20:37 - musclassia
There's been a good amount of worthy stuff so far, and there's promising stuff to come, but I feel like overall I've found more albums I really felt strongly about in previous years, and my favourite find this year was from 2014

20:34 - musclassia
Even with my best efforts, there's only so much I can hear, and I'd say I haven't been at my most commited this year, but I've still listened to about 150 new albums so far, across a fairly broad range of subgenres

20:29 - musclassia
But life commitments, listening to previously discovered music, discovering music from previous years, and general enthusiasm ultimately limit how much people can discover

20:25 - musclassia
As far as "X year is a good/bad year goes", if you hear literally everything that comes out with any kind of reputation and enjoy every sub(sub)genre of metal then you'll probably find enough you love

19:25 - Apothecary
Yeah, Mikael was curator in 2014, the first year I went. That Friday was mostly a day of boring grandpa prog rock. But Terra Tenebrosa played later that night as well, that made it worth it

18:49 - VIG
@Marcel THat roadburn lineup sounds awesome. I need to check out all of those albums you named of this year. Also, the guy from Opeth curated Roadburn?

18:18 - gnimas
well said Marcel

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	Paradise Lost Medusa
	Eluveitie Evocation II - Pantheon
	Sun Of The Sleepless To The Elements
	Orden Ogan Gunmen
	Accept The Rise Of Chaos
	Decapitated Anticult
	Rage Seasons Of The Black
	Suffocation …Of The Dark Light
	Schammasch The Maldoror Chants: Hermaphrodite [EP]

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