Release date: 1/19/2024
Origin: Portland, OR
Personnel: Erik Olson-vox/guitar, Chris Evans-guitar, Alyssa Mocere-bass, Kevin Swartz-drums
First of our 5 flip flop rated albums of the year. This one is a bit of a journey both musically and thematically. It feels like Blood Incantation had everyone’s favorite out-there spacey album of the year. However, I feel like Lord Dying kind of deserves the honor of the trippy hallucination inspired album of the year. This one kind of takes you to the outer reaches of the universe of the mind and space and back home again. I dare you to consider yourself the same person by the end of this album.
5 flip flops out of 5
The list so far:
5. Lord Dying-Clandestine Transcendence
6. Horseburner-Voice of Storms
7. Gatecreeper-Dark Superstition
8. Kerry King-From Hell I Rise
9. Evergrey-Theories of Emptiness
10. Oceans of Slumber-Where Gods Fear To Speak
11. Haunting-Stare At Nothing
12. Blood Incantation-Absolute Elsewhere
13. Huntsmen-The Dry Land
14. God Is An Astronaut-Embers
15. Alcest-Les Chants de l’Aurore
16. The Cure-Songs of a Lost World
17. LizZard-Mesh
18. Fu Manchu-The Return of Tomorrow
19. Borknagar-Fall
20. Crypt Sermon-The Stygian Rose
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