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Wonderbox Metal End of Year List – Best Metal of 2021

Wonderbox Metal End of Year List – Best Metal of 2021

Yes, it’s that time of year again! 2021 gave us some very, very good metal, and I feel honoured to have been able to have listened to as much of it as I have done. There are some notable absences, (for me at least), from the below list, but there’s just not enough time or space for everything, dammit!

2020 was a very blackened year for me; I listened to a lot of black metal, and the list for that year reflected that. At the start of 2021 I decided I’d consciously try to ensure I cast my net a bit wider again, reconnecting more deeply with some of many other styles of metal that I enjoy. 2021’s list reflects this. However, I’ve still ended up with much more of a black metal presence in the list than I was initially expecting. What can I say? I’m a sucker for all of the myriad blackened flavours of the style. However, there’s also a lot of other stuff here that I hope you’ll dig into and enjoy too. I felt that there was a notable absence of grindcore in 2021, as well as some of the more extreme styles of doom. What do you think?

I hope you enjoy perusing some of my favourite records from this year, and I hope you find something new to tickle your fancy. What’s your number one this year? Continue reading “Wonderbox Metal End of Year List – Best Metal of 2021”

Author wonderboxmetalPosted on December 18, 2021December 18, 2021Categories ListsTags Adliga, Anomalie, Archspire, Atmospheric Black Metal, Årabrot, Black metal, Blackened Death Metal, Blessings, Death Metal, Der Weg Einer Freiheit, Dissonant Death Metal, Doctor Smoke, Doom, Doom Metal, Doom Rock, Doubtsower, Dream Pop, Employed to Serve, Ethereal Shroud, Gold Spire, Green Lung, Hard Rock, Hardcore, Headshrinker, Hyperdontia, Impure Wilhelmina, Intonate, Jazz, Jours Pâles, King Woman, LLNN, Mare Cognitum, Melodic Black Metal, Metal, Midnight Odyssey, Misanthur, Modern Black Metal, Moon Machine, Old-School Death Metal, Post-Black Metal, Post-Hardcore, Post-Metal, Progressive Death Metal, Progressive Doom, Progressive Rock, Rock, Saille, Shoegaze, Sludge, Sludge metal, Starer, Suffering Hour, Technical death metal, Thrash, Thrash metal, Thronehammer, Urne, Vokonis, Wormwood6 Comments on Wonderbox Metal End of Year List – Best Metal of 2021

Monthly Overview – the Best of November 2021

Monthly Overview – the Best of November 2021

Many fine records were released in November, too many to do justice to here. Instead I’ll just pick five of my favourites. The below albums are all quite different, but all striking in their own individual ways… Continue reading “Monthly Overview – the Best of November 2021”

Author wonderboxmetalPosted on December 2, 2021Categories Monthly OverviewsTags Adliga, Anomalie, Black metal, Daxma, Der Weg Einer Freiheit, Doom, Experimental, Hardcore, Metal, Plebeian Grandstand, Post-Black Metal, Post-MetalLeave a comment on Monthly Overview – the Best of November 2021

Anomalie – Tranceformation (Review)

Anomalie – Tranceformation (Review)

Anomalie - TranceformationAnomalie are an Austrian post-black metal band and this is their fourth album.

Following on from 2017’s well-received Visions, (via an EP I haven’t heard), Tranceformation contains 44 minutes of new material, and comes with a newly-focused direction to boot. A rough reference point for what Tranceformation sounds like would be a mix of bands such as Schammasch, Enslaved, and old Anomalie, although to be honest this is only a very approximate guide at best, especially as some songs have a modern doom metal flavour too, (most notably opening track). Continue reading “Anomalie – Tranceformation (Review)”

Author wonderboxmetalPosted on November 23, 2021Categories Black metalTags Ambient, Anomalie, Black metal, Doom, Enslaved, Enthroned, Folk, Metal, Modern Doom Metal, Post-Black Metal, Post-Metal, Rotting Christ, Schammasch, Shoegaze2 Comments on Anomalie – Tranceformation (Review)

Anomalie – Visions (Review)

Anomalie – Visions (Review)

AnomalieThis is Anomalie’s third album. They are a black metal band from Austria.

Anomalie play post-black metal that absorbs the listener early on with its grasp of atmosphere and feeling. Continue reading “Anomalie – Visions (Review)”

Author wonderboxmetalPosted on March 3, 2017March 3, 2017Categories Black metalTags Anomalie, Black metal, Metal, Post-Black Metal1 Comment on Anomalie – Visions (Review)

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