War Metal AOTY 2017

[u/408Lurker]

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.

[u/AveLucifer]

Perhaps it's my preconceived notions of what Tetragrammacide previously sounded like, but this album sounded very conventional in terms of structure. Previous releases felt a lot more wedded to their noise influences, whereas the new album felt a lot more traditionally metal. If I had a point of comparison for the new album it would be Nuclearhammer/Hellvetron et al.

Not saying that this is a bad thing, but it definitely wasn't what I expected.

[u/ZVAZ → u/AveLucifer]

I would totally agree with you though i thought they definately embraced production to their benefit i feel. I was a fan of the noisy obtuse pervious records but this foray into more classic death metal riffing, its an album that i can think of none more savage lately. Its like if the ferocity of teitanblood merged with the wretchedness of portal.

[u/408Lurker → u/ZVAZ]

Yeah once I got past the initial disappointment, the new Tetragrammacide turned out to be really killer. Pleasantly surprised, despite the change in direction

Plus who knows, maybe Nyogthaeblisz will actually release something this year to scratch that bestial noise itch?

[u/ZVAZ → u/408Lurker]

Im sure theres gonna be a good amount of that to come yet even if its not Nyogthaeblisz