karljant
Ancient Mariner
IMO 2018 was a surprisingly great year for music. The reason I say that is because the amount of quality releases was distributed throghout a spectrum of genres like I haven't seen in years (from indie pop to grind core). Plus, there was a couple of bands I didn't knew about that literaly caught me off guard and out of nowhere.
Here are the first 5 examples (in no order):
God Is An Astronaut - Epitaph: I'm a longtime fan of this Irish post-rockers and if it's true I was expecting quality (and quality I got) I wasn't expecting the most polarized record of their carreer. The heavy parts are even heavier than usual and the ambient ones more soothing. Another great chapter in GIAA's legacy.
The Prodigy - No Tourists: Appart from a couple of avoidable high pitch modulated choirs here and there, No Tourist shows The Prodigy doing what they do like no one: taking you hostage in a breakbeat roller coaster of a thousand punches in the face per minute strobbing adrenaline.
Terrorizer - Caustic Attack: Speaking of a thousand punches in the face per minute... oh boy! Sandoval and friends' last offering is one of the best Grind Core records I've heard in years. Make no mistake: this beast sweats intensity so much that leaves all that gore drenched and pig squealling bozos sounding like a Disney soundtrack.
Judas Priest - Firepower: Really? How can it be that 42 years after their ground breaking masterpiece Sad Wings Of Destiny (with more than a handful of 10 out of 10 essential Heavy Metal albums in between) this guys still are able to record a monument to the gods of metal like Firepower? Simply remarkable!
Legend Of Seagullmen - Legend Of Seagullmen: In a year marked by the somewhat predictable new Mastodon record, Brent Hinds joins forces with Danny Carrey and presents us a true gem. There's something in this record that unlike Sleep's last one (a good yet overhyped record.. especially when compared with the rest of their catalogue) sounds truly retro.
Here are the first 5 examples (in no order):
God Is An Astronaut - Epitaph: I'm a longtime fan of this Irish post-rockers and if it's true I was expecting quality (and quality I got) I wasn't expecting the most polarized record of their carreer. The heavy parts are even heavier than usual and the ambient ones more soothing. Another great chapter in GIAA's legacy.
The Prodigy - No Tourists: Appart from a couple of avoidable high pitch modulated choirs here and there, No Tourist shows The Prodigy doing what they do like no one: taking you hostage in a breakbeat roller coaster of a thousand punches in the face per minute strobbing adrenaline.
Terrorizer - Caustic Attack: Speaking of a thousand punches in the face per minute... oh boy! Sandoval and friends' last offering is one of the best Grind Core records I've heard in years. Make no mistake: this beast sweats intensity so much that leaves all that gore drenched and pig squealling bozos sounding like a Disney soundtrack.
Judas Priest - Firepower: Really? How can it be that 42 years after their ground breaking masterpiece Sad Wings Of Destiny (with more than a handful of 10 out of 10 essential Heavy Metal albums in between) this guys still are able to record a monument to the gods of metal like Firepower? Simply remarkable!
Legend Of Seagullmen - Legend Of Seagullmen: In a year marked by the somewhat predictable new Mastodon record, Brent Hinds joins forces with Danny Carrey and presents us a true gem. There's something in this record that unlike Sleep's last one (a good yet overhyped record.. especially when compared with the rest of their catalogue) sounds truly retro.
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