I've always held the belief that music wasn't better in the past, people just have survivorship bias. What are your genuine favorite albums of the last few years?
Personally, I'm loving The Rime of Memory by Panopticon, Ants from Up There by Black Country, New Road, and Hellfire by Black Midi.
Doom Scroll - Immoral Compass
Mr Gnome - The day you flew away
Jonathan Wilson - Eat the worm
Viagra Boys - Cave world
Wet leg - Wet leg
Chet Faker - Hotel surrender
Igorrr - spirituality and distortion
Amigo the Devil- yours until the war is over
Out of orbit - OOO
I could go on.
- Ensiferum - Thalassic
- In Extremo - Kompass zur Sonne
Both from 2020 exactly, and amazing.
Here's a few I've enjoyed in recent memory:
- Koyo - Would You Miss It?
- Militarie Gun - Life Under The Gun
- Tigers Jaw - I Won't Care How You Remember Me
- Yard Act - Where's My Utopia?
- Vacation Manor - Vacation Manor
- Hotline TNT - Cartwheel
The Koyo album is great if you like punk/hardcore/emo, same with the Militarie Gun one. Tigers Jaw has been one of my favorites for a while, and this album is one of their best imo; great band if you like indie rock/emo. Yard Act's a British rock band with post-punk influences, you might like them if you enjoy that signature dry British humor in combination with some social commentary. Vacation Manor is a more laid-back indie rock band with more classic Americana/Springsteen influences, I can't recommend them enough for people who have a sweet spot for classic rock. Lastly, Hotline TNT's album is worth a listen for people who enjoy shoegaze and indie rock, they have a really great DIY sound with just enough polish to tie the album together and keep it accessible. The 2020's have been a damn good year for music, at least as far as the bands I've been keeping up with.
Edit: added Tigers Jaw, I couldn't leave them out
I pretty regularly pick up new music.
Fun machine
https://batboymusic.bandcamp.com/album/fun-machine
I guess this is pop punk rock? It has a lot of lines in it I think about a lot. "Ask me again how it's going even though you know it isn't going anywhere". "I don't want you to romanticize falling the fuck apart".
The dark path to the light
https://wolvennest.bandcamp.com/album/the-dark-path-to-the-light
This is some good witchy shit. The last track is so menacing I love it.
What the Dead Men Say - Trivium
Lamb of God - Lamb of God
Omens - Lamb of God
Abyss - Unleash the Archers
Violence Unimagined - Cannibal Corpse
Fortitude - Gojira
Zeit - Rammstein
Modern Primitive - Sceptic Flesh
This is exactly correct. Child of the early 70s.
I heard my peers say this about the 80s and had to laugh and laugh.
For every Prince, there were 100 sucky bands.
I'd probably have to go with Nightwish Human :||: Nature
It's a very solid album, but to be honest I'm not sure if I've even listened to any other album in full from past couple years
I have already posted some of them to !musiczka@szmer.info
Jazz - Etnobotanika - Fruwający Przestępca
Just want to shout out a couple more bangers;
God's Country - Chat Pile
Hostile Architecture - Ashenspire
Some Nights I Dream of Doors - Obongjayar
Wake Up & It's Over - Lovejoy (although the singer has had some stuff come up about him being nasty with his ex girlfriend recently)
Soul Elegy - Termina
Take Me Back To Eden - Sleep Token
Fatalism - Polaris
ANALYSIS PARALYSIS - MAY-A
Post Human: Survival Horror - Bring Me The Horizon
Euthanasia - Stray From The Path
I don't think these albums will exactly match the music tastes of people here, but here we go:
- Phuture Noize - Silver Bullet (Hardstyle)
- Phuture Noize - From Star to Stardust (Hardstyle)
- Etherwood - Neon Dust (Chill DnB/Electronic music)
I know this is a weird choice but the Lustmord tribute album "The Others" is probably my favorite of the decade so far. The first half is pretty close to the dark ambient Lustmord is known for, but as the album goes on it has some more melodic contributions which are really spectacular.
Ethereal Shroud's "Trisagion" album is really great if you're into metal. Also with regards to metal - the song "Aggressor" by Vredehammer is crazy good, especially the first 2:20 or so, but the full album doesn't quite match it for me.
"Aether" by The Moon and the Nightspirit is wonderful folk music from Hungary, but they've had a few other albums in the past that match it for me.
My current favorite albums are:
- Allison Russel - The Returner (2023)
- Black Eyes Peas - ELEVATION (2022)
- Run The Jewels - RTJ4 (2020)
- Descartes A Kant - After Destruction (2023)
- Tommy McLain - I Ran Down Every Dream (2022)
