Here're some obscure but great albums, thanks to /r/listentothis!

Link here.

/r/listentothis is a community on Reddit which recommends obscure music. They curated some of the hidden gems of 2013 into a nicely labeled list. So if you need some more listening material, hit this list.

Not everything will appeal to you, but I've already found some awesome albums. For example, *Etherwood's* debut is a very chilled Dn B set.

Oh hey, I've actually already heard of some of those artists (This Town Needs Guns, Twin Peaks, Ghost Flower).

edited 30th Dec '13 8:22:33 PM by Odd1

The metal section is so-so to terrible but eh, at least they didn't put Deafheaven there.

edited 30th Dec '13 8:32:55 PM by StillbirthMachine

Could you explain more about Deafheaven? I'm adding it to my Spotify account due to its high critic score.

Whiney, flimsy, overly sentimental indie-with-a-black-metal-aesthetic that's more or less become one of the popular whipping boys of the spikes-and-leather type metal underground.

So, basically, "true" metalheads are saying, "You're not HxCx enough!!" to them?

Basically "stop trying to be a metal band and just go be a crappy post-rock band because it's pretty clear that's what you really want to do". They're slightly better than say, Liturgy at least. People hail tripe like this as supposedly "ground breaking" which is corporate lingo for "watered down so the indie moustache twirlers who were bitching about us back in they day can enjoy it and talk about how open minded they are".

edited 30th Dec '13 8:38:16 PM by StillbirthMachine

There's Satan and Inquisition on the metal list at least, though I haven't listened to those particular albums. I sort of like older Gorguts as well, but I'm skeptical of any new material.

edited 31st Dec '13 2:59:11 AM by supergod

I really didn't reall see what the hubub was over the new one. It was good but felt really lazy compared to the previous albums.

Wanted to like the new Inquisition but it felt a little too repetitive. Very dynamic riffs though.

edited 31st Dec '13 10:16:08 AM by StillbirthMachine

Interesting to see Candy Claws on that list. Ceres & Calypso in the Deep Time is definitely some good stuff, although I think I prefer the instrumental version of the album.