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2021 Album Ranking
| 1. | Beast In Black - Dark Connection |
| 2. | 1914 - Where Fear And Weapons Meet |
| 3. | Duskmourn - Fallen Kings And Rusted Crowns |
| 4. | Grima - Rotten Garden |
| 5. | Gojira - Fortitude |
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Albums of interest: 2013
These are the albums I've enjoyed so far this year to which I've given an approximate rating and organised in a rough order of preference. As the year progresses I'll add some descriptions…
| 1. | Vulture Industries - The Tower |
| 2. | The Moth Gatherer - A Bright Celestial Light |
| 3. | Walrus - Walrus |
| 4. | Clutch - Earth Rocker |
| 5. | Oranssi Pazuzu - Valonielu |
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Best of US THRASH [ without The Big Four ]
RANKING CRITERIA :
1. Originality
2. Songwriting
3. Vigorous performance
1. Originality
2. Songwriting
3. Vigorous performance
| 1. | Anacrusis - Screams And Whispers |
| 2. | Overkill - Feel The Fire |
| 3. | Nuclear Assault - Game Over |
| 4. | Wrathchild America - 3-D |
| 5. | Toxik - World Circus |
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Drone And Ambient: A Road Map For The Uninitiated
So you're looking to be inducted into the temple, but you have no idea where to start, eh? Let this list be your guide. The aim here is to walk newcomers to the realms of drone and ambient music through…
| 1. | The Angelic Process - Weighing Souls With Sand |
| 2. | Jesu - Jesu |
| 3. | Locrian - Infinite Dissolution |
| 4. | Menace Ruine - Venus Armata |
| 5. | Midnight Odyssey - Shards Of Silver Fade |
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Hidden Title Tracks – Album Titles That Come From A Song`s Lyrics
Almost all album titles fall in one of two categories: The album shares the title with one of its songs (the title track) or, alternatively, the album title is independent from the songs (no title track).
However,…
However,…
| 1. | 40 Watt Sun - Wider Than The Sky |
| 2. | A Forest Of Stars - A Shadowplay For Yesterdays |
| 3. | Acid Bath - When The Kite String Pops |
| 4. | Agalloch - The Mantle |
| 5. | Agalloch - Ashes Against The Grain |
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Interesting And Unknown
Interesting and pretty unknown bands that ain't featured on MS
One album per band.
No order
..the list isn't finished yet.
One album per band.
No order
..the list isn't finished yet.
| 1. | StarGazer - A Great Work Of Ages |
| 2. | Azure Emote - Chronicles Of An Aging Mammal |
| 3. | Black Boned Angel - Supereclipse |
| 4. | Men In Search Of The Perfect Weapon - Men In Search Of The Perfect Weapon |
| 5. | Rishloo - Eidolon |
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My Drug List Of Doom
Some of my favourite stuff I have scratched it up to one pile. One album per band, no order, just chaos.
| 1. | Eibon - Entering Darkness |
| 2. | Ghost Brigade - Isolation Songs |
| 3. | Mar De Grises - Draining The Waterheart |
| 4. | Ankhagram - Where Are You Now |
| 5. | Anorexia Nervosa - New Obscurantis Order |
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Overhauls, Transitions, Metamorphoses
Well, I've seen lots of lists here and I have to say, a noticeable percentage of these lists are great references for anyone interested in music, but I noticed that something new was missing.
What…
What…
| 1. | Ahab - Starting with The Giant, post-metal elements were added. |
| 2. | After Forever - With Floor Jansen being the catalyst here, the dutch band flourished after 1997, only to undergo another shift with the departure of Mark Jansen in 2002 and losing much of their gothic sound and adding progressive music to their symphonic charade. |
| 3. | Amoral - Death metal becomes rock. |
| 4. | Arcturus - Now everyone knows Garm-era Arcturus was more of a black metal band, don't they? |
| 5. | A Storm Of Light - Figured trendy post-metal wouldn't do justice to their talent and went more bombastic. |
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2011 Suggestions For The Eclectic Metalhead
If you're like me and can't sit still with just one or two genres, perhaps you'll find some ideas in this list. I kept the variety with genres, but also by including all worthy bands from…
| 1. | Silent Stream Of Godless Elegy - Návaz |
| 2. | Fair To Midland - Arrows & Anchors |
| 3. | Autumn - Cold Comfort |
| 4. | Shadowside - Inner Monster Out |
| 5. | 40 Watt Sun - The Inside Room |
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2015 Album Recommendations
Due to new developments and time constraints, I have streamlined this back into one list. I have taken off anything that I did not care for, so just consider it a list of recommended listens. You can find…
| 1. | Between The Buried And Me - Coma Ecliptic |
| 2. | Abyssal - Antikatastaseis |
| 3. | Death Karma - The History Of Death & Burial Rituals Part I |
| 4. | A Forest Of Stars - Beware The Sword You Cannot See |
| 5. | Leviathan - Scar Sighted |
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2020
The silver lining to the year of Covid is metal bands seem to have had plenty of inspiration. It was very strong year for black metal and a strong year overall. A bit weak in the death metal category but…
| 1. | Atramentus - Stygian |
| 2. | Evaporated Sores - Ulcerous Dimensions |
| 3. | Imperial Triumphant - Alphaville |
| 4. | Ulcerate - Stare Into Death And Be Still |
| 5. | Hail Spirit Noir - Eden In Reverse |
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Best Of 2015
My top albums from 2015, in list are those I have heard more then 3 times.
First 3 are in order, 4-11 also in some order as I like. rest no, just add them , because those what I have played and remember…
First 3 are in order, 4-11 also in some order as I like. rest no, just add them , because those what I have played and remember…
| 1. | Draconian - Sovran |
| 2. | Nightwish - Endless Forms Most Beautiful |
| 3. | Moonspell - Extinct |
| 4. | My Dying Bride - Feel The Misery |
| 5. | Ereb Altor - Nattramn |
| + 40 more |