| 106 cool recent finds |
| 1 |  | Atrofia Cerebral
Matanza Extrema
noisecore - 4.7/5
Who would've guessed the definitive noisecore band would come from Peru of all places? This is their 1989 debut. The band broke up in the early 90s and then made an unexpected comeback in 2015. This album still holds up as one of the gems of the genre. Raw, loud, dingy, shitty, firing on all cylinders the whole time. A beautiful barrage of pure, pissed-off senselessness, yes, but I think the main reason why these guys are so lauded by fans of the genre is because of their sense... for senselessness. Know what I mean? |
| 2 |  | Atrofia Cerebral
Fase Critica
noisecore - 5/5
This is their most recent album, came out in 2021. I like this one even better than that one ^. Despite coming out so recently, it sounds SO OLD. I really don't get how they did it. To me, it's like an alternate-timeline version of Napalm Death's Scum that's actually good. And it's really, really fucking good. I love the sound they got out of each instrument so much, but the aspect that shines the brightest for me is the combination of the ridiculously pingy and resonant drums with the senseless, unhinged vocals. Absolutely harrowing stuff. |
| 3 |  | Bluetile Lounge
Lowercase
slowcore - 5/5
This album is so achingly beautiful that sometimes it actually hurts to listen to. Precious. I like it better than the second album for its lack of distortion. |
| 4 |  | Coprobaptized Cunthunter
Failure Prosthesis
goregrind - 5/5
Weird ass album, but not immediately noticeable as such. It doesn't actually do much different than your average goregrind album, but it just sounds... different for some reason. The production could be part of it. But I think it's also that these guys just have an especially keen sense of pacing and "songwriting" when it comes to these very short bursts of gory goodness. They'd probably be great at regular grindcore too. A very addicting album once you let it in. |
| 5 |  | David Liebe Hart
Astronaut
comedy - 5/5 - You're familiar with this guy if you ever watched Tim and Eric Awesome Show Great Job! on Adult Swim. That show had a lot of recurring guests - Tim and Eric would purposely pick performers/actors that technically aren't very good but were nonetheless confident in their abilities. David Liebe Hart was always my favorite out of all their guests. On the show, he would improvise wholesome songs with messages meant for kids, like "stay in school," "eat your veggies," etc., and he'd mix the songs with ventriloquism, often having his puppets "sing along" with him. The reason I love him so much is because he never came off as overly confident in his abilities. He does have a great singing voice, but he's clearly not very adept when it comes to the technical aspects of songwriting. Despite this though, he still just owns what he does and doesn't try to act like anything he's not. He comes off as incredibly pure in this way. Listen to this album. I promise you'll laugh. |
| 6 |  | Effluence
Necrobiology
free death/experimental brutal death metal - 5/5
AOTY for me so far. Matt Stephens's greatest achievement yet. No one has ever done what this guy is doing. It may initially appear as just senseless, unhinged bdm, but it's really more of an avant-garde soundscape. Listen to the track 'Growing' and you'll immediately see what I mean. Also, don't think plants can be brutal? 'Saprophytic Floral Engulfment,' 'Carcass Botanification,' and 'Absorbed by Vegetation' say otherwise. |
| 7 |  | Effluence/Blowtorch
Split
free death/experimental brutal death metal |
| 8 |  | Francisco Lopez
DSB
field recordings/musique concrete/sound collage - 5/5
One of the most transportive things I've ever heard. Like being inside a breaking-down submarine. |
| 9 |  | Francisco Lopez
untitled #284
field recordings/musique concrete/sound collage |
| 10 |  | Francisco Lopez
Silent Trains [Korea]
field recordings
This might be a 5 too. Apparently, the etiquette in Korea is to remain quiet when you're riding a train. So you can hear all the sounds of the train and the surrounding environment, but what really stands out is the silence of the passengers. It's so, so tense. |
| 11 |  | Last Days of Humanity
Putrefaction in Progress
goregrind - 5/5
These guys might've been the best to ever do it. |
| 12 |  | Sissy Spacek / K2
Sissy Spacek / K2
noisecore/harsh noise - 5/5
One incredible 15-minute long noisecore/noisegrind track by Sissy Spacek, then three tracks of the two artists together making some searing harsh noise. Amazing stuff. One of my favorite noise releases. |
| 13 |  | Sulfuric Cautery
Chainsaws Clogged With The Underdeveloped Brain...
goregrind - 5/5
More goregrind perfection. Also one of my favorite album titles ever: Chainsaws Clogged with the Underdeveloped Brain Matter of Xenophobes |
| 14 |  | Artificial Brain
Labyrinth Constellation
(revisiting)
tech/prog death
I heard this when it came out, probably once or twice, slapped a 4 on it and never came back to it. That was back when I was way too generous with my 4s. Upon revisiting, this thing is a ahrd 4.5. It's got so many layers to it and such a unique atmosphere. I've only heard a few other dm bands mix distorted and clean tones this way, and I absolutely love the way these guys do it. |
| 15 |  | Cuntshredder
Vomit into Bitch's Ass
slam
Some of the worst production I've ever heard. Awesome. |
| 16 |  | Collider
-><-
noise pop/alt rock/shoegaze
One of my favorite albums of the 2010s. Never heard another band that sounds quite like this. |
| 17 |  | Deep Jew
Ugliest Man / Dog Blood
noisecore
Awesome noisecore that's very heavy on the noise. |
| 18 |  | Diphenylchloroarsine
Subterranean Existential Warfare
slam/bdm - a ahrd 4.5/5
Both of these albums absolutely destroy. Probably my favorite slam/slamming bdm after Devouring Humanity. |
| 19 |  | Diphenylchloroarsine
Post Apocalyptic Human Annihilation
slam/bdm - 4.1/5 |
| 20 |  | Farben
Textstar
microhouse/glitch |
| 21 |  | Graham Lambkin
No Better No Worse (Vol. 1)
sound collage/musique concrete/field recordings |
| 22 |  | Ground Zero
Revolutionary Pekinese Opera, Ver. 1.28
sound collage/turntable music/plunderphonics |
| 23 |  | Ground Zero
Plays Standards
experimental rock/sound collage/turntable music |
| 24 |  | Ground Zero
Consume Red
experimental rock/drone/noise/turntable music |
| 25 |  | Herbie Hancock
Sextant
jazz fusion/jazz-funk/avant-garde jazz |
| 26 |  | Herbie Hancock
Crossings
jazz fusion |
| 27 |  | Jenovavirus
Demo 1
slam/bdm |
| 28 |  | John Coltrane
The John Coltrane Quartet Plays
post-bop/avant-garde jazz |
| 29 |  | Lil Ugly Mane
Volcanic Bird Enemy and the Voiced Concern
(revisiting)
trip-hop/plunderphonics/alt rock/idk
First time I heard this, I gave it a 3. But it eventually worked its way up to a 4.5. Really gets under your skin after a while. |
| 30 |  | Marco Zenker
Channel Balance
breakbeat/ambient techno/ambient dub |
| 31 |  | Patricia Taxxon
Bicycle
idm/progressive house
Can't believe she already has a new album out after the 7-album series she put out last year. That, and it's really, really good. |
| 32 |  | Putridity
Degenerating Anthropophagical Euphoria
bdm |
| 33 |  | Shed Theory
Lurch Theory
plugg/cloud rap/experimental hip-hop
Bumped this from a 4 to a 4.5 recently. Very unique stuff. But it also seems like the logical progression from where cloud rap/trap finds itself these days. |
| 34 |  | Marlon DuBois
Less Than What Is Supposed to Be More Than Enough
plugg/cloud rap/experimental hip-hop
This is the main guy from Shed Theory, so same type of thing basically. |
| 35 |  | Skin Tension
Skin Tension Fucking Dies
idk, jazzy psychedelic free metal or something |
| 36 |  | Talons'
Rustic Bullshit
indie folk/slowcore/field recordings
Never heard anything quite like this either. Love the way they work field recordings into these short, touching, and incredibly natural-sounding indie folk pieces. Love the lyrics too. |
| 37 |  | Tantric Bile
Cursed Conception
free improv/gorenoise/European free jazz/sound collage
Another project of Effluence's Matt Stephens. Absolutely bonkers. |
| 38 |  | Tantric Bile
Amidst The Manifolds Of Adraa
[2] |
| 39 |  | The Gerogerigegege
Instruments Disorder
noisecore/harsh noise
Why is this thing so satisfying? I don't know, it just is. |
| 40 |  | Utarm
Apocryphal Stories
black noise
Best black noise I've ever heard. |
| 41 |  | Agonal Breathing
Pure Agony
bdm/slam |
| 42 |  | Barkly Street Goat Squad
Barkly Street Goat Squad
harsh noise
Delicious harsh noise. Crusty, dingy, and chock-full of unexpected sounds. |
| 43 |  | Bby Goyard
The Secret Lies With Charlotte
trap/plugg/pop rap |
| 44 |  | Blank Banshee
Blank Banshee 1
vaportrap/wonky/"utopian virtual"
It's too bad vaportrap didn't take off a bit more, but I do understand why. Most releases of the style are half-baked Bandcamp fodder that sound like they were made in 20 minutes. To my knowledge, Blank Banshee was the only one that took an approach to the style this professional and technically advanced. Just check out 'Cyber Slums' or 'LSD Polyphony,' this stuff is amazing. |
| 45 |  | Boxhead Ensemble
Two Brothers
post-rock/chamber music/ambient americana |
| 46 |  | Brutalism (USA)
Solace in Absurdity
bdm |
| 47 |  | Commuter (USA-OR)
Inner SE Industrial
harsh noise/field recordings
Blasts of malevolent harsh noise mixed with field recordings made in the Southeast Industrial District of Portland, Oregon. The field recordings are meant to depict the sordidness of this area: homelessness, drug abuse, decaying infrastructure, etc. And the atmosphere of the recordings matches the surrounding harsh noise perfectly. Harrowing. |
| 48 |  | Dave Holland
Conference of the Birds
avant-garde jazz |
| 49 |  | Dead Congregation
Graves of the Archangels
death/doom |
| 50 |  | Deepthroat Records
Death to the World Vol. 1 (Various Artists)
noisecore/harsh noise/gorenoise |
| 51 |  | Disgorge
Consume the Forsaken
bdm |
| 52 |  | Felicia Atkinson and Jefre Cantu-Ledesma
Limpid as the Solitudes
eai/ambient/musique concrete/field recordings |
| 53 |  | Kikagaku Moyo
Mammatus Clouds
psych rock/psych folk |
| 54 |  | Meat Beat Manifesto
Subliminal Sandwich
illbient/trip-hop/ambient dub |
| 55 |  | Miasmatic Necrosis
Apex Profane
goregrind |
| 56 |  | Mnemonic Wetbrain Syndrome
Mnemonic Wetbrain Syndrome
slam/bdm |
| 57 |  | Neoandertals
Neanderthals Were Master Butchers
caveman dm
Death metal with no guitars. Just bass, drums, and vocals. Sick stuff. |
| 58 |  | Nojsbojs / Yesmeansyes
Split
noisecore
The Yesmeansyes side is laughable, but the Nojsbojs side rules. |
| 59 |  | Philip Samartzis and Eric La Casa
Captured Space
field recordings |
| 60 |  | Postcoital Ulceration
Continuation of Defective Existence After Multiple
bdm/slam |
| 61 |  | Teratology
The Lingering Stench of Anatomopathological Scum
bdm/slam |
| 62 |  | The Fun Years
Baby, It's Cold Inside
ambient/drone/post-rock
Super, super underrated band. All their albums are great but these two are my faves. |
| 63 |  | The Fun Years
God Was Like, No
[2] |
| 64 |  | Tropical Interface
OM1
deconstructed club/epic collage/UK bass |
| 65 |  | Xeno and Oaklander
Sentinelle
coldwave
Another super underrated band. |
| 66 |  | Zammuto
Veryone
folktronica/indietronica/plunderphonics
Go listen to 'It Can Feel So Good' right now. One of the most delightful works of "plunder" I've ever heard. |
| 67 |  | Anomalistic
Human Decimation
slam |
| 68 |  | Blastocystia
Upper Triassic Slamcataclysm
slam
This album is literally about a bunch of pissed-off dinosaurs fighting to the death downtown and crushing all in their path and if you don’t think that’s the brootalest shit ever then fuck out my face |
| 69 |  | Cardiomyopathy
Promo 2018
goregrind |
| 70 |  | Chloroma
Chloroma
experimental bdm |
| 71 |  | Coprocephalic
Gluttonous Chunks
bdm/slam |
| 72 |  | Deep Fried Embryo
Fun with Fecal Matter
noisecore |
| 73 |  | Deep Fried Embryo
Decaying Dinner
noisecore |
| 74 |  | Deflowered Cunt / Deche-Charge
Split
noisecore |
| 75 |  | Disavowed
Perceptive Deception
bdm |
| 76 |  | Disentomb
The Decaying Light
bdm
Production on this is a bit too clean for me, but man, does it riff, and it's got a really sweet, demonic atmosphere too. |
| 77 |  | Dysmorfectomy
Disembodied Anomalies
bdm/slam |
| 78 |  | Figure Study
Figure Study
coldwave |
| 79 |  | Five Pebbles
forgetmenot
noise pop/shoegaze |
| 80 |  | Giraffage
Needs
vaportrap/wonky/future bass
The second best vaportrap after Blank Banshee. Not quite on Banshee's level, but getting there. Apparently this guy used to make more chiptune-type stuff, and switched styles to the chagrin of some fans. This was the first thing I heard by him tho, and I love it, sooo... yeah. |
| 81 |  | Golden Living Room
Post-Internet
vaporwave/"utopian virtual" |
| 82 |  | GONOCOCCUS
sessions #1-6
gorenoise
This one's better... |
| 83 |  | GONOCOCCUS
sessions #10-15
gorenoise
...but this one's weirder. It's like... ambient gorenoise. It's not an assault on the ears, it's just really creepy. Some of the most inhuman vocalizations I've ever heard. |
| 84 |  | Henry Threadgill's Ensemble Double Up
Old Locks and Irregular Verbs
avant-garde jazz/modern creative |
| 85 |  | ICYTWAT
Cyber Palace
vaportrap/cloud rap/instrumental hip-hop |
| 86 |  | Lymphatic Phlegm / Neuro-Visceral Exhumation
Wide Opened Thoraco-Abdominal Tract / Bathed In
goregrind |
| 87 |  | Magik Markers
BOSS
noise rock/indie rock/shoegaze |
| 88 |  | Mothersuperior
Demo 2016
noisecore/black noise/war metal |
| 89 |  | Mothersuperior
Infernal Honor
[2] |
| 90 |  | Neural Indent
Brainless Infant
free death/experimental bdm
Another project of Effluence's Matt Stephens. Dude is a machine |
| 91 |  | Neural Indent
Diprosopus
[2] |
| 92 |  | Neuropsychosis
Indulging the Depraved
bdm |
| 93 |  | Organectomy
Domain of the Wretched
bdm/slam |
| 94 |  | Party Cannon
Injuries Are Inevitable
slam |
| 95 |  | PeelingFlesh
Slamaholics, Vol. 2
slam/beatdown |
| 96 |  | Regurgitated Entrails
Demo 2022
bdm/slam |
| 97 |  | Scab Addict/Fuckworld
Split C7 Tape
noisecore |
| 98 |  | Septage
Septic Decadence
goregrind |
| 99 |  | Septage
Septic Worship
goregrind |
| 100 |  | Sir E.U and Tony Kill
African-American Psycho
experimental hip-hop/industrial hip-hop/sound collage/noise |
| 101 |  | The Intelligence
Icky Baby
shitgaze/garage punk |
| 102 |  | The Lounge Lizards
The Lounge Lizards
no wave |
| 103 |  | Vektroid
Seed & Synthetic Earth
progressive electronic/digital fusion/'utopian virtual"/idm |
| 104 |  | Zenker Brothers
Cosmic Transmission
breakbeat/ambient techno/dub techno |
| 105 |  | Zyanose
Why There Grieve?
noisecore |
| 106 |  | Baalsebub
The Sickness of the Holy Inquisition
bdm - a ahrd 4.5/5
holy FUCK does this thing go. |
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