MY TOP 25 FOR NOVEMBER 2021

Another month has gone by. The year is almost over and it's that time when AOTY lists are buzzing in preparations. November? Oh well, another 400 new releases! Here's my hot take - almost all of the albums we withness lately are equally bad so that we enjoy almost every new release to the extent it is the greatest album ever...Does it make sense? Are there really strong albums? Yes, there are. Very few! Are there albums with great staying and stating power? Yes, there are but very few. Lists are momentary snapshots of our moods, emotions, situation, environment, circumstances we are into. But how often do we return to ALL the albums we praise? Hmmm... I am realizing that I tend to listen without a heart but to judge based on my experience. Very few albums really move me deeply as before when all the klassics were born.

With all these thoughts comes my November list. I shortlisted almost 70 albums before selecting the below 25 with a clear winner and then (almost) in no particular order! It wasn't easy just because of the above reasons! I couldn't make the cut to 20 for the above reasons again. No reviews or thoughts on each album. And of course, I always question and challenge myself: what am I going to listen to frequently from my choices? Very few... What about you?

OBSCURA - A Valediction
Release Date: 19 November

The best Obscura album! Absolute masterpiece! My album of the month.
MORTIFERUM - Preserved in Torment
Release Date: 5 November



HYPOCRISY - Worship
Release Date: 26 November



SARKE - Allsighr
Release Date: 5 November



EXODUS - Persona Non Grata
Release Date: 19 November


KHEMMIS - Deceiver
Release Date: 19 November


HYPERDONTIA - Hodeous Entity
Release Date: 12 November


ARCHGOAT - Worship The Eternal Darkness
Release Date: 26 November

200 STAB WOUNDS - Slave to the Scalpel
Release Date: 12 November


DREAM UNENDING - Tide Turns Eternal
Release Date: 19 November



DER WEG EINER FREIHERT - Noktvrn
Release Date: 19 November



MØL - Diorama
Release Date: 5 November

BLACK LABEL SOCIETY - Doom Crew Inc.
Release Date: 26 November

ARS MAGNA UMBRAE - Throne Between Worlds
Release Date: 12 November


NEGURA BUNGET - Zâu
Release Date: 26 November





CÂN BARDD - Devoured by Oak
Release Date: 12 November


STORMKEEP - Tales of Othertime
Release Date: 19 November



IMPERIALIST - Zenith
Release Date: 26 November



KREATIONIST - Dans L'Interminable
Release Date: 26 November


OMNIUM GATHERUM - Origin
Release Date: 5 November
DAUTHUS - Vom schwarzen Schmied
Release Date: 12 November


MOON - Pandimensional Gnosis
Release Date: 11 November




TEETH - Finite
Release Date: 19 November



KAATAYRA - Inpariquipê
Release Date: 26 November



SIJJIN - Sumerian Promises
Release Date: 12 November


Comments

  1. perro.12/8/21, 4:21 PM

    hey Vladi! finally embraced BLSociety! loved the new album! hope everything is going well down in the dungeon. :)

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