Top 5 Demo's of 2012

TARDIGRADA Widrstand

  

Not only the best demo but also in my top 5 this year in general. I've already broken this one down for you now just go support the band and the great Fallen Empire Records.

 http://fallenempire.bandcamp.com/album/widrstand

 WHITE MEDAL Yorkshire Steel

  

A UK band that is quickly becoming my go to for quality Black Metal.

  Order Yorkshire Steel at http://www.skullproductions.com/

B.C. Manifest

 NY Black Metal that doesn't sound like you probably think it does. Old school, dirty and raw Check it out at http://bcmetal.bandcamp.com/

TORTURE CHAIN Time is but a Doorway to the Incinerator

 

Massachusetts Black Metal that again, doesn't sound like you probably think it does.

Good luck finding a copy to buy but if so inclined, it's easy to track down as a download. In the mean time, Youtube has the full album up. Check above.

AMPUTORY Unclean Promo 2012

Finally something other than Black Metal. High quality Death Metal of the Swedish variety. Highly recommned their first demo from 2010 also. No idea where to track down a physical copy so, download it.

http://modernsoundsofdeath.blogspot.com/2012/12/amputory-finland-unclean-promo-2012.html 

The Nidrosian Scene

For those unaware of what "The Nidrosian Scene" is, don't worry, I didn't know of it until a couple of months ago myself although I did know some of the bands individually. You should familiarize yourself also. This collective of musicians and bands from Norway are making some of the best under the radar Black Metal in the industry right now. Here's a primer...

KAOSRITUAL

ONE TAIL, ONE HEAD

DARK SONORITY

MARE

VEMOD

CELESTIAL BLOODSHED

SARATH

 

SELVHAT

BLACK MAJESTY

And I'm sure I'm missing some. All quality, all worth your time. I'm loving the collective's lately such as The Black Twilight Circle, Rhinocervs, The Nidrosian Scene, etc. What's that old saying? Iron sharpens iron?

An Intro/My Top 20 of 2012

Lot's of my time is taken up by digging for/buying and listening to music. So why not write about it too, yes? I don't expect this blog to grow, I don't expect people to read it, nor do I care. I enjoy passing on music to people so if a couple of people a month happen to land on this page and learn about a band, well that's all worth it.

With that being said, in order to familiarize you with my tastes, here's my Top 20 of 2012. Lots of these end up in my "Overlooked Gems of 2012" post over at NO CLEAN SINGING also.

20. SATAN'S SATYRS Wild Beyond Belief!

19. WODENSTHRONE Curse

18. BASTARD SAPLING Dragged From Our Restless Trance

17. ASH BORER Cold of Ages

16. SHROUD OF DESPONDENCY Pine

15. BUNKER 66 Inferno Interceptors

14. RUST Damned Hellish Voids

13. BELL WITCH Longing

12. SACCAGE Death Crust Satanique

11. MORBUS CHRON A Saunter Through The Shroud (EP)

10. LORD MANTIS Pervertor

9. VELVET ROBE The Celestial Intelligencer

DOWNLOAD THE FULL ALBUM HERE

http://velvetrobe.bandcamp.com/album/the-celestial-intelligencer

8. REVENGE Scum. Collapse. Eradication.

7. EVOKEN Atra Mors

6. ORCHID Heretic (EP)

5. PALLBEARER Sorrow and Extinction

4. TARDIGRADA Widrstand (DEMO)

3. YSENGRIN To Endotaton

2. ANGUISH Through The Archdemons Heads

1. FAUSTCOVEN Hellfire and Funeral Bells

And that about wraps it up. Welcome to 2013. Should be a great year for Metal.

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