The Great Mackintosh/Andrew Cook’s Top 50 of 2017
We may disagree on a lot of this but at the end of the day Metal is the blood, and the blood is the life.
Cryptae – Cryptae
.Cryptae sound like they just walked straight out of the primordial ooze and decided to show us what the fuck that sounded like.
Humanity’s End – Between Life and Death
Humanity’s End are continuing a legacy of great death metal. Get on it!
Deathmarch – Dismember
Hopefully with such a fierce love of doing what they do more will follow soon.
Morta Skuld – Wounds Deeper Than Time (Review and Interview)
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Eternal Torment – Blind to Reality
Death metal fans, and those interested in new releases should check them out.
Shrine of the Serpent/Black Urn – Split
Doom heads will be right in their element. Just don’t dive in expecting eternal happiness, for here there is none. Only bleakness awaits.
Five Horse Johnson – Jake Leg Boogie
This album carries a kind of blues swagger that is just gritty and makes you want more.
Kayak – Seventeen
Ultimately, what could have been a dizzying set of technical exercises actually breathes with life and vigor as a result of the melodic lines that make the whole affair quite entertaining and well worth a listen.
Corpsia – Genocides In the Name of God
It’s always good to hear a fresh take on some old thrash with modern twists.