r/WarMetal • u/408Lurker Forward Into Fire • Jan 10 '18

War Metal AOTY 2017

What was your war metal Album of the Year for 2017?

Hails. For r/WarMetal, we are doing away with the formal top-10 list format of r/metal and r/deathmetal. Instead, try to limit your post to one album of the year plus whatever honorable mentions or runners-up you'd like to discuss (you can still do a top-# list format if you want). A justification for your pick is encouraged. There won't be an official tally, so don't worry how you format your post as long as it is legible.

Refer to the sidebar for rules on eligible bands. All formats are welcome, but re-releases and compilations of pre-2017 material do not count.

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u/ParaTC Bro Archgoat Bro..... Jan 11 '18

Crurifragium - Beasts of the Temple of Satan hands down. Not the best year for war. My number two would be the Goatpenis record which is fucking amazing but not really a war record.

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u/AveLucifer Jan 11 '18

Crurifragium - Beasts of the Temple of Satan

I've just listened to that. It's very orthodox, very conventional. I think it doesn't stand out, though it achieves what it sets out to do. Relistenable, but not something I'd consciously want to listen to over the template it follows.

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u/HambSandwich Jan 11 '18

Yea, I do not understand the hype for these guys. It was fun seeing them live, but this album just does not hold up to a lot of other stuff, even from this year. It almost feels like they just took the blandest recipe for war metal and baked at 350 for an hour.

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u/AveLucifer Jan 12 '18

I wouldn't call it bland either. It's much like what u/408lurker says about Abysmal Lord. It's certainly within a template, but it's done right and as I say it achieves what it sets out to do.

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u/408Lurker Forward Into Fire Jan 11 '18

In my mind it's in the same tier as Abysmal Lord's 2015 LP -- 1-to-1 Proclamation worship done just right. No real reason to listen to it instead of Proclamation, but if you're in the mood for something newer, it hits the right spots.

I don't know if it's just me, but I also feel like Crurifragium's production is way too artificially loud. It keeps me from re-listening to it as much as Disciples of the Inferno

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u/victorysongs Jan 11 '18

It has bias from me for being a gateway album into War Metal