In Mourning - Shrouded Divine (2008)

4/5
Progressive Death Metal
Sweden
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1. "The Shrouded Divine" -7:11
2. "Amnesia" -3:35
3. "In The Failing Hour" -4:22
4. "By Others Considered" -6:24
5. "Grind Denial"-4:28
6. "The Art Of A Mourning Kind" -5:29
7. "The Black Lodge" -8:13
8. "Past October Skies" -6:33

Pig Destroyer - Prowler in the Yard (2001)

4/5
Grindcore
USA (Virginia)
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1. "Jennifer" - 1:21
2. "Cheerleader Corpses" - 0:35
3. "Scatology Homework" - 0:49
4. "Trojan Whore" - 1:35
5. "Ghost of a Bullet" - 0:20
6. "Heart and Crossbones" - 0:48
7. "Strangled with a Halo" - 1:25
8. "Intimate Slavery" - 1:05
9. "Mapplethorpe Grey" - 1:21
10. "Evacuating Heaven" - 0:16
11. "Tickets to the Car Crash" - 0:39
12. "Naked Trees" - 1:46
13. "Sheet Metal Girl" - 1:09
14. "Preacher Crawling" - 1:29
15. "Pornographic Memory" - 0:57
16. "Murder Blossom" - 0:18
17. "Body Scout" - 1:01
18. "Snuff Film at Eleven" - 1:10
19. "Hyperviolet" - 3:28
20. "Starbelly" - 5:03
21. "Junkyard God" - 1:59
22. "Piss Angel" - 7:57

Wolves in the Throne Room - Diadem of 12 Stars (2006)

4/5
Atmospheric Black Metal
USA (Olympia, Washington)
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1. Queen of the Borrowed Light - 12:58
2. Face in a Night Time Mirror part I - 13:21
3. Face in a Night Time Mirror part II - 13:58
4. (A Shimmering Radiance) Diadem of 12 Stars - 20:22

Boris - Flood (2000)

4/5
Sludge Metal, Psychedelic Rock
Japan
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1. "Flood I" – 14:42
2. "Flood II" – 13:35
3. "Flood III" – 20:38
4. "Flood IV" – 21:35

Darkthrone - A Blaze in the Northern Sky (1992)

4/5
Black Metal
Norway
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1. "Kathaarian Life Code" – 10:39
2. "In the Shadow of the Horns" – 7:02
3. "Paragon Belial" – 5:25
4. "Where Cold Winds Blow" – 7:26
5. "A Blaze in the Northern Sky" – 4:58
6. "The Pagan Winter" – 6:35

One of my favourite black metal albums ever, along with Two Hunters (also on this blog). This gets my vote for Darkthrone's crowning black metal achievement. The atmosphere alone is worth checking this out.

The Decemberists - The Crane Wife (2006)

4/5
Indie Rock, Folk
USA (Portland, Oregon)
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1. "The Crane Wife 3" – 4:18
2. "The Island": – 12:26
3. "Yankee Bayonet (I Will Be Home Then)" – 4:18
4. "O Valencia!" – 3:47
5. "The Perfect Crime #2" – 5:33
6. "When the War Came" – 5:06
7. "Shankill Butchers" – 4:39
8. "Summersong" – 3:31
9. "The Crane Wife 1 & 2" – 11:19
10. "Sons & Daughters" – 5:13

Morbid Angel - Altars of Madness (1989)

3.5/5
Death Metal
USA (Tampa, Florida)
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1. "Immortal Rites" – 4:04
2. "Suffocation" – 3:15
3. "Visions from the Dark Side" – 4:10
4. "Maze of Torment" – 4:25
5. "Lord of All Fevers & Plague" – 3:28
6. "Chapel of Ghouls" – 4:58
7. "Bleed for the Devil" – 2:23
8. "Damnation" – 4:10
9. "Blasphemy" – 3:31
10. "Evil Spells" – 4:13

The End - Elementary (2007)

4/5
Math Rock, Alternative Metal
Canada
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1. "Dangerous" - 6:08
2. "The Never Ever Aftermath" - 4:45
3. "Animals" - 3:26
4. "The Moth and I" - 5:29
5. "Throwing Stones" - 3:29
6. "My Abyss" - 4:50
7. "Awake?" - 3:43
8. "A Fell Wind" - 4:02
9. "In Distress" - 5:54
10. "And Always..." - 9:18

Burial - Untrue (2007)

4/5
Dubstep
England
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1. "(untitled)" - 0:46
2. "Archangel" - 3:58
3. "Near Dark" - 3:54
4. "Ghost Hardware" - 4:53
5. "Endorphin" - 2:57
6. "Etched Headplate" - 5:59
7. "In McDonalds" - 2:07
8. "Untrue" - 6:16
9. "Shell of Light" - 4:40
10. "Dog Shelter" - 2:59
11. "Homeless" - 5:20
12. "UK" - 1:40
13. "Raver" - 4:59

Darkthrone - Transilvanian Hunger (1994)

4/5
Raw Black Metal
Norway
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1. "Transilvanian Hunger" – 6:10
2. "Over fjell og gjennom torner" – 2:29
3. "Skald av Satans sol" – 4:29
4. "Slottet i det fjerne" – 4:45
5. "Graven tåkeheimens saler" – 4:59
6. "I en hall med flesk og mjød" – 5:13
7. "As flittermice as Satans spys" – 5:56
8. "En ås i dype skogen" (– 5:03

Ihsahn - angL (2008)

3.5/5
Extreme Progressive Metal
Norway
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1. "Misanthrope" - 4:58
2. "Scarab" - 5:17
3. "Unhealer" - 6:17
4. "Emancipation" - 5:27
5. "Malediction" - 4:19
6. "Alchemist" - 4:19
7. "Elevator" - 5:07
8. "Threnody" - 5:08
9. "Monolith" - 6:27

Ulver - Nattens Madrigal (1996)

3.5/5
Raw Black Metal
Norway
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1. "Hymn I: Of Wolf and Fear" – 6:16
2. "Hymn II: Of Wolf and the Devil" – 6:21
3. "Hymn III: Of Wolf and Hatred" – 4:48
4. "Hymn IV: Of Wolf and Man" – 5:21
5. "Hymn V: Of Wolf and the Moon" – 5:14
6. "Hymn VI: Of Wolf and Passion" – 5:48
7. "Hymn VII: Of Wolf and Destiny" – 5:32
8. "Hymn VIII: Of Wolf and the Night" – 4:38

Meshuggah - obZen (2008)

3.5/5
Math Metal
Sweden
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1. "Combustion" – 4:11
2. "Electric Red" – 5:53
3. "Bleed" – 7:22
4. "Lethargica" – 5:49
5. "obZen" – 4:27
6. "This Spiteful Snake" – 4:55
7. "Pineal Gland Optics" – 5:14
8. "Pravus" – 5:13
9. "Dancers to a Discordant System" – 9:36

Kanye West - 808s and Heartbreak (2008)

4/5
Pop, Electronica
USA (Chicago, Illinois)
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1. "Say You Will" - 6:18
2. "Welcome to Heartbreak" - 4:23
3. "Heartless" - 3:31
4. "Amazing" - 3:58
5. "Love Lockdown" - 4:30
6. "Paranoid" - 4:38
7. "RoboCop" Kanye West 4:34
8. "Street Lights" - 3:10
9. "Bad News" - 3:59
10. "See You in My Nightmares" - 4:18
11. "Coldest Winter" - 2:44

No, seriously, this is good. A rampant departure from anything he's done in the past, as well as the rap genre in general. The production is sparse but meaningful, making excellent use of the "808s." I'm flabbergasted by how well this actually turned out. Seriously, though, listen to it.

Arcade Fire - Funeral (2004)

5/5
Indie Rock
Canada
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1. "Neighborhood #1 (Tunnels)" – 4:48
2. "Neighborhood #2 (Laïka)" – 3:31
3. "Une Année Sans Lumière" – 3:40
4. "Neighborhood #3 (Power Out)" – 5:12
5. "Neighborhood #4 (7 Kettles)" – 4:49
6. "Crown of Love" – 4:42
7. "Wake Up" – 5:35
8. "Haïti" – 4:07
9. "Rebellion (Lies)" – 5:10
10. "In the Backseat" – 6:20

If you don't like this album, then you're gay. That's it.

The Dillinger Escape Plan - Calculating Infinity (1999)

4/5
Mathcore
USA (Morris Plains, New Jersey)
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1. "Sugar Coated Sour" – 2:24
2. "43% Burnt" – 4:31
3. "Jim Fear" – 2:22
4. "*#.." – 2:41
5. "Destro's Secret" – 1:56
6. "The Running Board" – 3:21
7. "Clip the Apex...Accept Instruction" – 3:29
8. "Calculating Infinity" – 2:02
9. "4th Grade Dropout" – 3:35
10. "Weekend Sex Change" – 3:11
11. "Variations on a Cocktail Dress" – 7:55

Botch - We are the Romans (2000)

4/5
Mathcore
USA (Tacoma, Washington)
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1. "To Our Friends in the Great White North" – 5:10
2. "Mondrian Was a Liar" – 2:41
3. "Transitions from Persona to Object" – 6:04
4. "Swimming the Channel Vs. Driving the Chunnel" – 4:30
5. "C. Thomas Howell as the "Soul Man"" – 4:44
6. "Saint Matthew Returns to the Womb" – 3:04
7. "Frequency Ass Bandit" – 4:26
8. "I Wanna Be a Sex Symbol on My Own Terms" – 3:35
9. "Man the Ramparts" – 10:50
10 "We are the Romans" – 7:27

Buried Inside - Chronoclast (2005)

4/5
Sludge Metal, Screamo
Canada
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1. "Introduction" - 2:51
2. "Time As Ideology" - 3:14
3. "Time As Methodology" - 2:23
4. "Time As Surrogate Religion" - 7:12
5. "Time As Imperialism" - 4:24
6. "Reintroduction" - 2:00
7. "Time As Abjection" - 4:55
8. "Time As Automation" - 0:56
9. "Time As Commodity" - 5:50
10. "Time As Resistance" - 6:15

Boards of Canada - Music Has the Right to Children (1998)

5/5
Trip Hop, Ambient Electronica
Scotland
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1. "Wildlife Analysis" – 1:17
2. "An Eagle in Your Mind" – 6:23
3. "The Color of the Fire" – 1:45
4. "Telephasic Workshop" – 6:35
5. "Triangles & Rhombuses" – 1:50
6. "Sixtyten" – 5:48
7. "Turquoise Hexagon Sun" – 5:07
8. "Kaini Industries" – 0:59
9. "Bocuma" – 1:35
10. "Roygbiv" – 2:31
11. "Rue the Whirl" – 6:39
12. "Aquarius" – 5:58
13. "Olson" – 1:31
14. "Pete Standing Alone" – 6:07
15. "Smokes Quantity" – 3:07
16. "Open the Light" – 4:25
17. "One Very Important Thought" – 1:14
18. "Happy Cycling" – 7:51

Cultus - Hymns of Descending (2007)

3/5
Raw Black Metal
Belgium
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1. The Hymn of Descending... Sorrow Will Find You, and the Wounds Will Remain Open - 10:45
2. Melodies, Tragedies, Memories - 08:35
3. Verdronken Vlinder - 08:30
4. There is Nothing, That Lasts - 12:45

Behemoth - Demigod (2004)

3.5/5
Technical Death Metal
Poland
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1. "Sculpting The Throne Ov Seth" - 4:41
2. "Demigod" – 3:31
3. "Conquer All" – 3:29
4. "The Nephilim Rising" – 4:20
5. "Towards Babylon" – 3:21
6. "Before The Æons Came" – 2:58
7. "Mysterium Coniunctionis (Hermanubis)" – 3:40
8. "XUL" – 3:11
9. "Slaves Shall Serve" – 3:04
10. "The Reign Ov Shemsu-Hor" – 8:26

The Kidcrash - Jokes (2007)

4/5
Screamo
USA (Olympia, Washington)
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1. Turtlelephant
2. The Ground Eats You
3. Life Was Real, Vital, Urgent, Important
4. Hypothetical Basking Shark
5. Kiss from a Roach on the Grave
6. Parrot's Just Don't Understand
7. Ron Ghousley's Fucked Up Dream
8. A Conduit Rather Than a Vault
9. Swingsets and Frozen Grapes

Carcass - Heartwork (1993)

4.5/5
Melodic Death Metal
England
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1. "Buried Dreams" - 3:58
2. "Carnal Forge" - 3:54
3. "No Love Lost" - 3:22
4. "Heartwork" - 4:33
5. "Embodiment" - 5:36
6. "This Mortal Coil" - 3:49
7. "Arbeit Macht Fleisch" - 4:21
8. "Blind Bleeding the Blind" - 4:57
9. "Doctrinal Expletives" - 3:39
10. "Death Certificate" - 3:38

Aphex Twin - ...I Care Because You Do (1995)

4/5
Ambient Electronica
England
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1. "Acrid Avid Jam Shred" – 7:39
2. "The Waxen pith" – 4:50
3. "Wax the nip." – 4:19
4. "Icct Hedral (edit)" – 6:07
5. "VENTOLIN (Video Version.)" – 4:29
6. "COME ON YOU SLAGS!" – 5:45
7. "Start as you Mean to go on" – 6:05
8. "Wet tip hen ax" – 5:17
9. "mookid." – 3:52
10. "Alberto Balsalm" – 5:11
11. "cow cud is a twin." – 5:34
12. "next heap with." – 4:43

Hybrid - I Choose Noise (2006)

4/5
Electronica, Progressive Trance
Wales
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1. "Secret Circles" - 0:53
2. "Dogstar" – 8:24
3. "I Choose Noise" – 5:29
4. "Falling Down" – 6:52
5. "Last Man Standing" – 8:08
6. "Hooligan Spirit" – 4:34
7. "Choke" (– 6:52
8. "Keep It In The Family" – 6:22
9. "Until Tomorrow" – 6:46
10. "Dreamstalker" – 6:28
11. "Just For Today" – 8:10

Alcest - Souvenirs d'un autre monde (2007)

4/5
Shoegaze
France
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1. "Printemps Émeraude" – 7:19
2. "Souvenirs d'un autre monde" – 6:08
3. "Les Iris" - 7:41
4. "Ciel Errant" - 7:12
5. "Sur l'autre rive je t'attendrai" - 6:50
6. "Tir Nan Og" - 6:10

Circle Takes the Square - As the Roots Undo (2004)

4/5
Screamo
USA (Savannah, Georgia)
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1. "Intro" – 0:55
2. "Same Shade as Concrete" – 4:28
3. "Crowquill" – 2:44
4. "In the Nervous Light" – 6:17
5. "Interview at the Ruins" – 5:09
6. "Non-Objective Portrait of Karma" – 6:46
7. "Kill the Switch" – 9:33
8. "A Crater to Cough In" – 8:13

Sigur Rós - ( ) (2002)

4.5/5
Post Rock
Iceland
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1. Untitled #1 – 6:37
2. Untitled #2 – 7:34
3. Untitled #3 – 6:33
4. Untitled #4 – 7:33
5. Untitled #5 – 9:56
6. Untitled #6 – 8:49
7. Untitled #7 – 12:59
8. Untitled #8 – 11:45

Earth - The Bees Made Honey in the Lion's Skull (2008)

3.5/5
Experimental Rock, Post Rock
USA (Seattle, Washington)
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1. "Omens and Portents I: The Driver" – 9:06
2. "Rise to Glory" – 5:47
3. "Miami Morning Coming Down II (Shine)" – 8:01
4. "Engine of Ruin" – 6:28
5. "Omens and Portents II: Carrion Crow" – 8:04
6. "Hung from the Moon" – 7:44
7. "The Bees Made Honey in the Lion's Skull" – 8:15

Venetian Snares - Rossz csillag alatt született (2005)

4/5
Electronica, Breakcore
Canada
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1. "Sikertelenség" - 0:41
2. "Szerencsétlen" -4:55
3. "Öngyilkos vasárnap" -3:26
4. "Felbomlasztott mentőkocsi" -3:44
5. "Hajnal" -7:46
6. "Galamb egyedül" -1:36
7. "Második galamb" -6:01
8. "Szamár madár" -5:49
9. "Hiszékeny" -1:39
10. "Kétsarkú mozgalom" -8:50
11. "Senki dala" -2:16

Immortal - At the Heart of Winter (1999)

4/5
Black Metal
Norway
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1. "Withstand the Fall of Time" – 8:29
2. "Solarfall" – 6:02
3. "Tragedies Blows at Horizon" – 8:55
4. "Where Dark and Light Don't Differ" – 6:45
5. "At the Heart of Winter" – 8:00
6. "Years of Silent Sorrow" - 7:55

Mike Oldfield - Tubular Bells (1973)

5/5
Progressive Rock
England
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1. "Tubular Bells, Part 1" - 25:36
2. "Tubular Bells, Part 2" - 23:20

Arcturus - The Sham Mirrors (2002)

4/5
Avant-garde Metal, Experimental
Norway
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1. "Kinetic" – 5:25
2. "Nightmare Heaven" – 6:05
3. "Ad Absurdum" – 6:48
4. "Collapse Generation" – 4:13
5. "Star-Crossed" – 5:01
6. "Radical Cut" – 5:08
7. "For to End Yet Again" – 10:33

Burzum - Filosofem (1996)

4/5
Ambient Black Metal
Norway
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1. "Burzum" – 7:05
2. "Jesu død" – 8:39
3. "Beholding the Daughters of the Firmament" – 7:53
4. "Decrepitude I" – 7:53
5. "Rundtgåing av den transcendentale egenhetens støtte" – 25:11
6. "Decrepitude II" – 7:53

Decapitated - Winds of Creation (2000)

4/5
Technical Death Metal
Poland
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1. "Winds of Creation" – 4:13
2. "Blessed" – 5:06
3. "The First Damned" – 5:47
4. "Way to Salvation" – 3:54
5. "Eye of Horus" – 5:25
6. "Human's Dust" – 4:50
7. "Nine Steps" – 5:11
8. "Dance Macabre" – 2:47
9. "Mandatory Suicide" (Slayer cover) – 3:32

One of tech. death's finest. This album is especially noteworthy because of how young the members were when it was recorded. The guitarist and vocalist were both eighteen, while the drummer, Vitek (RIP), was just fifteen. He was fucking FIFTEEN. Consider your mind's blown.

Genghis Tron - Board Up the House (2008)

4/5
Grindcore, Electronica, Experimental
USA (Poughkeepsie, New York)
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1. "Board Up the House" – 5:54
2. "Endless Teeth" – 1:47
3. "Things Don't Look Good" – 3:35
4. "Recursion" – 2:08
5. "I Won't Come Back Alive" – 6:34
6. "City on a Hill" – 3:26
7. "The Whips Blow Back" – 2:07
8. "Colony Collapse" – 4:01
9. "The Feast" – 1:56
10. "Ergot" – 1:14
11. "Relief" – 10:47

My Bloody Valentine - Loveless (1991)

4/5
Shoegaze
Ireland
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1. "Only Shallow" – 4:17
2. "Loomer" – 2:38
3. "Touched" – 0:56
4. "To Here Knows When" – 5:31
5. "When You Sleep" – 4:11
6. "I Only Said" – 5:34
7. "Come in Alone" – 3:58
8. "Sometimes" – 5:19
9. "Blown a Wish" – 3:36
10. "What You Want" – 5:33
11. "Soon" – 6:58

Fragments of Unbecoming - Skywards: A Slyphe's Ascension (2004)

3.5/5
Melodic Death Metal
Germany
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1. "Up From the Blackest of Soil (Ascension Theme)" − 1:25
2. "The Seventh Sunray Enlights My Pathway" − 5:07
3. "Shapes of the Pursuers" − 5:07
4. "Skywards - A Sylphe's Ascension" − 5:37
5. "Mesmerized" − 0:43
6. "Entangled Whispers in the Depth" − 4:49
7. "Scattered to the Four Winds" − 4:09
8. "On a Scar's Edge to Infinity" − 3:57
9. "Lour Pulse" − 1:44
10. "Fear My Hatred" − 3:36
11. "Insane Chaosphere" − 4:41
12. "Life's Last Embers (Farewell Theme)" − 0:38

Adebisi Shank - This Is the Album of a Band Called Adebisi Shank (2008)

3/5
Math Rock
Ireland
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1. "You Me" - 3:06
2. "DOTR" -3:10
3. "Colin Skehan" -2:50
4. "Shunk" -2:53
5. "Mini Rockers" -3:29
6. "Agassi Shank" - 2:27
7. "I Answer To 'Doc'" -2:40
8. "Snakehips" -2:37

Mahavishnu Orchestra - Birds of Fire (1973)

4/5
Jazz Fusion
England
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1. "Birds of Fire" – 5:50
2. "Miles Beyond (Miles Davis)" – 4:47
3. "Celestial Terrestrial Commuters" – 2:54
4. "Sapphire Bullets of Pure Love" – 0:24
5. "Thousand Island Park" – 3:23
6. "Hope" – 1:59
7. "One Word" – 9:57
8. "Sanctuary" – 5:05
9. "Open Country Joy" – 3:56
10. "Resolution" – 2:09

Nasum - Helvete (2003)

3.5/5
Grindcore
Sweden
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1. "Violation" – 0:38
2. "Scoop" – 2:21
3. "Living Next Door to Malice" – 1:45
4. "Stormshield" – 2:23
5. "Time to Discharge" – 1:20
6. "Bullshit" – 0:46
7. "Relics" – 2:34
8. "We Curse You All" – 1:03
9. "Doombringer" – 2:00
10. "Just Another Hog" – 2:17
11. "Drop Dead" – 0:45
12. "I Hate People" – 1:36
13. "Go!" – 1:26
14. "The Final Sleep" – 1:41
15. "Slaves to the Grind" – 1:11
16. "Breach of Integrity" – 2:13
17. "The Everlasting Shame" – 1:25
18. "Your Words Alone" – 0:51
19. "Preview of Hell" – 1:49
20. "Illogic" – 1:27
21. "Whip" – 1:34
22. "Worst Case Scenario" – 1:58

Off Minor - Some Blood (2008)

4/5
Screamo
USA (New York)
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1. Neologist
2. Some Blood
3. Everything Explicit
4. To An Ex
5. No Conversationalist I
6. Practice Absence

Minus the Bear - Acoustics (2008)

3.5/5
Indie Rock
USA (Seattle, Washington)
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1. "Guns & Ammo" (new track)
2. "We Are Not a Football Team" (from the album Highly Refined Pirates)
3. "Burying Luck" (from the album Planet of Ice)
4. "Knights" (from the album Planet of Ice)
5. "Pachuca Sunrise" (from the album Menos El Oso)
6. "Throwin' Shapes" (from the album Planet of Ice)
7. "Ice Monster" (from the album Planet of Ice)

Jefferson Airplane - Surrealistic Pillow (1967)

4/5
Psychedelic Rock
USA (San Francisco, California)
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1. "She Has Funny Cars" – 3:07
2. "Somebody to Love" – 2:54
3. "My Best Friend" – 2:59
4. "Today" – 2:57
5. "Comin' Back to Me" – 5:14
6. "3/5 of a Mile in 10 Seconds" – 3:39
7. "D.C.B.A. -25" – 2:35
8. "How Do You Feel" – 3:28
9. "Embryonic Journey" (– 1:51
10. "White Rabbit" – 2:30
11. "Plastic Fantastic Lover" – 2:33

Ahab - The Call of the Wretched Sea (2006)

4/5
Funeral Doom
Germany
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1. "Below the Sun" -11:45
2. "The Pacific" -10:07
3. "Old Thunder" 9:54
4. "Of the Monstrous Pictures of Whales" -1:52
5. "The Sermon" -12:36
6. "The Hunt" -11:13
7. "Ahab's Oath" -10:11

Electric Wizard - Dopethrone (2000)

4/5
Doom Metal
England
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1. "Vinum Sabbathi" – 3:06
2. "Funeralopolis" – 8:43
3. "Weird Tales" – 15:04
I. "Electric Frost"
II. "Golgotha"
III. "Altar of Melektaus"
4. "Barbarian" – 6:29
5. "I, The Witchfinder" – 11:04
6. "The Hills Have Eyes" – 0:46
7. "We Hate You" – 5:08
8. "Dopethrone" – 10:36

Cryptopsy - None So Vile (1996)

4.5/5
Technical Death Metal
Canada
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1. "Crown of Horns" – 3:57
2. "Slit Your Guts" – 4:02
3. "Graves of the Fathers" – 4:11
4. "Dead and Dripping" – 3:53
5. "Benedictine Convulsions" – 4:00
6. "Phobophile" – 4:38
7. "Lichmistress" – 2:31
8. "Orgiastic Disembowelment" – 4:51

This is, without a doubt, the greatest death metal album ever made. From the insane drumming to Lord Worm's indecipherable growls, to the blistering riffs, this is the epitome of heavy. Get it now. What are you, a girl?

Cannibal Corpse - Tomb of the Mutilated (1992)

3.5/5
Brutal Death Metal
USA (Buffalo, New York)
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1. "Hammer Smashed Face" - 4:02
2. "I Cum Blood" - 3:41
3. "Addicted to Vaginal Skin" - 3:30
4. "Split Wide Open" - 3:01
5. "Necropedophile" - 4:05
6. "The Cryptic Stench" - 3:56
7. "Entrails Ripped from a Virgin's Cunt" - 4:15
8. "Post Mortal Ejaculation" - 3:36
9. "Beyond the Cemetery" - 4:55

Envy - Insomniac Doze (2006)

4/5
Screamo, Post Rock
Japan
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1. "Further Ahead of Warp" – 6:51
2. "Shield of Selflessness" – 4:30
3. "Scene" – 7:08
4. "Crystallize" – 10:34
5. "The Unknown Glow" – 15:28
6. "Night in Winter" – 6:04
7. "A Warm Room" – 7:18

Cynic - Traced in Air (2008)

5/5
Progressive Rock
USA (Miami, Florida)
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1. "Nunc Fluens" – 2:56
2. "The Space for This" – 5:46
3. "Evolutionary Sleeper" – 3:35
4. "Integral Birth" – 3:53
5. "The Unknown Guest" – 4:13
6. "Adam's Murmur" – 3:29
7. "King of Those Who Know" – 6:09
8. "Nunc Stans" – 4:13

The greatest thing I've heard all year, and now that I think of it, in several years. I cannot express my love for this album in English. Truly breathtaking from start to finish. My vote for album of the year by far. Fun fact: the guitarist/vocalist and drummer from this band played on Death's Human. Good shit, eh?