Atmospheric Black Metal and Post-Black Metal had a great 2018 with some killer albums from some unexpected ends of the world.
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USBM with a heavy atmospheric component makes up for a very interesting release. |
2018 was a great year for releases that pushed boundaries and are shaping the future of metal.
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Lush release filled with interesting ideas from the two bands. |
As one of our shorter lists, we still received over 40 promos in the genre this year, but nothing really stood out, except for these releases. The genre seems to be sinking into a repetitive phase that we hope 2019 fixes.
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In 2018 we got a great deal of old-school Death Metal albums that provided little to nothing to the annals of music. Luckily, there are always bands pushing the boundaries and innovating in the genre. Here is our list of the favorite albums we reviewed in 2018.
In 2018 we received a considerable amount of albums that are kind of hard, but not quite 'Metal'. Here is our list of the top five we reviewed.
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Never published in 2017, we found one of the most killer 'Best of..' lists hiding in the dark depths of our laptop. The year 2017 was a great one for Black Metal and here are our picks of the best of the best.
Honorable Mention: Patria – Magna Adversia (2017)
Tons of new bands and one-man projects appeared in 2017 playing Atmospheric Black Metal, for every twenty average ones we have one decent one. This list contains the releases we most enjoyed and the bands that should be in your radar.
Honorable Mention: Sunken – Departure (2017)
Doom Metal is one of our favorite genres, while some years lack good releases, 2017 was a very strong one. We had a hard time selecting the best albums and this list reflects a wide variety of Doom Metal variants.
Honorable Mention: Dark Sanctuary – Dark Sanctuary (2017)
2017 was a great year for music in terms of crazy good releases from established bands including some highly anticipated albums. Our list tries to pick albums from all genres as you can side for the wide variety of bands.
Honorable Mention: Sabbath Assembly - Rites of Passage (2017)
We always strive to find the weirdest and oddest bands that push the boundaries of Metal and extreme music. In 2017 we had quite a few releases that blew us away, here are the ones we think are the top 10 of the year.
Honorable Mention: Fleurety - Fragmenta Cuinsvis Aetatis Contemporaneae (2017)
Zeal & Ardor - Baroness - Deafheaven
March 8th, 2019 - Houston, Texas
Ensiferum - Septicflesh - Arsis
January 28th, 2019 - Atlanta, Georgia
November 2nd & 3rd, 2018 - Brooklyn, NY
Eye of Solitude - Marche Funebre - Catapult the Dead
March 13th, 2018 - Oakland, California
Enslaved - Wolves in the Throne Room - Myrkur - Khemis
March 9th, 2018 - San Francisco, California
November 6th, 2017 - Atlanta, Georgia
October 29th, 2017 - Rotterdam, Netherlands
October 28th, 2017 - Rotterdam, Netherlands
Brujeria + Powerflo + Pinnata Protest
October 23rd, 2017 - San Francisco, CA
Orphaned Land + Pain + Voodoo KungFu
September 20th, 2017 - Oakland, California
August 16-19th, 2017 - Dinkelsbühl, Germany
August 10th, 2017 - Jaroměř, Czech Republic
August 11th, 2017 - Jaroměř, Czech Republic
August 12th, 2017 - Jaroměř, Czech Republic
July 28-29th, 2017 - Germany
Feb 2-6, 2017 - USA
Feb 2-6, 2017 - USA
Feb 2-6, 2017 - USA
Feb 2-6, 2017 - USA
Children of Bodom + Abbath + Exmortus + Oni
12/05/2016 - The Regency, CA
Sonata Arctica + Leaves' Eyes + Omnium Gatherum
12/02/2016 - Slim's - San Francisco, CA
Epica + Arkona + Fleshgod Apocalypse + The Agonist
11/18/2016 - Social Hall - San Francisco, CA
Fallujah + Between The Buried And Me + Devin Townsend Project
10/05/2016 - Regency Ballroom - San Francisco, CA
