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It's quite hard to choose between Neurosis, Isis, Cult of Luna, Russian Circles and Rosetta. 
 
If I have to pick one, I'd go with Isis. Mostly because Oceanic, Panopticon and Wavering Radiant are such special albums for me. 

Ok to flip the script & bring some positivity back, this new Swarm of the Sun is really really good.  My goodness.  It’s like Spurv & Silent Whale put together but a much tighter album than those 2 bands have put out imo.  

As you know I can dig some “standard crescendo-core” or whatever you wanna call it (Glories, Feed Me to tye Waves) but it has to be interesting.  I’ve tried to get into Pray For Sound but I feel like so many bands do what they do so much better.  The only parts of ‘Dreamer’ I could get into were the last couple songs that were more ambient sounding.  But then ‘Everything Is Beautiful’ is just a snoozefest start to finish.  I was hoping they would expand on the end of ‘Dreamer’ but that was clearly an anomaly.  
 
Lights and Motion just sucks I’m sorry. They (he?) take the most boring parts or post-rock & turn them into entire albums.  It’s like someone saying they love beer but say Michelob Ultra is their favorite.

From those, I really can't wait for Caspian, Russian Circles. I've already listened to the new The End of the Ocean and it's phenomenal.
 
This year, I'm also looking forward to the new Wander, We Lost the Sea, Cult of Luna, Old Solar, Catacombe and maybe Fourteen Nights at Sea and Cloudkicker.

New year means new tunes.  What are you guys looking forward to for 2019?
 
New End of the Ocean in < 2 weeks.
Caspian confirmed to start recording a new record in the next few months.  Also wondering if they’re going to stick to their plans to do a 10-year anniversary / re-recording of Tertia.  Potentially a very busy year for them.
 
Russian Circles confirmed they’ll be back in the studio to record in the coming months.  LP7 and they haven’t missed a beat in my books.
 
New Pelican is something I’m cautiously optimistic about.  I enjoyed the new tracks they’ve been playing live.
 
The upcoming Mono release leaked and it’s a lot better than I thought it’d be.  Great start to the year for those guys.  I didn’t hate their last couple of releases or anything, but that new album is way more solid.
 
Maserati should be done recording their latest album.  I have to admit that even with the weird vocoder stuff they’ve been doing on their last few albums, I come back to them quite a bit and enjoy what I hear.  Instant order from TRL when they decide to drop it.
 
And I’m also pretty interested in the new Lost in the Riots album, to scratch that riffy ASIWYFA itch.
 
Hopefully I didn’t forget anything.  Solid year for post-rock and post-metal, potentially.

Only listened to it very recently but very solid album!

Anyone else catch this album last year?  Just realized I never posted it.  In my top 2 PR albums from 2018.
 
Feed Me to the Waves

Mario Kart 8, Zelda, Mario Odyssey, Retro City Rampage, Hollow Knight, Stardew Valley, etc
 
Loads of games with plenty of hours of fun that will last you well beyond December 7th. Enjoy!

This is one of the best things I've heard this year. Love it!

This was released today and I have to say I’m quite enjoying it.  Who else checked it out?

New Godspeed-lite album released at the beginning of the month. Not sure how it stacks up to "Jobless & Worried" quite yet but definitely worth a listen.
 
https://goldenhymns.bandcamp.com/album/golden-hymns-sing-the-tower-other-songs

So, here's a track that should have been (in my little world of musical expectations) on the new Tides Of Man album.  Cataya backed off a little bit from the harder rock/metal of Sukzession to craft a very nice tune.
just 8 minutes of your life
Esben And The Witch have a new one coming out for those that didn't see the thead on the main forum 

For those without Facebook, new We Lost The Sea!!!
 

Tides is ridiculous.  I need to take a break because I’ve been playing it nonstop.  Every listen something new catches my ear.  Was IG chatting with one of the guys earlier & I couldn’t help but ask about a Thrice influence.  Dan said I was dead on with that.  Waxwing essentially borrows from Of Dust & Nations which is awesomeness.

Nice heads up on getting Spurv from Canada. Ended up being $3US cheaper than ordering from the states, even with shipping. 

Hahaha was actually listening to Toundra (digitally) just now.
 
Still waiting on my copy (as well as Spurv) from Amazon.ca. I'll let you know how that sounds once I get it.

Wow this is REALLY good. Have been listening regularly over the past few days. 

Wow this is REALLY good. Have been listening regularly over the past few days. 

This is really good. One of very few post-rock/post-metal releases that have caught my attention recently. Double vinyl from EU at ~$28ppd not too bad either.
 
FFO: Ashbringer, Braveyoung, Light Bearer
https://ingrina.bandcamp.com/album/etter-lys

Wess Meets West album is out & is damn good...
 
http://wessmeetswest.bandcamp.com/album/a-light-within-the-fracture

Frequency Eater vinyl is up for PO.
 
https://frequencyeater.bandcamp.com/releases

From intheclouds last Wednesday: "We're still waiting for them to ship from the pressing plant. Once they get here we plan to turn them around real quick. We'll send out another update to everyone as soon as we have a timeline."

New one from Sagor Som (post-metal). Haven't given it a full listen yet but it's probably great:
https://sagorsomledermotslutet.bandcamp.com/album/ii

The more I listen to this Man Mountain track the more I love it. The bassline is insane.

New Man Mountain album up for PO with a track released.  $25 shipped, 2 variants as options.
 
http://spartanrecords.limitedrun.com/products/609477