Not in any particular order:
1. Animals as Leaders (Animals as Leaders)
2. Fear Inoculum (TOOL)
3. Servitude (The Black Dahlia Murder) 4. Bleed Memory (THIEF)
Oh shit, I completely forgot this was coming out. I've been really curious to see how Brian would sound on record.
Listening now - he's developed his own style that's different from Trevor. I like it a lot more than I thought I would. I'm going to pick this up today.
not 100% sure, it was probably a Pattern Seeking Animals album, but not sure which. I freshly discovered this band this year and was instantly addicted... hence me listening to mostly them during the first half of the year.
it's in essence a side project of a bunch of current and former Spock's Beard members, and it's similar to Spock's Beard, but I think they are better lol
either Spooky Action at a Distance
or Only Passing Through
possibly even Prehensile Tales... but I think I listened to the other 2 more... but I listened to the song Lifeboat a shirtton, so in terms of time total, it's in the running simply due to thst
I'm probably missing an album or two but these are the ones I can think of.
1. Blood Incantation - Absolute Elsewhere
It's an awesome mix of 90s death metal and 70s prog rock. I've listened to it so many times since it released.
2. Wormwood - The Star
One of my favorite bands. Hard to define their genre but I would say black metal-ish? They've also changed their sound throughout the years. Earlier works include folk metal.
3. Mastodon - Crack The Skye
An album I felt I needed to revisit after I heard its getting a 15th anniversary rerelease and it got many replays throughout the year. Probably my second favorite Mastodon album after Leviathan.