New Album Recommendations 2011
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I couldn't find a topic like this, so I'm not sure if there's a lot of interest in it. But since one of the biggest reasons for my coming here is to discover new music, I think we ought to have a topic dedicated to recommending the latest and greatest music to have just been released. We have staff picks and great reviews already, but a lot of stuff goes under the radar. So share your exciting new discoveries or the comebacks of old favorites with the rest of us here.
I guess it's nice to start this from the beginning of the year, but you can of course recommend some 2010 albums you think were overlooked, too.
My recommendations that haven't already been covered by MS reviews are, so far:
Crowbar - Sever The Wicked Hand: Kirk got sober and found Jesus. Good for him, I guess. It doesn't show in the music, which is as thick, sludgy and melancholy as ever before. Another solid addition to an incredibly consistent discography, if not quite their strongest effort.
DoomSword - The Eternal Battle: I've been pretty unfamiliar with DoomSword for a long time even if I've known about them and heard a song here and there. That's still the case. From what I can tell, though, The Eternal Battle is not quite as doomy and epic as their first albums but rather leans towards traditional heavy metal with the faster riffs and stuff. Pretty impressive nonetheless, there's something authentic and endearing about the band. (Couldn't find a sample, sorry.)
Weedeater - Jason... The Dragon: The sludge/stoner act Weedeater buzzes and crushes away with a deep, heavy sound that really appeals to me. When they're loud, they're tight. There's some strange filler and interludes on this album that don't really fit in, though.
Orchid - Capricorn: Orchid have released a lauded EP already, but Capricorn is their first full-length. They play groovy old school Sabbath worship. It's not new, but why should it be when it's this good?
I guess it's nice to start this from the beginning of the year, but you can of course recommend some 2010 albums you think were overlooked, too.
My recommendations that haven't already been covered by MS reviews are, so far:
Crowbar - Sever The Wicked Hand: Kirk got sober and found Jesus. Good for him, I guess. It doesn't show in the music, which is as thick, sludgy and melancholy as ever before. Another solid addition to an incredibly consistent discography, if not quite their strongest effort.
DoomSword - The Eternal Battle: I've been pretty unfamiliar with DoomSword for a long time even if I've known about them and heard a song here and there. That's still the case. From what I can tell, though, The Eternal Battle is not quite as doomy and epic as their first albums but rather leans towards traditional heavy metal with the faster riffs and stuff. Pretty impressive nonetheless, there's something authentic and endearing about the band. (Couldn't find a sample, sorry.)
Weedeater - Jason... The Dragon: The sludge/stoner act Weedeater buzzes and crushes away with a deep, heavy sound that really appeals to me. When they're loud, they're tight. There's some strange filler and interludes on this album that don't really fit in, though.
Orchid - Capricorn: Orchid have released a lauded EP already, but Capricorn is their first full-length. They play groovy old school Sabbath worship. It's not new, but why should it be when it's this good?
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| IronAngel Posts: 4872  |
Oooh right. I'd forgotten all about those releases. I heard Shadowland once when it came out, but never went back to it later. I knew they also had a full-length out, but I missed it altogether. I keep list of the current year's most interesting new albums, and I'm at about 200 albums right now, so Barn Owl got kinda buried under a pile of ambient and drone. But I notice both albums are now on Spotify. Listening to the LP atm, sounds quite great. The track you posted is probably my least favorite so far, though.  Edit: Shadowland is better than I remembered. These repetitive first two tracks are gorgeous. Last tack is a bit meh.
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Account deleted Written by IronAngel on 11.10.2011 at 23:48 Yeah I went for the most metal track for the sake of the site  I haven't really listened to individual songs, just the album as a whole. It's hard to keep an eye on what song is playing with stuff like this as it flows together very nicely.
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| R'Vannith ghedengi Elite Posts: 3099  |
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| R'Vannith ghedengi Elite Posts: 3099 |
Written by Guest on 13.10.2011 at 17:01 It caught me by surprise too, only found out about it a few days ago. I've only heard The Icthiologyst, which was a really difficult album for me to get into at first, but this new one is sounding like an improvement I think.
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| Troy Killjoy perfunctionist Staff Posts: 21306  |
Written by R'Vannith on 13.10.2011 at 14:55 Man I love their sound. Great song; I'll get around to hearing the album in its entirety asap.
---- "Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools because they have to say something."
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| Guib Thrash Talker Posts: 3074  |
OK, Thrash lovers... YOU MUST buy Forever Abomination by Skeletonwitch IT fucking kills !
---- - Headbanging with mostly clogged arteries to that stuff - Guib's List Of Essential Albums - Also Thrash Paradise Thrash Here
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| R'Vannith ghedengi Elite Posts: 3099 |
Doesn't happen all that often but here is some Black metal which I'm enjoying from a one man band by the name of 'Fyrnask':
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| IronAngel Posts: 4872 |
Thanks for the Giant Squid heads up. It's now streaming on NPR First Listen. I was browsing my 2011 playlist which includes pretty much everything I've come across on Spotify, and discovered this gem of an album I'd forgotten to add to my lists of interesting stuff. Have to rectify that immediately. It's some kind of industrial/drone with some metal feel to it.
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| JÄY Metal slave Posts: 1567  |
Some great thrash - Dekaitotor's The Calm before the storm I dunno what else to say...pretty aggressive and fast paced
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| IronAngel Posts: 4872 |
Been playing this quite a lot the last few days. I love it. Rwake play sludge with a hardcore edge, quite like the atmospheric sludge style that's prevalent these days, but with a much more aggressive and energetic take at it. I love how heavy simplicity and technical furiousness alternate in the music.
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| Marcel Hubregtse Grumpy Old Fuck Elite Posts: 40071  |
Written by JÄY on 16.10.2011 at 03:33 I guess you mean Dekpitator. But that one is already about two years old. So, as for a 2011 recommendation... 
---- Member of the true crusade against European Flower Metal Yesterday is dead and gone, tomorrow is out of sight Dawn Crosby (r.i.p.) 05.04.1963 - 15.12.1996 
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| JÄY Metal slave Posts: 1567 |
Written by Marcel Hubregtse on 17.10.2011 at 17:59 haha woops! well, its 2011....and thats a recommendation haha
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| Koen Smits Posts: 1331  |
Written by Marcel Hubregtse on 17.10.2011 at 17:59 I guess you mean Dekpitator.  You were correcting somebody?
---- RIP: Frank Vandenbroucke (6 nov 1974 - 12 oct 2009) Written by Bad English on 05.04.2014 at 15:05 but spoil thius film is like spoil porn and say porn ends whit cum shot ...
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Written by Koen Smits on 17.10.2011 at 20:23 let me see what my excuse for the fuck up is... Oh yeah, I am Dutch and we invented copper wire  and I got up at 4 a.m. today because of work and was extremely happy at the time of posting because my Vallenfyre and Vanhelgd vinyl had arrived 
---- Member of the true crusade against European Flower Metal Yesterday is dead and gone, tomorrow is out of sight Dawn Crosby (r.i.p.) 05.04.1963 - 15.12.1996
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| (((O))) Posts: 373  |
The new Arizmenda is great, awesome cover art too. Psychedelic/atmospheric black metal.
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| Troy Killjoy perfunctionist Staff Posts: 21306 |
Written by Guest on 18.10.2011 at 16:06 I couldn't get into their stuff at all. It just annoyed me. :/
---- "Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools because they have to say something."
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| Slayer666 Posts: 2466  |
Written by Troy Killjoy on 18.10.2011 at 21:42 Fo' realz? Quite possibly the best thing that ever came out of America (the entire continent, not just the US). Other than maybe Xasthur. And definitely second to porn. Listened to their new one again today, damn that's some fine stuff. I'd add them to MS. Just sayin'...
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Written by Guest on 18.10.2011 at 21:58 HA! >> I like some noise/drone stoofs but it isn't my preference. When it's done like Corrupted I definitely appreciate it more.
---- "Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools because they have to say something."
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| IronAngel Posts: 4872 |
Thanks for Lento. I was looking forward to the album early this year, but it didn't appear on Spotify and I had so much other stuff to listen to that I gave it up and forgot about it. Seems to be available now though. I'll put it on asap, I really liked their debut.
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| R'Vannith ghedengi Elite Posts: 3099 |
Some brilliant tech-death in the Israeli band Eternal Gray's latest, this track in particular is one of the best I've heard all year:
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