Tuesday, January 28, 2025

Top 30 albums of 2012

  1. Mgła - With Hearts Toward None | Black, Poland
  2. Svartidauði - Flesh Cathedral | Black, Iceland
  3. Wodensthrone - Curse | Atmospheric / Pagan Black, England
  4. Thy Darkened Shade - Eternvs Mos, Nex Ritvs | Black, Greece
  5. Martire - Brutal Legions of the Apocalypse | Death / Thrash, Australia
  6. Anaal Nathrakh - Vanitas | Black / Grindcore, England
  7. Cannibal Corpse - Torture | Death, Florida - US
  8. Derkéta - In Death We Meet | Death / Doom, Pennsylvania - US
  9. Pseudogod - Deathwomb Catechesis | Black / Death, Russia
  10. Fauna - Avifauna | Ambient Black, Washington - US
  11. Abominable Putridity - The Anomalies of Artificial Origin | Slam Brutal Death, Russia
  12. Hour of Penance - Sedition | Technical / Brutal Death, Italy
  13. Torch Runner - Committed to the Ground | Grindcore / Crust Punk, North Carolina - US
  14. Nile - At the Gates of Sethu | Technical / Brutal Death, South Carolina - US
  15. Nekromantheon - Rise, Vulcan Spectre | Black / Thrash, Norway
  16. Marduk - Serpent Sermon | Black, Sweden
  17. Whitechapel - Whitechapel | Deathcore, Tennessee - US
  18. Gorephilia - Embodiment of Death | Death, Finland
  19. Incantation - Vanquish In Vengeance | Death, Pennsylvania - US
  20. Hellbringer - Dominion of Darkness | Thrash / Speed, Australia
  21. Enslaved - RIITIIR | Progressive Black / Viking, Norway
  22. Evoken - Atra mors | Funeral Doom, New Jersey - US
  23. Kawir - Isotheos | Pagan Black, Greece
  24. Winterfylleth - The Threnody of Triumph | Atmospheric Black, England
  25. Denial of God - Death and the Beyond | Black, Denmark
  26. Resurgency - False Enlightenment | Death, Greece
  27. Ash Borer - Cold of Ages | Atmospheric Black, Oregon - US
  28. Aptorian Demon - Libertus | Black, Norway
  29. Drudkh - Eternal Turn of the Wheel | Atmospheric Black, Ukraine
  30. Behexen - Nightside Emanations | Black, Finland

Tuesday, January 21, 2025

Bullet Ratings - Jan '25 [II]

Anhedonist - Netherwards (2012): In the cave, Cyclops just blocked the entrance. [3.5]

Anvil - Juggernaut of Justice (2011): Old geezer rock that I will never care about whether it’s good or not. [2]

Black Cilice - Transfixion of Spirits (2019): A lot of freaks meditate on this, but not me. [2.5]

Blood Feast - Kill for Pleasure (1987): Not Pleasure to Kill, but still O.G. and the realest. [4]

Cognizant - Cognizant (2016): Snapped necks, pretty crazy overall. [3.5]

Cytotoxin - Gammageddon (2017): Hacksaws the kvlt out of you. [4]

Eyehategod - Dopesick (1996): If you weren’t in a bad mood, well you are now. [3.5]

Rot - A Cold Dead Stare (2002): Legendary grindcore band from Brazil, with a handful of full lengths and infinite splits / mini-albums since starting in 1990. [3.5]

Vacuous - Dreams of Dysphoria (2022): Murky but standard. [3]

While Heavent Wept - Sorrow of the Angels (1998): Thus with a kiss I die, into the well of sorrow, the death of love. [2.5]

Tuesday, January 14, 2025

Bullet Ratings - Jan '25

Barshasketh - Antinomian Asceticism (New Zealand, World Terror Committee): The album starts very potently but starts losing its direction towards the middle / ending part. Still quite enjoyable, well-written stuff. [3.25 / 5]

Harvst - Mahlstrom (Germany, Onism Productions): I would prefer not to. [2.25 / 5]

Infernal Cross - Blood Red Triumph (Sweden, Self-released): Devilish black / thrash metal with everything at the right place. [3.25 / 5]

Luring - Malevolent Lycanthropic Heresy (Ohio / US, Iron Bonehead Productions): Nice melodies, lo-fi approach and comes off as punchy and as evil as needed. Fine, but I might not come back to it. [3 / 5]

Mooondark - The Abysmal Womb (Sweden, Pulverised Records): Released on demo in the early nineties and then disappeared, this is their debut full length after getting back together two decades later. Like the aesthetics, but sadly nothing special. [2.5 / 5]

Necromaniac - Sciomancy, Malediction & Rites Abominable (England, Invictus Productions): The most literal and accurate definition of “morbid metal” I have ever seen. [4 / 5]

Revolting - Night of the Horrid (Sweden, Xtreem Music): Has been heard thousands and thousands of times, yet another one. [2 / 5]

Rudra - Antithesis (Indonesia, Awakening Records): Legendary Indonesian band, with many releases since 1992 and I haven’t talked about them that much here. A bit of black and a bit of death metal, but totally their own sound, and quite decent. [3.5 / 5]

Skagos - Chariot Sun Blazing (Canada, Self-released): Look who’s back. I have really enjoyed their previous two in the past, and the new one is no exception. Hope for more activity from one of the best Cascadian black metal bands out there. [3.5 / 5].

Uulliata Digir - Uulliata Digir (Poland, Self-released): What did I just listen. Amazing. [3.75 / 5]