My albums of 2025

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The albums I acquired in 2025

My annual review of the music from this year that I’ve enjoyed listening to most. This is my top ten albums of the year:

  1. Death Rattle—The Moral Chokehold
  2. Lights of Vimana—Neopolis
  3. Cooktaroo (Steve Lawson and Millie Turner)—Saviour in the Dark
  4. Krysthla—The River
  5. Machine Head—Unatøned
  6. Dream Theater—Parasomnia
  7. Alulta—Merok
  8. Steven Wilson—The Overview
  9. Hollow Leg—Dust and Echoes
  10. The Breathing Method—After Everything Else
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My albums of 2024

The albums I acquired in 2024

My annual review of what I’ve most enjoyed listening to during the last 12 months, and my albums of the year.

  1. The Cure—Songs of a Lost World
  2. Smashing Pumpkins—Aghori Mhori Mei
  3. Public Service Broadcasting—The Last Flight
  4. Chasing Titans—Infinte Paradox
  5. Pearl Jam—Dark Matter
  6. Kerry King—From Hell I Rise
  7. Opeth—The Last Will and Testament
  8. Job for a Cowboy—Moon Healer
  9. Bruce Dickinson—The Mandrake Project
  10. Karnak Seti—Restos (EP)
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My albums of 2023

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Season 79—the seventy-nine albums I acquired in 2023

My annual review of what I’ve most enjoyed listening to during the last 12 months, and my albums of the year.

  1. Prong—State of Emergency
  2. Aortha—Monolit
  3. Godflesh—Purge
  4. Metallica—72 Seasons
  5. Ropes Inside a Hole—A Man and His Nature
  6. What the Five Fingers Said to the Face—Endless
  7. Steven Wilson—The Harmony Codex
  8. Amplifier—Hologram
  9. Obituary—Dying of Everything
  10. She Burns Red—Out of Darkness
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My albums of 2022

Most of the albums I acquired in 2022

My annual review of what I’ve most enjoyed listening to during the last 12 months, and my albums of the year.

  1. Lamb of God—Omens
  2. Porcupine Tree—Closure/Continuation
  3. Machine Head—Of Kingdom and Crown
  4. Thy Dispraise—A Human Trilogy (EP)
  5. Meshuggah—Immutable
  6. Slipknot—The End, So Far
  7. Gnome—King
  8. Rammstein—Zeit
  9. Steve Lawson—The Waiting Game
  10. PreHistoric Animals—The Magical Mystery Machine (Chapter 2)
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My albums of 2021

All the albums I bought or acquired in 2021

My annual review of what I’ve most enjoyed listening to during the last 12 months, and my albums of the year.

  1. Mordred—The Dark Parade
  2. Sel Balamir—Swell (EP)
  3. Amplifier—Bonus EP (2004) / Glory Electricity (Sunset Version)
  4. Steven Wilson—The Future Bites
  5. Jerry Cantrell—Brighten
  6. Graeme Lamb—Winter Passing
  7. Gojira—Fortitude
  8. Mastodon—Hushed and Grim
  9. Charlie Benante—Silver Linings
  10. Sepultura—SepulQuarta

Honourable mentions:

  • Aporia—Internal Conflict
  • Exodus—Persona Non Grata
  • Iron Maiden—Senjutsu
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