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Hayduke’s Top 50 of 2018

What a year it’s been! There is no way a top 50 album is enough to truly express the fantastic year of music that was 2018. Nevertheless, check it out, comment, agree, argue, enjoy!

Night Vapor – 1000 Miles of Mud

clashing notes, sporadic beats, quavering distortion, and chain-smoking vocals

Skraeckoedlan – Äppelträdet

a sludgy, distorted bass tone that is as viscous as the deadly muck of a WWI Flanders battlefield.

Interview – Lago

An interview with Cole Jacobsen (guitars, vocals) of the Arizona dissonant death metal outfit Lago. Full support for Cole’s final statement…both parts.

The Ocean – Phanerozoic I: Paleozoic

massive songs which are perfectly crafted in every way, but the execution is deceptively simple; in some ways minimalist

Northern Crown – Northern Crown

plenty in the way of deliberate and crunchy groove, dynamic usage of riff and tempo changes, and compelling vocal melodies that rival their doomy forefathers

Spearhead – Pacifism is Cowardice

some battlefield somewhere in the history of mankind, bodies strewn as far as the eye can see, the sun baking the littered corpses and making mere silhouettes of the circling vultures as they wheel around tirelessly above. You can almost feel it’s heat and smell the stench, it’s that good.

Road Warrior – Power

one of the most exciting, refreshing, and fist-pumping powerful (pun intended) records of 2018.

The Exploding Eyes Orchestra – II

a fusion of somber lullabies and bass-heavy anthems

From The Hellmouth Interview and Live Set

Interview and live set of From the Hellmouth captured at The Agora in Cleveland in August.

Great Reversals – Stalactite

Great Reversals infuses an emotional complexity to their music which makes them stand out from their contemporaries

Embalmer Interview and Live Set

A video interview and live set of Embalmer at The Agora in Cleveland.

Cloud Rat – Clipped Beaks/Silk Panic

one of the most daring bands in music right

Hayduke’s Picks: Black Metal Albums Part 2

10 black metal albums worthy of your attention.

Valkyria – Tierra Hostil

an aggressive and guitar-driven power metal band

Hayduke’s Picks: 10 Black Metal Albums Part 1

10 black metal albums worthy of your consideration.

Interview with Morgue Walker

An interview with Justin Vølus and Dan Inlev of Morgue Walker.

Master – Vindictive Miscreant

The trio are individually masters of their craft, but also well schooled in composition. Every piece fits as it should in this old school thrashing death masterpiece.

Scorched – Ecliptic Butchery

Hearing this new album confirms what I theorized then, that Scorched is capable of becoming the new face of American death metal.

Lizzies – On Thin Ice

all-female Madrid-based quartet wears their hard-rocking roots on their denim-clad sleeves, infused with a sizable dose of punkified piss and vinegar.