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Scene Point Blank's Favorites: The Year So Far (July 2012)

December 16, 2012

Scene Point Blank's Favorites: The Year So Far (July 2012)
Scene Point Blank's Favorites: The Year So Far (July 2012)

Top 5 EPs of 2012 so far

1. She Said Destroy - Bleeding Fiction

Completely abandoning any semblance of their older black or thrash metal, She Said Destroy have managed to create a piece that would raise the eyebrows of even the most proficient post-metal acts. This is the most cathartic 27 minutes of music you'll hear this year.

2. Krokmitën - BVW565 Redux

Krokmitën's harrowing rendition of this solo organ piece attributed to Bach is nothing short of spectacular. The sheer amounts of explosiveness and bombast in this piece where tech death meets classical make it an unforgettable experience.

3. Chimp Spanner - All Roads Lead Here

Combining equal parts technicality and playfulness, Chimp Spanner's latest release doesn't offer much that's new, but refines his established sound to the point of perfection.

4. Pelican - Ataraxia/Taraxis

While it's not quite as moving as What We All Come to Need, Pelican's new EP nonetheless gives some promising fresh life into their sound and whets the appetite for a new full release.

5. TesseracT -- Perspective

Half old material and half new, TesseracT's debut with their new vocalist certainly impresses. They lose almost all of the metal and polyrhytmic messes in favour of softer, more acoustic-oriented pieces, and they pull it off quite well.

(Sarah)

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— words by the SPB team • December 16, 2012

Scene Point Blank's Favorites: The Year So Far (July 2012)
Scene Point Blank's Favorites: The Year So Far (July 2012)

Pages in this feature

  1. Opening page
  2. Individual staff lists
  3. Top 5 EPs of 2012 so far
  4. Top 10 Albums We Missed in 2011
  5. 10 Most Anticipated Albums Still to Come in 2012
  6. Top 5 best hip-hop albums of 2012 so far
  7. Top 5 best hip-hop mixtapes of 2012 so far

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