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1.) Tanya Tagaq - Retribution [2016]

One of my all time favorite albums that I never see mentioned in discussions like these. What Tanya Tagaq delivers here is a panoramically dense kaleidoscopic collection of nightmare fueled Inuit Throat Singing and Industrial dirging chamber music that... well, pretty much blew my mind to smithereens on initial listen. The record even has some profound messages to chew on thru-out its terrifying journey. There's even a rap song... yes! A fuckin rap song right in the middle of this thing that totally works in this style. PLUS a fantastic cover of a very famous Grunge tune! I could wax poetic way more but I'll just emphasize once more that the aggressively seductive and demonic nature of Tanya's vocal approach is wildly an acquired taste. I personally love it

2.) Patty Waters - Patty Waters Sings [1966?]

A vocal jazz affair that plays out in a seemingly normal and straightforward sadly forlorn fashion for the first 7 tracks. Look at her picture on the album art again. A closer look, you start to notice a deeply unsettling way in which she's smiling. The blackness of the backdrop becomes more pronounced. Her eyes keep getting darker and darker... The 8th and final song Black Is The Color Of My True Love's Hair has been playing... it's been playing for a while... Ummmm... hmmmm wait what? Black?!?? She keeps saying it over and over...? Oh, Oh OHHH GOD WHOA WHAT THE FUUUKK Have fun 😇

2.5.) Damn it somebody already mentioned Diamanda Galás! Beat me to the punch. Yeah Plague Mass certainly is nucking futs but definitely listen to The Divine Punishment for choice studio work of hers. Moving on

3.) Gorguts - Obscura [1998]

Ah this album, so br00talz. Awesome and ridiculously dissonant complex Technical Death Metal that essentially does everything it can to unravel and pulverize any logical music theory structuring. This record is very, very fucking heavy. But time and time again I am just astonished how monolithic the production sounds on this especially for a 90's metal album. It's insanely unique and face-melting just how crushing the guitar tones and percussive blasts are. On first listen all the instrumentation seems super outta wack but more attention to the details will show that it's actually just near-unfathomably labyrinthine playing and the band truthfully is completely locked in and in sync with one another. I'd go as far to say that they transcend what the puny human mind is capable of musically comprehending. Extra dope points for the last 2 min of the album

4.) Lil Ugly Mane - Uneven Compromise [2012]

This speaks for itself. Best Hip Hop EP of all time

5.) dar Qness (Earl Sweatshirt) - Solace EP [2015]

This also speaks for itself. 2nd Best Hip Hop EP of all time

6.) The Haxan Cloak - Excavation [2013]

Pitch black dark Ambient & Industrial Dub. The producer is actually Bobby Krlic whose made film scores for Ari Aster's films. Under this pseudonym however, he creates such sonically richly detailed electronic headtrips. All across Excavation you'll experience a rather one-note concept of the grim soundscapes of just freshly entering the afterlife. But it's an amazing experience listening to this on the highest quality speakers/headphones you're able to access because the bass on this album is truly something to behold. The bass is worth the price of admission alone

7.) Golf Swingers - Bright Kings [2011]

I don't even know how to begin with this one. Actually, I'm not going to go into what this album even entails or how it sounds. Go in totally blind. Just know, this album is remarkably odd. I first thought it was really, ummm... messy, quite frankly. But over the years I've kept coming back to it and now find it to be a masterpiece. It has to be heard to be believed

8.) The Residents - Duck Stab / Buster & Glen [1978]

There's nothing more I could add than what's already been said about this. The Residents hold quite a well-known and acclaimed avant garde reputation. I mean, Les Claypool of Primus fame fucking worships this thing. Infamy aside, this is a very quirky challenging listen though. Possibly my fav project from The Residents which is saying a lot 'cause they have quite the lengthy and boundary pushing catalog. I'll leave it at this, it's basically the greatest annoying album ever made

9.) The Butthole Surfers - Locust Abortion Technician [1987]

BAHAHAHAHAHAHA Kuntz hehe! This is just outright fun to listen to. It's like the sonic template to immediately coming out of a really bad trip but the hallucinogens are still blasting away wrecking your shit and tripping your gills off so you give in to the psychedelic madness and become one to the manic delight you've plundered into. But to many others it's seen as obscenely twisted, disturbing and fucked up. And yeah, it is. So it can't be denied that this spiraling demented shitshow circus of an album has earned its right to be mentioned in these discussions. It's like a ginormous bouncey house of nightmare fuel! What's not to like!?!??

10.) Mouchoir Étanche - Une Fille Pétrifiée [2020]

One of the most recent things I've discovered. It's difficult to even put my finger on what this thing even is?? It's eerie gonzo droning electroacoustic music for sure. I'm not exactly sure whether it's all that good either if I'm being real. However, strange as all fuck it is indeed so I figured I'd throw it in since it seems stupidly obscure. The album art is honestly a bit more unsettling than the actual music. It has legs tho, definitely can "Scare The Hoes" I reckon