JoyfulPlatypus
07.07.26 | All this talk about how great of a year 2026 has been for music, yet I only have 8 albums so far with a score of 4 or higher...yikes!
I already know I need to catch up on the new Saidan and the latest Converge, but what else is out there? Give me some good stuff! |
JoyfulPlatypus
07.07.26 | Also - big reason I'm doing this list is because I was working on my mid-year top albums list (was going to do 30ish) and it just looked sad lol FAR too many 3.5's for my liking. |
arthropod
07.08.26 | Well, here's what I liked this year:
As Everything Unfolds - DID YOU ASK TO BE SET FREE? (pop rock)
Darkthrone - Pre-Historic Metal (black metal)
I Built the Sky - Promise Me You'll Thrive (instrumental progressive metal)
Nemophila - GOZO (hard rock / metalcore)
The Crimson Armada - Elements vol. 1 (deathcore)
Thy Worshiper - Demony wschodu (pagan black metal)
Uada - Interwoven (dark folk) |
JoyfulPlatypus
07.08.26 | Thanks dude! Doesn't look like I've heard any of these yet, so this is a great starting point. |
arthropod
07.08.26 | Glad to be helpful. Also, I don't like the new Karnivool but it's generally well appreciated, so maybe give it a shot too. Some Australian prog for ya. |
rabidfish
07.08.26 | Underscores - U
The Orielles - Only You Left
Hallas - Panorama
Osees - Off Course |
JoyfulPlatypus
07.08.26 | @rabidfish - The Underscores one I've heard and really enjoyed! If this list were a top 15, it would've surely been here.
But thanks for the other ones, I'll check them out. |
ArsMoriendi
07.08.26 | Bruno Pernadas - unlikely, maybe |
GreyShadow
07.08.26 | The Saddest Landscape - Alone With Heaven
Our Wits - Let Me Join You
Reselia - By a Thread
Emma Harner - Evening Star
Topiary Creatures - Greenhouse Oubliette
i think this is my top 5 that aren't Olivia atm! (she's 2 or 3) |
AlkemestRedux
07.08.26 | Not sure if you've heard any of these yet but they're my favorites so far, in no particular order!
Charley Crockett - Clovis
Panopticon - Det Hjemsøkte Hjertet
Neurosis - An Undying Love for a Burning World
A Forest of Stars - Stack Overflow In Corpse Pile Interface
Warning - Rituals of Shame
Downfall of Nur - And the Firmament will Burn to Quench the Pain...
Micah Edwards - Texas Soul
Chloe Hoecker - Missouri's Country Sweetheart
Immolation - Descent |
Ebola
07.08.26 | New Streetlight Manifesto is peak |
cylinder
07.08.26 | check my last list |
SAPoodle
07.09.26 | Boards of Canada if you haven't checked that yet |
Storm In A Teacup
07.09.26 | BRING ME THE HORIZON
No im not kidding. 😃 |
budgie
07.09.26 | darude - sandstorm |
JoyfulPlatypus
07.09.26 | Thank you all for the recs (even you, Budgie)!
I plan to chip away at these over the next few days. I'll update the list as I go as well. |
JoyfulPlatypus
07.09.26 | I won't lie, Neurosis and BoC I'm slightly nervous for, because I see both are clearly SUPER well received, yet they're both in genres I'm incredibly unfamiliar with. Also, I can't help but wonder if it would make more sense to check out their earlier work first. |
Relinquished
07.09.26 | they’re actually accessible entry points to those bands |
JoyfulPlatypus
07.09.26 | @Relinquished - That's good to know! I know a lot of times new listeners are better off starting from the beginning. |
