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  1. Icing (2023 Remaster)
    by CHERUBS
    Icing (2023 Remaster)
    by CHERUBS
  2. Untethered Abyss
    by Cathexis
    Untethered Abyss
    by Cathexis
    Library of Babel Library of Babel
    This is a blend of modern dissonant DM with a solid foundation of old-school brutality. Most DM bands skew one way or another on this spectrum, but Cathexis sits perfectly in the middle. You get deliciously mordant chords on the high end and chunky half-time riffing on the low end. It's satisfying to get one's nerd on without sacrificing any windmill hair quotient. I'm already looking forward to more from this band.
  3. Errata
    by Convulsing
    Errata
    by Convulsing
    Severed Hemispheres Severed Hemispheres
    Given the volume of releases these days, it's hard for anything to rise to the level of "classic", but here's a candidate. 2016 is kind of an eternity ago, yet here's a 2023 re-release that's very much relevant today. You get the scratchy, fuzzy riffs of Portal via Morbid Angel, but updated with the atmospherics of Ulcerate and doom/post-metal. Space and dynamics abound, so the riffs hit hard. It's perfect that Total Dissonance Worship picked up this gem to spread it to the wider world.
  4. Dropsonde [Reissue with bonus album]
    by Biosphere
    Dropsonde [Reissue with bonus album]
    by Biosphere
  5. Pandemia
    by Francesca Brown
    Pandemia
    by Francesca Brown
  6. Negative Sound
    by Buildings
    Negative Sound
    by Buildings
    Sit With It Sit With It
    This is pretty much a perfect noise rock record, worshiping at the Church of Jesus Lizard, but with its own flavor of punishment, more calculated and bludgeoning than Yow and co. The riffs are all killer, no filler. I'm sad that this is the last hurrah for this band, but at least it ended on this very high note. Buildings is dead, long live Buildings!
  7. Porous Resonance Abyss
    by Krallice
    Porous Resonance Abyss
    by Krallice
  8. Deformity Adrift
    by Nightmarer
    Deformity Adrift
    by Nightmarer
    Suffering Beyond Death Suffering Beyond Death
    Now this is a *statement*, fully formed and intentional. Simon Sludge has been pushing this punishing and dissonant sound so well with his Total Dissonance Worship label, with his own band leading the charge. For once, metal feels futuristic without needing reams of notes; these here are careful calculations for summoning the apocalypse.
  9. Funny What Survives
    by Great Falls
    Funny What Survives
    by Great Falls
    Stage Health Stage Health
    Great Falls really leveled up this year, between this EP and their full-length. The overall presentation is huge and menacing, and I can confirm that this comes across live despite the band just being a trio. The new drummer is a big part of this progression - dig the super-cool weird beats in "Stage Health". I doubt this is in TDW's business plan, but this release would make for an awesome 7", the kind that becomes legendary and sought-after.
  10. Solace (Reissue)
    by Ion Dissonance
    Solace (Reissue)
    by Ion Dissonance
    Shut up, I'm Trying to Worry Shut up, I'm Trying to Worry
    This record basically beats you upside the head from random angles for 41 minutes with no hooks in sight except for the melodic closing track. But it's a testament to Ion Dissonance's uniqueness that the music still holds up almost 2 decades later, not having been relegated to the dustbin of swoopy-haired mathcore with spinny guitar moves. Extra heaviness is the key here, touching on Meshuggah at points and helping lay the foundation for the Total Dissonance Worship universe.
  11. In Exile (Deluxe Edition)
    by +1476+
    In Exile (Deluxe Edition)
    by +1476+
  12. Objects Without Pain
    by Great Falls
    Objects Without Pain
    by Great Falls
    Thrown Against The Waves Thrown Against The Waves
    For how scathing and engulfing this record is, it has some great musicianship going on. There are cool rhythms and textures all over the place, with some songs reaching borderline prog in complexity and scope. The rhythm section does serious heavy lifting here in painting the canvas with different shades. But they're all shades of black, oh so black. You're going to enter this abyss and LIKE IT.
  13. BONGZILLA - Dab City
    by HEAVY PSYCH SOUNDS Records
    BONGZILLA - Dab City
    by HEAVY PSYCH SOUNDS Records
    Hippie Stick Hippie Stick
    I thought that Bongzilla had mellowed out after their last album, but here they are sounding pretty much exactly like their '90s selves. So you get nasty pentatonic riffs, scathing vocals, and a sense of Sabbathian swing that many strive for but few achieve in this (smoke-filled) space. Come for the riffs, but stay for the long jams, which sound like magical practice space sessions fortuitously committed to tape - and they recorded to actual tape here.
  14. DEFILED IN OBLIVION
    by CASTRATOR
    DEFILED IN OBLIVION
    by CASTRATOR
    VOICES OF EVIRATO VOICES OF EVIRATO
    It's brutal death metal done right, with nary a male in sight. This has a strong 90s East Coast flavor, reminding me mostly of classic Suffocation, with maybe also some Barnes-era Cannibal Corpse in there. The drums hit hard, the riffs are memorable, and the vocal performance is strong. Top to bottom, this album rips and could have come out on Unique Leader in its early years.
  15. Anthems and Phantoms
    by Stinking Lizaveta
    Anthems and Phantoms
    by Stinking Lizaveta
    The Heart The Heart
    It's a joy to hear music honestly played by with a live, human feel. No singer needed here. The guitarist's voicings suggest someone who grew up with classic rock but then learned about so much other music. I hear King Crimson, Led Zeppelin, and Hendrix revered and transmogrified into avant-garde yet accessible shapes. The album's first half is all about guitar, but I'm especially digging the last half, where the rhythm section shines. Dig the dub-meets-surf vibes of "The Heart"!
  16. Brace For Impact
    by Colony Drop
    Brace For Impact
    by Colony Drop
    Stand Against The World Stand Against The World
    This is like Marty McFly going back in time and schooling an unsuspecting crowd on "Johnny B. Goode", complete with two-handed tapping because he came from the future. Here we have 5 guys putting themselves into a box called "crossover thrash", but because their talents are so big and irrepressible, they poke all these holes in the box - the melodeath-isms make me smile - and all this light shoots out (like the cover art). How can you argue with a chorus of "D-beat adventure"??
  17. PURGE
    by GODFLESH
    PURGE
    by GODFLESH
    PERMISSION PERMISSION
    Yes, the hip hop beats are back, but that's only part of the story. While the album is front loaded with the bangers, the back half is arguably more interesting, with post-punk guitar textures, varied rhythms, and modern production techniques. Still, this album harks back to Godflesh's 90s prime the most out of all the comeback records. You even get the slow, feedback-soaked death crawl at the end, albeit in more compact form. All killer, no filler, this record is an AOTY contender.
  18. Beyond Vision
    by Acid King
    Beyond Vision
    by Acid King
    Mind's Eye Mind's Eye
    It's definitely Acid King, with the driving riffs and Lori's soaring vocals, but the palette is much wider this time, with subtle synths, extended song lengths, and an overall cosmic vibe. I'm particularly digging the Sleep-style amp worship parts. I love the rock 'n' roll aspect Acid King typically has, but this wider and wiser release has me grinning.
  19. Refractions
    by Lowrider
    Refractions
    by Lowrider
    Pipe Rider Pipe Rider
    It's beyond me why Swedes are so good at American-style stoner/desert rock/metal. Sweden has no deserts! That aside, this record is quite enjoyable. It starts out playing it safe, as is the Swedish stoner way, but really comes into its own when it ditches the standard rock parts and upshifts into cosmic jams full of fuzzed-out lead guitar goodness. Occasionally keys and synth add delicious icing on the des(s)ert. This record rewards repeated listens!
  20. Psychagogue
    by Krallice
    Psychagogue
    by Krallice
    Arrokoth Trireme Arrokoth Trireme
    This was my 2022 AOTY. That Krallice put out not one but two top-shelf records that year, both with band members switching instruments, is an incredible feat. The chiming, ethereal textures, bold bass tones, and organic drums recording suggest later King Crimson tunneling forward in time to inhabit the bodies of Deathspell Omega and have a go at both black and death metal. Everything here is strong, deep, intentional, and executed with precision and conviction.