After a very lengthy 5 minutes or so of hard..HARD thinking. I have decided that these are probally the most listened to albums and liked by myself and anyone else forced to listen to them on visits to my house of this year.
Cursed - III: Architects Of Troubled Sleep
Yes, yes yes and yes. Like most people I heard this on the unmastered rip that got leaked onto the net a few months before its release..but fuck me..even then it was viscous. Cursed have always ruled, every album being a step on from the previous. III was no exception at all. Expanding on all the elements they displayed on I and II but pushing them ina more extreme direction. Compelte, aggro, pissed of hardcore with intelligence and vision. Still gutted they split up.
Aquila - Demo 08
A recent find in the last month but one which I am more than happy to add to this list as it demonstrates the capabilities of a simple setup ( bass + drums + voice) and shows what can be done with it. Moving away from the noisier end of power trios and drawing on melody and alternative rock. Its a really well crafted set of songs that incorporate effects, noise, melody and harmony's to great effect. Also there chicks. So it wins on that score as well.
Rolo Tomassi - Hysterics
They did it, they produced a album, more out there and intelligent than the EP with media and press attention all over them. Seriously, some of the most talented kids I have ever had the pleasure of watching and spending time with. "Hysterics" has some of the most technical, well written, abstract music on it that you will hear all year or the next. This completly restored my faith in the youth of today for about 10 mins before I had to leave the house. But an awesome album.
Woven Hand - Ten Stones
If you don't know Woven Hand then I am not going to describe them for you, this album is awesome. Simple as.
Desalvo - Mood Poisoner
A band I had overlooked quite a lot until I was sent this album. Featuring a frontman with a David Yow thing going on and some screechy vocals and sharing a guitarist with indie muppets Idlewild. Desalvo are so good. Angry, angular noise rock with some nice metal touches. It all depends on if you like the sound of Norma Jean crossed with The Jesus Lizard and Today is The Day. I do, so thats why this is so good.
Trap Them - Siezures In Barren Praise
They came, they ruled, they carried on ruling. I thought "Seance Prime" was good, but "Siezures..." smashed that away. I have heard them descrived as "Entombed, for people that missed Entombed first time around" which is a fair point but they deserve a lot more credit. How can a band that features ex-members of Backstabbers Inc, December Wolves and The Red Chord be bad at all? Thats right, it can't!
Mega filthy, crusty, dis-influenced hardcore that destroys everything. Just wait for the final track " Mission Convincers" to kick in and you will understand.
Enslaved - Vertebrae
I was pretty late getting into Enslaved, only a few years ago really. So I then worked back, and then forwards through there back catalogue. "Vertebrae" is the pinnacle of there career, the perfect, progressive, black metal influenced, modern, extreme metal album. Any band that reminds me of Rush on the opening track is a winner, and you can't fail to be won over by the chorus of "New Dawn" when it kicks in. Most highest recommended.
There you go...what Oliver reckons he likes...it will more than likely change..but thats cool, your all dicks. Nothing you do will ever be as good as this....
Not at all.
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