PLAYLIST 2017
Here we are, another year has come to an end: happy 2018! The staff agreed once again to write this nowadays classic article up. There it is, so: the playlist of the year you all readers of the most aristocratic webzine of the Italic underground.
Who made the most of the «top 5» this year? Well, here we go: Myrkur and Progenie Terrestre Pura have been named 3 times each, then there's In Tormentata Quiete (2), Hallatar (2) and Need (2). Out of the Top Demo / Ep / Split, the most featured name is Eye Sea Black's (3 times), followed by Mesarthim (2). Also worth mentioning are Párodos (2) and Katla (2), two bands you should not miss indeed!
From this edition flop 5 becomes flop 3 — because it's easier to fill and, being completely honest, nobody wants to listen to truly bad music. Iced Earth latest effort has been named the most times (3) as flop, together with Arch Enemy (2), Aborym (2) and Electric Wizard (3). On the other hand, you'll be reading Cradle Of Filth in both flop and top … Looks like their album's quite complex!
That's it, scrolling down the page you'll find the list each of us reviewers wrote to wrap up the past year, as always. Something unusual, new and different is the playlist itself: this year, since we've now got ourselves a Spotify profile, our playlist will be uploaded there: enjoy!
Bosj
Top 5:
- Buioingola – "Il Nuovo Mare"
- Progenie Terrestre Pura – "oltreLuna"
- Raveonettes – "2016 Atomized"
- Slowdive – "Slowdive"
- Ulver – "The Assassination Of Julius Caesar"
Flop 3:
- Cradle Of Filth – "Cryptoriana – The Seductiveness Of Decay"
- Dragonforce – "Reaching Into Infinity"
- Iced Earth – "Incorruptible"
Top Demo / EP / Split:
- Mesarthim – "Presence" [EP]
- not mentioned
- not mentioned
Emerging Band:
- not mentioned
Rediscovered Band:
- Carbon Based Lifeforms
Crypt Of Fear
Top 5:
- Anima Damnata – "Nefarious Seed Grows To Bring Forth Supremacy Of The Beast"
- Hallatar – "No Stars Upon The Bridge"
- Omega – "Eve"
- Tchornobog – "Tchornobog"
- Wampyrinacht – "We Will Be Watching. Les Cultes Des Satan And Les Misteres Du Mort"
Flop 3:
- Aborym – "Shifting.Negative"
- Ghost Bath – "Starmourner"
- Suicide Silence – "Suicide Silence"
Top Demo / EP / Split:
- Engulf – "Subsumed Atrocities" [EP]
- Grodek – "Downfall Of Time" [EP]
- Valgrind – "Seal Of Phobos" [EP]
Emerging Band:
- Omega
Rediscovered Band:
- Vader
Das Testament
Top 5:
- Damien Dubrovnik – "Great Many Arrows"
- DSKNT – "Phsphr Entropy"
- Godflesh – "Post Self"
- Throane – "Plus Une Main A Mordre"
- Vassafoir – "Malediction"
Flop 3:
- Electric Wizard – "Wizard Bloody Wizard"
- Impureza – "La Caida De Tonatiuh"
- not mentioned
Top Demo / EP / Split:
- Grunt / Bizarerre Uproar / Deathkey / Caligula031 – "Beyond" [split]
- Mesarthim – "Presence" [EP]
- Ulver – "Sic Transit Gloria Mundi" [EP]
Emerging Band:
- Rope Sect
Rediscovered Band:
- Nokturnal Mortum
Dope Fiend
Top 5:
- Amenra – Mass VI
- In Tormentata Quiete – "Finestatico"
- Myrkur – "Mareridt"
- Nytt Land – "Fimbulvinter"
- Satyricon – "Deep Calleth Upon Deep"
Flop 3:
- Aborym – "Shifting.Negative"
- Electric Wizard – "Wizard Bloody Wizard"
- Iced Earth – "Incorruptible"
Top Demo / EP / Split:
- Wolok / Rotting Heaven – "The Anatomy Of Madness" [split]
Emerging Band:
- Bereft Of Light
Rediscovered Band:
- SubRosa
Elisunn
Top 5:
- Havukruunu – "Kelle Surut Soi"
- Japandroids – "Near To The Wild Heart Of Life"
- Monolord – "Rust"
- Myrkur – "Mareridt"
- The Dogs – "Death By Drowning"
Flop 3:
- not mentioned
- not mentioned
- not mentioned
Top Demo / EP / Split:
- Eye Sea Black – "Stigma" [EP]
- Gåte – "Attersyn" [EP]
- not mentioned
Emerging Band:
- Katla
Rediscovered Band:
- Orange Goblin
Es
Top 5:
- Chelsea Wolfe – "Hiss Spun"
- Code Orange – "Forever"
- Converge – "The Dusk In Us"
- Full Of Hell – "Trumpeting Ecstasy"
- Progenie Terrestre Pura – "oltreLuna"
Flop 3:
- Arch Enemy – "Will To Power"
- not mentioned
- not mentioned
Top Demo / EP / Split:
- Innervacuum – "Inertia" [EP]
- not mentioned
- not mentioned
Emerging Band:
- Nomura
Rediscovered Band:
- Myrkur
Giup
Top 5:
- Amenra – "Mass VI"
- Enslaved – "E"
- Myrkur – "Mareridt"
- Usnea – "Portals Into Futility"
- Wolves In The Throne Room – "Thrice Woven"
Flop 3:
- Dead Cross – "Dead Cross"
- Electric Wizard – "Wizard Bloody Wizard"
- Vuur – "In This Moment We Are Free – Cities"
Top Demo / EP / Split:
- Cult Of Fire – "Untitled" [EP]
- Mantar – "The Spell" [EP]
- not mentioned
Emerging Band:
- not mentioned
Rediscovered Band:
- Mastodon
Kelvan
Top 5:
- Cydemind – "Erosion"
- Need – "Hegaiamas: A Song For Freedom"
- not mentioned
- not mentioned
- not mentioned
Flop 3:
- Antigone Project – "Stellar Machine"
- Superscream – "The Engine Cries"
- not menioned
Top Demo / EP / Split:
- not menioned
- not mentioned
- not mentioned
Emerging Band:
- CHVRCHES
Rediscovered Band:
- Rezophonic
LordPist
Top 5:
- Affranti – "La Paura Più Grande"
- Anathema – "The Optimist"
- Locust Leaves – "A Subtler Kind Of Light"
- Terraformer – "Mineral"
- Ufomammut – "8"
Flop 3:
- not mentioned
- not mentioned
- not mentioned
Top Demo / EP / Split:
- Eye Sea Black – "Stigma" [EP]
- not mentioned
- not mentioned
Emerging Band:
Rediscovered Band:
- Steven Wilson
M1
Top 5:
- Dawn Of A Dark Age – "The Six Elements, Vol. 5 MYSTÈRES"
- Dødsengel – "Interequinox"
- Eva Can't – "Gravatum"
- Forteresse – "Récits Patriotiques"
- In Tormentata Quiete – "Finestatico"
Flop 3:
- not mentioned
- not mentioned
- not mentioned
Top Demo / EP / Split:
- Gort – A Morte Ad Mortem [EP]
- Voland – "Voland 2" [EP]
- not mentioned
Emerging Band:
- Abduction
Rediscovered Band:
- Fear Of Eternity
Mourning
Top 5:
- Au-Dessus – "End Of Chapter"
- Antropofagus – "M.O.R.T.E. – Methods Of Resurrection Through Evisceration"
- L'Ira Del Baccano – "Paradox Hourglass"
- Power Trip – "Nightmare Logic"
- Red Moon Architect – "Return Of The Black Butterflies"
Flop 3:
- Foo Fighters – "Concrete And Gold"
- Iced Earth – "Incorruptible"
- Taake – "Kong Vinter"
Top Demo / EP / Split:
- Arkhon Infaustus – Passing The Nekromanteion [EP]
- Farflung – "Unwound Celluloid Frown" [EP]
- The Ritualist – "Hell's Doom Eternal" [EP]
Emerging Band:
- Lovebites
Rediscovered Band:
- Morta Skuld
Nihal
Top 5:
- Anathema – "The Optimist"
- Baustelle – "L'Amore E La Violenza"
- Mannarino – "Apriti Cielo"
- Paradise Lost – "Medusa"
- Suffer In Silence – "Beautiful Lies"
Flop 3:
- Cradle Of Filth – "Cryptoriana – The Seductiveness Of Decay"
- not mentioned
- not mentioned
Top Demo / EP / Split:
- not mentioned
Emerging Band:
- not mentioned
Rediscovered Band:
- Au-Dessus
Oneiros
Top 5:
- Hallatar – "No Stars Upon The Bridge"
- Need – "Hegaiamas: A Song For Freedom"
- Párodos – "Catharsis"
- Progenie Terrestre Pura – "oltreLuna"
- Scuorn – "Parthenope"
Flop 3:
- Arch Enemy – "Will To Power"
- Ensiferum – "Two Paths"
- Wintersun – "The Forest Season"
Top Demo / EP / Split:
- Disturbia – "Anomalies" [EP]
- Eye See Black – "Stigma" [EP]
- not mentioned
Emerging Band:
- Katla
Rediscovered Band:
Ul_Fieschi
Top 5:
- Coltsblood – "Ascending Into Shimmering Darkness"
- Hürlement – "La Mort Sera Belle"
- In Human Form – "Opening Of The Eye By The Death Of The I"
- Krowos – "Verbum Luciferi"
- Suffocation – "… Of The Dark Light"
Flop 3:
- Nervochaos – "Nyctophilia"
- not mentioned
- not mentioned
Top Demo / EP / Split:
- Carnal Necrosis – "Origins Of Malevolence" [EP]
- Possessed Steel – "Order Of The Moon" [EP]
- not mentioned
Emerging Band:
- Carnal Necrosis
Rediscovered Band:
- Led Zeppelin
Vlakorados
Top 5:
- Cradle Of Filth – "Cryptoriana – The Seductiveness Of Decay"
- Ecnephias – "The Sad Wonder Of The Sun"
- Necronomidol – "Deathless"
- Nightbringer – "Terra Damnata"
- ぜんぶ君のせいだ。 – "Egoistic Eat Issues"
Flop 3:
- Selcouth – "Heart Is The Star Of Chaos"
- not mentioned
- not mentioned
Top Demo / EP / Split:
- Migma Shelter – "Amazing Glow" [EP]
- Necronomidol – "Dawnslayer" [EP]
- ゆくえしれずつれづれ – "Antino未deology-改式-" [EP]
Emerging Band:
Rediscovered Band:
- odaxelagnia