Quartuma 1/2015
hehe i'm so clever. |
| 34 |  | Enter Shikari
The Mindsweep
“electronicore”. this band is still insipid as fuck. 2/5 |
| 33 |  | Solefald
World Metal. Kosmopolis Sud
experimental metal. this time around solefald mix black metal with world music and the result is fucking mess of an album. 2/5 |
| 32 |  | Make Do and Mend
Don't Be Long
post-hardcore. rather uninspired melodic punk with some pretty ehh vox. 2.3/5 |
| 31 |  | Raised Fist
From the North
hardcore punk. refused meets in flames. it’s catchy but idk man. 2.4/5 |
| 30 |  | Black Sheep Wall
I'm Going to Kill Myself
sludge metal. very heavy but also very tedious. 2.5/5 |
| 29 |  | Harm's Way
Rust
metalcore. it’s heavy, that’s for sure but that’s pretty much all it has to offer. 2.8/5 |
| 28 |  | I Don't Want To Know Why The Caged Bird Sings
Things Are Getting Better But I am Still Dead...
screamo. really good stuff but the production is kinda terrible. still listenable. 2.9/5 |
| 27 |  | Adventures
Supersonic Home
midwest emo. a decent emo album, you know I like this kinda stuff. 3/5 |
| 26 |  | Steven Wilson
Hand. Cannot. Erase.
prog rock. steven tries to update his music to fit the 2010s, it’s pretty good. 3/5 |
| 25 |  | Vessels
Dilate
microhouse. vessels go full electronic. it’s good i guess. 3/5 |
| 24 |  | Turnstile
Nonstop Feeling
hardcore punk. very energetic, even ratm-esque punk but it’s impossible not to notice the album’s flaws. 3/5 |
| 23 |  | Modest Mouse
Strangers to Ourselves
indie rock. a slight disappointment, album features some sweet stuff, as well as some pretty bad stuff. 3/5 |
| 22 |  | Galar
De Gjenlevende
symphonic/atmospheric bm. it’s obvious that galar wanna be epic as hell but despite some cheesiness and occasionally annoying clean vocals this is pretty solid. 3.1/5 |
| 21 |  | Touche Amore/Self Defense Family
Self Love
post-hardcore. a decent split by two pretty passionate phc bands. 3.1/5 |
| 20 |  | Dead in the Manger
Cessation
melodic black metal. they sell themselves as a blackened grindcore band and i got really disappointed to hear little to no actual grindcore on here. still, some moments of excellence found on this album. 3.3/5 |
| 19 |  | Retox
Beneath California
hardcore. straightforward, enjoyable noisy hardcore punk. it sort of lacks the final oomph though. 3.4/5 |
| 18 |  | Title Fight
Hyperview
shoegaze. title fight seem to change their genre like clothes, this time around they go shoegazing. i enjoy this a lot but it has to be admitted that they kinda lack identity. 3.4/5 |
| 17 |  | Blacklisted
When People Grow, People Go
hardcore punk. typical deathwish-core but still really enjoyable. 3.5/5 |
| 16 |  | Enslaved
In Times
prog metal. one of the most diverse enslaved releases, musically very intriguing and excellent but god those clean vox don’t hit me at all. 3.5/5 |
| 15 |  | Shizune
Le Voyageur Imprudent
screamo. italian skramz in the vein of mihai edrisch aka rly good. 3.6/5 |
| 14 |  | Krill
A Distant Fist Unclenching
indie/math rock. i expected something noisier but this is some pretty sweet mathy indie rock. 3.6/5 |
| 13 |  | Negura Bunget
Tău
atmospheric bm. an inconsistent yet enjoyable and promising piece of folky black metal by the romanian bm veterans. 3.7/5 |
| 12 |  | Youth Funeral
See You When I See You
screamo. doesn’t bring anything new to the table but it’s another extremely well-made, intense skramz album. 3.8/5 |
| 11 |  | Cloakroom
Further Out
shoegaze/post-hxc. a very worthy follow-up to infinity, this band has so much potential. emotional post-hardcore combined with fuzzy shoegaze. 3.9/5 |
| 10 |  | Leviathan
Scar Sighted
black metal. such a vicious and dark death/black metal album, absolutely crushing. 4/5 |
| 9 |  | Mount Eerie
Sauna
“drone folk”. another highly successful album by phil. i absolutely love the atmosphere on here. 4/5 |
| 8 |  | Misthyrming
Söngvar Elds Og óreiðu
black metal. not anything groundbreaking but some very well done mystical Icelandic bm. 4/5 |
| 7 |  | Godspeed You! Black Emperor
'Asunder, Sweet and Other Distress'
post-rock/drone. the kings of post-rock are back, this time around more focused on the album’s flow than they were on their previous album. 4/5 |
| 6 |  | Tesa
G H O S T
post-metal. one of the best light post-metal albums I’ve ever heard tbh. 4/5 |
| 5 |  | Ethereal Shroud
They Became the Falling Ash
atmospheric bm. noctus knows what’s up. this is beautiful. 4.1/5 |
| 4 |  | Izah
Sistere
post-metal. very atmospheric and highly ambitious. the title track is probably my soty so far. 4.1/5 |
| 3 |  | Careless
I Wish You Away
screamo. the swedes clearly know how to make intense, melodic screamo. 4.1/5 |
| 2 |  | Thou / The Body
You, Whom I Have Always Hated
sludge metal. dark and heavy and atmospheric. i’m a real sucker for this kind of music. 4.2/5 |
| 1 |  | Saintly Rows
Heaven in the Hollow
screamo. this album screams passion. musically a lot like the saddest landscape, love it. 4.2/5 |
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