Wednesday, December 25, 2019

AUTOTHRALL'S BLEAK LISTAE

If you're looking for the full list of my top 100 metal albums for 2019, check over here at my Rate Your Music page. Below is a tighter, more hierarchical list of my absolute top picks, taken from the brainbusting 1213 new albums, EPs, demos and splits I've listened through this year at least once. An insanely good year for black metal, another real strong year for death metal (especially in the EPs category), and a great variety of full-length albums, including material from some long-standing favorites, with some real surprises from bands like Possessed and Mayhem.


My Top 19 Metal Albums of 2019

01. Devil Master (US) - Satan Spits on Children of Light (95)
02. Blut Aus Nord (Fr) - Hallucinogen (95)
03. Aoratos (US) - Gods Without Name (93)
04. Gardghastr (US) - Slit Throat Requiem (93)
05. Borknagar (No) - True North (93)
06. Musmahhu (Se) - Reign of the Odious (93)
07. Crypt Sermon (US) - The Ruins of Fading Light (92)
08. Opeth - In Cauda Veneneum (92)
09. Vulture (De) - Ghastly Waves & Battered Graves (92)
10. Mystik (Se) - Mystik (92)
11. Mayhem (No) - Daemon (90)
12. Deathspell Omega (Fr) - The Furnaces of Palingenesia (90)
13. Arch/Matheos (US) - Winter Ethereal (90)
14. Sinmara (Is) - Hvísl stjarnanna (90)
15. Yellow Eyes (US) - Rare Field Ceiling (90)
16. Possessed (US) - Revelations of Oblivion (90)
17. Vargrav (Se) - Reign in Supreme Darkness (90)
18. Kadavar (De) - For the Dead Travel Fast (88)
19. Scumripper (Fi) - All Veins Blazing (88)

My Top 19 Metal EPs & Demos of 2019
01. Suffering Hour (US) - Dwell (90)
02. Hellripper (UK) - Black Arts & Alchemy (85)
03. Undeath (US) - Sentient Autolysis (85)
04. Dark Suns (De) - Half Light Souvenirs (85)
05. Délétère (Ca) - Theorovator: Babelis Testamentum (83)
06. Bölzer (Ch) - Lese Majesty (83)
07. Fetid (US) - Steeping Corporeal Mess (83)
08. Malignant Altar (US) - Retribution of Jealous Gods (83)
09. BAT (US) - Axestasy (83)
10. Ripper (Cl) - Sensory Stagnation (82)
11. Mordbrand (Se) - Döden/Efter Döden (82)
12. Engulf (US) - Transcend (82)
13. Ripped to Shreds (US) - Demonic Scriptures (80)
14. Grand Harvest (Se) - Fatehammer (80)
15. Sanguisugabogg (US) - Pornographic Seizures (80)
16. Palmistry (Ca) - Behold! (80)
17. Hexenbrett (De) - Erste Beschwörung (80)
18. Cénotaphe (Fr) - Empyrée (80)
19. Pernicion (UK) - Seek What They Sought (80)

Sunday, December 1, 2019

Holidaygeddon


Taking my annual break for the Holidays! Will return in January for a new year of reviews, including the return of some full discographies for bands I surprisingly never got around to (or never finished). My year's end lists will be posted in the meantime. Thanks for reading as always!

- autothrall