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22.) Disma – Towards the Megalith


Holy. ****ing. Shit. This. Album. Rules. This is a straight-up American-ass Death Metal album by a band formed by two former members of the legendary Incantation. Disma doesn’t do disservice to that pedigree. The guitar tone is nasty as all ****, like the street grime in the bad neighborhoods in Hell. There’s lots of fun tempo changes but they’re kinda’ subtle beneath the wall of sound that Disma creates. My favorite aspect of this album is the vocals. There isn’t a better harsh vocal performance this year. The dude sounds like a true Goddamned monster. Unprocessed, guttural, beastly. There’s great technical skill in addition to the sound; the vocals are a true and precise rhythm instrument here. If you really love no-frills death metal, then this might just be your favorite album of the year. I prefer my metal albums a little bit more complex and less dirty, but there is no denying how good this album is.