De/an/cade 100
Top 100 favorite albums of the last decade |
| 100 |  | Parades
Foreign Tapes
2010, indie pop
Recommended Track: Hunters |
| 99 |  | Against Me!
Transgender Dysphoria Blues
2014, punk
RT: Black Me Out |
| 98 |  | Fiona Apple
The Idler Wheel...
2012, folk
RT: Every Single Night |
| 97 |  | PUP
The Dream Is Over
2016, punk
RT: Sleep in the Heat |
| 96 |  | Circle Takes the Square
Decompositions: Volume Number One
2012, progressive hardcore
RT: Way of Ever-Branching Paths |
| 95 |  | Boards of Canada
Tomorrow's Harvest
2013, electronic
RT: New Seeds |
| 94 |  | Deafheaven
Roads to Judah
2011, blackgaze
RT: Tunnel of Trees |
| 93 |  | City of Caterpillar
Driving Spain Up A Wall
2017, hardcore
RT: As the Curtains Dim; (Little White Lie) |
| 92 |  | Batushka
Litourgiya
2015, black metal
RT: Yekteniya VI: Upovanie |
| 91 |  | Astronoid
Air
2016, blackgaze
RT: Up and Atom |
| 90 |  | Toundra
Toundra (II)
2010, post-rock
RT: Bizancio |
| 89 |  | Colin Stetson
New History Warfare Vol 2: Judges
2011, experimental jazz
RT: Judges |
| 88 |  | Bosse-de-Nage
All Fours
2015, post-black metal
RT: At Night |
| 87 |  | Beyonce
Beyonce
2013, pop/R&B
RT: Haunted |
| 86 |  | Los Campesinos!
Romance Is Boring
2010, indie pop
RT: The Sea Is a Good Place to Think of the Future |
| 85 |  | Deftones
Koi No Yokan
2012, alt metal
RT: What Happened to You? |
| 84 |  | Chelsea Wolfe
Abyss
2015, industrial/gothic rock
RT: Iron Moon |
| 83 |  | Chelsea Wolfe
Hiss Spun
2017, industrial/gothic metal
RT: Twin Fawn |
| 82 |  | James Blake
James Blake
2011, R&B/electronic
RT: The Wilhelm Scream |
| 81 |  | clipping.
There Existed an Addiction to Blood
2019, hip hop/noise
RT: La Mala Ordina |
| 80 |  | Brian McBride
The Effective Disconnect
2010, ambient/neoclassical
RT: Several Tries (In an Unelevated Style) |
| 79 |  | Flying Lotus
Cosmogramma
2010, instrumental hip hop
RT: Do the Astral Plane |
| 78 |  | Torche
Harmonicraft
2012, sludge rock
RT: Snakes Are Charmed |
| 77 |  | Melt-Banana
Fetch
2013, noise punk
RT: Lie Lied Lies |
| 76 |  | Show Me A Dinosaur
Show Me A Dinosaur
2016, post-black metal
RT: Rakev |
| 75 |  | Fen
Carrion Skies
2014, atmospheric black metal
RT: Sentinels |
| 74 |  | State Faults
Resonate/Desperate
2013, emotional hardcore
RT: Spectral |
| 73 |  | Thou
Rhea Sylvia
2018, sludge metal
RT: Non-Entity |
| 72 |  | Radiohead
A Moon Shaped Pool
2016, alternative/electronic
RT: Daydreaming |
| 71 |  | Amenra
Mass V
2012, doom metal
RT: Dearborn and Buried |
| 70 |  | Alter
Pendulum
2017, doomgaze
RT: Momentary Life |
| 69 |  | Jenny Hval
Innocence Is Kinky
This was originally a few spots lower, but I bumped it up because nice.
And you know what? It feels right.
2013, experimental pop
RT: Death of the Author |
| 68 |  | The Dead Mantra
Saudade Forever
2018, post-punk/shoegaze
RT: Saudade Forever |
| 67 |  | Storm{O}
Sospesi Nel Vuoto Bruceremo In Un Attimo
2014, emotional hardcore
RT: D'istanti |
| 66 |  | HIRS
Friends. Lovers. Favorites.
2018, grindcore
RT: Invisible |
| 65 |  | The Dillinger Escape Plan
Option Paralysis
2010, mathcore
RT: Farewell, Mona Lisa |
| 64 |  | Nadja
Dagdrøm
2012, drone metal
RT: Falling Out of Your Head |
| 63 |  | Rorcal
Muladona
2019, sludge/black metal
RT: Carnations Were Not the Smell of Death. They Were the Smell of Desire. |
| 62 |  | Artificial Brain
Infrared Horizon
2017, technical death metal
RT: Estranged from Orbit |
| 61 |  | Alcest
Spiritual Instinct
2019, blackgaze
RT: Spiritual Instinct |
| 60 |  | Beyonce
Lemonade
2016, pop/R&B
RT: Don't Hurt Yourself |
| 59 |  | Deftones
Diamond Eyes
2010, alt metal
RT: Royal |
| 58 |  | Tim Hecker
Ravedeath, 1972
2011, ambient
RT: Hatred of Music I |
| 57 |  | Intronaut
Habitual Levitations
2013, progressive metal
RT: Eventual |
| 56 |  | Cobalt
Slow Forever
2016, sludge/black metal
RT: Hunt the Buffalo |
| 55 |  | Maths
Ascent
2011, emotional hardcore
RT: Gnarled |
| 54 |  | Maths
The Fires Courting The Sea
2015, emotional hardcore
RT: Laughter Stirs the Canyon |
| 53 |  | nic and Old Soul
Split
2014, emotional hardcore
RT: Lens |
| 52 |  | Bereft (USA-WI)
Lands
2017, doom metal
RT: We Wept |
| 51 |  | The Blue Letter
Love Is Not Control
2012, emotional hardcore
RT: Act II - The Characters | ii. The Beacon |
| 50 |  | United Nations
The Next Four Years
2014, emotional hardcore
RT: Revolutions at Varying Speeds |
| 49 |  | Loma Prieta
I.V.
2012, emotional hardcore
RT: Fly By Night |
| 48 |  | Alcest
Kodama
2016, blackgaze
RT: Kodama |
| 47 |  | Kayo Dot
Hubardo
2013, experimental metal
RT: Passing the River |
| 46 |  | White Ward
Love Exchange Failure
2019, jazzy black metal
RT: No Cure for Pain |
| 45 |  | Ampere
Like Shadows
2011, emoviolence
RT: We Neither Rise Nor Fall |
| 44 |  | Loma Prieta
Life/Less
2010, emotional hardcore
RT: Apparition |
| 43 |  | Ulcerate
The Destroyers of All
2011, technical death metal
RT: Burning Skies |
| 42 |  | Plebeian Grandstand
Lowgazers
2014, blackened hardcore
RT: Thrvst |
| 41 |  | Suuns
Hold/Still
2016, industrial/post-punk
RT: Instrument |
| 40 |  | GridLink
Longhena
2014, grindcore
RT: Constant Autumn |
| 39 |  | Blanck Mass
World Eater
2017, electronic
RT: Silent Treatment |
| 38 |  | The Dillinger Escape Plan
One of Us Is the Killer
2013, mathcore
RT: When I Lost My Bet |
| 37 |  | Preoccupations
Viet Cong
2015, post-punk
RT: Bunker Buster |
| 36 |  | Ulcerate
Vermis
2013, technical death metal
RT: Vermis |
| 35 |  | Altar of Plagues
Teethed Glory and Injury
2013, post-black metal
RT: God Alone |
| 34 |  | Rosetta
A Determinism of Morality
2010, post-metal
RT: A Determinism of Morality |
| 33 |  | Alcest
Écailles De Lune
2010, blackgaze
RT: Ecailles de Lune, pt. 2 |
| 32 |  | Mouth Of The Architect
Dawning
2013, post-metal
RT: Lullabye |
| 31 |  | Muscle and Marrow
Love
2016, experimental doom metal
RT: Black Hole |
| 30 |  | Ulcerate
Shrines of Paralysis
2016, technical death metal
RT: Yield to Naught |
| 29 |  | Noise Trail Immersion
Symbology of Shelter
2018, blackened hardcore
RT: Acrimonious |
| 28 |  | Gorguts
Colored Sands
2013, technical death metal
RT: Enemies of Compassion |
| 27 |  | Radiohead
The King of Limbs
2011, alternative/electronic
RT: Bloom |
| 26 |  | Fen
Winter
2017, atmospheric black metal
RT: I (Pathway) |
| 25 |  | The Saddest Landscape
You Will Not Survive
2010, emotional hardcore
RT: Eternity Is Lost on the Dying |
| 24 |  | Kidcrash
Naps
2011, emotional hardcore
RT: Hibernationstate |
| 23 |  | Frail Body
A Brief Memoriam
2019, emotional hardcore
RT: Your Death Makes Me Wish Heaven Was Real |
| 22 |  | Daughters
Daughters
2010, noise punk
RT: Our Queens (One Is Many, Many Are One) |
| 21 |  | OLAM
I Will Guide Thy Hand
2019, emotional metalcore
RT: Wounds |
| 20 |  | Tim Hecker
Virgins
2013, ambient
RT: Virginal II |
| 19 |  | Unfurl
The Waking Void
2019, blackened hardcore
RT: Lazarus Reflex |
| 18 |  | Thou
Summit
2010, sludge/doom metal
RT: Grissecon |
| 17 |  | Der Weg Einer Freiheit
Finisterre
2017, black metal
RT: Ein Letzter Tanz |
| 16 |  | Intronaut
Valley of Smoke
2010, progressive metal
RT: Above |
| 15 |  | Deafheaven
New Bermuda
2015, post-black metal
RT: Brought to the Water |
| 14 |  | A Winged Victory for the Sullen
A Winged Victory for the Sullen
2011, ambient/neoclassical
RT: We Played Some Open Chords |
| 13 |  | M83
Hurry Up, We're Dreaming
2011, synth pop
RT: Intro |
| 12 |  | clipping.
Splendor and Misery
2016, hip hop/noise
RT: All Black |
| 11 |  | Her Name Is Calla
The Quiet Lamb
2010, post-rock
RT: Condor and River |
| 10 |  | Intronaut
The Direction of Last Things
"To protect and serve, and yet no one is safe
After so many mistakes we haven't learned a thing"
2015, progressive metal
RT: Fast Worms |
| 9 |  | Kendrick Lamar
To Pimp a Butterfly
"Loving you is complicated"
2015, hip hop
RT: u |
| 8 |  | The Knife
Shaking the Habitual
"Let's talk about gender, baby
Let's talk about you and me"
2013, experimental electronic
RT: A Tooth for an Eye |
| 7 |  | Cult of Luna and Julie Christmas
Mariner
"We are not conquerors
We float with the tide"
2016, post-metal
RT: Cygnus |
| 6 |  | The Knife
Tomorrow, In a Year
"How is Charles? I haven't heard from him for a long, long time"
2010, experimental electronic
RT: Colouring of Pigeons |
| 5 |  | Oathbreaker
Rheia
"You ate my heart out, I am stone"
2016, post-black metal
RT: Second Son of R. |
| 4 |  | State Faults
Clairvoyant
“Let the old wounds bleed”
2019, emotional hardcore
RT: Dreamcatcher pt. II |
| 3 |  | Thou
Magus
"Lost in the lapse of time...And so shall we prevail"
2018, sludge/doom metal
RT: In the Kingdom of Meaning |
| 2 |  | Thou
Heathen
"We are the stone that starts the avalanche
We are the cough that spreads the plague
We are the spark that lights the inferno"
2014, sludge/doom metal
RT: Free Will |
| 1 |  | Deafheaven
Sunbather
"I want to dream..."
2013, blackgaze
RT: Dream House |
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