I didn't see the usual thread popping up, and I've always enjoyed reading people's recommendations and the varied tastes on here, so I thought I'd kick start 2025's thread!
What're your top albums of the year? What've you revisited time and time again this year?
Mine's been quite a metal-heavy year again, but there's some outliers too!
1. Deafheaven - Lonely People With Power
This has knocked Sunbather off it's perch for me. Excellent album, and I feel it's a great culmination of all their previous work. Love Boy Harsher's appearance too.
2. Pain Magazine - Violent God
This came out of nowhere for me. Got to love some french electro noise rock whatever it is 'thing', and features Birds in Row, no less. Excellent!
3. Crippling Alcoholism - Camgirl
This is so dark, but so damn good. It's like a strange mash up of Type O Negative, mixed with Crystal Castles and Chat Pile. It just works for me!
4. Saya Gray - SAYA
Just a brilliant summer album.
5. Indifferent Engine - Speculative Fiction
Brilliant throwback to my emo years. Come back to this a fair few times over the year.
6. Dimscûa - Dust Eater
Flipping amazing post-metal. And from my neck of the woods, no less.
7. Hayley Williams - Ego Death At A Bachelorette Party
Again, just makes me nostalgic for my university years. She's really matured as an artist, and still has a great voice, not that she's really all that old, of course.
8. The Callous Dao Boys - I Don't Want To See You In Heaven
This is a whopper. Some of the best mathcore of recent years.
9. An Abstract Illusion - Sleeping City
Didn't think they could top 'Woe' and they didn't, but it's pretty darn close.
10. Billy Woods - Name I don't think I can say here (old Robinson's jam jar character)
One of the best hiphop voices around these days in a genre sorely lacking anything exciting (to me) these days.
Honourable Mentions - Ethel Cain, Kathryn Joseph, Deadguy, Conjurer, Julia Wolf, Rolo Tomassi, Eschalon and Coroner.
Biggest Disappointment - Deftones - Private Music (Meh)
Favourite tracks - Crippling Alcoholism - Saran Wrapped Cash and Pain Magazine - Dead Meat
What're your top albums of the year? What've you revisited time and time again this year?
Mine's been quite a metal-heavy year again, but there's some outliers too!
1. Deafheaven - Lonely People With Power
This has knocked Sunbather off it's perch for me. Excellent album, and I feel it's a great culmination of all their previous work. Love Boy Harsher's appearance too.
2. Pain Magazine - Violent God
This came out of nowhere for me. Got to love some french electro noise rock whatever it is 'thing', and features Birds in Row, no less. Excellent!
3. Crippling Alcoholism - Camgirl
This is so dark, but so damn good. It's like a strange mash up of Type O Negative, mixed with Crystal Castles and Chat Pile. It just works for me!
4. Saya Gray - SAYA
Just a brilliant summer album.
5. Indifferent Engine - Speculative Fiction
Brilliant throwback to my emo years. Come back to this a fair few times over the year.
6. Dimscûa - Dust Eater
Flipping amazing post-metal. And from my neck of the woods, no less.
7. Hayley Williams - Ego Death At A Bachelorette Party
Again, just makes me nostalgic for my university years. She's really matured as an artist, and still has a great voice, not that she's really all that old, of course.
8. The Callous Dao Boys - I Don't Want To See You In Heaven
This is a whopper. Some of the best mathcore of recent years.
9. An Abstract Illusion - Sleeping City
Didn't think they could top 'Woe' and they didn't, but it's pretty darn close.
10. Billy Woods - Name I don't think I can say here (old Robinson's jam jar character)
One of the best hiphop voices around these days in a genre sorely lacking anything exciting (to me) these days.
Honourable Mentions - Ethel Cain, Kathryn Joseph, Deadguy, Conjurer, Julia Wolf, Rolo Tomassi, Eschalon and Coroner.
Biggest Disappointment - Deftones - Private Music (Meh)
Favourite tracks - Crippling Alcoholism - Saran Wrapped Cash and Pain Magazine - Dead Meat
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