
[7.5] - Solid, dense atmo-black. |
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289.
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Psychework - Spark Of Hope
[7.5] - Stratovarius-ish power metal with some nice epic melodic Finnish moments. |
|
290.
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Sleepbomb - The Cabinet Of Dr. Caligari
[7.5] - Pleasant instrumental doomy psychedelic jams. |
|
291.
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Uncaved - Dogmatorraistes
[7.5] - Good prog-death with some cool techy bits in, but also has a few slightly flat songs. |
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292.
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Thumos - Musica Universalis
[7.5] |
|
293.
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Daniel Bohn - Emotions Of The Sky
[7.5] - Imaginative, varied extreme-tinged prog that dabbles with some interesting metal and non-metal ideas. |
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294.
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Apotheus - Ergo Atlas
[7.5] - Nice alt-y prog, has a bit of an Eden Circus feel. |
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295.
|
Vanishing Kids - Miracle Of Death
[7.5] |
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296.
|
Odz Manouk - Ծուռ (Tzurr)
[7.5] - Impressive cacophonic/dissonant black metal. |
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297.
|
Starer - Wind, Breeze, Or Breath
[7.5] - Well-written synth/atmo-black record. |
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298.
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Gnaw Their Tongues - Rituel Des Ancêtres
[7.5] - Two profilic musicians create inspired madness. |
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299.
|
TEMIC - Terror Management Theory
[7.5] |
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300.
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Sorcerer - Reign Of The Reaper
[7.5] - Nice melodies and solos; this doom isn't all that doomy, but it's enjoyable. |
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301.
|
Body Void - Atrocity Machine
[7.5] - About as vile as all their albums. |
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302.
|
Carnifex - Necromanteum
[7.5] - Decent deathcore outing with some synth dabblings, more horror-influenced than an attempt to replicate the symph-deathcore trend; lacks a bit in memorability but generally hits hard. |
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303.
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Serration - Simulations Of Hell
[7.5] - Brief, tasty metallic hardcore EP with good clean vocal snippets. |
|
304.
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Carbon Based Lifeforms - Seeker
[7.5] - Captivating psychedelic/space ambient electronic. |
|
305.
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Soundscapism Inc. - Staring Down On Incandescent Cities
[7.5] - Somewhat heavy prog rock with otherwise mellow vibes. |
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306.
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Mizmor - Prosaic
[7.5] - It's no Cairn, but it's some good blackened funeral doom. |
|
307.
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Eigenstate Zero - Machinery Of Night
[7.5] - Impressive prog death with some jazzy and other quirks. |
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308.
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Solar Eruption - The Demon's House
[7.5] - Juggernaut percussion-heavy symph-deathcore. |
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309.
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Paroxysmal - Force Feeder
[7.5] - Brutal death outer packaging belies a more melody-tinged proggy tech-death release. |
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310.
|
Demoniac (CHL) - Nube Negra
[7.5] - Starts off as primitive-sounding blackened death but goes in a myriad of unexpected directions midway through. |
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311.
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Lokust - Infidel
[7.5] - Gnarly NWOAHM-style groove metal debut from London with thrash and occasional tech-death inclinations. |
|
312.
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The Devil's Trade - Vidékek Vannak Idebenn
[7.5] - Slightly metallic edge to title track on this dark folk album. |
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313.
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Angra - Cycles Of Pain
[7.5] |
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314.
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Witching - Incendium
[7.5] - Interesting range to this sludge, some more grim extreme stuff, some more Mastodony clean licks, bits are also slightly blackened or even melodeathy. |
|
315.
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Yermo - Yrmo
[7.5] - Nice proggy melodeath/doom. |
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316.
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Backbone - Voices Of The Void
[7.5] - New-look Backbone, I quite like the instrumentals, but not keen on the clean vocals again. |
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317.
|
Shining - Shining
[7.5] - A bit unimpactful overall, but the song with Andy LaRocque is rather nice. |
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318.
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Enterré Vivant - 四元素 (Shigenso)
[7.5] |
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319.
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Lord Of Shadows - Echoes Of Yore
[7.5] - Mike Lamb and Heike Langhans successfully join forces again. |
|
320.
|
Pugnate - Purified In Emptiness
[7.5] - Feisty blackened grindcore. |
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321.
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Godthrymm - Distortions
[7.5] |
|
322.
|
Sargassus - King Of The Sun
[7.5] - Solid and varied post-blacky debut EP. |
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323.
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Exulansis - Hymns Of Collapse
[7.5] |
|
324.
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Narbo Dacal - Elysium Now
[7.5] |
|
325.
|
Osi And The Jupiter - Cedar And Sage: Riders Of The Gallows Vol. 1
[7.5] - More transatlantic folk goodness. |
 |
326.
|
Warcrab - The Howling Silence
[7.5] - Interesting mesh of sludge and OSDM; works particularly well on the longer songs. |
|
327.
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Void Of Nothingness - The Rise And Fall Of The Babel Tower
[7.5] - Nasty dissonant death/doom, maybe a bit stronger than the one earlier in the year. |
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328.
|
The Hirsch Effekt - Urian
[7.5] - Much lighter, and closer to prog and post-hardcore, than their previous album; also less wacky. |
|
329.
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Mammatus - Expanding Majesty
[7.5] - Can be really lush and compelling stoner rock, but the superlong third track is a bit of a drag. |
|
330.
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Altars Of The Moon - The Colossus And The Widow
[7.5] - Ambient gazey black-tinged metal, has quite the intriguing sound. |
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331.
|
Dying Fetus - Make Them Beg For Death
[7.5] - Pretty decent brutal death. |
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332.
|
Arcas - Where The Light Once Shone
[7.5] - Starts off very black metally, becomes increasingly dainty as it progresses. |
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333.
|
Borracho - Blurring The Lines Of Reality
[7.5] - A good stoner album with some decent jams, but it does work much better when it's focusing on a more serious atmosphere, which isn't often enough. |
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334.
|
Baring Teeth - The Path Narrows
[7.5] - Quintessential Voidhanger; the discordant dissonance early on is quite grating, but it becomes more palatable later on, and the final song goes in a more restrained, atmospheric direction. |
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335.
|
Wyrgher - Panspermic Warlords
[7.5] - Voidhanger black metal, it has some funky synth bits and the disso approach works pretty well, but it's a bit lacking in impact. |
|
336.
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Mairu - Sol Cultus
[7.5] - Post-metal debut with lots of heaviness and some gazy bits; improves as it goes on. |
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337.
|
Molybaron - Something Ominous
[7.5] - Compelling alt-metal with strong vocals and proggy touches. |
|
338.
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Aset - Astral Rape
[7.5] - Black metal supergroup produces competent but unremarkable debut; 'A New Man For A New Age' reminds me of I Will Depart by Abigail Williams. |
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339.
|
Gory Blister - Reborn From Hatred
[7.5] - Good reunion with intense melodeath band I discovered over a decade ago and subsequently lost touch on. |
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340.
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Kvelertak - Endling
[7.5] - Another bunch of fun black-tinged rock songs. |
|
341.
|
Black Reuss - Arrival
[7.5] |
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342.
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Everdawn - Venera
[7.5] - Overlong but rather pleasant symph-tinged power metal (semi-operatic vocals and occasional Nightwish keyboards). |
|
343.
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Gong - Unending Ascending
[7.5] - Cool prog record. |
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344.
|
Iron Altar - Promethean
[7.5] - Brooding, riffy sludge. |
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345.
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Woe - Legacies Of Frailty
[7.5] - Ferocious riffy black metal. |
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346.
|
Rivers Ablaze - Omnipresence
[7.5] - Another solid prog/tech-death album from these guys, although I generally found this to be less appealing than last year's. |
|
347.
|
Magnitudo - Scotoma
[7.5] - Good post-y sludgy EP with guitar melodies. |
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348.
|
Karavan - Unholy Mountain
[7.5] - Sludgy stoner doom with blackened vocals; cool stuff. |
 |
349.
|
Voice Of Baceprot - Retas
[7.5] - Original take on alt metal from Indonesia. |
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350.
|
Arch Echo - Final Pitch
[7.5] - Bright, melodic, exuberant instru-prog (with 1-2 vocalled songs). |
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351.
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The Neologist - Between The Darkness And The Fade
[7.5] - Pleasant Gothenburg snippet - better than new Scar Symmetry/In Flames, both of whom can be heard in it. |
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352.
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Heretoir - Nightsphere
[7.5] - Pretty good blackgaze/atmo-black, but has nothing on The Circle. |
|
353.
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Kausis - I
[7.5] - Surprisingly engaging raw BM with atmospheric inclinations. |
|
354.
|
DJ Shadow - Action Adventure
[7.5] - Less hip-hop, more electronic than Our Pathetic Age. |
|
355.
|
Three Eyes Of The Void - The Atheist
[7.5] - Solid enough atmo-y meloblack. |
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356.
|
Suffer Yourself - Axis Of Tortures
[7.5] - Decent, kinda trudging death/funeral doom. |
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357.
|
Vengeful Spectre - Vengeful Spectre II
[7.5] - More blackened doom than black this time around, has less of a unique personality but still good. |
 |
358.
|
Odz Manouk - Bosoragazan (Բոսորագազան)
[7.5] - A bit more atmospheric and slightly more conventional than the other one; still interesting, but didn't hook me. Final track is clear standout. |
|
359.
|
Nuclear Dudes - Boss Blades
[7.5] - Eclectic mix of cybergrind, industrial, alternative, sludge and other sounds. |
|
360.
|
Slowdive - Everything Is Alive
[7.5] - Uber-dreamy fare from shoegaze legends. |
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361.
|
Deadspace - Unveiling The Palest Truth
[7.5] - Solid black metal EP, the choirs on certain songs are a nice touch. |
|
362.
|
Reformat - Precursed
[7.5] - Heavy, synthy post-rock/shoegaze. |
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363.
|
Astralborne - Across The Aeons
[7.5] - Good melodeath with solid In Flames cover. |
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364.
|
Epicenter - Flood
[7.5] - Sharp-edged Vektor-style prog thrash. |
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365.
|
Porta Nigra - Weltende
[7.5] - The greater emotional weight of the later tracks works to pull me in after indifference to the earlier songs. |
 |
366.
|
Will Haven - VII
[7.5] - Heavy hardcore/sludge. |
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367.
|
Moose Cult - Moose Cult
[7.5] - Enjoyable sludge/death/doom release, the final song is clearly the standout. |
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368.
|
Tales Of A Liquid Dawn - See Beyond
[7.5] - Colour in the art, and colour in the sound; this has a New Age vibe to parts of it. |
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369.
|
Of Darkness - Missa Tridentina
[7.5] - Ritualistic funeral doom, not a riveting listen but an intriguing one. |
|
370.
|
Quiet Man - The Starving Lesson
[7.5] - Despondent noisy sludge doom. |
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371.
|
The River - A Hollow Full Of Hope
[7.5] - Tender, dreamy post-rock with peaceful vocals. |
|
372.
|
Balrogath - We Bring Calamity
[7.5] - Solid 3-track melodeath EP. |
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373.
|
Gendo Ikari - Rokubungi
[7.5] - Grindcore that's more than just pure blasting; has some mix-up in tempo, groove and the exact form of savagery. |
 |
374.
|
Asagraum - Veil Of Death, Ruptured
[7.0] - Fairly standard atmo-ish black, but enjoyable enough. |
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375.
|
Genus Ordinis Dei - The Beginning
[7.0] - Gojira-y symphonic death, bit inconsistent but has cool bits. |
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376.
|
Baltum - Aeternum Vale
[7.0] - Full-length swiftly follows debut, decent meloblack. |
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377.
|
Sandrider - Enveletration
[7.0] - Fun, rowdy stoner/sludge. |
 |
378.
|
Anna Pest - Catgirl In The House Of Evil ...And Other Stories
[7.0] |
|
379.
|
Kushthulhu - The Swamp
[7.0] |
 |
380.
|
Déhà - Sleep Well
[7.0] - Just 2 hours of ambience, but it's nice dreamy ambience. |
 |
381.
|
Void - Jadjow
[7.0] - Blackened proggy avant-garde metal; interesting and has strong moments, but not a consistently satisfying listen. |
|
382.
|
Explosions In The Sky - End
[7.0] |
|
383.
|
Fronteeria - How Eden Rose From Untilled Earth
[7.0] |
 |
384.
|
Saurom - El Pájaro Fantasma
[7.0] - Folk power light on the power, but has some great lead vocals and a nice mellow feel to it. |
 |
385.
|
Empire State Bastard - Rivers Of Heresy
[7.0] |
 |
386.
|
Ghosts Of Atlantis - Riddles Of The Sycophants
[7.0] - Clean vocals not great, but the other symphonic melodeath is pretty solid. |
 |
387.
|
Underdark - Managed Decline
[7.0] - Post-black/blackgaze, bit low on memorability. |
|
388.
|
Dead Cosmonauts - Parasomnia
[7.0] |
|
389.
|
Ch'ahom - Knots Of Abhorrence
[7.0] - Wish they did a bit more with the mesoamerican themes. |
 |
390.
|
Abduction - Toutes Blessent, La Dernière Tue
[7.0] |
|
391.
|
Pessimystic - Burnt Offering
[7.0] - Disso-black/death; some bits a bit too a-g/disso, but some solid riffs too. |
|
392.
|
Násvelgr - Draumrof
[7.0] - Iceland cooking up some more esoteric black metal. |
 |
393.
|
Warmen - Here For None
[7.0] |
 |
394.
|
Tailgunner - Guns For Hire
[7.0] |
 |
395.
|
Eitrin - Eitrin
[7.0] |
|
396.
|
Closure In Moscow - Soft Hell
[7.0] |
|
397.
|
Spook The Beast - Guided By The Second Sun
[7.0] |
 |
398.
|
The Oracle - The Mountain Peaks Of Prophecy [Split]
[7.0] - Interesting split going from industrial to black. |
|
399.
|
Cabrakaän - Aztlán
[7.0] - Good symphonic power/folk from Mexico with slightly rough production but good arrangements and some highlight moments. |
|
400.
|
Marsh Of Swans - Heartwood
[7.0] |
 |
401.
|
Ritual King - The Infinite Mirror
[7.0] |
|
402.
|
Lost Girls - Selvutsletter
[7.0] - Mix of electronic and perhaps indie sounds, quite charming. |
 |
403.
|
Purification - Elphinstone
[7.0] - Overlong but solid doom with some fun quirks. |
 |
404.
|
Spiritbox - The Fear Of Fear
[7.0] - Has some good moments but is a tad inconsistent. |
|
405.
|
Bunsen - Burner
[7.0] - Straightforward but nicely atmospheric industrial metal debut, with a chaotic 15-minute noise track at the end. |
 |
406.
|
Telesterion - Epopteia
[7.0] - Fluctuates a bit between compelling passages and parts that just fall a bit flat. |
 |
407.
|
Kaunis Kuolematon - Mielenvalta
[7.0] - Competent melodeath/doom. |
|
408.
|
Proliferhate - Wake Before The Dying Sun
[7.0] - Bit overlong, vocals aren't great, but generally decent proggy melodeath. |
 |
409.
|
Fabricant - Drudge To The Thicket
[7.0] - Decent tech-death release, bit wacky. |
 |
410.
|
Blackbriar - A Dark Euphony
[7.0] - Pleasant symphonic stuff, songs are a tad forgettable (although Spirit Of Forgetfulness is quite rousing) but vocals are enjoyable. |
 |
411.
|
Seltsame Erden - Gedankentempeln
[7.0] - Generally decent but at-times shrugworthy BM. |
 |
412.
|
Orbit Culture - The Forgotten
[7.0] |
 |
413.
|
Therion - Leviathan III
[7.0] - A bit better than the first couple Leviathans. |
|
414.
|
Morthymer - Pedagog
[7.0] - Enjoyable synth-y at-times djenty instru-prog. |
|
415.
|
Peine Kapital - Peine Kapital
[7.0] - Droning sludge doom, enjoyable but unoriginal and one-dimensional. |
 |
416.
|
Phantom Winter - Her Cold Materials
[7.0] - Sludge with post and some gothicy elements, can be cool at times but also occasionally sags. |
 |
417.
|
Cannibal Corpse - Chaos Horrific
[7.0] - Decent writing/riffs and actually has some life to it, unlike the Obituary snoozefest. |
|
418.
|
The Chemical Brothers - For That Beautiful Feeling
[7.0] |
 |
419.
|
Cryptopsy - As Gomorrah Burns
[7.0] |
|
420.
|
Ok Goodnight - The Fox And The Bird
[7.0] - The overall vibe of this is quite intriguing with the mix of heavier prog metal and lighter prog rock, but execution isn't too compelling. |
|
421.
|
Abyssalis - The Mountain
[7.0] - Decent tech-deathcore with Fallujah-esque leads alongside the techy riffs and breakdowns. |
 |
422.
|
Obsidian Tide - The Grand Crescendo
[7.0] - Prog-metal with a retro prog rock feel, but also some more extreme tendencies. |
 |
423.
|
Forndom - Alster
[7.0] |
 |
424.
|
Ni - Fol Naïs
[7.0] - Wacky jazzy, mathy, avantgarde instrumental metal. |
|
425.
|
Ghorot - Wound
[7.0] - Moody doomy sludge, had some odd vocals at times. |
|
426.
|
Årabrot - Of Darkness And Light
[7.0] - Odd mix of rock styles, some work well, some less so. |
 |
427.
|
Vokonis - Exist Within Light
[7.0] - Vocals a bit iffy compared with Odyssey. |
 |
428.
|
Névoa - Rudimental Harmony
[7.0] - Odd departure from their usual sound. |
 |
429.
|
Witherfall - Ceremony Of Fire
[7.0] |
 |
430.
|
Below A Silent Sky - Walls Of Light
[7.0] - By-the-book but enjoyable heavy instrupost. |
 |
431.
|
Crisis Sigil - God Cum Poltergeist
[7.0] - Fun, brief burst of cybergrind. |
 |
432.
|
Ôros Kaù - Thanatos
[7.0] - Thoroughly Voidhanger chaotic BM, but a bit grating. |
 |
433.
|
War Of Ages - Dominion
[7.0] - Fun Gothenburg/metalcore with good hooks. |
 |
434.
|
The Lion's Daughter - Bath House
[7.0] - Vocals and songwriting moments let this down compared with Skin Show. |
 |
435.
|
Gravesend - Gowanus Death Stomp
[7.0] |
|
436.
|
Soleo - Soleo
[7.0] - Overlong and some vocal roughness, but good heavyish prog rock album. |
 |
437.
|
Pterodactyl King - Pterodactyl King
[7.0] - PTH-style prog-metalcore, lively and generally good. |
|
438.
|
Tangled Thoughts Of Leaving - Oscillating Forest
[7.0] - Unique and intriguing post-rock album with more esoteric song detours. |
|
439.
|
Sam Mooradian - Bad Brain
[7.0] - The collabs with vocals work best here, but generally satisfying djenty instru-prog debut. |
|
440.
|
Neon Odin - Allfather
[7.0] - Intriguing synthwave with folk and metallic elements. |
 |
441.
|
Stream Of Passion - Beautiful Warrior
[7.0] - Nice symphonic arrangements and Anneke-esque vocals. |
|
442.
|
Astroverse Dimensions - Feeding On The Spirit
[7.0] - A bit overlong, but a fun synth-heavy space prog album. |
 |
443.
|
Déhà - Agony Through Steel
[7.0] - Very bleak dark ambient. |
 |
444.
|
Cunabula - The Weight Of Sleep
[7.0] - Creatively ambitious, but a tad underwhelming in aspects; cool artwork though. |
|
445.
|
Earth Altar / Sun Below - Inter Terra Solis
[7.0] - Fun stoner EP. |
 |
446.
|
Lunar Tombfields - An Arrow To The Sun
[7.0] - Atmo-leaning black metal, good enough to enjoy, but not one to return to. |
|
447.
|
Cult Of Sobek - Petsuchos
[7.0] - Cool sludge/stoner death/doom with deep, beastly growls, fat riffs, and some neat lighter moments. |
 |
448.
|
Whalesong - Leaving A Dream
[7.0] - Cut the free jazz out of this drone/noise rock album and I'd like it more. |
 |
449.
|
Mountain Of Misery - In Roundness
[7.0] - Spaceslug drummer makes more conventional stoner. |
|
450.
|
Motorpsycho - Yay!
[7.0] - Acoustic hippie Motorpsycho. |
 |
451.
|
Deitus - Irreversible
[7.0] - Pretty solid meloblack release, had a nice Chelsea Wolfe-style track in Voyeur too. |
 |
452.
|
Sadhus (The Smoking Community) - Illegal Sludge
[7.0] |
 |
453.
|
Elegy Of Madness - XI
[7.0] - Decent vocals, writing sometimes feels lacking in direction, but there's some solid songs here. |
 |
454.
|
Faidra - Militant : Peninent : Triumphant
[7.0] |
|
455.
|
Crosses - Goodnight, God Bless, I Love U, Delete.
[7.0] |
 |
456.
|
Stam1na - X
[7.0] - Proggy metal with more extreme tendencies (e.g. meloblack on Kivun Kieli). |
 |
457.
|
Feral - Made As Those Who Are No Longer Alive
[7.0] - Very conventional-sounding DM given the Transcending Obscurity ties, but a nice meaty production. |
|
458.
|
Gom Jabbar / Pissing Contest - Split
[7.0] - Savage, chaotic, grindy, dissonant noise. |
|
459.
|
Sisters - Leecheater
[7.0] - Was tagged as sludge by HBIH, it's more sludge-tinged 90s alt rock/metal (hear some Deftones and Foo Fighters, amongst others). |
 |
460.
|
Kataklysm - Goliath
[7.0] - Pretty enjoyable first meaningful listen to Kataklysm. |
 |
461.
|
Laster - Andermans Mijne
[7.0] |
 |
462.
|
Flight - Echoes Of Journeys Past
[7.0] - Super-retro rock/proto-metal, makes for pleasant listening. |
 |
463.
|
Déhà - I Am No Longer In The Shadows
[7.0] - Quite interesting post-hardcore sound. |
 |
464.
|
Kind - Close Encounters
[7.0] - Decent stoner/psych jam with generally mellow vibes but some rocking energy to it too. |
 |
465.
|
Radiant Knife - Pressure
[7.0] |
|
466.
|
Traindodge - The Alley Parade
[7.0] - Slick noise rock/post-punk. |
|
467.
|
Void Of Nothingness - The Twisted Fountain
[7.0] - Nasty dissonant doom/death. |
|
468.
|
Doombo - Doombo
[7.0] - Fairly fun stoner doom stuff, goes a bit straight stoner at times but has cool moments too. |
|
469.
|
Clot - Grief Tethers
[7.0] - Good death metal/hardcore/grindcore mesh. |
|
470.
|
Chandra - EP
[7.0] - Unspectacular but satisfying doomy post-metal. |
|
471.
|
Cognizant - Inexorable Nature Of Adversity
[7.0] - Techy touches make this grindcore a bit more intriguing. |
 |
472.
|
Ornamentos Del Miedo - El Cosmos Me Observa En Silencio
[7.0] |
 |
473.
|
Astral Tomb - Total Spiritual Death
[7.0] |
 |
474.
|
Voyager - Fearless In Love
[7.0] - Some meh tracks, but some good ones too, Twisted in particular. |
 |
475.
|
Induction - The Power Of Power
[7.0] - Some epic cheese here, including the title, but some of the songs here kinda bang. |
 |
476.
|
The Scars In Pneuma - Woebegone, Raised By Wolves
[7.0] - Suitably atmospheric melo/post-black. |
|
477.
|
Mimesis - Unbehagen
[7.0] |
 |
478.
|
AATHMA - Dust From A Dark Sun
[7.0] - Cool space-ish psychedelic stoner doom. |
|
479.
|
Trounce - The Seven Crowns
[7.0] - Blackened, punky, avantgardy mix that doesn't quite work for me. |
 |
480.
|
Mortem Obscuram - The Wretched Divinity
[7.0] - Blink-of-an-eye techy symph-deathcore. |
 |
481.
|
Abstract Void - Forever
[7.0] - Metallic synthwave, good fun. |
|
482.
|
Dun Ringill - Where The Old Gods Play - Act 1
[7.0] - Folk doom with a bit of a 90s Skyclad feel - prefer this folk doom to Fredlos. |
 |
483.
|
Helfró - Tálgröf
[7.0] |
 |
484.
|
Outergods - A Kingdom Built Upon The Wreckage Of Heaven
[7.0] - Fairly unusual and intriguing blackened grindcore sound. |
 |
485.
|
Throat - We Must Leave You
[7.0] - Quite pleasant-sounding gothic metal/post-punk, but vocals could be better. |
 |
486.
|
The Grief - Crucible
[7.0] - Decent doom with occasional more extreme moments. |
 |
487.
|
Cruciamentum - Obsidian Refractions
[7.0] |
 |
488.
|
Okkultist - O.M.E.N.
[7.0] |
 |
489.
|
Dusk - Dissolve Into Ash
[7.0] |
 |
490.
|
Sadus - The Shadow Inside
[7.0] |
 |
491.
|
Capra - Errors
[7.0] |
 |
492.
|
Sacrifire - The Art Of Decay
[7.0] - Tad overlong and not keen on the shouted vocals, but the morose cleans and surrounding music is nice. |
|
493.
|
The Coffinshakers - Graves, Release Your Dead
[7.0] - Enjoyable cowboy horror country. |
 |
494.
|
Dark The Suns - Raven And The Nightsky
[7.0] - Very conventional gothic doom, but sounds pleasant. |
 |
495.
|
Ashbreather - Primordial Bong Soup
[7.0] |
 |
496.
|
Soulless - The Supreme Resurgence
[7.0] - Euphoric gazey atmo-black. |
|
497.
|
Vrajitor’s Tenebrarium - E.N.L.D.
[7.0] - Dungeon synthy prog/space rock. |
 |
498.
|
Final Gasp - Mourning Moon
[7.0] - Heavy gothic rock, bit like Unto Others but enjoy it a bit more. |
 |
499.
|
Better Lovers - God Made Me An Animal
[7.0] |
 |
500.
|
Anima Tempo - Chaos Paradox
[7.0] - Decent djenty prog album with a sense of fun, but unconvinced by the clean vox and some of the writing. |
 |
501.
|
Temperance - Hermitage - Daruma's Eyes Pt. 2
[7.0] - Very flowery but actually fairly enjoyable symphonic power. |
 |
502.
|
The Night Eternal - Fatale
[7.0] - Trad heavy, but more from a hard/occult rock angle, sounds pretty cool. |
 |
503.
|
Godslut - Procreation Of God
[7.0] |
 |
504.
|
Ashtar - Wandering Through Time
[7.0] - Decently satisfying sludgy doom. |
 |
505.
|
Sutekh Hexen - P:R:I:S:M
[7.0] - Subtle, unnerving dark ambient release. |
 |
506.
|
Anomaly - On The Cursed Wings Of Stolas
[7.0] - Cool build in the middle of Beyond The Kardashev Scale, but otherwise lacking the standout moments from the 2022 album. |
 |
507.
|
Solitary Sabred - Temple Of The Serpent
[7.0] |
|
508.
|
War For War - Čistý Galenit
[7.0] - Dramatic black metal with extravagant operatic vocal flourishes. |
 |
509.
|
Avdagata - The Faceless One
[7.0] - Explosive meloblack with Behemoth-ish blackened death bits. |
 |
510.
|
Sylosis - A Sign Of Things To Come
[7.0] |
 |
511.
|
Lightlorn - At One With The Night Sky
[7.0] - Decent enough atmoblack, goes gazey at times. |
 |
512.
|
Suffocation - Hymns From The Apocrypha
[7.0] - Nothing too exciting but fairly solid at doing the basics. |
 |
513.
|
Appalooza - The Shining Son
[7.0] - Heavy alty hard rock. |
 |
514.
|
Aetherian - At Storm's Edge
[7.0] - Melodeath that's fine, but also doesn't do that much. |
 |
515.
|
My Lament - The Season Came Undone
[7.0] - Decent gothic deathy doom, sounds best when being melodic but still heavy. |
 |
516.
|
Weald And Woe - For The Good Of The Realm
[7.0] - Medieval meloblack, heavy on the medieval folk melodies. |
 |
517.
|
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard - The Silver Cord
[7.0] |
 |
518.
|
Rat King - Psychotic Reality
[7.0] - Sludge death, not as good as Thra. |
 |
519.
|
Midnight Odyssey - Biolume Part 3 - A Fullmoon Madness
[7.0] |
|
520.
|
Spine - Raíces
[7.0] - Vicious hardcore/powerviolence on the fringes of grindcore. |
 |
521.
|
AmongRuins - Land Of The Black Sun
[7.0] - Middle-of-the-road melodeath with occasional sparks of inspiration. |
 |
522.
|
Chepang - Swatta
[7.0] - Super-long for a grindcore album (50 mins), has some wackiness to it that helps distinguish it, even if it doesn't always quite work. |
 |
523.
|
Kultura Kurenija - Полночь В Новосибирске
[7.0] - Lightweight but pleasant post-punky blackgaze. |
|
524.
|
Hands Of Orlac - Hebetudo Mentis
[7.0] - Doomy occult rock, very classic vibes. |
 |
525.
|
Aiwass - The Falling
[7.0] - Decent stoner doom, has some interesting flourishes. |
 |
526.
|
Distaste - Der Erbtraeger Und Das Fleisch
[7.0] - Typical juggernaut grindcore, but has some dirgier bits and some solos too. |
 |
527.
|
Iron Savior - Firestar
[7.0] - Blind Guardian meets more trad heavy writing. |
 |
528.
|
Spirit Adrift - Ghost At The Gallows
[7.0] - Not keen on the vocals, and some songs are a bit by-the-by, but fairly good trad heavy. |
 |
529.
|
Guilt Trip - Severance
[7.0] - Metallic hardcore in the vein of Malevolence; not as eye-rolling as that band but still a bit too posturing for my taste. |
|
530.
|
Aprilmist - Homesick
[7.0] - Occasionally gaze-y post-black. |
 |
531.
|
End Reign - The Way Of All Flesh Is Decay
[7.0] - Decent hardcore-y black-tinged thrash. |
 |
532.
|
Creak - Depth Perception
[7.0] - Nu metallic belligerent hardcore. |
|
533.
|
Antumbra - Oblivion
[7.0] - Starts well, but ultimately kinda generic meloblack. |
 |
534.
|
Maggot Heart - Hunger
[7.0] - Fun post-punky hard rock album, but can be annoying. |
 |
535.
|
Oxbow - Love's Holiday
[7.0] - Avantgarde bluesy noise rock, not for me. |
 |
536.
|
Crown Magnetar - Everything Bleeds
[7.0] - Just chunky deathcore; has more to it than e.g. Distant. |
 |
537.
|
East Of The Wall - A Neutral Second
[7.0] - Prog with some personality to it, but with occasional wanky tendencies. |
 |
538.
|
Vision Denied - Age Of The Machine
[7.0] - Competent USPM with decent writing but meh vocals. |
 |
539.
|
Tongues - Formløse Stjerner
[7.0] - Doomy black/death, shines most in its more textured, dirgy passages. |
|
540.
|
OK Wait - Signal
[7.0] |
|
541.
|
Eryth - Kanlı
[7.0] - Good death/sludge solo project with pleasant dark ambient closer. |
 |
542.
|
Dethklok - Dethalbum IV
[7.0] |
 |
543.
|
Metide - Erebos
[7.0] |
 |
544.
|
Divide And Dissolve - Systemic
[7.0] |
 |
545.
|
Scythe Of Sorrow - Raven's Cry Of Despair
[7.0] |
|
546.
|
Rat Torture - Blood Fetish
[7.0] - Half-decent death-tinged grindcore pounding. |
 |
547.
|
Altarage - Worst Case Scenario
[7.0] - The general murky vibe here is quite intriguing, but the writing is difficult to derive satisfaction from. |
 |
548.
|
Eternal Rot - Moribound
[7.0] - Repulsive gurgling growls are the highlight. |
 |
549.
|
After Earth - The Rarity Of Reason
[6.5] - Slightly dry rendition of the Gothenburg sound. |
 |
550.
|
Green Yeti - Necropolitan
[6.5] - Mediocre stoner metal elevated by some pretty quality psychedelic material. |
 |
551.
|
Bjørkø - Heartrot
[6.5] |
 |
552.
|
Baxaxaxa - De Vermis Mysteriis
[6.5] |
 |
553.
|
Heavy Load - Riders Of The Ancient Storm
[6.5] |
 |
554.
|
Ramage Inc. - Humanity Has Failed
[6.5] - Hevy Devy worship sound. |
|
555.
|
3TEETH - EndEx
[6.5] - Enjoyable tone but cheesy songs on this alt industrial record. |
|
556.
|
Isometry - Break The Loop
[6.5] - Somewhat bland melodic prog with unevocative vocals. |
 |
557.
|
Autarkh - Emergent
[6.5] |
 |
558.
|
Thy Art Is Murder - Godlike
[6.5] - Kudos on the re-recording job, but it's not a particularly interesting album. |
 |
559.
|
Everson Poe - The Tower
[6.5] - Overly meandering when not featuring one of several extended samples. |
 |
560.
|
Cultus Sanguine - Dust Once Alive
[6.5] - Reasonably decent blackened gothic doom stuff. |
 |
561.
|
Nixil - From The Wound Spilled Forth Fire
[6.5] - Black metal that made no real impression on me when listening. |
 |
562.
|
Bloodshed Walhalla - Glory To The Sacred Land
[6.5] - Decent but overlong epic folk. |
 |
563.
|
Taake - Et Hav Av Avstand
[6.5] - A somewhat underwhelming musical baseline of monotone lo-fi, but punctuated with some quite satisfying passages. |
 |
564.
|
Orbit Culture - Descent
[6.5] - Frustratingly inconsistent. |
 |
565.
|
Downfall Of Gods - Ziemia Obiecana
[6.5] - Has some good riffs popping up, but ultimately found it a bit unengaging, particularly in the mid-tempo riff parts; some of the more death-leaning moments added a slight something. |
 |
566.
|
Gruzja - Koniec Wakacji
[6.5] - Curious whether this is a marked shift from their previous work, or if this band in general isn't for me; the punky black metal is OK if nothing that engaging, but then the oddball parts can be quite grating. |
 |
567.
|
Besta - Terra Em Desapego
[6.5] |
 |
568.
|
Dark Sky - Signs Of The Time
[6.5] - Avantasia/mid-00s Helloween power metal vocals for mid-tempo heavy metal/arena rock. |
 |
569.
|
An Autumn - Closure
[6.5] - Super lightweight for a lot of its runtime, but quite pleasant, and the darkness of For Tomorrow adds a nice added dimension. |
 |
570.
|
Agriculture - Agriculture
[6.5] - Frantic post-black that goes into full dissonance on Look Pt. 3; it's certainly distinctive, but I just don't really enjoy it that much. |
 |
571.
|
Cruel Force - Dawn Of The Axe
[6.5] - Competent, high-tempo but unremarkable old-school thrash sound. |
 |
572.
|
Somnuri - Desiderium
[6.5] - Sludge-lite with good aspects, but not keen on the vocals or some of the weaker writing. |
 |
573.
|
Secret Rule - UNInVERSE
[6.5] - Adequate fem-fronted symphonic. |
 |
574.
|
Astray Valley - Midnight Sun
[6.5] - Listenable but forgettable metalcore. |
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575.
|
Plog - Eucharist
[6.5] - I like the 'dense stoner doom with female vocals' general vibe, but the songs themselves aren't quite good enough to reach a level of e.g. Windhand. |
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576.
|
October Noir - Letters To Existence
[6.5] - Lightweight gothic metal with some nice guitar melodies |
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577.
|
Tardigrade Inferno - Burn The Circus
[6.5] - Wacky circus metal, just a bit irritating. |
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578.
|
Bloodred Hourglass - How's The Heart?
[6.5] - Boring chuggy melodeath with some nice melancholic Finnish melodeath touches. |
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579.
|
The Armed - Perfect Saviors
[6.5] - Pretty ehh. |
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580.
|
Lazarvs - Blackest
[6.5] - Inconsistently shifts between gnarly sludge, tedious groove, left-field AIC-style bits, and some other underwhelming moments. |
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581.
|
Marduk - Memento Mori
[6.5] - Vocals too loud and guitars too quiet to hear the mediocre riffs properly, haven't heard Marduk much before but if this is representative, it's another 'classic' BM band I don't get the hype over. |
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582.
|
Skiltron - Bruadarach
[6.5] |
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583.
|
By Fire And Sword - Glory
[6.5] - Decent USPM with odd vocals. |
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584.
|
Celestial Sanctuary - Insatiable Thirst For Torment
[6.5] |
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585.
|
Icon Of Sin - Legends
[6.5] - Bruce Dickinson-esque vocals are the most notable thing here. |
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586.
|
Forever Storm - Од Пепела До Вечности
[6.5] - Decent heavy/power with some bland tracks. |
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587.
|
Organ Dealer - The Weight Of Being
[6.5] |
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588.
|
Oblivion Protocol - The Fall Of The Shires
[6.5] - Pleasant but forgettable prog metal. |
|
589.
|
Glista - The "Never Apologise For Defending Yourself From Being Violated" Album
[6.5] - Started off as decent grindcore but became a bit tiring as it progressed. |
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590.
|
Winterage - Nekyia
[6.5] - RoF-style symphonic power, similarly cheesy and lacking in memorability behind the bombast. |
|
591.
|
Lycanthrophy - On The Verge Of Apocalypse
[6.5] - Very straight grind; ballistic and unhinged, but not notably so. |
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592.
|
Grand Cadaver - Deities Of Deathlike Sleep
[6.5] - Stanne-fronted OSDM, nothing really else to add. |
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593.
|
Subterranean Disposition - Individuation
[6.5] - Eclectic and inconsistent; has some Opethian brooding atmospheres and neater clean stuff, but the spazzy sax parts and some creative missteps hold it back. |
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594.
|
Lesath - A Beautiful Dream
[6.5] - Pleasant, dreamy but slightly insubstantial blackgaze. |
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595.
|
Wig Wam - Out Of The Dark
[6.5] - Above-average glam is still glam. |
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596.
|
Froglord - Sons Of Froglord
[6.5] - Decent hard rock with underwhelming vocals. |
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597.
|
Demolizer - Post Necrotic Human
[6.5] - Bit higher-energy thrash, but quickly descends into generic flatness after a slightly promising start. |
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598.
|
Among The Lights - Abandoned
[6.0] - Emphatic drums, some nice tremolo melodies, but generally soporific metalgaze. |
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599.
|
Ashbringer - We Came Here To Grieve
[6.0] - Inconsistent sound and iffy clean vocal parts. |
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600.
|
Ronnie Romero - Too Many Lies, Too Many Masters
[6.0] - Good singer, mediocre songs. |
|
601.
|
After Earth - The Rarity Of Reason
[6.0] - I was tempted by a couple of cool riffs on the opening track, but the album as a whole was very forgettable. |
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602.
|
Nuclear Winter - Seagrave
[6.0] - Cheesy industrial with mediocre sung vocals, but it's an alright listen. |
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603.
|
Bizarro Locomotiva - Volutabro
[6.0] - Industrial album, starts off very inauspiciously, gets a bit better as it progresses. |
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604.
|
Kypck - Преступления Против Человечества
[6.0] - Found this a bit boring, like their other work. |
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605.
|
Riffobia - Riffobia
[6.0] - Full-pelt and aggressive, but somewhat one-dimensional, thrash. |
|
606.
|
Tabahi - Thrash For Justice
[6.0] |
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607.
|
Feuerschwanz - Fegefeuer
[6.0] |
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608.
|
Genghis Khan - Who Art In Hell
[6.0] |
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609.
|
Cavern Deep - Part II - Breach
[6.0] - Pretty unremarkable stoner doom. |
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610.
|
Roots Of The Old Oak - The Devil And His Wicked Ways
[6.0] - Competent but mundane death/doom. |
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611.
|
Khanate - To Be Cruel
[6.0] - The kind of drone that makes my eyes roll. |
|
612.
|
Electric Six - Turquoise
[6.0] |
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613.
|
A Dark Halo - Omnibus One
[6.0] - Similar vibe to Mechina, but more simplistic songs and slightly less repetitive sound. |
|
614.
|
Anchutka - Anchutka
[6.0] - Undercooked mix of several styles, including meloblack, gothic, doom and ambient. |
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615.
|
Ash Prison - Future Torn
[6.0] - Somewhat monotonous industrial with grating vocals. |
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616.
|
Executioner - Kingdom Of Nocturnal Offerings
[6.0] - Damn, those croaky vocals. |
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617.
|
Beyond God - The Great Divide
[5.5] - Meandering vocal melodies let down what could be a good album. |
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618.
|
Déhà - Above & Below : Darkness Still Reigns
[5.5] - Bit too vacant for my liking. |
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619.
|
Kadaverficker - Superkiller (A Musical Journey Between Life And Death)
[5.5] - When a goregrind band starts writing actual songs, they don't need to include the same number of songs on the album, particularly if several of them aren't very good. |
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620.
|
Acausal Intrusion - Panpsychism
[5.5] - Dissonant/chaotic death or black metal is often hard to fully judge, but even by the genre standards I find this to be very irritating. |
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621.
|
Polaris - Fatalism
[5.5] |
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622.
|
Paroxysm Unit - Fragmentation // Stratagem
[5.0] - This is what I was expecting Parosyxmal to be like, and not in a good way. |
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623.
|
1476 - In Exile
[5.0] - Folk/indie/post-hardcore isn't necessarily a losing formula, but the vocals are unfortunately grating for me. |
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624.
|
Cirith Ungol - Dark Parade
[5.0] |
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625.
|
Yellow Eyes - Master's Murmur
[5.0] |
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626.
|
Evile - The Unknown
[5.0] - A bizarre misstep into plodding tedium, with a downgrade on the vocal front. |
It's a splendid album.
