Wednesday, December 29, 2010

ALBUM OF THE YEAR 2010

10. Inquisition -  Ominous Doctrines of the Perpetual Mystical Macrocosm

Most hypnotic satanic black metal this year by far. Just listen to Dagon's vocal if that does not sell you to this band than just go back to lil wayne.


9. Ihsahn - After

Who couldve though a saxophone would be that badass.


8. Hail Of Bullets - On Divine Winds

This was actually a bit of a disappointment. It is better than '...Of Frost and war' in lots of way like the overal quality of the song my problem though is that its not nearly as crushing as their debut, still its 8 so its got to be good.

7. Acid Witch - Stoned

Im totally sold on these guys, ive bought a turntable just to play their fucking vinyl cause i didnt want to wait for the cd to come out. They deliver more of their drug induced doom death halloween party and everyone is happy.


6. Allegaon - Fragments of Form and Function

Sweet technical melodeath kinda similar to 'We are the Nightmare' era Arsis. This thing as it all crushing riffs, sweet melodies and crazy solos. Lyrics are pretty cool to.


5. Agalloch - Marrow Of The Spirits

Just epic. Back to a more aggresive sound. You know of Ulver? You definetly should, anyway Agalloch play something similar Ulver first album. With is black/folk a bit of rock in there and thats it, long ass melo songs, perfect for the fall/winter season.


4. In Mourning - Monolith

This is good. Kinda similar to Opeth, when Opeth were manlier, sweet growls, riff and all that jazz a few kinda hardcore-ish vocal here and there but you get over that quickly as everything else is so good.


3. Dark Fortress - Ylem

Ylem is probably one of the most varied black metal album ive ever heard, From the insane start of the title track the more melodic genius of 'As the World Keels Over' to the crushing  'The Valley' and the apocalyptic finale of 'Wraith'.


2. Enslaved - Axioma Ethica Odini

Enslaved have always release quality record and this one is no exception. Continuing in the black prog style they been doing for about 10 years now. The first thing i notice when i first played that album is how much  the clean vocals have improved and how good the production is. Every songs on that album rock even the "godamn is that Opeth" Night Sight.


1. Deathspell Omega - Paracletus

Yeah its not as mind melting as "Fas ite..." but very few album have ever been as fucked up. This album is alot more friendly, its no Simple Plan yet but will get there by the next album. Seriously shit still feels like being sucked(yeah thats right) into one of the darkest pits of hell only this time around the songs are less batshit insane but more melodic and eh... yeah this band is godamn hard to describe so im gonna stop my failling at it right here. JUST FUCKING LISTEN TO IT.


Heres a few other crap

Most crushing song of the year - Immolation 'A glorious Epoch'
Tastiest riff of the year - Aeon 'Inheritance'
Best ep - Fleshgod Apocalypse 'Mafia'
Shit discover this year that fuckin slay - Sammath 'Triumph in Hatred'

Sunday, December 19, 2010

COVER OF THE YEAR 2010

Here the top whatever in some kind of order but maybe not.

Thorngoth - Leere

Immolation - Majesty and Decay

Human Filleted - Blunt Force Embludgeonment (probably gonna post that soon)

Acid Witch - To Magic Sex and Gore

Sodom - In War and Pieces

Hooded Menace - Never Cross The Dead

Drudkh - Handful of Stars

I surely forget a bunch of badass artwork and im sorry about that also feel free to tell me what cover gave you a boner this year.

Tuesday, December 14, 2010

HAARP - THE FILTH


The cover describe them almost perfectly: heavy, nasty, violent and sexually explicit sludgy/death/doom, ok maybe not sexually explicit but that thing is one of the heaviest fucking record of the year, complete destruction of everything in sight. Enough said press play and get out the way.

BUY IT

ALL, ALONE

Friday, December 10, 2010

ELEMENT - THE ENERGY


Once upon a time lyrics about space and shit were original, but now every tech death band ever as those kind lyrics not that i care about that most of the time anyway, personally im into satanic, misanthrope, nihilistic or Amon Amarth lyrics which are also pretty worn out but whatever. This is the follow up to Aeons Past which came out in 2007 and while they still are a tech death band they sound alot more like later era Death than say Decrepit Birth. Everything on the album is cleaner and softer i guess. Lots people are bitching about it not being brutal enough, i actually enjoy that album and the fact that it is not all out brutality. The album is consitant in is goodness and end in style with the instrumental Liquid Space Eyes and Dreaming Forever. Also the title track is one of my highlight of the year.

BUY IT

INTO THE EVERDARK

Sunday, December 5, 2010

LAY DOWN ROTTEN - GOSPEL OF THE WRETCHED



Metal Blade released this record and i never knew, took a good 6 month after the release to actually listen to it, i mean i dont know, but having such fine product i would have made sure everybody knew this shit was out, but maybe im the only one who didnt know. Anyway this is death metal not too technical not too brutal and just the right amount of melody, this shit seriously rips. The vocal are standard death growl but get real low brutal death style some times in most songs like the end of Thy Wont Be Done as favorite of mine. Dan Swano and Mantin van Drunen have guest spot on this think so how can it be bad right. Dan also mastered and mixed the whole thing so it sound fucking huge. Dont be fooled by the somewhat deathcorish name, this is Death metal the right way.

Holy shit metal blade only sell this digitaly, bad move guys i only give you my money if can have the fucking cd in my hand, well now im piss off. Fuck you Metal Blade.

ALTERING THE WHORE (the whore being Metal blade)

KRONOS - COLOSSAL TITAN STRIFE


Those French dudes probably recorded the best death metal album of all time in Colossal Titan Strife. Dont believe me, well eat a dick nigga. Seriously though everything on this album is top notch. Vocals have good variety too them from low growls too high, always at the right moment, the riffs are totally insane, songs like Phaeton, Kronos and Infernal Worms Fields will make you dick explode.

BUY IT (i dont know what the fuck is up with this site but it was a total pain ordering it and im not totally sure i did, so ill keep you posted)

AETERNUM PHARAOS CURSE

Thursday, December 2, 2010

DILUVIAN - EPIDEMIC


Hey, i know what your thinking from seeing that cover "BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO deathcore suck, fuck that shit yo" but with Diluvian (man the new myspace sucks ass, not just this one i mean in general yo, kno wat im sayin') you barely notice, it goes down pretty well kinda like  The Black Dahlia Murder. But they are way more death metal than BDM. Epidemic is melodic but stay manly about it. This is not At the Gates with breakdown, like some people might say this a nice balance between the Death and the Core. And as a bonus they are French.

 BUY IT

YOURE WRETCHED