2011 has really been a good year for new music. A handful of new releases (Doomtree, Panopticon, Ash Borer) completely blew me away and made the list without competition. But as I struggled to pare the list down to 20 I realized that this has been an exceptional year across the board. I'm still not entirely happy with some of the albums I had to leave off, but that's what top # lists are all about: sadness and regret. Anyway, like I said everything here comes highly recommended. There's obviously a lot of black metal here; that's just the style I keep up with the most now days.
Doomtree - No Kings
Panopticon - Social Disservices
Ash Borer - Ash Borer
La Plebe - Brazo en Brazo
- San Francisco-based mexican american punk
Primordial - Redemption at the Puritan's Hand
Welkin Dusk - Born Into a Dying World
Sims - Bad Time Zoo
Panopticon & When Bitter Spring Sleeps - split,
Panopticon & Wheels Within Wheels - split 2
Homestuck - Vol. 8
- electronica (it's the, uh, soundtrack to a web-comic...)
Blood Ceremony - Living With the Ancients
- psychedelic rock with satanic lyrics for some reason
Deafest - Through Wood and Fog
Falls of Rauros - The Light That Dwells In Rotten Wood
Dornenreich - Flammentriebe
Cloud Rat - Cloud Rat
Star Fucking Hipsters - From the Dumpster to the Grave
- trashy, pop-y punk (also features Boots Riley on a track)
Wolves in the Throne Room - Celestial Lineage
Space Arcadium - Personal Universe
Tombs - Path of Totality
Trap Them - Darker Handcraft
Team Teamwork - Super Nintendo Sega Genesis
- hip-hop video-game-sountrack mashups
2 comments:
If I'd known I had such devoted fans I might've kept updating!
me Very interesting mix though the black metal is not my cup of coffee. And of course I like the dog :) Keep on updating!
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