Top 5 Extreme Metal Albums You Lost When Your Mom Cleaned The Basement

Top 5 Extreme Metal Albums You Lost When Your Mom...
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Your mom would throw out these extreme metal albums based on the band and album names alone. Don’t let her see the artwork—these extreme metal albums are the nasties of 2015. … read more

Top 5 Albums That A Graywhale Employee Convinced You To Buy

Top 5 Albums That A Graywhale Employee Convinced You To...
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Hey there, audiophile—you looking to dig deeper for your collection? You can find albums in this list at Graywhale Entertainment, written by a certified Graywhale employee. … read more

Local Review: Valentine & The Regard – Gave You My Heart

Local Review: Valentine & The Regard – Gave You My...
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Valentine & The Regard = Jason Molina + Will Oldham+ Sparklehorse … read more

Top 5 Sock Hop n’ Roll Albums

Top 5 Sock Hop n’ Roll Albums
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Your hair’s lookin’ slick, your boots are greased and you’re ready to crash the 1955 Vince Lombardi High Senior Prom. These sock hop n’ roll albums of 2015 will have your teenage kicks all night long. … read more

Graveyard: You Can’t Invent Music Again

Graveyard: You Can’t Invent Music Again
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Innocence & Decadence is Graveyard’s fourth studio album and undoubtedly their tightest and most focused effort to date. The album features myriad tenacious bass rhythms redolent of Priestess circa 2006, layered with subtle references to proto-rock bands of the ’60s such as Blue Cheer. … read more

Top 5 Hardcore Post-Punk Albums of 2015

Top 5 Hardcore Post-Punk Albums of 2015
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Coliseum frontman Ryan Patterson mentioned that the visceral nature of hardcore “makes it temporary,” so where do hardcore musicians go from there? The answer is post-punk! You can catch up on the hardcore prerequisites that help make for stellar post-punk albums with this list. … read more

Top 5 Black Metal Albums that were More Relevant than Deafheaven

Top 5 Black Metal Albums that were More Relevant than...
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Whenever you decide to take a break from burning down Christmas trees and taking washed-out black-and-white holiday card photos, you might want to take a listen to some of these awesome black metal albums from 2015! We’ve gathered a list of our five favorites from the year, and they’re sure to bring a grim, blasphemous frown to your face. … read more