Category: Best Of Lists
Best of 2021 – Chris C: It’s Been A Year
This has been a strange year in music. Blood Incantation announced their hour-long, ambient Century Media debut. Andi Deris proved the best bobbing head on the new and remarkable Helloween hydra. Melodic black metal not …
Best of 2021 – Spencer Hotz: There’s No Drift In This Joy-Con
Well lookie here, flat Earth has been frisbeed around the moon once again. This lovely year under our lizard overlords saw a shaman take over the capitol, cucks inject 5G into their arms to become …
Best of 2021 – Lone Watie: It Helps To Know What You Got
When I sat down to work out an introduction to my best of list, I already had a long, loud list in my head of grievances and shames and laments. They’re certainly valid, most of …
Best Of 2021 – Dan Obstkrieg: A Map Of All Our Foolishness
Friends, if we’re being honest, I probably spend less than half of my overall music listening time with heavy metal. (This is what they might call a “reverse straw man,” whereby I provide you with …
Best Of 2021: Andrew Edmunds: Last Night, I Crossed The Road, Walked Into A Bar, And Changed A Lightbulb. I Feel Like My Whole Life Is A Joke.
So, hey, you remember last year when everyone said “Next year will be better”? Well, I guess this year was better than last year — at least, comparatively. But it was still a rough year …
Best Of 2021 – Ryan Tysinger: Stand By For Exciter, Or The Whole Glory Of 2021
For the longest time, metal was an unexplored desire. It was kept closeted away by fifteen-year old Ryan. Swept up in 80s hardcore punk at the time, I had little time or patience for anything …
Best Of 2021 – Zach Duvall: Rank And Tear Until It Is Done
Uh-oh. Hello. Hello again. I’ve never had as tough a time putting together a snapshot list of heavy metal albums as I did in 2021. Part of that is because I generally spend a lower …
Best Of 2021 – Captain: I Am My Vow Incarnate
Dark forces would likely prefer me to use this platform to complain about how life & times in 2021 decided to increase the pressure of its boot compared to 2020, but I ain’t that guy, …