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############# TIER 3: NUMBER 100 TO 41 ############## (in alphabetical order) |
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AdyS - Pretending
(trance) |
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3.
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Ame To Kanmuri - Nou
(electronic/hip hop) |
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4.
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Ayame - Lumiere Ambree
(jtrance) |
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5.
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Bathsheba - Servus
(doom) |
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6.
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Bitplane - Alice EP
(instrumental/epic/chiptune/electronic) |
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7.
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Burzukh - Drive
(avantgarde metal) |
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8.
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CashewCats - Gravitational Days
(breakcore/weird/electronic) |
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9.
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CashewCats - Pill Case
(breakcore/weird/electronic) |
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10.
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Celeste - Infidèle(s)
(post black) |
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11.
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CroissantChicago - Mono
(post pop) |
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12.
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Dan Terminus - Automated Refrains
(retrowave) |
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13.
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Death Fortress - Triumph Of The Undying
(death metal) |
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14.
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Dyoxidon - Mechanobiotic Theosophy
(industrial death) |
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15.
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Emamouse - Build A Parallax
(emamouse) |
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16.
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Emamouse - 50 Romantical Mice
(emamouse) |
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17.
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Ex Eye - Ex Eye
(post metal) |
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18.
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Fen - Winter
(atmoblack) |
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19.
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Ghost Data - Magical Metamorphosis
(synthwave) |
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20.
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Goreshit - Nrrv5
(breakcore/electronic) |
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21.
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Goreshit - Stankface
(breakcore/dubstep/electronic) |
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22.
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If I Could Kill Myself - Ballad Of the Broken
(dsbm) |
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23.
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Igorrr - Savage Sinusoid
(breakcore/extreme metal) |
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24.
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Imperceptum - The Eternal Path To Nothingness
(extreme doom) |
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25.
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Jordablod - Upon My Cremation Pyre
(psychedelic black) |
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26.
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Julie's Haircut - Invocation And Ritual Dance Of My Demon Twin
(krautrock?) |
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27.
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Jute Gyte - Oviri
(experimental black) |
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28.
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Kamiura et al - La Ragazza Di Verde E Il Baco Che Puo Parlare
(world/electronic) |
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29.
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Kartikeya - Samudra
(melodeath) |
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30.
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Kassad - Faces Turn Away
(black metal) |
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31.
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Krallice - Go Be Forgotten
(black metal) |
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32.
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Lingua Ignota - All Bitches Die
(music) |
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33.
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Morpheus Tales - II
(psychedelic black) |
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34.
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Nagaarum - Homo Maleficus
(experimental black) |
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35.
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Negoto - Eternal Beat
(jpop) |
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36.
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Negoto - SOUK
(jpop) |
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37.
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Netra - Ingrats
(experimental black) |
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38.
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Occams Laser - Ascension
(retrowave) |
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39.
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Persefone - Aathma
(prog metal) |
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40.
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Planning For Burial - Below The House
(doomgaze) |
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41.
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Psydoll - Machine Kingdom, chapter 3 "Machine Disk"
(industrial rock) |
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42.
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Q'uq'umatz - The Blistering Days
(extreme prog?) |
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43.
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Q'uqumatz - Well Of Sacrifice
(extreme prog?) |
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44.
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Schammasch - The Maldoror Chants: Hermaphrodite
(extreme metal) |
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45.
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Silent Descent - Turn To Grey
(trance metal) |
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46.
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Svart Loghin - Mörk Energy
(upbeat dsbm) |
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47.
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Tanpopo Crisis - Eterna
(blackgaze) |
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48.
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Tanpopo Crisis / Goth Clubs Split - 36 Reasons To Die
(blackgaze/shoegaze) |
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49.
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Tentenko - Diamond No Sasaki
(jpop/dungeon synth) |
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50.
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Tentenko - You Were Born
(jpop/dungeon synth) |
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51.
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The Birthday Massacre - Under Your Spell
(gothic rock) |
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52.
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The Great Old Ones - EOD: A Tale Of Dark Legacy
(atmoblack) |
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53.
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The Ruins Of Beverast - Exuvia
(atmoblack) |
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54.
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Turia - Dede Kondre
(black metal) |
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55.
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Violet Cold - Anomie
(blackgaze) |
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56.
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Witches Moon - A Swing of Sickle to Summers Dawn
(experimental black) |
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57.
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Woman Is The Earth - Thaw
(atmoblack) |
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58.
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Xexyz - Death Mountain
(chiptune/black metal) |
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59.
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Yellow Eyes - Immersion Trench Reverie
(black metal) |
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60.
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Yousei Teikoku - Flama Idolla
(gothic lolita/power metal) |
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61.
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Zadarpadov - Mikropolis
(electronic) |
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62.
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############# TIER 2: NUMBER 40 TO 11 ############## (in alphabetical order) |
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63.
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Abstract Void - Into The Blue
(synthwave/blackgaze) |
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64.
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Antiquus Scriptum - Imaginarium
(thrash black metal) |
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65.
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Ashenspire - Speak Not Of The Laudanunm Quandary
(avantgarde black) |
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66.
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Blut Aus Nord - Deus Salutia Meae
(avantgarde black) |
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67.
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Cashewcats - Chaos Logics
(breakcore/weird/electronic) |
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68.
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CashewCats - Fushigi Capsule
(breakcore/weird/electronic) |
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69.
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Combat Astronomy - Symmetry Through Collapse
(gorge/experimental metal) |
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70.
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Doug The Eagle - The Heresiarch's Breakfast
(prog rock) |
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71.
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Emptiness - Not For Music
(post punk) |
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72.
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Etsuka - Absent Days Asunder
(avantgarde death/grind/trip hop) |
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73.
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Ghost Bath - Starmourner
(blackgaze) |
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74.
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Ghost Data - Oishii Symphony - Final Movement
(chillwave/electronic) |
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75.
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My Purest Heart For You - Isolation And The Ward Of Internal Abuse
(droneblackgaze) |
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76.
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Myrkur - Mareridt
(experimental black) |
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77.
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Nazorandom - Computer Music Expert
(breakcore/electronic) |
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78.
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Nekrock - Our Summer II
(dubstep/atmoblack) |
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79.
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Oddeeoo - Wesley Dreamers
(synthwave) |
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80.
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Oranssi Pazuzu - Kevät / Värimyrsky
(psychedelic black) |
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81.
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Orbital Dawn - The Voyager
(experimental death) |
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82.
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P.E.E.E.P. - This Is Nats
(denpa) |
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83.
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Progenie Terrestre Pura - OltreLuna
(black metal) |
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84.
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Salqiu - To Whom It Serves The Triumphant Destiny
(avantgarde black) |
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85.
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佐々木Ｋすけ - Mandara
(blues/breakcore/progressive pop) |
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86.
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Sataninchen - Panda Metal Party
(black metal) |
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87.
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Szarfaszú Vizelet - TapirLandia2 - The Dark Side Of Tapirs
(experimental grindcore) |
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88.
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The Faceless - In Becoming A Ghost
(melodeath) |
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89.
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Valborg - Endstrand
(huh... some kind of metal?) |
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90.
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When Bitter Spring Sleeps - Star Thrown
(avantgarde metal) |
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91.
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Witches Moon - The Grim Botanical
(experimental black) |
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92.
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Wreche - Wreche
(experimental black) |
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93.
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############# TIER 1: THE TOP 10 ############## (in alphabetical order) |
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94.
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Anwar Sadat - Ersatz Living
(post punk) This is one of the reasons I think post-punk is probably one of the most promising genres at this point of time. This record experiments blending some sort of power electronics |
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95.
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Chaos Moon - Eschaton Mémoire
(black metal) I think this oughta be the best Chaos Moon album yet. Maybe I'm biased because it was only recently released but that's the impression I have now. Nothing extremely original here but it's all about the songwriting |
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96.
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CroissantChicago - Jirai Denshi
(world/post pop) After CroissantChicago released the masterpiece "Swimmylib" last year I kept expecting a lot, until they released Mono early this year. While it was a very good record (tier 3) it quite didn't match the expectations, so I felt kinda lacking until the end of the year. Then this came... And I am still on a binge here, gotta say this is more like what I was expecting as a follow-up. I still can't decide the aoty yet, but CC is definitely a contender for doing it again |
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97.
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Denkare - Carnaval The Abyss
(trancecore/power metal/gothic rock) Definitely the best album with jpopesque vocal style released this year. Yui just can't do wrong. |
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98.
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Dreadnought - A Wake In Sacred Waves
(extreme prog) This was maybe my most anticipated album this year aside CroissantChicago's. And they delivered. Hell yeah they did |
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99.
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E Ticket Production - E Ticket Rap Show
(denpa) Oh you guys wouldn't understand... |
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100.
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Nokturnal Mortum - Verity
(folk symphoblack) It is the long awaited followup to the masterpiece released in circa 2011. It's basically another Nokturnal Mortum album. If you've listened to them you don't need words to get to this one |
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101.
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Parov Stelar - The Burning Spider
(pop/electroswing) Probably the most spinned one of this year. There's something about the songwriting that makes the songs ridiculously good. Serves to show not all pop music is shit even nowadays |
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102.
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Suiyoubi No Campanella - Superman
(world/jpop/hip hop) Well it's the new Suiyoubi no Campanella album. It was bound to be one of the top 10s |
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103.
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Szarfaszu Vizelet - Tapirlandia
(grindcore) While totally a not serious record it was still one of my most spinned ones. The first thing I reminded when I listened to those weird vocals was !T.O.O.H.!, that together with all that sample nonsense makes it one of the most enjoyables of '17 |
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############# Honorable mentions ############## |
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105.
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夢遊病者 - 5772
(black metal) |
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106.
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Alstroemeria - Ignition Dancehall
(jtrance) |
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107.
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Alstroemeria - Loud Speaker
(jtrance) |
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108.
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Alstroemeria - Pop Culture 6
(jtrance) |
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109.
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Amocualli - Xiuhcoatl
(folk metal) |
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110.
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Author and Punisher - Pressure Mine
(industrial metal) |
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111.
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Bernis - Until The End Of The World
(trance) |
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112.
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Bubblegum Octopus - Decent Company
(chiptune/electronic) |
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113.
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Caput Mortuum - Cold Winds On The Bare Mountain
(experimental black) |
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114.
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CashewCats - Horoscope Garden
(breakcore/weird/electronic) |
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115.
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Cody And Danz - Only The Hits
(rock) |
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116.
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Coraxo - Sol
(melodeath) |
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117.
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Cosmic Reef Temple - Age Of The Spaceborn
(surf doom metal) |
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118.
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CroissantChicago - Yurerulicareli
(post pop) |
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119.
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Cunninlynguists - Rose Azura Njano
(hip hop) |
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120.
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Dälek - Endangered Philosophies
(hip hop) |
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121.
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Daoko - Gravity Aratame
(hip hop) |
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122.
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De Magia Veterum - Naked Swords Into The Wombs Of The Enemy
(black metal) |
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123.
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Der Blutharsh and the Church of the Leading Hand - Sucht & Ordnung
(krautrock) |
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124.
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Elisile - Dead Generation
(rock) |
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125.
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Enslaved - E
(progressive metal) |
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126.
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Esmectatons - Foul
(avantgarde post metal) |
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127.
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Especia - Wizard
(vaporwave/jpop) |
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128.
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Eye Of Nix - Black Somnia
(post metal) |
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129.
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Fjoergyn - Lvcifer Es
(folk metal) |
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130.
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Fleurety - The White Death
(black metal) |
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131.
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Fullmoon Bongzai - Reshaping The Symbols
(industrial black) |
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132.
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Gelding Moon - Martian Butchery
(black metal) |
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133.
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Gomma - Toska
(rock) |
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134.
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Haru Yasumi - Dragon's Triangle
(aggrotech) |
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135.
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Imperceptum - Aeons Of Saturnine Desolation
(extreme doom) |
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136.
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Jane Weaver - The Silver Globe & The Amber Light
(krautrock) |
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137.
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Kanashimi - Inori
(blackgaze/dsbm) |
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138.
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King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard - Flying Microtonal Banana
(lofi western influenced surf rock?) |
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139.
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Klabautamann - Smaragd
(black metal) |
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140.
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Kodemari Koruri - Be Myself
(jpop) |
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141.
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Kuunatic - Kuurandia
(world/psychedelic rock) |
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142.
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Laster - Ons Vrije Fatum
(black metal) |
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143.
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Lemo - 未来の色相
(shoegaze) |
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144.
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Limbs - Body Without
(blackgaze) |
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145.
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Lolishit - My So Called Lolicore
(lolicore/breakcore) |
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146.
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Lugubrum - Wakar Cartel
(black metal) |
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147.
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Macross 82-99 - Sailorwave
(synthwave) |
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148.
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Malokarpatan - Nordkarpatenland
(folk metal?) |
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149.
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Masayoshi Minoshima - Structured Dancehall
(jtrance) |
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150.
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Necrocannibal Machinery - Fractures
(djent/grind/folk/death metal) |
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151.
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Necronomidol - Deathless
(kawaii metal) |
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152.
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Neocafe - Vivian Girl Jams
(denpa) |
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153.
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Nine Treasures - Wisdom Eyes
(folk metal) |
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154.
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Nishino Kana - Love it
(jpop) |
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155.
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No One Gets Out Alive - Hidden Bloodiness
(experimental brutal death) |
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156.
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Occams Laser - Grid
(retrowave) |
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157.
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Occams Laser - Occult 87
(retrowave) |
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158.
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Otrembu Eio - Microwave Nation
(denpa/weird/electronic) |
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159.
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Owtn. - フロイデンベルクの森
(poemcore) |
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160.
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Oxbow - Thin Black Duke
(rock?) |
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161.
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Oyasumi Hologram - 17
(jpop) |
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162.
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Pichalka - Suicide For Every.one
(trancecore) |
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163.
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Prevenge - New Anatomy
(post black metal) |
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164.
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Psudoku - Deep Space Psudokument
(experimental grindcore) |
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165.
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Religious Girls - Pure Energy
(gothic rock? witchhouse? i dunno...) |
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166.
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Scythe of Luna × Yakui The Maid - Ugly Witchery
(trance metal/melodeath) |
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167.
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Servant Girl Annihilator - 0% GOLDEN // GRO5 JAW
(shoegaze) |
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168.
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Shiftdown - Какой-то День Изменит Что-то
(post metal) |
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169.
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Shinka Miyabi - Secret
(electronic) |
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170.
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Show Of Bedlam - Transfiguration
(doom) |
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171.
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Slagmaur - Thill Smitts Terror
(black metal) |
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172.
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Södermann - Nova
(sludge metal) |
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173.
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Sólstafir - Berdreyminn
(post rock) |
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174.
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Subterranean Masquerade - Vagabond
(prog metal) |
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175.
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Sugar Wounds - Sugar Wounds
(blackgaze) |
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176.
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Tentenko - Kiken Na Anata
(jpop/new wave) |
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177.
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Tentenko - Midnight Paradise
(experimental jpop) |
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178.
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Tjoltjar - Vugruun
(black metal) |
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179.
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The Body & Full Of Hell - Ascending The Mountain Of Heavy Light
(sludge/black metal) |
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180.
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The Bunny The Bear - The Way We Rust
(post hardcore) |
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181.
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The Chats - Get This In Ya
(punk) |
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182.
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The Will of Tiamat - Чёрный Яд
(black metal) |
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183.
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Todesstoß - Ebne Graun
(avantgarde black) |
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184.
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Ulver - The Assassination Of Julius Caesar
(pop) |
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185.
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Vulture Industries - Stranger Times
(avantgarde metal) |
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186.
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Wederganger / Urfaust - Wederganger / Urfaust[Split]
(experimental black) |
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187.
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Yuragi - Nightlife
(shoegaze) |
