most solid metal album of 2007 so far?

[staffino]

Check out Crionics - Neuthrone.

I'd second that! There's other good ones, too. I just gotta think a moment.

 

[Belligerent]

Novembers Doom Novella Reservoir
Porcupine Tree - FOABP
Officium Triste - Giving Yourself Away
Demiurg - Breath of the Demiurg

 

[staffino]

Okay, here's four fun releases this year that I'd put in the death catagory:

Inveracity - Extermination of Millions (2007)
Fleshcrawl - Structures of Death (2007)
Goreality - Perverse Depraved Indifference (2007)
Whitechapel - The Somatic Defilement (2007)

 

[V.V.V.V.V.]

Extermination Of Millions is fucking awesome. That Fleshcrawl sounds like other Fleshcrawl, which means good, solid, catchy, melodic-ish DM with a bit of old-school thrown in for good measure. I NEED that Goreality, fuck...and Whitechapel are one of the better brutal deathcore bands around.

 

[cookiecutter]

New Inveracity kicks serious ass. No one who likes brutal death should be without it.

 

[Krigloch the Furious]

Ars needs the new Immolation album.

So do I.

and yeah, the new Behemoth isnt anything special.
Nile still ftw!

 

[Patrick Bateman]

Nile and Limbonic Art.

 

[Hatebreeder]

I haven't heard any truly good black metal this year. I thoroughly enjoyed In Sorte Diaboli and Graveland's Will Stronger Than Death, but neither of them really had anything amazing about them.

Has anyone picked up Xecutioner's Return? I'm eager to hear reviews. I have high hopes for the album because of Ralph Santolla.

 

[cookiecutter]

Alatyr - S/T and Be Persecuted - II are really good from this year. There's also another Xasthur record coming out later so I'm holding some hope that that will be good.

 

[The Ozzman]

I haven't heard any truly good black metal this year. I thoroughly enjoyed In Sorte Diaboli and Graveland's Will Stronger Than Death, but neither of them really had anything amazing about them.

Has anyone picked up Xecutioner's Return? I'm eager to hear reviews. I have high hopes for the album because of Ralph Santolla.

Get it. It is great.

I'm still sticking by my pick of Devildriver's new one as the most solid album of 2007

 

[The Ozzman]

Deicide's new one is pretty bad, but Obituary's is good.

 

[V.V.V.V.V.]

Alatyr - S/T

Great album.

 

[cookiecutter]

. It was pure chance stumbling upon it in real life after only hearing them on myspace but I am very glad I found it.

 

[Alter]

say what?

Yea, I dont know what I was thinking.

I was hoping Sunn0)))'s new one would be a great one but it was not.

Have there been any good drone releases this year?

 

[Alter]

There haven't been any good drone releases in any year.

Thanks for the help.

The new Obliteration was really, really fucking good for a death metal album. The vocals are good mix of John Tardy and normal-run of the mill Brutal Death Metal vocals.

 

[KevenZ]

Yea, I dont know what I was thinking.

I was hoping Sunn0)))'s new one would be a great one but it was not.

Have there been any good drone releases this year?

that's because Sunn is overrated as hell.... like most SL releases.

 

[CF87]

I notice for 2007 am really drawn to albums with pop/rock influences,etc.. am starting to think mainstream listeners are not always wrong and it's actually a really inspiring 2007 for me in terms of music just based on not many albums at all released. I am starting to open up towards music more than ever.

 

[~Derek~]

The new Nile is an above average good release. 8/10.

 

[CF87]

Novembers Doom Novella Reservoir

Nice to see someone else mention this.

 

[Captain]

^ Good album indeed, but I think that album gets too much praise.

This year in power metal has been awful, every other sub genre is doing way better.