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It's that time of year again, to sort through the top 10 albums of all the respective genres, then use them, to compile the top 10 albums of the year. Later in the month I am making the top 10 lists for the decade, though to be blunt this is the decade's weakest year for music.
Especially when it comes to new artists, 9 of the 10 bands are veterans. When it comes to black metal I need more than blast beats, it one of my favorite sub-genres of metal, so the bar is high. As in past years I am giving a brief explanation as to why these albums stand over their peers in lower positions on the list. The very fact these bands made it on the list speaks to how great these albums are so it's not a slight that the number 8 album is above the 9th album, there is something that just gives it an edge that makes me want to listen to it more.After all we can try to look cool and pick the hippest bands for a list, but at the end of the day what makes an album the best is that it makes you want more, you look forward to listening to it again. Sure you can bitch and complain about your favorite band not being on the list.
However I listen to five new albums a day so yes I heard your favorite album and was not impressed. No, I do not care what you think about it. I do hope you can find your next favorite on this list and have included links to reviews of these albums if you want to check out audio on these guys. Anyways here are the top 10 Black Metal albums of 2019. 8-Falls of Rauros - 'Patterns in Mythology'The fifth album from this Portland band finds the boundaries of the black metal label a little to confining. Five albums in can you blame them?
This is felt from the opening instrumental that could be one of Russian Circles more metallic moments.The guitar tones on this album are incredible. The over all production is very crisp. This might be a turn off for the trve neck beards. It was pretty close call with Crowhurst the over all sound giving this album the edge.https://abysmalhymns.blogspot.com/2019/07/falls-of-rauros-patterns-in-mythology.html. 7-Zohamah- 'Spread My Ashes'At one point I might have predicted this to be the number one album.
It is heavy as fuck. The scathing vocals are the most black metal element, aside from the oppressive mood.
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The guitars are big and powerful like more death metal, but conjure a more depressed mood. This often finds the album at my favorite sonic corner where black metal and doom meet.
Falls of Rauros might have a better produced album, but these guys are more oppressive in the sonic wall of blackness.https://abysmalhymns.blogspot.com/2019/02/black-metal-history-month-zohamah.html. This album grew on me. The top four album did some shuffling, but the more I listened to this album the more clarity I gained as to where it belongs.
The heaviness comes from dealing in darkness more than blast beats. They o prove themselves capable of deviating from pulverizing you to incorporate dynamics with atmosphere, this gives a creep glaze to the monolithic stomp of the heavy riffs, we have darkness,depression and creepy, is it any wonder this is number one. The feelings are made sounds and sonic in a way no other band tapped into like this.
The first song made me think that this was the former singer of Bellicose Minds, it's actually the former singer of Lost Tribe, so post punk revival pedigree intact. More uptempo, though the do ride the line between post and punk and straight up punk. By punk I am still thinking of the cross roads where bands like TSOL dressed their sound up for Halloween. There a is a darker more Killing Joke like energy to the second song. All of the needed sounds are dialed in a pretty much where they need to be in the mix. The Bat Cave guitar tone is right there. There are places where the bass could stand to come up in the mix, but production wise it's on even better footing the Lost Tribe albums.
A little more finesse on 'Toil' as they back off on the punk vibes here.If Idle Hands never heard the Cult then the results might be similar. 'Of the Earth' doesn't do as much for me as the previous songs. 'Pyro' is more aggressive, but also offers more dynamics than the previous song. 'Devils Serenade' is more along the lines of the Misfits,but with a more rock n roll touch to it. This is felt especially at the chorus, but it is a lot of fun. On 'I Expire' the vocals are more sung than yelled.
This helps add more dynamic texture to the overall sound. The guitars are also layered to there is more of a strum to them. They are back on the more punk track with 'the Gift of Suffering'. Post-punk tension to it on the verse, before exploding out of the chorus.
The chords ring out in a more rock n roll fashion, with the palm muted tension returning again on 'Barbed Wire'. It goes to the well with this formula too many times.I am glad the vocals colors shifted a little on the last. The punk shouted vocal that sounded like Bellicose Minds was getting old, it is not the melodic shift of 'I Expire' that I prefer, but I will take what I can get as by this point in the album I was in need of a dynamic shift, as it almost took on a one trick pony punk monochrome. I will give this album an 8, if you like the more punk side of the Bellicose Minds you will dig this, and if you were a fan of Lost Tribe then this is a must.Gloom Ballet by The Wraith. It's that time of year again, to sort through the top 10 albums of all the respective genres, then use them, to compile the top 10 albums of the year. Later in the month I am making the top 10 lists for the decade.
Let's make something clear if you clicked on this looking for Dream Theater, then you have the wrong blog. There are no power ballads here.Progressive mean there has to be progress, change not working off a formula. Not doodling to hold you over til the guitar solo. It was hard enough this year finding ten artists in their respective genres, but I did it. As in past years I am giving a brief explanation as to why these albums stand over their peers in lower positions on the list.
The very fact these bands made it on the list speaks to how great these albums are so it's not a slight that the number 8 album is above the 9th album, there is something that just gives it an edge that makes me want to listen to it more. After all we can try to look cool and pick the hippest bands for a list, but at the end of the day what makes an album the best is that it makes you want more, you look forward to listening to it again. Sure you can bitch and complain about your favorite band not being on the list. However I listen to five new albums a day so yes I heard your favorite album and was not impressed. No, I do not care what you think about it.
I do hope you can find your next favorite on this list and have included links to reviews of these albums if you want to check out audio on these guys. Anyways here are the top 10 prog metal albums of 2019. 9-Pensees Nocturnes- GRAND GUIGNOL ORCHESTRA'Circus black metal, is bound to sound like Mr. They don't prove me wrong in this theory. The French are always doing weird shit like this.
They swing back and forth from operatic singing to growls of anguish. Blast beats are thrown in.the concept of what they are doing translates well in the finished product almost more prog weirdness than black metal. They are demented enough to beat out Meads of Asphodel.https://abysmalhymns.blogspot.com/2019/02/black-metal-history-month-pensees.html.
6-White Ward- 'Love Exchange Failure'This album grows on me with each listen. What they have created proves to be a unique experience and finds the band improving their blend of jazz and black metal. Not the first time jazz and metal meet, this time around it does so in a more atmospheric manner that stays true to both genres being melded. This is putting the progress in progressive, more so than the long and winding road Dreadnought takes you down.https://abysmalhymns.blogspot.com/2019/08/white-ward-love-exchange-failure.html. 5-Liturgy-'H.A,Q.Q'Hunter is back with something closer to the kind of experimental black metal that you want from this project, even if it comes in practice burst that might owe as much to grind core. Think the Locust here. Greg Fox left some big shoes to fill but Leo Didkovsky who also plasy with Kayo Dot measure's up.
More spastic than past releases I admire these guys pushing past conventions. One of the few albums that is as far out in left field as White Ward, these guys just lock into more grooves that punch the point home.https://abysmalhymns.blogspot.com/2019/11/liturgy-haqq.html. 2- Bask- 'III'This North Carolina band merges prog with their brand of stoner rock, with a great deal of moody melody. It's two minutes in before the heavier side starts to show. When they fully commit the results are powerful as the big riffs counter balance the soulful vocal. The coolest thing to me is the underlying current of country / Americana which helps set them apart from the other bands on this list.
They wrote catchier songs than Opeth this time around.https://abysmalhymns.blogspot.com/2019/11/november-doom-bask-iii.html. 1- Baroness- 'Gold & Grey'The stakes were high as this was the first album after their Grammy nominated 'Purple Album' and their first with new lead guitarist Gina Gleason. Their live show sold me on these songs then it grew on me. It was pretty ambitious, but they pulled it off. Very pristine production wise and a glimpse into their more introspective side.The winding sinew of the grooving riffs earned them the number one spot.https://abysmalhymns.blogspot.com/2019/06/baroness-gold-grey.html. It's that time of year again, to sort through the top 10 albums of all the respective genres, then use them, to compile the top 10 albums of the year.
Later in the month I am making the top 10 lists for the decade, though to be blunt this is the decade's weakest year for music. Especially when it comes to new artists, 7 of the 10 bands are veterans. You had to search much harder to find ten albums that rose above, yet that is what I did. As in past years I am giving a brief explanation as to why these albums stand over their peers in lower positions on the list. The very fact these bands made it on the list speaks to how great these albums are so it's not a slight that the number 8 album is above the 9th album, there is something that just gives it an edge that makes me want to listen to it more. After all we can try to look cool and pick the hippest bands for a list, but at the end of the day what makes an album the best is that it makes you want more, you look forward to listening to it again.
Sure you can bitch and complain about your favorite band not being on the list. However I listen to five new albums a day so yes I heard your favorite album and was not impressed. No, I do not care what you think about it. I do hope you can find your next favorite on this list and have included links to reviews of these albums if you want to check out audio on these guys.
Anyways here are the top 10 Death metal albums of 2019. 110- Cold Colours -' Northernmost'Despite a Swedish tinge to the sound of this Minnesota band, at the end of the day they are more death n roll. His album is really well produced and these guys have a big guitar sound that plays to their strength as a band. Sure there is a large dose of melo-death to what they do, but it's not all guitar harmonies. They throw a few different shades of death metal at you and they all work well together.https://abysmalhymns.blogspot.com/2019/01/cold-colours-northernmost.html. 7- Nocturnus Ad- 'Paradox'Drummer Mike Browning was one of the founding members of Morbid Angel. Is he as good as Pete?
No, but he is pretty solid and he sings.ok, growls on top of playing. 'the Key' was one of the best albums of the early days of death metal, while there is not the same level of feral chaos here it has been replaced with more technical savvy, like a death metal version of Coroner. I normally do not like technical death metal, but Browning's matured song writing skills sell it. It is this prowess that puts them over the younger Cloak.https://abysmalhymns.blogspot.com/2019/04/nocturnus-ad-paradox.html. 6- October Tide - 'In Splendor Below'This Swedish band features two members of Katatonia, the Norrman brothers holding down a twin guitar attack for the band's 6th album.
It starts off as melodic death metal not far removed from say Bloodbath, sometimes having more in common with earlier Katatonia This album grew on me due to, it's catchy song writing which is more than the bulk of death metal you hear these days. This sense of inherent groove vaulted it over Nocturnus.https://abysmalhymns.blogspot.com/2019/03/october-tide-in-splendor-below.html. 4- Blood Incantation- 'Hidden History of the Human Race'At first I thought ok this is another band that wants to be Morbid Angel, and then things began to take some twists and turns. For all it's technical and progressive leanings, the groove is seldom compromised.
Rooted in a classic sound while being ambitious enough to strive for more. This willingness to pla y with the formula is what puts them ahead of Nailed to Obscurity.https://abysmalhymns.blogspot.com/2019/10/blood-incantation-hidden-history-of.html. 3-Creeping Death- 'Wretched Illusions'They care about writing songs and are steeped in old school death metal. They also give me some fucking grooves that keep my head moving.
If I was going to compare them to any old school death metal band it would be Obituary. They have the same nasty slime coming off their riffs. The sheer weight and aggression they attack these songs with gives them the edge over Blood incantation.https://abysmalhymns.blogspot.com/2019/08/creeping-death-wretched-illusions.html. 1- Pulchra Morte: 'Divina Autem et Aniles'tThis album is focused and doesn't get carried away with atmosphere. The vocals seem very intentional and not just an after thought as does the addition of strings that seems to increase the deeper into the album you get.
You would think it would be common sense for the focus to be on the songs rather than just beating you into submission. This album came out earlier in the year so it makes sense, I listened to it more since I had the time to simmer on it. Listened to it more since and there was time to simmer on it.https://abysmalhymns.blogspot.com/2019/02/pulchra-morte-divina-autem-et-aniles.html. Have listened to these guys before, but this is my first time reviewing an album and really fully digesting it. 'Diamond Ring' is driven by vocals that more country to me, though the upbeat music backing them is more blue grass, the harmony vocals are also more blue grass, but the lines blur with these guys.
For a band that is generally dark for the kind of music they play 'Blue Trash ' is more on the celebratory side. The get back to draping more shadow over their sound with ' Black Lung' takes on a slinky groove.
There is some fun fleeting fingered banjo picking on 'Fat Little Killer Boy'. It's almost more rockabilly. There is a more straight forward acoustic strum to the more folk inflected 'Broken Cowboy'. I like the heartfelt vocal melody to this one. The vocals have improved from what I have heard from these guys in the past.There are little banjo interludes on this album, but for the purpose of this review I am sticking just to the songs. 'Snake Man pt 2 ' is a brisk uptempo jaunt that flows well. The bass line to 'Heaven in a Wheelbarrow' propels the song, which would normally be too happy for me, but it becomes effective and ends up working where it otherwise might not.
'Crawdaddy Served Cold' is the first song that doesn't click with me on the first listen and might be too rooted in the kind of drunken country I do not normally listen to, and not dark enough for me. I am skipping over 'Alabama People' is it feel more like an interlude as it just works off the one thing for two minutes and is more of an idea they are touching upon than a fully formed song. 'Spaghetti' is moodier so it clicks with me where the 'Crawdaddy Served Cold' did not.This album is a lot of fun and takes blue grass and gives it enough folk rock sensibility to make it more easily ingested by someone like me, we has an appreciation for country music but never knows what side of the cow pasture to start from when looking for it. I will give this album a 9, the song writing is really solid and the vocals have improved, my only complaint was some of it is a little happy for me. That is however a common themes with the genre as it does not lend it self to sitting around in the dark and being depressed when performed.
It's that time of year again, to sort through the top 10 albums of all the respective genres, then use compile the top 10 albums of the year. Later in the month I am making the top 10 lists for the decade, though to be blunt this is the decade's weakest year for music. Especially when it comes to new artists, however stoner rock is one of the few genres that proved an exception to this as only 4 of the 10 bands are veterans. You had to search much harder to find ten albums that rose above, yet that is what I did.
As in past years I am giving a brief explanation as to why these albums stand over their peers in lower positions on the list. The very fact these bands made it on the list speaks to how great these albums are so it's not a slight that the number 8 album is above the 9th album, there is something that just gives it an edge that makes me want to listen to it more. After all we can try to look cool and pick the hippest bands for a list, but at the end of the day what makes an album the best is that it makes you want more, you look forward to listening to it again. Sure you can bitch and complain about your favorite band not being on the list.
However I listen to five new albums a day so yes I heard your favorite album and was not impressed. No, I do not care what you think about.
It I do hope you can find your next favorite on this list and have included links to reviews of these albums if you want to check out audio on these guys. Anyways here are the top 10 stoner rock albums of 2019. 10 Arrowhead - 'Coven of the Snake'A great deal of retro stoner metal that falls in the rotation of these guys.
They are really good at what they do. I hear hear some Think Lizzy influence in how the vocal melodies work, so this is not just Sabbath worship. The guitar tone of this Sydney band is very much metal and the grooves are aggressive. They are more about getting stoned in a van with a wizard airbrushed on. If you are too then don't sleep on this album.https://abysmalhymns.blogspot.com/2019/11/november-doom-arrowhead-coven-of-snake.html. 9-Pale Gray Lore-'Eschatology'This is a heavy handed version of drug laced Camaro rock. The vocals offer more hopefully floating sense of melody.The tight syncopated feel of what they do has as much as in common with Helmet as they do Kyuss, with more to their songs than just bong worship.
This took the number 9 spot from Arrowhead because these guys go more places and give them a spin of their own rather than sticking to conventions.https://abysmalhymns.blogspot.com/2019/07/pale-grey-lore-eschatology.html. 2- Howling Giant- 'Space Between Worlds 'This band is capable of pulling out some impressive doom riffs right along side of their more bong drenched moments of hyper tension.The vocals make me think of Foo-fighters, but comparisons could be just as easily drawn to Atomic Bitchwax, since the last Atomic Bitch Wax album sounded like if the Foo- Fighters were smoking meth.
It turned out to be a great deal heavier than expected going into this and the prog elements do not diminish the power. Even more ambitious than Green Lung.https://abysmalhymns.blogspot.com/2019/11/howling-giant-space-between-worlds.html. 1-Hippie Death Cult -'III'The key selling point of this band to me is their singer,This guy is fucking outstanding as he encompasses a great deal of dynamic range while retaining a bluesy sound.ere plenty of things like guitar solos to keep most metal heads happy. There is more proto metal to the riffing, the singer is what really sets these guys apart. Sure there is a little Ian Gillan to his voice at times, but that is better than another half ass Ozzy imitator. They are where they are because they have the best vocals which in turns gives them a more defined identity.https://abysmalhymns.blogspot.com/2019/11/november-doom-hippie-death-cult-111.html. It's that time of year again, to sort through the top 10 albums of all the respective genres, then use compile the top 10 albums of the year.
Later in the month I am making the top 10 lists for the decade, to be blunt this is the decade's weakest year for music. Especially when it comes to new artists, however punk is one of the few genres that proved an exception to this as only 4 of the 10 bands are veterans. You had to search much harder to find ten albums that rose above, yet that is what I did. As in past years I am giving a brief explanation as to why these albums stand over the peers in lower positions on the list. The very fact these bands made it on the list speaks to how great these albums are so it's not a slight that the number 8 album is above the 9th album, there is something that just gives it an edge that makes me want to listen to it more.
After all we can try to look cool and pick the hippest bands for a list, but at the end of the day what makes an album the best is that it makes you want more, you look forward to listening to it again. Sure you can bitch and complain about your favorite band not being on the list. However I listen to five new albums a day so yes I heard your favorite album and was not impressed. No, I do not care what you think about.
It I do hope you can find your next favorite on this list and included links to reviews of these albums if you want to check out audio on these guys. Anyways here are the top 10 Punk/ Hardcore albums of 2019. 8- the Refused -'War Music'This feels like a much closer return to the band who once showed the shape of punk to come. More rooted in hardcore while retaining the melodic hooks of the last albums.
Was most impressed by the renewed sense of aggression. It might not change the game like 'the Shape of Punk to Come', but how many albums can do that. The more melodic touches and mature songwriting are what lands them the number 8 spot over the darker grind core.https://abysmalhymns.blogspot.com/2019/10/the-refused-war-music.html.
6-Brutus- 'Nest'It is impressive that as a trio they are kicking up this amount of noise and their singer Stefanie is also playing the drums. She has a pretty good voice that at times makes me imagine that this is how Bjork might sound if she decided to play punk. This might not be the most original sound in the world, it does have enough of their own spin on it to feel like it is not as derived from the 90s. The atmosphere and emotion sets it over Lightning Bolt.https://abysmalhymns.blogspot.com/2019/03/brutus-nest.html.