Best/Worst Of 2016

[Otomo_Hava]

Y'all know what you will do in this topic and how many albums (from just a single one to...infinite!) you wish to insert from any musical genre.
Go!

[F_c_O]

It has been financially unstable year for me, with lot of learning on how to manage my meager finances (I am adult! Trust me!) and as such, I have bought very few records and haven't kept up on whats actually been happening in any scene in particular. My choices kind of reflect this.

Vetala/Mons Veneris - The Nines of Satanantichrist

Its vetala and mons veneris on 12" vinyl. What not to love? Both perform the kind of black metal I love and have always loved. Not much else to say about it. If you want your black metal with things like good production, good performance on instrumentation, good songwriting or such, skip this. It isnt for you.

I thought fowards to hell by nunslaughter was this year because how many copies are available and how cheap it was but its from 2012. So, one record from me.

[eyestrain]

Head Of The Demon "Sathanas Trismegistos"
Grunt "Swarm Of Parasites"
Wince "Traum"
Kinit Her "The Blooming World"
Burial Hex "Assumption/Ascension"

Special mention to Stworz "Cóż po żyznych ziemiach​.​.​." (2014) for being the only thing I really listened to in 2016.

And since it is music-related; M.A.P.S. III was probably the only authentically enjoyable social experience of the year. Kudos!

[ConcreteMascara]

records:
ZSS - Iron Division cassette
Ulcerate - Shrines of Paralysis 2xLP
Deathspell Omega - The Synarchy of Molten Bones LP
Genocide Organ - Obituary of the Americas LP
Black Tears - The Long Decline 2xLP

shows:
Kevlar at UFoI III
lending a hand with ZSS at UFoI III
Pyhä Kuolema at the Obscurex Bunker
best Concrete Mascara show yet with help from Mr. Unclean at the Obscurex Bunker
Hijokaidan in Philly!!!

[BlackHole]

TOP 10

10. Grunt "Swarm of Parasites"
9. Ride For Revenge "Thy Horrendous Yearning"
8. Vril Jager "Vril Jager"
7. Genocide Organ "Obituary of the Americas"
6. Blood Tyrant "Night of Blood Moon
5. Puce Mary "The Spiral"
4. Deathspell Omega "Synarchy of Molten Bones"
3. Zyklon SS "Iron Division"
2. Kontinent "Death Technologies"
1. CON-DOM "How Welcome Is Death To I Who Have Nothing More To Do But Die"

Other releases I greatly enjoyed:

V/A "Power Electronics Against Communism"
Old Tower "Spectral Horizons"
Urfaust "Empty Space Meditations"
Gnawed "Death Evident"
Bekëth Nexëhmü "De Glömdas Ursjälar"
Concrete Mascara "Caustic Realities"

Still waiting to hear:

Teitanblood "Accursed Skin"
Wulkanaz "Paralys"
Panphage "Drengskapr"
Blood Tyrant "Aristocracy Of Twilight"
Climax Denial "Finishing Touch"
Nahtrunar - "Existenz"
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[ANDROPHILIA]

[yosef666]

Great year for musick! Some of my favorite new releases, in alphabetical order by artist:

A.M.S.G. - "Hostis Universi Generis" double LP
Alaric - "End of Mirrors" LP
Ares Kingdom - "The Unburiable Dead" LP
Arizmenda - "Beneath this Reality of Flesh" tape
Battalion - s/t I tape, s/t II tape
Bizarre Uproar - "Dekadenz" CD
The Body - "No One Deserves Happiness" double LP, collaboration LP with Full of Hell
David Bowie - "Blackstar" LP
Brainbombs - "Souvenirs" LP
Caverns - "Sodomize" tape
Column of Heaven / Suffering Luna split LP
Con-Dom - "How Welcome is Death to I Who Have Nothing More to Do but Die" double LP
Criminal - "Amongst the Thugs" tape, "Skid Row Baby" tape
Deathspell Omega - "The Synarchy Of Molten Bones" LP
Durazis / Voltaic Omen / Total Genocide / Vetala split 12"
First Assault - "Final Stand" 12"
Flooded Church of Asmodeus - "Piss Soaked Church of the Wrong: A Total Holocaust of Those who Turn the Other Cheek" CD
Genocide Organ - "Obituary of the Americas" LP, "Archive VI" 10", "Archive VII" 10", "Archive VIII" 10"
Howls of Ebb - "Cursus Impasse: The Pendlomic Vows" LP
Ill Omen - "Æ​.​Thy​.​Rift" LP
Intensive Care - "Pay Pig" tape, "This Is Exactly Who You Are" 7"
Iron Fist Of The Sun - "Family Survival Strategy" tape
JK Flesh "Suicide Estate" double tape
Ke/Hil - "LifeDeKay" tape
Khthoniik Cerviiks - "SeroLogiikal Scars (Vertex of Dementiia)" LP
Kontinent - "Death Technologies" LP
Koufar - "Minority Report" tape,  "Z3eem" tape, split tape with Deterge
Ljosazabojstwa - "Staražytnaje Licha" tape
Nahtrunar - "Symbolismus" DLP
Necromantic Worship - "The Calling" tape
Andrew Nolan - "We Know Now What a Modern Society Can Do with a Parking Lot" tape
Panphage - "Drengskapr" LP, split tape with þul
Prurient - "Unknown Rains" tape
Ride For Revenge - "Thy Horrendous Yearning" CD
Rixe ‎– "Les Nerfs A Vif" 7"
Rome - "The Hyperion Machine" LP, "Coriolan" 12"
Sete Star Sept - "Beast World" LP
Sissy Spacek - "Disfathom" LP
Slogun / Fire In The Head split LP
Sovereign - "In the Abyss of My Soul" 12"
Streicher / Totenrune split tape
Striations - "To Know Mercy" tape
Trepaneringsritualen / Body Cargo split LP
Vapaudenristi - "Ikuinen Kuolema" LP
White Medal - "Lyke Wake" LP
Zyklon SS - "Iron Division" tape

Lots of excellent reissue compilations too:

Abigor - "Quintessence" double LP + 7"
Arghoslent - "1990 - 1994 The First Three Demos" double LP
Atrax Morgue - "Necro Box" box set, "Ripper Box" box set
Bilskirnir - "Hammerschlag (1996 - 2002)" triple LP
Black Witchery - "Evil Shall Prevail" DLP
Kawir -  ‎"Αμύητον Μη Εισιέναι" box set
Noise - "Demo Tapes 1991-1995" LP
Sanguine Relic - "I-III" double tape
Slutet - s/t LP

I'm still waiting to listen to the new Teitanblood 12", both Vordr 7"s, Dead Congregation MCD, Forteresse CD, Rostorchester CD, JK Flesh DLP, tons more...

[totalabuse]

LPS

Saåad - Verdaillon
Babyfather - BBF
Dedekind Cut - $uccessor
Genocide Organ - Obituary Of The Americas
Con-Dom - How Welcome Is Death To I Who Have Nothing More To Do But Die
Forma - Physicalist
Andy Stott - Too Many Voices
Blood Incantation - Starspawn
Inga Copeland - Live in Paris
James ferraro - Human Story 3
Innsyter - Poison Life
Brainbombs - Souvenirs
Armour Group - Purge
Caveman Cult - Savage War Is Destiny

Best Eps and Cassettes

Limbs Bin - Bliss Tech Flexi
Alberich / Lussuria - Borgia CS
Striations - To Know Mercy CS
Alex York - Ossetian RInd CS
Slogun / FITH Split LP
Blackwatch - Allegiance
V/A - A Birds Eye View into a Machiavellian World Of Secrecy 4xCS
Wonderland Club - operation cathedral CS
Koufar - minority report
Cadaver Dog - Blunt Force trauma FLexi
Gruesome - Dimensions Of horror 12"
Sunpath - Dream Music 2xCS

Best reissues

The tapes - selected works
William Basinski - 92982
Tuning Circuits - no compassion
Skin Crime - Case studies in early taxidermy 20xCD box set
whitehouse - the sound of being alive
SPK 1979-1983 7xLP Box Set
Haus Arafna - Children of god
Atrax Morgue - Ripper box
Controlled Bleeding - Distress Singals I 2xLP

[absoluten calfeutrail]

David Bowie 'Blackstar' LP
Cathedral 'Dueling Scars' Cassette (Mazurka Editions)
Celebrity Appreciation Society 'Selected Case Studies Volume 1: Loss Of Innocence' Cassette (Institute Of Paraphilia Studies)
John Duncan 'Bitter Earth' LP (iDEAL Recordings)
Genocide Organ 'Obituary Of The Americas' CD (Tesco Organisation)
Matthew P. Hopkins ‎'Traipse' CDR (self released)
Matthew P. Hopkins 'Blue-Lit Half Breath' ‎LP   (Penultimate Press)
Graham Lambkin 'Community' LP (Kye)
Valerio Tricoli 'Vixit' ‎LP (Second Sleep)
Mark Vernon 'Lend An Ear, Leave A Word' LP (Kye)

[New Forces]

Favorite (Noise) Performances 2016

Being - Dayton, OH, Skeleton Dust HQ
Dog Lady Island - Ithaca, NY, Tompkins County Workers Center
Treriksröset - MAPS Fest, NYC, Trans Pecos
V. Sinclair - Ithaca, NY, Sacred Root Lounge
Aaron Dilloway - Amplified Humans Fest, Dayton OH, Yellow Cab
Killer Bug - Amplified Humans Fest, Dayton OH, Yellow Cab
Kazuma Kubota - Amplified Humans Fest, Dayton OH, Yellow Cab
Sunken Cheek - Syracuse, NY, Spark Art Space
Plagues - Buffalo, NY, Sugar City
Limbs Bin, Dayton OH, Brickhaus

[Bosh]

FAVORITE NEW MUSIC 2016
Jeremy Bible – Music For Black Holes USB (Experimedia)
Bastian Void – Nippon CS (Moss Archive)
Bloodyminded – The Struggle Of Togetherness CD (Bloodlust!)
Mental Abortion – Infinite Cum Flexi (BPP)
Wadge – The End Of Ethnography CD (Mortville)
Wolf Eyes – Strange Days CD-R (Self-Released)
Bonnie "Prince" Billy – Pond Scum CD (Drag City)
föld – erdő hang CS (Moss Archive)
Farting Corpse – S/T (Craniophagus Parasiticus Records)
Stress Orphan – Mass Casualty Event CD (Fusty Cunt and Phage Tapes)
Christian Löffler – Mare CD (Ki)
Ryosuke Kiyasu – Mass Hysteria CS (Utech)
Sissy Spacek – Disfathom CD (Helicopter)
D. Edwards – Hangin' At The Beach CD (LA Club Resource)
Wormrot – Voices CD (Earache)
Streiber / E-Saggila – split CS (Aught Void)
Sunken Cheek – Tempered Exhaust CS (Aught Void)

FAVORITE LIVE SETS 2016
Pillars Of Ash - Yellow Ghetto, Cleveland, OH 11/18
Napalm Death - Agora, Cleveland, OH 11/11
Cult Leader - House Of Blues, Cleveland, OH 10/18
Cloud Rat - Empty Bottle, Chicago, IL 9/23
Penis Geyser - Now That's Class, Cleveland, OH 9/21
Skin Graft - Yellow Cab Tavern, Dayton, OH 8/12
Noise Nomads - Cold Spring Hollow, Belchertown, MA 6/25
Wolf Eyes - El Club, Detroit, MI 5/29
Nautical Almanac - El Club, Detroit, MI 5/29
Suppression - Black Cat, Washington D.C. 5/21
Container - Market Hotel, Brooklyn, NY 4/29
Acid Mothers Temple - Mercury Lounge, New York, NY 4/5
Hijokaidan - Boot & Saddle, Philadelphia, PA 3/24
Dropdead - Music Hall Of Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY 3/11
Galaxy Defender - Fun World, Syracuse, NY 1/16
Kjostad - The Brickhaus, Dayton, OH 12/10

[Zeno Marx]

is this a best of, a listing of everything you bought, or simply a low bar of "this was good"?  there's a difference between good and best of.  if you can list 30 items, it begs the question whether you can be discerning or not.

[Baglady]

Noise, industrial, all that jizz
Altar Of Flies - Rörelsen Mellan Rummen LP (Järtecknet)
No Intention - Representative Works CS (Spam)
Ross Manning - Natural Causes CS (Vitrine)
Jerman, Barnes - Versatile Ambience LP (IDEA Intermedia)
Wince - Traum CD (Freak Animal)
A. Scavolini, Mario Gabola - Macerellia Soundchecks CS (Royal Sperm)
Treriksröset - Heteronormativ Musik LP (Second Sleep) - Sounds even better than the tape, so it FEELS fresh.
Rodger Stella & Scant - Third Phalanx CS (New Forces)
Anti-Vaxxers - Tänk På Barnen CS

Haven't laid my hands on the Alfarmania & Proiekt Hat LP yet, but I'm pretty sure it would be the list above.

Other highpoints
The return of Paranoid Time. Meeting/watching Wince and Die Kombination here in Gothenburg. The Röset festival. A recent private bash with Blodvite+Factory Farming+Milos Olympus. Did a very unusual Heinz Hopf gig in front a relatively huge audience. And I had alot of fun running my label until my bank account "NO MORE!".

[aububs]

[Vermin Marvin]

There was some constantly updated list on first post just records released on that year on some board once and i find it usefull since i don`t really give that much attention release dates when i buy records and my memory is mess anyways.. i still try to get something sorted later.
But it was neat to look back the list and see how many good released stuff need to be hear in future.
It may not work on this board because diversity between listeners tastes are that wide but on metal board it was nice.