Metal albums of 2013

[Poison Tom 96]

Simple really. I need new music to listen to, so what metal albums do you recommend that have come out this year?

[jesusbuiltmycar]

NIN - Hesitation Marks
QOTSA - Like Clockwork
Alice in Chains - The devil put the Dinosaurs Here

[Warw1ckHunt]

I few I've enjoyed

Deafheaven - Sunbather
Destruction Unit - Deep Trip

[Kinky]

Black Star Riders

[Poison Tom 96]

jesusbuiltmycar said:

Alice in Chains - The devil put the Dinosaurs Here

Only just started appreciating AIC.....

Is your username based on a Ministry song? Their new album is.....different.

All of these albums shall be listened to and if I like, downloaded.

I recommend for others: From Beer To Eternity - Ministry
Daggers - The Defiled

[Mastodon2]

Rivers of Nihil - The Conscious Seed of Light: pretty techy, heavy stuff. 7 strings tuned to F#. Respectful of the old guard of death metals, while bringing some exciting new ideas to the table.

Carcass - Surgical Steel: One of the grand daddies of death metal, still pummelling in 2013, nearly 20 years since the incredible Heartwork.

Revocation - Revocation: amazing meld of techy modern thrash riffing, jazz fusion influenced soloing and catchy hooks.

Fallujah - Nomad: a three song EP, unfeasibly good. I find it hard to put into words how amazing this band is, can't believe they stayed off my radar for so long. Their debut album "The Harvest Wombs" is staggeringly good too.

The Black Dahlia Murder - Everblack: The unstopable powerhouses of modern death metal. The loss of drumming phenom Shannon Lucas has hurt them, the replacement is amazing too, but lacks the experience and top tier nuance of Lucas. Not to worry though, this album is a corker from start to finish. Ryan Knight is one of the best soloists in metal, and Brian Eschbach remains my vote as the greatest riff machine, album after album, he delivers killer riffs without showing any sign of slowing.

Edited by Mastodon2 on Friday 18th October 21:20

[AshCos]

TBDM!! Massive love! Miasma is a fantastic album as is The Ritual...listen to The Window

[Johnnytheboy]

jesusbuiltmycar said:

NIN - Hesitation Marks
QOTSA - Like Clockwork
Alice in Chains - The devil put the Dinosaurs Here

I don't mean this in a rude way, I'm very out of touch.

Are any of them still doing good material?

My received opinion was that all those bands were long past their best.

[Mastodon2]

AshCos said:

TBDM!! Massive love! Miasma is a fantastic album as is The Ritual...listen to The Window

My favourite band, I have partied with these guys a few times when they've come to town, even filmed a night out with them, clips of which ended up on their "Majesty" dvd. If you meet them, or see them in their personal videos they seem like a bunch of goofs, and they all have a great sense of humour, Trevor and Brian especially, but when they get in the studio or on stage they are absolute machines, tight as fk and totally committed to their craft.

"The Window" is a belter song, my favourite from the Ritual album, but Miasma will always be my favourite TBDM album, as that is the one that got me into them, well that and Unhallowed. Nocturnal is a stonking album too. Pound for pound, I think Nocturnal is probably the best extreme metal album ever made. It just has everything in fking spades. It's like the album that was spawned when the planets aligned and everything came out just perfect. I actually think the older albums benefit massively from having John Kempainen on them, because (controversy!) I think he was a better fit for the band. Ryan Knight takes their leads to the next level, but imo they drop the pace too often to fit a Knight solo in, where they go into some slow interlude section while Knight rips it up. It's good, but they have done it in too many songs. When Kempainen was blasting out a lead, there was no break in the onslaught, the band would continue firing on all cylinders while he ripped the notes out.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6B-q0eiRYs

[AshCos]

I have the Majesty DVD and T-Shirt! Trevor is fantastic especially the way he waves his arms on stage! Haha

[AshCos]

DP

Edited by AshCos on Friday 18th October 21:39

[Mastodon2]

AshCos said:

I have the Majesty DVD and T-Shirt! Trevor is fantastic especially the way he waves his arms on stage! Haha

Haha, I make a brief appearance on the dvd!

[tuscaneer]

Altered state by a band called tesseract is one of the most complete and accomplished albums I have ever heard.and I've heard a lot of albums!!
It is not only the best album of 2013 I would have it in my top five albums of all time and that's no exaggeration.

[andy tims]

Alter Bridge - Fortress

[Gompo]

I could write an overly large post that would interest very few about the various Black/Sludge/Death Metal albums I've enjoyed this year but I won't. There's some amazing riffs and general musicianship on display, if you can tolerate the vocals and I love that there's still originality out there. Here's a few songs I like from albums I like, anyway:

Gorguts - Forgetten Arrows

Inquisition - Obscure Verses for the Multiverse

Acolyte - Vultures

Thaw - Divine Light

Svart Crown - Revelation: Down Here Stillborn

Pure Negative - The Return

Bolzer - Coronal Mass Ejaculation

[probedb]

Clutch - Earth Rocker.

[hornet]

Poison Tom 96 said:

Simple really. I need new music to listen to, so what metal albums do you recommend that have come out this year?

Can't really comment on what's the best of the year, as I'm less plugged into things than I once was, so instead I'll just post a few I've enjoyed :-

Crypt Lurker - Baneful Magic, Death Worship And Necromancy Rites Archaic
Thrawsunblat - Wanderer on the Continent of Saplings
Procession - To Reap the Heavens Apart
Hail of Bullets - The Rommel Chronicles
Carcass - Surgical Steel
Entities - Luminosity*
BendtheSky - Observatory
Darkthrone - The Underground Resistance

• Technically a 2013 remaster of an older recording. Instrumental version is better, but that's not on YouTube.

Beauty of metal of course is that it has so many different offshoots. I'm not really a fan of the current "everything more technical than everything else" approach, but there's enough other stuff bubbling away beneath the surface to keep me happy

[AnimalMkIV]

Beholder - Order of Chaos
Condition Critical - Operational Hazard
Evile - Skull
Gama Bomb - The Terror Tapes
Razormaze - Annihilatia
Reign of Fury - World Detonation
Seregon - The Movement
Suffocation - Pinnacle of Bedlam
Terrifier - Destroyers of the Faith
Voivod - Target Earth
Warlord UK - We Die As One

[edit] Forgot
Onslaught - VI
Sodom - Epitome of Torture
Death Angel - The Dream Calls For Blood
Meads of Asphodel - Sonderkommando

Edited by AnimalMkIV on Sunday 20th October 14:05

[trig9k]

Johnnytheboy said:

jesusbuiltmycar said:

NIN - Hesitation Marks
QOTSA - Like Clockwork
Alice in Chains - The devil put the Dinosaurs Here

I don't mean this in a rude way, I'm very out of touch.

Are any of them still doing good material?

My received opinion was that all those bands were long past their best.

QOTSA - Like Clock Work is the album of the year in any genre , one of the best records they have made only second too Songs For The Deaf

[Poison Tom 96]

Much appreciating this advice people. CARCASS and Deafheaven are in my library so far.......