What album are you listening to? v.7

[TAC]

Some 2022 albums today at work...

[Glasser]

Wow, I didn't know Saffire had another one out. Nice!

[TAC]

Wow, I didn't know Saffire had another one out. Nice!

I didn't either, but Spotify brought it up right after the Bomber.

[Glasser]

[Crow]

Desperate to find at least one excellent album from 2021, so let's give this a shot.

the secret is that 2021 had a ton of great albums but not that many of them came from prog or metal
2022's done a lot to compensate for that though 

[Bluefish]

[LithoJazzoSphere]

Desperate to find at least one excellent album from 2021, so let's give this a shot.

the secret is that 2021 had a ton of great albums but not that many of them came from prog or metal

I'd agree with this, though it's probably mostly a very different set of albums. 

[TAC]

2021 was amazing!

[Glasser]

For me 2022 was a journey back to my roots with a new and deeper appreciation for the great music Thin Lizzy, Deep Purple, Whitesnake, to name a few, gave me.

[Buddyhunter1]

Desperate to find at least one excellent album from 2021, so let's give this a shot.

the secret is that 2021 had a ton of great albums but not that many of them came from prog or metal
2022's done a lot to compensate for that though 

I did give that year's Chvrches album a listen today.

But yeah 2021 is literally the only year since 1995 I have nothing rated above a 3.5 on my RYM, and I listened to quite a few new releases that year (for my standards). Comparatively, 2019 and 2022 are both sitting at 5 for me.

Willing to listen to suggestions! If you put a gun to my head I'd probably tell you my favorite album from that year was Perturbator's Lustful Sacraments. Panopticon's ...And Again Into The Light would have been my AOTY if the production wasn't so bad.

[LithoJazzoSphere]

It kind of depends on what you're looking for more of.  More like those albums, or just great ones in general?  You can always leaf through the best of '21 threads.  Atmospheric black metal is something that misses far more than it hits for me, but I thought the production was mostly fine on it.  I think the instruments are a little out of tune in the first track or two (probably intentionally), but "The Embers At Dawn" was magical. 

https://www.dreamtheaterforums.org/boards/index.php?topic=57120

https://www.dreamtheaterforums.org/boards/index.php?topic=57143

[Buddyhunter1]

Atmospheric black metal is something that misses far more than it hits for me, but I thought the production was mostly fine on it.  I think the instruments are a little out of tune in the first track or two (probably intentionally), but "The Embers At Dawn" was magical. 

It definitely could have been worse. I think the main problem for me is how much the guitars get swallowed up by the drums. I've listened to bits of other somewhat-recent Panopticon albums (and all of Autumn Eternal, which is a fantastic album) and I found the mixing to be better on all of them.

[hefdaddy42]

SAULT - 11

[hefdaddy42]

SAULT - Aiir

[hefdaddy42]

Anthony Mcgill and the Pacifica Quartet - American Stories

[jjrock88]

Stryper- To Hell With the Devil

Van Halen- VH1

Armored Saint- March of the Saint

Kiss- Rock and Roll Over

[hefdaddy42]

SAULT - Earth

[pfillion]

Remina - Strata

https://remina.bandcamp.com/album/strata

[hefdaddy42]

SAULT - Today & Tomorrow

[hefdaddy42]

Dream Theater - Lost Not Forgotten Archives: Old Bridge, New Jersey (1996) (Live)

[Sacul]

Willing to listen to suggestions!

Sufjan Stevens & Angelo De Augustine A Beginner's Mind
Darkside Spiral
Low HEY WHAT
St. Vincent Daddy's Home

[Zydar]

Judas Priest - British Steel

I'm in a Priest mood tonight, after having watched the RRHoF performance.

[Buddyhunter1]

Willing to listen to suggestions!

Sufjan Stevens & Angelo De Augustine A Beginner's Mind
Darkside Spiral
Low HEY WHAT
St. Vincent Daddy's Home

I'll check out at least a couple of those. I think I gave HEY WHAT one listen and it didn't grab me much.



Here's everything I've listened to so far in my "find a great 2021 album" journey these past couple days.




I'm on that last one now (Atvm - Famine, Putrid and Fucking Endless) and it's some pretty fun progressive death metal.

[twosuitsluke]

Willing to listen to suggestions!

Sufjan Stevens & Angelo De Augustine A Beginner's Mind
Darkside Spiral
Low HEY WHAT
St. Vincent Daddy's Home

I'll check out at least a couple of those. I think I gave HEY WHAT one listen and it didn't grab me much.



Here's everything I've listened to so far in my "find a great 2021 album" journey these past couple days.




I'm on that last one now (Atvm - Famine, Putrid and Fucking Endless) and it's some pretty fun progressive death metal.

These three are the best 

[Buddyhunter1]

Swap out Turnstile for Ethereal Shroud and I'd agree just based on first listens.

[LithoJazzoSphere]

Remina - Strata

https://remina.bandcamp.com/album/strata

Of course over half the album had already come out via singles, but the quality of the rest is on the same level, so this is easily one of the best albums this year. 

[twosuitsluke]

Swap out Turnstile for Ethereal Shroud and I'd agree just based on first listens.

Can't say I've heard Ethereal Shroud. *sigh* I guess I'll add it to the neverending list. Turnstile is probably better though 

[Buddyhunter1]

Swap out Turnstile for Ethereal Shroud and I'd agree just based on first listens.

Can't say I've heard Ethereal Shroud. *sigh* I guess I'll add it to the neverending list. Turnstile is probably better though 

Are you even into atmospheric black metal? If you are you'd probably enjoy it.

I kept hearing people talking about how novel that Turnstile album was, and maybe this is just my lack of familiarity with the styles it's pulling from speaking, but to me it just sounded like pretty normal punk rock.

[pfillion]

Remina - Strata

https://remina.bandcamp.com/album/strata

Of course over half the album had already come out via singles, but the quality of the rest is on the same level, so this is easily one of the best albums this year.

Yes I agree with you

[pfillion]

Oak - The Quiet Rebellion Of Compromise

https://oakinoslo.bandcamp.com/album/the-quiet-rebellion-of-compromise

[LithoJazzoSphere]

Remina - Strata

https://remina.bandcamp.com/album/strata

Of course over half the album had already come out via singles, but the quality of the rest is on the same level, so this is easily one of the best albums this year.

Yes I agree with you

Have you heard her :LOR3L3i: material? 

[Bluefish]

[Bluefish]

[Zydar]

Bruce Springsteen - Only The Strong Survive

[hefdaddy42]

Bruce Springsteen - Only The Strong Survive

Same