Metal 2016

[no country for old wainds]

along with moonblood i like that there are 2016 albums by ohtar, sacrilegium, sorcier des glaces, antaeus, wyrd, kawir, countess, belenos, darkestrah, profanatica, dark fury, arkona, agatus etc. lets me pretend i'm in a world where the last decade of hipster infiltration didn't happen.

 

[Phylactery]

Nice to see them still releasing stuff, but are those new albums actually good?

Is the Sorcier des Glaces worth listening to? I'm only really familiar with Moonrise in Total Darkness which I like quite a bit.

I've never been big on Antaeus or Darkestrah.

 

[no country for old wainds]

yeah it's good. even the anus crowd who hate everything are into it.

i think with both these 'moonblood' albums, the older material on them stands out as better than the new stuff. they're overall still better than most of the BM that's been widely acclaimed this year though.

the new darkestrah is exactly as bad as i recall them being like ten years ago, and in the exact same way. new countess is surprisingly enjoyable. the profanatica is fine but a bit basic. the belenos took a while to win me over and it isn't really good BM in a traditional sense, but it does cast a distinctive spell. will report back on the others if i get around to them.

 

[Phylactery]

This is from last year, but I quite like it for newer black metal.

 

[Slayed Necros]

That Azaxul sounds cool, thanks for the tag! I'd completely forgotten they existed.

I can vouch for the new Agatus, although it's barely black metal aside from a couple of riffs and purists will probably hate it. Dark Fury is more of the same, not a bad thing if you like their style. The new Antaeus will probably make my top ten of the year, relentless stuff. I'm a bit wary of new Sacrilegium material, but I'll check it out.

 

[no country for old wainds]

new isengard EP coming out in a few days, consisting of a couple songs written in '89/'90. not sure if they're available elsewhere.

 

[no country for old wainds]

another one for @Slayed Necros, greek BM fetishist that he is:


i think @CASSETTEISGOD posted their EP a while back, this is the full length. can be filed alongside ithaqua and necromantic worship, all very nice greek throwbacks.

 

[Phylactery]

I was listening to Necromantic Worship a few months back. They may as well change the c to an a and be called Necromantia Worship, because that's what it is. I'm not completely sold on the vocals, but it's pretty good stuff, since Necromantia are rather unique anyway.

 

[no country for old wainds]

yeah, at least they're open about it with the name haha. there's a novelty to bands worshipping the greeks that wore off a long time ago with the norwegians, so w/e. these ones are all pretty authentic and spirited sounding too. the new kawir sounds pretty good as well.

 

[Slayed Necros]

Necromantic Worship's demo from this year is fantastic. It's a shame they broke up so early. I'd also recommend Hierophant's Descent for more throwback Hellenic BM, sounds just like Rotting Christ's Passage to Arcturo.

Listening to Sarvari now, not bad!

 

[CiG]

Sarvari are fantastic, I prefer the EP but the album is a treasured piece in my modern black metal collection.

 

[Pitiless Wanderer]

 

[CiG]

 

[Slayed Necros]

^ Very cool.

 

[CiG]

By the way, you should check out Ragehammer. Maybe it's your kinda thing.

 

[Slayed Necros]

Also cool, but that Occult Burial is way more up my alley. Total unhinged first wave black metal worship madness. After listening to a few more songs it's a definite purchase. Cheers for posting.

 

[CiG]

Agreed, Occult Burial is fucking great shit. One of 2016's highlights for me.

 

[no country for old wainds]

shit like this has my heart. you on top of this @EspaDa?

 

[Pitiless Wanderer]

Went and revisited some albums that came out at the beginning or early part of this year. Has anyone else heard this Astronoid record? This is some of the most uplifting shit I've heard in a while. I remember loving this album a few months back...still sounds awesome. Well worth checking out.

 

[Psychonaut]

It's quite good. Blood Music still has a few physical copies available too.