Be(a)st Records of the year thread, 2017 (version)

[goroth]

Yeah, so this album hurt my face.

[retinal orbita]

Phobia has the reputation for having a truly sketchy band member who allegedly has a history of beating women which while I can't confirm is a truly shitty thing, but also wow, people, Phobia in 2017?

Y'all need to up your grind game

[$harkToootth]

I would like to up my grind game. Can you post some recs, please?
If not, I understand.

[retinal orbita]

I would like to up my grind game. Can you post some recs, please?
If not, I understand.

I don't want to act like some elite keyboard warrior here - but do a little reading into Phobia and make your own call. I do not have any intention of supporting a band with such a shitty rep - and yeah Means of Existence was a hot fuckin' spicy platter when it came out but aside from their shitty rep everything I have heard since then has been progressively shittier. That being said, here are a few great ACTIVE bands that grind the system to it's knees....

DEATH TOLL 80K
IRON LUNG
COUPLE SKATE
GOWL
RAW NOISE APES
CSMD
DECHE-CHARGE
SISSY SPACEK
ERECTILE DEMENTIA
SEDEM MINUT STRACHU
SETE STAR SEPT
REEKING CROSS
FULL OF HELL (okay whatever they did a split with Nails but they're great)
KNELT ROTE (maybe "active" is a stretch")

[$harkToootth]

Thank you, Sir! This had nothing to do with PHOBIA. I asked for a list of grind bands you like and you provided it! Thank you!
I do listen (or have listened) to most of those groups but, there are a couple I never heard of so I will check out!

SISSY SPACEK is legitimately one of my favorite bands.

[retinal orbita]

SISSY SPACEK is legitimately one of my favorite bands.

SAME. Saw them a few years ago and it was one of the best shows I have ever seen. I am a fanatic for filling in the gaps in my collection.

[GardenoftheDead]

Ranked plus best song:

1. Chelsea Wolfe - Hiss Spun - Twin Fawn
2. St. Vincent - Masseduction - Title Track
3. Wolves in the Throne Room - Thrice Woven - Fires Roar in the Palace of the Moon
4. Godflesh - Post-Self - Mortality Sorrow
5. Kangding Ray - Hyper Opal Mantis - Onde Mantis
6. Throwing Snow - Embers - Cosms
7. Primus - The Desaturating Seven - The Storm
8. Kendrick Lamar - DAMN. - XXX ft. U2
9. Marilyn Manson - Heaven Upside Down - Kill 4 Me
10. Run The Jewels - RTJ3 - Message to the Shareholders/Kill Your Masters

[tremolo3]

8. Kendrick Lamar - DAMN. - XXX ft. U2

I had to google this to make sure you were not trolling

[GardenoftheDead]

8. Kendrick Lamar - DAMN. - XXX ft. U2

I had to google this to make sure you were not trolling

Yep, dead serious. It's actually kind of a cool feature xD

[Dapper Bandit]

Not been a bad year for rekkids, my faves of the year are (in no particular order)

Noveller - A Pink Sunset For No One
Jean Baudin - 2600
Do Make Say Think - Stubborn Persistent Illusions
Primus - The Desaturating Seven
Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Luciferean Towers

[$harkToootth]

Noveller - A Pink Sunset For No One

Been meaning to check this out. Oscillateur got me into her. Her sounds are a little more than this but I have wanted to dub some music as 'Pedal-Core' or 'Pedal-gaze'. This is not meant to be a disparaging comment but there are some musicians where the use of pedals is intrinsic to the sounds (using and thinking about pedals as compositional tools instead of just sound shapers).

[neonblack]

I've heard it called nu-gaze too I think?

[$harkToootth]

'Nu-Gaze' has me thinking of Nu-Metal meets Shoegaze. Hmmm.

[tremolo3]

'Nu-Gaze' has me thinking of Nu-Metal meets Shoegaze. Hmmm.

Swervedriver?

[Dapper Bandit]

Noveller - A Pink Sunset For No One

Been meaning to check this out. Oscillateur got me into her. Her sounds are a little more than this but I have wanted to dub some music as 'Pedal-Core' or 'Pedal-gaze'. This is not meant to be a disparaging comment but there are some musicians where the use of pedals is intrinsic to the sounds (using and thinking about pedals as compositional tools instead of just sound shapers).

This one actually seems less pedal-y, there are a few different instruments but I get where you are coming from for sure. Jean Baudin is another one where he is essentially playing one (enormous) instrument through another (enormous) instrument.

There is so much potential in pedals now that it does seem kind of ludicrous to not compose based on what you have available at your feet but I suppose it is a niche thing compared to that whole "jamming blues rock through a Klone into a Dumble and everything else is bullshit soundscaping" paradigm that apparently most musicians on the internet go in for.