Wolfgunblood Garopa
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Holy shit, Lunar Aurora got back together for another album? Dude thank you for posting this.
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Holy shit, Lunar Aurora got back together for another album? Dude thank you for posting this.
Well might as well post mine. I'm sure I'm forgetting something but here are the 10 metal albums I enjoyed most this year in no order:
Bell Witch - Longing
Mgla - With Hearts Toward None
Lord Mantis - Pervertor
Nihill - Verdonkermaan
Pig Destroyer - Book Burner
Baroness - Yellow and Green
Pallbearer - Sorrow and Extinction
Nachtmystium - Silencing Machine
Dragged into Sunlight - Widowmaker
Converge - All We Love We Leave Behind
Nihill, Bell Witch, and Mgla being particular favorites.
Pretty solid year for metal overall I think. Especially doom.
Edit: Totally forgot about Liberteer – Better To Die On Your Feet Than Live On Your Knees. Great album.
SpartanForce
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Down - IV (EP)
Nile - At the Gate of Sethu
Dying Fetus - Reign Supreme
Bell Witch - Longing
Conan - Monnos
High on Fire - De Vermis Mysteriis
Ice Dragon - greyblackfalconhawk
Saint Vitus - Lillie: F-65
Baroness - Yellow and Green
Death - Spiritual Healing (2012 remaster)
Storm Corrosion - S/T
Neurosis - Honor Found in Decay
And I hope that the new Electric Wizard album will come out this year yet. The new Necrophagist is gonna come too, but like in 2015.
SlackAdjuster
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Huge Down fan but was very unimpressed with this. Real letdown for me.
I wasn't THAT disappointed but i was kinda underwhelmed. There were 3 really good song and then some meh songs. The bare bones production for me at least had the opposite effect of what it was supposed to. Witchtripper video is pretty awesome though..
Korranator
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Too many releases this year to really give an accurate opinion, plus I'm still trying to catch up albums I still haven't got a chance to really sit down and listen to.
That said it's been a great year for Metal much better than last year.
Off the top of my head:
Ahab - The Giant
Pale Divine - Painted Windows Black
Wildernessking - The Writing of Gods in the Sand
Dodecahedron - S/T
Ne Obliviscaris - Portal of I
Drugula's Wrath XXX
Banned
Is it me or has this year been severely underwhelming metal wise?
OmegaDragon
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Just bought those Conan (listening to it right now) and Dodecahedron albums from Itunes, based on your lists. Conan's pretty good so far, thanks guys!
Thanks, the Antaeus pics are rather disappointing though, nothing special to see.
*looks at the rather varied lists*
I think it's just you
Thanks, the Antaeus pics are rather disappointing though, nothing special to see.
*looks at the rather varied lists*
I think it's just you
Fairly reliable setlists can be found here: http://www.setlist.fm/setlists/morbid-angel-3d6fdb3.html
The most recent one can be found here: http://www.setlist.fm/setlist/morbid-angel/2012/hristo-botev-hall-sofia-bulgaria-4bdaeb9e.html
Most of it seems to be their earlier work.
Nice! Thanks!
Melchiah
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Yeah, most of the bands had nothing extraordinary happening onstage, but the organizer had put a crucified pig carcass there. =)
Spectacular Dr Dawg
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Favorite release: Teitanblood - Woven Black Arteries
Favorite albums:
Atriarch - Ritual of Passing
Necrovation - Necrovation
Revenge - Scum.Collapse.Eradication
How does it compare to Tenebrous Towers?
Melchiah
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To be honest, I haven't heard the whole album, but what I've heard I've liked a great deal, and it sounds darker and more complex than the debut.
i actually agree. 2011 for me was way better than this year metal wise. i don't think there's anything i absolutely love from this year. but that's just like my opinion man.
even hades archer was supremely disappointing this year, after having released one of the best black metal albums and eps ever.
MetalGuardian
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And he said...?
choodi
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What a waste of some good pork. At least put the crucifix over some hot coals and make a bbq out of it!
Lol, a bit of hyperbole here don't you think? What he said was tame, especially compared to other stuff in the past, lol.
Its an ongoing process and you KNOW he's a colossal tool bag. He's like my friend's republican grandma except.. . well i cant really think of any differences between them.
Yeah, but I honestly don't care. He's harmless at this point, and 13 was a good album, damn it.
Yea you say that now. Just wait till you see the title for the next megadeth record, 'kenyan socialist doomsday engineer'
Drugula's Wrath XXX
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Ugh, now I know what my dad feels like whenever Ted Nugent opens his mouth.
Melchiah
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What a waste of some good pork. At least put the crucifix over some hot coals and make a bbq out of it!
Well, you wouldn't want to eat meat, that's been rotting for a couple of days.
Here's a pic of the pig: http://i.imgur.com/PWffA.jpg
EDIT: BTW, the Finnish press made a ruckus about it, and apparently even prosecutions have been considered.
Translated from the news:
HammerOfThor
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Testament's Dark Roots of Earth
Witchcraft No Angel or Demon acoustic really needs to be seen more.
Between the Buried and Me - The Parallax II
For me, nothing really comes close. It's my undisputed AOTY. Brilliant band.
Anaal Nathrahk - Vanitas
Deftones - Koi No Yokan
Aborted - Global Flatline
Kreator - Phantom Antichrist
gotta hear the new destruction to see if they make it for my top album of this year
Anathema - Weather Systems
Between the Buried & Me - Parallax II: Future Sequence
Devin Townsend - Epicloud
Storm Corrosion - Storm Corrosion
Shearwater - Animal Joy
Ne Obliviscaris - Portal of I
Astra - The Black Chord
Baroness - Yellow and Green
Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Allelujah! Don't Bend! Ascend!
Ben Kweller - Go Fly a Kite
OSI - Fire Make Thunder
Sigur Ros - Valtari
Marco Minnemann - Evil Smiles Of Beauty/Sound Of Crime
Wintersun - Time I
Sigh - In Somniphobia
Agreed, top 10 metal album ever for me.
However, a few other amazing albums have been released this year:
Meshuggah- Koloss
Gojira- L'Enfant Sauvage
Periphery- Periphery II
Baroness- Yellow & Green
Rush- Clockwork Angels
Steve Vai- The Story of Light
Om- Advaitic Songs
Cattle Decapitation- Monolith Of Inhumanity
Some decent stuff:
Every Time I Die- Ex Lives
The Mars Volta- Noctourniquet
Asphyx- Deathhammer
Spawn of Possesion- Incurso
Orkenkjott- Onskediktet
Testament- Dark Roots of Earth
The Safety Fire- Grind The Ocean
The Faceless- Autotheism
High on Fire- De Vermis Mysteriis
Revocation- Teratogenesis
Non-metal:
Aesop Rock- Skelethon
Lana Del Ray- Born To Die
T.R.A.M.- Lingua Franca
Trioscapes- Seperate Realities
And a bunch of stuff I haven't properly listened to yet which is most likely really good as well:
Anaal Nathrakh- Vanitas
Coheed and Cambria- The Afterman: Ascension
Converge- All We Love We Leave Behind
Deftones- Koi No Yokan
Devin Townsend Project- Epicloud
Down- Down IV Part I - The Purple EP
Enslaved- RIITIIR
Ihsahn- Eramita
Neurosis- Honor Found in Decay
Pig Destroyer- Book Burner
The Sword- Apocryphon
All in all a great year for metal.
Saw Opeth live a couple of days ago. They were incredible, and Akerfeldt is such a likable guy too.
This was the setlist:
The Devil's Orchard
Ghost of Perdition
White Cluster
Hope Leaves
Deliverance
Hessian Peel
Häxprocess
Reverie/Harlequin Forest
Encore: blackwater Park
Ghost of Perdition and Deliverance were the absolute highlight of the show for me.
Also, having Anathema as their opening act was the icing on the cake (I've seem them 3 times now).
This was the setlist:
The Devil's Orchard
Ghost of Perdition
White Cluster
Hope Leaves
Deliverance
Hessian Peel
Häxprocess
Reverie/Harlequin Forest
Encore: blackwater Park
Ghost of Perdition and Deliverance were the absolute highlight of the show for me.
Also, having Anathema as their opening act was the icing on the cake (I've seem them 3 times now).
Hydranockz
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I've known about Opeth for aaages but never dove in. I got Ghost of Perdition on Rock Band and checked out their stuff a bit more. Fucking love them now.
SpartanForce
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Holy fuck the Death remastered Spiritual Healing is so goood. DAT bass
Dunno how I missed this. Just checked it out and it's spectacular.
Giant Robot
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I hope you're talking about the overall low end bass instead of Terry Butler's playing ability. I can't imagine Terry Butler bass playing being something worth mentioning haha.
There's a Dethalbum 3!
Black metal rec for anyone interested. I'm liking this a lot right now. Icelandic Black Metal!
Svartidauði - Flesh Cathedral
Svartidauði - Flesh Cathedral
SpartanForce
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for fans of mastodon, check this cover from me: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3CcDfaf4okE&feature=plcp
DimmuBurgerKing
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I haven't given it a lot of thought, but off the top of my head:
Ihsahn - Eremita
Enslaved - RIITIIR
Nile - At the Gate of Sethu
Wintersun - Time I
Time II can't come soon enough.
TOP SHOTTA
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Hey sorry I missed this question my friend.
Eastern Massachusetts. I am just a 36 year old white boy that had a few phases in my younger years where I was into metal, deep - then that ran into/overlapped with being into rap, deep, then dancehall reggae, deep again. I just like hard, aggressive music with crazy ass percussion. Metallica (only up to and including And Justice For All), Slayer, Lamb of God, Testament, High On Fire. That kind of stuff butters my bread.
So now that I am old, I can look back and cherry pick the best elements from each of my weird, overlapping phases and find who's still got it. Right now I think metal is in a super good place. Can't wait for the new Slayer. Rap is healthy too - quite honestly. The whole mixtape thing with rappers versing stuff over other folks' beats is so fucking healthy and refreshing for that genre - I can't even tell ya. Right now I like Pusha T, Danny Brown, Cam'ron, Kanye and other stuff like that. I'll sport a Slayer shirt while listening to Fear of God (Pusha mixtape) in the car, or my G.O.O.D music tshirt while blasting South of Heaven.
I like black coffee, I like super hot hot sauce on everything, I like rough sex, and I like hard-aggressive music. Rough. Rough stuff. I like stuff that assaults my senses.
I hope that explains things maybe? I'm just weird I guess.
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