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1a. Small Leaks Sink Ships - Low Tide 1b. Hotel of the Laughing Tree - Faraway Friends 3. East of the Wall - A Neutral Second 4. Giant Sky - Giant Sky II 5. Team Me - Return to the Riverside I don't know any of these, but I managed to listen to all 5 albums yesterday. Small Leaks Sink Ships and Hot...

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Good year for me, but not mind blowing. Feel free to comment on the list or give suggestions on missing items. I don't know ... there were some albums that I consider mind-blowing (well, at least one that i found brought something completely unique to the table this year). 1. No Spun - Opus, Sorry ...

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Just discovered these and haven’t listened to the whole album yet, but sounds killer so far. Surprised to not see any talk about them. Kinda doomy powerish ala latest Sorcerer maybe. Love the vocals! https://youtu.be/be6mZFACLC4?si=cmSSM4XI3DDAEcFq Yes, this is a great album and it's on my year-end...

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I love love love the album ... absolutely incredible. I will admit, after getting the entire album, that there does seem to be something odd going on with the production. It is like you describe it "a blanket of distortion", which is such a shame. It's very difficult getting this super clean "Polyp...

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WITHIN TEMPTATION / Bleed Out - I've been backing off of WT for the past few discs now .... when bands start to change sound, style, or members, I start to head south. That has always been my way, and WT is no different. The days of saying that Sharon's voice is worth the price of the disc are long...

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Just a few tracks in this morning..... The sound is OK, but could be a lot sharper. The bass tends to overpower the guitars, which end up sounding a bit muddy as a result. Damian, however, sounds freakin' GLORIOUS and is full front and center in the mix. Just hearing him sing some of the "older" so...

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20. Sermon // Of Golden Verse 16. Soen // Memorial 12. Lovebites // Judgement Day 11. The Anchoret // It All Began with Loneliness 8. Kamelot // The Awakening 6. Riverside // ID.Entity 4. Ne Obliviscaris // Exul 3. Molybaron // Something Ominous 1. Fires in the Distance // Air Not Meant for Us Heck...

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Okay, I'll post my biggest shitburger of the year, and I absolutely never at all expected this. Kamelot - Awakening .... I lied, Claus. I guess I am gonna be that guy. Thanks for posting ... I think that was a very thorough review, and you made some solid points. I don't agree with the fact that it...

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This is a band I for whatever reason never got into ... let me know once you're through their discography which ones to check out.

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This will be the first year I won't be able to participate in the EoY lists. This has been a very odd year full of work stress, my mothers passing and other environmental factors that kept me from liking much of anything. I can't think of a single album I could recommend so I'll read your lists and...

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Architects - Seeing Red I guess the lads have something to say about their "fans". Good on em to do it in the form of a perfect execution of the metalcore form, too. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1YxNiEl_Fic Yeah, I think this is a reaction (from what I've read online) to the nasty comments they'...

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Orphaned Land / A Heaven You May Create - CD/DVD This is a live show of OL 30th Anniversary ..... can you believe it ? And like it says on The Lasers Edge site, how to celebrate ? Put out a live disc ......that is always fine by me, and I agree with any band that puts out a live disc, especially on...

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20 albums I have really enjoyed this year. Tesseract - War of being Silent Skies - Dormant These two are way above the rest. Other great ones: Lalu - The fish who wanted to be king Moon Safari - Himlabacken vol 2 Sleep Token - Take me back to Eden Jason Bieler and the Baron Von Bielski.. - Postcard...

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I’ll leave the long descriptions to the experts.🤘🥳 Here is my top 10. Ring of Gyges: Metamorphosis…. Love the emotion and the way this one builds. Can’t understand this not getting more love!! Southern Empire: Another World. … Just discovered this band and they hit all the right spots. New vocalist...

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My top 12 picks within the domain of the typical tastes around here are: Theocracy - Mosaic Silent Skies - Dormant TesseracT - War of Being Anubis Gate - Interference Nospūn - Opus Angra - Cycles of Pain Confusion Field - Future Impact of Past Diversions Redemption - I Am the Storm Hemina - Romanci...

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1990 - 1991 (Sumerian Cry, The Astral Sleep) Death metal with a doom edge, and hints of their 1st generation black metal past (when they were known as Treblinka) - kind of reminiscent of early Celtic Frost. Both albums are good for what they are, although a little "naive", and I really like several ...

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Been on a TIAMAT kick all day - I honestly think this is one of the few bands where I like all of their albums (for different reasons), and several of them I'd even label "masterpieces" in their respective genres.

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Ghost Wind wrote: ↑
Sun Dec 03, 2023 7:53 pm
Such a shame it never happened. If you know, you know It just oozes that Age of Elegance vibe imo.

https://youtu.be/Abqxadxl6Eg?si=oWQcSbabfCXvtDGS

I could talk for hours about why that never happened ... lol
Oh boy ...

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Aside from Claus getting ready to upload his massive end of year list... Almost there :) I was wondering if anyone else had their lists ready ? Usually at this time there are a few up already, looking forward to seeing what everyone thought was excellent this past year ....... I wish Glenn would cr...

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Mardoch wrote: ↑
Sat Dec 02, 2023 2:22 pm
Threw on Protest the Hero's Palimpsest while making my weekly menu. Love this band and this is one of my favorite albums of theirs for sure.

Wonderful disc!

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I still don't understand why they needed to put a blanket of distortion over almost everything (especially the vocals), but the album's really good all the same. I love love love the album ... absolutely incredible. I will admit, after getting the entire album, that there does seem to be something ...

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MeTuLHeD wrote: ↑
Sat Dec 02, 2023 1:18 am
Mezzrow - Summon Thy Demons

Killer thrash!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=407oRRSpYHQ

As in "Then Came the Killing" Mezzrow? Old Swedish thrash band back together? What the heck ... I'll have to check that out.

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I still don't understand why they needed to put a blanket of distortion over almost everything (especially the vocals), but the album's really good all the same. I love love love the album ... absolutely incredible. I will admit, after getting the entire album, that there does seem to be something ...

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MAYFIRE - Cloudscapes and Silhouettes Released yesterday and it’s one of the most impressive prog-metal debuts I’ve heard in a long time. It’s the “next-gen” style, so for the old schoolers this might not be interesting. I hear Boil, Syqem, Skyharbor, Good Tiger, Time the Valuator and more in this ...

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pPWqa1LJdrU It's a very nice song, and it continues the path from the last album (which was the one that finally got me into the band). I've gone back and listened to their back catalog and there are some good stuff in between, but I think only the last one got me from start to finish - hopefully t...

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SOLITARY SABRED - Bound by the Lich
Second single from upcoming album ... man, this one sure has some early Sanctuary vibes. I love this kind of stuff.

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Ne Obliviscaris - Exul https://neobliviscarissom.bandcamp.com/album/exul Progressive black metal with violins? One of my favorite bands recently. Seeing them on Friday, so getting warmed up. NE OBLIVISCARIS - Exul I love this album - it's a Top 10 release for me this year. One of the best modern pr...

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Giving the most recent two Ghost Iris albums a spin. I'd forgotten how much I love this band. Really good groove oriented djenty metalcore. I liked the debut "Anecdotes of Science and Soul" from 2015, but haven't gotten into any of the following releases. They got less "djenty" and more 'core on th...

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I just read a very detailed and interesting interview with Kent Smedley of Oracle (who released "As Darkness Reigns" album in the 90s), https://symphoniesofsteel.blogspot.com/2023/09/kent-smedley-interview.html Yeah the ORACLE (Prodigy) album was really good. Besides Kent's brother Brendt who went ...

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New Pollen single is kinda...weird with the keys intro, but overall really nice proggy wankery. https://pollenband.bandcamp.com/track/wisteria The lead single from the new Plini, Ember, is up, and it's pretty fantastic. I still find no fault in basically everything he's done. https://plini.bandcamp...

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New Allegaeon single. Solid as always. Looking forward to a new album when they put it out even though we already got a great one last year. https://allegaeon.bandcamp.com/track/inhumation This one just didn't do anything for me. They've got their old singer back in the band (Ezra) and he just isn'...

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I have been revisiting Raintime (extremely underappreciated band) as well as some old demos like Pathology and Tritonus. I'm also looking for some older stuff I had and lost in a hard drive crash especially Twilight "Lurking Fantasia". Maybe Claus or Larry can help me out? I'm willing to share some...

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Ne Obliviscaris - Exul https://neobliviscarissom.bandcamp.com/album/exul Progressive black metal with violins? One of my favorite bands recently. Seeing them on Friday, so getting warmed up. NE OBLIVISCARIS - Exul I love this album - it's a Top 10 release for me this year. One of the best modern pr...

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Finally getting to the new The Voynich Code, Insomnia. Really good prog-tinged deathcore. The keys are very nice when they show up. Claus, this one might tickle your fancy if you haven't come across it yet. https://uniqueleaderrecords.bandcamp.com/album/insomnia THE VOYNICH CODE - Insomnia Yes, thi...

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He didn't sound bad on the entire DoT tour you're referring to but that was 4 years ago. Where the heck did the time go? I saw them twice on this past tour and it broke my heart to see him struggle with the older material. I know the food poisoning incident which ruptured his vocal chords is to bla...

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