The Narrator - Phosphor
Genre: Metalcore
Country: Germany
Final Verdict: 68% (Good Album)
Yearly Ranking: 41th / 379
Highlight: Pills From The Start
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LlITPXL9aH4
Made me think of:
Architects
Annisokay
Currents
Draconian - In Somnolent Ruin
Genre: Gothic Doom Metal
Country: Sweden
Final Verdict: 68% (Good Album)
Yearly Ranking: 40th / 378
Highlight: The Monochrome Blade
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v9_TrR4VTps
Made me think of:
Swallow the Sun
My Dying Bride
Katatonia
Glassio - The Imposter
Genre: Indie Pop
Country: US
Final Verdict: 59% (Forgettable Album)
Yearly Ranking: 314th / 377
Highlight: A Friend Like You
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qvmm3BYhLL0
Made me think of:
M83
Hot Chip
Wild Nothing
Edward Skeletrix - Body of Work
Genre: Experimental Hip Hop
Country: US
Final Verdict: 59% (Forgettable Album)
Yearly Ranking: 313th / 376
Highlight: 정말많이정들었어요! Im So Attached
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i_fopPZrzKw
Made me think of:
JPEGMAFIA
Injury Reserve
Dean Blunt
Marie-Nicole Lemieux - Gustav Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde
Genre: Classical
Country: Canada/France
Final Verdict: 68% (Good Album)
Yearly Ranking: 40th / 375
Highlight: Das Lied von der Erde: VId. Der Abschied. Schwer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WTie6BtQ7cs
Made me think of:
Leonard Bernstein
Otto Klemperer
Kathleen Ferrier
Bear McCreary - God of War Sons of Sparta (Original Soundtrack)
Genre: Soundtrack
Country: US
Final Verdict: 71% (Good Album)
Yearly Ranking: 25th / 374
Highlight: Mount Taygetos
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Io6lwoDgMhs
Made me think of:
Jesper Kyd
Nobuo Uematsu
Darren Korb
Leonkoro Quartet - Out of Vienna
Genre: Chamber Music
Country: Germany
Final Verdict: 63% (Good Album)
Yearly Ranking: 215th / 371
Highlight: Langsamer Satz
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5uxaJKvcjQI
Made me think of:
Kronos Quartet
Arditti Quartet
Quatuor Ébène
Sky Valley Mistress - Luna Mausoleum
Genre: Hard Rock
Country: UK
Final Verdict: 57% (Forgettable Album)
Yearly Ranking: 347th / 369
Highlight: Blue Desert II
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N6kIAEGpIQc
Made me think of:
Lita Ford
Queens of the Stone Age
The Kills
MEMORIALS - All Clouds Bring Not Rain
Genre: Krautrock
Country: UK
Final Verdict: 63% (Good Album)
Yearly Ranking: 225th / 368
Highlight: Mediocre Demon
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rs4_WuEBIls
Made me think of:
Broadcast
Stereolab
Can
Ella Langley - Dandelion
Genre: Country Pop
Country: US
Final Verdict: 72% (Very Good Album)
Yearly Ranking: 16th / 367
Highlight: Choosin' Texas (added to my 2026 best of)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nUsrYVxrDwI
Made me think of:
Kacey Musgraves
Megan Moroney
Lainey Wilson
Anthony Joseph - The Ark
Genre: Afrofuturist jazz
Country: Trinidad & Tobago
Final Verdict: 63% (Good Album)
Yearly Ranking: 224th / 366
Highlight: The Ark
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aojhQFYd6aw
Made me think of:
Sun Ra
Gil Scott-Heron
Kamasi Washington
Anjimile - You’re Free to Go
Genre: Chamber Folk
Country: US
Final Verdict: 59% (Forgettable Album)
Yearly Ranking: 317th / 365
Highlight: Afarin
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cx07TKvntRc
Made me think of:
Sufjan Stevens
Adrianne Lenker
Nick Drake
Peaches - No Lube So Rude
Genre: Electroclash
Country: Canada
Final Verdict: 54% (Forgettable Album)
Yearly Ranking: 359th / 364
Highlight: Not In Your Mouth None Of Your Business
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hjXD-Sq3MPA
Made me think of:
Chicks on Speed
Miss Kittin
COBRAH
Maara - Ultra Villain
Genre: Trip Hop
Country: Canada
Final Verdict: 62% (Good Album)
Yearly Ranking: 225th / 363
Highlight: Come Home
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GXWUD9PGWT8
Made me think of:
Art of Noise
Erika de Casier
Eartheater
The Black Keys - Peaches!
Genre: Garage blues rock
Country: US
Final Verdict: 62% (Good Album)
Yearly Ranking: 229th / 361
Highlight: She Does It Right
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UD-4y6SqZ5Y
Made me think of:
The White Stripes
Dr. Feelgood
George Thorogood
Various artists - The Devil Wears Prada 2 (Music From The Motion Picture)
Genre: Pop
Country: International
Final Verdict: 63% (Good Album)
Yearly Ranking: 209th / 361
Highlight: Raye - Worth It.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YeQ4CtiJPTo
Made me think of:
Barbie OST
Euphoria Season 1 OST
Emily in Paris OST
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