This is last edition of albums. I will post one more list with other noteworthy music of 2019 which might or might not include artists I found this year but who didn’t release anything this year. It will come soon. This was supposed to come next week but I made this already. So I won’t estimate when next should come. It comes when it is ready.
Visions : Temples
After previous list I went to check Cyclic Law’s Bandcamp. I found few albums more to buy and this one to add this list. I had bought more than those two on previous list but had forgotten they were from Cyclic Law. If I am not mistaken Visions is label’s owner’s own project. He doesn’t seem to has such a tight grip on what is released than one other ambient label’s owner who masters albums he releases making all albums have unified sound. I will check Cyclic Law’s catalogue more carefully.
Babymetal: Metal Galaxy
I honestly don’t know which I found first Babymetal or Necronomidol. I saw Necronomidol live first. I will see Babymetal next year. Bands are reason why I am so much into Japanese music at the moment. Metal Galaxy is Babymetal’s third album. I started to lose faith after singles released after last album but Metal Galaxy was better than I expected. They didn’t change style like I feared.
Broken by the Scream: Noisy Night Fever
I am more excited by Broken by the Scream than I am about Babymetal. They are probably too extreme to become as popular. Noisy Night Fever was released earlier in Japan. Rest of the world had to wait until December. Album sample video was released shortly before album was released in Japan. We had to wait for few months knowing what was coming.
Maison Book Girl: Umi to Uchu no Kodomotachi
Don’t expect me to say anything deep about the album. It was released less than week ago. This time they have dropped weird intros between songs they had on Yume. This is Maison Book Girl’s album. Unless something strange happens their albums will be among my favorite albums of the year.
The Hu: The Gereg
The Hu was my gateway to Mongolian Folk Metal. I found other bands but they haven’t released anything this year. Anything I have bought yet at least. Someone has made ten hour version of their song Wolf Totem. It was how I found the band. I call this folk metal even though they don’t have electric guitars. Everything else is folk metal.
Church of the Cosmic Skull: Everybody’s Going to Die
Everybody’s Going to Die wasn’t released December. Only couple days before December. I already wrote post talking about their other video. Everybody’s Going to Die is the album where Church of the Cosmic Skull realizes they don’t have to put every idea to one song. This streamlining makes band work better.
Thanatonaut: Interstellar
If you like Dark Space you probably like Thanatonaut. Dark Space likes Thanatonaut. I found Thanatonaut from Dark Space’s Facebook post. Both bands have same crushing style. When you surrender to onslaught you start to see nuances in music. Thanatonaut is more melodic of the two but it has lot of similarities to Dark Space. Thanatonaus’ sister band Cold Womb Descent released album Futurism same day 7th of December. Don’t know if there are any deeper meanings on releasing albums on same day.
Inter Arma: Sulphur English
I assume Sulphur English is one of those albums where producer has molded band into something amazing. I have checked Inter Arma’s older material but it doesn’t sound as good. It could also be the band have found their own style on this album. I hope it is the latter because it means I could hear more of this goodness.
Profetus: The Sadness of Time Passing
I could say here almost everything I said about The Howling Void’s Bleak and Everlasting in previous post. Style is funeral doom. I don’t listen it all the time but good funeral doom is really good. Bonus points for band being from Finland.If I had to put two albums on order I would probably put this first. Both are really good albums.
Rammstein: Rammstein
Mutter is one of my all time favorite albums but I haven’t liked their other albums as much. Sure they have good songs but albums as a whole are not good enough for buying the whole album. Until this album. It is not on level of Mutter but good enough to buy and to be on this list. I went to check their other albums but still don’t feel like buying them.
That was it for best albums. I will make another post about music I found this year. Not sure what the name will be.