Ah! I knew I had at least one guy right. Happy to hear that. But I absolutely disagree, I think the female vocals are just enough on this, I don't need any more. The guy does a decent job .

The description doesn't sound like something I'd like but it does involve a member of Baroness so... I'll at least look into it.

Eventually.

For my fellas who enjoy Carpenter Brut (btw, new EP coming this December and I'm bloody addicted to this teaser snippet - damn you Brut!) and/or Perturbator, I found this little thingie: Metropolis by Nightcrawler. Seems my electronica goes retro obsession is in full run.

Just discovered this guy so I'll share this before it slips my mind. Incredible finger picking and songwriting

Aphex Twin's new song has been revealed:

This! its damn good synth album :

Mega Drive is somewhat close to Peturbator in term of music ,but maybe somehow less dark .

New iamthemorning album - Belighted (Progressive Rock)

Opal Onyx are great. Beautiful female vocals, nice electronic touches and all-embracing atmosphere. I fucking adore it. Also THAT cover art...

Hard to know what this is, but probably some kind of classical-laden folk. At any rate this could be my non-metal album of the year if successive listens please me as much.

Unless you are fan of My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, it probably won't have much appeal as it's heavily story based being a rock opera, but Destiny: A Tale of Unicorn Wings is a fantastic progressive rock album, the only problem is the vocals are a bit subpar to the music.

A whole lot of "stay the fuck away" is beaming from that.

Something for fans of Jari Lindholm (Atoma, Enshine, ex-Slumber) - "Drifting Ever Shifting" - a new album by Seas of Years:

The full album ain't out yet, but the new Grouper is going to be glorious. It's leaked, I haven't heard it, but judging by comments and this song it's leaning more towards the singer-songwriter end of the spectrum she's always balanced, with less ambient. Suits me just fine, I always thought Dragging a Dead Deer Up a Hill was her best album.

Written by IronAngel on 21.10.2014 at 01:50

The full album ain't out yet, but the new Grouper is going to be glorious. It's leaked, I haven't heard it, but judging by comments and this song it's leaning more towards the singer-songwriter end of the spectrum she's always balanced, with less ambient. Suits me just fine, I always thought Dragging a Dead Deer Up a Hill was her best album.

Sounds really nice!

btw did you listen to the new Orcas ... a bit of a curve ball compared to the debut, with the drums and all!

Written by InnerSelf on 28.10.2014 at 07:19

btw did you listen to the new Orcas ... a bit of a curve ball compared to the debut, with the drums and all!

I did, yeah. I was a little disappointed; it's a good album and I would have been excited if it had been some generic indie dream pop band doing it. But for the most part, it lacked the fragile magic of the debut. Filament works really well, but especially Infinite Stillness and Half Light are way too in your face and vanilla for these guys. I mean, I really like Half Light as a song, but it just feels out of place here. And there's nothing like Until Then here. Still, good album, just not AotY material!

Written by IronAngel on 28.10.2014 at 10:53

I did, yeah. I was a little disappointed; it's a good album and I would have been excited if it had been some generic indie dream pop band doing it. But for the most part, it lacked the fragile magic of the debut. Filament works really well, but especially Infinite Stillness and Half Light are way too in your face and vanilla for these guys. I mean, I really like Half Light as a song, but it just feels out of place here. And there's nothing like Until Then here. Still, good album, just not AotY material!

My thoughts exactly! I learned to like it for what it is though, and more of Benoit's vocals is never a bad thing, loved his performance on Capillaries/Selah.

Sleeping Pulse, the new project of Antimatter's Mick Moss and Luis Fazendeiro (Painted Black):

Anyone listened to the DJ Shadow EP? If he can pull of an LP of similar quality, I will be very pleased. Obviously not Endtroducing, but there's never been another Endtroducing, so...

Ritual Howls is most likely something I'm going to go back to, thanks for the discovery


For those of you who like 70's Oriental influenced Psychedelic Rock like Agitation Free or Kraan, this Thaï collective delivers some really cool jams:

My pleasure. I love this ^ cover. I started listening to it, you can't do more exotic than that. It's nice background music.

My current number 2 album of the year; Bestiary by Hail Mary Mallon (a collab project between Aesop Rock, Rob Sonic, and DJ Big Wiz). Absolutely perfect beats, unbelievable flow, and it doesn't lose appeal through multiple listens. Aesop linked to a full upload of the album on his FB page, which is pretty cool of them to do. Check it

Another super cool non-metal album I recently found is "I" by Extreme Precautions. It's a chilling electronic album that creates such a dense and bleak atmosphere that it will have you engulfed for its' entirety without a doubt. If dark electronic music is up your alley, fuckin check this shit out (the image has the link embedded in it: I stole Ilham's method for linking shit).

Written by Ilham on 15.11.2014 at 22:47

It was released in 2013, but fuck da police.

Yeah I always wondered, why can't we turn these threads in "new album recommendations that I found in 2014"? =P

Written by Karlabos on 15.11.2014 at 23:11

Yeah I always wondered, why can't we turn these threads in "new album recommendations that I found in 2014"? =P

Haha yeah, I like your interpretation. I mean, it's already so hard to push the non-metal envelope around here, if I go post that in the "indie rock" thread, if there there is one, it's going to go unnoticed. I will treat this thread like a "non metal recommendations from the recent couple of years" .

True men listen to emo, so here's some new Prawn and Pianos Become the Teeth. Both keep it delightfully old-school with the inclusion of post-rock elements, and gone is the screamo of earlier PBtT albums:

Written by Alex F on 11.11.2014 at 04:15

Another super cool non-metal album I recently found is "I" by Extreme Precautions. It's a chilling electronic album that creates such a dense and bleak atmosphere that it will have you engulfed for its' entirety without a doubt. If dark electronic music is up your alley, fuckin check this shit out (the image has the link embedded in it: I stole Ilham's method for linking shit).

Yep this was cool. Thanks. Recommended if you need a break for metal violence and in need for electronic violence.

Written by Paz on 26.09.2014 at 10:47

Opal Onyx are great. Beautiful female vocals, nice electronic touches and all-embracing atmosphere. I fucking adore it. Also THAT cover art...

A bit late, but I finally listened to this. Beautiful album, thanks. I just love those vocals, and that art. I'm repeating what you said, I'll stop here.

Picked this up a few weeks ago, shit's a jam: