Is powerviolence metal? No, but this seems more of an appropriate place to put this than the jazz thread.
Wow, the metal thread is moribund
This is Album of the Year level
RBF
Not sure how I've missed this "band" for so long (it's a one-man band with session musicians), but I just discovered Aquilus today. This is their 4th LP (which dropped back on May 3rd) since their debut in 2011. This newest installment, Bellum II, the second part to their 2021 album Bellum I, is 8 tracks, 59 minutes (with two, 16-minute tracks in the mix). This album is haunting, beautiful, devastating, eloquent, gripping, and unsettling (the album art basically says all those things). With an amazing blend of atmospheric metal, neo-folk, and classical styles, along with beautiful accompaniments of piano, flute, violin, and operatic vocals, Bellum II boasts one of the most unique metal listens I've had this year and this decade. Surely a metal frontrunner and overall album frontrunner for me for 2024 so far.
The Stygian Rose is crushing and brilliant. Definitely one of the best I've heard this year.Hah - I figured that no one wanted to talk about metal anymore. In all seriousness, I'm ready to talk about the new Crypt Sermon over and over.
Although I find it funny that they said they wanted to make an album like Metallica's The Black Album, because this smokes it and I don't hear the similarities...The Stygian Rose is crushing and brilliant. Definitely one of the best I've heard this year.
Thx@simpleKoala this place might appeal.
Kerry King - From Hell I RiseI haven’t listened to a lot of metal I liked this year. Someone make me a list of like five things I should check out from this year…
I haven’t listened to a lot of metal I liked this year. Someone make me a list of like five things I should check out from this year…