2013 PLAYLIST

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?!...

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!!!

LYCHGATE Lychgate
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