Confidence Man - 3AM (LA LA LA)
75

The Dare's cooler, less sad Australian cousin

Neurosis - Through Silver in Blood
95

Heartbreaking: the frontman of the best band you've heard in ages is a huge piece of garbage

Joel Ross - nublues
80

Hit play and feel the vibes of Joel Ross's vibes sweep you away for the next hour.

IDK - BRAVADO + INTiMO
60

TEMU Kanye strikes again. In one ear, out the other. Best parts are the beats and the guest features.

Floating Points, Pharoah Sanders & The London Symphony Orchestra - Promises
95

Don't mind me just ASCENDING listening to Movement 6

RAYE - My 21st Century Blues
70

A bit stylistically all over the place in terms of the music, but Raye is good enough at everything that it's still worth a listen

King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard - PetroDragonic Apocalypse; or, Dawn of Eternal Night: An Annihilation of Planet Earth and the Beginning of Merciless Damnation
70

This is a fun little thrash/kinda proggy metal album. It's incredibly consistent throughout, which is both good and bad: while the level doesn't drop, it also doesn't have many "wow" moments.

Dissimulator - Lower Form Resistance
75

It's Voivod mixed with tech death, but it could be executed better.

Devin Townsend - PowerNerd
65

It's impossible for Devy to make a bad album, but this one is a bit boring. There's, like, 10 Devy albums I'd listen to before this one.

Peter Brötzmann - Machine Gun
85

When people say free jazz is like listening to instruments being thrown down the stairs, this is what they're talking about.

Of course, that's a good thing in this case. If the idea for the title track was to have each instrument represent a weapon on a battlefield, with each note representing ammunition being fired, then they accomplished their goal and then some. The other two songs are also pretty good, but not as amazing as the title track.

PainKiller - Buried Secrets
80

Have you ever imagined what a mixture of early Swans, grindcore, and free jazz would sound like?

Well, you don't have to imagine it any longer. And it's just as wild an experience as you would expect.

Charli xcx - Brat and it's completely different but also still brat
80

This is to brat what Dawn of Chromatica was to Chromatica. That is, not as good as the original but still damn good.

Oranssi Pazuzu - Muuntautuja
90

At times, this sounds like Blut Aus Nord. At other times, it sounds like Massive Attack being beaten over the head with a metal pipe after dropping too much acid. Mostly, it sounds like Oneohtrix Point Never mixed with black metal, and if that's not good enough to sell you on this album, I don't know what to say.

Messa - Close
80

A mixture of Black Sabbath-esque doom metal and GY!BE-esque post-rock with an occasional sprinkling of jazz, one bit of black metal (Leffotrak), with the vocalist doing a pretty good Dolores O'Riordan (RIP) impression. Definitely worth a listen.

Godspeed You! Black Emperor - "NO TITLE AS OF 13 FEBRUARY 2024 28,340 DEAD"
90

BABYS IN A THUNDERCLOUD is fucking beautiful, man. Holy shit.

Also, we're now at at least 41,800 dead. Probably more.

Blood Incantation - Absolute Elsewhere
85

This is the most 70s prog that a death metal band has ever gotten. Give me more, please.

Geordie Greep - The New Sound
85

Black midi but tone down some of the mindfuckery and make it jazzier. Which is just what the doctor (me) ordered.

Agent Orange - Living in Darkness
80

Can't say a bad thing about this album

GraveRipper - Seasons Dreaming Death
70

Cause why should you have to choose between thrash metal and first-wave black metal?

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