RJD's Best of 2024

 Another year come and (almost) gone. Here's to the lucky 7 of 2024 (in no particular order...)

Johnny Blue Skies - "Passage Du Desir" (7/12/24)

Whores. - "War." (4/16/24)

Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - "Wild God" (8/30/24)

High On Fire - "Cometh The Storm" (4/19/24)

Opeth - "The Last Will And Testament" (11/22/24)

Matt Elliott - "Drinking Songs Live 20 Years On" (11/8/24)

Beth Gibbons - "Lives Outgrown" (5/17/24)

Honorable Mentions:

Party Dozen - "Crime In Australia"

King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard - "Flight b741"

Blood Incantation - "Absolute Elsewhere"

Marcus King - "Mood Swings"

Amyl and the Sniffers - "Cartoon Darkness"

Leprous - "Melodies Of Atonement"

Amigo The Devil - "Yours Until The War Is Over"

Best Songs Of 2024

1. Unto Others - "Momma Likes The Door Closed"

2. Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - "Long Dark Night"

3. Johnny Blue Skies - "Mint Tea"

4. Tribulation - "Saturn Coming Down"

5. Opeth - "§5"

6. Amyl and the Sniffers - "Bailing On Me"

7. Crypt Sermon - "Glimmers In The Underworld"

RJD's Best of 2023

All bangers! Ranking depends on mood. Looking forward to 2024!

The Mars Volta - Que Dios te maldiga mi corazon

Graveyard - 6

Altin Gün - Ask

Horrendous - Ontological Mysterium

King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard - PetroDragonic Apocalypse; or, Dawn of Eternal Light: an Annihilation of Planet Earth and the Beginning of Merciless Damnation

Matt Elliott - The End Of Days

RJD's Best Albums of 2022

Let the 2023 ball drop... 

11. White Ward - "False Light" (6/17/22)

10. Sumerlands - "Dreamkiller" (9/16/22)

9. Amorphis - "Halo" (2/11/22)

8. King Buffalo - "Regenerator" (9/30/22)

7. The Mars Volta - "The Mars Volta" (9/16/22)

6. King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard - "Ice, Death, Planets, Lungs, Mushrooms and Lava" (10/6/22)

5. Rammstein - "Zeit" (4/29/22)

4. Zeal & Ardor - "Zeal & Ardor" (2/11/22)

3. Spiritworld - "DEATHWESTERN" (11/25/22)

2. Marcus King - "Young Blood" (8/26/22)

1. Party Dozen - "The Real Work" (7/8/22)

RJD's Best Albums of 2021

13. John Carpenter - "Lost Themes III" (2/5/21, Sacred Bones)

12. Tomahawk - "Tonic Immobility" (3/26/21, Ipecac)

11. Iron Maiden - "Senjutsu" (9/3/21, BMG)

10. Thy Catafalque - "Vadak" (6/25/21, Season Of Mist)

9. Unto Others - "Strength" (9/24/21, Roadrunner)

8. Helmet - "Live And Rare" (11/26/21, earMUSIC)

7. Leprous - "Aphelion" (8/27/21, Inside Out)

6. King Gizzard And The Lizard Wizard - "L.W." (2/26/21, Flightless)

5. Amyl And The Sniffers - "Comfort To Me" (9/10/21, Rough Trade)

4. Silver Talon - "Decadence And Decay" (5/28/21, M-Theory)

3. Amigo The Devil - "Born Against" (4/16/21, Liars Club/Regime)

2. Nick Cave & Warren Ellis - "CARNAGE" (2/25/21, Goliath)

1. Musk Ox - "Inheritance" (7/9/21)

RJD's Best Albums Of 2020

This is the best 2020 had to offer. It's a good thing we had music...

11. Eternal Champion - "Ravening Iron" (11/20/20, No Remorse)

-Power. Sword. Domination.

10. Nick Cave - "Idiot Prayer" (11/20/20, Bad Seeds) 

-Isolated. Ivory. Poet.

9. King Gizzard And The Lizard Wizard - "K.G." (11/20/20, Flightless)

-Psychedelic. Playful. Microtones.

8. Run The Jewels - "RTJ4" (6/3/20, RBC)

-Brave. Yank. Rap.

7. The Budos Band - "Long In The Tooth" (10/9/20, Daptone)

-Brass. Funk. Machismo.

6. Thy Catafalque - "Naiv" (1/24/20, Season Of Mist)

-Guttural. Avant-garde. Colors.

5. Man Man - "Dream Hunting In The Valley Of The In-Between" (5/1/20, Sub Pop)

-Circus. Gravel. Fun.

4. Mr. Bungle - "The Raging Wrath Of The Easter Bunny Demo" (10/30/20, Ipecac)

-Sophomoric. Thrash. Nostalgia.

3. Enslaved - "Utgard" (10/2/20, Nuclear Blast)

-Progressive. Otherworldly. Vikings.

2. Igorrr - "Spirituality And Distortion" (3/27/20, Metal Blade)

-Desert. Savage. Chaos.

1. Spirit Adrift - "Enlightened In Eternity" (10/16/20, 20 Buck Spin)

-Classic. Fist-pounding. Metal.

Best album of 2020.