Iconoclast

I know I've been doing lots of these lately, but I want to reemphasize the title track of my number 9 from last year. (I might give it a higher score if I did it again now) This eleven-minute epic (in both senses of the word) sums up pretty much everything I love about non-extreme metal: crazy technical guitar riffs; progressive, extended song structure, super-intense clean vocals with awesome lyrics, epic keyboards, and amazing guitar solos.

I'll get to some more album reviews soon, I promise. (The new Alcest album could have been number five on my list, if it has been a week earlier!)