Been listening to a lot of doom recently. Bands like Sleep, High on Fire, Black Pyramid. Bit of sludgy stuff from Kylesa and Giant Squid too.
Still, the latest Alcest is my album of the year without a squiggle of doubt. There is only one lower quality tune on it, track 6, the formless instrumental and its not that bad. Its followed by a much longer instrumental which is really beautiful. But, every other track is utterly superb.
Deathspell Omega: Synarchy of Molten Bones. Legendary french black metal emerging from the chthonic realm. Check this mofo out, but only if your ears work.
Nice fucking track. The new Darkthrone album is good, not great, but I don't think they've been great for many years. Still, this is a solid album, this track is cool. I like the title.