Bands who released their best material to date this year:

SWO · Joined: 26 Apr 2010 Posts: 1132 Location: CANADA

Bands who you think achieved new levels with their music in 2012.

For me:

Tietanblood – Woven Black Arteries: Everything is much more focused, intense and darker than before. All their works stand on their own in terms of quality, but they have definitely evolved their concept to something very special.

Mgla - With Hearts Towards None: Mgla has really achieved mastery here. I am consistently returning to this album and finding it better than before.

Herpes – Awakening Of A Sleeping Madness: insane Autopsy/Celtic Frost worship from France. The first demo was great, but this kills!

Impeity – Ravage & Conqueror: This album has absolutely blown my mind away. An incredible achievement and easy vote for best album of the year.

Dødsengel should probably be on this list as well but I have yet to check out their full back catalogue. Wink

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asmael LeBouc · Joined: 02 Nov 2009 Posts: 2604 Location: Paris

ANTEDILUVIAN was the first that popped in my head. Cervix AND Logos

VASSAFOR even better than the killer MMX tape that was their peak

VENUS STAR's last demo tape. Killer stuff, catchier than ever before

WITCHRIST TGT which is way better than Beheaded IMHO. It's at the same time more Death Metal and Doomier

Otherwise I disagree concerning MGLA and Teitanblood. I still prefer "Presence" and "Purging Tongues"
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DSS · Joined: 02 Oct 2009 Posts: 1563

I hardly follow any particular band these days and I don't anticipate new releases. Everything has already been done and most bands can't come up with original material. But one band that really deserves attention (in my opinion) is Pseudogod.

I know that they only have a demo and some splits under their belt but their 2012 debut LP took me by surprise. There was some 'hype' around this band (and I use the word hype loosely here) and I thought that their debut album would be very generic and typical and the hype will die.

I don't think there was a new release this year (or last year) which got the same amount of play time as "Deathwomb Catechesis" did.
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zyklonbaptism · Joined: 28 Nov 2011 Posts: 208 Location: Tampa, FL

The newest Anatomia LP is my favorite thing they've released thus far.
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Subcide · Posted: Sun Dec 30, 2012 7:28 pm Post subject:

Witchrist - The Grand Tormentor
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VnholyCvntz · Joined: 14 Jun 2012 Posts: 1358

Desolate Shrine - New album is phenomenal. One of the better releases I've heard in a while. Easily trumps most (if not all) albums of 2012.

Desecresy - An improvement from their last album, solid enough stuff, though still not my favorite (current) Finnish dm band or anything like that.

Hooded Menace - Not a big fan of these guys, but their latest album easily
trumps their previous works.

Antediluvian - These guys seem to get better and better with each release, the split with Adversarial is by far their best material. Massive release.

Anatomia - Love their Autopsy influenced stuff, but their latest album is so much darker and more "serious". I love it.
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holy ghost · Posted: Sun Dec 30, 2012 7:29 pm Post subject:

The Embrace of Thorns was 2011 but they really stepped things up

Second Antediluvian, Witchrist, Anatomia, Vassafor as well.

Adversarial'sside of the Antediluvian split was stellar. Expecting their next output to be the equivalent of having my head fucking crushed to splinters by a car.

Also I thought the new Revenge was their best work by far.

The newer Teitanblood didn't grab me lile Seven Chalices did. Crying or Very sad

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Tireheb · Joined: 18 Aug 2007 Posts: 4395 Location: Finland

Hard to say if Mgla did their really best material up to date now. I have liked all their material previously already. It's up there in the top what comes to albums that came out this year anyways.

WOLFNACHT - Project Ordensburg

Not sure that does this one belong to last years or this years albums (it came out around when the year changed) but this is what I have listened even more than Mgla. Absolute modern classic.
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Shiru · Joined: 04 Feb 2007 Posts: 1256 Location: Finland

i hate such things, but if i would try most probably it will be:

Martire - Brutal Legions of the Apocalypse
Mgla - With Hearts Towards None
Witchrist - The Grand Tormentor
Torture Killer - I Chose Death
Desecresy
and very possible Revenge

and as for rest mentioned here releases, havent checked out that carefully new Anatomy and Vassafor

Carlzilla · Joined: 07 Aug 2009 Posts: 2088 Location: New Mexico

Revenge
Pseudogod
Deiphago
Antediluvian
and maybe Power From Hell (I guess this was a very late 2011 release technically...)
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pentfixion · Joined: 19 Nov 2011 Posts: 802 Location: TEXXXASS

Dødsengel
Anatomia
Nyogthaeblisz
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altblood · Joined: 28 Jun 2011 Posts: 72

The last Faustcoven album is their best. This band seems to getting better with every album.
Also Vomitor and Hellbringer released their best material to date.

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