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Piah Mater - Under The Shadow Of A Foreign Sun [8.0] - Very Opethian prog-death, generally very solid. |
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2.
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Delving - All Paths Diverge [8.0] - More dreamy Elder-lite goodness from DiSalvo. |
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3.
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Anciients - Beyond The Reach Of The Sun [8.0] - Perhaps doesn't have the peaks of Voice Of The Void on first listens, but grows into itself strongly as it progresses. |
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4.
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Octoploid - Beyond The Aeons [8.0] - Olli-Pekka Laine resurrects the sound of Elegy-era Amorphis quite sumptuously here. |
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5.
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Assemble The Chariots - Ephemeral Trilogy Episode 1: Unyielding Night [8.0] - Exuberant symphonic deathcore/melodeath with extravagant arrangements, one of the best albums in the style in the recent years. |
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6.
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Vile Rites - Senescence [8.0] - Solid prog/techy death with punishing dissonance in the heavier moments. |
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7.
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A Wake In Providence - I Write To You, My Darling Decay [8.0] - Very good symphonic deathcore/prog-death with very decent clean vocals. |
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8.
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Eye Eater - Alienate [8.0] - Post-tinged dissonant blackened death with good riffs and strong atmospherics. |
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9.
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Defacement - Duality [8.0] - Intense, exhilarating dissonant blackened death. |
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10.
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Norna - Norna [8.0] - Nicely brooding and ominous post-metal. |
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11.
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Amiensus - Reclamation: Part 2 [8.0] - Strong melodicism and variety; much better than Abreaction and possibly the best since Restoration. |
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12.
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Other World - Tenebrous [8.0] - Enjoyable ritualistic slant to parts of this solid black metal album. |
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13.
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Generation Of Vipers - Guilt Shrine [8.0] - Tasty hardcore-leaning sludge, songs are angry and heavy but still have groove. |
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14.
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Sur Austru - Datura Străhiarelor [8.0] - More Negura Bunget-esque than I remember their previous efforts being, I'm enjoying this quite a bit. |
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15.
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Akhlys - House Of The Black Geminus [8.0] - Exquisitely intense and hellish atmosphere, strong use of guitar leads. |
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16.
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Pure Reason Revolution - Coming Up To Consciousness [8.0] - Bit too Porcupine Tree-y for me, and a bit short of the last couple of albums, but still a worthwhile listen. |
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17.
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Wintersun - Time II [8.0] - Divorced from the drama surrounding its creation, this is a very good epic extreme power album, albeit with less memorable songwriting than the self-titled debut or Iron. |
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18.
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The Mantle - Violent Cosmic Fortune [8.0] - Accomplished, compelling prog death album heavy on the prog. |
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19.
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Nyktophobia - To The Stars [8.0] - Typical-sounding but upper-tier Finnish-sounding melodeath from Germany. |
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20.
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In Aphelion - Reaperdawn [8.0] - Perhaps a smidge hotter than this year's Necrophobic album. |
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21.
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Cold Cell - Age Of Unreason [7.5] - Solid black metal with a very neat incursion into post-black territory with clean vocals on Meaningless. |
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22.
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Leprous - Melodies Of Atonement [7.5] - Somewhere between Malina and Aphelion in heaviness and complexity, finds a good balance of a more metallic edge with the band's recent exploration of electronics and art-pop stylings. |
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23.
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Longhouse - III: Nìjwàswe [7.5] - Solid post-y, sludge, sometimes melodic sound with strong lead guitar work. |
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24.
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Ever Forthright - Techinflux [7.5] |
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25.
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Favna Abisal - La Casa De Los Siete Espejos [7.5] - Rather enjoyable proggy genre-fluid stuff with hints of Arcturus and nice melodic sensibilities. |
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26.
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Nile - The Underworld Awaits Us All [7.5] - Pretty fierce and tasty, one of their better ones in a while. |
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27.
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Tellmarch - Tellmarch [7.5] - Brief yet strong mix of doom, sludge, black and core sounds. |
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28.
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Stoort Neer - Essensen Av Smärta, Reflektion Och återhämtning [7.5] - Brief but impactful atmospheric black-tinged hardcore onslaught. |
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29.
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Colmaar - Eternel [7.5] - Very CoL-esque evolution from When Icarus Falls; it's a shame to see them lose some of their personality, but I also do love this particular sound through association with CoL. |
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30.
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Ceremony Of Silence - Hálios [7.5] - Chonky dissonant blackened death with nice atmospheric aspects. |
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31.
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Emu - Emu [7.5] - Fun, exciting psych/stoner hard rock debut. |
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32.
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Bent Knee - Twenty Pills Without Water [7.5] - Nice, varied, fairly gentle prog sound - nothing crazy good, but also manages to avoid any of the annoying moments I've encountered before with Bent Knee. |
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33.
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Tigran Hamasyan - The Bird Of A Thousand Voices [7.5] - 90 minutes is too long for me, but the djenty jazz piano style is certainly unique and intriguing. |
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34.
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Concrete Winds - Concrete Winds [7.5] - Mad, frenzied fusion of death, grind and black metal. |
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35.
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Kingcrow - Hopium [7.5] - Bit too emotionless classic prog at times, but also has some very solid writing on several tracks. |
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36.
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Mast Year - Point Of View [7.5] - Compact, crunching sludge/noise rock/hardcore fusion. |
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37.
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Malconfort - Humanism [7.5] - Black-tinged, jazzy avant-garde metal sound: takes a bit of time to warm up (and the shrieked vocals can be a bit grating), but when it's in its groove, the oddball flow, quirky riffs and unorthodox melody come together rather well. |
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38.
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The Other Sun - Daimon, Devil, Dawn [7.5] - Fun mix of occult, western and surf rock. |
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39.
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Pohl - Mysteries [7.5] - Cool sound straddling rock and metal, drawing from noise rock, alt metal, post-punk and arguably stoner, with elements of bands like Helms Alee and Jane's Addiction. |
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40.
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Orden Ogan - The Order Of Fear [7.5] - Somewhere between Gunman and Final Days, another strong entry from one of power metal's strongest forces at present. |
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41.
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Conjuring - Odium [7.5] - Another solid melody-heavy black metal release. |
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42.
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Run - True Heaviness Is Time [7.5] - Strong metalcore EP with black and post- elements. |
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43.
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Zørza - Hellven [7.5] - Solid blackened album with some melodic and post- elements. |
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44.
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Meer - Wheels Within Wheels [7.5] - A mature and well-realized symphonic prog rock sound with modern and pop sensibilities. |
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45.
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Modern Rites - Endless [7.5] - Faintly melodic black metal with a good aura and high intensity. |
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46.
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Vower - Apricity [7.5] - Solid prog/alt debut EP from band with ex-Palm Reader, Toska and Black Peaks members. |
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47.
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Seth - La France Des Maudits [7.5] - Generally strong melody-tinged black metal. |
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48.
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i Häxa - Part Three [7.5] - Nice range from dark ambient electronica to electro-prog rock. |
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49.
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Iress - Now, In Reverse [7.5] - Nice Chelsea Wolfe-esque gloomy sound with a bit more of a metallic doom slant. |
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50.
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Alvar - Réminiscence [7.5] - Strong doom debut with some occasional more extreme hints, including faint blackened touches. |
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51.
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Hail Darkness - Death Divine [7.5] - Solid occult mesh of retro rock, doom and stoner sounds, good vocals and riffs. |
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52.
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State Faults - Children Of The Moon [7.5] - Solid post-hardcore with great solos and clearly above-average writing. |
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53.
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Fleshgod Apocalypse - Opera [7.5] - Bit 'all flair, no substance' to begin with, but grows into itself with some more memorable writing from Morphine Waltz onwards. |
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54.
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Hereisaropegoodluck - Nothing To Write Home About [7.5] - Best grindcore so far this year, it's hectic but multi-dimensional, with some textures in the mix that go beyond pure savagery and some mathy hints. |
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55.
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Malevich - Trembling And Dowsed [7.5] - Not really any grindcore as advertised, but core-tinged sludgy post stuff with an interesting style. |
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56.
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Dawn Treader - Bloom & Decay [7.5] - Blackgaze with a slight distinct flavour to it, really like the artwork. |
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57.
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Teeth - The Will Of Hate [7.5] - Cavernous doomy dissodeath. |
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58.
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Spectral Wound - Songs Of Blood And Mire [7.5] - This band's still a bit too 'straight raw BM' for my tastes, but songs do have good riffs. |
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59.
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Axamenta - Spires [7.5] - Long-awaited comeback after Ever-Arch-I-Tech-Ture; I like the symphonic prog melodeath sound reasonably well, gives vibes of Teramaze, Wilderun and a couple of other groups coming together. |
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60.
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Occulta Veritas - Irreducible Fear Of The Sublime [7.5] - Very Voidhanger-esque dissonant black/death. |
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61.
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Void Witch - Horripilating Presence [7.5] - Feisty, crunching death/doom. |
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62.
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Respire - Hiraeth [7.5] - The mix of post-hardcore/screamo, indie, blackgaze and some other eclectic sounds is a compelling one overall. |
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63.
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Vanessa Funke - Void [7.5] - Quite a lot of variety on this album, from blackgaze to melodeath and sorrowful atmo-black; generally I like the different approaches. |
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64.
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Turin - The Unforgiving Reality In Nothing [7.5] - Modern death sound with some deathcore, industrial and symphonic elements, and a bit of a Hevy Devy feel to the semi-melodic harsh vocal moments. |
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65.
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Copse - MMXXIV [7.5] - Basically just their EPs repackaged, but a solid blackgaze debut. |
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66.
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Föhn - Condescending [7.5] - Not sure how beneficial the saxophone is overall, but the general gloomy funeral doom writing is above-average and evocative. |
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67.
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Black Lava - The Savage Winds To Wisdom [7.5] - Pretty solid and engaging blackened death. |
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68.
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Bloodcross - Gravebound [7.5] - Frenetic, full-pelt meloblack debut with some trad/speed hints. |
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69.
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Uniform - American Standard [7.5] - Rather enjoy the slow, monolithic nature of the trudging title track. |
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70.
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Raat - Enchantment [7.5] - Blackgaze/atmo-black/meloblack with some dreamy and some intense moments. |
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71.
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King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard - Flight b741 [7.5] - Fun retro visit to 70s Southern rock. |
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72.
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Sidewinder - Talons [7.5] - Stoner-heavy bluesy heavy rock with good vocals, riffs and writing. |
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73.
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Missouri Executive Order 44 - Salt Sermon [7.5] - Brief, tense, manic mathcore bordering on grindcore/powerviolence. |
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74.
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Vuur & Zijde - Boezem [7.5] - Rather interesting mix of blackened elements with alternative rock styles, it's a fusion that's been done before but this is quite a distinctive example due to the low prominence of black metal. |
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75.
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Mothman And The Thunderbirds - Portal Hopper [7.5] - Vibrant melodic prog metal with slightly underwhelming vocals holding it back a bit. |
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76.
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Brian Gibson - Thrasher [7.0] - Bit too scattered stylistically, but some good entrants from techno, IDM and other electronic styles. |
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77.
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Kurokuma - Of Amber And Sand [7.0] - Has good moments still, but fundamentally lacking the character that made the debut so strong. |
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78.
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Aurora (NOR) - What Happened To The Heart? [7.0] - A bit too stripped-down at times compared with The Gods We Can Touch, and lacking the memorability factor, but still impressively arranged with the harmonizing. |
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79.
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Partholón - The Ocean Pours In [7.0] - Heavily Cult Of Luna-influenced, but still very enjoyable. |
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80.
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Orme - No Serpents, No Saviours [7.0] - Gnarly, droning sludge/stoner doom 20-minute single-song EP with a hench production. |
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81.
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Together To The Stars - The Fragile Silence [7.0] - Conventional but solid blackgaze. |
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82.
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Jon Hopkins - Ritual [7.0] - It's an achingly long ambient build to the album's central climactic minutes, but when those middle tracks arrive, it's just about worth it in terms of payoff. |
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83.
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AK//47 - Menari Dalam Abu Algoritma [7.0] - Pretty solid grindcore, fairly ballistic but also has some brief lighter post-hardcore moments that expand its pallette. |
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84.
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Earth Ship - Soar [7.0] - Fun stoner/sludge combo with good riffs and guitar work on both ends of the spectrum. |
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85.
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And So I Watch You From Afar - Megafauna [7.0] - Bit more taken with this one than their previous album, kinda quirky and bouncy with the math rock vibes. |
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86.
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Lord Buffalo - Holus Bolus [7.0] - Bit of a Wovenhand understated Plains folk rock sound. |
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87.
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Grendel's Sÿster - Katabasis Into The Abaton / Abstieg In Die Traumkammer [7.0] - Quite unique-sounding folk-influenced heavy/doom sound. |
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88.
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Admiral Angry - Albania [7.0] - A chaotic avantgarde mix of grindcore, polyrhythmic grooves, classic thrashing riffs, and a host of disparate sounds. |
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89.
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Fostermother - Echo Manor [7.0] - Understated stoner rock/metal vibe, vocals are a bit soporific at times but overall feel is enjoyable. |
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90.
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Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Wild God [7.0] - Nick Cave isn't my jam, but I do quite like this quite symphonic, uplifing effort. |
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91.
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Evilyn - Mondestrunken [7.0] - Discordant, dissonant, cavernous avant-garde death metal; impressive but difficult to engage with. |
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92.
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Kiva - An Elegy Of Scars And Past Reflections [7.0] - Bleak, brooding post-metal, generally enjoyable but found it slightly lacking in impact. |
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93.
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Grid - The World Before Us [7.0] - Relatively intriguing post-metal sound, has some nice riffs and soundscapes, but also a slight oddness to it at times that doesn't entirely gel. |
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94.
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Mourners Lament - A Grey Farewell [7.0] - Soporific gothic d/d, nice melodies and uses of keys, a greater presence would have elevated the album a tad. |
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95.
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Hell:On - Shaman [7.0] - Reasonably solid Dyscarnate-esque modern groovy death sound with some World music elements. |
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96.
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Monument Of Misanthropy - Vile Postmortem Irrumatio [7.0] - Above-average for brutal death, but is also a bit more dynamic and at-times melodic than usual for the genre. |
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97.
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Atavistia - Inane Ducam (I Will Lead Into Nothingness) [7.0] - Fine EP, but does feel like a downgrade from Cosmic Warfare. |
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98.
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Conglaciation - Conglaciation [7.0] - Tech/disso-death that's a bit too busy but quite often fun. |
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99.
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Oxygen Destroyer - Guardian Of The Universe [7.0] - Vicious balls-to-the-wall death/thrash, well executed. |
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100.
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Nails - Every Bridge Burning [7.0] - I don't quite understand what makes this band so popular compared to other grindy acts, but it's fine for what it is. |
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101.
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Exosphere - Autonomy [7.0] - Interesting off-kilter sludge sound with some melodic/clean vocal bits alongside dissonant chords and trudges, just doesn't quite all work together for me. |
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102.
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Myrdal - Helvíti [7.0] - Solid black metal EP. |
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103.
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Nihilect - Tapestry [7.0] - Promising debut EP, dissonant and hectic core-leaning tech-death. |
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104.
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Fucked Up - Another Day [7.0] - Indie punk sound, for lack of a better word, quite fun and melodic. |
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105.
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Mountaineer - Dawn And All That Follows [7.0] - Now fully into heavy shoegaze territory; the couple of harsh vocal moments seem a bit unnecessary but otherwise a pleasant listen. |
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106.
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Wormwitch - Wormwitch [7.0] - Crusty black metal with faint melodic elements. |
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107.
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Deadscape - State Of Decline [7.0] - General decent and mostly enjoyable melodeath with some very tasty lead guitar stuff (particularly near end of album), but not sold on some of the clean vocal parts. |
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108.
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New Money - Dinero Nuevo [7.0] - Nasty sludge-core debut EP from ex-LLNN guitarist/vocalist. |
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109.
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Vanhelgd - Atropos Doctrina [7.0] - Decent death metal with doom and black elements. |
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110.
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Arx Atrata - A Reckoning [7.0] - Atmospheric meloblack with nice melodies and evocative vibes. |
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111.
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The Archaic Epidemic - Infinite Exile [7.0] - Slam-tinged, blast-heavy deathcore, but surprisingly likeable and textured. |
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112.
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FØES - Endless Exile [7.0] - Slightly grindy hardcore, lots of venom and distorted rage. |
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113.
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Blind Monarch - The Dead Replenish The Earth [7.0] - Grim sludge death/doom, slightly one-dimensional. |
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114.
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The Radicant - We Ascend [7.0] - Interesting first taste of Vincent Cavanaugh's new project, quite electronics-focused. |
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115.
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Occult Witches - Sorrow's Pyre [7.0] - Fun retro occult rock with a stoner rock edge. |
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116.
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Born In The Purple - Purple-Born [7.0] - Good-quality debut melodeath EP. |
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117.
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Visions Of Atlantis - Pirates II - Armada [7.0] - Solid enough and suitably bombastic symphonic metal album, although I'm just not that into the songs. |
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118.
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Kryptos - Decimator [7.0] - Solid speed metal-leaning classic heavy sound with strong riffs and solos. |
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119.
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Forgotten Tomb - Nightfloating [7.0] |
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120.
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Dark Tranquillity - Endtime Signals [7.0] - DT are clearly better than this, but based on the last 15 years of gradual regression, it's hard to expect too much better going forward. |
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121.
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Saturn's Husk - Hourglass Of Human Ash [7.0] - Decent post-y stuff with occasional stoner/psychedelic elements. |
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122.
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Liminal Shroud - Visions Of Collapse [7.0] - Still a decent effort from the band, but I found it a bit less engaging their 2022 album - perhaps a bit OTT with the blasting. |
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123.
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Thousand Limbs - The Aurochs [7.0] - Respectable instrumental only post-metal. |
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124.
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Tantrum - No Place For The Damned [7.0] - Surprisingly enjoyable trad heavy with solid vocals and riffs, albeit the occasional bland song. |
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125.
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Lunage - Tales From The Forgotten Lands [7.0] - Pleasant Ensiferum-lite power metal-oriented folk metal. |
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126.
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HammerFall - Avenge The Fallen [7.0] - Bit ballad-heavy, some run-of-the-mill tracks, but some decent PM efforts. |
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127.
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Berenice - Berenice [7.0] - Brutal grind debut EP. |
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128.
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Eldamar - Astral Journeys Pt. I: Creation [7.0] - Dreamy ambient atmo-black. |
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129.
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Daedalia - Dream Of A Manikin [7.0] - Oddball psych black metal EP. |
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130.
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Scarcity - The Promise Of Rain [7.0] - Cacophonic, freeform discordance: I appreciate aspects of the approach, although it can get a bit fatiguing to listen to. |
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131.
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Harvestman - Triptych: Part Two [7.0] - Folk-tinged ambience, above-average for ambient music. |
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132.
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Feind - Ambulante Hirnamputation [7.0] - 15-minute rampage through 17 grindcore songs, has a bit of personality and fun to it amidst the onslaught. |
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133.
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Smashing Pumpkins - Aghori Mhori Mei [7.0] - Reasonably good effort for this band in 2024. |
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134.
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Luca - Azelea [7.0] - Pleasant instru-prog/djent debut EP in the Sithu Aye vein. |
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135.
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Uttertomb - Nebulas Of Self-Desecration [7.0] - Bleak, murky, abhorrent death metal; some of it I find a bit unengaging, but a couple of tracks with some Nile-ish 'melodic' moments and bleak atmospheres sound cool. |
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136.
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Tenebrae Annex - Conditioning [7.0] - Creepy industrial electronica. |
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137.
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Votive - Towards The Pillory [7.0] - Decent, directly intense screamo. |
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138.
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Krallice - Inorganic Rites [7.0] - The horror synths add an interesting dynamic to the music, which on the whole I struggle a bit to engage with. |
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139.
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Endless Chain - Agony [6.5] - Reasonable goth/alt/melodeath mesh, dragged down slightly for me by the cheesier alt-metal elements. |
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140.
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Summoning The Lich - Under The Reviled Throne [6.5] - B-side TBDM - fine, but lacking the same memorability of TBDM on form. |
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141.
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Erronaut - The Space Inbetween [6.5] - Fairly typical doomy stoner with some slightly tougher moments; has moments where it shines a bit above average. |
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142.
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Drom - Pustina [6.5] - Perfectly fine but slightly forgettable post-metal. |
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143.
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Oceano - Living Chaos [6.5] - Nothing great, but some tasty parts to this deathcore. |
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144.
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Cäbränegrä - Karoshi [6.5] - Decent grindcore with a nice oddball edge. |
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145.
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Houkago Grind Time - Koncertos Of Kawaiiness: Stealing Jon Chang's Ideas, A Book By Andrew Lee [6.5] - Frenetic tongue-in-cheek grind, decent but insufficient variety to remain interesting across 18 tracks. |
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146.
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Culled - Psycles [6.5] - Moderately interesting grindy sludge EP. |
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147.
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Simone Simons - Vermillion [6.5] - Very Ayreon-esque, but more enjoyable than the last couple of Ayreon albums at least. |
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148.
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Orpheus Omega - Emberglow [6.5] - Slightly above-average melodeath of a metalcore persuasion; not huge on the clean choruses. |
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149.
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A Night In Texas - Digital Apocalypse [6.5] - Slightly above-average deathcore, not overly memorable. |
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150.
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Act Of Creation - Moments To Remain [6.5] - Generally decent Arch Enemy-esque material. |
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151.
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Korpituli - Pohjola [6.5] - Kinda fine folk stuff, didn't notice anything especially noteworthy about it. |
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152.
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Isle Of The Cross - Faustus: The Musical [6.5] - Ambitious symphonic prog concept album, has some satisfyingly soaring power metallic parts, also has a few iffy tracks and parts. |
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153.
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Powerwolf - Wake Up The Wicked [6.5] - Some decent catchy tracks here, some underwhelming cheesy ones too. |
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154.
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Lamašhtu - Längtan [6.5] - Symphonic prog that has elements I appreciate, but I must confess I find it leaves me feeling dry too often for my liking. |
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155.
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Phaëthon - Wielder Of The Steel [6.5] - Good trad heavy instrumentation undermined by the 'epic' vocal style. |
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156.
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I, Cursed - Death Holograms [6.5] - Brief furious deathgrind onslaught from duo better known for post-metal. |
![](../images/albums/1/188013.jpg) |
157.
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Deceased - Children Of The Morgue [6.5] - Deathly thrash with a trad heavy edge, it's fine but nothing too exciting. |
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158.
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Nuclear Tomb - Terror Labyrinthian [6.5] - Reasonably decent techy death-thrash. |
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159.
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Detach The Islands - A Highly Magnified History [6.5] - Reasonably good mathy, posty hardcore with positive moments but also some underwhelming or tedious moments. |
![](../images/albums/1/189146.jpg) |
160.
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Circle Of Sighs - Ursus [6.5] - Wacky and erratic EP but at times quite interesting. |
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161.
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Sick/Tired - Whip Hand Paranoia [6.5] - Straight grindcore aggression, reasonably satisfying for such a straight-nosed approach. |
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162.
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Black Capricorn - Sacrifice Darkness And ... Fire [6.5] - Initially starts off with an above-average ominous atmosphere for stoner doom, but regresses a bit after that point. |
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163.
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Duel - Breakfast With Death [6.5] - Stonerish, rambunctuous heavy rock, decent fun without being particularly noteworthy. |
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164.
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Zeal & Ardor - Greif [6.0] - Kudos for continuing to try and innovate their sound, but I found this a bit boring on first listen. |
![](../images/albums/1/188188.jpg) |
165.
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Death Racer - From Gravel To Grave [6.0] - Lots of raw blackened thrash energy, a bit primitive and limited though. |
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166.
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Eremit - Rise Of The Ruan~Angh [6.0] - An Eremit song with subpar production that isn't truly heavy is just a bit pointless, and the first track in particular suffers from this. |
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167.
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Sickrecy - Sickrecy / SlothPhantomMoth [Split] [6.0] - Just 5-10 min of pretty decent grindcore. |
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168.
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Fulci - Duck Face Killings [6.0] - A band/album I don't really understand the hype for, it just brings together brutal death and OSDM in a way that doesn't improve either. |
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169.
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Alleviate - DMNS [6.0] - Competent but somewhat bland djent metal/deathcore. |
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170.
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Anna Pest - You And Me At The End Of The Fucking World [6.0] - The technical, djenty, extreme slant of this metal/deathcore is generally pretty good but not great; not convinced by some of the dabblings with e.g. turn-of-the-millennium catchy clean choruses. |
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171.
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In Hearts Wake - Incarnation [6.0] - Metalcore with good moments but cheesy electronics. |
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172.
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Against Evil - Give 'Em Hell [6.0] - Some fun riffs on here for the genre, unfortunately the vocals aren't great and the choruses don't land. |
![](../images/albums/1/188110.jpg) |
173.
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Within The Ruins - Phenomena II [5.5] - Found this a bit tedious and boring despite some good moments. |
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174.
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Dampf - No Angels Alive [5.5] - Amaranthe-lite, better than their worst but worse than their best, and with a couple of oddball songs such as a folk shanty venture. |
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175.
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Gravemind - Introsphere [5.5] - Listenable enough, but a fairly effective microcosm of the more tedious trends in the current x-core scenes. |
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176.
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Mushroomhead - Call The Devil [5.5] - Rather bland, but not inherently bad, alt metal. |
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177.
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Blues Pills - Birthday [5.5] - Competent but boring retro rock. |