This isn't my final 'Best Of The Year' list, so no need to get your knickers in a twist. I know it's only November, and there are still albums that came out this year I haven't got round to hearing yet, so this is really more of a primer for that list, a little preview of what has been rocking my ears this year. Also, I've had this shit swimming around in my head for weeks now and need to get it down on 'paper', or I'm going to forget something important and end up making Avenged Sevenfold or some shit like that my album of the year. Haha, yeah right.
Anyway, in no particular order, albums that I have dug the heck out of this year. (I'll go into detail about just why each of these is awesome in my full post)
Black Breath - 'Heavy Breathing'
Torche - 'Songs For Singles'
Kvelertak - 'Kvelertak'
Envy - 'Recitation'
Oceansize - 'Self Preserved While the Bodies Float Up'
Intronaut - 'Valley Of Smoke'
The Ocean - 'Heliocentric/Anthropocentric'
Martin O'Donnell - 'Halo Reach OST'
Fact - 'In The Blink Of An Eye'
Arsis - 'Starve For The Devil'
The Dillinger Escape Plan - 'Option Paralysis'
The Secret - 'Solve Et Coagula'
Coliseum - 'House With A Curse'
High On Fire - 'Snakes For The Divine'
Astrohenge - 'Astrohenge'
Deftones - 'Diamond Eyes'
Jonsi - 'Go'
Sweet Cobra - 'Mercy'
Titan - 'Sweet Dreams'
Daft Punk - 'Tron Legacy OST'
I don't normally go out of my way to rag on albums that failed to live up to expectation, but man, 'Spiral Shadow' by Kylesa was a big step down from last year's incredible 'Static Tensions'. OK, I've only listened to it once, but I found it to be overwhelmingly, soul-crushingly dull, and that is one thing metal should NEVER be. Sorry guys (and gal), better luck next time!
Expect me to have whittled down (and possibly completely changed) this list sometime before we wave goodbye to 2010!
Thursday, 11 November 2010
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