Teamster's 2018 30 for 30
What if I told you their are many friends to thank for this years list? Many discoveries that wouldn't have been made possible without my fellow Sput-pals. Shout outs to: Sniff, Relinquished, Dark Noctus, Dewinged, Pistol Pete, Hawks, NocteDominum, UU any many more I know I've missed. |
| 1 |  | Mol
JORD
Tough choice but Jord is my 2018 AOTY. Incredible balance of ferociousness and tranquility. The title track might be my SOTY. |
| 2 |  | VOLA
Applause of a Distant Crowd
I probably have played this album more than any other since its release. The most addicting choruses I've heard in a long time. |
| 3 |  | Erdve
Vaitojimas
Blackened sludge metal. This stuff is heavy. |
| 4 |  | The Ocean
Phanerozoic I: Palaeozoic
Band never disappoints. A lot of melody this time around. |
| 5 |  | The Ever Living
HEREPHEMINE
UK post metal. Intricate layered guitar work and memorable song writing. Excellent electronics. |
| 6 |  | Antimatter
Black Market Enlightenment
This album pounds the shit out my subwoofer. Dark atmospheric music. |
| 7 |  | Ingrina
Etter Lys
Thick post rock. Dense, with a lot of structure and intangibles. Great work from this band from France. |
| 8 |  | Subnoir
A Long Way From Home
Post/atmospheric sludge metal band from Norway. A brilliantly composed album, with songs that will both soothe and excite your post metal senses. |
| 9 |  | Trna
Earthcult
From Russia with love. 4 songs, over 60 minutes of instrumental post black, blackgaze righteousness. |
| 10 |  | Rolo Tomassi
Time Will Die And Love Will Bury It
This makes me miss Amia Venera Landscape even more. |
| 11 |  | Trautonist
Ember
Post punk, noisy black gaze with Markus Seigenhort finger prints all over it. |
| 12 |  | Pijn
Loss
An end of the year discovery. Post metal with a bunch of different turns. Atypical and fun to listen to. |
| 13 |  | Sinistro
Sangue Cassia
Incredible doom/sludge band from Portugal. Female voice fits perfectly with this style of atmospheric music. |
| 14 |  | Spurv
Myra
Can instrumental post rock tell stories? In Norway they think so. Even when the song titles aren't in English. Somehow it works. Sit back, press play and dream. |
| 15 |  | Fractal Gates
The Light That Shines
My favorite melodic death metal band on the planet does it again. Sebastian Pierre's growls are flawless. Dan Swano has his finger prints all over this band and it shows. |
| 16 |  | Leonov
Wake
Don't be scared off by the first song's rather simplistic and elementary beginning. Keep listening and you will discover another Norwegian post metal band (with female vocals) creating awesome soundscapes. |
| 17 |  | Kontinuum
No Need to Reason
Post punk at its core, blanketed by a post and atmospheric rock shell, I personally prefer this Icelandic band over Solstafir. |
| 18 |  | Hegemone
We Disappear
Polish blackened post metal. Best guitar texture on this list. |
| 19 |  | Eryn Non Dae.
Abandon Of The Self
French hybrid post metal with complex song structures. Quirky and unique yet flows seamlessly. Waited 6 years for this album. |
| 20 |  | Dawnwalker
Human Ruins
Awesome combination of many sub-genres. You will here alternative rock, post rock and indie rock. All mixed well with above average production. Great vocals too. |
| 21 |  | Sylvaine
Atoms Aligned, Coming Undone
She should be expelled for plagiarism but hell, more Alcest music the better. |
| 22 |  | Conjurer
Mire
Holy Roar Records is the independent record company of the year. |
| 23 |  | Kerretta
Exiscens
Down-under instrumental post metal. |
| 24 |  | In the Woods...
Cease the Day
This album took multiple listens to get. Grower. Don't give up on it. Prog metal made in the trees. |
| 25 |  | Scientist (USA)
Barbelith
Sludge/noise metal via Chicago. Shades of black, prog and psychedelic elements will be discovered too. |
| 26 |  | Finnr's Cane
Elegy
No bass guitar found in this atmospheric black metal. Replaced by a cello. Try it, somehow this Canadian band makes it work. |
| 27 |  | Autumn Creatures
Funeral Garden
This should probably be higher on the list. Fuck, what a sound. Post rock with string arrangements, electronics and voice samples. |
| 28 |  | Subsignal
La Muerta
Sounds exactly like all the other Subsignal albums. You know what to expect: Huge prog rock with immaculate instrumentation and song structures voiced by my current favorite singer Arno Menses. |
| 29 |  | Tanpopo Crisis
Millennium Flower
One man band doing blackgaze. |
| 30 |  | Dirge (FR)
Lost Empyrean
Late add. I love this fucking band. Best production on a post metal album since Wavering Radiant. |
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