The 100 Best Metal Albums of the Decade: #100
As the first decade of the new millennium comes to a close, Spinelanguage has a special surprise for all of you. Starting today through December 31st, we’re counting down the top 100 albums for your enjoyment. Feel free to bitch below.
Oh, and here’s #100
100. Astarte – Demonized (2007)
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1. How did Tristessa get the claw? 2. How can I get it?
It’s hard to call any album “the worst of the best” but something must always take that bottom spot. Granted that there were about twice as many albums that I was considering, which means that there are still 100 metal albums worse than Demonized that were released in the past decade that I still love to death.
Beginning this list to end all lists is a great Greek black metal band who have never gotten the attention that they deserve despite making some great music since 1997. It was their 2007 album that had Astarte truly find their own sound. Sirens may have had some great guest stars, (including Shagrath and Sakis Tolis) but Demonized even ups that by including guest spots by Attila Csihar, Angela Gossow and Henri Sattler. Of course, this would be nothing without the quality music to back it up. And Demonized manages to integrate some great influences from other genres of metal into its own blackened sound.
Tristessa has truly evolved as a guitarist, with her guitar playing being as diverse as it is impressive. Meanwhile her songwriting keeps this album diverse and interesting from beginning to end. Most black metal bands either lack the creativity or courage to throw out genre conventions and make actual art but Astarte do just that. Demonized paves the way for future black metal bands (or at least those comfortable enough with their masculinity to derive their sound from a band who’s lineup includes three women) that we’ll see in the next decade. Expect this band’s name to be dropped far more often in the coming decade when new bands talk about influences.
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