6 months of 2019 are up (and a bit), it's time for this annual thread. I haven't heard much new music this year (as every other year). But here are a few that I enjoyed. Excellent : October Tide - In Splendor Below Abbath - Outstrider Fractal Universe - Rhizomes Of Insanity Kryptos - Afterburner Rather good : Evergrey - The Atlantic Dream Theater - Distance over time Cellar Darling - The Spell Disappointments : Rotting Christ - The Heretics Amon Amarth - Berserker
Metal(-ish) Abyssal – A Beacon In The Husk Andavald – Undir skyggðarhaldi Bergraven – Det framlidna minnet Drastus – La Croix de Sang Dreadnought – Emergence Immortal Bird – Thrive on Neglect Inter Arma – Sulphur English Kaleikr – Heart of Lead Skáphe + Wormlust – Kosmískur hryllingur Yellow Eyes – Rare Field Ceiling Aside: Still getting into the latest from Dead to a Dying World, Jute Gyte, and Sinmara. New Deathspell Omega is also very good, as expected, but Mikko Aspa is a piece of shit, so I know that's tainted the release for many people. Non-metal(-ish): Big Brave – A Gaze Among Them Elizabeth Colour Wheel – Nocebo The Gloaming – The Gloaming 3 Helms Alee – Noctiluca Julia Jacklin – Crushin' Murmur – The Boundless Black Pinkish Black – Concept Unification Self Defense Family – Performative Guilt Thom Yorke – Anima Vaura – Sables Looking forward to: Batushka (this band's schism is a mess. I enjoy Панихида, so I'm curious to find out if the Metal Blade version of this band is any good); Chelsea Wolfe; Kayo Dot; Lingua Ignota; Mizmor; No One Knows What the Dead Think; Opeth (even though my expectations are low, the idea of having the same album with two different languages is interesting); Tomb Mold.
- VLTIMAS - Something Wicked Marches In (great!) - SOILWORK - Verkligheten (really good) - THENIGHTTIMEPROJECT - Pale Season (good)
If were talking only stuff released in 2019 then: Ningen Isu - Shin Seinen Always thought japanese metal sucked, until I saw those fucking grandpas rocking it. Recommending Heartless Scat. As for dissapointments: Amon Amarth - Berserker. Two good songs at best Opeth - whatever the new shit's called.
