25(+1) albums for 2000s
Back in December my friend did kind of a musical advent calendar, each day from 1st to 25th he chose his favorite album from the corresponding year 2000 - 2025. It inspired me to do the same and these are my picks, together with several honorable mentions from each year. There are some real hidden bangers in here imho! |
| 1 |  | Ulver
Perdition City
2000
At the Drive-In - Relationship of Command
Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Anntenas to Heaven |
| 2 |  | Converge
Jane Doe
2001
Tool - Lateralus
Bjork - Vespertine
Microphones - Glow Pt. 2
// I have no 5/5 from this year, but Jane Doe is goated of course, I should listen to it more than I do! |
| 3 |  | Peter Gabriel
Up
2002
Cinematic Orchestra - Every Day
Boards of Canada - Geogaddi
Glassjaw - Worship and Tribute |
| 4 |  | Kayo Dot
Choirs of the Eye
2003
Cult of Luna - The Beyond
Boris - Live at Last -Feedbacker
Mars Volta - De-loused in the Comatorium |
| 5 |  | Cult of Luna
Salvation
2004
ISIS - Panopticon
mewithoutYou - Catch for Us the Foxes
Neurosis - The Eye of Every Storm |
| 6 |  | The Mars Volta
Frances the Mute
2005
Gojira - From Mars to Sirius
Norma Jean - O'God the Aftermath
Coil - The Ape of Naples |
| 7 |  | mewithoutYou
Brother, Sister
2006
Cult of Luna - Somewhere Along the Highway
Deftones - Saturday Night Wrist
Gregor Samsa - 55:12 |
| 8 |  | Oceansize
Frames
2007
The Angelic Process - Weighing Souls With Sand
Rishloo - Eidolon
The Necks - Townsville |
| 9 |  | Have a Nice Life
Deathconsciousness
2008
Underoath - Lost in the Sound of Separation - I guess? but Deathcon clears it ofc |
| 10 |  | Ben Frost
By the Throat
2009
Enter Shikari - Common Dreads
Fall of Efrafa - Inle
Mastodon - Crack the Skye |
| 11 |  | Deerhunter
Halcyon Digest
2010
Circa Survive - Blue Sky Noise |
| 12 |  | Tim Hecker
Ravedeath, 1972
2011
Glassjaw - Coloring Book
Corrupted - Garten Der Unbewusstheit |
| 13 |  | The Mars Volta
Noctourniquet
2012
Swans - The Seer
Deftones - Koi No Yokan
// I'm not even the biggest MV fan out there, but together with my favorite band ever (CoL) it's the only other artist that has two no.1 albums here! they got some lucky years haha |
| 14 |  | Cult of Luna
Vertikal
2013
There Will Be Fireworks - Dark, Dark Bright
Tim Hecker - Virgins |
| 15 |  | Swans
To Be Kind
2014
Rishloo - Living as Ghosts with Buildings as Teeth
Pianos Become the Teeth - Keep You |
| 16 |  | Kowloon Walled City
Grievances
2015
HEALTH - Death Magic |
| 17 |  | David Bowie
Blackstar
2016
Supersilent - 13
Cult of Luna & Julie Christmas - Mariner
Oathbreaker - Rheia |
| 18 |  | Manchester Orchestra
A Black Mile to the Surface
2017
Planning the Burial - Below the House
Leprous - Malina
// RIP Tim!! |
| 19 |  | Holy Fawn
Death Spells
2018
// this is the only year I had to go for two albums, both are insanely good |
| 20 |  | Julia Holter
Aviary
2018 again
mewithoutYou - (untitled)
Ingrina - Etter Lys
Tim Hecker - Konoyo
Anna von Hausswolff - Dead Magic
// insane year! |
| 21 |  | Fire! Orchestra
Arrival
2019
Cult of Luna - A Dawn to Fear
The Twilight Sad - It Won/t Be Like This All the Time
State Faults - Clairvoyant
Katarína Máliková - Postalgia
Uboa - The Origin of My Depression
// insane year #2 |
| 22 |  | Hum
Inlet
2020
The Microphones - Microphones in 2020
Enter Shikari - Nothing Is True and Everything is Possible
Deftones - Ohms |
| 23 |  | The Armed
Ultrapop
2021
Injury Reserve - By the Time I Get to Phoenix
Lingua Ignota - Sinner Get Ready
Failure - Wild Type Droid |
| 24 |  | Therapist
Svet/lo Slepých
2022
Orient - Redwood
// interesting year, I went for two local (CZ/SK) underground gems for the first time in this list |
| 25 |  | Bell Witch
Future's Shadow I: The Clandestine Gate
2023
Sprain - The Lamb as Effigy
Swans - The Beggar |
| 26 |  | Foxing
Foxing
2024
Beth Gibbons - Lives Outgrown
whyohwhy - Bruises |
| 27 |  | Ethel Cain
Perverts
2025
Kayo Dot - Every Rock, Every Half-Truth Under Reason
Anna Von Hausswolff - Iconclasts
The Necks - Disquiet |
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