windsock

The Daughters' record doesn't really jive with me either, cause I'm not a huge industrial noise rock fan, but that doesn't mean I don't recognize it's quality. I think it's a solid 4 star album, even if it's not something I come back to again and again.

I don't think anything gonna be able to beat Crumbling by the year's end.

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Key

The Daughters album for me has been sitting between 4/5 and 5/5. I listened to it again yesterday and loved it more.

MicShazam

I remembered liking it but hadn't heard it since it came out, then decided to come back to it since I was looking for something to listen to.
Didn't quite say it sucks. There's some things about it that I think are a bit weak, but it's still mostly enjoyable overall. Just not an album I care too much about.

Anteater

I liked it a lot, but there's an album near the top of my list with industrial qualities that won out for me in the long-term.

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Frownland

Is it by The Body?

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MicShazam

Ihsahn - Ámr


I also thought the album Ihsahn (of Emperor fame) released this year was very good. It's really only by the strength of the 3 metal albums I mentioned a few posts back that I feel like it isn't obvious top 10 material. It's left in the dust by those 3, but on it's own, it is very strong. I'd have liked a slightly rawer sound and having the guitars higher in the mix, but the songs are very well done at the end of the day. Ámr certainly beats Ihsahn's previous album, Arktis by quite a distance.

Basically, it's very good but it didn't blow my mind like Stam1na, Dir En Grey and especially Arkona's new albums did.



Come to think of it, I don't think I've ever seen anyone in here talk about Ihsahn either. So I guess no one was anticipating this one earlier this year like I was.

For those who don't know, it's basically black metal infused prog metal of some kind.

Mondo Bungle

surely some will be forgotten but this is still a list I'm comfortable with

1. Esoctrilihum — Inhüma
2. The Armed — Only Love
3. uSSSy — Voyage
4. Guerilla Toss — Twisted Crystal
5. Black Dresses — WASTEISOLATION
6. Haru Nemuri — harutosyura
7. Swarrrm — こわれはじめる
8. Convulsing — Grievous
9. Horrendous --- Idol
10. Bosse-de-Nage — Further Still

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MicShazam

I've heard two of these. I thought the Gorilla Toss album was fun, but I do not get the point of Horrendous. Or at least what's so great about them.

Mondo Bungle

for me it's the good instrumentation and song writing and production

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Frownland

That Esoctrilihum album's a ****ing winner. Makes their other (great) album look irrelevant.

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