Ksera - 6 Tracks 'Ep

Genre: Hardcore/Punk
Country: Greece
Year: 2017



1. A1
2. A2
3. A3
4. Ξ1
5. Ξ2
6. Ξ3

2nd 'Ep by Ksera (ΞΕΡΑ). Six short, in your face songs of old school hardcore/punk that brings in mind Dead Kennedys. Raw and rough production, a guy that shouts his lungs out and a gargling bass guitar.

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Pagan Altar - The Room Of Shadows

Genre: Heavy/Doom
Country: England
Year: 2017


1. Rising Of The Dead
2. The Portrait Of Dorian Gray
3. Danse Macabre
4. Dance Of The Vampires
5. The Room Of Shadows
6. The Ripper
7. After Forever

5th album by Pagan Altar. Originally intended for release several years prior, titled 'Never Quite Dead', the album was partly re-recorded after Terry Jones' death. Obnoxious vocal lines by Terry, mesmerizing playing by Terry’s son, Alan, at the guitars, lively lyrics and catchy turns of melodies. All the above composes the swansong of a legendary group.

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Midnight - Sweet Death And Ecstasy

Genre: Black/Speed
Country: U.S.A.
Year: 2017


1. Crushed By Demons
2. Penetratal Ecstasy
3. Here Comes Sweet Death
4. Melting Brain
5. Rabid!
6. Bitch Mongrel
7. Poison Trash
8. Before My Time In Hell

3rd album by Midnight. Athenar is back with slower tempos but without lucking the fun of his earlier releases. Hell, satan, sex and metal! A great mix of Venom and early Bathory. Still fresh with the necessary catchiness. One of my favorite albums for 2017.

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Black Cyclone - Death Is King

Genre: Speed/Thrash
Country: Sweden
Year: 2018


1. Death Is Crowned As King
2. Hordes
3. Black Cyclone
4. Falling Star
5. Beast Battalion
6. IÄH
7. Under Your Hoof
8. Death By Crushing
9. This Is It

Debut album by Black Cyclone. An amazing debut album by a group that features some known members of the swedish scene (Trial, Warheim, Pagan Rites). Old school speed/thrash of high quality. Catchy, melodic songs with no fillers. A surprisingly well-crafted release that came out of nowhere!

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R.I.P. Fast Eddie Clarke

Top Albums of 2017

Hello Friends and a happy new year! A poor year for the blog, since my free time is almost 0. Nevertheless, my top albums list features some great releases for 2017. I'm sure there are pretty good albums out there that i've missed.

Thrash
1. Power Trip - Nightmare Logic
2. Condor - Unstoppable Power
3. Overkill - The Grinding Wheel
4. Antichrist - Sinful Birth
5. Obnoxious Youth - Disturbing The Graves
6. Municipal Waste - Slime And Punishment

Death
1. Paradise Lost - Medusa
2. Obituary - Obituary
3. Dying Fetus - Wrong One To Fuck WIth
4. Benighted - Necrobreed
5. Cannibal Corpse - Red Before Black
6. Resurgency - No Worlds ... Nor Gods Beyond

Black
1. Wolves In The Throne Room - Thrice Woven
2. Havukruunu - Kelle Surut Soi
3. Enslaved - E
4. Cradle Of Filth - Cryptoriana: The Seductiveness Of Decay
5. Satyricon - Deep Caleth Upon Deep
6. Ravencult - Force Of Profanation

Viking/Pagan/Folk
1. Helheim - landawarijaR
2. Aherusia - Prometheus: Seven Principles On How To Be Invincible
3. Vintersorg - Till Fjälls, Del II
4. Ereb Altor - Ulfven
5. Kawir - Εξιλασμός

Crust/Grindcore/Hardcore/Punk
1. Wolfbrigade - Run With The Hunted
2. Lock Up - Demonization
3. All Pigs Must Die - Hostage Animal
4. Converge - The Dusk In Us
5. Procrastinate - Procrastinate
6. Propagandhi - Victory Lap

Heavy/Speed/Power/Doom
1. Midnight - Sweet Death And Ecstasy
2. Pagan Altar - The Room Of Shadows
3. Jag Panzer -  The Deviant Chord
4. Sorcerer - The Crowning Of The Fire King
5. Vulture - The Guillotine
6. Procession - Doom Decimation

Havukruunu - Kelle Surut Soi

Genre: Pagan/Black
Country: Finland
Year: 2017


1. Jo Näkyvi Pohjan Portit
2. Vainovalkeat
3. Noidanhauta
4. Vainajain Valot
5. Vaeltaja
6. Myrskynkutsuja
7. Verikuu
8. Kelle Surut Soi

2nd album by Havukruunu. The Fins are back 2 years after their amazing, promising debut. More brutal than ever, with folky moments, amazing vocal delivery and intensive epic atmosphere. A release that can easily earn a place in the list of the best black metal albums for 2017.

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Wolves In The Throne Room - Thrice Woven

Genre: Black
Country: U.S.A.
Year: 2017


1. Born From The Serpent's Eye
2. The Old Ones Are With Us
3. Angrboda
4. Mother Owl, Father Ocean
5. Fires Roar In The Palace Of The Moon

6th album by Wolves In The Throne Room. After their last ambient experimentation, they are back to the roots, delivering black metal of the finest quality. Amazing atmosphere created by aggressive riffing and folky nostalgia. My favourite album for 2017. 

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Power Trip - Nightmare Logic

Genre: Thrash/Crossover
Country: U.S.A.
Year: 2017


1. Soul Sacrifice
2. Executioner's Tax (Swing Of The Axe)
3. Firing Squad
4. Nightmare Logic
5. Waiting Around To Die
6. Ruination
7. If Not Us Then Who
8. Crucifixation

2nd album by Power Trip. After the impressive and promising debut, 4 years ago, the group put its best and managed to craft a brilliant sophomore masterpiece. 8 tracks (not 10 nor 15) clocking around 32 minutes (not 50 nor 70) of straight to the point thrash that flirts with crossover/hardcore. One of the best thrash releases of 2017!

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Wolfbrigade - Run With The Hunted

Genre: D-Beat/Crust/Punk
Country: Sweden
Year: 2017


1. Nomad Pack
2. Warsaw Speedwolf
3. Lucid Monomania
4. No Reward
5. Kallocain
6. Return to None
7. War on Rules
8. Feral Blood
9. Under the Bell
10. Dead Cold

6th album by Wolfbrigade, 5 years after their last one. The pack is back, angrier than ever and ready to devastate everything in their path. Fast-driven D-Beat/punk with great sound production and amazing, melodic riffing. One of the best releases for this year.

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Lock Up - Demonization

Genre: Grindcore/Death
Country: England
Year: 2017

1. Blood And Emptiness
2. The Decay Within The Abyss
3. Locust
4. Demonization
5. Demons Raging
6. Desolation Architect
7. Instruments Of Armageddon
8. Sunk
9. The Plague That Stalks The Darkness
10. Foul From The Pure
11. Mind Fight
12. Void
13. Secret Parallel World 14. We Challenge Death

4th album by Lock Up, 6 years after their last one. This time next to Shane Embury, Nicholas Barker and Anton Reisenegger, we find the mighty Kevin Sharp. The group demonstrates with rage and power their version of grindcore/death. One of the finest death/grind albums of the year!

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Converge - The Dusk In Us

Genre: Hardcore
Country: U.S.A.
Year: 2017

1. A Single Tear
2. Eye Of The Quarrel
3. Under Duress
4. Arkhipov Calm
5. I Can Tell You About Pain
6. The Dusk In Us
7. Wildlife
8. Murk & Marrow
9. Trigger
10. Broken By Light
11. Cannibals
12. Thousands Of Miles Between Us
13. Reptilian

9th album by Converge. The growth and maturity continue on their ninth album. It shows the band’s artistic evolution and avant-garde sensibilities while still capturing their classic sound. A must have for every hardcore fan and one of the best hardcore albums for 2017.

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Paradise Lost - Medusa

Genre: Doom/Death
Country: England
Year: 2017


1. Fearless Sky
2. Gods Of Ancient
3. From The Gallows
4. The Longest Winter
5. Medusa
6. No Passage For The Dead
7. Blood & Chaos
8. Until The Grave

15th album by Paradise Lost. A solid and honest album that pays tribute to misery, sorrow and nihilism. With a powerful opener and no fillers the group continues its trip in misty and atmospheric death/doom paths. 

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Unreqvited - Disquiet

Genre: Atm. Black
Country: Canada
Year: 2016



1. Birth
2. The Autumn Fire
3. Disquiet
4. A Tear From The Oak
5. An Ocean Of Ire 
6. Maydena
7. Death

Debut album by Unreqvited. An amazing and promising debut of atmospheric black metal combined with shoegaze and ambient. The album reeks of sorrow, melancholy and depression. Can't wait for the next one!

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