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kamikazekeeg:
We don't do as much music stuff around here, but what was everyone's favorite listens this year?

Starbenders - Take Back the Night: This was a newer find for me in the past couple weeks, but this is a great rock band.  Kind of a mixture of styles, some glam rock, 70's rock, alt rock, all with sort of a darker energy at times with some of the lyrics, but turned into a band I'm really digging now and need to look into their previous stuff.

Warmen - Here For None: Another recent find, album wise, I knew of the band, primarily the brainchild of the Children of Bodom keyboardist.  Mostly an instrumental band with some voice stuff added, but they got a proper singer for this album who with the first song, sounds very close to Alexi Laiho (RIP).  To me, the song "Warmen Are Here For None" is a definite homage to Children of Bodom as it feels and sounds like a missing Bodom song.  The singer isn't exactly Alexi, doesn't have that higher range, but it's good and the rest of the album is more of its own thing as it's not just trying to replace Children of Bodom, but the vibes are inevitably there because of who is involved, so if you were a Bodom fan, this is a must listen.

Dethklok - Dethalbum IV: It's more Dethklok and I've been waiting for that.  I still need to watch the movie that just came out, but this albums is fun as usual.  I still think Dethalbum II might be my overall favorite, but they are all good.

Ghost - Phantomime: Ghost always releases fun cover albums and this is another good one, my favorites being Jesus Knows Me and Phantom of the Opera.

Electric Callboy - Tekkno: Really goofy and fun band that I dig for their Metalcore/Electronic music mixture and the fun they have with songs.

I think that's the best stuff I've listened to the most album wise this year from what I can remember or find going off stuff in my library on Amazon.  I did try and get into a rising band called Sleep Token, as there's some similar vibes to Ghost with their execution, but I can't get into the music.  It's harsher Djent stuff, mixed with kind of a lighter modern rock sound that just doesn't work for me.  Good stuff in the music, but I don't think this will be a Ghost situation where I'll get into them with later albums and then retroactively appreciate their previous stuff as Sleep Token would have to drastically change their style for me (Which they very well could based on their new masks/look they just showed off).

dhaabi:
I listen to a lot of music and am always adding albums which seem interesting or worthwhile to my listening backlog. That said, I don't really go out of my way to listen to new music but pretty much am always listening to music that's new to me. By my count, though, I did listen to a total of 62 albums which released this year. Since I don't review music or even really write notes, it's usually difficult for me to recall anything about it unless I revisit it.

Referencing some quick notes, there was only one album from 2023 I made a point to mark as being favored more than most.

Tzusing | 绿帽
I'm not one for reviewing music, but 绿帽 (or Green Hat) is just a nice culmination of electronic drum'n'bass, being almost tribal at times. In some moments, I'm reminded of the game Thumper's soundtrack. Skimming through Pitchfork's review, there's a lot of flavored descriptors being tossed around, but I'm keeping it simple to just say it's enjoyable.

Here are some honorable mentions, I suppose:

100 Gecs | 10,000 Gecs
This album isn't as memorable as their debut 1,000 Gecs, but I sure did go through a little bout of listening to their song "mememe" anytime I was streaming music. About half of this album is really good while the other half is just fine.

André 3000 | New Blue Sun
This isn't something anyone is going to go out of their way to casually listen to with a few minutes to spare, but it's solid background music.

Lil Yachty | Let's Start Here.
I'm not going to revisit this entirely right now for the sake of this post, but I think it's something I should get around to sooner than later. I can always applaud for when artists move into another stylistic direction, however temporary, and it works out well enough.

Tyler, the Creator | Call Me If You Get Lost: The Estate Sale
I'd rank this higher, but it's really just an expansion to the base album from 2021. Even with the added tracks, it isn't my favorite Tyler album (the entire experience becomes less cohesive, in my opinion), but it's still a lot of fun. "Sorry Not Sorry" is one of my favorite tracks of his now, with the accompanying music video actually adding a lot to the song, which doesn't happen often in music.


--- Quote from: kamikazekeeg on December 18, 2023, 06:26:34 pm ---Electric Callboy - Tekkno:
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2022, but close enough.

kamikazekeeg:

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--- Quote from: kamikazekeeg on December 18, 2023, 06:26:34 pm ---Electric Callboy - Tekkno:
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2022, but close enough.

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Bah, the one I think I didn't double check the date on when I was going through the more recent releases lol I was still listening to it earlier on in the year, so good enough lol

stealthrush:
Staind - Confession of the Fallen : After a decade a new album that has all the hallmarks of the classic band.


Crosses - Goodnight, God Bless, I Love U, Delete. : Modern dark synthpop meets 80s new romantic pulled off phenomenally.   


Sevendust - Truth Killer : Another solid release this time with subtle touches of dark electronica tossed in the mix.


Godsmack - Lighting Up the Sky : Return to form bringing back the gritty sound the band is known for. 



A few honorable mentions from Project 86 - OMNI, Pt.1 dystopian technocratic concept album, besides demos Linkin Park - Meteora 20th Anniversary Edition which had a handful of great unreleased songs, Element Eighty - A.D. and Taproot - SC\SSRS new albums after both bands long absence.

Looking forward to upcoming releases in 2024 from: Project 86, Korn, Julien-K, Adema, Static-X (2nd posthumous album) Jeffrey Nothing (Doom Candy project) Crossbreed, Professional Murder Music, American Head Charge, P.O.D. Still holding out hope for Deadsy - Subterfugue album release.

oldgamerz:
As a DJ I will kindly say that most songs played these days are reruns of somebody's Elses tunes sometimes even the 1920's old sheet music of yesteryear.

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