Hollie Cook - Shy Girl In Dub!
Genre: Dub
Country: UK
Final Verdict: 62% (Good Album)
Yearly Ranking: 201th / 319
Highlight: Shy Dub
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MdAsS31stJY
Made me think of:
Scientist
Lee Scratch Perry
Easy Star All-Stars
Absolutely - Paracosm
Genre: Alt Pop
Country: UK
Final Verdict: 65% (Good Album)
Yearly Ranking: 107th / 318
Highlight: Elevator
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G7E2UmIweLM
Made me think of:
FKA twigs
Lorde
SZA
Pink Floyd - Live from the Los Angeles Sports Arena, April 26th, 1975
Genre: Progressive Rock
Country: UK
Final Verdict: 72% (Very Good Album)
Yearly Ranking: 17th / 317
Highlight: Brain Damage (Live from the Los Angeles Sports Arena, 1975)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FwAkiYD1M3A
Made me think of:
King Crimson
Camel
Hawkwind
La Jungle - An Order Of Things
Genre: Techno-noise
Country: Belgium
Final Verdict: 65% (Good Album)
Yearly Ranking: 129th / 316
Highlight: Sad Hill Fire Wave
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-hP71BSaek
Made me think of:
Föllakzoid
Can
Neu!
Nine Inch Nails & Boys Noize - Nine Inch Noize
Genre: Industrial Techno
Country: USA / Germany
Final Verdict: 67% (Good Album)
Yearly Ranking: 53th / 315
Highlight: Copy of a (Nine Inch Noize Version)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=APf3wBz8pSw
Made me think of:
Gesaffelstein
The Chemical Brothers
Perturbator
Tomora - Come Closer
Genre: Electronic
Country: UK/Norway
Final Verdict: 66% (Good Album)
Yearly Ranking: 67th / 314
Highlight: RING THE ALARM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JL-b1cfFwLU
Made me think of:
Caribou
Röyksopp
M83
Czech Philharmonic - Gustav Mahler: Symphonies 1-9
Genre: Classical
Country: Czech Republic
Final Verdict: 74% (Very Good Album)
Yearly Ranking: 6th / 313
Highlight: Symphony No. 9 in D Major: IV. Adagio. Sehr langsam und noch zurückhaltend
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iBW6POmi1l4
Made me think of:
Herbert von Karajan
Leonard Bernstein
Claudio Abbado
Skindred - You Got This
Genre: Rap Metal
Country: UK
Final Verdict: 64% (Good Album)
Yearly Ranking: 142th / 312
Highlight: Can I Get A (added to my 2026 best of)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nnq1fUZjCQw
Made me think of:
P.O.D.
Papa Roach
Limp Bizkit
The Moon and the Nightspirit - Seed of the Formless
Genre: Dark Folk
Country: Hungary
Final Verdict: 69% (Good Album)
Yearly Ranking: 31th / 311
Highlight: The First Tremor
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YKHXxMu4mt4
Made me think of:
Heilung
Ulver
Dead Can Dance
Crippled Black Phoenix - Sceaduhelm
Genre: Progressive Rock
Country: UK
Final Verdict: 72% (Very Good Album)
Yearly Ranking: 17th / 310
Highlight: Ravenettes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0u67dWu_jGU
Made me think of:
Swans
Ulver
Anathema
Immolation - Descent
Genre: Death Metal
Country: US
Final Verdict: 66% (Good Album)
Yearly Ranking: 85th / 309
Highlight: Descent
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jq7NqdXhbEg
Made me think of:
Ulcerate
Morbid Angel
Deathspell Omega
Souad Massi - Zagate
Genre: Singer Songwriter
Country: Algeria
Final Verdict: 56% (Forgettable Album)
Yearly Ranking: 299th / 308
Highlight: Samt
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IEjrRtI7pW4
Made me think of:
Oum
Rokia Traoré
Natacha Atlas
The Paradox Twin - A Romance of Many Dimensions
Genre: Progressive Rock
Country: UK
Final Verdict: 67% (Good Album)
Yearly Ranking: 47th / 307
Highlight: Null the System
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yTM17XAtC2Y
Made me think of:
Porcupine Tree
Frost*
Leprous
My New Band Believe - My New Band Believe
Genre: Slacker Rock
Country: US
Final Verdict: 64% (Good Album)
Yearly Ranking: 159th / 305
Highlight: Actress
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bCH6XRry-3s
Made me think of:
Pavement
Car Seat Headrest
Snail Mail
Trio Wanderer - Art Nouveau: French Chamber Music Around 1900
Genre: Chamber Music
Country: France
Final Verdict: 64% (Good Album)
Yearly Ranking: 127th / 304
Highlight: Piano Trio No. 3 in A Minor, Op. 26: I. Allegro appassionato
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y_kWIagpfUc
Made me think of:
Beaux Arts Trio
Nash Ensemble
Trio Fontenay
Lord Of The Lost - OPVS NOIR Vol. 3
Genre: Gothic Metal
Country: Germany
Final Verdict: 62% (Good Album)
Yearly Ranking: 196th / 303
Highlight: My Funeral
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jqz3O7kdlS0
Made me think of:
Powerwolf
Paradise Lost
Mono Inc.
The Maine - Joy Next Door
Genre: Indie Rock
Country: US
Final Verdict: 66% (Good Album)
Yearly Ranking: 66th / 302
Highlight: Joy Next Door
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uB5GSTKI24M
Made me think of:
The 1975
Bleachers
Lany
FLORE LAURENTIENNE - Volume III
Genre: Ambient Classical
Country: Canada
Final Verdict: 63% (Good Album)
Yearly Ranking: 162th / 301
Highlight: Fleuve VII
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tcHA6DaE3RU
Made me think of:
Balmorhea
A Winged Victory for the Sullen
Nils Frahm
Bring Me The Horizon - L.I.V.E. In São Paulo (Live Immersive Virtual Experiment)
Genre: Alternative Metal
Country: UK
Final Verdict: 72% (Very Good Album)
Yearly Ranking: 15th / 300
Highlight: MANTRA (L.I.V.E. In São Paulo Live Immersive Virtual Experiment)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hKM-AGOmoFE
Made me think of:
Architects
Linkin Park
Enter Shikari
WARGASM - Live In London 2025
Genre: Electro Punk
Country: UK
Final Verdict: 71% (Very Good Album)
Yearly Ranking: 17th / 299
Highlight: D.R.I.L.D.O (Live from Outernet)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WaCKnALsq6U
Made me think of:
The Prodigy
Enter Shikari
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