Top Music Albums

Over the past year and a half, I started listening to a lot of new music that I wasn't familiar with before. So, I decided to compile a list of bands that I discovered during this time and listened to the most. It didn't all fit into a top-10, so I expanded it to a top-20. The order is quite subjective and sometimes almost random; it was hard to rank them. By the way, the album rankings largely coincided with the cover art rankings.

1-2. Kvelertak – Kvelertak / 2011 / Black'n'roll



Clann Lir – Clann Lir / 2005 / Celtic folk



3-4. Baroness – Blue Record / 2008 / Sludge / stoner / progressive metal



Baroness – Red Album / 2007 / Sludge / stoner / progressive metal



5. Akphaezya – Anthology II: Links From The Dead Trinity / 2007 / Avant-garde / jazz-metal



6-7. Isis - Panopticon / 2004 / Post-metal



Isis - Oceanic / 2002 / Post-metal



8. The Angelic Process – Weighing Souls With Sand / 2007 / Ambient drone metal (yes, it made the top list in just two weeks)



9. FGFC820 – Law & Ordnance / 2008 / EBM / industrial



10. Balmorhea – Rivers Arms / 2007 / Post-rock / neoclassical



11. This Will Destroy You – This Will Destroy You / 2008 / Post-rock



12-14. Mastodon - The Hunter / 2011 / Sludge / stoner / groove / progressive metal



Mastodon - Blood Mountain / 2006 / Sludge / stoner / groove / progressive metal



Mastodon - Crack the Skye / 2008 / Sludge / progressive metal



15-16. Agalloch – Ashes Against the Grain / 2005 / Atmospheric black / folk / progressive metal



Agalloch – Pale Folklore / 1999 / Atmospheric black / folk / progressive metal



17. Alcest - Souvenirs d'un autre Monde / 2007 / Post-black metal / shoegaze / post-rock



18. God Is An Astronaut – All Is Violent, All Is Bright / 2006 / Post-rock / space rock



19. Kylesa - Spyral Shadow / 2010 / Sludge / stoner / crust



20. Long Distance Calling – Long Distance Calling / 2011 / Post-rock / progressive metal