My albums of 2025

Screenshot of MusicBee showing the album covers of the 12 albums I acquired during 2025.
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 2019

All the albums I bought or acquired in 2019

My annual review of what I’ve most enjoyed listening to during the last 12 months, and my albums of the year. Finally published the wrong end of January, but better late than never.

  1. Krysthla—Worldwide Negative
  2. Opeth — In Cauda Venenum (Swedish and English versions)
  3. Slipknot — We Are Not Your Kind
  4. Latitudes — Part Island
  5. Tool — Fear Inoculum
  6. Damn Teeth — Real Men
  7. Megadeth — Warheads on Foreheads
  8. Flotsam and Jetsam — The End of Chaos
  9. Outright Resistance — Cargo Cult
  10. Cybernetic Witch Cult — Absurdum ad Nauseam
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My albums of 2017

A selection of the albums I bought or acquired in 2017
A selection of the albums I bought or acquired in 2017

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

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PREVIEW: Krysthla—Peace in our Time (2017)

Krysthla—Peace in our Time (2017)
Krysthla—Peace in our Time (2017)

This evening I previewed the forthcoming album Peace In Our Time (2017) by British five-piece metal masters Krysthla.

Like their debut, this album is amazing. And like their debut, I also gave this 100%.

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I fully intend to see them live on their UK tour in May. Who’s with me?