Just the right amount of melodic and hardcore metal.
ONI – Loathing Light
Skalpel – Origins
Nu jazz grooves, from liquid drum and bass vibes to abstract jazzy arrangements.
JK Flesh – Sewer Bait
This is not necessarily an outstanding album, but it’s been a very long time that I listened to rhythmic noise. So cheers to that! Side note: interesting that this is self-labelled as industrial techno, haven’t thought of rhythmic noise as such, but it makes sense.
Soft Crash – Your Last Everything
Industrial and EBM with some techno and trance. Some cyberpunk soundtrack, some party scene score.
O’Flynn x Frazer Ray – Shimmer
Pleasant house and jungle sounds, backdrop music, great for work.
Noise Unit – Cheeba City Blues
I wasn’t aware that Noise Unit was a Bill Leeb and Rhys Fulber project. But I’ve been listening to this album as casual daily backdrop for months. It’s nothing too outstanding or new to be honest, but it combines many of the things that I just like to hear in the industrial electronic music spectrum, which is not so surprising given Leeb and Fulber. It also has this musical diversity (like dub reverbs with a strong modern bass line and EBM-like vocals in one track), which always gives me some cyberpunk feeling (the “beyond globalization” kind where everything goes in the multicultural blender).
Shanti Celeste – Cutie / Shimmer
Cutie is a weirdo little fun house. Shimmer is a big chill beach vibe house. (The Central Remix is more dance floor.)
Acid Witch – Rot Among Us
Doom metal with a psychedelic edge. I’m obsessed with Psychedeathic Swampnosis where otherworldly flute melodies is layered over some psy-doom metal pillars. It’s like the soundtrack of an old fantasy movie (the Labyrinth kind) but with metal.
Dog Fashion Disco – Cult Classic
Has every bit of Dog Fashion Disco in it I want in a Dog Fashion Disco record. Fits the discography like priest in a nursery.
Makaya McCraven – In These Times
Another record showcasing the comeback of nu jazz. Smooth and easy.