2008 has been pretty shitty so far when it comes to bands' longevity. I speak mainly of the breakups of new school/future kings such as Modern Life is War, Cursed, Sinking Ships, Himsa, etc.
Luckily though, we've been privileged to have some already solid records come out as well. Some come as already welcome additions to a strong catalog (Cursed, Trash Talk, Disfear), while some come as complete surprises that nobody would have expected (Metallica!).
So here's a list of some of 2008's jams that I've been digging this year. Hope you get around to checking some of em out.
My personal 5 favs so far this year have been:
Disfear-Live the Storm. Didn't think they could top Misanthropic Generation, but leave it up to Kurt Ballou to make it possible.
Cursed-III. Every record gets angrier, dirtier, and smarter. Unfortunately they broke up the same year that they released this, their magnum opus.
Blacklisted-Heavier Than Heaven, Lonelier than God. They keep getting better, and Blacklisted have shaken off any notions of what they might or might not be by delivering a bleak, quick, but brilliant piece of hardcore.
Torche-Meanderthal. Probably the best "rock" record of the year that isn't getting the attention it deserves. I know Steve Brooks has tried to refrain from calling his band "metal," but if this doesn't get you raising the horns and nodding/banging your head, you're listening to the wrong record.
Trash Talk-s/t. If this doesn't make you want to just punch something or someone, get your ears examined. 12 songs in just 14 minutes (the longest being 4:31 and the shortest being :09) and yet every single one of them packs a wallop. And hell, how can ya not resist screaming "RIP ME SUCK ME STAB ME FUCK ME!" at the top of your lungs?
Some other ones worth mentioning:
The Banner-Frailty
The Carrier-No Love Can Save Me
Ceremony-Still Nothing Moves You
Eluveitie-Slania
Fight Amp-Hungry for Nothing
Flogging Molly-Float (took quite a while to really absorb though)
Killing the Dream-Fractures
Made Out of Babies-The Ruiner
Metallica-Death Magnetic
Opeth-Watershed
Reign Supreme-American Violence
Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band-The Whole Fam Damnily
Soilent Green-Inevitable Collapse in the Presence of Conviction
The Sword-Gods of the Earth
This is Hell-Misfortunes
Toxic Holocaust-An Overdose of Death
Trapped Under Ice-Stay Cold
There's still quite a decent amount of cds that I still have to get around to listening to, like the new Ghostlimb, The Endless Blockade, Arsis (bought it but haven't listened to it yet), and the new Jucifer (same deal as Arsis). I'm sure they won't disappoint though.
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Yeah, I can't really get into Opeth's new album though, but without Lopez and Lindgren being in the band, I don't think they're as good as they were before.
Honestly, after repeated listens, its definitely not my favorite release from them. I still think its pretty dang good considering the lineup changes though.
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