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2017 | The Metal Observer https://themetalobserver.com Your guide through metal! Sun, 10 May 2020 10:37:55 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://themetalobserver.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/The-Metal-Observer-Icon-45x45.png 2017 | The Metal Observer https://themetalobserver.com 32 32 TMO x10: Underground Thrash EPs of the Last Decade https://themetalobserver.com/tmo-x10-underground-thrash-eps-of-the-last-decade/ https://themetalobserver.com/tmo-x10-underground-thrash-eps-of-the-last-decade/#respond Sat, 09 May 2020 13:12:19 +0000 http://www.metal-observer.com/3.o/?p=40431 ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. The thrash revival movement of the mid-to-late ’00s was a generally brief but spiky affair with a two-pronged effect. On one hand, there was a total over-saturation of generic party/beer/zombie/skateboard/mosh-themed bands like Fueled By Fire or Thrash Or Die (ugh!) who provided little substance or sincerity. On the other hand, it helped many a […]

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]]> https://themetalobserver.com/tmo-x10-underground-thrash-eps-of-the-last-decade/feed/ 0 40431 Thrash Metal Year In Review – 2017 https://themetalobserver.com/thrash-metal-year-review-2017/ https://themetalobserver.com/thrash-metal-year-review-2017/#comments Fri, 12 Jan 2018 05:38:50 +0000 http://www.metal-observer.com/3.o/?p=34455 Larry rounds up all the decent (and some not-so-decent) thrash releases for the headbang-happy year of 2017. Saying that [insert year here] was a great year for [insert sub-genre here] is getting more and more futile. The metal market is beautifully over-saturated, giving listeners the variety of choice they deserve. But, of course, this means […]

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]]> https://themetalobserver.com/thrash-metal-year-review-2017/feed/ 5 34455 Death Metal Year in Review – 2017 https://themetalobserver.com/death-metal-year-review-2017/ https://themetalobserver.com/death-metal-year-review-2017/#comments Mon, 08 Jan 2018 12:00:52 +0000 http://www.metal-observer.com/3.o/?p=34259 This was a banner year for death metal by any measure. Here are some of our favorite death metal releases from 2017. 2017 made it extremely difficult to pick a favorite in the crowded field of death metal because of the sheer breadth of quality releases to choose from. Old school death metal stood strong, […]

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]]> https://themetalobserver.com/death-metal-year-review-2017/feed/ 1 34259 Jonathan’s Top 50 of 2017 https://themetalobserver.com/jonathans-top-50-2017/ https://themetalobserver.com/jonathans-top-50-2017/#respond Fri, 05 Jan 2018 05:00:57 +0000 http://www.metal-observer.com/3.o/?p=34190 The diverse spectrum that encompasses metal music’s many sub-genres could be likened to various mythical races united under two opposing banners, staring each other down as they make ready to charge and turn the field red with the other’s blood. From one year to the next, the advantage may tip from one side to the […]

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]]> https://themetalobserver.com/jonathans-top-50-2017/feed/ 0 34190 TMO Albums of the Month: November, 2017 https://themetalobserver.com/tmo-albums-month-november-2017/ https://themetalobserver.com/tmo-albums-month-november-2017/#respond Mon, 04 Dec 2017 05:00:50 +0000 http://www.metal-observer.com/3.o/?p=33776 Our top picks from November, including Cavalera Conspiracy, Converge, Moonspell and many more.   Converge – The Dusk In Us by Matej Makovický To say that a band matured is somewhat of a meaningless phrase, but that is precisely what the new Converge album is about—honing their trademark chaotic sound, into a form that slashes […]

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]]> https://themetalobserver.com/tmo-albums-month-november-2017/feed/ 0 33776 TMO Albums of the Month: October, 2017 https://themetalobserver.com/tmo-albums-month-october-2017/ https://themetalobserver.com/tmo-albums-month-october-2017/#respond Tue, 31 Oct 2017 05:00:25 +0000 http://www.metal-observer.com/3.o/?p=33495 ’twas a month of long-ass album titles and those album titles often not being printed on their covers, in an exceptionally brutal October. The Chasm – A Conscious Creation from the Isolated Domain: Phase One by Nathan Hare https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4WMpbzUEQoI It has been a long eight years since The Chasm last released a full-length album. Never […]

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]]> https://themetalobserver.com/tmo-albums-month-october-2017/feed/ 0 33495 TMO Albums of the Month: September, 2017 https://themetalobserver.com/tmo-albums-month-september-2017/ https://themetalobserver.com/tmo-albums-month-september-2017/#respond Sat, 30 Sep 2017 05:57:25 +0000 http://www.metal-observer.com/3.o/?p=32940 Eight stupendously sexy September releases to kick off your spring and/or fall. Threshold – Legends of the Shires by Alex Melzer 29 years, and now 11 albums—with Legends of the Shires even being a double album!—into their career and British prog masters Threshold show no signs of slowing down. Having called Glynn Morgan back into […]

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]]> https://themetalobserver.com/tmo-albums-month-september-2017/feed/ 0 32940 TMO Albums of the Month: August 2017 https://themetalobserver.com/tmo-albums-month-august-2017/ https://themetalobserver.com/tmo-albums-month-august-2017/#respond Sun, 03 Sep 2017 02:10:40 +0000 http://www.metal-observer.com/3.o/?p=32657 A slew of decidedly old-school releases and something entirely Brand New make up the best of what August had to offer. Der Weg Einer Freiheit – Finisterre by Nathan Hare Der Weg Einer Freiheit’s latest album, Finisterre, cements the band’s reputation as one of the leaders of melodic black metal. The record is a sublime […]

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]]> https://themetalobserver.com/tmo-albums-month-august-2017/feed/ 0 32657 TMO Albums of the Month: July, 2017 https://themetalobserver.com/tmo-albums-month-july-2017/ https://themetalobserver.com/tmo-albums-month-july-2017/#respond Mon, 31 Jul 2017 05:00:16 +0000 http://www.metal-observer.com/3.o/?p=32267 Slim but solid pickings from the slow month of July.   Esoctrilihum – Mystic Echo From A Funeral Dimension by Hans Rot Whatever a funeral dimension happens to be, or even how a mystic echo might sound emanating from such a source, it must be said that Esoctrilihum’s debut album is—oddly enough—titled quite appropriately. It […]

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]]> https://themetalobserver.com/tmo-albums-month-july-2017/feed/ 0 32267 TMO Albums of the Month: May, 2017. https://themetalobserver.com/tmo-albums-month-may-2017/ https://themetalobserver.com/tmo-albums-month-may-2017/#comments Wed, 31 May 2017 05:00:24 +0000 http://www.metal-observer.com/3.o/?p=31351 There’s more than enough existential despair to go around in this month most excellent metal offerings…and some wizards and demons and shit like that as well.   Kaledon – Carnagus: Emperor Of The Darkness by Larry Best On their tenth (!) album, Italian power metal mainstays Kaledon beef up the heaviness with remarkable results. The […]

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