2006 so far...

[Demilich]

So we're 1/3 of the way in and I have 4 albums released this year. What else is out there? I know I still need Drudkh, but theres way too much else being released to keep up with! I'm loving this year so far.

Tool - 10,000 Days
Katatonia - The Great Cold Distance
OM - Conference of the Birds
Summoning - Oath Bound

 

[Dev]

Drudkh - Blood in Our Wells
Kayo Dot - Dowsing Anemone With Copper Tongue
Tool - 10,000 Days
Tenhi - Maaët

That is what I own.

 

[unhinged]

tool

 

[MajestikMøøse]

I'm not sure what to make of Orplid - Sterbender Satyr yet.

I don't know what it is, but I like it.

 

[Demilich]

Tenhi - Maaët

yeah that one's on the list too, even though i'm taking a little break from that kind of music lately

 

[Eminor]

Tool - 10,000 Days
Pharaoh - The Longest Night
Killing Joke - Hosannas From the Basements of Hell

A little further down the list:
Jesu - Silver
Boris - Pink
Lair of the Minotaur - The Ultimate Destroyer
OM - Conference of the Birds
Ministry - Rio Grande Blood

 

[Demilich]

I've got Pink and Flood on order from Aquarius right now! Holy fuck am I ever excited about that. Especially Flood. I've known it'd be my favourite Boris album since well before I heard the band, and I think I was right!

 

[JayKeeley]

OK we can have another thread for this....

Good stuff off the top of me 'ead:

Summoning
Wolfmother
Drudkh
Satyricon
Dissection -> yep, I dig it and aint afraid to admit it
Tool
Amorphis
Wolves in the Throne Room (if you're dismissing the demo original)

Needs more listens, but could be total win eventually:

Celtic Frost
Pharoah -> this one did nothing, and then the next day, I was like, "woah" -- thanks Eminor
Katatonia
Witchery
Zyklon

Still to come:

Hammers
Agalloch
Negura

And a bunch of stuff I'm on the fence with or don't like.

And look, no having to sift through heaps of metalcore, no shit promos, not a single review read. All me and my own discretion.

 

[Eminor]

That Celtic Frost album isn't doing much for me. I got it for review at metalreview, and I've listened a bunch of times, but no luck. I didn't expect much, but I always held out a little hope. The only really good song is track 7 "Domain of Decay".

 

[J.]

Aeternus
Drudkh
Jesu
Summoning
Devin Townsend

Jesu wins. Too much good stuff from the latter 80's and 90's I'm discovering to bother with clones and crappy comebacks.

 

[Necro Joe]

Still to come:

Isis

 

[unhinged]

most of the stuff I've aquired this year has been really old
except the tool + dave gilmour albums
but I'd rate the ministry as one I'll buy in the future

I really like the wolves in the throne room demo but thats not 2006 is it?

 

[Eminor]

Best Ministry album since Psalm 69. I reviewed it at Metalreview, but really, I've already given you all the info that's needed.

You're right--the Wolves demo is from last year.

And JK: not a single metalcore promo for me either. Or last year. Or the year before. 200 reviews and no metalcore.

 

[Necromunchkin]

Cretin "Freakery" but I'd only recommend this to fans of Repulsion and Terrorizer.

 

[JayKeeley]

I really like the wolves in the throne room demo but thats not 2006 is it?

demo is 05, album is 06.

And JK: not a single metalcore promo for me either. Or last year. Or the year before. 200 reviews and no metalcore.

Bitch. Give me your address and I'll send you 300 frisbees.

 

[lurch70]

Cretin "Freakery" but I'd only recommend this to fans of Repulsion and Terrorizer.

heard this ... pretty good, but obviously nothing new .. good spirit on the disc though

 

[Necromunchkin]

No, definitely not novel in any way, but it's nice to hear something of this type not pro-tooled and triggered to death.

 

[jimbobhickville]

I think so far I have:

Zaar - Zaar
Canvas Solaris - Penumbra Diffuse
Mastodon - Call of the Mastodon
Lacuna Coil - Karmacode
Behold... the Arctopus/Orthrelm split

Getting the new Dysrhythmia soon. Most of the stuff I've been buying is stuff I missed out on the last couple years.

 

[IOfTheStorm]

Got the debut from "Dead Man" today, this is one will make it to my top 5 for sure.

 

[AsModEe]

everything but tool