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Topic: 2021 so farPosted By: BitterJalapeno
Subject: 2021 so far
Date Posted: 28 Mar 2021 at 8:26am
I thought it might be a good idea to start a thread where people can recommend 2021 releases that have impressed them thus far.
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Replies: Posted By: adg211288
Date Posted: 28 Mar 2021 at 9:54am
I haven't checked out much yet.
The new one from Epica, Omega, is very good.
Lovebites new EP Glory, Glory, To the World is excellent and shows off some interesting sound developments.
And I have high hopes for new releases from Mare Cognitum and Spectral Lore. The former is already out but I've held off from streaming it in anticipation for the CD, which Amazon has slated for an April 2nd release. I have my fingers crossed that they don't fuck either of these up like they did with Uada last year.
Otherwise I'm long overdue checking out some new stuff. I mainly go through what I already have these days and have neglected.
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Posted By: UMUR
Date Posted: 28 Mar 2021 at 12:40pm
I´ve only listened to and reviewed two 2021 albums so far:
Paradise Lost - "Gothic - Live At Roadburn 2016"
Tribulation - "Where The Gloom Becomes Sound"
I think I´ve lost my interest in Tribulation, although it´s a good quality release, but I can highly recommend the Paradise Lost live album. That´s a great album.
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Posted By: siLLy puPPy
Date Posted: 28 Mar 2021 at 9:02pm
Not listening to many new metal releases this year but these are a few that i like a bit
Actually just not finding a lot of new music i love returning to lately
Finding more interest in digging in the past
Ad Nauseum - Imperative Imperceptible Impulse
The Ruins of Beverast - The Thule Grimoires
Therion - Leviathan
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Posted By: UMUR
Date Posted: 29 Mar 2021 at 10:04am
Just added another to my list:
Kreator - "Under the Guillotine"
It´s a combined best-of and rarities compilation album. Nothing too interesting here, if you already own the first six albums and the "Out of the Dark ... Into the Light (1988)" EP. I´m not that interested in demos and remixes, and the rarity tracks aren´t that interesting either.
The main attraction are the remixed tracks from "Renewal", which are more bottom heavy and guitar driven than the originals.
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Posted By: 666sharon666
Date Posted: 29 Mar 2021 at 3:15pm
adg211288 wrote:
And I have high hopes for new releases from Mare Cognitum and Spectral Lore. The former is already out but I've held off from streaming it in anticipation for the CD, which Amazon has slated for an April 2nd release. I have my fingers crossed that they don't fuck either of these up like they did with Uada last year.
Yeah I'm holding out on these too.
I rarely experience the hearing of a new record for the first time when the physical copy is in my hands these days. It's too easy to stream first, even when you've pre-ordered.
Mare Cognitum is tempting me, especially now that it's on Spotify, but I can hold out a few more days. If Amazon screws up though I'll stream it.
Posted By: Vim Fuego
Date Posted: 29 Mar 2021 at 5:16pm
UMUR wrote:
Just added another to my list:
Kreator - "Under the Guillotine"
It´s a combined best-of and rarities compilation album. Nothing too interesting here, if you already own the first six albums and the "Out of the Dark ... Into the Light (1988)" EP. I´m not that interested in demos and remixes, and the rarity tracks aren´t that interesting either.
The main attraction are the remixed tracks from "Renewal", which are more bottom heavy and guitar driven than the originals.
Been listening to it this morning. I gotta say I quite like it. It could be because I'm listening on headphones for a change, but some of those songs sound sharper than usual, remixed, remastered or not.
Posted By: UMUR
Date Posted: 29 Mar 2021 at 11:53pm
Vim Fuego wrote:
UMUR wrote:
Just added another to my list:
Kreator - "Under the Guillotine"
It´s a combined best-of and rarities compilation album. Nothing too interesting here, if you already own the first six albums and the "Out of the Dark ... Into the Light (1988)" EP. I´m not that interested in demos and remixes, and the rarity tracks aren´t that interesting either.
The main attraction are the remixed tracks from "Renewal", which are more bottom heavy and guitar driven than the originals.
Been listening to it this morning. I gotta say I quite like it. It could be because I'm listening on headphones for a change, but some of those songs sound sharper than usual, remixed, remastered or not.
Maybe it´s because I rate the original version of Renewal so high, so I don´t see a need for a remix. I love how the original sounds. It´s the only Kreator album I still give a spin.
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Posted By: Nightfly
Date Posted: 17 Apr 2021 at 8:25am
Not a bad start to the year. I rate all these albums pretty highly as I bought them all after hearing them first on Spotify or in a few cases bands I really like, I just took a chance and pre-ordered.
Death metal
Asphyx - Necroceros
Baest - Necro Sapiens
Memoriam - To The End
Cannibal Corpse - Violence Unimagined (just arrived yesterday but loving it already).
Gothic metal
Tribulation - Where The Gloom Becomes Sound
Heavy metal
Accept - Too Mean To Die
Crossover thrash
Enforced - Kill Grid
Hard rock
The Dead Daisies - Holy Ground (probably my album of the year so far).
Alice Cooper - Detroit Stories (his best in years).
Prog metal
Iotunn - Access All Worlds
Posted By: UMUR
Date Posted: 17 Apr 2021 at 9:48am
I just discovered thses guys: http://www.metalmusicarchives.com/artist/cryptosis
That´s some pretty great tech thrash with sci-fi themed lyrics. It´s like a slightly more simple Vektor or something along the lines of that.
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Posted By: BitterJalapeno
Date Posted: 18 Apr 2021 at 5:24am
Thanks all, lots of stuff to add to the "listen to" list 😀
Paul, I agree regarding the new effort from Cannibal Corpse. A strong release upon the first listen. I shall definitely be purchasing that one.
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Posted By: Unitron
Date Posted: 19 Apr 2021 at 11:44pm
Metal wise there hasn't been much yet for me. The new Ra album was pretty good, though a step down from their last album as it's missing their usual Egyptian/Middle-Eastern influences. New Annalynn was good too.
Electronic wise though? This year kicks ass and might be even better than last year. One of my favorites is the new DJ Rozwell album, which I could see appealing to some fellow sludge metal fans with Rozwell's heavy and noisy production:
(It's name your price on Bandcamp btw)
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Posted By: BitterJalapeno
Date Posted: 20 Apr 2021 at 2:07am
^thanks man, I'll check it out. I need to need to listen to more electronic stuff as I generally enjoy big beat/breakbeat and like the odd bit of techno and acid house but I've never properly explored though.
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Posted By: Unitron
Date Posted: 20 Apr 2021 at 11:06am
^Nice to know there's another big beat/breakbeat fan here! One of my absolute favorite genres, with The Chemical Brothers being in my top 5 artists. To not go too off topic, there's an electronic music thread here, curious what some of your favorite artists are: https://www.metalmusicarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=12558&title=electronic-music-appreciation-thread
I can give several recommendations of great electronic albums I've been enjoying lately.
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Posted By: BitterJalapeno
Date Posted: 20 Apr 2021 at 12:49pm
Cheers Khaliq - I've responded on that thread 😀
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Posted By: Nightfly
Date Posted: 20 Apr 2021 at 3:59pm
UMUR wrote:
I just discovered thses guys: http://www.metalmusicarchives.com/artist/cryptosis
That´s some pretty great tech thrash with sci-fi themed lyrics. It´s like a slightly more simple Vektor or something along the lines of that.
Posted By: LittleBig
Date Posted: 30 Apr 2021 at 6:45am
Gojira has just released their new album, called Fortitude.
Posted By: BitterJalapeno
Date Posted: 30 Apr 2021 at 7:55am
^ listened to the first half on the morning commute today...second half on the way home soon.
It hasn't been an instant hit with me so far.
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Posted By: UMUR
Date Posted: 05 May 2021 at 3:09am
Vektor/Cryptosis - "Transmissions of Chaos": Nice split this one, which shows a new side of Vektor that I really enjoy. Gone are the annoying high pitched screaming vocals...finally.
I´ve also listened to the debut album by Frozen Soul titled "Crypt of Ice", which is a strongly Bolt Thrower influenced affair. Great album if you enjoy that style of death metal.
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Posted By: Tupan
Date Posted: 19 May 2021 at 12:10pm
The new album of Lake of Tears is a pleasant listen: http://www.metalmusicarchives.com/album/lake-of-tears/ominous
Posted By: LittleBig
Date Posted: 20 May 2021 at 9:41am
The new Dordeduh album, called "Har" is excellent.
Posted By: Nightfly
Date Posted: 21 May 2021 at 11:05am
^ Listened to some of that the other day. Sounded pretty good.
Posted By: adg211288
Date Posted: 24 May 2021 at 4:20am
Panopticon sneaked an album out earlier this month and I've only just found out about it.
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Posted By: UMUR
Date Posted: 24 May 2021 at 5:50am
I think I like the new Gojira. I find that I´m generally more a fan of their last couple of accessible releases, rather than their more progressive early recordings.
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Posted By: Nightfly
Date Posted: 24 May 2021 at 3:19pm
^ I quite like it myself though not enough to buy it.
Posted By: BitterJalapeno
Date Posted: 24 May 2021 at 4:02pm
^It has significantly grown on me since the first listen. For me, it has surpassed Magma but not quite in the same league as the 3 preceeding that.
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Posted By: Tupan
Date Posted: 25 May 2021 at 12:40pm
^It's pretty prog enough tho. Good album!
Posted By: Tupan
Date Posted: 25 May 2021 at 12:45pm
Aaaaaaaaand I've just added it to the database!
See and review: http://www.metalmusicarchives.com/album/dordeduh/har
Posted By: Unitron
Date Posted: 25 May 2021 at 5:01pm
Recently listened to these two bands, easily my favorite metal releases so far this year:
Nu metal with metalcore and melodic alt metal elements, and some electronic touches. Love their cover of Prodigy's Breathe, I think I like it more than the original.
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Posted By: Unitron
Date Posted: 26 May 2021 at 10:41pm
^I thought it might be something up your alley! Thanks for the rec, I'll try and get around to checking that out soon, Haven't really looked for any mathcore this year yet.
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Posted By: BitterJalapeno
Date Posted: 15 Jun 2021 at 4:56pm
I've been enjoying this proggy tech death release from Alluvial:
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Posted By: Nightfly
Date Posted: 17 Jun 2021 at 3:08pm
^ I don't know that one but proggy death always gets my interest. I'll check it out.
Posted By: BitterJalapeno
Date Posted: 17 Jun 2021 at 3:56pm
Nice one Paul. I hope you like it. I'm loving that Cryptosis album you reviewed more and more with each listen. Played it today on a work related drive from Glasgow to Gretna and then again on the way back!
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Posted By: LittleBig
Date Posted: 18 Jun 2021 at 12:59am
New Flotsam and Jetsam album is great
Posted By: Vim Fuego
Date Posted: 18 Jun 2021 at 2:05am
LittleBig wrote:
New Flotsam and Jetsam album is great
That it is. It's the first one I have actually enjoyed instantly in many years.
Posted By: siLLy puPPy
Date Posted: 18 Jun 2021 at 9:23am
PORTAL - Avow
Excellent if you like the band
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Posted By: BitterJalapeno
Date Posted: 19 Jun 2021 at 2:38am
^that was intense to say the least! I'll need to play that again soon. After one listen, I'm not sure if I enjoyed it or not, it was more an equally hypnotising and haunting experience.
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Posted By: BitterJalapeno
Date Posted: 19 Jun 2021 at 7:31am
New release from UK rap metal group Hacktivist - pretty decent. Meshuggah style groovy riffs with some punk aggression and grime style rapping.
Khaliq, I envisage this being up your street based on what I know of your tastes.
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Posted By: Nightfly
Date Posted: 19 Jun 2021 at 8:00am
BitterJalapeno wrote:
Nice one Paul. I hope you like it. I'm loving that Cryptosis album you reviewed more and more with each listen. Played it today on a work related drive from Glasgow to Gretna and then again on the way back!
Not bad at all actually, going to spend some more time with it.
Glad you're enjoying Cryptosis.
Posted By: Nightfly
Date Posted: 19 Jun 2021 at 8:02am
LittleBig wrote:
New Flotsam and Jetsam album is great
I agree, I've ordered the cd which is on the way now.
Posted By: BitterJalapeno
Date Posted: 26 Jun 2021 at 6:27am
The new offering from Pestilence was great on first listen
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Posted By: Nightfly
Date Posted: 26 Jun 2021 at 8:17am
^ Oh great the whole album is released now, hadn't realised it was out yet. I did hear the first 2 track they released from it. I thought one was great, the other less so, but ok.
Posted By: Vim Fuego
Date Posted: 26 Jun 2021 at 5:54pm
I really liked the new Pestilence. It's good old grunty death metal, and has dropped almost all of the tech/prog traces of the Spheres era.
Posted By: adg211288
Date Posted: 28 Jun 2021 at 6:15am
The new one from Pharaoh is really good. Their first album since 2012. I knew it was coming but it kinda stuck up on me in the end.
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Posted By: Nightfly
Date Posted: 28 Jun 2021 at 2:48pm
^ I just received it on CD last week. Only had chance to play it a couple of times so far but pretty impressed with it.
Posted By: Nightfly
Date Posted: 28 Jun 2021 at 2:57pm
Those who like a bit of crossover thrash will probably enjoy Forever Fire by Honey (need adding here which I'll do later this week when I have more time).
It's excellent but only seems to be available on vinyl at the moment which is fine with me but don't fancy paying £32 shipping on top of the cost of the LP. If anyone comes across anywhere selling it at a more reasonable shipping cost I'd be interested to know.
Posted By: BitterJalapeno
Date Posted: 21 Jul 2021 at 1:45pm
Some new tech death I've been on recently. For my taste, its a bit too excessive with the shredding in parts as I much prefer the more angular and dissonant side of tech death but it's undeniably an impressive release that I think a few here would enjoy greatly.
Dull and uninspired? No. Grab you by the balls and make you pay attention? No. Probably not top 5 of the year for me, but it will make my top 30.
I don't think it's near as good as Book of Souls, but I like it. Problem is, I don't love it. It might be a slow burn - A Matter of Life and Death was, and I think that's excellent now.
Posted By: Vim Fuego
Date Posted: 14 Sep 2021 at 2:54am
Metal of the year so far. Chaotic nu-metalcore with some touches of drum and bass and even a hint of vaporwave.
That description sounds like the deepest pits of musical hell to me, but it's also made me insanely curious. I really want to check this out now. My preconceptions have been proved very wrong in the past. Let's see what happens this time.
Posted By: adg211288
Date Posted: 14 Sep 2021 at 6:04am
Vim Fuego wrote:
UMUR wrote:
Does anyone else think the new Maiden is pretty dull an uninspired or is it just me?
Dull and uninspired? No. Grab you by the balls and make you pay attention? No. Probably not top 5 of the year for me, but it will make my top 30.
I don't think it's near as good as Book of Souls, but I like it. Problem is, I don't love it. It might be a slow burn - A Matter of Life and Death was, and I think that's excellent now.
I find it quite subtly brilliant personally. Takes a few listens to to get a feel for it as well. I also find that the songs flow together really well. I don't think I'll end up regarding it as high as The Book of Souls though.
Metal of the year so far. Chaotic nu-metalcore with some touches of drum and bass and even a hint of vaporwave.
That description sounds like the deepest pits of musical hell to me, but it's also made me insanely curious. I really want to check this out now. My preconceptions have been proved very wrong in the past. Let's see what happens this time.
You're a braver man than me. That descriptions an 'ah hell no' moment for me.
Metal of the year so far. Chaotic nu-metalcore with some touches of drum and bass and even a hint of vaporwave.
That description sounds like the deepest pits of musical hell to me, but it's also made me insanely curious. I really want to check this out now. My preconceptions have been proved very wrong in the past. Let's see what happens this time.
You're a braver man than me. That descriptions an 'ah hell no' moment for me.
Yeah I think I´ll pass too
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Posted By: UMUR
Date Posted: 14 Sep 2021 at 9:28am
adg211288 wrote:
Vim Fuego wrote:
UMUR wrote:
Does anyone else think the new Maiden is pretty dull an uninspired or is it just me?
Dull and uninspired? No. Grab you by the balls and make you pay attention? No. Probably not top 5 of the year for me, but it will make my top 30.
I don't think it's near as good as Book of Souls, but I like it. Problem is, I don't love it. It might be a slow burn - A Matter of Life and Death was, and I think that's excellent now.
I find it quite subtly brilliant personally. Takes a few listens to to get a feel for it as well. I also find that the songs flow together really well. I don't think I'll end up regarding it as high as The Book of Souls though.
The only song I really like is "The Writing on the Wall". The rest to me is a blur of slow- to mid paced slow building tracks (even the fastest parts on the album lack punch and power), which I have a hard time remembering anything from and I don´t like the sound production either. Shirley is the wrong choice of producer for Maiden if you ask me. Mind you this is still Maiden of couse, which means I still think the album is solid (which speaks volumes of the greatness of Maiden that an uninspired and dull offering is still a solid effort), but I don´t hear the excellence that some people hear. My review is written and ready to be posted, but I´ll give the album a few more spinds before posting, to see if my opinion changes. It seldom does though. My first impression is usually the one I still have years down the line with most releases...
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Posted By: Time Signature
Date Posted: 14 Sep 2021 at 11:18am
UMUR wrote:
adg211288 wrote:
Vim Fuego wrote:
UMUR wrote:
Does anyone else think the new Maiden is pretty dull an uninspired or is it just me?
Dull and uninspired? No. Grab you by the balls and make you pay attention? No. Probably not top 5 of the year for me, but it will make my top 30.
I don't think it's near as good as Book of Souls, but I like it. Problem is, I don't love it. It might be a slow burn - A Matter of Life and Death was, and I think that's excellent now.
I find it quite subtly brilliant personally. Takes a few listens to to get a feel for it as well. I also find that the songs flow together really well. I don't think I'll end up regarding it as high as The Book of Souls though.
The only song I really like is "The Writing on the Wall". The rest to me is a blur of slow- to mid paced slow building tracks (even the fastest parts on the album lack punch and power), which I have a hard time remembering anything from and I don´t like the sound production either. Shirley is the wrong choice of producer for Maiden if you ask me. Mind you this is still Maiden of couse, which means I still think the album is solid (which speaks volumes of the greatness of Maiden that an uninspired and dull offering is still a solid effort), but I don´t hear the excellence that some people hear. My review is written and ready to be posted, but I´ll give the album a few more spinds before posting, to see if my opinion changes. It seldom does though. My first impression is usually the one I still have years down the line with most releases...
I quite enjoy it, but it's definitely not my favorite post-2000 Maiden album. I do miss some faster songs - just one or two would have been nice. Still, there are a lot of things I enjoy on this album, such as the riff that kucks in after the intro of 'Days of Future Past' and the kind of sailor jig style guitar melody thst appears @3:58 in 'The Time Machine'. The title track is very cool with the taiko-inspired drums and all that. But yeah, pretty much all the tracks are midpaced so there's not that much variation in that respect.
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Posted By: Vim Fuego
Date Posted: 16 Sep 2021 at 12:19pm
Metal of the year so far. Chaotic nu-metalcore with some touches of drum and bass and even a hint of vaporwave.
That description sounds like the deepest pits of musical hell to me, but it's also made me insanely curious. I really want to check this out now. My preconceptions have been proved very wrong in the past. Let's see what happens this time.
OK, this is 19 minutes long... Seemed longer. Glad I checked it out, but I won't be listening again.
Posted By: Unitron
Date Posted: 22 Sep 2021 at 9:52pm
Fuck,
it's gonna be hard for me to pick between this and Desolate as my
favorite metal of the year. This is more fantastic crushing
nu-metalcore, but these guys go all out with the electronics. Glitchy
breakbeats and drum and bass are all around, Russia really knows how
awesome electronic metal is.
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Posted By: Psydye
Date Posted: 22 Sep 2021 at 11:58pm
^Listening to that now and it already sounds the superior of the 2 releases. The electronic elements make it more interesting imo.
Posted By: Unitron
Date Posted: 31 Oct 2021 at 5:28pm
This is an album I keep coming back to, and next to the new Limp Bizkit is the album from this year I've been listening to most. Fantastic grunge album, somewhat in the vein of Purple-era STP. Their other two albums from this year are great as well.
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Posted By: Vim Fuego
Date Posted: 17 Nov 2021 at 11:23pm
New Exodus is out tomorrow!
Posted By: Nightfly
Date Posted: 18 Nov 2021 at 12:37pm
^ Looking forward to that, my CD is on the way.
Posted By: Vim Fuego
Date Posted: 18 Nov 2021 at 4:17pm
And it's a fucking ripper! Just what I wanted from a new Exodus album.
Posted By: Tupan
Date Posted: 25 Nov 2021 at 4:25pm
The new ODRADEK ROOM is short but sweet. Nice blend of prog and death-doom: http://www.metalmusicarchives.com/album/odradek-room/painted-mind
(unfortunately, I couldn't put the cover art here)