Albums of note lately?

[GrumpyDwarf]

What high-profile releases have come out in the past several months or so?

What killer underground stuff has come out? I'm out of the loop so I figured I'd just ask around here. I'm sure there's a thread somewhere, but I'm too lazy to look for it. Danke schoen.

 

[speed]

Cult of Luna
Isis
Demonoid
YOB
Rotting Christ
Vader
Pig Destroyer
Mastodon
Neurosis
Vehemence
crowpath
Meshuggah's I

Im thinking over the summer too. And I am too lazy to remember titles. Someone else can fill you in on them.

 

[J.]

Hate Forest - Battlefields
Void of Silence - Human Antithesis
Red Harvest - Internal Punishment Programs

 

[NAD]

I'm out of the loop so I figured I'd just ask around here. I'm sure there's a thread somewhere, but I'm too lazy to look for it. Danke schoen.

There's also a webzine with tons of reviews.

Big releases this year for me:
Hate Forest - Battlefields
Drudkh - Autumn Aurora
Sunn 0))) - White2
Finntroll - Nattfödd
Mar de Grises - The Taterjejralkjsd lwhatever.

 

[Krilons Resa]

There's also a webzine with tons of reviews.

Big releases this year for me:
Hate Forest - Battlefields
Drudkh - Autumn Aurora
Sunn 0))) - White2
Finntroll - Nattfödd
Mar de Grises - The Taterjejralkjsd lwhatever.

and Ufomammut.

 

[NAD]

Jeez... how could I forget that one? It's only a frontrunner for Album Of the god Damn Year for me!

 

[IOfTheStorm]

Fates Warning - FWX

 

[JayKeeley]

Megadeth
Orphaned Land
My Dying Bride
Into Eternity
Deathspell Omega
Jag Panzer
Uaral
The Hidden Hand
Woods of Ypres
Iced Earth - Gettysburg

and I'll second:

Drudkh
Mars de Grises
Hate Forest
Void of Silence
Runemagick

Forgetting stuff I'm sure...but yeah, feel free to check the webzine.

 

[GrumpyDwarf]

I've been checking the 'zine, it's really well done btw.

I don't know half those bands at all and my guess is they're not at all easy to find, well maybe not some of them. I have some of those discs as well (Iced Earth, Into Eternity, maybe some others).

JayKeeley: was it you who wrote the Jag Panzer review? It made me seriously want that album and I hate that band. Is it REALLY worth getting?

Also, anyone heard the new Amon Amarth yet? How about Angra, Rhapsody, Ensiferum or Wintersun? Isn't there supposed to be a new Testament album too?

I completely forgot there was a semi-new Vehemence album out. ooops.

 

[J.]

As far as Amon Amarth and Ensiferum, you're probably better off getting older material from both bands.

 

[GrumpyDwarf]

Really? I'd heard good things about both. I have all the Amon albums to date, and the Ensiferum s/t one, and they rule my face, but haven't gotten around to picking up the new ones from each. What about Wintersun? I read that it's the project from the guy who left Ensiferum.

 

[matt99_crew]

The Wintersun album is good. If you like the other Amon Amarth then you'll like this one. The only Testament release I've heard about is a greatest hits thing.

 

[MFJ]

As far as Amon Amarth and Ensiferum, you're probably better off getting older material from both bands.

Im actually a big fan of Fate or Norns. It has a cool melancholy feel to it. Anyway... notable releases-

Autumn Aurora
Fate of Norns
Isis
The Focusing Blur
The System Has Failed
White 2

etc.

 

[J.]

Fate of Norns has left zero impression on me. I'll always prefer the early stuff.

Isis - Panopticon is now leading the Album of the Year sweepstakes

 

[JayKeeley]

JayKeeley: was it you who wrote the Jag Panzer review? It made me seriously want that album and I hate that band. Is it REALLY worth getting?

It just seems like they've finally understood what makes a song memorable, as opposed to just playing all the same riffs without any thought for cohesive songwriting. The biggest problem I've always had with JP is that all their shit sounds the same at the end of the day. Try to find samples of the new one perhaps - this is remarkably better/different than before, but it's still got the Jag Panzer trademarks, so don't go in blind if you completely dislike their previous efforts.

 

[Krilons Resa]

This year....ehh

Uaral
Ocean Chief
Mar De Grises
Leviathan
Xasthur
Vehemence
Pig Destroyer
Ufomammut
Esoteric
Witchcraft
Rwake
The Gates of Slumber
Reverend Bizarre/Orodruin split LP
Neurosis
Nortt
Drudkh
Isis
Electric Wizard
Deathspell Omega
Rebreather/Starchild split
Hate Forest
Woods of Ypres
Officium Triste
Cruachan
Shape of Despair
Arsis
Void of Silence
Crowpath
Eyes of Ligeia
Astrofaes
In Somnis
Morgion
Today is The Day
Bergthron
Yeti
Capricornus
Lunar Aurora
Nasheim
Nasum
Mare
Azrael
Nocte Obducta
Angantyr
Hordes of The Lunar Eclipse
Graveland
YOB
Elend

and Pagan Altar's new one is coming out next week....O M G : drool :

 

[NAD]

It's cool because that list is like 5% of the new shit you've heard this year I'll bet.

 

[JayKeeley]

I need to hear the new Esoteric. Someone hook a brutha up.

Also, please explain what this new Astrofaes release is? I thought it was a re-release of old material? Is this brand new material? If so, where can I find it post haste?

And shit, I forgot all about Morgion....haven't heard that in months. Must pull it off the shelf.....

 

[Krilons Resa]

Also, please explain what this new Astrofaes release is? I thought it was a re-release of old material? Is this brand new material? If so, where can I find it post haste?
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The Attraction of Heaven & Earth...yeah it's a re-release but still kicks massive assage.

 

[Krilons Resa]

It's cool because that list is like 5% of the new shit you've heard this year I'll bet.

Ya, no shit. I really have to chill out because it holds me back from really delving deep into the albums I truly enjoy the fuck out of.