faves of '26 so far
The top 10 are ranked individually, the rest are just ranked by rating. And not all 3.5s were included, just the dankest ones. |
| 52 |  | She's Green
Swallowtail
3.5s
dream pop / shoegaze |
| 51 |  | clydeXcash/Dick Dunn
Split
noisecore |
| 50 |  | hill swum
gratitude
emo / electronic / emo-pop? - whatever it is, 'moviestar' is a certified banger: https://hillswum.bandcamp.com/album/gratitude |
| 49 |  | Claire Rousay
live in Espoo, FI
sound collage / electroacoustic / ambient |
| 48 |  | Coffret De Bijoux
Dyn Vywjil Nen Jyn Dij Nendindalnen Dyn…
blackgaze / metalcore / chiptune |
| 47 |  | Ciro Vitiello
notes from the air
dream pop / chamber folk |
| 46 |  | Mastication of Brutality Uncontrolled
The Epoch Of Anthropogenic Deities
brutal death metal |
| 45 |  | Nondi_
Nondi...
juke / footwork / glitch |
| 44 |  | M.R. LODE
PVC05
house |
| 43 |  | Submissive Love
Private Discipline Recordings
harsh noise wall |
| 42 |  | Visit Me
Daystar
ambient pop |
| 41 |  | Puthroatfucktion
Spinal Monolith of Putridity
brutal death metal / slam - the new gold standard for bdm band names |
| 40 |  | Sulfuric Cautery / Tolerance
Sulfuric Cautery / Tolerance
goregrind |
| 39 |  | Shed
Rave Echoes
techno / breakbeat |
| 38 |  | Grave Pilgrim
The Pungent Wine of Pride
melodic black metal / folk |
| 37 |  | all that’s left of you
all that’s left of you
skramz |
| 36 |  | Cosmic G
Intergalactic Truster
4s
progressive house |
| 35 |  | Asmodexia
Sentient Mass of Merging Bodies
noisecore |
| 34 |  | Olympic Deth
Peace Album
art punk / noise rock |
| 33 |  | Neuropsychosis
Doctrine of Damnation
brutal death metal |
| 32 |  | letterstoyou
...maybe someday became today
skramz |
| 31 |  | Picture (DEN)
Eeeeeeee
dub techno |
| 30 |  | Mandy, Indiana
URGH
electro-industrial / synth punk |
| 29 |  | Maria BC
Marathon
indie folk / psych folk |
| 28 |  | DARK STAIN UNDERWEAR DEPARTMENT
Amphetamine Curators and Other Cultural Experts
harsh noise / harsh noise wall |
| 27 |  | More Eaze
Sentence Structure in the Country
folktronica / ambient pop |
| 26 |  | Whitney Johnson, Lia Kohl, Macie Stewart
BODY SOUND
chamber music / modern classical / ambient |
| 25 |  | arboreal (THA)
subtraction
ambient noise wall |
| 24 |  | Ecchymosis
Thanatocorporeal Sculptures....
brutal death metal |
| 23 |  | Trichomoniasis / Dysthymia
Trichomoniasis / Dysthymia
free death |
| 22 |  | Trichomoniasis
Containment Facility
free death |
| 21 |  | Kaatayra
Caminhos de Água
acoustic black metal - yup, and it rules! i might even say 'atmospheric acoustic black metal' |
| 20 |  | dogseesgod
go dog!
skramz / post-rock |
| 19 |  | Charles A.D.
Moonlit path
dub techno / ambient techno |
| 18 |  | Heith and Tarawangsawelas
Duori
tarawangsa / avant-folk / tribal ambient |
| 17 |  | Gintė Preisaitė
Instruments of Forgetting and the Singing Bone
avant-folk / electroacoustic / ambient pop |
| 16 |  | Funebrarum
Beckoning the Void of Eternal Silence
deathdoom |
| 15 |  | Claire Rousay
live in nyc
sound collage / electroacoustic / ambient |
| 14 |  | Amy Rose Mills
i think we've met before
indie folk / slowcore / sadcore |
| 13 |  | Polluted Noise Industries
Asymmetry Chastic Flowers and Assimilated Trees
4.5s
black noise / warnoise / 'ecogrind' |
| 12 |  | letterstoyou
a promise
blackened skramz |
| 11 |  | Fake Dust
Decrepitizing Din Of The Cerebral Psyopticon
deathgrind |
| 10 |  | Forest Drive West
Mantis 1920
techno / UK bass |
| 9 |  | Horse Lords
Demand to Be Taken to Heaven Alive!
avant-rock / jazz fusion |
| 8 |  | letterstoyou
moonlight
blackened skramz |
| 7 |  | home is in your arms
home is in your arms
emogaze |
| 6 |  | Neurosis
An Undying Love for a Burning World
post-metal - the best comeback of all time was the one no one saw coming |
| 5 |  | MPTL Microplastics
Sod In Heaven
post-punk / avant-folk - I promise I'm going to write a review for this before the end of the year. It's just tough to describe and I haven't had the time to sit down and devote the time I would need to research and articulate. It'll happen though, you know it will. |
| 4 |  | Effluence
Anticholinergic Derangement
free death |
| 3 |  | nykolaes and Daniël Paul
Jeudi Matin
avant-folk / electronic |
| 2 |  | underscores
U
5s
electropop / hyperpop - One of the best pop albums ever made, imo. |
| 1 |  | Hexalyne
Xetercyneaal
IDM / glitch - Simply untouchable. A brain massage unlike any you've ever felt. Maybe take an intermission before the 50-minute closer begins - a 50-minute IDM track that never gets boring, grating, or turns into ambient? Yeah, that's a thing now.
https://evel.bandcamp.com/album/xetercyneaal |
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