Too Soon? Jeff Treppel’s Best of 2018… So Far

As of this writing, we haven’t completely descended into a fascist state yet, so you still have time to listen to some great music – and this has been a fantastic year for false metal. I can’t speak for the “BWARGGGH” stuff, but if you want sweet guitar riffs to Bill-and-Ted to, get your banging head out, because you’re in for a treat.

Carpenter Brut – Leather Teeth (Self-Released)
Deafheaven – Ordinary Corrupt Human Love (Anti-)
Dimmu Borgir – Eonian (Nuclear Blast)
Ghost – Prequelle (Loma Vista)
GosT – Possessor (Blood Music)
Harakiri for the Sky – Arson (Art of Propaganda)
Khemmis – Desolation (20 Buck Spin)
Lucifer – Lucifer II (Century Media)
The Night Flight Orchestra – Sometimes the World Ain’t Enough (Nuclear Blast)
Sleep – The Sciences (Third Man)
Stonefield – Far from Earth (Flightless)
The Sword – Used Future (Razor & Tie)
Thy Catafalque – Geometria (Season of Mist)
Tribulation – Down Below (Century Media)
Visigoth – Conqueror’s Oath (Metal Blade)