
Andy “Dinger” Beresky’s Top 20 Albums, Honorable Mentions
& Biggest Disappointments of 2017
1. The War On Drugs – A Deeper Understanding
2. Slowdive – Slowdive
3. Quicksand – Interiors
https://quicksandnyc.bandcamp.com/album/interiors
4. Converge – The Dusk In Us
https://convergecult.bandcamp.com/album/the-dusk-in-us
5. Pallbearer – Heartless
https://profoundlorerecords.bandcamp.com/album/heartless
6. Elder – Reflections Of A Floating World
https://beholdtheelder.bandcamp.com/album/reflections-of-a-floating-world
7. Father John Misty – Pure Comedy
https://fatherjohnmisty.bandcamp.com/album/pure-comedy
8. Junius – Eternal Rituals for the Accretion Of Light
https://junius-official.bandcamp.com/album/eternal-rituals-for-the-accretion-of-light
9. Unearthly Trance – Stalking The Ghost
https://unearthlytrance.bandcamp.com/album/stalking-the-ghost
10. Queens Of The Stone Age – Villains
11. The National – Sleep Well Beast
12. Electric Wizard – Wizard Bloody Wizard
http://www.electricfuckinwizard.com/
13. Mastodon – Emperor Of Sand
14. Telekinetic Yeti – Abominable
https://telekineticyeti.bandcamp.com/album/abominable
15. Ruby The Hatchet – Planetary Space Child
https://thehatchet.bandcamp.com/album/planetary-space-child
16. Kadavar – Troubled Times
17. Pink Frost – New Minds
https://pinkfrost.bandcamp.com/album/new-minds
18. OHHMS – The Fool
https://ohhms.bandcamp.com/album/the-fool
19. Ufomammut – 8
https://ufomammut.bandcamp.com/album/8-2
20. Mogwai – Every Country’s Sun
https://temporaryresidence.bandcamp.com/album/every-countrys-sun
Honorable mentions:
Vokonis – The Sunken Djinn (Nice take on Sleep inspired stoner doom with a more stripped down edge)
https://vokonis.bandcamp.com/album/the-sunken-djinn
Monolord – Rust (A definite step towards a more original sound)
https://monolord.bandcamp.com/
Poseidon – Prologue (Nice take on YOB inspired doom metal)
https://ripplemusic.bandcamp.com/album/prologue
Primitive Man – Caustic (This is some righteous sludge, duder)
https://primitivemandoom.bandcamp.com/album/caustic
Kal-El – Astrodoomeda (Very promising stoner doom, next time, leave off the Kyuss cover!!! Sweet Lucifer His Dark Majesty, just NO!!!!)
Disasteroid – Screen (Haven’t had the time for a full review and super critical listening, as I got it late in the year. Promising, inventful, and deserves a mention for certain.)
https://disastroid.bandcamp.com/
Biggest Disappointments:
Bell Witch – Mirror Reaper ( Really? Really???? This is what everyone is going so ga-ga about? This????)
https://bellwitch.bandcamp.com/album/mirror-reaper
At The Drive In – in•ter a•li•a (You guys may want to take a listen to those new Slowdive and Quicksand albums, and use them as references for how to produce a proper comeback album)
https://www.atthedriveinofficialmerch.com/
Fleet Foxes – Crack-up (Yeah….this is pretty underwhelming for a comeback album as well, especially given the vitality of their earlier output)
http://fleetfoxes.co/crack-up
Also pretty surprised that Ufomammut made a decent album and didn’t end up on here, as I generally reserve them a spot under Biggest Disappointments. Their latest did not disappoint me.
“Dinger” doesn’t pull punches. While I disagree with him on Bell Witch I gotta say I’m glad he gave Ufomammut a fair shake and didn’t nuke em as a knee jerk reaction.
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