This is the best year for new metal albums in a long time...

[bloc]

2016 is already the year of Vektor.

 

[Unleash The Fury]

...., Mercenary disbanded!?

Also can't wait for Devin's new album, I met him at the Axe Generation show, He said Anekke Von Giebersen is part of this one as well. I listened to Z2 every morning to school last year.

no they didn't disband but both of the original vocalists, Kral and Mikkel, have formed a new band called Firesoul and they are writing/recording as we speak

 

[The Mirror]

Like seriously what the hell happened to them, they have gotten consistently meh since the first album but that was just painful.

I guess what you were trying to say was that they got consistently better from being a DT/SymX rip-off to becoming a band with their own style.

Havoc was dope. From Marilyn Manson on Speed (Havoc) to great Prog-Rock (After the Fire).

But well, Haters gonna hate?

 

[celticelk]

Also new Russian Circles, new Helms Alee, new Living Colour scheduled for later this year. Great concert season as well - I've got a show a month lined up from June through October, which for me is a lot.

 

[CaptainD00M]

I guess what you were trying to say was that they got consistently better from being a DT/SymX rip-off to becoming a band with their own style.

You guessed wrong then

 

[VBCheeseGrater]

Yeah, the new Metallica record will make even Emmure sound mind-blowing and awesome

I was waiting for someone to mention the Metallica record. There's no doubt tons of bands have better chops all around, but i'll be looking forward to the new Metallica. I enjoyed Death Magnetic when it came out, that album gets me pumped still when I listen to it.

 

[beneharris]

Circus Maximus released Havoc in March.

After The Fire is a phenomenal hommage to Prog Metal in general.

That short time travel in the instrumental section from '00 Djent over '90 Dream Theater to '80 Rush and back to modern CM is the best thing I heard this year.

Yeah I'll back you up here, that whole cd is worth buying just for that one song. It is awesome.

Vektor may as well be the only thing mentioned in this thread, that cd is phenomenal.

Also, Fleshgod Apocalypse was pretty fantastic, too.

 

[jerm]

Has been a very good year indeed, now let's hope the new Metallica arrives as well and hits it out of the park

Was just going to post this.

This album is AOTY, absolutely no doubt in my mind. 10/10.

 

[OmegaSlayer]

I was waiting for someone to mention the Metallica record. There's no doubt tons of bands have better chops all around, but i'll be looking forward to the new Metallica. I enjoyed Death Magnetic when it came out, that album gets me pumped still when I listen to it.

I don't care if their record is good or not, if it's thrash or whatever, I just grew very annoyed of the hype surrounding some bands releasing something, from Metallica to Maiden through whatever genre and niche.
Even the "Gods" makes turds, and I find quite honest to just accept that no band can make only masterpieces.
Any band can fail, my favourite one, your fave, anyone else's fave...because they're humans.
At the same time the band that always released turds can make a masterpiece out of nowhere.
So, while the hype is a beautiful "romantic" thing, I just prefer to sit down, wait and listen with normal expectations and enjoy the final product and be genuinely surprised.

But mostly...it irks me to listen to people marketing for years something they're not even strumming at home, because they're at home cleaning their butts with dollars.
So yeah Lars, don't talk about the disc, record it instead.

 

[CaptainD00M]

Even the "Gods" makes turds, and I find quite honest to just accept that no band can make only masterpieces.
Any band can fail, my favourite one, your fave, anyone else's fave...because they're humans.

Thank the gods, someone who speaks sense

 

[vividox]

I checked out Vektor based on all the comments... wow, that is not my cup of tea in the slightest.

 

[big_aug]

Has there been any update that indicates Metallica releasing their album this year? I've seen interviews with Kirk/Lars and comments from James saying it's mostly done. Nothing with any time frame though.

 

[bloc]

I checked out Vektor based on all the comments... wow, that is not my cup of tea in the slightest.

Was it the screeching eagle they have as a vocalist? That's usually the case haha

 

[vividox]

Was it the screeching eagle they have as a vocalist? That's usually the case haha

Yeah, like the instrumentation quite a bit, but the vocals.... I can't even.

 

[big_aug]

I don't necessarily think any of these albums are masterpieces. They are all solid though for sure.

 

[mgh]

Vektor is certainly amazing. The Moonsorrow album is also brilliant. Gotta add Haken to the list also. Got high hopes for the new Old Corpse Road too.
And I've not even mentioned Frost* yet!

 

[big_aug]

Yea, my list was only ones I actually listened to or liked. I know there are even more. That's why its such a good year. We aren't even half way.

 

[big_aug]

Perhaps we will get lucky this year

https://www.instagram.com/p/BFjiM6HySwV/?r=2132552633

 

[Bloody_Inferno]

That reminds me: aren't Revocation due for an album this year? Been waiting patiently for a follow up to Deathless, what an amazing album.

 

[big_aug]

That reminds me: aren't Revocation due for an album this year? Been waiting patiently for a follow up to Deathless, what an amazing album.

We can hope!