Behemoth - The Satanist
I'm happy I finally checked this album out. Haven't listened to it fully yet, but it sounds really promising. Haven't bought any new death metal in a while so I'm interested to hear this. If the album is indeed as good as everyone seems to think, I'll definitely be getting the double vinyl as well.
Céline Bonacina Trio - Open Heart
How many petite young ladies do you know who play jazz with a baritone saxophone? That's what I thought.
Deafheaven - Roads to Judah
http://deafheavens.bandcamp.com/album/roads-to-judah
I finally saw this at my local record store, and the price wasn't bad either. My Deafheaven collection is now complete, apart from possibly trying to get this on vinyl later if it's any good.
Heinz Sauer & Michael Wollny - Melancholia
I've never heard Heinz Sauer before although he seems to be somewhat of a legend. Michael Wollny is of course a genius. This album has received quite a lot of praise so I'm certainly intrigued to hear it.
Julian & Roman Wasserfuhr - Gravity
Julian Wasserfuhr's trumpet tone is really amazing. Really recommended for fans of jazz trumpet and especially players like Chet Baker and the like.
Lavinia Meijer - Visions
[hybrid pure DSD SACD]
http://www.channelclassics.com/meijer-29709.html
If you love harp but have never heard Lavinia Meijer, you've really been missing out.
Rudresh Mahanthappa - Samdhi
Rudresh Mahanthappa is a man whose music everyone on the planet should listen to. Everyone. He is doing things I wish a lot more people were. He and Vijay Iyer have really inspired me to listen to and learn about the Indian classical music as well as gamelan.
Supersilent - 6
My second Supersilent album. My cousin recommended this group to me at the end of last year and I got their debut triple album 1-3 for Christmas. It took me several listens to learn to appreciate, but I must say I really learned to like it once I put in the effort. My expectations for this album are quite high; hopefully I won't be disappointed.
Tuomas Holopainen - The Life and Times of Scrooge
[limited edition 2-disc mediabook edition]
In case the name Tuomas Holopainen doesn't ring any bells, he is the keyboard player and songwriter from Nightwish, a name which hopefully rings more bells with some of you at least. As the title states, this first solo project of his features music inspired by Don Rosa's new graphic novel. My cousin is currently studying composition and music technology in London, and one of his teachers has done the arrangements for orchestra for the latest two Nightwish albums as well as this new album by Holopainen. My cousin got to attend the recording session for the orchestra in London with his teacher and actually mentioned to me he even appears on one of the tracks, which I didn't know about. I didn't happen to ask what it was he got to do, but I assume maybe he's part of a male choir somewhere because he used to be a choir boy back in the day for several years. He talked about "a western song", but I haven't actually had the time to listen to the album myself so I'm not even sure which track that is. Anyway, for multiple reasons I really couldn't pass on this album. At the very least it is a very interesting project.
Vladyslav Sendecki - Solo Piano at Schloss Elmau
Walter Norris & Leszek Możdżer - The Last Set: Live at the A-Trane