Melan Selas - Melan Selas 'Ep

 

Genre: Black
Country: Greece
Year: 2016

1. Etherial Annihilation
2. Ἀρχαία Ψυχή (Ancient Spirit)
3. Χειμῶνος (Of Winter)
4. Σελάνα (Selana)

4-track 'Ep by Melan Selas, a group consisting of members of Riffobia and Oletyr. The duo delivers 4 addictive songs of great songwritting with amazing vocal delivery. 

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Gargoyle - Taburakashi

 

Genre: Thrash/Speed
Country: Japan
Year: 2016

1. 野蛮回路
2. Crumbling Roar
3. Dragon Skull
4. Overpower
5. No Entry
6. 誰がために雨は降る
7. GO GO ガラパゴス
8. Massive Thrill
9. Daredevil
10. Be Daring
11. 只一筋に往く
12. 異血 

18th album by Gargoyle. Their highly creative run in the '90s may have petered out, but instead of becoming a dull rehash of previous ideas, 'Taburakashi' shows that they've only refocused themselves and honed in on specific skills throughout their career. Perfect blend of rabid, high speed thrash metal aggression and triumphant power metal melodies.

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Hammers Of Misfortune - Dead Revolution

 

Genre: Progr.Heavy
Country: U.S.A.
Year: 2016

1. The Velvet Inquisition
2. Dead Revolution
3. Sea Of Heroes
4. The Precipice (Waiting For The Crash...)
5. Here Comes The Sky
6. Flying Alone
7. Days of '49

6th album by Hammers Of Misfortune. In this release they mix the idiosyncratic classic side of Peter Gabriel’s Genesis and the atmospheric power of Pink Floyd with a bunch of metal styles (from speed, thrash to power and epic heavy metal) in one consistent offering. Essential listening for those looking for adventurous music mixing the genres effortlessly but without restraints.

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Sadhus (The Smoking Community) & Agnes Vein - Split 'Ep

Genre: Doom/Sludge/Black
Country: Greece
Year: 2016



Sadhus (The Smoking Community):
1. Abduction

Agnes Vein:
2. Voice To The Void

Killer split 'Ep by Agnes Vein and Sadhus (The Smoking Community). Sadhus' song is heavy, slow and you can feel it pulling you down and capturing you with its distorted riffs. Agnes Vein's song has  heavy riffs, atmospheric vocals at certain points, even though their main vocals are more brutal and the rhythm is captivating throughout the song.

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Bombus - Repeat Until Death

Genre: Heavy/Rock'n'Roll
Country: Sweden
Year: 2016

1. Eyes On The Price
2. Rust
3. Deadweight
4. Hordes Of Flies
5. I Call You Over (Hairy Teeth, Pt. II)
6. Repeat Until Death
7. Shake Them For What They're Worth
8. You The Man
9. Get Your Cuts

3rd album by Bombus. The group continues the successful formula of their previous album. They've managed to craft an album that relies on riffs, with catchy and more-commercial guitarwork. An entertaining album that flows without being tiring.

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Collision - Satanic Surgery

Genre: Grindcore/Crossover
Country: Holland
Year: 2016


1. Cripple The Cross 
2. Touch Me, Jesus
3. Filthy Feeder
4. Piece Of Shit From The Tar Pit
5. Necromantic Love Affair
6. All You Need Is Hate
7. A Healthy Dose Of Radiation
8. Satanic Surgery
9. Antichrist Gulag
10. Diabolic Death Wish
11. Operation: Meatcleaver
12. Blood Soaked Graveyard 13. Aggressive Assassination

4th album by Collision. Despite not being groundbreaking in many ways, it is hard to ignore the plethora of influences that the band manages to cram into their sound, be it from thrash riffs to the groovy sludge riffs, or even just the most obvious grindcore influences that dominate most of the album. An entertaining and fast album.

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Hail Spirit Noir - Mayhem In Blue

Genre: Progr. Black
Country: Greece
Year: 2016



1. I Mean You Harm 
2. Mayhem In Blue 
3. Riders To Utopia 
4. Lost In Satan's Charms
5. The Cannibal Tribe Came From The Sea
6. How To Fly In Blackness

3rd album by Hail Spirit Noir. Mixing elements from psychedelic rock, black metal and progressive rock, the group has managed to conjure up a musical landscape that is both hauntingly strange and strangely beautiful. The band composed a unique and memorable set of sounds, experimented as never before.

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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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Black Panda - Black Panda 'Ep

Genre: D-Beat/Hardcore
Country: Spain
Year: 2016





1. A Noite Dos Mortos
2. Supersonico

2-song 'Ep by Black Panda. 2 hardcore songs with some D-Beat rhythms and a rock 'n' roll vibe.

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Keitzer - Ascension

Genre: Death/Grindcore
Country: Germany
Year: 2016

1. We Will Drown All Of You In Blood
2. Ascension
3. Peace Was Never An Option
4. Übermensch
5. Ritual
6. Vengeance
7. Salvation
8. Conquistador
9. Black Silent Tides
10. Origins Of Madness
11. Enemies Of Existence
12. Wolves Among Us

6th album by Keitzer. This the most death metal record of the group, without though loosing the grind and the blastbeating moments. Brutality, aggression and complex, interesting songs.

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Martyrdod - List

Genre: Crust/D-Beat/Hardcore
Country: Sweden
Year: 2016

1. Overlevaren
2. List
3. Wipeout
4. Oemotstandlig
5. Over Pa Ett Stick
6. Harmagedon
7. Handlost Fallen Angel
8. Drömtid
9. Intervention
10. Transmission

6th album by Martyrdod. The group has find its own formula and produced an amazing album once more. They managed to perfectly balance melody and aggression. I believe this album is their peak of their carreer and it will be very difficult to craft anything better than 'List'.

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Suicidal Tendencies - World Gone Mad

Genre: Crossover/Thrash
Country: U.S.A.
Year: 2016

1. Clap Like Ozzy
2. The New Degeneration
3. Living For Life
4. Get Your Fight On!
5. World Gone Mad
6. Happy Never After
7. One Finger Salute
8. Damage Control
9. The Struggle Is Real
10. Still Dying To Live
11. This World

11th album by Suicidal Tendencies. With a new guitarist and a new rhythm section (mighty Dave Lombardo included!) the group delivers a perfect mix of crossover/punk with thrash. Amazing musicianship by all the members that results to a great album!

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Eldamar - The Force Of The Ancient Land

Genre: Black/Ambient/Pagan
Country: Norway
Year: 2016


1. Spirit Of The North
2. Winter Night
3. Travel In Woods
4. From Life To Spirit
5. Valkyrjur Ancient One
6. The Border Of Eldamar
7. Galaðwen The Eldar
8. New Beginning

Debut album by Eldamar. Mathias Hemmingby is the guy behind this one man project. Everything here is based on melodic elongated yet catchy simple guitar riffs, but with a huge utilisation of keyboards that create some stunning ambiances. A great, atmospheric, ambient black metal album with lyrics based on J.R.R. Tolkin and nature.

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Nuclear Devastation - Inferno

Genre: Crust/Black/D-Beat
Country: Holland
Year: 2016


1. Slitted Tongues
2. Enslaved By Sorrow
3. Baptised In Hellfire
4. Rotting In Guilt
5. Extinction And Decay
6. Inferno
7. Abandon All Hope
8. Plagued By Neglected Hope

1st full length album by Nuclear Devastation. An impressive and highly entertaining debut album by a group that released several splits in the past. They perfectly combine blackened thrash with D-Beat/hardcore and crusty atmosphere. Can't wait for their next one!

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Top albums of 2016

The second half of 2016 was too busy for me, that was the reason of rare posting here. I mainly focused on 'mainstream' releases and i sort of ignored the underground ones. So here are my lists for 2016.

Thrash
1. Vektor - Terminal Redux
2. Hellbringer - Awakened From The Abyss
3. Death Angel - The Evil Divide
4. Testament - Brotherhood Of The Snake
5. Sodom - Decision Day
6. Darkness - The Gasoline Solution


Death
1. Asphyx - Incoming Death
2. Ulcerate - Shrines Of Paralysis
3. Gorguts - Pleiades's Dust 'Ep
4. Meshuggah - The Violent Sleep Of Reason
5. Master - An Epiphany Of Hate
6. Rotten Sound - Abuse To Suffer

Black
1. Ravencult - Force Of Profanation
2. Anaal Nathrakh - The Whole Of The Law
3. Darkthrone - Arctic Thunder
4. Hail Spirit Noir - Mayhem In Blue
5. Destroyer 666 - Wildfire
6. Desaster - The Oath Of An Iron Ritual

Viking/Pagan/Folk
1. Moonsorrow - Jumalten Aika
2. Kawir - Πατερ Ηλιε Μητερ Σελανα
3. Eldamar - The Force Of The Ancient Land
4. Skalmold - Vögguvísur Yggdrasils
5. Amon Amarth - Jomsviking
6. Bifröst - Mana Ewah

Crust/Grindcore/Hardcore/Punk
1. Martyrdod - List
2. Stheno - Liberty Crawls In Waste
3. Suicidal Tendencies - World Gone Mad
4. Venomous Concept - Kick Me Silly-VC III
5. Victims - Sirens
6. Gadget - The Great Destroyer

Heavy/Speed/Power
1. Armory - World Peace... Cosmic War
2. Running Wild - Rapid Foray
3. Ranger - Speed & Violence
4. Eternal Champion - The Armor Of Ire
5. Sumerlands - Sumerlands
6. Fates Warning - Theories Of Flight

Doom/Sludge/Stoner
1. Karma To Burn - Mountain Czar
2. Clouds Taste Satanic - Dawn Of The Satanic Age
3. 1000Mods - Repeated Exposure To ...

Kawir - Πατερ Ηλιε Μητερ Σελανα

Genre: Black/Pagan/Folk
Country: Greece
Year: 2016


1. To the Sovereign Sun
2. Dionysus
3. Hercules Enraged
4. To Diouscuri
5. To Mother Moon
6. Hail To The Three Shaped Goddess
7. The Taurian Artemis
8. The Descent of Persephone

6th album by Kawir. The group continues where 'ΙΣΟΘΕΟΣ' stopped, but by putting more folk instruments into their music. Repetitive riffing, different types of vocals and many greek, traditional folky melodies.

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Armory - World Peace... Cosmic War

Genre: Speed
Country: Sweden
Year: 2016


1. World Peace... (Intro)
2. Cosmic War
3. High Speed Death
4. Hell's Fast Blades
5. Spinning Towards Doom
6. Without Days, Without Years
7. Artificial Slavery
8. Phantom Warrior
9. Final Breath
10. Space Marauders

Debut album by Armory. An impressive debut album that came out of nowhere and reached my top list for this year with no effort at all. A perfect mix of speed metal with NWOBHM, with a distinctive vocal delivery and great guitarwork. Do yourself a favor and give it a listen!

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Agatus - The Eternalist

Genre: Epic/Heavy/Black
Country: Greece
Year: 2016

1. The Eternalist
2. The Invisible (Fifth Portal To Atlantis)
3. The Oath (Of Magic And Fire)
4. Gods Of Fire
5. Dreamer
6. Perils Of The Sea (Part II)
7. At Dusk I Was Born
8. Flight Into Forever
9. Gilgamesh
10. To Last

3rd album by Agatus, 14 years after their last one. The release finds the group stepping away from the black metal roots and adding more heavy/NWOBHM/progressive elements to its sound. The production could be better, but it can't affect the whole result, which is absolutely entertaining.

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Desaster - The Oath Of An Iron Ritual

Genre: Black/Thrash
Country: Germany
Year: 2016


1. Intro (The Oath)
2. Proclamation In Shadows
3. End Of Tyranny
4. The Cleric’s Arcanum
5. Haunting Siren
6. Damnatio Ad Bestias
7. Conquer & Contaminate
8. The Denial
9. The Oath Of An Iron Ritual
10. At The Eclipse Of Blades

8th album by Desaster. The group continues providing high quality black/thrash. Pretty much faster compared to 'The Arts Of Destruction', but lacking the hits of its predecessor. Evil, filthy, rough with all Desaster trademarks. It can easily earn a place in the top albums of the year.

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Destroyer 666 - Wildfire

Genre: Black/Thrash
Country: Australia
Year: 2016


1. Traitor
2. Live And Burn
3. Artiglio Del Diavolo
4. Hounds At Ya Back
5. Hymn To Dionysus
6. Wildfire
7. White Line Fever
8. Die You Fucking Pig!
9. Tamam Shud

5th album by Destroyer 666, 7 years after their last one. High quality black thrash with riffs that instantly will stick in your mind. There are some heavy metal moments too, making the album more accessible to the audience. Great atmosphere and in general, a release that worth the wait. 

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