Best music 2016

by HellHammer • 18 Dec 2016, 17:45 • Journals
  1. United Kingdom Autechre - elseq 1-5 (electronic/IDM)
  2. United Kingdom Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Skeleton Tree (art rock/singer/songwriter)
  3. United States of America Swans - The Glowing Man (experimental rock)
  4. United States of America Vektor - Terminal Redux (progressive thrash metal)
  5. United Kingdom David Bowie - Blackstar (art rock)
  6. United States of America Danny Brown - Atrocity Exhibition (experimental hip hop)
  7. United States of America Run the Jewels - Run the Jewels 3 (hip hop)
  8. Finland Moonsorrow - Jumalten Aika (folk black metal)
  9. United States of America Deakin - Sleep Cycle (psychedelia)
  10. Iceland Zhrine - Unortheta (black/death metal)
  11. United States of America A Tribe Called Quest - We got it from Here... Thank You 4 Your service (hip hop)
  12. United Kingdom Radiohead - A Moon Shaped Pool (art rock)
  13. France Deathspell Omega - The Synarchy of Molten Bones (black metal)
  14. Australia The Avalanches - Wildflower (plunderphonics)
  15. United States of America Case / Lang / Veirs - Case / Lang / Veirs (chamber folk)
  16. United Kingdom Mithras - On Strange Loops (technical death metal)
  17. United States of America Car Seat Headrest - Teens of Denial (indie rock)
  18. Finland Insomnium - Winter's Gate (melodic death metal)
  19. Finland Trees of Eternity - Hour of the Nightingale (doom metal)
  20. Canada Preoccupations - Preoccupations (post-punk)
  21. Finland Oranssi Pazuzu - Värähtelijä (psychedelic black metal)
  22. United States of America Aesop Rock - The Impossible Kid (abstract hip hop)
  23. Iceland Jóhann Jóhannsson - Orphée (modern classical)
  24. Italy Novembre - Ursa (progressive gothic metal)
  25. New Zealand Ulcerate - Shrines of Paralysis (technical death metal)
  26. Canada Forteresse - Thèmes pour la rebellion (atmospheric black metal)
  27. United States of America Khemmis - Hunted (doom metal)
  28. United Kingdom Saor - Guardians (atmospheric black metal)
  29. Canada Leonard Cohen - You Want It Darker (singer/songwriter)
  30. United States of America Howls of Ebb - Cursus Impasse: The Pendlomic Vows (black/death metal)
  31. Singapore Wormrot - Voices (grindcore)
  32. Sweden An Abstract Illusion - Illuminate the Path (progressive metal)
  33. Greece Hail Spirit Noir - Mayhem in Blue (psychedelic black metal)
  34. Canada Chthe'ilist - Le dernier crépuscule (technical death metal)
  35. Poland Furia - Księżyc milczy luty (black metal)
  36. United States of America Jeff Rosenstock - Worry (pop punk)
  37. United States of America The Dillinger Escape Plan - Dissociation (mathcore)
  38. United States of America Kayo Dot - Plastic House on Base of Sky (art rock/synthwave)
  39. Australia Be'lakor - Vessels (melodic death metal)
  40. France Aluk Todolo - Voix (psychedelic black metal/krautrock)
  41. United States of America Blood Incantation - Starspawn (death metal)
  42. United States of America Mare Cognitum - Luminiferous Aether (atmospheric black metal)
  43. Hungary Thy Catafalque - Meta (avant-garde metal)
  44. Austria Schammasch - Triangle (black metal)
  45. Germany Coldworld - Autumn (atmospheric black metal)
  46. United States of America Dälek - Asphalt for Eden (abstract hip hop)
  47. Sweden Cult of Luna - Mariner (atmospheric sludge metal)
  48. United Kingdom Yndi Halda - Under Summer (post-rock)
  49. United States of America Cobalt - Slow Forever (black metal/atmospheric sludge metal)
  50. United Kingdom Haken - Affinity (progressive metal)
  51. United Kingdom 40 Watt Sun - Wider Than the Sky (slowcore)
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Frop 18 Dec 2016, 19:05
ET really is dead if there are no links in your yearly journal anymore.
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HellHammer 18 Dec 2016, 19:21
I'm on mobile. Doing links with bb codes on Android is the quickest way to get cancer.

Edit
Oh look, I'm in the Netherlands for 3 weeks and I'm already using cancer randomly in sentences.
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PHOTO 18 Dec 2016, 21:54
haha cancernerd
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PHOTO 18 Dec 2016, 21:54
j/k youre nice
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Foreigner 18 Dec 2016, 21:56
Can't believe you posted this list before insane's mixtape dropped
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insAneeeee 20 Dec 2016, 13:32
now I have to make a scandal to get media attention and randomly drop my album instead of my mixtape just to make a statement.
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Panda 18 Dec 2016, 23:02
Think I've only listened to about half or so of that list, I did make a point of listening to more records this year for the first half of the year (128 EP/albums in 1 folder :D)

I absolutely loved the Saor record, had that preordered too (big cock up with the press so still waiting on the CD/shirt). Insomnium's record was incredible too, will hear it live in January too :3
Also biased towards 40 watt sun as Patrick Walker, so... <3 Be'lakor's album was nice to listen to, though didn't top 'of breath and bone' for me after waiting a while for it.
Will go through some more soon and maybe edit my post, Mistur's album was nice too.
Big mention to A.B. Original tho <3
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HellHammer 18 Dec 2016, 23:57
This year was kinda disappointing for metal tbh.

Deathspell Omega, Bolzer, Dead Congregation and Gorguts, 4 bands I expected would tear shit up (along with some others I can't even remember right now), all released subpar material this year. Yeah, Deathspell Omega is in my top 15 and rightfully so, but after releasing probably the greatest black metal record of the 10's and being one of the top dogs to rise from the vast metal muck the last decade, their last record was underwhelming to say the least, especially if you consider the amount of hype surrounding it. It's relentless and uncompromising, but lacks the nuance and overwordly dissonant melodies that came out of nowhere on Paracletus, all the things that made that album so incredible.

Vektor, Moonsorrow, Zhrine and Mithras really saved the day here. None could touch the #1 spot anyway though.

Why couldn't Emptiness release their new album this year instead of January 2017 for fucks sakes.
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rasFeratu 20 Dec 2016, 22:43
1folder qoes to recycle-bin ina couple
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Kimi 19 Dec 2016, 11:32
for me the best discovery of last year is GY!BE and whole post-rock genre
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HellHammer 19 Dec 2016, 15:14
Wait till you discover the first wave of post rock like Talk Talk, Bark Psychosis, Slint, Tortoise etc. Gybe is great and all, but when you take out the crescendos, it ain't got nothing on old school post rock.
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embarrassed 19 Dec 2016, 19:02
I am impressed you can be passionate about so many different genres. I'd recommend checking out Don't Smoke Rock which dropped recently. Malibu and Awaken My Love were both nice too but I am guessing not really your style based on this list.
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Aq 19 Dec 2016, 19:28
Song of Mannequin challenge "black beatles" best in 2k16
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PHOTO 19 Dec 2016, 20:45
no man starboy by the weeknd
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Aq 19 Dec 2016, 21:14
thought about this as well. would get 2nd place in my list.
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PHOTO 19 Dec 2016, 20:45
no man starboy by the weeknd
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Aq 19 Dec 2016, 21:14
thought about this as well. would get 2nd place in my list.
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insAneeeee 20 Dec 2016, 13:33
no man starboy by the weeknd
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HellHammer 20 Dec 2016, 15:36
thought about this as well. would get 2nd place in my list.
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PHOTO 20 Dec 2016, 17:00
Wait till you discover the first wave of post rock like Talk Talk, Bark Psychosis, Slint, Tortoise etc. Gybe is great and all, but when you take out the crescendos, it ain't got nothing on old school post rock.
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Aq 20 Dec 2016, 17:38
This year was kinda disappointing for metal tbh.

Deathspell Omega, Bolzer, Dead Congregation and Gorguts, 4 bands I expected would tear shit up (along with some others I can't even remember right now), all released subpar material this year. Yeah, Deathspell Omega is in my top 15 and rightfully so, but after releasing probably the greatest black metal record of the 10's and being one of the top dogs to rise from the vast metal muck the last decade, their last record was underwhelming to say the least, especially if you consider the amount of hype surrounding it. It's relentless and uncompromising, but lacks the nuance and overwordly dissonant melodies that came out of nowhere on Paracletus, all the things that made that album so incredible.

Vektor, Moonsorrow, Zhrine and Mithras really saved the day here. None could touch the #1 spot anyway though.

Why couldn't Emptiness release their new album this year instead of January 2017 for fucks sakes.
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HellHammer 20 Dec 2016, 18:36
now I have to make a scandal to get media attention and randomly drop my album instead of my mixtape just to make a statement.
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insAneeeee 20 Dec 2016, 18:42
I am impressed you can be passionate about so many different genres. I'd recommend checking out Don't Smoke Rock which dropped recently. Malibu and Awaken My Love were both nice too but I am guessing not really your style based on this list.
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PHOTO 22 Dec 2016, 17:03
United Kingdom Autechre - elseq 1-5 (electronic/IDM)
United Kingdom Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Skeleton Tree (art rock/singer/songwriter)
United States of America Swans - The Glowing Man (experimental rock)
United States of America Vektor - Terminal Redux (progressive thrash metal)
United Kingdom David Bowie - Blackstar (art rock)
United States of America Danny Brown - Atrocity Exhibition (experimental hip hop)
Finland Moonsorrow - Jumalten Aika (folk black metal)
United States of America Deakin - Sleep Cycle (psychedelia)
Iceland Zhrine - Unortheta (black/death metal)
United States of America A Tribe Called Quest - We got it from Here... Thank You 4 Your service (hip hop)
United Kingdom Radiohead - A Moon Shaped Pool (art rock)
France Deathspell Omega - The Synarchy of Molten Bones (black metal)
Australia The Avalanches - Wildflower (plunderphonics)
United States of America Case / Lang / Veirs - Case / Lang / Veirs (chamber folk)
United Kingdom Mithras - On Strange Loops (technical death metal)
United States of America Car Seat Headrest - Teens of Denial (indie rock)
Finland Insomnium - Winter's Gate (melodic death metal)
Finland Trees of Eternity - Hour of the Nightingale (doom metal)
Canada Preoccupations - Preoccupations (post-punk)
Finland Oranssi Pazuzu - Värähtelijä (psychedelic black metal)
United States of America Aesop Rock - The Impossible Kid (abstract hip hop)
Iceland Jóhann Jóhannsson - Orphée (modern classical)
Italy Novembre - Ursa (progressive gothic metal)
New Zealand Ulcerate - Shrines of Paralysis (technical death metal)
Canada Forteresse - Thèmes pour la rebellion (atmospheric black metal)
United States of America Khemmis - Hunted (doom metal)
United Kingdom Saor - Guardians (atmospheric black metal)
Canada Leonard Cohen - You Want It Darker (singer/songwriter)
United States of America Howls of Ebb - Cursus Impasse: The Pendlomic Vows (black/death metal)
Singapore Wormrot - Voices (grindcore)
Sweden An Abstract Illusion - Illuminate the Path (progressive metal)
Greece Hail Spirit Noir - Mayhem in Blue (psychedelic black metal)
Canada Chthe'ilist - Le dernier crépuscule (technical death metal)
Poland Furia - Księżyc milczy luty (black metal)
United States of America Jeff Rosenstock - Worry (pop punk)
United States of America The Dillinger Escape Plan - Dissociation (mathcore)
United States of America Kayo Dot - Plastic House on Base of Sky (art rock/synthwave)
Australia Be'lakor - Vessels (melodic death metal)
France Aluk Todolo - Voix (psychedelic black metal/krautrock)
United States of America Blood Incantation - Starspawn (death metal)
United States of America Mare Cognitum - Luminiferous Aether (atmospheric black metal)
Hungary Thy Catafalque - Meta (avant-garde metal)
Austria Schammasch - Triangle (black metal)
Germany Coldworld - Autumn (atmospheric black metal)
United States of America Dälek - Asphalt for Eden (abstract hip hop)
Sweden Cult of Luna - Mariner (atmospheric sludge metal)
United Kingdom Yndi Halda - Under Summer (post-rock)
United States of America Cobalt - Slow Forever (black metal/atmospheric sludge metal)
United Kingdom Haken - Affinity (progressive metal)
United Kingdom 40 Watt Sun - Wider Than the Sky (slowcore)
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rasFeratu 20 Dec 2016, 22:33
Sacrifice + Drum Solo Live (dont break yer fkn LEGS)

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Hummingnerd 22 Dec 2016, 10:09
Cheers HellHammer, yearly list from you has always been nice from you. :)
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