DoofDoof: Doof Metal 2019

bloc 09.12.19	3 is thrash and it has a pretty high score, def something I need to check out
DoofDoof 09.12.19	3 is proper old school thrash - sounds like something released in 1987 just very intense. Near Sepultura/Slayer thrash era worthy
TheSpirit 09.12.19	nice. i didn't think our tastes coinciding as much as they do. i still heavily disagree (how you gonna do HIL like that???) but nice list regardless
DoofDoof 09.12.19	HiL sounds a bit like a more metal Nickelback, v commercial - all I'll say is there are a lot worse things on the list to listen to so it's not like they're totally unlistenable for me.
tectactoe 09.12.19	wait what do the percentages represent? not a huge bm/metal fan myself, but my favorites this year are Mgla and Misthyrming, so it's good to see those in the top 10. Esoctrilihum was good but a bit long.
DoofDoof 09.12.19	the percentages represent how much I like the album and some correspond to my ratings on AOTY: https://www.albumoftheyear.org/user/doofy/ Exact percentage ratings help me keep an idea of what order albums should be in for end of year lists. They correspond with Sput ratings - so a 3.5 = range 66-74%, 4 = 75-84%, etc Anything 70% or above is what I consider very good/excellent and I recommend it.
TheSpirit 09.12.19	"HiL sounds a bit like a more metal Nickelback, v commercial - all I'll say is there are a lot worse things on the list to listen to so it's not like they're totally unlistenable for me." As much as I wanna disagree with this, I kind of see where you're coming from, haha.
DoofDoof 09.12.19	tect - all three of the albums you mention are really good, nice picks 'Esoctrilihum was good but a bit long.' Sure, but what is good there is the best metal I've heard this year
Demon of the Fall 09.12.19	14-18 stands out as the best ‘section’ here. Some good choices, some not so much. Really don’t like King Gizzard, underrating Tomb Mold and perhaps Hath. I haven’t heard a lot of your bottom barrel stuff, don’t really intend to either as it mostly looks sucky. Listening to WRVTH right now by the way, decided it’s very good.
DoofDoof 09.12.19	14-18 is stuff that does little for me technically alright but it doesn't move me I guess, maybe lacking dynamics/aggression that speak to me all those albums are better than good though but interesting they're your faves and I rated them almost exactly the same as each other
BenThatsMyJamin 09.12.19	Would never have you down as a Torche fan Doofy but fair doos
Demon of the Fall 09.12.19	Not necessarily my absolute faves, just Saor (current AOTY), Yellow Eyes (hard 4), WRVTH (likely 4) are all there plus I do like Deathspell and Conjurer/Pijn as well, to a lesser extent.
DoofDoof 09.12.19	Torche are the band Royal Blood should be imo
DoofDoof 09.12.19	Demon I'll revisit anything above a 55% sorta rating before year's out so some of those sitting in the middle may climb
garas 09.12.19	5 is seriously overrated. It is nice, and I bet they sound awesome live, but... too boring. Personally I loved 10 the most from this list. Number 1 was a great surprise though - the best kind!
DDDeftoneDDD 09.12.19	Aprecciate your luv for 1.
DoofDoof 09.12.19	10 has the ol' lo-fi sound, I do like it quite a bit...it could end up with a higher rating 5 I've only just started listening to so might be overrating, track three is immense and maybe propped up the score
DoofDoof 09.12.19	80% is a top 200 of the decade sort of score so yeah that's high praise - my most listened to from these...despite it being ridiculously long and dense sounding
DungeonBoy 09.12.19	I like what I'm seeing dude
bloc 09.12.19	The score for 47 is too high
DoofDoof 09.12.19	unlucky 13%?
DungeonBoy 09.12.19	lol the band name is a solid 0%
DoofDoof 09.12.19	plus the worst drumming style of all time the Phonopaths album is significantly worse is all I can say to defend my score ;D
DungeonBoy 09.12.19	I'll take your word on that, i'm not googling them at work (:
garas 09.12.19	"10 has the ol' lo-fi sound" Exactly: beautiful Finnish black metal. The riffs, the production, the atmosphere... even the cover is perfect.
DungeonBoy 09.12.19	yeah dude, I definitely dug 10 on the couple spins a gave it. Good stuff, nice throwback for sure.
bloc 09.12.19	The first track is literally called Childchewer lmao. I had a good laugh about it while listening at work earlier this week. Album is easily one of the worst things I've heard this year. The "drums" are triggered up the assssssss
EclipseInYourEyes 09.12.19	this list perfectly reflects my overall opinion of this year's music releases. thank you for that.
Hawks 09.12.19	Awesome list bro. Nice to see some love for 7 and 10. Still need to czech 1 and 13 ahrd.
DoofDoof 09.12.19	Nice Hawks 7 is so good I downloaded it (same with 2) 1 and 13 both definitely worth your time, if you still have time for old school thrash try 3 too
DungeonBoy 09.12.19	1 is wild, crazy that it's a one man project.
DoofDoof 09.12.19	I love that it's a one man project The best thing about those sorts of endeavours, irrespective of genre, is you can really tell there isn't any compromise on the vision of the project That can be bad as they get indulgent or excessive but in this case I def can ignore all hints of that
DungeonBoy 09.12.19	definitely agree dude!
Arditi 09.12.19	Excuse me if my interpretation of the percentage meaning is wrong, but basically what I'm getting from this is that you view the overwhelming majority of this year's best extreme metal records as either trash or mediocre. M'kay
DoofDoof 09.12.19	Interpret it as I've listened to approx 400 albums so far this year and Telluric Ashes is in my top 25 albums of the year and the rest come in after that, another 6 in my top 100. Most genres only have two or three albums inside that top 25 so metal is pulling its weight don't sweat it. 70%+ is a high rating from me, 75% is a low 4 out of 5 rating here.
Pikazilla 09.12.19	Should've titled the list "Doof Hates Metal 2019"
DoofDoof 09.12.19	Using that logic hate electronic about the same and hip hop a whole lot more I dunno - if something ends up ranking higher than Telluric Ashes it has been a real good year for metal for me.
Pikazilla 09.12.19	Next in, "Doof Hates 2019" I'm just messing with you, by the way
DoofDoof 09.12.19	Pika we’re always cool I just like being anal explaining stuff no one cares about
Nocte 09.13.19	Actually liking Doof's rating philosophy here (even if our scores don't match up most of the time - seriously who enjoys that level of copy-catting anyways). I can appreciate your love for 1. 7 is a nice pick that I don't think the masses will get on this year. My rec's based off this list include: Serpent Column - Ornuthi Thalassa (something TheSpirit has been bumping hard) Presence Of Soul - Absence Of Objective World Weeping Sores - False Confession Torpor - Rhetoric Of The Image
DoofDoof 09.13.19	Thanks for the recs Nocte
OldCrime 09.13.19	How is it even possible to properly listen to 400 albums from 2019?! That's like 2 new albums every day!
Nocte 09.13.19	That's a reasonably small amount to be honest, one could say Doof has been taking it easy
OldCrime 09.14.19	Well that explains it then..
DoofDoof 09.14.19	Well anything rating 2 or under might be ‘one and done’ in terms of listens. Example - I listened to the new Korn yesterday. Do I really need to return to it? Prob not.
Nocte 09.14.19	-Do I really need to return to it?- depends on how much you hate yourself to be honest
OldCrime 09.14.19	I get that. And maybe if it's not a genre you're particularly fond of you probably don't give every album a chance to grow on you.. I listened to one or two songs from Big Thief and Bill Callahan and know it's not for me. They might grow on me in time but there's so much metal I know I will enjoy way more.