Top 10 - 2013 / Salvador Aguinaga II
January 22, 2014
No. 10
Band: Purson
Album: The Circle and the Blue Door
General Info:
Year of Formation: 2011
Label: Rise Above Records (EUR) / Metal Blade (US)
DEEP PURPLE is one of my all-time favorite music groups, particularly around the early -70's. PURSON's debut album, "The Circle and the Blue Door" is a grand reminder and reminiscent of those times. With great execution in the psychedelic arts, you're treated to a well-rounded album with unorthodox tendencies that work so well.
No. 9
Band: Nhor
Album: Within the Darkness Between the Starlight
General Info
Year of Formation: 1988
Label: Prophecy Productions
It's a melancholic display of the beautiful sadness that surrounds us. It can be fierce yet gentle like a crippled infant bird. Whatever the case, it feels like you're baring witness to a rebirth.
No. 8
Band: Defeated Sanity
Album: Passages Into Deformity
General Info
Year of Formation: 1994
Label: Willowtip
It might be difficult to get into, but the musicianship is top notch. Therefore, I urge you to listen to "Passages into Deformity" carefully. At first you might not understand, but if you're willing to give it chance you might have your eyes open to a new plane.
No. 7
Band: Ulcerate
Album: Vermis
General Info
Year of Formation: 2002
Label: Relapse Records
The drumming is a true delicacy to witness, er hear. I feel like a mouse in a maze. A feeling of attentiveness subdues me yet there's an urgency to uncover the cloak that surrounds this heavy masterpiece.
No. 6
Band: Clad in Darkness
Album: Decathect
General Info
Year of Formation: 1999
Label: Independent
Indeed it's a Progressive Black Metal album but retains all the qualities of authentic Black Metal while exploring in other fields. The desolate atmosphere is present throughout companied with drumming full of versatility and life.
No. 5
Band: Abyssal
Album: Novit Enim Dominus Qui Sunt Eius
General Info
Year of Formation: 2011
Label: Independent
It's a supreme and dark album that truly delivers a suffocating experience. The vocals perfectly layer the musicality of Death/Black/Doom Metal. It's sure to please Death and Black metal fans alike, even more so when it blends so ideally.
No. 4
Band: Lychgate
Album: Lychgate
General Info
Year of Formation: 2012
Label: Mordgrimm
I like to think of LYCHGATE as the evolution of Black Metal. They represent everything yet at the same time they do not. They're truly an intelligent breach into the art.
No. 3
Band: Lecherous Nocturne
Album: Behold Almighty Doctrine
General Info
Year of Formation: 1997
Label: Unique Leader Records
As with DEFEATED SANITY this is a difficult album to get into. In fact, you'll most likely come back to it again to question what you just heard. But once you have a grasp of it all, you'll appreciate the teamwork and hard work that was put into "Behold Almighty Doctrine".
No. 2
Band: Zealotry
Album: The Charnel Expanse
General Info
Year of Formation: 2005
Label: Independent
Gritty Death Metal with excellent, and I mean excellent, drumming that's all there's to it. In fact it's the same drummer in DEFEATED SANITY, Lille Gruber.
No. 1
Band: Burzum
Album: Sol Austan, Mâni Vestan
General Info
Year of Formation: 1991
Label: Byelobog Productions
Varg Vikernes is a genius and intelligible musician as he is a curious life form. No matter in what style he indulges in it comes out with integrity and with the utmost ethereal qualities. "Sol Austan, Mâni Vestan" is an ambient album that plays like a soundtrack to a dark, mysterious, yet adventurous RPG.
Source:
More results...
