Best Albums of December
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Friday, 6 December
Aara – Eiger
€7.77 EUR
55:24
atmospheric black metal
Switzerland
Dēbēmur mortī
Tracklist (click to display)1. Die das wilde Wetter fängt [09:25]
2. Senkrechte Welten [07:15]
3. Felsensang [06:16]
4. Todesbiwak [06:26]
5. Der Wahnsinn dort im Abgrund [05:32]
6. Zurück zur roten Fluh [06:54]
7. Grausig ist der Blick [05:34]
8. Alptraum [08:02]
Botanist – Ⅶ: Beast of Arpocalyx
$7 USD
37:56
post-black metal
San Francisco, California
Independent
Tracklist (click to display)1. The Vegetable Lamb of Tartary [11:52]
2. Wolfsbane [06:21]
3. Floral Onyx Chiroptera [06:39]
4. The Paw of Anigozanthos [02:02]
5. The Barnacle Tree [11:02]
دخمه – There Will Come Tomorrow
$4 USD
31:51
post-metal
Oakland, California
Blues Funeral
Tracklist (click to display)1. Fallen [06:02]
2. There Will Come Tomorrow [09:27]
3. Wings to Andromeda [08:53]
4. Tower of Silence [07:29]
Grey Lotus – Motherwort
$7 USD
30:14
progressive death metal
Baltimore, Maryland
Independent
Tracklist (click to display)1. Ravine [04:19]
2. The Grip [06:00]
3. Pallbearer [05:08]
4. Shinkansen [04:40]
5. Atelophobia [03:57]
6. Motherwort [06:10]
Shayhan Mashayekh – EHAD
$10 USD
34:24
indie jazz
Seattle, Washington
Independent
Tracklist (click to display)1. Green Flamingo [03:22]
2. Fellow [02:24]
3. Element – Apple Tree {Ft. Liora Tha Light} [04:10]
4. Druid Heart [01:57]
5. Zaban [03:00]
6. Jodo {Ft. Luretta Trace} [02:51]
7. Lowb [04:02]
8. State of Stake [02:04]
9. Głįżżÿ {Ft. Sullivan} [03:22]
10. Something Missing [07:12]
Mirror Neuron – Great Content
$7 CAD
38:26
skramz
Toronto, Ontario
Independent
Tracklist (click to display)1. Any Excuse to Hurt [03:50]
2. Interior Semiotics [03:12]
3. The Planck Era [05:08]
4. Cross to Bear [01:55]
5. Even in Disgrace [05:13]
6. Soft Eugenics [02:48]
7. Closed Loop Fatalism [04:49]
8. The Past has High Walls [01:46]
9. Aspirational Violence [09:45]
Postabiogenetic Apotheosis – Vital Transformation
Name your price
35:09
technical death metal
Hamburg, Germany
Independent
Tracklist (click to display)1. Xenos [04:19]
2. Ascension [07:45]
3. Parabola [03:43]
4. Pebble the Coati [03:23]
5. Engrams(No Blues!) [15:59]
Rainbow Face – Enjoy This Ruin
$7 USD
44:46
progressive rock
Portland, Oregon
Independent
Tracklist (click to display)1. Left Behind [06:26]
2. Automation [04:35]
3. Virus [08:13]
4. My Crusade [05:02]
5. Borders [04:50]
6. Ransom [07:34]
7. Drown [08:06]
Wizard – Elements
€10 EUR
37:15
progressive rock
Oslo, Norway
Karisma
Tracklist (click to display)1. GT, Me & My 6610 [03:55]
2. Mesmerized [04:52]
3. The Void [03:26]
4. Fylkesvei 33 [06:12]
5. National Day [03:04]
6. You’re Exposed! [04:04]
7. !!! [02:03]
8. Fire & Flames [06:31]
9. Kaleidoskop [03:08]
Xenotheory – Blissful Death
€7 EUR
45:25
deathcore
Paris, France
Independent
Tracklist (click to display)1. Resurrection [02:20]
2. The Chasm [04:26]
3. Ozymandias [04:54]
4. Eclipse (日食) [04:04]
5. The Call (ft. Dan Tucker from Crown Magnetar) [03:59]
6. I Nimrod [03:41]
7. What Lies Below [03:29]
8. The Fortieth Night [03:43]
9. Son of Man (ft. Jason Gerhard from Kanine and Danny Louzon from Hurakan) [06:43]
10. Le Dixième Cercle (part 1) [03:26]
11. Le Dixième Cercle (part 2) [04:56]
Sunday, 8
Coco’s Lunch – Monash Sessions
$6 AUD
18:01
world fusion
Melbourne, Australia
Sir Zelman Cowen School of Music and Performance & Monash University
Tracklist (click to display)1. Tha Thin Tha [03:53]
2. Baba Yeah [04:14]
3. Vivamos Con Esperanza [04:46]
4. Baba Doo Lullaby [05:08]
Tuesday, 10
Ivernal – Les Disparus
$5 CAD
45:40
dungeon synth
Québec
Independent
Tracklist (click to display)1. Le Messager [03:12]
2. La Fosse aux Lustres [04:16]
3. Grimoire I [01:20]
4. Follet [01:50]
5. L’Envolée [03:32]
6. La Bête Céleste [04:00]
7. Avant la Tempête [03:48]
8. La Forteresse Engloutie [04:08]
9. Grimoire II [02:24]
10. Le Dernier Refuge [04:33]
11. Sous les Murs d’Acier [03:16]
12. La Halle Condamnée [02:34]
13. Les Disparus [02:32]
14. Calamité [04:15]
Friday, 13
Caelestra – Bastion
£6 GBP
48:37
progressive black metal
Bristol, UK
Independent
Tracklist (click to display)1. Halcyon [03:37]
2. Soteria [07:03]
3. Finisterre [08:02]
4. Lightbringer [10:21]
5. The Hollow Altar [08:35]
6. Eos [10:59]
Έλσα Μουρατίδου Sextet – Έρωτας & Θάνατος
€7 EUR
56:49
folk fusion
Greece
Independent
Tracklist (click to display)1. Elsa Mouratidou Sextet – Ας έμουν παλικάρι – Wish I was a young lad [05:42]
2. Elsa Mouratidou Sextet – Με μήνυσε η αγάπη μου – My love sent word for me [05:12]
3. Elsa Mouratidou Sextet – INTRO μαύρα ρούχα – Black clothes [01:31]
4. Elsa Mouratidou Sextet – Όσο βαρούν τα σίδερα – Heavy as iron [02:44]
5. Elsa Mouratidou Sextet – Kara toprak – Black earth [07:31]
6. Elsa Mouratidou Sextet – Μονοπάτι – Path [04:49]
7. Elsa Mouratidou Sextet – Βασίλεψεν αυγερινός – The morning star has set [04:34]
8. Elsa Mouratidou Sextet – Μαύρη αυγή – Black dawn [02:47]
9. Elsa Mouratidou Sextet – Δεν ξημερώνεις μαύρη αυγή – Won’t you rise black dawn [06:18]
10. Elsa Mouratidou Sextet – Vecherai Rado – Dine Rado [07:12]
11. Elsa Mouratidou Sextet – Με γέλασανε τα πουλιά – The birds fooled me [05:44]
12. Elsa Mouratidou Sextet – Ήρθες Ύπνε – Sleep, oh, did you come? [02:45]
Octopie – Green Divine
€15.90 EUR
86:01
progressive rock
Helsinki, Finland
Eclipse Music Official Store
Tracklist (click to display)1. Dirt and Soil [06:00]
2. The Beauty of Our Minds [03:54]
3. The Harbingers [07:31]
4. Paris Boy [06:42]
5. I Hold a Letter [04:26]
6. Green Love [07:43]
7. How High Can Man Be [05:59]
8. The Spells They Cast [02:11]
9. Summer Is Here [07:52]
10. Dollar City Blues [07:19]
11. Rockets and Dreams [03:12]
12. Do It Better [01:34]
13. Green Divine [03:49]
14. Finally Together [06:26]
15. Good or Naughty [05:39]
16. Humble Ourselves [05:46]
Unikneim – C
Name your price
14:56
mathgrind
United States
Independent
Tracklist (click to display)1. Halt! [01:19]
2. Super Duper Missile [01:15]
3. Extirpation Swirl [01:11]
4. House on a Shallow River [01:32]
5. quite angry [00:46]
6. love song [00:51]
7. Deceaser [02:20]
8. Foreverhood [01:42]
9. ADHDHQFU [00:28]
10. Blest [03:32]
Victims – Pain Processing
$8 USD
22:21
nu metalcore
Streamwood, Illinois
Independent
Tracklist (click to display)1. kill.me_please [02:54]
2. numb to it all [02:58]
3. mental — prison [03:35]
4. snuff.tape ft. Marc Zelli [03:39]
5. trapped in torment. [03:09]
6. all that’s left. [02:56]
7. tourniquet. [03:25]
Saturday, 14
Grotèsco Kàrma – Devil’s Menuet
€9 EUR
40:00
symphonic metal
Athens, Greece
Independent
Tracklist (click to display)1. Serenade Of Duality [03:58]
2. Chaos And Carnage [04:46]
3. Icon Of A Forgotten God [04:09]
4. Chovahanee [03:57]
5. Dukkerin Dook [03:59]
6. De Profundis [00:49]
7. Dance Macabre [04:30]
8. Habben Czigany [04:02]
9. Devil’s Menuet [09:50]
Sunday, 15
Colonel Petrov’s Good Judgement – Madman Theory
€8 EUR
35:29
progressive sludge metal
Cologne, Germany
Independent
Tracklist (click to display)1. Madman Theory [05:21]
2. Industrial Grid [01:56]
3. The Dark Triad [06:04]
4. Peace on Earth [01:44]
5. Purity of Essence [05:00]
6. CRM 114 [01:39]
7. Dystopian Chant [05:19]
8. Harmony Obliteration [03:36]
9. Ashes [04:50]
Monday, 16
Walter Sextant – Lithium
€7 EUR
38:50
post-rock
Toulouse, France
Independent
Tracklist (click to display)1. La loi de Murphy [06:24]
2. Lithium [05:39]
3. Supernova [05:07]
4. Polar [05:57]
5. Moonchild [08:31]
6. Misanthropia [07:12]
Tuesday, 17
Choir – Smithe Thee Smoldering Providence
Name your price
43:16
atmospheric doom metal
Singapore
Total Dissonance Worship
Tracklist (click to display)1. Bring them Tired Ashes to the Black Waters I [09:17]
2. Bring them Tired Ashes to the Black Waters II [05:49]
3. Bring them Tired Ashes to the Black Waters III [05:54]
4. And Sing an Anthem for the Famine I [05:08]
5. And Sing an Anthem for the Famine II [05:42]
6. And Sing an Anthem for the Famine III [05:31]
7. And Sing an Anthem for the Famine IV [05:55]
循環 – 悪循環
€10 EUR
52:37
post-metal
Paris, France
Independent
Tracklist (click to display)1. Laconism [01:37]
2. Abiogenesis [05:31]
3. Akujunkan [07:52]
4. 13.8 [04:57]
5. Oumuamua [07:37]
6. Shelter [04:55]
7. Gigantomachy [06:33]
8. Equilibrium [06:15]
9. Waves of Silence [07:20]
Wednesday, 18
Evraak – Requiem for Lost Tides
56:28
jazz fusion
Japan
アルカンジェロ
Thursday, 19
If Dead Stars Fell – Survivors
66:07
progressive rock
San Francisco, California
Independent
Wędrowcy-Tułacze-Zbiegi – Droga do domu
€7 EUR
19:49
blackened post-punk
Katowice, Poland
Art of Propaganda
Tracklist (click to display)1. Nadęty Balon [04:42]
2. Agapa II [04:27]
3. Jak Spalić Wieś? [03:05]
4. Muszę Iść [04:04]
5. Droga Do Domu [03:31]
Saturday, 21
Black yet Full of Stars – Dark Wing Gospel
€6 EUR
38:19
progressive power metal
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Independent
Tracklist (click to display)1. Halom Shacor [06:09]
2. The Great Work [04:08]
3. Nigredo, Foulest Servant [05:15]
4. Albedo, Ancient Heart [05:18]
5. Rubedo, The Artist [08:51]
6. King of Salt [08:38]
Skagos – Chariot Sun Blazing
$10 USD
38:35
atmospheric black metal
Olympia, Washington
Independent
Tracklist (click to display)1. Risen [03:21]
2. In The Burned Out Shell [06:56]
3. Which in Turn Meet the Sea [07:51]
4. Broken Branches November Moon [04:46]
5. Ecstacy Draws its Wings [03:18]
6. Whose Wings Call Forth the Tides [06:56]
7. An Endless Ocean of Wildflowers [05:27]
Monday, 23
Mawiza – Kollong
Name your price
45:50
progressive metal
Santiago, Chile
Independent
Tracklist (click to display)1. Mawiza Ñi Piwke [03:55]
2. Killari [03:23]
3. Kütxal [05:15]
4. Kumbagüe [04:02]
5. Kuyfingen [07:36]
6. ¡¡Petu Müpiltufinge!! [03:35]
7. Falingenolu [06:17]
8. Txükür Ellkayafen [06:03]
9. Meli Witxan [05:44]
Tuesday, 24
Box – Born to Crawl
$3 USD
17:49
gothic rock
Portland, Oregon
Miserable Pyre
Tracklist (click to display)1. BORN TO CRAWL [03:28]
2. EXPOSED [05:07]
3. AYLA [04:50]
4. TAKU [04:24]
Cœur doré – Visions
€4 EUR
47:52
experimental black metal
Nancy, France
Independent
Tracklist (click to display)1. Mauvais Présage (Intro by 144kHz) [02:44]
2. Visions of Lyssa [09:01]
3. In the Eye of Orion [07:15]
4. Dark Comet [05:39]
5. Dancing with Mnemosyne on Titan [04:05]
6. Planète Zero [09:03]
7. Sous l’emprise du Nimbus Doré [10:05]
Tuesday, 31 December
Spectral Lore – Ⅳ, Part 1
Name your price
90:29
atmospheric black metal
Αθήνα, Greece
Independent
Tracklist (click to display)1. Our Castles Have Fallen (Eternal Winter) [19:10]
2. Moiroloi [03:24]
3. In The Domain Of The Dark Sun [24:58]
4. Solitary Mirrors [09:57]
5. The Waning-The Great White Fortress [17:25]
6. Collapsing [05:04]
7. A New Road Ahead (bonus track from Part 2) [10:31]
