Musica Cthulhiana- "The Fourth"

This beautifully dark-ambient album truly lives up to its Lovecraftian name. This massive album sounds as though it was conjured in the murky catacombs of R'lyeh, lost for centuries in the depths of the southern sea. This is the music you would hear the morning immediately following the apocalypse. The crushing realization of the frightening loneliness with which you are doomed to live forever, and the scale of the death surrounding you- that's what this album is all about. You can't fucking handle it.

Last word: You will fall to your knees and shit your soul until you are nothing but a shell. Or, you'll think it's boring noise that doesn't live up to my hype. Who knows, maybe I'm just high.

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Devin Townsend- "Terria" (2001)

Let me begin by saying that this album is tied for my favorite of all time. Every second of this record holds layer upon layer of aural beauty for the listener to discover, each detail meticulously and deliberately put into place by Mr. Townsend with his famous obsessive-compulsive track mastering. The countless hours he spent putting this album together really show, and truly pay off. When I hear this record, I hear nothing short of the soundtrack to both humankind, and the very planet we inhabit. "Mountain" is as mammoth as its namesake, "Nobody's Here" is longing and lonesome, and "Earth Day" shows off Devin's classic humor, alongside fantastic music and an amusing message about recycling. And, not to get too specific, but "The Fluke" to me is the perfect sonic companion to the album art. I'm starting to rant now, but that happens when I start to talk about this masterwork of the medium.

Last word: This album is as unassumingly tranquil as it is unequivocally massive.

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DeWollf- "Orchards/Lupine" (2011)

When I first heard this album, before I even saw the album art, I thought it sounded like music from the devil in a three-piece suit. The music is a refreshing take on 60s and 70s psychedelic rock, but with a little more of a blues sensibility. The guitars are gritty and muddy, and sound as though they were from the backwoods of the American south... but it all came to fruition in the Netherlands. Despite the dirty blues feel, there's a noticeable class to the music. So classy in fact, that I can picture this music being played in either a gritty southern blues club, or even a slick Vegas cocktail lounge. There's even an almost sinister feel to the music, like the Devil himself were fronting the band, wailing away the soulful (or soulless?) vocals, and grinning all the while. The album really shines with the tracks "The Pistol" and the menacing "Pick Your Bones Out of the Water". Pick this one up.

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Jizue- "Bookshelf" (2010)

Lately, this is the album I have been recommending to people most. It's a stunning masterpiece of the Japanese jazz/post-rock/math rock tradition that has formed within the past decade, with bands such as Toe and Lite. The songs on this gorgeous album hit on many different atmospheres- some songs bring me to visualize a warm, summer sunset, while still others sound like the music of a snowy December night. I cannot recommend it highly enough.

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