Best Albums of 2015

[Dick Sirloin]

Got a solid top five, and a lot vying for the next five...

SUFJAN STEVENS - Carrie & Lowell
PANDA BEAR - Panda Bear Meets the Grim Reaper (+EPs)
GODSPEED YOU! BLACK EMPEROR - Asunder, Sweet and Other Distress
OBSEQUIAE - Aria of Vernal Tombs
D'ANGELO AND THE VANGUARD - Black Messiah

 

[MFJ]

1) Obsequiae - "Aria of Vernal Tombs"
2) Nechochwen - "Heart of Akamon"
3) Protolith - "Dark"
4) Horrendous - "Anareta"
5) Tempel - "The Moon Lit Our Path"
6) Leviathan - "Scar Sighted"
7) Misþyrming - "Söngvar Elds Og Óreiðu"
8) Panopticon - "Autumn Eternal"
9) Skepticism - "Ordeal"
10) Elder - "Lore"

 

[Krilons Resa]

I really need to check out that D'Angelo.

 

[refraction]

In no order whatsoever:
Pentagram - Curious Volume
Obsequiae - Aria of Vernal Tombs
Nechowen - Heart of Akamon
Elder - Lore
Cattle Decapitation - The Anthropocene Extinction
Baroness - Purple
Disenchanter - Strange Creations
Monolord - Vaenir

 

[Reign in Acai]

Macabre Omen - Gods of War-At War

Fuck the rest

 

[J.]

Obsequiae poops on everything from up on high

Still have to check out the Spectral Lore.

While listening to Macabre Omen I just kept thinking Oh, thats a decent Gravelamd part, theres some moonsorrow, hey its primordial, etc. It was listenable at least

 

[rms]

Weird, I don't Macabre Omen is anything like those bands.

 

[J.]

Rotting christ with viking bathiry thrown in was too easy

 

[Dick Sirloin]

SUFJAN STEVENS - Carrie & Lowell

Yep. Emo little bitch. Every time.

 

[Ellestin]

Trigg & Gusset - Adagio for the Blue
Temple of Baal - Mysterium
Nechochwen - Heart of Akamon
Kammarheit - The Nest
Noltem - Mannaz
Yen Pox - Between the Horizon and the Abyss
Embrace of Thorns - Darkness Impenetrable
Leviathan - Scar Sighted
Nekkral - Nekkral
Strange New Dawn - The Only One
Thy Catafalque - Sgurr
Killing Joke - Pylon

 

[DarkGuitarLord]

I'm really enjoying Rivers of Nihil - Monarchy. Great tunes. Discovered Elder - Lore as well. Great stuff.

 

[Krilons Resa]

No definitive order...stil more shit to absorb, especially within the jazz realm...

GY!BE - Asuder, Sweet and Other Distress
Sufjan Stevens - Carrie & Lowell
Joanna Newsom - Divers
Agent Fresco - Destrier
Between The Buried and Me - Coma Ecliptic
Hangman's Chair - This Is Not Supposed To Be Positive
Elder - Lore
Wreckmeister Harmonies - Night of Your Ascension
Kris Davis Infrasound - Save Your Breath
Leprous - The Congregation

Honorable Mentions
FKA Twigs - M3LL155X
Tomeka Reid Quartet - s/t
Ingrid Laubrock Anti-House - Roulette of The Cradle
Bjork - Vulnicare
Valkyrie - Shadows
Serious Beak - Ankaa

 

[General Zod]

I'm surprised I've never even heard Obsequiae mentioned before. I'm intruiged.

By no means final, my list will likely look something like this;

1. Iron Savior — Maegatropolis 2.0
2. Diviner — Fallen Empires
3. Amorphis — Under The Red Cloud
4. Cattle Decapitation — The Anthropocene Extinction
5. Ghost Ship Octavius — Ghost Ship Octavius
6. Kataklysm — Of Ghosts and Gods
7. Iris Divine — Karma Sown
8. The Atomic Bitchwax — Gravitron
9. Visigoth — The Revenant King
10. Marduk — Frontschwein

 

[ProgBadBoy]

Haven't thought of this too much but I'd say my favorite of 2015 is Leprous, The Congregation.

 

[MFJ]

last minute change… Anareta is #1, sorry everyone else

 

[Ellestin]

yeah so VI is another French band riding the orthodox bandwagon. Yet my friends, three words are of the essence:

LISTEN

TO

THIS

https://agoniarecords.bandcamp.com/album/de-praestigiis-angelorum

 

[Krilons Resa]

That's good shit right there. Damn Frenchies!!!! <3

 

[dorian gray]

Who is this CASSETTEISGOD character? Do we have some new blood here?! Yay! Or wait...is it Lurch or one of Jerry's fake accounts?

 

[CiG]

Very much not a mule, though I am an arse.

 

[dorian gray]

Welcome