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Sorry for the double post but I thought it would be interesting to see what people's favourite albums of the year are. I'm not sure how many of us regularly listen to music/check out new bands, so I didn't want to make a separate thread. The reason why I didn't see many films this year is probably because all of my money now goes on music, both live and recorded.
So, my list:
1. Altar of Plagues- Mammal (Amazing amazing amazing post black metal from Ireland. A must have if you're even remotely interested to know what that sounds like)
2. Woods of Desolation- Torn Beyond Reason (Melodic black metal from Australia (not symphonic). Quite depressing, but never overbearingly so (unless you look up the god awful lyrics, but I'm willing to overlook those for now)
3. Wormrot- Dirge (Grindcore from Singapore, 19 minutes of pain. A perfect band for those who still miss Insect Warfare)
4. The Mountain Goats- All Eternals Deck (Acoustic album with beautiful lyrics, each song is like a short story. I also love his voice)
5. Anaal Nathrakh- Passion (Vicious blackened grind from Birmingham, pure filth. Ridiculous at times, but always brilliant)
6. Trap Them- Darker Handcraft (Hardcore with a strong Entombed influence and a peppering of grind. Clocking in at just under half an hour, this is one of the angriest albums of the year)
7. Origin- Entity (Technical death metal at it's finest. Despite the dense technicality on show, there are still "songs" there, making it enjoyable. Made my brains dribble out of my ears)
8. Cloudkicker- Let yourself Be Huge (Really pretty 1 man post-rock project, available to download for free at cloudkicker.bandcamp.com)
9. Ash Borer- Ash Borer (Another vicious black metal project with a strong punk influence in places)
10. Russian Circles- Empros (Brilliantly balanced post rock album, quite long, but never feels like it)
11. Protest the Hero- Scurrilous (Progressive/technical/melodic, not as good as their previous effort, Fortress, but still rather excellent)
12. Disma- Towards the Megalith (Gnarly death-doom. Absolutely astounding)
13. Aliases- Safer than Reality (Short, sharp, technical metal(core) at it's finest)
14. Cormorant- Dwellings (A mixture of black metal, death metal, thrash metal and 70s prog, this album is an absolute wonder, truly unique sound)
15. Ancient VVisdom- A Godlike Inferno (Acoustic Satanic worship music, obviously rather cheesy, but feels authentic, and is a great listen)
16. Primordial- Redemption at the Puritan's Hand (Epic black metal from Ireland, thundering riffs and an amazing vocal performance)
17. Caina- Hands that Pluck (One man post-black metal project from Manchester. Fantastic stuff, his final album)
18. Sylosis- Edge of the Earth (British techy thrashy groovy stuff, very good)
19. Solstafir- Svartir Sandar (Astounding Icelandic post-rock, highly recommended)
20. Rival Schools- Pedals (Post hardcore, full of good songs)
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