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Kendrick Lamar - Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers
May 13, 2022
Conscious Hip Hop
Critic Score
90
23
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2
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Black Country, New Road - Ants From Up There
February 4, 2022
Art Rock
Critic Score
89
30
reviews
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3
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Dark Funeral - We Are The Apocalypse
March 18, 2022
Black Metal
Critic Score
89
6
reviews
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iTunes
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4
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Watain - The Agony & Ecstasy Of Watain
April 29, 2022
Black Metal
Critic Score
87
5
reviews
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iTunes
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Spotify
5
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Ethel Cain - Preacher's Daughter
May 12, 2022
Singer-Songwriter
Critic Score
87
11
reviews
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iTunes
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Spotify
6
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ROSALÍA - MOTOMAMI
March 18, 2022
Neoperreo
Critic Score
87
16
reviews
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iTunes
Music
Spotify
7
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Immolation - Acts of God
February 18, 2022
Death Metal
Critic Score
87
7
reviews
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Spotify
8
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Fit For An Autopsy - Oh What the Future Holds
January 14, 2022
Deathcore
Critic Score
86
5
reviews
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iTunes
Music
Spotify
9
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Worm Shepherd - Ritual Hymns
January 14, 2022
Deathcore
Critic Score
86
5
reviews
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iTunes
Music
Spotify
10
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Fontaines D.C. - Skinty Fia
April 22, 2022
Post-Punk
Critic Score
86
30
reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
11
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Amorphis - Halo
February 11, 2022
Progressive Metal
Critic Score
86
5
reviews
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iTunes
Music
Spotify
12
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Rolo Tomassi - Where Myth Becomes Memory
February 4, 2022
Post-Metal
Critic Score
86
11
reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
13
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Binker and Moses - Feeding the Machine
February 25, 2022
Post-Bop
Critic Score
86
10
reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
14
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Kathryn Joseph - for you who are the wronged
April 22, 2022
Singer-Songwriter
Critic Score
85
7
reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
15
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Kevin Morby - This Is A Photograph
May 13, 2022
Folk Rock
Critic Score
85
12
reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
16
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Big Thief - Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe in You
February 11, 2022
Indie Folk
Critic Score
85
32
reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
17
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deathcrash - Return
January 28, 2022
Slowcore
Critic Score
85
6
reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
18
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Conway the Machine - God Don't Make Mistakes
February 25, 2022
Hardcore Hip Hop
Critic Score
84
7
reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
19
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Hot Water Music - Feel The Void
March 18, 2022
Post-Hardcore
Critic Score
84
5
reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
20
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Soul Glo - Diaspora Problems
March 25, 2022
Hardcore Punk
Critic Score
84
11
reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
21
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Cult of Luna - The Long Road North
February 11, 2022
Atmospheric Sludge Metal
Critic Score
84
8
reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
22
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Bob Vylan - Bob Vylan Presents The Price Of Life
April 22, 2022
Punk Rock
Critic Score
84
14
reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
23
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Horace Andy - Midnight Rocker
April 8, 2022
Roots Reggae
Critic Score
84
5
reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
24
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Hippo Campus - LP3
February 4, 2022
Indie Pop
Critic Score
84
5
reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
25
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Denzel Curry - Melt My Eyez, See Your Future
March 25, 2022
Conscious Hip Hop
Critic Score
84
11
reviews
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iTunes
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Spotify
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