| 4.0 excellent |
| ASAP Rocky At.Long.Last.A$AP |
| Aversions Crown Xenocide |
| Black Peaks Statues |
| What the hell are they putting in the water across the pond? These dudes, Marmozets and Arcane Roots are absolutely killing it right now. Technically proficient and anthemic post-hardcore. |
| Candiria While They Were Sleeping |
| Counterparts Tragedy Will Find Us |
| Counterparts You're Not You Anymore |
| Counterparts Nothing Left to Love |
| Cruciamentum Charnel Passages |
| Dark Sermon The Oracle |
| Deftones Around the Fur |
| Deftones Saturday Night Wrist |
| Deftones Koi No Yokan |
| Der Weg Einer Freiheit Stellar |
| END (USA-NJ) From the Unforgiving Arms of God |
| This AND new Counterparts, in the same month?!?rGuess I'm getting headbanging-induced whiplash |
| Fallujah Dreamless |
| Fit for an Autopsy Absolute Hope Absolute Hell |
| Fit for an Autopsy The Great Collapse |
| Glass Cloud The Royal Thousand |
| Glassjaw Material Control |
| Greyhaven Empty Black |
| Hollow Earth Dead Planet |
| Imagine the best parts of Shai Hulud, Hum and Mastodon crunched together and you have one hell of an apocalyptic, doomy, spacey, crushing record. 2016 is the year of fantastic metalcore it seems. |
| Invent Animate Everchanger |
| Invent Animate Stillworld |
| For anyone who was disappointed with Northlane's Node or metalcore in general, check this out. It improves on Everchanger in just about every way; it's expansive and engaging without ever overstaying its welcome. |
| Invent Animate Greyview |
| Ion Dissonance Cast the First Stone |
As someone who only has fleeting enjoyment for Breathing Is Irrelevant, Cast
the First Stone finds Ion Dissonance continuing where they left off from
Cursed, while also tightening up their songwriting. Apart from the short
instrumental "Untitled II," this record is an unrelenting mix of angular riffs,
stuttering drums, and violent, misanthropic screams. "To Lift the Dead Hand of the Past"
might just be the best song these guys have ever written. |
| Jessie Ware What's Your Pleasure? |
| Kanye West The Life of Pablo |
The gospel according to Kanye, whether you like it or not.
Recommended: Ultralight Beam, Father Stretch My Hands Pt. 1, Pt. 2, Feedback, Waves, FML, Real
Friends, 30 Hours, No More Parties In LA |
| Lost In Separation Sister Moon (Deluxe Edition) |
Wow wow wow. This came out of freakin' nowhere. Some of these dudes used to be in a band
called Telos, so it can be debated whether or not this is a proper debut, but holy fuck
this is one of the best debut albums I've ever heard. The songs are fully formed, the
production is great, the breakdowns are punishing, the instrumentation is technical as
hell, vocals are great... AND they're unsigned. This needs more attention. FFO: Erra,
Invent, Animate, Silent Planet, Oceans Ate Alaska Fav tracks: Windburner, Deathwish (my
god that breakdown), The Endeavor
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| Mithras On Strange Loops |
Imagine a spacier and more melodic Domination-era Morbid Angel, and you wouldn't be too
far from what you're getting with On Strange Loops . Very interesting release from
these guys. |
| My Bloody Valentine m b v |
| Napoleon Newborn Mind |
| No Joy Motherhood |
| Numenorean Home |
| Depressingly beautiful. |
| Oathbreaker Rheia |
| This album is a fucking whirlwind. |
| Playboi Carti Die Lit |
| Pusha T King Push – Darkest Before Dawn: The Prelude |
| Silver Snakes Saboteur |
| Imagine the love child of Thrice and Cave In, whose offspring hooked up with Deftones and dabbled in early Nine Inch Nails and you wouldn't be far off from what Silver Snakes is doing on Saboteur. This is some really great stuff. |
| Stories (AUS) The Youth to Become |
| Sunless Urraca |
| Will I be burned at the stake if I say I appreciated this more than the last Ulcerate or |
| Sunlight's Bane The Blackest Volume: Like All The Earth Was Buried |
| You could be having a great week, put this on, and then immediately despise everyone. Pure fucking misanthropy contained within 54 mins. |
| Textures Phenotype |
| The Armed Untitled |
| The Dillinger Escape Plan Irony Is a Dead Scene |
| Thy Art Is Murder / The Acacia Strain / Fit for an Autopsy The Depression Sessions |
| All the new songs are great, and the covers are surprisingly faithful to the originals. Kinda makes you wish they did a whole record. |
| Time Lurker Time Lurker |
| Ulsect Ulsect |
| Vildhjarta Måsstaden |
| White Ward Futility Report |
