Ook dit jaar weer een AOTY lijstje, en het is wederom een flinke geworden. Waren het er vorig jaar slechts 1937, dit jaar is het totaal tot 1996 gekomen... Dit zijn dus alleen de nieuwe (dus geen re-releases) studio (dus geen live) albums (dus geen EP's, splits ed.).
De top 13 staat op volgorde. Deze hebben allemaal een score tussen de 8.75 en 9.75 gekregen (ja, een 10 was er dit jaar wel maar dat was geen studio album 😉 ).
Onder de lijst ook nog enkele wel eervolle.
13. As Light Dies - The Laniakea Architecture - Volume II
This album here, along with the next one coming right up, are of that rare caliber of releases that would have probably made it high on my weird AOTY list had I had more time to live with them.
However, even given the fact this thing just got released, it probably got more replays with me than albums that came out nine months ago. Infectious, very well done "weirdo Norwegians worship," especially impressive coming from a one-man project.
Take a gander at the FFO that I'm about to lay on ya, and you'll have a nice idea of good this is. FFO: Ved Buens Ende, Virus, Dødheimsgard.
Este sábado 23 de Diciembre por la tarde tocaré en directo un tema de «Strange Aeons & Deliriums» en una actualización organizada por la escuela de batería DrumHouse dirigida por Andy C. El precio de la entrada es a voluntad, en beneficio de la asociación Vuela.
De la mano del multi instrumentista Óscar Martín nace ya su segunda obra bajo el nombre de DEEMTEE.
Activo desde el año 2015, Óscar nos presenta este segundo material que consta de 7 temas y 26 minutos exactos dónde DEEMTEE explora de manera fortuita sonidos variados, una buena pluralidad en ritmos y una odisea instrumental de muy buena manufactura.
Strange Aeons & Deliriums es un viaje emocional, explosivo y fuerte de un estilo ligado a la exploración del Avant Garde y la fuerza del Black Metal. 💀🔥
Spanish band Deemtee are out with the album "Strange Aeons & Deliriums", and progressive metal is the style explored on this production. It is an extreme variety of the form we get in this case, but one that is explored and executed with a focus on elegance. The disruptive elements are minimized throughout, and even when the band heads into the more pacefilled and intense excursions and makes use of distorted gruff vocals the landscapes projected are rather more appealing in nature than what is usually the case for this variety of the style. But a more defining aspect of this album are quirky, off kilter instrument details and clean vocals, reminding me quite a bit of what Norwegian band Virus used to create back in the day, and with a liberal amount of romantic interludes and intersections that see the band switch over to a light toned, elegant folk music inspired and oriented landscape of the kind that probably falls in under the pastoral description. Self-described as a black metal band, this is an album that merits a check by those intrigued by what an accessible and progressive black metal band may sound like.
It’s a weird album, and in a very good way. Can’t say I’ve heard much like this lately, and their effort is sincere. Their rhythm is tight, the singing is pretty, and the carefully selected riffs are nasty. It’s an enchanting album that sounds like from a different era of music, on the other hand, they’re unique enough to be captivating. This type of symphonic what the fuck metal is in short supply, so get some while it lasts.