rated >4
| Band / Artist | Title | Release Date | Style |
|---|---|---|---|
| JANUARY | |||
| Don Bolo | Bahamut | 14/01 | Avant-punk |
| Honningbarna | Animorphs | 14/01 | Hardcore/Noise Rock/Post-Punk |
| Collectif Incertain | Analyze Non Standard | 21/01 | avant chamber |
| Vaura | Vista of Deviant Anatomies | 28/01 | Experimental Industro-gothic |
| FEBRUARY | |||
| Grimms Eye | Throne | 1/02 | Hardcore sludge |
| Napalm Death | Resentment is Always Seismic | 11/02 | goth grind |
| IKARUS | Plasma | 25/02 | zeuhl/jazz-prog/semi-improv |
| MARCH | |||
| ? | |||
| APRIL | |||
| Meshuggah | Immutable | 1/04 | Meshuggah |
| MAY | |||
| Deliluh | Fault Lines | 27/05 | minimal/post-punk/post-everything/goth |
| Rosa Anschutz | Goldener Strom | 27/05 | mmm you just have to listen |
| JUNE | |||
| Petrol Girls | Baby | 24/06 | punk/riot grrl |
rated >3
| Band / Artist | Title | Release Date | Style |
|---|---|---|---|
| JANUARY | |||
| Trenches | Reckoner | 1/01 | Sludge/Post-Metal |
| Pristine Kids | Leave No Trace | 2/01 | prog? |
| Deaf Club | Productive Disruption | 6/01 | Noisecore/Grind |
| Manual de Combate | El Encierro dentro del Encierro | 7/01 | freeform punk |
| Shapeshifter | Dark Ritual | 7/01 | Noisecore/Grind |
| Bore | Bore | 12/01 | Hardcore sludge |
| Boris | W | 21/01 | Post-drone something |
| Druid Lord | Relics of the Dead | 21/01 | Death-doom |
| Kyoto Kyoto | Mirror Flexing Jaw | 28/01 | small post-punk |
| Vulk | Vulk ez da | 28/01 | big post-punk |
| FEBRUARY | |||
| Bursting into Gloom | Coven | 1/02 | dooooooom |
| Animal Collective | Time Skiffs | 4/02 | indie psyche |
| Black Country, New Road | Ants From Up There | 4/02 | *breathes in* post-rockpunkfolk |
| Cassels | A Gut Feeling | 4/02 | prose punk |
| EXEK | Advertise Here | 4/02 | blissy post punk dub |
| Thank | Thoughtless Cruelty | 4/02 | noisepostpunk aggressively yorkshire |
| Hangman's Chair | A Loner | 11/02 | goth rock, possibly too plain |
| Voivod | Synchro Anarchy | 11/02 | voivod |
| Cheer-Accident | Here Comes the Sunset | 18/02 | hodge podge gently avant-prog |
| The Web of Lies | Nude With Demon | 25/02 | post-punk noise garage rock something |
| MARCH | |||
| Mammoth Weed Wizard Bastard | The Harvest | 25/03 | goth metal with bad stoner riffs |
| APRIL | |||
| GGGOLDDD | This Shame Should Not Be Mine | 1/04 | talkative post goth something |
| Spike Hellis | Spike Hellis | 1/04 | ebm |
| MAY | |||
| The Smile | A Light for Attracting Attention | 13/05 | radiohead |
| JUNE | |||
| ??? | |||
| JULY | |||
| Stiu Nu Stiu | New Sun | 8/07 | goth post rock? |
rated >2
| Band / Artist | Title | Release Date | Style |
|---|---|---|---|
| JANUARY | |||
| Burial | ANTIDAWN EP | 6/01 | Ambient |
| Mother Morgana | Rise | 6/01 | Retro-psych |
| Melvins | Lord of the Flies | 10/01 | Burnout Sludge |
| Foxtails | Fawn | 14/01 | Screamo post-etc |
| Bad Optics | Pax Americana | 21/01 | art punk |
| Gilmore Trail | Impermanence | 21/01 | Instrumental post-rock |
| Yard Act | The Overload | 21/01 | Just an annoying guy |
| FEBRUARY | |||
| Korn | Requiem | 4/02 | Retro |
not for me
| Band / Artist | Title | Release Date | Style |
|---|---|---|---|
| JANUARY | |||
| Karfagen | Land of Green and Gold | 7/01 | Neo-prog |
| 40 Watt Sun | Perfect Light | 21/01 | Acoustic guitaroo man |
| AURORA | The Gods We Can Touch | 21/01 | pop |
| Lalu | Paint the Sky | 21/01 | Prog Metal Cheese |
| Little Green House | Anxious | 21/01 | Pop-punk screaming |
| Pan Daijang | Tissues | 21/01 | New age with elaborations |
| Silverbacks | Archive Material | 21/01 | indie |
| Cloakroom | Dissolution Wave | 28/01 | Gazing |
| Eels | Extreme Witchcraft | 28/01 | Indie rock |
| FEBRUARY | |||
| Rolo Tomassi | Where Myth Meets Memory | 4/02 | hans zimmer post metal |
| Cult of Luna | The Long Road North | 11/02 | hans zimmer post metal |
| Spoon | Lucifer on the Sofa | 11/02 | rock... |