downwardspiral

silversun pickups - carnavas - 2006
the flaming lips - yoshimi battles the pink robots - 2002
yeah yeah yeahs - fever to tell - 2003
hell is for heroes - the neon handshake - 2003
be your own pet - get awkward - 2008
interpol - turn on the bright lights - 2002
brand new - deja entendu - 2004
the distillers - coral fang - 2003
reuben - racecar is racecar backwards - 2004
hundred reasons - ideas above our station - 2002
million dead - a song to ruin - 2003
less than jake - anthem - 2003
rival schools - united by fate - 2001
biffy clyro - blackened sky - 2002
the used - in love and death - 2004
my vitriol - finelines - 2001
sonic youth - sonic nurse - 2004
ash - free all angels - 2001
melvins - nude with boots - 2008
dinosaur jr - farm - 2009
allister - last stop suburbia - 2002
placebo - meds - 2006
arcade fire - funeral - 2005
fenix tx - lechuza - 2001
mclusky - mclusky do dallas - 2002
yourcodenameismilo - ignoto - 2004
simian mobile disco - attack decay sustain release - 2007
my chemical romance - three cheers for sweet revenge - 2004
death from above 1979 - you're a woman, i'm a machine - 2004
metric - fantasies - 2009
nine inch nails - with teeth
deftones - deftones - 2003
the xx - the xx - 2009
marilyn manson - the golden age of grotesque - 2003

probably some others but i can't think right now.

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Nine Inch Nails - With Teeth (2007)
Black Light Burns - Cruel Melody (2007)
Radiohead - Hail to the Thief (2003)
Tool - 10,000 Days (2006)
Serj Tankian - Elect the Dead (2007)
System of a Down - Steal This Album! (2002)
Korn - See You on the Other Side (2005)
Coil - Musick to Play in the Dark (2000)
Android Lust - The Human Animal (2010)
Martin Grech - Unholy (2005)
Micah Buzan - Word Salad (2011)
Porcupine Tree - Deadwing (2005)
Dr. Steel - People of Earth (2002)
ohGr - Welt (2001)
Alice in Chains - Black Gives Way to Blue (2009)
Dead by Sunrise - Out of Ashes (2009)
Slipknot - Vol. 3: The Subliminal Verses (2004)
Kasabian - West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum (2009)
Arctic Monkeys - Humbug (2009)
Biffy Clyro - Puzzle (2007)
Queens of the Stone Age - Songs for the Death (2002)
Muse - Origin of Symmetry (2002)
Aesthetiv Perfection - A Violent Emotion (2008)
Aphex Twin - Drukqs (2001)
Thom Yorke - The Eraser (2006)
A Perfect Circle - Thirteenth Step (2003)

hip hop bunny hop

Reading these titles & band names reminds me why I've become increasingly anti-democratic & fond of people watching.

Welp, in regards to the O.P.:

metal releases:
Black Witchery - Upheaval of Satanic Might
Impiety - Ravage & Conquer
Revenge - Scum.Collapse.Eradication
archgoat - Heavenly Vulva (Christ's Last Rights)
anal **** - ****in' a


non-metal:
Chelsea Wolfe - apokalypse
Bob Wayne - outlaw carnie
Colleen Green - Milo Goes to Compton

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TrxG

Tool-Lateralus
The Decemberist-The King is Dead
Sigur Ros-( )
Explotions in the Sky-All of a Sudden I Miss Everyone

Gucci Little Piggy

Is it just me or is most of the metal extremely incohesive and ignorant? At least all black and death metal does.

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My RYM thingy

I now have a tumblr and I do stuff on it

SATCHMO

All black and death metal does what?

Rock N' Roll Clown

Stone Sour's whole discography

Janszoon

It's just you.

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25 Albums You Should Hear Before the Moon Crashes into the Earth and We All Die

last.fm

Electrophonic Tonic

Maybe not best to everyone's ears, but Dalek's Absence is easily one of the most important albums to my musical evolution. I heard it shortly after I started getting into hip hop but Dalek not only pushed me into the realm of underground/alternative hip hop, it made me realize how much I love noisy production and constant abrasiveness. Not that music has to be exclusively like that for me to like it, but allowing me to listen to the likes of Death Grips, Gorguts, Techno Animal and Swans is really thanks to Dalek.

Speaking of Death Grips; they are good, really f*cking good but it's kinda sad to see Dalek be swept aside when they pushed the abrasive limits of hip hop, but like most 'firsts' in music, they're not the ones who get enough credit. The new Death Grips album is incredibly dark and isolating, but it pales to the likes of those Dalek tracks that are smothering with their layers of noise and political rage.

When the mellotron/strings kick in at 3:07... I still get a shiver down my spine after hearing it dozens and dozens of times.



So for me, I'll say Absence. Some others I would include...

Zer0

I could post a pointless list of albums, but I'm just going to post this



Carissa's Wierd - Songs About Leaving (2002)
Over the past couple of years this has grown to become probably my favourite album of the past 12 years or so. It's not particularly revolutionary to me, but it just hits the spot perfectly. The music really reminds me of my favourite season of the year - autumn, with the changing colour of the leaves and the days getting darker and colder. It's a very emotionally-draining album, but has a warm quality to it that's very inviting and keeps you coming back.

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