2009 Music

The two new songs from the upcoming Shining album Klagopsalmer sound amazing, especially Plågoande O'helga Plågoande. I love Kvarfoth's clean vocals on that one.

Check 'em out at Myspace: http://www.myspace.com/shininghalmstad

I just saw Katatonia and Shining playing at the same "festival", Firebox Metal Fest in Seinäjoki, Finland a couple of weeks ago. It was a dream come true.
 
Roughly in order, enjoying this year:

Blut Aus Nord - Memoria Vetusta II: Dialogue With the Stars
Isis - Wavering Radiant
Gwynbleidd - Nostalgia
Mono - Hymn to the Immortal Wind
Exivious - s/t
OSI - Blood
Funeral Mist - Maranatha
Ulcerate - Everything is Fire
Katharsis - Fourth Reich
Heaven & Hell - The Devil You Know
Fen - The Malediction Fields

Didn't really care for the new WITTR or the two leaked DT songs I heard.
 
so how about "The Pariah, The Parrot, The Delusion" it might just top El Cielo for me. FOR REALS YO!

Wow. I can't stop listening to the album....

It has more good songs than El Cielo, but El Cielo has 3 or 4 AMAZING songs where this one has 2 or 3....


I think it will be a toss up in my book.

I need a vinyl release to be sure.
 
The new Bat for Lashes is great. So is the upcoming album from The Butterfly Effect (European re-release)...

Waiting for the new Dredg, as I loved Catch without Arms. Going to see them in June. Also waiting for the new GHOST BRIGADE, to be released in August. Isolation Songs will probably get me hooked for another year and a half...

Only one week till the release of the new Stream of Passion album ;)
 
I am awaiting the new Devin Townsend which should arrive in a week or two.

Definitely an interesting listen, but the record didn't do much for me overall. There's this rockabilly song called Trainfire where Devin does this killer Elvis impression that's pretty darn cool. However i'm more interested in his next cd, "Addicted." I heard there will be a new version of Hyperdrive for the cd, which is one of the best Devy songs imo. Can't wait to hear it.
 
Definitely an interesting listen, but the record didn't do much for me overall. There's this rockabilly song called Trainfire where Devin does this killer Elvis impression that's pretty darn cool. However i'm more interested in his next cd, "Addicted." I heard there will be a new version of Hyperdrive for the cd, which is one of the best Devy songs imo. Can't wait to hear it.

Wait a second... Since when was Devin releasing a new cd :O
Oh my god...
 
Sleepmakeswaves has done a split with Tangled Thoughts of Leaving. Since I am a fan of Sleepmwakeswaves, I was going to ignore Tangled Thoughts of Leaving, but I enjoyed them. They use a lot of piano and they get a bit chaotic in a good way. Especially in their first album, Tiny Fragments, which is available for free download. It is definitely worth checking out.

http://www.myspace.com/sleepmakeswaves
http://www.myspace.com/ttol