I guess there was nothing that was the worst of 2016; generally feel able to avoid those moments most times. I would agree that "Sombre Doom" comes nowhere near the perfection of "Grave of the Archangels" but neither did "Promulgation of the Fall" so no surprise there. Same with "Condemnation"; was it really gonna topple "CYFAWS" when "Blood Libels" didn't or just barely did? I do love those surprises when a group gets that umph back but I don't really ever count on it.
Plenty of albums people jizzed all over, or currently are, are a limp dick to me, but we're all looking for something different anyway. I think most of all in that sense - the only archivist-style BM that excited me is Caverne, once again.
In the world of noise (broadly), the kings reigned supreme. As was pointed out in the Ke/Hil thread; it just keeps getting better (my words). And that's a strength metal rarely has. Most acts have this 2-3 album max. But maybe that's the strong consumer element, which noise also has, but more so in rarity collecting versus just selling massive quantities of units.
Wasn't really feeling any of the new Macronympha, which was a heart breaker. Seeing a lot of love for that new Skin Crime, and I do really have my hopes up for that! We'll see...
The year itself was the worst part anyway. Forgettable in more than a few ways!
