along with the usual diet of singles that I usually consume, I have been listening to
Brothers of Metal- Ragnarok- this is the kind of childish "awesome" music that Napalm Records loves to put out into the world by signing all these like comedy metal bands but here's the thing. all of it is actually good. This album loves to hit you with the silliest, stoopidest power metal riffs where you think "these guys can't be serious" only to suddenly spin around and murder you with the hardest chorus you ever heard in your life https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B3Y-w1QdzYw
Biffy Clyro- The Myth of the Happily Ever After- I mostly don't know what any of this means and I find biffy clyro themselves a bit self-serious but when it bangs it bangs, they are sort of like if Muse never lost their touch and do that kind of rock music where it's pop but it knows how to actually sounds creative https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hdX1uSwEEcQ
King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard- Nonagon Infinity- cited by many as one of the most iconic albums of the 2010s and I have to agree even though in my fashionable lateness I did not hear it until the following decade, or maybe I DID but it is only now that I have come to appreciate nonagon infinity with the way the music does not stop, and when the album ends, it loops back around to the start. Robot Stop is a perfect intro track. starts immediately, goes straight in, contains the words "fuck shit up" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XkCHSvlArU0&list=PLHTo__bpnlYVD3oQ00-Cmq0RMLgivl_4U&index=1
Talkshow Boy- Testosterone!- shout out to @giwake for introducing me to this shit. what to make of this... this is from my era but I missed it when it came out, it's sort of like.... it's sort of like these are the best songs mindless self indulgence never wrote https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XmCQQopIh6I
Lords of Acid- SEE MAIN POST for analysis on this band: https://cohost.org/thewaether/post/2486078-i-ve-been-listening
Visions of Atlantis- The Deep & The Dark- this is like one of those very themed metal bands and the theme is like. the theme is like all the cool atlantis shit with none of the conspiracy theories. lost islands and such. what's not to like. music you feel like you can explore and get lost in, like you are on a journey.... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VF9zpV582QA