1. Gojira – Fortitude (Roadrunner)
2. Dying Wish – Fragments of a Bitter Memory (SharpTone)
3. At the Gates – Nightmare of Being (Century Media)
4. Der Weg Einer Freiheit – Noktvrn (Season of Mist)
5. Harakiri for the Sky – Maere (AOP)
6. So Hideous – None but a Pure Heart Can Sing (Silent Pendulum)
7. Amenra – De Doom (Relapse)
8. Carcass – Torn Arteries (Nuclear Blast)
9. Malist – Karst Relict (Northern Silence)
10. Violet Cold – Empire of Love (La Petite Mort Prod.)
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Best Albums Of 2019: Tool, Idle Hands, Immortal Bird, Destrage, Enisum
Posted in Lists, Sound Off with tags Destrage, Devil Master, Enisum, Idle Hands, Immortal Bird, Insomnium, Together to the Stars, Tool, Ultar, Vanum on 01/19/2020 by Kurt Orzeck1. Tool – Fear Inoculum (Volcano/RCA)
2. Idle Hands – Mana (Eisenwald Tonschmiede) Continue reading
Best Albums Of 2018: Agrimonia, UADA, At The Gates, Harakiri for the Sky, Immortal
Posted in Lists, Sound Off with tags Agrimonia, Anaal Nakarath, At the Gates, Chapel of Disease, Cult Leader, Dark Oath, Daughters, Deletere, Drudkh, Fluisteraars, Glorior Belli, Harakiri for the Sky, Immortal, Kalmah, Panopticon, Shylmagoghnar, Skeletonwitch, Turia, UADA, YOB, Zeal & Ardor on 01/02/2019 by Kurt Orzeck
1. Agrimonia – Awaken (Southern Lord)
2. UADA – Cult of a Dying Sun (Eisenwald Tonschmiede) Continue reading
Best Albums Of 2017: War On Drugs, Queens Of The Stone Age
Posted in Lists, Sound Off with tags Cannibal Corpse, cloud nothings, Mastodon, Ne Obliviscaris, Oneohtrix Point Never, Pallbearer, Power Trip, Queens of the Stone Age, War On Drugs, Woe on 06/10/2018 by Kurt Orzeck
1. War on Drugs – A Deeper Understanding (Atlantic)
2. Queens of the Stone Age – Villains (Matador) Continue reading
Best Albums Of 2016: Cobalt, Ancst, Black Fast
Posted in Album Reviews, Lists, Reviews, Sound Off with tags Ancst, Bhavachakra, Black Fast, Cobalt, Cult of Luna, Dark Tranquillity, Germ, Julie Christmas, Khemmis, Mantar, Martyrdöd, Meshuggah, Oranssi Pazuzu, Sumac, Vredehammer, Wode on 12/20/2016 by Kurt Orzeck1. Cobalt – Slow Forever (Profound Lore)
2. Ancst – Moloch (Halo of Flies) Continue reading
Best Albums Of 2015: Tribulation, High On Fire
Posted in Album Reviews, Lists, Reviews, Sound Off on 12/16/2015 by Kurt Orzeck1. Tribulation – Children of the Night (Century Media)
2. High on Fire – Luminiferous (E1) Continue reading
Best Albums Of 2014: Nux Vomica, At The Gates, Harakiri For The Sky
Posted in Album Reviews, Lists, Reviews, Sound Off on 12/20/2014 by Kurt Orzeck1. Nux Vomica – Nux Vomica (Relapse)
2. At the Gates – At War With Reality (Century Media)
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Best Albums Of 2013: Agrimonia, ASG, Beneath The Tides
Posted in Album Reviews, Lists, Reviews on 12/30/2013 by Kurt OrzeckBest Albums Of 2012: Cloud Nothings, Woods of Ypres, Be’lakor
Posted in Album Reviews, Lists, Reviews, Sound Off with tags belakor, Black Breath, cloud nothings, Converge, demonical, goatwhore, Gojira, High on Fire, metz, Woods of Ypres on 01/01/2013 by Kurt Orzeck1. Cloud Nothings – Attack on Memory (Carpark)
2. Woods of Ypres – Woods 5: Grey Skies & Electric Light (Earache)
• “Woods Of Ypres’ David Gold And Crash Test Dummies’ Brad Roberts: Doppelgängers”
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