Best Debuts of 2012

[Jasonic]

Nah, not strange at all.......

I always think its great when a band grabs you live, esp before hearing them on disc.

I always say too I don't care about how "great" people say a band is on disc.
If I see them live and am unimpressed I am not going to seek it out on disc.

 

[AeonicSlumber]

Oh shit how could I forget 7Horns7Eyes. Fuck yeah. That disc RULES. And I only checked it out because of you pimping it hardcore on here, Aeonic.

I don't listen to a lot of djent bands, and I don't necessarily consider 7Horns djent, but there is a Meshuggah influence pretty prevalent. They are likely my favorite new band that has such a heavy Meshuggah influence.

They remind me more of bands like Novembers Doom and (latter-day) Enslaved than Meshuggah imo, but I can see that for sure

 

[Palabra de Dios]

Agree. I think they have more of the Meshuggah atmosphere than the disjointed polyrhythmic riffs. Vocals are definitely deeper and heavier than Jens' vocals in Meshuggah.

 

[AeonicSlumber]

For sure! Stoked you dig 'em too haha!

 

[dcowboys311]

Ghost Kommando
Aevangelist
Cult of Fire
Bell Witch
Jess and the Ancient Ones
Damnation Angels
Hellvetron
Pseudogod
Ostots
Degial

 

[Cheiron]

People keep talking about Jess and the Ancient Ones, but it just felt okay after one listen. Well done, but it didn't vibrate my soul. I'll give them another listen.

 

[mattbrood]

Beyond The Bridge
Damnation Angels
Dimension Act
Headspace
Huntress

 

[MYSTIC1]

Trail of Murder.

 

[mattbrood]

Trail of Murder.

knew i forgot one! Can't stop listening to it!

 

[VenomGA]

Trail of Murder.

for the win~~!!!! notworthy

 

[Oblivion Ocean]

Damnation Angels.

For me it was this as well by a wide margin. While there were some other impressive debuts, this one was far and away the best.

 

[Claus / Intromental]

Ørkenkjøtt - "Ønskediktet"

 

[kingdomgone86]

Anhedonist
7 H.Target
Abhorration
Gore Infamous
Luca Turilli's Rhapsody

 

[General Zod]

God Seed
In the Silence
Oddland
Royal Thunder
Trail of Murder

 

[Prog_Please]

Other great debut albums:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u7m3K7IrBiE

So it finally came out... and somehow I missed it! Sounds good.

 

[Hammerlock]

Damnation Angels and Huntress were my two favorites. Both of them were phenomenally well written and original albums, I have high hopes for both of their future careers. Trail of Murder, Beyond the Bridge, Eihwaz, and Burning Shadows are runner ups for really strong debuts last year.

 

[sccaldwell]

I'd have to go with these:

(1) Headspace
(2) Beyond the Bridge
(3) Distorted Harmony

I was going to list Joseph Magazine's "Night of the Red Sky", too (would have been #3), but it came out in Sept 2011...just a tad too early for the list.

Good stuff, all...had an especially hard time deciding between Headspace and BTB for #1, though...

Craig

 

[dtfanatic]

Big thumbs up for Oddland too.

 

[AeonicSlumber]

So it finally came out... and somehow I missed it! Sounds good.

yeah they had to get a new singer. I think this new guy makes it for me. He kind of sounds like Drew York from Stray From the Path whose voice I love. I joke that the Monuments album would have made my top 10 list if there were "BLEHS" in it haha.

 

[Formerly known as Chris F5]

1.AtomA by a wide margain
2.Damnation Angels(though I thought they had an EP out earlier with another singer)
3.Trail of Murder