Notable 2017 Releases to Come

[Dick Sirloin]

^ Fucking kicks my dick in.

"The Red Sun Mocks My Sadness" <-----------

 

[J.]

The original band of Ayloss, Spectral Lore's mastermind. A more death metal sound than his main band, but with his signature guitar technique. Basically, take all the ambient/soundscape/acoustic type moments out of Spectral Lore, add death metal vocals and voila

I'm an Ayloss fanboy, so I love it

 

[J.]

Another winner from this year. Came out of nowhere

 

[spikes77]

Strong year---

1. Laster - Ons vrije fatum
So good--they have evolved so much from that 2012 demo which was all the rage back then. Dynamic, melancholic, dat bass etc. etc. I know
it came out in Janurary-but this is awesome.

2. Yellow Eyes - Immersion Trench Reverie
This band just keeps getting better--while always having a dissonant/technically/noisy sound--they have upped the atmosphere and the riffs

3. Entheos - Le Zahir
Technical yet melodic black metal with a great sense of dynamics--

4. Enhahre - The Marrow
Following their album last year, experimental yet still retaining crushing doomy harrowing parts with some beauty dripping through-condensed into the four tracks as well.

5. The Ruins of Beverast - Exuvia

6. Turia - Dede Kondre

(Dutch scene going strong here)

7. Falls of Rauros - Vigilance Perennial
Really strong effort here--mixing a lot more clean vocals--like the Laster, coming out in Jan. might have gotten this overlooked

8. Malokarpatan - Nordkarpatenland

9. The Great Old Ones - EOD- A Tale of Dark Legacy

10. Fleurety - The White Death

Non-Metal

Mount Eerie - A Crow Looked at Me
Devastating stuff here--Since Dawn, I wanted Phil to come back to the acoustic folk stuff-but certainly not like this. Seeing it live was quite the experience..the new tracks he played were also excellent--following the same themes

Ben Frost - The Centre Cannot Hold
Ulver - The Assassination of Julius Caesar
Roel Funkchin - Balaklavskiy prospex
Chris Randall - Oscillator Breach

Albums I discovered late in the year:

Eye of Nix (Sludgey doom with female vox. Fans of SubRosa take note)
Time Lurker (This completely got past me in June--French bm-good.)
Jordablod - Upon My Cremation Pyre
Adrift for Days - A Sleepless Grey (neurosisey post rockish dynamics--with some acid bath mixed in? fuckin win)

 

[Ellestin]

Gave this Laster a try

Interesting mood and range of dynamics but too much all over the place for my personal taste

 

[Dazed and Brutal]

^ Fucking kicks my dick in.

"The Red Sun Mocks My Sadness" <-----------

Just a quote from a Hades record lol. I put that there when I was 16, but at least my handle isn't "Dick Sirloin"

 

[J.]

Loving this: Apocalypse Orchestra - The End is Nigh (no, its not fucking orchestral music)