![]() Ok, so my brevity is directly related to this being a cop-out.Please don’t assume this is just a cop-out on my behalf or allow that thought to diminish your enthusiasm for these excellent albums.Don’t read this expecting a nuanced analysis of each release as most of the stuff that’s impressed me during 2018 has been covered in some form throughout the year here in the bowl already.Not much has changed since 2017 so here’s an abridged point-form preamble: Readers, thank you for your continued interest, and artists, thank you for making music that somehow matters when it seems nothing at all does anymore. Here, in our final compilation of top ten lists, the Toilet ov Hell editors share those incredible albums that helped them get through the year. For all its horrors (and perhaps in direct relation to them), 2018 still gave us vital, incredible art that reflects and subverts and disarms all that’s gone wrong in the world. 2018 also saw an insurgence of activism accompanied by a surprising bounty of thoughtful, well-spoken musicians seeking to take the reins from those who would maintain the status quo. 2018 produced a new controversy in global politics and metal almost weekly, and you wouldn’t be faulted for just growing tired, so very tired, of this often stupid genre. ![]() 2018 saw veteran bands losing tours because of racist meltdowns, widely revered musicians outing themselves as serial abusers, and a seemingly unending tide of Nazi black metal assholes. And, as much as people crow about keeping politics out of music, that facade’s collapse exposed the inextricable link between the two. #Obliteration cenotaph obscure bandcamp crackedThe cracked facade of social order in the United States and abroad has completely crumbled, revealing a rising tide of barbarism and unrest that had long labored to erode the foundations of our geopolitical structures. ![]() 2018 was a hell of year in every sense of the word. ![]()
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