New Opeth is so boring. I have no idea what happened to them. Alcest and Meshuggah are releasing next month so hopefully they deliver.
SubRosa's For This We Fought the Battle of Ages is my favorite metal release this year.
Also worth checking out:
Aluk Todolo – Voix
Astronoid – Air
Gorguts – Pleiades' Dust
Howls of Ebb – Cursus Impasse: The Pendlomic Vows
Inter Arma – Paradise Gallows
Lycus – Chasms
Moonsorrow – Jumalten Aika
Schammasch – Triangle
Jandek just clicked with me and woooo, I've been missing out.
His catalog is so big but he's amazing.
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Originally posted by Alaska.
I was never really into post-hardcore/noise rock music but this album is nice. Do you guys know more bands like this?
My fav post-hardcore bands are Unwound and Fugazi. They are more 2nd wave of post-hardcore so you might as well check all those big releases from Hüsker Dü, Minutemen and Rites of Spring that shaped the genre. Some other great bands are Drive Like Jehu, ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead and more noise rock oriented ones like Big Black, The Jesus Lizard, Shellac and mclusky.
So basically almost everything produced by Steve Albini and released on Dischord Records.
My fav post-hardcore bands are Unwound and Fugazi. They are more 2nd wave of post-hardcore so you might as well check all those big releases from Hüsker Dü, Minutemen and Rites of Spring that shaped the genre. Some other great bands are Drive Like Jehu, ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead and more noise rock oriented ones like Big Black, The Jesus Lizard, Shellac and mclusky.
So basically almost everything produced by Steve Albini and released on Dischord Records.
Does anyone know bands like Sleigh Bells? I reallly like their productions and sonic style but the lead singer is so boring most of the time imo basically looking for loud but also catchy noise rock/pop.