the wode record is amaaaaazing
i was so unsure of it at first and then i hit "chaosspell"
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Tuesday, 6 February 2018 20:44 (six years ago) link
Yes Le Bateau Ivre
Lol LJ I think if there's one album you'd rail against in the rollout it might be Sannhet. It's got a real goth flavor (they used to be on Flenser ♡) but I feel like it might strike you as by-the-numbers post-rock...? like Gravenhurst maybe, or maybe a darkwave Surface of Eceon
(xps)
― the man from P.O.R.L.O.C.K. (Drugs A. Money), Tuesday, 6 February 2018 20:46 (six years ago) link
Ehhh maybe not Gravenhurst
Its just slightly gothy post rock
― the man from P.O.R.L.O.C.K. (Drugs A. Money), Tuesday, 6 February 2018 20:57 (six years ago) link
fuck all like Gravenhurst
― Algerian Goalkeeper (Odysseus), Tuesday, 6 February 2018 21:06 (six years ago) link
Planning for Burial is really lovely goth metalgaze. Enjoyed Violet Cold last night too, on a somewhat similar tip.
― No purposes. Sounds. (Sund4r), Tuesday, 6 February 2018 22:57 (six years ago) link
I totally forgot to vote for Planning for Burial. I listened to it earlier in the year but I guess I only remembered the slowcore parts. It's sounding great on this gorgeous winter morning.
― ArchCarrier, Wednesday, 7 February 2018 08:46 (six years ago) link
I was in a furious mood for most of yesterday so I failed to register my enthusiasm for Kairon and Black Cilice, but yayyy!
I’m not familiar with Kairon’s previous stuff (though will make it a priority to check out), but this album gradually set up residence in my brain throughout the year and wouldn’t leave. It is just such pristine, glimmering psych and is as enduring as it is catchy. The shoegazey bits are refreshing too. It’s just so pretty and positive! Shame that none of this is reflected in either band name or album cover. I totally thought this would be thrash metal from the cover.
Black Cicile are roooough.
― Launch of new ILM school business management programmes! (tangenttangent), Wednesday, 7 February 2018 10:39 (six years ago) link
Black Cilice is so great. It's all I desire in my black metal, this impenetrable wall of despair. Nihil nihil nihil. The vocals sound so detached and unsettling.
― Le Bateau Ivre, Wednesday, 7 February 2018 10:45 (six years ago) link
I forgot to add the Black Cilice to my ballot, but I doubt it would have made much of a difference to the ranking.
I was one of the votes for the Cloud Rat split at 100, though I do prefer the ones with Moloch and Crevasse, that's just me. I didn't know they had two others as well so I saved that link to the tape for future digging, thanks who posted that.
― wronger than 100 geir posts (MacDara), Wednesday, 7 February 2018 10:52 (six years ago) link
this impenetrable wall of despair.
Have to correct myself here, because it's really quite the opposite of 'impenetrable' tbrh. It's an ocean easy to completely dissolve in.
― Le Bateau Ivre, Wednesday, 7 February 2018 10:54 (six years ago) link
LBI turning into David Tibet there lol
I'm quite enjoying Venenum! Not usually so much into this style but it's proving my theory that it's almost always all about the songwriting for me - no matter what style you're in, you've got to write good, arrestingly-composed songs. I think Venenum do that
― imago, Wednesday, 7 February 2018 10:57 (six years ago) link
Huge compliment :D
― Le Bateau Ivre, Wednesday, 7 February 2018 11:04 (six years ago) link
Definitely a compliment haha
I’m going to disappear for a while now, but sadly not into Black Cilice. Will still be catching furtive glimpses of the poll but probably won’t be able to listen to anything until nightfall
― Launch of new ILM school business management programmes! (tangenttangent), Wednesday, 7 February 2018 11:20 (six years ago) link
Afraid I won't be able to follow the roll-out or comment until this evening, too.
― Le Bateau Ivre, Wednesday, 7 February 2018 11:23 (six years ago) link
Is anyone going to be around?
― Algerian Goalkeeper (Odysseus), Wednesday, 7 February 2018 11:55 (six years ago) link
yes
― imago, Wednesday, 7 February 2018 11:55 (six years ago) link
40 Krallice with Dave Edwardson - Loüm 212 Points, 7 Voteshttps://i.imgur.com/TnZ1AYZ.jpghttps://open.spotify.com/album/6Ykm8o5HJ3XygAILXNU0QS?si=KZJ7zbDERTS_nS3f5moz_w
https://krallice.bandcamp.com/album/lo-mhttps://yourlastrites.com/2017/11/15/krallice-loum-review/
― Algerian Goalkeeper (Odysseus), Wednesday, 7 February 2018 12:01 (six years ago) link
I'm around but I'll spend most of my time holding my kid's head over a bucket
vomit is so metal
― Dinsdale, Wednesday, 7 February 2018 12:02 (six years ago) link
this one felt a bit dull
― Dinsdale, Wednesday, 7 February 2018 12:03 (six years ago) link
Poor Krallice, votesplitting themselves haha
― imago, Wednesday, 7 February 2018 12:05 (six years ago) link
they had another album out too?
― Algerian Goalkeeper (Odysseus), Wednesday, 7 February 2018 12:07 (six years ago) link
i guess it went and got forgotten
― imago, Wednesday, 7 February 2018 12:08 (six years ago) link
I've not heard this one yet
― Algerian Goalkeeper (Odysseus), Wednesday, 7 February 2018 12:08 (six years ago) link
paging ultros!
― imago, Wednesday, 7 February 2018 12:25 (six years ago) link
Haha, my daughter's been vomiting all morning too. Take care, Dinsdale!
― ArchCarrier, Wednesday, 7 February 2018 12:28 (six years ago) link
Gannnet are basically God Is An Astronaut, as promised by DAM, lol
― imago, Wednesday, 7 February 2018 12:29 (six years ago) link
39 Full of Hell - Trumpeting Ecstasy 213 Points, 6 voteshttps://i.imgur.com/OMVetxw.jpghttps://open.spotify.com/album/1CICQQAxvXbayxDF5jJETJ?si=WmUAJZ29RP-DTbLyt4ug8A
https://fullofhell.bandcamp.com/album/trumpeting-ecstasyhttps://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/23129-trumpeting-ecstasy/
― Algerian Goalkeeper (Odysseus), Wednesday, 7 February 2018 12:30 (six years ago) link
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Hehe. I voted for Go Be Forgotten iirc.
― Le Bateau Ivre, Wednesday, 7 February 2018 12:41 (six years ago) link
Impetuous Ritual are music for when you've given up on ever seeing light again
― imago, Wednesday, 7 February 2018 12:43 (six years ago) link
btw a very good prog album with some standout songs coming up next
― Algerian Goalkeeper (Odysseus), Wednesday, 7 February 2018 12:47 (six years ago) link
progge?
― imago, Wednesday, 7 February 2018 12:49 (six years ago) link
i'm listening to Black Cilice now. Catching up slowly on you
― imago, Wednesday, 7 February 2018 12:50 (six years ago) link
not your kinda prog though, you're too prejudiced to like this :P
― Algerian Goalkeeper (Odysseus), Wednesday, 7 February 2018 12:57 (six years ago) link
they dont sound like the cardiacs (thankfully)
― Algerian Goalkeeper (Odysseus), Wednesday, 7 February 2018 12:58 (six years ago) link
let's see it then
― imago, Wednesday, 7 February 2018 12:58 (six years ago) link
38 Mastodon - Emperor Of Sand 219 Points, 6 Voteshttps://i.imgur.com/mITWotU.jpg
https://open.spotify.com/album/1VzmKgEG38fsUBZVe15wuF?si=U1daR4yUS1i6QKSn8D2Uyg
https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/23019-emperor-of-sand/
― Algerian Goalkeeper (Odysseus), Wednesday, 7 February 2018 13:00 (six years ago) link
haha!
crack the skye was ok (i know ultros looooves it) but idk this at all. someone stan
― imago, Wednesday, 7 February 2018 13:01 (six years ago) link
give 'show yourself' a listen
― Algerian Goalkeeper (Odysseus), Wednesday, 7 February 2018 13:02 (six years ago) link
I liked some of the songs on this but found the production/mixing made it a tiring listen tbh
― Simon H., Wednesday, 7 February 2018 13:15 (six years ago) link
my first vote of the day (I think?) is coming up
― Simon H., Wednesday, 7 February 2018 13:17 (six years ago) link
37 Oxbow - Thin Black Duke 219 Points, 7 Votes , One #1https://i.imgur.com/axkVZ2M.jpg
https://open.spotify.com/album/1uZoVW3i1tMteI8AaqozR6?si=GRR_DfQwSgicjSHLvMa6cghttps://oxbowofficial.bandcamp.com/album/thin-black-duke
Lightyears away from the unpredictable, exhausting pacing of their early work, *Thin Black Duke *reflects a formalism that places it closer to Faith No More than Scratch Acid. Where past albums find Oxbow trapped in the eye of the storm with nowhere to run, Thin Black Duke’s tracklist contains a clear arc: a gnarled beginning, all clattering riffs and piercing screams, a dreamlike middle swath. And the six-and-a-half-minute closer “The Finished Line” is a satisfying climax, uniting the album’s scattered stylistic flirtations under the banner of carnal dramaturgy. With Thin Black Duke, Oxbow once again envision a world domineered by disorder, a carnivalesque arena where music’s most intimidating, grandiose genres (free jazz, high-concept chamber pop, noise, neoclassical, metal) can duke it out like gladiators one minute, and come together for a grotesque group hug the next. It may not be their definitive show of force, but it’s a dazzling spectacle nonetheless.
https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/23192-thin-black-duke/
― Simon H., Wednesday, 7 February 2018 13:19 (six years ago) link
oh I voted for this! it's not really metal but it is really good. and heavy.
― imago, Wednesday, 7 February 2018 13:20 (six years ago) link
great album, is it just me or is it a big year for horns
― Simon H., Wednesday, 7 February 2018 13:21 (six years ago) link
in heavy music? yeah maybe!
― imago, Wednesday, 7 February 2018 13:25 (six years ago) link
Not knowing the remaining result, I've made a (written) list of 35 albums I think will make it. I expect maybe 25 tops will be accurate.
― Simon H., Wednesday, 7 February 2018 13:35 (six years ago) link
oh yeah there will be a few weird ones
― imago, Wednesday, 7 February 2018 13:38 (six years ago) link
there are only 17 I'm *certain* will place.
― Simon H., Wednesday, 7 February 2018 13:41 (six years ago) link
goddamn it 'letter of note' is so good
couldn't get with the mastodon btw sorry
― imago, Wednesday, 7 February 2018 13:41 (six years ago) link
And when the Duke talks he sounds like a mime
With his hands doing all the talking
― willem, Wednesday, 7 February 2018 13:41 (six years ago) link
36 The Obsessed - Sacred 220 Points, 5 voteshttps://i.imgur.com/tJPI1rH.jpghttps://open.spotify.com/album/59pwSVxWEHNFkYwwUjy8o5?si=qUPM_ML4SI2-wWJBoWWpYg
https://theobsessed.bandcamp.com/album/sacred
http://www.metalinjection.net/reviews/the-obsessed-sacredhttp://www.angrymetalguy.com/the-obsessed-sacred-review/http://thesludgelord.blogspot.com/2017/04/album-review-obsessed-sacred.html
― Algerian Goalkeeper (Odysseus), Wednesday, 7 February 2018 13:48 (six years ago) link