I picked out 17 albums that stood out to me this year. I am aware that's a very odd number of albums to pick but it just happened to be 17 albums that I particularly wanted to highlight and talk about. You can read mini reviews (Nimi reviews? I might use that tag in the future) of all of the albums above under the Read More, along with genre tags and direct links to the bandcamp pages (if available, otherwise it's a youtube playlist). Albums are in no particular order, this is not a ranking

list of albums with links and short descriptions under the Read More

a while back I made a tweet saying that metal should sound like you're hauling a burning clown car off a cliff, and that was primarily inspired by this band's 2020 debut album "Enjoy Yourself". The band just dropped a new 4-track EP and it sounds just as unhinged and I fucking love it

FFO: System of a Down, Mr. Bungle, Melt-Banana, Dog Fashion Disco