Best Hungarian rock/metal albums of 2015

Looking back at 2015, we can note several events that seem to show new trends in the Hungarian rock calendar. On the one hand, lots of Hungarian bands broke up, there was a time when popular bands dissolved every week (Leander Rising, Replika, Subscribe, Isten Hata Mogott etc.). Another interesting thing is that more and more Hungarian bands sing in their mother language: they write meaningful lyrics, devote at least as much effort to lyrics as music. The third factor is the more prominent inclusion of the Hungarian folk music heritage to the production. Using the “best” indicator is a subjective opinion, of course. It has been compiled of albums of which the Felvidek Rockmagazin published a review in 2015, felvidekirockmagazin.blog.hu wrote.

8. Horda – Part 1 – When The Sun Sleeps EP

Guitarist Gyula Pavelka (ex-Akela) returned with a completely new line-up and a transformed music world with his band: instead of the usual nu/groove metal, they made a  smart, progressive metal bouquet at the beginning of August. The second part of the EP was promised to be released by the end of this year – it seems it will not be published this year.

7. Magor – Testamentum

Magor band from Jaszbereny released its debut album 7 years after its establishment, and they toured a lot with it, introducing the album as widely as possible. The singing is metalcore, the quantity and quality of guitar solos are above average, there are death, thrash, melo-death and groove metal riffs; the Hungarian lyrics are very serious but especially suggestive.

6. Nadir – Ventum Iam Ad Finem Est

The fifth album of Nadir from Budapest is definitely the most successful album of the band: death/doom grinding in eight songs, which deals with the topic of the relationship of mankind and nature from the start until the not very pleasant closure. The only downside of the album is its shortness, since playtime is barely half an hour, felvidekirockmagazin.blog.hu wrote.

5. Needless – The Dark Spirit Of Ages

Needless in Danszentmiklos released its English language death/thrash album in the form of an EP in April, with 25 minutes of playtime. Adam Forczek has a relentless voice, a ferocious mid-tempo: they need an international record label and international distribution, immediately!

4. Ygfan – Kod

The Budapest quartet’s debut album consists of four tracks without a serial number. The half-hour-long material is a kind of post-black metal/progressive metal mix with some folk music influence. Like the title of the disc (Kod- Fog), the whole sound material is fantastically charming and has an atmosphere which sucks you in. It is a very strong one for introduction. This opinion is shared by the Italian ATMF Records as well, which signed a contract to publish the following two albums, too.

3. Thy Catafalque – Sgurr

According to felvidekirockmagazin.blog.hu, Tamas Katai is a wizard, who was equally inspired by the desolation of the Scottish Highlands and the Hungarian Great Plains to write these beautiful songs. Finally, the strict, thorny, but sufficiently avant-garde “Sgurr” finished in the third place.

2. Perihelion – Zeng

The first album of Perihelion from Debrecen led by guitarist/vocalist Gyula Vasvari is a fantastically strong album: its post-black metal music is not far from the 3^rd and 4^th places of the list, in fact, they come from the same place, but with a different approach. The melodies of Zeng – which was published by a prestigious French underground record label – absorb the listener, and what a pity that it is only half an hour long! If all is true, an EP is under process with new songs and a cover.

1. Attila Bakos – Aranyhajnal

Almost imperceptibly, without any fuss, the Hungarian album of the year has been released at the end of November. Attila Bakos is mostly known from the previous two albums of Thy Catafalque, but now he appeared with such a wonderful album under his own name (it is totally a one-person production) that the blog could announce the winner immediately and unambiguously. Beautiful lyrics and melodies rarely form some kind of magical unity, which goes far beyond the framework of traditional rock music.

based on the article of felvidekirockmagazin.blog.hu

Photo: Attila Bakos Facebook page

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