Best Albums of 2015

[spikes77]

yo

A Forest of Stars - Beware the Sword You Cannot See (Less theatrical and a bit more cohesive than the last album)
VI - De Praestigiis Angelorum (agreed fuckers-they're like blut aus nords recent stuff with some krallicey riffs thrown in-)
Nechowhchen - Heart of Akamon (they have clearly stepped it up)
Gost - behemoth (super fun)
Tapage - Five & Six (Better than last few)
Panopticon - Autumn Eternal
Boss de Nage - All Fours
Obsequiae - Aria of Vernal Tombs
Imperial Triumphant - Abyssal Gods (They're on to something here-I think the their next may be really something)
Jute Gyte - Ship of Theseus ("easier" listening compared to some of his stuff-awesome)
Circle of Ouroborus - Alttarimyllyt (Starts off really well, and ends with some dark acoustic jangley tracks-some of their better material recently)-

 

[theoden236]

Picks of 2015 (no order):

1. Leviathan - Scar Sighted
2. Amorphis - Under the Red Cloud
3. Grey Heaven Fall - Black Wisdom
4. Arcturus - Arcturian
5. Secrets of the Moon - Sun
6. Fifth to Infinity - Omnipotent Transdimensional Soulfire
7. Abyssal - Antikatastaesis
8. Symphony X - Underworld
9. Akhlys - The Dreaming I
10. Chaos Echoes - Transient
11. Enslaved - In Times
12. Draconian - Sovran
13. Hate - Crusade.Zero
14. Abigail Williams - The Accuser
15. Iron Maiden - The Book of Souls
16. Shining - IX- Everyone, Everything, Everywhere, Ends
17. Moonspell - Extinct
18. Vanum - Realm of Sacrifice
19. Melechesh - Enki
20. Midnight Odyssey - Shards of Silver Fade
21. Rivers of Nihil - Monarchy
22. Lychgate - An Antidote for the Glass Pill
23. Tribulation - Children of the Night
24. Hivelords - Tapered Limbs of a Fallen Star
25. Barren Earth - On Lonely Towers

Enjoyed, but need to revisit:
A Forest of Stars - Beware the Sword you Cannot See
Cradle of Filth - Hammer of the Witches
My Dying Bride - Feel the Misery
Paradise Lost - The Plague Within
Soilwork - The Ride Majestic
Nile - What Should Not be Unearthed
Swallow the Sun - Songs from the North
Deafheaven - New Bermuda
Intronaut - The Direction of Last Things
Blind Guardian - Beyond the Red Mirror
Between the Buried and Me - Coma Ecliptic

 

[J.]

I really need to check out midnight odyssey. Keep hearing the name.

Also, is the new amorphis really a departure from the 5 previous albums?

 

[theoden236]

I really need to check out midnight odyssey. Keep hearing the name.

Also, is the new amorphis really a departure from the 5 previous albums?

Not too big. Mayyyybe a little more prog than the last one, but still catchy.

 

[Dick Sirloin]

I've come to terms with the fact that that D'Angelo album doesn't turn me on like it used to (hell, it came out over a year ago). A lot of George Clinton vibes and a lot of fun, but probably not Top 10 material.



PENDING FINAL LIST:

SUFJAN STEVENS - Carrie & Lowell
PANDA BEAR - Panda Bear Meets The Grim Reaper (+ 3 EPs)
GODSPEED YOU! BLACK EMPEROR - Asunder, Sweet And Other Distress
OBSEQUIAE - Aria Of Vernal Tombs
VINCE STAPLES - Summertime '06
DEAFHEAVEN - New Bermuda
DEERHUNTER - Fading Frontier
NO JOY - More Faithful
INVENTIONS - Maze Of Woods
WESTKUST - Last Forever

 

[CiG]

Did anybody list the newest Dark Quarterer? That seems to have flown straight under the radar of everybody. Even me until a few days ago.