Hell yeah, and forget even just individual songs, I tend to gravitate toward whole-album bangers and continue to find thoroughly dope and delicious stuff.
Xoth - “Exogalactic”
Clipse - “Let God Sort Em Out”
Two (somewhat different 😅) ones I’ve been getting just hours and hours of cover-to-cover listening mileage outta lately, for reference. Even got the Xoth one (new folks to me) from someone on Lemmy 😎
Sounds like we have similar taste. I really dig that Clipse album and while I haven’t listened to Xoth, I love tech death: Necrophagist, Fallujah, Archspire, Inferi, Ulcerate, Revocation, Cryptopsy, Cognitive (underrated!), Eschaton (also underrated!)
I’m also an album guy, active music nerd on rateyourmusic. 👍
So I guess I’m saying based on those two picks and your pro-album taste I think you sound cool, lol
You’ve given me some work to do and I’m only half happy about it, hahaha. But a buncha those are familiar (lovely).
To add a ridiculously great recent full-album-dope, sounding both “newer” and “older” than I can really imagine a death metal record sounding today, as I like to call em, “The Sangui Boggi Boyz” (a la “The Soggy Bottom Boys”) -
Sanguisugabogg - “Hideous Aftermath”
It’s gross and rad. Ya prolly already know lol, but hey.
Ya know, I definitely know of Sanguisugabogg and have heard a couple songs (Dead As Shit is badass), but they’ve been on my deep listen list for awhile and I haven’t listened to any of their albums yet. I’ll push them up in priority on your recommendation!
So. Rather than DM I’ll just be weird and ask here.
How’d the listen hit? I actually enjoy any amount of appreciating AND shitting on any art in this space, so feel free to let it rip.
Funny thing about heavy music, within the same space of humans, you get some of the LAZIEST people right alongside some of the gnarliest, hardest-working, most interesting music brains.
Feel free to trash anything I ever recommend - with all sincerity.
And now, with my conscience clear, I will ask - plz, gib. Lemme get 1-3 records from you I really gotta hear. Just cuz you think they’re dope.
(It can be more than 3 lmao, 1-3 felt like a polite thing to beg)
I think Hideous Aftermath is great, super heavy and brutal but it’s obviously not just mindless caveman stuff (though it’s groovy enough even caveman-listeners could vibe with it)! I’m not gonna lie and pretend it’s gonna sit at the top of my tier list or anything, but it’s definitely in the better half of the 200~ albums I’ve heard and rated from 2025. And yeah like you said, a really great example of bringing the old school sound and feel into the new school.
Suggestions (i’ll keep 'em recent-ish for now unless you want older stuff):
Horse Bitch - RIP Pistachio (2021) - Folk punk. Just a tremendous and extremely underground record that’s equal parts pathos, catharsis, party, and funny. This is pretty small band and honestly I think I might just be their biggest fan, lol. I love this goddamn album.
Playboy Manbaby - Violence (2026) - Garage punk/indie rock, almost a bit post-punk. Insanely approachable punk album that still has some meat to the lyrics. This one totally surprised me but it’s currently my 3rd highest rated album of 2026 so far.
Vittra - Intense Indifference (2025) - Melodic Death Metal. This wasn’t my favorite album last year (it was #13 though!), but it had to be one of the most fun albums I listened to last year, especially for a heavy album. I don’t know how else to explain it other than to say that it’s just such a goddamn good time and the entire run of the album it really sounds like the musicians themselves are having a goddamn blast.
If you want to know what I mean without committing to the full album yet, just check out ‘Transylvanian Buffet,’ although album opener ‘MOFO’ is just as fun but like 10% less silly.
BONUS 3.5. Impureza - Alcázares (2025) - Technical Death Metal/Prog Metal/SPANISH FOLK MUSIC. Okay so Alcázares and Intense Indifference aren’t really all that similar, but they have a similar vibe to me; both are super playful, inventive, and experimental without feeling novelty or tacky. Overall I like Intense Indifference more, but if you really vibe with that one and gotta have something else that scratches a similar itch, this is absolutely what I’d recommend.
Anna Pest - Dark Arms Reach Skyward With Bone White Fingers II: Be (Not) Afraid (2026) - Deathcore/Technical Death Metal/Mathcore/Electronicore/Hyperpop? Real talk, this album blew my mind. I only checked it out because in January I saw it was doing well in the early 2026 charts on rateyourmusic so I wanted to see why. Looking at the album cover I was immediately worried, absolutely certain that I was about to hear something insanely cringe. Instead my face was immediately ripped off and sewn back on with a bloody manic smile. This shit is wild. It’s basically the most extreme maximalist hyperpop approach, but applied to metal. You gotta be open to being like, sonically overwhelmed at times tbh, but holy shit what a ride.
Open Mike Eagle - Anime, Trauma & Divorce (2020) - Alternative Hip-Hop/Conscious Rap. Mostly just wanted to include a hip-hop album since we both liked the most recent Clipse. Anime, Trauma & Divorce is definitely my favorite hip-hop album of the 2020s so far, but it’s definitely on the more like, chill, introspective side of the genre. Tons of clever, nerdy bars though, and just awesome music underneath the voice. The tracks with “Little A$e” (OME’s son) are admittedly kind of pointless throwaways but I ain’t gonna fault the man for including his own child in the experience of sharing his art, especially on the album specifically about familial strife, ya know? All of the rest of the album is GOLD though, imo. Although admittedly I’m like almost the same age and have extremely similar interests as OME so this is one where your mileage might vary greatly depending on how relatable you find it.
Tried to give you a little variety, hopefully you’ll like a couple of those. Same as you said, I’m not precious about this shit at all and I love talking music, so if you listen to them feel free to share any opinions you have, even if it’s “this shit sucks and anyone who listens to it is stupid!” 😅
Hell yeah, and forget even just individual songs, I tend to gravitate toward whole-album bangers and continue to find thoroughly dope and delicious stuff.
Xoth - “Exogalactic”
Clipse - “Let God Sort Em Out”
Two (somewhat different 😅) ones I’ve been getting just hours and hours of cover-to-cover listening mileage outta lately, for reference. Even got the Xoth one (new folks to me) from someone on Lemmy 😎
Sounds like we have similar taste. I really dig that Clipse album and while I haven’t listened to Xoth, I love tech death: Necrophagist, Fallujah, Archspire, Inferi, Ulcerate, Revocation, Cryptopsy, Cognitive (underrated!), Eschaton (also underrated!)
I’m also an album guy, active music nerd on rateyourmusic. 👍
So I guess I’m saying based on those two picks and your pro-album taste I think you sound cool, lol
Ayyy 😎
You’ve given me some work to do and I’m only half happy about it, hahaha. But a buncha those are familiar (lovely).
To add a ridiculously great recent full-album-dope, sounding both “newer” and “older” than I can really imagine a death metal record sounding today, as I like to call em, “The Sangui Boggi Boyz” (a la “The Soggy Bottom Boys”) -
Sanguisugabogg - “Hideous Aftermath”
It’s gross and rad. Ya prolly already know lol, but hey.
Ya know, I definitely know of Sanguisugabogg and have heard a couple songs (Dead As Shit is badass), but they’ve been on my deep listen list for awhile and I haven’t listened to any of their albums yet. I’ll push them up in priority on your recommendation!
So. Rather than DM I’ll just be weird and ask here.
How’d the listen hit? I actually enjoy any amount of appreciating AND shitting on any art in this space, so feel free to let it rip.
Funny thing about heavy music, within the same space of humans, you get some of the LAZIEST people right alongside some of the gnarliest, hardest-working, most interesting music brains.
Feel free to trash anything I ever recommend - with all sincerity.
And now, with my conscience clear, I will ask - plz, gib. Lemme get 1-3 records from you I really gotta hear. Just cuz you think they’re dope.
(It can be more than 3 lmao, 1-3 felt like a polite thing to beg)
I think Hideous Aftermath is great, super heavy and brutal but it’s obviously not just mindless caveman stuff (though it’s groovy enough even caveman-listeners could vibe with it)! I’m not gonna lie and pretend it’s gonna sit at the top of my tier list or anything, but it’s definitely in the better half of the 200~ albums I’ve heard and rated from 2025. And yeah like you said, a really great example of bringing the old school sound and feel into the new school.
Suggestions (i’ll keep 'em recent-ish for now unless you want older stuff):
Horse Bitch - RIP Pistachio (2021) - Folk punk. Just a tremendous and extremely underground record that’s equal parts pathos, catharsis, party, and funny. This is pretty small band and honestly I think I might just be their biggest fan, lol. I love this goddamn album.
Playboy Manbaby - Violence (2026) - Garage punk/indie rock, almost a bit post-punk. Insanely approachable punk album that still has some meat to the lyrics. This one totally surprised me but it’s currently my 3rd highest rated album of 2026 so far.
Vittra - Intense Indifference (2025) - Melodic Death Metal. This wasn’t my favorite album last year (it was #13 though!), but it had to be one of the most fun albums I listened to last year, especially for a heavy album. I don’t know how else to explain it other than to say that it’s just such a goddamn good time and the entire run of the album it really sounds like the musicians themselves are having a goddamn blast. If you want to know what I mean without committing to the full album yet, just check out ‘Transylvanian Buffet,’ although album opener ‘MOFO’ is just as fun but like 10% less silly.
BONUS 3.5. Impureza - Alcázares (2025) - Technical Death Metal/Prog Metal/SPANISH FOLK MUSIC. Okay so Alcázares and Intense Indifference aren’t really all that similar, but they have a similar vibe to me; both are super playful, inventive, and experimental without feeling novelty or tacky. Overall I like Intense Indifference more, but if you really vibe with that one and gotta have something else that scratches a similar itch, this is absolutely what I’d recommend.
Anna Pest - Dark Arms Reach Skyward With Bone White Fingers II: Be (Not) Afraid (2026) - Deathcore/Technical Death Metal/Mathcore/Electronicore/Hyperpop? Real talk, this album blew my mind. I only checked it out because in January I saw it was doing well in the early 2026 charts on rateyourmusic so I wanted to see why. Looking at the album cover I was immediately worried, absolutely certain that I was about to hear something insanely cringe. Instead my face was immediately ripped off and sewn back on with a bloody manic smile. This shit is wild. It’s basically the most extreme maximalist hyperpop approach, but applied to metal. You gotta be open to being like, sonically overwhelmed at times tbh, but holy shit what a ride.
Open Mike Eagle - Anime, Trauma & Divorce (2020) - Alternative Hip-Hop/Conscious Rap. Mostly just wanted to include a hip-hop album since we both liked the most recent Clipse. Anime, Trauma & Divorce is definitely my favorite hip-hop album of the 2020s so far, but it’s definitely on the more like, chill, introspective side of the genre. Tons of clever, nerdy bars though, and just awesome music underneath the voice. The tracks with “Little A$e” (OME’s son) are admittedly kind of pointless throwaways but I ain’t gonna fault the man for including his own child in the experience of sharing his art, especially on the album specifically about familial strife, ya know? All of the rest of the album is GOLD though, imo. Although admittedly I’m like almost the same age and have extremely similar interests as OME so this is one where your mileage might vary greatly depending on how relatable you find it.
Tried to give you a little variety, hopefully you’ll like a couple of those. Same as you said, I’m not precious about this shit at all and I love talking music, so if you listen to them feel free to share any opinions you have, even if it’s “this shit sucks and anyone who listens to it is stupid!” 😅
Honestly same. This one goes hard tho! Cheers.