- Shwarma – From Beyond [3/2]
- Scattered Hamlet – Judged by 12 [3/3]
- If I Could Kill Myself – Steeldeath [3/6]
- J.D. Graham – Uppers & Downers [3/6]
- Lords Of Salem – Supersonic Vampire Pussy [3/6]
- American Adrenalin – Burn the Ships [3/6]
- Julia. – Fish in the Percolator [3/13]
- Becoming Sons – Refined by the Flames [3/13]
- Across the Frostlands – The Fruits of Peace (A Cry for Peace) [3/17]
- Exodus – Goliath [3/20]
- Poison the Well – Peace in Place [3/20]
- Neurosis – An Undying Love for a Burning World [3/20]
- Seventh Day Slumber – Thy Kingdom Come [3/20]
- Night Signal – The End of Everything [3/24]
- Take the Flame – A New Life [3/24]
- Defying Decay – Synthetic Sympathy [3/26]
- Devil Electric – Tahlia [3/27]
- Ghost of Rucker – The Bones of the Hollow [3/27]
- Don Broco – Nightmare Tripping [3/27]
- Hellripper – Coronach [3/27]
- Black Label Society – Engines of Demolition [3/27]
- Moodring – death fetish [3/27]
- Thirty Seconds to Mars – A Beautiful Lie (20 Year Anniversary) [3/27]
- little image – Kill the Ghost [3/27]
- The Jins – It’s All Over [3/27]
- Threat Signal – Revelations [3/27]
- Resistor – Bite This! [3/27]
- Drowning James – Ascended [3/27]
- Luke Black – Parasite [3/27]
- Gatlin – Worst Case Scenario [3/28]
- Aurora Corvinus – Melancholy [3/30]
- Ice of Neptune – Shots and Dollars [3/31]
- Letters From Wolves – Immortals [4/3]
- Gasoline Invertebrate – Everybody Hates Me [4/3]
- Crucifera – Exostential [4/3]
- Nervosa – Slave Machine [4/3]
- Radium88 – Beauty is Lies [4/4]
- Nouveau Arcade – Die Happy! [4/10]
- Florence Black – Pouring Rain [4/10]
- Polybomber – Authors of Damnation [4/10]
- Lord of the Lost – Opvs Noir, Vol. 3 [4/10]
- Somehow Still – Here & Awake [4/17]
- Brother Cane – Magnolia Medicine [4/17]
- K.A.R.L. (Kill All Remaining Life) – Strani Rumori [4/17]
- Glis – Artifacts in Sequence [4/17]
- Razing Jane – Razing Jane [4/17]
- Into Elysium – In Your Darkest Hour [4/22]
- Devil’s Cut – Roadkill [4/24]
K.A.R.L.
EPs Released From October to December 2025
- Adelitas Way + New Medicine – Last Laugh [10/3]
- Gasoline Invertebrate – Misery Monster [10/3]
- Wind Walkers – I Don’t Belong Here [10/3]
- nøwhere – Final Descent [10/10]
- Douglas Katula – Screwtape [10/10]
- SVNFR – Memory Fragment 87 [10/17]
- northroot – clouds. [10/24]
- Witchz – Ded Again [10/31]
- Coldwards – Bad News [10/31]
- Christopher Ardra – SaiRu [11/4]
- Motif Hive – Phase [11/5]
- Cirkus – Straight to Hell [11/7]
- THEHERO – Gemini II [11/14]
- Sons of Levin – EP II [11/14]
- Spirit of the Moon – All That is Hidden [11/28]
- Matyrker – The Obscurial EP [11/28]
- Queen Kona – Smokeless Fire [12/5]
- Hallowtide – Drown With Us [12/6]
- Patient Sixty-Seven – A Very Heavy Christmas [12/10]
- Cryblood – Take My Life [12/12]
- K.A.R.L. (Kill All Remaining Life) – God is Watching: Redux [12/12]
- Ghost of Rucker – Hikari No Yoin [12/13]
- Loose Lips – Pretty Devastating [12/19]
- Life Hoax – Slow Burn [12/26]
- L.O.U.D. – AM Broadcast [12/31]
The Mostly Music 2025 Playlist, Pt. 8 (Updated 8/31/25)
I made it through August and it’s blistering heat – and miserable humidity – with the help of some amazing bands/artists! Here are the songs that have been added to part eight of The Mostly Music 2025 Playlist since August 16th.
- Covenant of None: “Goodbye”
- Somber-Side: “Daydream”
- Ritual Howls: “Follow the Sun”
- Kain: “Fall of Man”
- From Fall to Spring: “Blood”
- Vicious Rain: “Spitting Blood Again”
- Mean Silver Machine: “Summer Days”
- Haunting Ghosts: “Blessed With a Hex”
- The Thing With Feathers: “Can You See Me – Remix” (ft. Zenaro)
- Living Dead Girl: “We’ll All Be Dead”
- Xero Hour: “Bend the Knee”
- Citizen Soldier: “Too Loud”
- We Are The Virus: “Roadkill South”
- Pandemic at Midnight: “Almost Made It Out Alive”
- Sammy Jay Love: “Fading Love” (ft. Victor Borba)
- Killing Connor: “Sunk Cost Fallacy”
- Saints of No One: “Look Around (what do you see)”
- Shattered Colors: “Dark Minds”
- High pulse: “Think Twice”
- MELØ: “Follow You, Follow Me”
- Frankie Finito: “Lullaby”
- The Isolated Brigade: “Can You Feel It Coming?”
- Odd Project: “Sound the Alarm!”
- The Twin: “The Void”
- Brandon Gullion: “Over My Head”
- BlindStrike: “Flowers”
- Moth Tax: “Trophies”
- 6deep: “Leech”
- 9 Dead: “God of Mine”
- Induction: “Dark Temptation”
- Terminals: “Faith”
- Sleeptalker: “Kingdom of Glass”
- EarlyRise: “Paper Empire”
- Parhelyon: “Stygma”
- Overthrow: “Tribute”
- Wolves in Wait: “Withered and Tired”
- Stellar Circuits: “I See Your Spirit”
- Archers Rise: “Get Away”
- The Jötunn: “Blood Flower”
- THEHERO: “Burnout”
- Elliott Rubin: “Nosedive – Long Island Heartthrob Remix” (ft. Benny Reid)
- SFINX: “Golden” (ft. RinRin and Dal Av)
- Feverlust: “That’s So True”
- Storm Kingdom: “Infidel” (ft. K.A.R.L.)
- Hall of Lost: “Scavengers” (ft. Robbie Ekblom, Jr.)
- The CyberTones: “Not So Grateful Dead”
- Wraithlurk: “Skinned”
- Eli Howard & the Greater Good: “Long, Strange Trip”
- Shallow Side: “Antilight” (Acoustic)
- Cryblood: “Deep Cuts”
- Nouveau Arcade: “Domino”
- Saints of No One: “Sleepwalking Through Life”
- Georgi: “Break Me” (Aesthetic Perfection remix)
- Shadows of Spectres: “we are not alone.”
- Shadows of Spectres: “memorial for the departed.”
- Husk Bloom: “Fiction Wears Off”
Albums Released From April to June 2025
- Swallow the Sun – Shining (Deluxe Edition) [4/11]
- K.A.R.L. (Kill All Remaining Life) – Chapter 5: Astral Projection [4/11]
- Young Other – Enlightenment [4/11]
- Arcadia – Renovatio [4/15]
- Circuit Preacher – Heaven Can’t Heal [4/18]
- Our Frankenstein – Magnum Spire Hotel [4/25]
- AM FALL – All My Friends Are Local Legends [4/25]
- Wednesday 13 – Mid Death Crisis [4/25]
- Zammek – Swell As Well [4/25]
- Naked Sunday – The Shoe String Sessions [5/2]
- Crimson Whisper – Vast World [5/2]
- How We Feel – Ready for War [5/2]
- The Fifth – We Are One [5/2]
- Plain Suite – Sweet Lady [5/8]
- Sleep Token – Even in Arcadia [5/9]
- Ghost Bath – Rose Thorn Necklace [5/9]
- Sleep Theory – Afterglow [5/16]
- Sister Kill Cycle – We Were Ghosts [5/16]
- No Fly List – Way More Tracks [5/30]
- Deadcode – Nothing and Nowhere [5/30]
- Lift the Curse – Don’t Bury the Dream [5/30]
- Blueprint Tokyo – Neon Circuits and the Mission of Hope [5/30]
- Cosmobrigade – Hollow Obsessions [6/6]
- AnimA – Demigod [6/10]
- Elvira’s Curse – The Time Has Come [6/12]
- Static Season – Peripheral [6/13]
- turner.Eturnal – Eturnal Terror [6/13]
- FleischKrieg – Herzblut II [6/13]
- McKenzie Hills – Ice Crossing [6/13]
- AVKRVST – Waving at the Sky [6/13]
- The Funeral Portrait – Greetings From Suffocate City (From Beyond the Abyss: Deluxe Edition) [6/13]
- Whispers in the Shadow – Rapture [6/13]
- Fright – GhostTown [6/18]
- Aesthetic Perfection – Closer to Human [6/20]
- Wraithlurk – Teethmarks [6/20]
- Ghost Chamber – A Decade in Review, Pt. 1 [6/20]
- Mission to the Sun – Seven Years [6/27]
- Half Lyfe – All in All [6/29]
Who Is a Band or Artist You Listen to That Might Surprise People? [QOTW, 4/6/25]
- “I listen to Kelly Clarkson. Girl can SANG!” – Alchemy Within
- “Pearly Drops. Been listening to them quite often lately.” – K.A.R.L. (Kill All Remaining Life)
- “The Zombies.” – Naked Sunday
- “I used to have a secret love for some 2000’s pop, like Katy Perry, Lady Gaga, and Ke$ha.” – Deathmare
- “The Byrds.” – The Immaculate Crows
- “80’s/90’s country! Sawyer Brown is a fave. Other than that, I listen to a lot of girl pop with my daughter. Olivia Rodrigo is punk AF.” – Deadly Vices
- “Colbie Caillat.” – Seethe
- “Limp Bizkit. I’ll own it.” – Gillsaw
- “Kool and the Gang. Fucking love those guys, and they don’t have a single bad song!” – Robbie Ekblom, Jr.
- “Taking Back Sunday. People are really surprised to hear I like a lot of emo bands.” – Encircled Throne
If You Could Collaborate With Any Artist, Living or Dead, Who Would It Be? [QOTW, 3/17/25]
- “So hard to choose one, but I’d probably have to go with Layne Staley. His style is so unique and full of vibe and emotion. 1B would be Emily Armstrong, new Linkin Park singer. Great songwriting with Dead Sara and new LP stuff and great voice.” – Deadly Vices
- “Trent Reznor!” – Winter in May
- “Peter Spilles of Project Pitchfork! His music inspired me to start writing many years ago.” – K.A.R.L. (Kill All Remaining Life)
- “Trey Anastasio [Phish].” – Til Fauna
- “Tommy Stinson [The Replacements/Bash & Pop]. Just a great songwriter.” – naked sunday
- “Love to work with Impending Doom.” – Encircled Throne
- “I’m gonna get shit for this, but I wouldn’t be the man I am today: Marilyn Manson.” – Deathmare
- “Devin Townsend, for sure. He breaks all rules and molds.” – Gillsaw
- “Frank Black of The Pixies.” – Revolution Rabbit Deluxe
- “Coheed and Cambria.” – Overlay
- “Jonathan Davis.” – After the Apocalypse
- “Idles.” – Televised Mind
What was the first album you ever bought with your own money? [QOTW, 2/2/25]
I decided to change the title format for these posts. Anyone reading, feel free to leave your answer in my comments!!! Not all the questions will be catered to bands/artists.
- “Underoath: They’re Only Chasing Safety.” – Seethe
- “Rob Zombie: Hellbilly Deluxe.” – TJ, K.A.R.L. (Kill All Remaining Life)
- “Mine was a cassette. T-Rex: The Collection. It had a cool photo of Marc Bolan on the cover!” – Richard, RJ Archer and the Painful Memories
- “Mariah Carey: One Sweet Day. Guilty as charged.” – Martin, Naked Sunday
- “First CD purchase was two. Bought both Slipknot’s and Flaw’s debut albums.” – Encircled Throne
- “Foreigner: 4, in 4th or 5th grade.” – A/V Cult
- “Mötley Crüe: Decade of Decadence.” – Deadly Vices
- “Bon Jovi: Slippery When Wet, when I was in the 3rd grade.” – Mandatory Affect
- “Sum 41: All Killer, No Filler.” – The Welcoming
- “Europe: The Final Countdown, when I had just turned 9.” – Xavi, The Lürxx
- “Megadeth: Countdown to Extinction on cassette.” – Marco, After the Apocalypse
- “The first album I bought was KISS on vinyl.” – Scot, Road to Ruin
- “My first two records, I got them together, were Toto’s Through the Looking Glass and Dream Theater’s Scenes From a Memory.” – Kyle, AV/drum tech, ex-Edge of Destiny
Question of the Week [Jan. 26, 2025]
Hello, all! I have started a new feature for this blog. Each Monday, I will be posting a question to my socials for bands/artists to answer, then I will compile them and share the responses here on Sundays.
I shared the first one this past Monday, the 20th, and it has gotten quite a reaction! As you’ll see, some bands specified who was answering and their roles, while others didn’t. Check it out.
Who are your biggest influences? (You personally, not the band as a whole.)
- “Dio, Def Leppard, KISS, Elvis.” – Joe (vocals), Freaky Things
- “Black Sabbath, Celtic Frost, Bathory, Motörhead.” – Michael Jahrling (vocals/bass), Rail Rage
- “Descendents, NOFX, Blink-182, The Ataris.” – Brad (vocals/guitar), Frick
- “Mainly Creedence [Clearwater Revival], Slade, Status Quo, and The Donnas.” – Richard (vocals/guitar), RJ Archer & the Painful Memories
- “Layne Staley, Chris Cornell, Scott Weiland, Maynard James Keenan, Jonathan Davis, and Seether.” – Adam (vocals/writing), EverFelt
- “Tool, A Perfect Circle, Cave In, Periphery, Thrice, Coheed and Cambria.” – The Welcoming
- “Lyrically, I am inspired by Jonathan Davis [Korn], but also heavily influenced by bands like Project Pitchfork, Skinny Puppy, and Spahn Ranch!” – TJ (vocals/et. al), K.A.R.L. (Kill All Remaining Life)
- “Black Sabbath, Deep Purple/Rainbow, Judas Priest, Metallica, Rush, Morbid Angel, Napalm Death, Voivoid, Death, Godflesh, Brutal Truth… I could go on.” – Ritchie (guitars), Gravehuffer
- “I pull influences from everywhere, mostly heavy stuff but [also] pop all the way to country, on rare occasions. My faves, though, are Chelsea Grin, The Black Dahlia Murder, and Bring Me The Horizon.” – Joseph, Encircled Throne
- “Bob Dylan remains my greatest influence/inspiration, as far as songwriting. As far as musicians… Jimi Hendrix, Miles Davis, John McLaughlin, Frank Zappa, and Herbie Hancock.” – Bruce Nielsen (songwriter/guitar/harmonica/bass), The Immaculate Crows
- “Phil Collins, Taylor Hawkins, Tony Fernandez, John Bonham, and Chad Smith.” – Alex (drums), Neon Society
- “Lzzy Hale, Tim [Rise Against], and Peter Steele [Type O Negative].” – Nico (vocals), Little Evil
- “Maynard [Tool, APC, etc.], Noah [Bad Omens], Poppy, and Devin [Honey Revenge].” – Allie Riot
- “Trey Anastasio [Phish], Jerry Garcia, and Jimmy Buffet.” – Vesper (vocals), Til Fauna
- “Wes Borland, Jerome Dillon, Tim Skold, Andy LaPlegua [Icon of Coil/Combichrist], Marilyn Manson, Richard Patrick [Filter], and Trent Reznor.” – Mike Novo (drums), Kendall Cage
- “John Lennon has been my biggest influence. Noel Gallagher [Oasis], in terms of songwriting.” – Izzy (vocals), Lazy Ghouls
- “I’m pretty predictable when it comes to this. Metallica was the ultimate for me. Aside from that… Nirvana, Alice in Chains, STP. And the classics: AC/DC, Eagles, CCR, Ozzy. I went through a country/blues phase, so Robert Johnson, Son House, Muddy Waters, Fred McDowell. Newer stuff? I dig Unpeople, Post Profit, The Funeral Portrait, Ayron Jones.” – Anthony (guitar/songwriting), Deadly Vices
- “Sparks, Trio [aka ZAM], Iron Maiden, Japanther, CRASS, and Darkthrone.” – Buzz (songwriting/recording), Buzz N’ Bangs
- “I’m old-school. Geezer Butler, Steve Harris. A few modern players like Alex Webster and John Myung.” – Mike (bass), Welcome Eternity
- “DJ Ashba and Jeff Beck.” – Sabú, The Lürxx
- “On guitar, Izzy Stradlin, late 60s/early 70s Keith Richards. On vocals, Roger Daltrey, Steve Marriott [Humble Pie/Small Faces], and Jon LeSte.” Xavi, The Lürxx
- “Frank Zappa.” – Acting Human
- “Gene Simmons and Angus Young.” – Wayne, Element 117
- “Korn, Linkin Park, NIN, and lots of 90s pop, especially Savage Garden.” – ruin the mind
- “Pearl Jam, The Cult, Foo Fighters.” – Winter in May
- “Dissection, Megadeth, Halfway to Gone, Cradle of Filth, Queens of the Stone Age, Alice in Chains.” – Marco (guitars), After the Apocalypse
- “Classic rock artists like The Beatles, Aerosmith, The Doors, and Led Zeppelin.” – Steven, Tin Zelkova
- “BRMC, The BJM, The Pixies, Idles, Fontaines DC, Amyl and the Sniffers.” – Televised Mind
- “Thrice, Killswitch Engage, Coheed and Cambria, Deftones, Tom Petty, Smashing Pumpkins, Jimi Hendrix, The Warning, Pennywise, RHCP, Metallica, Velvet Revolver.” – Mandatory Affect
The Mostly Music 2024 Playlist, Pt. 6 (Updated 12/8/24)
Christmas is rapidly approaching, and with it, the Top 50 of 2024! I have started short-listing tracks for that honor, but it’s gonna be tough choosing just fifty. Thank goodness I don’t actually attempt to rank them in any particular order!
Make sure you check out all six installments of this year’s playlist.
Pt. 1 – Pt. 2 – Pt. 3 – Pt. 4 – Pt. 5 – Pt. 6
Here are the songs that have been added since November 24th.
- Eleven Ounces: “The Devil You See”
- A2oustically: “I’m Sorry For Me”
- Push Through: “Frail”
- Drew Paul: “Looking Back”
- 6deep: “Idle Hands”
- Giveth: “Flames”
- The F-use: “Pretty”
- LASTRY: “The Chronicle”
- Lilakk: “DirtyBird (Remastered)”
- Maulskull: “Desiderium”
- Chance to Steal: “Hate Sells”
- Farcreek: “Way Out”
- Amphisbaena: “Luto”
- held under.: “It Dies With Me”
- Mercury Red: “Do What You Do”
- Manosaurus: “Full of Shit” (ft. Dan Wade)
- Jay Gearhart: “Fallout”
- Whip Wilson: “Trouble Always Finds Me”
- whenitsmytime: “Saint Petersburg”
- Nick Nasty: “Lose My YOUth”
- Chilling Revelation: “Letters”
- The Veer Union: “Shades of Gray”
- Glis: “Sex Object” (Kraftwerk cover)
- Adullam: “Weight of the World”
- Nick Palma: “Super Electric”
- K.A.R.L. (Kill All Remaining Life): “4 Walls”
- Chasing Rotation: “Change Your Mind”
- RA: “Incomplete” (ft. Keith Wallen and Jason Hook)
- Mandatory Affect: “Emergence Revisited”
Albums Released January to June 2024
There have been several albums released so far in 2024, and I decided to compile them in a post separate from the EPs. Much as with the other list, I am sure I’ve missed a few, so if there are any you know of that are not shared here, feel free to tell me in the comments!
Be sure to check out my list of EPs that have dropped over the past 6 months, as well!
- Jack the Elbow: Crush [1/5]
- Shadow Person: Person of Interest [1/18]
- Ghost Atlas: Dust of the Human Shape [1/26]
- Immortal Girlfriend: Sojourner [2/2]
- Kluu, availax: lunar isolation [2/2]
- It Came From the Basement: Revenant [2/9]
- Jester Syndrome: Shape [2/9]
- Crude Mothas: Crude Mothas [2/11]
- Gravehuffer: Mile High Live [2/14]
- As A Treat: A Little Extra [2/14]
- The Transits: The Transits [2/16]
- Framing the Red: Three to Get Ready [2/16]
- The Requiem: A Cure to Poison the World [2/16]
- ENMY: Breaking Down (Deluxe) [2/20]
- A Scent Like Wolves: Distant Dystopia [2/23]
- AnAkA: The Oblivion Call [2/23]
- Black Sonic Pearls: Sonixomnia [2/23]
- Seven Year Witch: Vampire Calamity [3/1]
- Damned Anthem: The Arsenal 2 [3/1]
- Blind Channel: Exit Emotions [3/1]
- Isenordal: Requiem for Eirênê [3/8]
- NinémiA: Weapons of Math Destruction [3/22]
- Dead Energy: Dark Savior [3/23]
- Blacktop Mojo: Pollen [4/5]
- Blackwood: Release Me [4/9]
- technically nothing: it’s past ur bedtime [4/19]
- Valemon: Enemies [4/19]
- K.A.R.L. (Kill All Remaining Life): Dying Memories (2009-2024) [4/19]
- Violet Vanity: Violet Vanity [4/19]
- Dead Heart Bloom: Dream States [4/23]
- GLOSSA: Death is Not the End [4/26]
- 3 Bravo: Divine Wreckage [4/30]
- Ian Cuthbertson: Alabama Flower [4/30]
- Circuit Preacher: Made to Burn [5/3]
- Danger Silent: The Revival [5/4]
- Crownshift: Crownshift [5/10]
- Powerman 5000: Abandon Ship [5/10]
- Haunting Ghosts: Shadow Work [5/12]
- The Edge of Reason: Ocean [5/17]
- Glis: Gateway to Oblivion [5/17]
- The Royal Ritual: Pleasure Hides Your Needs [5/24]
- Central: The Fall [5/27]
- Priest: Dark Pulse [5/31]
- GLASSFIRES: Gemini [5/31]
- Three Days Bright: Weight of the World [6/11]
- Synthetik Blonde: Dark Side of Your Love [6/12]
- Crywolf: let me be your womb [6/14]
- FortyMore: FortyMore [6/14]
- Eden Architect: Form and Function [6/18]
- Chatrooms: Something Went Wrong… [6/28]
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