Blazfemur's Annual Top Ten (2015 Music Releases)

[Blazfemur]

So i used to be somewhat of a dj/vj for an online radio station, when i left i couldnt part with this tradition. I myself specialized in black metal/darker forms of music, i figured id get this over with now, as it doesnt look to change anytime soon.

 

Feel free to post your own, im always interested in new music and varying tastes

 

Top Ten 2015 Releases:

 

10) Band: Dark Funeral

Country Of Origin: Sweden

Release: Nail Them To The Cross (Single)

Released: February 2015

Genre: Black Metal

Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=plh22lTpnjY

           https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RM_ebEK7DCw

 

9) Band: Baptism

Country Of Origin: Finland

Release: Gloria Tibi Satana (Compilation)

Released: April 2015

Genre: Black Metal

Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oIfcICQJD3k

 

8) Band: Carach Angren

Country Of Origin: Netherlands

Release: This Is No Fairytale

Released: February 2015

Genre: Symphonic/Orchestral Black Metal

Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f-fQXv_LSis

 

7) Band: Archgoat

Country Of Origin: Finland

Release: The Apocalyptic Triumphator

Released: January 2015

Genre: Blackened Death Metal/Bestial Black Metal

Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lp9lkveYPmM

 

6) Band: Horna

Country Of Origin: Finland

Release: Hengen Tulet

Released: September 2015

Genre: Black Metal

Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fV02V_5zXrw

 

5) Band: Horn

Country Of Origin: Germany

Release: Feldpost

Released: November 2015

Genre: Pagan Black Metal

Link: (***Too New, Not Uploaded On YouTube Yet***)

 

4) Band: Cradle Of Filth

Country Of Origin: United Kingdom

Release: Hammer Of The Witches

Released: July 2015

Genre: Symphonic Blackened Gothic Metal

Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t2Y4uZ0rnRk&list=PLUg8mvlCacMY7dNe5hGNdAi_beq9TtQne

 

3) Band: Neoheresy (Formerly Hellveto)

Country Of Origin: Poland

Release: Talionis

Released: April 2015

Genre: Symphonic/Orchestral Pagan Black Metal

Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g4lLxHUOZwA&list=PLqHc8HsOqzlR96KX9S0nOXqwI4mZyEMh_

 

2) Band: Elffor

Country Of Origin: Spain

Release: Buruzagi Ilunaren Bilduma (Compilation)

Released: March 2015

Genre: Atmospheric/Ambient Black Metal

Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-qCP9-vlTs

          https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gnvbt6iQEtE

 

1) Band: Leviathan

Country Of Origin: United States

Release: Scar Sighted

Released: March 2015

Genre: Black Metal/Dark Ambient

Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pyZ0RxUVYQE

 

Honorable Mentions:

 

5) Band: Shape Of Despair

Country Of Origin: Finland

Release: Monotony Fields

Released: June 2015

Genre: Atmospheric Funeral Doom Metal

Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r5N8mVszjvc

 

4) Band: Tyranny

Country Of Origin: Finland

Release: Aeons In Tectonic Internment

Released: September 2015

Genre: Funeral Doom Metal

Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VA5C9pY8-a0

 

3) Band: Arcturus

Country Of Origin: Norway

Release: Arcturian

Released: May 2015

Genre: Avantgarde/Progressive Black Metal

Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2uWIg5hI7hE&list=PLkO81gOLoV9hLJD656eWelZIEp72G480f

 

2) Band: Marduk

Country Of Origin: Sweden

Release: Frontschwein

Released: January 2015

Genre: Black Metal

Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JDlbOnqMwVU

 

1) Band: Gorgoroth

Country Of Origin: Norway

Release: Instinctus Bestialis

Released: June 2015

Genre: Black Metal

Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9SHJrVpV0Xo

 

Up & Coming New Bands This Year:

 

2) Band: Myrkur

Country Of Origin: United States

Release: M

Released: August 2015

Genre: Blackened Folk Metal

Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6jrfX1FpXAQ

 

1) Band: Advent Sorrow

Country Of Origin: Australia

Release: As All Light Leaves Her

Released: August 2015

Genre: Symphonic/Orchestral Depressive Black Metal

Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P7a34YIAOIs

[Blazfemur]

Orchestral Depressive Black Metal? Now I've heard everything xD

 

I don't really keep up to date with enough currently releasing musicians to have a full list, but of the albums released this year here are my favourites in order:

1) 

Band: Modest Mouse

Country: USA

Album: Strangers to Ourselves

Genre: Indie Rock

Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nvjLnQZSSq4&list=PLNKnNwQ3xNGPgRakdGyqEQMOa1wjpJydM

Saw them live which is why they're at the top.

 

2)

Band: Belle and Sebastian

Country: Scotland

Album: Girls In Peacetime Want to Dance

Genre: Indie Pop

Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o7CP2zxS4zo&list=PLZqsyBiYZFQ1x46q_gMzuajMzWseib9EP

(not a very good link as it's not all the songs or in order, but the best collection I could find)

Heard about these on the forum and went to listen to the rest of the album after someone linked Perfect Couples, and the rest of the album is generally better than that song (it's the one with the really cool video). 

 

3)

Band: Trickfinger (John Frusciante)

Country: USA

Album: Trickfinger

Genre: Acid House

Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g1jOpwexf5Y

Not a genre I usually listen to, but I liked Frusciante and I'm always open to expanding my musical horizons, so I thought why not? It's actually pretty catchy. Granted I had it on in the background more than really sitting down to listen to it. 

 

Huh. So it appears I've only actually listened to three new albums this year. I've just been checking the wikipedia page though, and there's plenty of albums released this year by people that I genuinely already like, such as: The Decemberists, Bob Dylan, Blur, The Darkness, Kwabs, David Gilmour, Keith Richards, City and Colour, Newton Faulkner, possibly RHCP and obviously Adele. 

And writing all that has just given me a bit of insight about my musical preferences. As much as I consider myself to have a fairly diverse taste, when it comes to 21st century music it's almost all rock/pop. 

 

 

not bad man. Youd actually LOVE Iwan Rheons own musical project. Its very indie folkish, definitely softer on the ears. He actually has an amazing voice, that ramsay

[Gears of the Beast]

'Hammer of the Witches' is an interesting album title considering Ringworm's 2014 album, 'Hammer of the Witch'.

As for 2015's best album, look no further than Ire. 

[Blazfemur]

'Hammer of the Witches' is an interesting album title considering Ringworm's 2014 album, 'Hammer of the Witch'.

As for 2015's best album, look no further than Ire. 

CoF's return album, i never thought id see them on a top list for me ever again. That album is a call back to blacker days, and theyve regained some of the sound that they lost.

 

Parkway Drive, never heard of them. On the surface it sounds core, metalcore (where da breakdowns at???)

 

I prefer more emotional depth with mine. Not to say yours doesnt have it, it most certainly does, it doesnt filter that way with what would normally appeal to me.

 

A taste of the greatness of my top album:

 

 https://youtu.be/-QK

[Blazfemur]

Thanks! I've noticed him mentioned a lot in the music threads actually, guess it's time to finally give it a go. So far, really enjoying the Tongue Tied EP. 

Definitely softer than I usually like - I did grow up on Queen, Led Zeppelin and AC/DC after all, but yeah my taste for modern music is definitely in favour of the quieter, often acoustic stuff.

and certainly nothing wrong with that. I have, or more accurately, had, a softer side awhile back. Mazzy Star, Seal, and Kristen Barry paid frequent visits to my ears. Portishead and Massive Attack did too

[King Tyrion I]

Thanks! I've noticed him mentioned a lot in the music threads actually, guess it's time to finally give it a go. So far, really enjoying the Tongue Tied EP. 

Definitely softer than I usually like - I did grow up on Queen, Led Zeppelin and AC/DC after all, but yeah my taste for modern music is definitely in favour of the quieter, often acoustic stuff.

Get "Dinard", my friend. Really. You'll love it.

[Spockydog]

*snip*

Eek.

[Gears of the Beast]

Parkway Drive, never heard of them. On the surface it sounds core, metalcore (where da breakdowns at???)

Yep, traditionally they're metalcore although they did experiment with the sound quite a bit in Ire and cut back on the breakdowns. 

[all swedes are racist]

Some my (non-metal) favorites of the year:

Courtney Barnett - Sometimes I Sit and Think, Sometimes I Just Sit
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=o-nr1nNC3dsPedestrian At Best

Pretty definitely hands down favorite this year. For me, at least, this came out pretty much nowhere. A very gifted songwriter and especially lyricist, with a vague 90s alterna-grrrl throwback vibe.... Almost like a much more self-deprecating Liz Phair, but with enough clever, sometimes odd, and almost always humorous turns of phrase to make Ghostface Killah proud.

Sleater-Kinney - No Cities To Love
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=TWc6knXULsw Price Tag

man, you have got to respect the fuck outta Sleater-Kinney. Something like 7 or 8 full length albums over a twenty odd year career, and they just never let up. I'm hard pressed to think of another band that for so long has stayed consistently fresh and inventive, yet with the same kind of staying power. Their shit holds up, and honestly this may be one of their best. 

Viet Cong - Continental Shelf
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=zW1kP99mok4 Silhouettes

Marina & The Diamonds - Froot
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=WZzcY7ASQno Froot

Jaime xx - In colour
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=TP9luRtEqjc Loud Places

Thee Oh Sees - Mutilator Defeated At Last
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=DXw9NsOeiBU Turned Out Light

Kamasi Washington - The Epic
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=gI1wK508370The Message

this guys not fucking around. While he's released a demo that made some noise in jazz circles, and has played on some heavy hitters records (most notably, maybe, being Kendrick Lamarr's latest) dude had no real releases to his name. So he drops an appropriately named, 3-(three!!)disc modern jazz concept album, and destroys all comers. Kamasi doesn't care if you don't like jazz (and I've got to agree with him here), this shit is fire.

Purity Ring - Another Eternity
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=LbqcXnTt-7o Pushpull

Empress Of - Me Standards

Lana Del Rey - Honeymoon I Don't Wanna Go

honorable mentions:

Moon Duo- Shadow of the Sun

Jeffrey Lewis and Los Bolts - Manhattan

One part folky troubadour, one part beat poet inheritor, and part punk rock agitator (flashes of D.Boone delivery), Lewis' often whimsical ode to this little/giant island nation that has captured to imaginations of millions the world over, has a kind of goût de terroir that seems to elude others... It's like an auditory Reuben 

Helen - Original Faces

some kind of hazy dream pop melted onto buzzing distorted shoe gaze.... Like watching a grainy super-8 video of a dream you had of a memory of something  that never happened... It should be unsettling, but the warm fuzzy familiarity keeps you totally freaking out

[KiDisaster]

Good timing on the thread revival, I was just thinking about my favorite albums of the year earlier today. Might as well share. 

Kendrick Lamar - To Pimp A Butterfly

Starting off with my absolute favorite album of 2015, and the one that shoved its way immediately into my top five hip-hop albums of all time. Hell if I took the time to really sit down and think about it it would probably end pretty damn close to the top on my favorite albums ever of any genre. Jazzy instrumentals with some of the best lyricism and vocals Kendrick's ever done, powerful messages and a concept that builds from start to finish with an immensely satisfying conclusion. I've raved about this album so damn much to everyone who would listen because it's a goddamn masterpiece.

Standout track: Every single one, deserves to be listened to start to finish. But my favorite is 'u'.

Coheed & Cambria - The Color Before The Sun

Coheed is my favorite band and they put out a new album this year. It being on this list was pretty much a forgone conclusion. That it would be their first "non-concept" album (non-concept in quotes because it really is a concept album, it's just a concept album about Claudio's real life rather than the sci-fi story they've been telling since the first album) had me extremely curious about how it would turn out, and a little worried it would be a major departure from the Coheed I love. It was, in a way, in that it's certainly the 'poppiest' album they've ever done and I know that turned a lot of people off. Personally though, I've always loved the few poppy songs they toss onto every album so it worked for me. If I were to rank it versus their other albums I think it would end up near the middle, but that's a list where I love even the one on the bottom. 

Standout track: Peace To The Mountain

Don't worry I don't have as much to say about the rest of these

Lana Del Rey - Honeymoon

Lana's consistently impressed me ever since I first heard Born To Die. Not a single song on that album or the two since than I don't like and Honeymoon is probably her best work IMO. 

Standout track: Swan Song

The Weeknd - Beauty Behind The Madness

This guy caught my attention with his first few mixtapes, and then his first album was unfortunately kinda disappointing. Happy to say that isn't the case this time around. Every track is killer. Even has a Lana Del Rey feature. What's not to love?

Standout track: The Hills

The Dear Hunter - Act IV: Rebirth in Reprise

The Dear Hunter is unique on this list in that they're the only group/artist I wasn't already into before 2015. They came on my radar with the release of this latest album and the recommendation from a bunch of other Coheed fans (apparently there's a big cross over. Both proggy bands with multi-album concept stories. Makes sense.) and I got hooked pretty quickly. My favorite album of their's is actually Act II so far, but the new one is fucking awesome as well. 

Standout track: A Night on the Town

 

[King Tyrion I]

My favorite albums in 2015:

Iwan Rheon – Dinard

Yes! A blast. I also liked his previous EPs (notably the "Tongue Tied EP", the "Changing Times EP" and the "Bang! Bang!" album) before. But with "Dinard" he's really done his master piece so far. A nice quiet album, folk songs which remind me of my poems. Favorite track. That's really easy. "Diaries" with "Magic seeds" and "Rhodd" as second and third place. Highly recommended if you haven't heard "Ramsay" sing before.

Native Construct – Quiet World

Progressive Metal at its best. I really love it. Great tracks! Hope to hear more of them soon. Favorite track: "Mute". The very first.

Courtney Barnett – Sometimes I Sit And Think And Sometimes I Just Sit

Great album! One of the best in 2015. From its first to its last track. Favorite track: "Pedestrian at best".

John Grant – Grey Tickles, Black Pressure

Yes, I like it. Like every track of it. But so far I have no favorite track. Need to listen to it again once more.

Iron Maiden – Book of Souls

Yes, it's a nice album. Didn't expect less of Iron Maiden. It's not that outstanding, but one can always enjoy it IMO.

Horrendous – Anareta

A blast! Better you listen to it with your headphones on. Love it. And recommend it.

Need to listen to Coheed and Cambria's latest album – greetings to KiD! - yet and will probably update my list. Same goes for The Weeknd.

[all swedes are racist]

Totally forgot a bunch (knew that didn't look right) 

Chelsea Wolfe - Abyss (extremely close contender for best of the year, right up with a Courtney Barnett and Kurt Vile)

Kurt Vile - b'lieve i'm goin' down

Lil Bub - Science & Magic

Health - Death Magic

and that John Grant totally earns an honorable mention, but nothing will compare to Queen of Denmark