2013....

[jhdeity]

Originally Posted by daimonos

How do I already know that 2013 is a much better year than 2012? Because at this time last year I couldn't even make half of a list, and right now I've got 12, and I actually like all 12 of them...

1. Clutch - Earth Rocker
2. Darkthrone - The Underground Resistance
3. Complete Failure - The Art Gospel of Aggravated Assault
4. Denouncement Pyre - Almighty Arcanum
5. Steven Wilson - The Raven that Refused to Sing
6. Suffocation - Pinnacle of Bedlam
7. Kongh - Sole Creation
8. Vreid - Welcome Farewell
9. Portal - Vexovoid
10. Terminate - Ascending to Red Heavens
11. Rotten Sound - Species of War
12. Lightning Swords of Death - Baphometic Creations

On my current horizon: Batillus, Nails, Enabler, Terror, Cough/Windham, and Black Sabbath.

2013 will be a historic year in MetalSetlist land. Wanna know why? I think it'll be the 1st year since I've been here that we get the #1 year end album of the year right. One can hope....

[powerslave_85]

Altar of Plagues is damn good, but I haven't spent much time with it yet.

Earth Rocker is easily their best since Robot Hive, and might eclipse that one too. "DC Sound Attack!" is the best song they've done in years.

I have the new Boris and Intronaut, but haven't had a chance to listen to them yet.

[jhdeity]

Originally Posted by powerslave_85

Altar of Plagues is damn good, but I haven't spent much time with it yet.

Earth Rocker is easily their best since Robot Hive, and might eclipse that one too. "DC Sound Attack!" is the best song they've done in years.

I have the new Boris and Intronaut, but haven't had a chance to listen to them yet.

The 3 songs they've been playing live DC Sound Attack, Cyborg Bette and Crucial Velocity are all 3 incredible songs that should be live staples for decades to come.

I'm utterly obsessed with Gone Cold right now. Total Tarantino movie soundtrack glorious. Unto the Breach, Book, Saddle & Go and The Face are all incredible songs in their own right also.

Coming form the guy who bashed Strange Cousins voraciously I stick by my stance 110% now. My least favorite song on Earth Rocker, ironically the title track is better than every song on Strange Cousins to me.

I think in a decade we'll all be licking our chops at the chance to see Earth Rocker played live in it's entirety. It's that good.

All hail Clutch... and Machine!

[kalfitegrdan]

Another new song from the upcoming Hypocrisy album:

Tales of Thy Spineless

It sounds pretty damn good.

[Rocco44]

1. Light Bearer – Silver Tongue
2. The Fall of Every Season – Amends
3. Steven Wilson – The Raven That Refused To Sing
4. Cult of Luna – Vertikal
5. And So I Watch You From Afar – All Hail Bright Futures
6. Destroy Judas – TBA
7. Omnium Gatherum – Beyond
8. Clutch – Earth Rocker
9. Caladan Brood – Echoes of Battle
10. Imperium Dekadenz – Meadows of Nostalgia
11. Darkthrone – The Underground Resistance
12. Batillus – Concrete Sustain
13. Kowloon Walled City – Container Ships
14. Long Distance Calling – The Flood Inside
15. Soilwork – The Living Infinite

Great start to the year already.

[kalfitegrdan]

The new Darkthrone is really, really badass.

[powerslave_85]

Unsurprisingly, the new Kvelertak is the shit.

[smearCampaign]

I picked up Inter Arma's Sky Burial and Batillus' Concrete Sustain at SXSW. Both solid albums.

If you like industrial influenced metal, check out Batillus ASAP.

[XDoomsayerX]

New KSE does not sound too promising. Straight up Times of Grace which was an okay cd...

[DethMaiden]

Originally Posted by powerslave_85

Unsurprisingly, the new Kvelertak is the shit.

Yep. With this and Clutch premiering the same week I'm not sure there's been enough beer brewed in the world for how hard I want to party.