FAVORITE ALBUMS OF THE DECADE SO FAR

[Dick Sirloin]

We're already approaching the halfway point of the '10s. I'd like to check out some stuff I've missed (metal/prog/whatever). Let's do this! No limit, but at least try to rank them. Put some effort into it, goddammit!



The hipster (i.e. non-metal) report:

1. EMA – Past Life Martyred Saints
2. JULIA HOLTER – Ekstasis
3. M83 – Hurry Up, We're Dreaming
4. THE HORRORS – Skying
5. KANYE WEST – My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
6. SWANS – The Seer
7. DEERHUNTER – Halcyon Digest
8. PANDA BEAR – Panda Bear Meets The Grim Reaper / Mr. Noah
9. NO JOY – Wait To Pleasure / Pastel And Pass Out
10. KAYO DOT - Coffins On Io
11. VAMPIRE WEEKEND – Modern Vampires Of The City
12. KANYE WEST – Yeezus
13. NASHEIM – Solens Vemod
14. KAYO DOT – Hubardo
15. VAURA – The Missing
16. GODSPEED YOU! BLACK EMPEROR – Alleluia! Don’t Bend! Ascend!
17. A SUNNY DAY IN GLASGOW – Sea When Absent
18. ANIMAL COLLECTIVE – ODDSAC
19. LYDIA AINSWORTH – Right From Real
20. ARCADE FIRE – Reflektor
21. DAFT PUNK – Random Access Memories
22. SHABAZZ PALACES – Black Up
23. DESTROYER – Kaputt
24. TODD TERJE – It's Album Time
25. PANDA BEAR – Tomboy

 

[Krilons Resa]

Good thread. I gotta look at the dates of my albums and report back. So 2010-present, right? A bit premature but I dig it.

 

[J.]

daft punk should stick to stellar soundtracks like tron legacy and leave behind the bull$hit "up all night to get lucky" gay radio girly shit. id even let them keep those retarded helmets

 

[Dick Sirloin]

You are literally the only person who likes the Tron soundtrack.

Ken, this thread was created merely for your response. :danceboy:

 

[Dick Sirloin]

And yes, anything released after January 2010.

 

[Krilons Resa]

Indie Rock

Becca Stevens Band - Weightless
Broken Social Scene - Forgiveness Rock Record
Dirty Projectors - Swing Lo Magellan
Fiona Apple - The Idler Wheel...
Gareth Liddiard - Strange Tourist
Goat - World Music
Joanna Newsome - Have One On Me

Jazz
Adam Lane's Full Throttle Orchestra - Ashcan Rantings
Angles - Epileptical West
Chris Lightcap's Bigmouth - Deluxe
Fire Orchestra - Exit!
Halvorson/Formanek/Fujiwara - Thumbscrew
Harris Eisenstadt - Canada Day II & II
HERA - Where My Complete Beloved Is
Jonathan Finlayson & Sicilian Defense - The Moment And The Message
Mary Halvorson Quintet - Bending Bridges
Paradoxical Frog - Self Titled & Union
Satoko Fujii Ma-Do - Time Stands Still
Steve Lehman Octet - Mise En Abime
The Convergence Quartet - Song.Dance
The Thirteenth Assembly - Station Direct
Tony Malaby - Novela
Trespass Trio - Bruder Beda
Undivided - The Passion

Metal
Arch & Matheos - Sympathetic Resonance
Dysrhythmia - Test Of Submission
Eagle Twin - The Feather Tipped The Serpent's Scale
Exist - Sunlight
Hangman's Chair - Hope/Dope/Rope
Hesper Payne - The Strange Tale Of Samuel Gonzalez (EP)
Kowloon Walled City - Container Ships
Om - Advaitic Songs
Orodruin - In Doom (EP)
Solace - A.D.
Trap Them - Darker Handcraft
Vaura - Selenelion
Vektor - Outer Isolation
YOB - Atma

Progressive
Egonon - Risveglio
Factor Burzaco - 3
Jack O' The Clock - All My Friends & How Are We Doing And Who Will Tell Us
Rational Diet - On Phenomena And Existences
Thinking Plague - Decline & Fall
Wobbler - Rites At Dawn
Zevious - Passing Through The Wall

Classical
Jefferson Friedman - String Quartets Nos. 2&3

 

[ChaosLee]

Can I just take a moment to say HERA, Angles, and Fire! Orchestra are amazing jazz?
Ken - my modern jazz pimp

 

[Dick Sirloin]

Ken: care to rank those in order of preference? That's the point!

Maybe we should do "one-line recos of death" for each album we list, nay? Not that anyone will check them out, but still...

 

[Krilons Resa]

Ken: care to rank those in order of preference? That's the point!

Maybe we should do "one-line recos of death" for each album we list, nay? Not that anyone will check them out, but still...

Nope. Alphabetically. Ranking them in order of preference is an exercise in futility. Sorry dude.

 

[Krilons Resa]

Can I just take a moment to say HERA, Angles, and Fire! Orchestra are amazing jazz?
Ken - my modern jazz pimp

Check out the other shit too, knee-grow.

 

[Ellestin]

Good thread but as always it would be better to accompany each album with a little descriptive teaser and a video, like we used to do when we were young, beautiful and idle.

I'm not gonna listen to anything from a factual list sadly.

 

[J.]

You are literally the only person who likes the Tron soundtrack.

its brilliant i say! good movie too.

the ending song is beautiful and works with the movie

 

[ChaosLee]

Check out the other shit too, knee-grow.

I've checked some mate. Mary Halvorson does excellent work in Whatever group she's in. But this shit really killed.

 

[einride]

summoning - old mornings dawn

 

[Ellestin]

summoning - old mornings dawn

with bonus tracks

 

[J.]

i need to listen to this one again. oath bound had little staying power other than 2-3 tracks. the caladan brood cd, on the other hand, has only gotten better

 

[einride]

it is peerless and magical

 

[Krilons Resa]

http://www.prog-sphere.com/specials/top-30-progressive-metal-albums-2010s-prog-sphere/

 

[J.]

Ruins of Beverast

 

[einride]

i think i've finally come to terms with the idea that music (metal, leastwise) really is much worse now than it was up to about 1997-1999. something happened around the turn of the millennium that i think we will never recover from. so i only listen to old shit, because i get invariably disappointed with everything new. here's the complete list of things i have that are 2010 or later:

Fyrnask - Eldir Nótt (Temple Of Torturous - ToT017)
Fyrnask - Bluostar (Temple Of Torturous - ToT011)
Fyrnask - Fjǫrvar Ok Benjar (Not On Label (Fyrnask Self-released) - none)
Summoning - Oath Bound (Napalm Records, Napalm Records, Napalm Records - NPR185, NPR 185, NPR 185 CD)
Agalloch - Marrow Of The Spirit (Viva Hate Records - VHRCD029)
Tenhi - Maaäet (Prophecy Productions, Prophecy Productions - pro 081lu, PRO 081LU)
Sorgeldom - Inner Receivings (Nordvis Produktion - NVP\TOS002)
Murw (2) - In De Mond Van Het Onbekende Wacht Een Oceaan (Heidens Hart - HH72)
Domgård - I Nifelhels Skygd (Frostscald Records, Hexenhammer Records - FS45, HAMMER 18)
Whirling - Faceless Phenomena (Eisenwald Tonschmiede - EISEN046)
Ekpyrosis (2) - Ein Ewiges Bild (Zeitgeister Music - ZG005)
Svarti Loghin - Drifting Through The Void (A Sad Sadness Song - SSS003)
Burzum - Belus (Byelobog Productions - BYE001CD)
Alcest - Écailles De Lune (Prophecy Productions - PRO 106 LU)
Enslaved - Axioma Ethica Odini (Indie Recordings - INDIE052CD)
Empyrium - The Turn Of The Tides (Prophecy Productions - PRO 154)
Agalloch - The Serpent & The Sphere (Eisenwald Tonschmiede - Eisen083)
Godflesh - Decline & Fall (Avalanche Recordings - AREC032)
Gehenna - Unravel (Indie Recordings - INDIE123CD)
Summoning - Old Mornings Dawn (Napalm Records, Napalm Records - NPR 476, NPR 476 CD)
Flagellant - Maledictvm (W.T.C. Productions - none)
Vetter (2) - Vetterkult (Demonhood Productions - HOOD 02 CD)
Vemod (2) - Venter På Stormene (Terratur Possessions - VOICE 029)
Agalloch - Faustian Echoes (Licht von Dämmerung Arthouse - KH007)
Dordeduh - Dar De Duh (Lupus Lounge - WOLF051-2)
Ulver - Wars Of The Roses (Kscope, Jester Records - KSCOPE170, TRICK047)
Vemod (2) - Vinterilden (Fossbrenna Creations - FBM 006)
Enslaved - Thorn (Soulseller Records - SSR042)
Arch / Matheos - Sympathetic Resonance (Metal Blade Records - 3984-14998-2)
Moloken - Rural (Discouraged Records - MMI - 13)
Primordial - Redemption At The Puritan's Hand (Metal Blade Records - 3984-14941-2)
Steven R. Smith - Floor Of The Sky (Burnt Toast Vinyl - btv090)
Burzum - Fallen (Byelobog Productions - BYE008CD)
Sorgeldom - ...From Outer Intelligences (Frostscald Records, Hexenhammer Records - FS54, HAMMER21)
Iron Maiden - The Final Frontier (EMI - 50999 6477712 2)
Dax Riggs - Say Goodnight To The World (Fat Possum Records - FP1220-2)

and about half of this i don't even really like that much. i put the ones i like very much in bold. but i don't think i can put them into a proper, ranked list.

it's not even me getting old and just liking the shit i grew up on because i still discover new old bands from 1970-1999 that i like very much. metal music is just bad now. sorry.