Anyway, let's just say I also got an early look into Opeth's Sorceress, and it's actually quite good.
1. Obscura - Omnivium
Starting on a VERY high note. Obscura have some of the best TechDeath these 2 ears have ever heard. You have no idea just how good it all is until you listen. Come to think of it, every album here is stellar.
Obscura - Omnivium
2. Obscura - Akróasis
Some may not consider Obscura's 2016 release their best, but if I had to choose between
Omnivium and this one, Akróasis would be my choice. You can see straight
from the first song that you are in for a treat.
Obscura - Akróasis
3. Inanimate Existence - Calling from a Dream
Certainly the most intriguing album on this list. It's been launched for less than a week, and the thing this one has that none of the others do is a female vocalist, perfectly blended with the normal, Death vocalist. The album send off a very good mix of peacefulness and violence, which I have rarely seen in a Death release.
Inanimate Existence - Calling from a Dream
4. Opeth - Orchid
Speaking about Opeth, I started to notice how the clear vocals and slow parts have worked their way into Opeth's albums over time. For all the whiners about that, the debut barely has any of that, being mostly a straight-forward Death album. Still very good, and you can see glimpses of Opeth through songs like the end part of Under The Weeping Moon.
Opeth - Orchid
5. Necrophagist - Epitaph
Hailed by many as the first TechDeath album, Necrophagist's latest offering (12 years, guys!) is definetly a masterpiece. Epitaph fully deserves it's status as a milestone of the genre.
Necrophagist - Epitaph
6. Veld - Daemonic: The Art Of Dantalian
Besides a very long and complicated name and a beyond epic artwork, Veld's 2015 album is probably the most generic in here. I didn't get into this album as much as I got into the others, but it's definetly a very good listen. Just, when you're surrounded by so much interesting work by bigger bands, Veld fades somehow. It's still in Death For Fall, though.
Veld - Daemonic: The Art Of Dantalian
7. Vulvodynia - Psychosadistic Design
Fresh, overly-energetic Brutal Death from 2016. What more can you ask for? The only problems I can find for this album are the vocal style (one of my least favourites, but still passable) and the generic subject (delving into serial killers' minds? Gimme a break, we already had Cannibal Corpse). Otherwise, the album is very good, almost every song having a guest appearance.
Vulvodynia - Psychosadistic Design
8. Sulphur - Omens of Doom
A fresh album from Blackened Death band Sulphur, Omens of Doom was very good and, most of all, a stellar Death album. All the Black elements are in the vocals, from what I can see.
Sulphur - Omens of Doom
9. Gomorrah - Caress The Grotesque
Probably the most straight-forward Death album here, this has no twists, no tricks, just the amazing experience a good Death album gives you. This is, unfortunately, the last album UK band Gomorrah released before disbanding, so we may never know what path they would have eventually taken.
Gomorrah - Caress The Grotesque
10. Edge of Sanity - Unorthodox
This one may have a spot among my favourite albums after a few more spins. It's that good. Every songle song has at least one brilliant moment in it. This one I will not even spoil verbally, you must see for yourself.
Edge of Sanity - Unorthodox
