Jan 1, 2024
Year end list time ladies and gents and 2023 did NOT disappoint!
Alex's list is:
Albums of the Year -
1 - Kalmah - Kalmah
2 - Fires in the Distance - Air not Meant for Us
3 - Moonlight Sorcery - Horned Lord of the Thorned Castle
4 - Scar Symmetry - The Singularity (Phase II - Xenotaph)
5 - Isole - Aneisidora
Top five Songs of the Year that are NOT on the best albums of the
year -
1 - Crowne - Super Trooper off of Operation Phoenix
2 - BlackBraid - Moss Covered Bones on the Altar of the moon off of
Blackbraid II
3 - Angus McSix - Master of the Universe off of Angus McSix and the
Sword of Power
4 - UADA - Crepuscule Natura from the album by the same name
5 - Marduk - Shovel Beats Sceptre off the Memento Mori album
Honorable Mention: Vesuvian - Emergence
Phil's list is actually pretty good this year, surprisingly, and it is:
Albums of the Year -
1 - Kalmah - Kalmah
2 - Fires in the Distance - Air Not Meant for Us
3 - Scar Symmetry - The Singularity (Phase II - Xenotaph)
4 - Cattle Decapitation - Terrasite
5 - Krigsgrav - Fires in the Fall
Top five Songs of the Year that are NOT on the best albums of the
year -
1 - Sermon - Wake the Silent off the album Of Golden Verse
2 - Sulphur Aeon - Hammer From the Howling Void off of Seven Crowns
and Seven Seals
3 - Tomb Mold - Will of Whispers off of The Enduring Spirit
4 - Earthside - But What if We're Wrong off of Let the Truth
Speak
5 - Theocracy - Liar, Fool, or Messiah off of Mosaic