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Some fucking guy.

Just your average mohawked nocturnal suburban metalhead dad.

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I wasn't on Bluesky when this article dropped and we're half a month into 2025, but this is my list of favorite albums from 2024. It's a solid cross-section of my musical taste, mostly metal with a bunch of other random shit thrown in. #metalsky
LISTMANIA 2024: A YEAR-END LIST BY PROFESSOR D. GROVER THE XIIITH - NO CLEAN SINGING
(Our friend Professor D. Grover the XIIIth (ex-The Number of the Blog) has been joining us this time of year for many years to share his diverse year-end lists, and does so again now. There’s a lot he...
www.nocleansinging.com
Ruiner Revisits: HORSE the band - The Mechanical Hand #metalsky #hardcoresky

I was on vacation, listening to this album and thinking, you know what? I fucking love talking about music, and I love revisiting my favorite albums. Maybe I should combine these things. And here we are.
December 6, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Ruiner Ranks: The Best Of 2025

17- Larkin Poe - Bloom #musicksky

I've mentioned the blues-rock-Americana sister act Larkin Poe a few times in previous lists, but I'm a goddamn huge fan. Rebecca and Megan Lovell are consummate guitarists (the latter playing the lap steel, the former playing...
December 6, 2025 at 5:50 AM
GOTDAMN this new Carpenter Brut track goes hard! Video has some serious Cyberpunk vibes and ties in the Leather Trilogy in style! Reminds me a little of what Perturbator has done on recent releases! #musicsky #metalsky #cyberpunksky #industrialsky
† CARPENTER BRUT - LEATHER TEMPLE †
YouTube video by Carpenter Brut
youtu.be
December 5, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Ruiner Ranks: The Best Of 2025 #musicsky #metalsky

18- Now I've Done It - An Ill Guest

The album art, created by the inimitable Eliran Kantor, was what first caught my eye (pun somewhat intended) on this, the first album from Now I've Done It, an avant-garde band comprised of a current...
December 5, 2025 at 5:29 AM
"Hello Carol, we're John Cena."

FUCK Pluribus is so good.
December 5, 2025 at 5:05 AM
Another new Poppy track, another banger. I'm legitimately excited for this album. #musicsky #metalsky
Poppy - Guardian (Official Visualizer)
YouTube video by Poppy
www.youtube.com
December 4, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Ruiner Ranks: The Best Of 2025 #musicsky #industrialsky

19- Angelspit - Red End

I've been a fan of Angelspit’s dark cyberpunk ever since I saw their album Hideous And Perfect mentioned on a list by the late, great Corey Mitchell back in 2009. I've been adding their albums to my year-end lists...
December 4, 2025 at 6:18 AM
Ruiner Ranks: The Best Of 2025 #musicsky #metalsky

20- Morke - To Carry On / Skjolden - Insouciant Metaphysical Grandeur

Here we are, the first entry on the list and I'm already doubling up. The theme here is Black Metal Albums That Are Obsequiae Adjacent Because I Love Obsequiae. Morke is...
December 3, 2025 at 7:00 AM
I'm only just now getting a chance to listen to it, but goddamn, this new track from The Zenith Passage rips. Hope this means there's a new album on the horizon! #musicsky #metalsky
The Zenith Passage - Fleshbound Reliquary (Official Video)
YouTube video by Metal Blade Records
youtu.be
December 2, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Ruiner Ranks: The Best Of 2025 #musicsky #metalsky #hiphopsky #industrialsky #punksky #grindcoresky #rocksky

20(ish): The Honorable Mentions

Now that I'm back from vacation, it's time for some ranking! To close out the year, more or less, I'm going to count down my top twenty albums of 2025.
December 2, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Vacations are great. Cruises are great. But there's no substitute for shitting in your own toilet.
December 2, 2025 at 2:59 AM
IT TOOK FIVE DAYS, BUT I FINALLY GOT A PICTURE WITH MY DOPPELGANGER
November 30, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Okay, I'm curious... @profanity.accountant
November 30, 2025 at 2:17 PM
November 30, 2025 at 1:21 PM
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“Ah, just one more thing, sir. You’re blowing up those boats, saying they’re filled with drugs headed for the US. But then you go and pardon the guy who brought in 400 tons of cocaine. That’s billions of doses. Help me understand that.”
November 30, 2025 at 3:25 AM
Things I listened to in the past week.

1. Nine Inch Nails — TRON: ARES
2. Leprous — An Evening of Atonement
3. Danny Brown — Stardust
4. Netherwalker — Odyssey of Respair
5. Doomtree — All Hands
6. Aesop Rock — I Heard It's A Mess There Too

#musicsky #industrialsky #metalsky #hiphopsky
November 30, 2025 at 12:56 PM
That is all.
I Hate Michigan
YouTube video by Dead Schembechlers - Topic
youtu.be
November 29, 2025 at 8:21 PM
NEW CARPENTER BRUT IN 2026 LET'S FUCKING GO

I'm so psyched to get the final piece of the trilogy. #musicsky #metalsky #synthwavesky
† LEATHER TEMPLE - TEASER †
YouTube video by Carpenter Brut
youtu.be
November 28, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you've seen:

Rammstein
Clutch
Black Sabbath
Metallica
Primus
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you've seen:

Enslaved
Bolt Thrower
Magma
Electric Wizard
Devin Townsend with Anneke
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you've seen:

Agalloch
MDF III
Rhapsody
Cynic
Wesley Willis
November 28, 2025 at 2:42 AM
I'M ON A BOAT MOTHERFUCKER TAKE A LOOK AT ME
November 26, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Shoutout to the girl in line to get on the cruise ship wearing the shirt that says "I took a massive shit in the Costco bathroom." Outstanding.
November 26, 2025 at 4:36 PM
YOU GOTTA SET THE FUCKING TONE

Hell yeah, new Shoresy!
Shoresy Season 5 | Trailer
YouTube video by Shoresy
youtu.be
November 26, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Never been to a Buc-ee's before today. Place is like the fucking Gas Station At The End Of The Universe. Like the final boss of all gas stations. Fascinating.
November 25, 2025 at 6:56 PM
"Adolf Hitler operated under the Führerprinzip ("leader principle"), a core tenet of Nazism that held his word was paramount and above all other law. In the system he established, he could not give an order that was considered illegal, because his will defined what was legal...
White House Declares All of Trump’s Orders to Military Are Legal
The Trump administration is twisting U.S. military code to take revenge against Democrats who reminded troops to follow the law.
newrepublic.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Don't threaten me with a good time.
November 25, 2025 at 2:08 PM