6) Conjurer - Unself
Why no love for Conjurer this year ladies and gents? I don't think I saw this on a single damn list, the silence so deafening that I started to think I was wrong. I checked and rechecked. I'm not wrong on this one, though it is a vastly different record from their previous two outings. This has so much more emotional weight. This is the sort of heart-rending impact Converge brought to the table so long ago within the narrow confines of post-hardcore. The record preceding this in my list should take note, these are truly heavy riffs that maintain their melodic integrity.
Are there any shit takes to be had here? I don't think so. This is a really solid album top to bottom. Lots of big payoffs, plenty of visceral struggle, oodles of dynamics between quiet burning and blasting. This is the turning point in my list I guess, no more moaning, just great music.
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