72. Cobalt - Gin (2009)
American black metal inspired by Ernest Hemingway and Hunter S. Thompson. I remember back in 2009 this album was pretty popular among the metal community on this forum and for good fu
cking reason. I've heard some people draw comparisons between Cobalt and Neurosis, and while it's an apt comparison, it does sell Cobalt a little short. The band really captures the essence and antipathy towards the human condition through the horrors of war, with a kind of digression from civilized society to the kill-or-be-killed world of the animal kingdom. While that's not exactly something new to the genre, it's not always as elegantly delivered.