THIS YEAR MY PLAYLIST NOT ONLY REFLECTS WHAT TOUCHED ME THE
MOST, BUT ALSO THE LEVEL OF COMPULSIVE PLAYING:
HERE IS MY FINAL TOP 10.
STILLA Till
Stilla Falla
Jaw-dropping. And this is just the beginning...
ORANSSI PAZUZU Valonielu
Another
stunning journey, unique music from brilliant minds.
CULT OF FIRE मृत्यु का तापसी अनुध्यान
Mystical
stormer of the year: glorious!
THRONE OF
KATARSIS The Three Transcendental Keys (Candlelight)
Utterly grim and esoteric, one of the very few superior-quality
BM albums of 2013.
FEN Dustwalker
Delightfully vivid and warmly polished.
VYRE The
Initial Frontier Pt.1
Science & black metal, hand in hand: that’s what I like
to see.
NOCTE OBDUCTA Umbriel
A beautiful nostalgic moment.
DE ARMA Lost Alien &
Forlorn
Melancholy urban torment, touchingly real.
MOVIMENTO D’AVANGUARDIA ERMETICO Lacrime degli Dei
Encapsuling the spirit of the aristocratic hermit. Very
close to home in many ways…
SELIM
LEMOUCHI & HIS ENEMIES Earth Air Spirit Water Fire
Exuding a wonderful, virile sense of individual freedom.
MORE HIGHLY APPRECIATED ALBUMS, IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER:
(I must be mad to spend all night uploading these covers, but they are all works of art going hand in hand with the music, and deserve our utmost respect)
ABORYM Dirty
Superbly made, evoking painful personal ghosts…
ACHERONTAS Amenti
Architects of darkness.
AOSOTH IV – An Arrow in Heart
Still a dark force to reckon with.
BATTLE DAGORATH Cursed Storm of Ages
From the depths of the cosmos: breathtaking!
BEASTMILK Climax (Svart)
Takes me back, done with superb energy and honesty.
CAMERATA MEDIOLANENSE VirtuteHonor Bellezza
Ah, the beautiful music…
CYNIC Kindly Bent to Free Us
Brimming with overwhelming joy.
DARKTHRONE The Underground Resistance
How do they do it?!...
DARKTHRONE The Underground Resistance
How do they do it?!...
EPHEL DUATH Hemmed By Light, Shaped By Darkness
Astonishingly powerful, evoking within me a soreness so
deep and painful that I’ve had to avoid prolonged exposure: I hope this will
wane in time…
EREB ALTOR Fire Meets Ice
Captivating: it does what it says on the sleeve!
EUDAIMONY Futile (Cold Dimensions)
An
unexpected jewel.
FINNR’S CANE A Portrait Painted by the Sun
Glowingly romantic, as masters Drudkh can be.
GEHENNA Unravel
Cold, freezing cold.
GERM Grief
Always a fan of Tim Yatras.
HEXVESSEL Iron Marsh
Growing to new hights…
IHSAHN Das Seelenbrechen
Top class, not one contrived moment from the maestro.
KATATONIA Dethroned and Uncrowned
Gorgeous.
KÖRGULL THE EXTERMINATOR Metal Fist Destroyer
Hell yeah!!!
Featuring members of Esoteric, the wonderful-unforgettable Lunar Aurora, and Omega Centauri: atmospheric avantgardness that promises much...
LORN Subconscious Metamorphosis
Staggering inner lanscapes.
LUX DIVINA Possessed by Telluric Feelings
Very touching and organic.
MONARQUE Lys Noir
Blustery, melancholy Québécoise BM: a welcome return!
MOURNING BELOVETH Formless
Stunning return.
NEIGE ÉTERNELLE Neige Éternelle
More BM from Québec: energetically belligerant in this
lackluster year for the purists of the genre.
NHOR Within the Darkness between the Starlight
Sublime mystical pantheism.
OFFICIUM TRISTE Mors Viri
Eminently authentic.
SINK Holy Testament
Fascinating ritualistic black-drone managed with measure.
THE DEVIL’S BLOOD Tabula Rasa
Loved the unpolished spontaneity: a jewel.
THE FALL OF EVERY SEASON Amends
Touchingly
romantic…
THE RUINS OF BEVERAST Blood Vaults
A gripping story, superbly captivating live.
TODTGELICHTER Apnoe
Mature, passionate, universal.
VAURA The Missing
Great darkwave/post-punk courtesy of Kevin Hufnagel of Gorguts,
Dysrhythmia.
VHÖL Vhöl
Aesop IS
underground music: utterly contagious!!
VOIVOD Target Earth
A superlative return, a triumph!
VV.AA. Converge, Rivers of Hell
All of Dis Pater’s dark creatures (Midnight Odyssey, The
Crevices Below e Tempestuous Fall) rolled in one!
MY FAVORITE EPs:
HELRUNAR/ÁRSTĺDIR LĺFSINS
Fragments - A Mythological Excavation
VIRUS
Oblivion Clock
SELIM LEMOUCHI & HIS
ENEMIES
Mens Animus Corpus
GIFT OF GODS
Receive
BÖLZER
Aura
SALIGIA
Lux Aeternae
