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TOP・UPDATES・FOUR PILLARS・CINEMA/TV・GAMES・MANGA/ANIME・MUSIC・WRITINGS・FAQ・LINKS
Key:
☆☆☆☆☆ - ESSENTIAL: Highest level of recommendation. A very special work to me.
☆☆☆☆ - EXCELLENT: Superb. A very accomplished work that I love.
☆☆☆ - RECOMMENDED: Good. Not one of my all-time favorites, but certainly worth checking out.
☆☆ - HAS MERITS: Has some redeeming features that make it interesting, but generally I would reserve this for specialists.
☆ - NOT RECOMMENDED: Skip this. Not worth it.
These are all completely subjective ratings, of course.
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| The Azuma Kabuki Musicians - Nagauta Music and Original Music and Arrangements From Older Classics (1954) | Nagauta | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
| Tony Fruscella - Tony Fruscella (1955) | Cool Jazz | ☆☆ |
| Dorothy Ashby With Frank Wess - Hip Harp (1958) | Hard Bop, Cool Jazz | ☆☆ |
| Mary O'Hara - Songs of Ireland (1958) | Irish Folk Music | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
| Vivien Richman - Vivien Richman Sings Folk Songs of West Pennsylvania (1959) | American Folk Music | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
| Various Artists - Folk & Classical Music of Korea (1959) | Korean Folk Music, Korean Classical Music | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
| John Coltrane - Ascension (1966) | Free Jazz, Spiritual Jazz | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
| John Coltrane - Meditations (1966) | Free Jazz, Spiritual Jazz | ☆☆☆☆ |
| Cecil Taylor - Unit Structures (1966) | Free Jazz | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
| James Carr - You Got My Mind Messed Up (1967) | Deep Soul, Southern Soul | ☆☆☆☆ |
| Various Artists - Music From the Morning of the World: The Balinese Gamelan (1967) | Balinese Gamelan | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
| Nico - The Marble Index (1968) | Avant-Folk | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
| Don Cherry - Eternal Rhythm (1969) | Free Jazz, Spiritual Jazz | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
| Gail Laughton - Harps of the Ancient Temples (1969) | Neoclassical New Age, Impressionism | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
| Lucia Pamela - Into Outer Space With Lucia Pamela (1969) | Space Age Pop | ☆☆☆☆ |
| 一柳慧 - オペラ横尾忠則を歌う (1969) | Sound Collage, Tape Music | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
| Various Artists - Golden Rain (1969) | Gamelan gong kebyar, Kecak | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
| Exuma - Exuma (1970) | Psychedelic Folk, Caribbean Folk Music | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
| Nico - Desertshore (1970) | Avant-Folk, Chamber Folk | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
| 源雲界 - 普化的傳明暗流尺八 (1970) | Honkyoku | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
| Yamasuki - Le monde fabuleux des Yamasuki (1971) | Vocal Group, Pop, Progressive Pop | ☆☆☆☆ |
| 天井桟敷 / 東京キッドブラザース - サントラ盤!! 書を捨てよ町へ出よう (1971) | Heavy Psych, Film Soundtrack, Rock Opera | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
| 池玲子 - 恍惚の世界 (1971) | Lounge, Kayoukyoku | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
| Ornette Coleman - Skies of America (1972) | Third Stream, Avant-Garde Jazz, Modern Classical | ☆☆☆☆ |
| Formula 3 - Sognando e risognando (1972) | Progressive Rock | ☆☆☆☆ |
| Samuel Hobo - Freedom Day / Synthetic Man (1972) | Minimal Synth |
☆☆☆☆☆
Single |
| 三上寛 - 怨歌集: ひらく夢などあるじゃなし (1972) | Singer-Songwriter, Psychedelic Folk | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
| Various Artists - Gamelan Semar Pegulingan: Gamelan of the Love God (1972) | Gamelan semar pegulingan | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
| Magma - Mekanïk Destruktïẁ Kommandöh (1973) | Zeuhl | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
| Planxty - Planxty (1973) | Irish Folk Music | ☆☆☆☆ |
| Various Artists - Unesco Collection: Aka Pygmy Music (1973) | Mbenga-Mbuti Music, Field Recordings | ☆☆☆☆ |
| Ensemble des instruments traditionnels du Japon - Japon éternel (1974) | Soukyoku | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
| Sam Rivers - Crystals (1974) | Free Jazz, Experimental Big Band | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
| J.A. シーザー - 田園に死す (1974) | Avant-Folk, Film Score | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
| Le Mystère des Voix Bulgares - Le Mystère des Voix Bulgares : Volume 1 (1975) | Bulgarian Folk Music, Polyphonic Chant, White Voice | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
| Various Artists - Nordeste: Cordel, Repente, Canção (1975) | Repente, Cantoria | ☆☆☆☆ |
| Various Artists - Tibetan Buddhism: Tantras of Gyütö - Sangwa Düpa (1975) | Tibetan Music, Central Asian Throat Singing, Tibetan Buddhist Chant | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
| Various Artists - Tibetan Buddhism: The Ritual Orchestra and Chants (1976) | Tibetan Buddhist Chant, Tibetan Music | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
| Archaïa - Archaïa (1977) | Zeuhl | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
| キャンディーズ - Candies 1676 Days (1977) | Idol kayou |
☆☆☆☆
Compilation |
| Various Artists - Tea House Music of Afghanistan (1977) | Pashto Folk Music | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
| Boney M. - Nightflight to Venus (1978) | Euro-Disco | ☆☆ |
| Chic - C'est Chic (1978) | Disco | ☆ |
| Taburiente - Ach Guañac (1978) | Canarian Folk Music, Nueva canción española, Progressive Folk | ☆☆☆ |
| Unknown Artist - Paris 1978: Tendai Sekte (1978) | Shoumyou |
☆☆☆☆☆
Bootleg / Unauthorized |
| Arachnoïd - Arachnoïd (1979) | Progressive Rock | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
| P-Model - In a Model Room (1979) | New Wave, Zolo, Synth Punk | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
| Univers Zéro - Hérésie (1979) | Rock in Opposition | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
| Anthony Davis - Lady of the Mirrors (1980) | Avant-Garde Jazz, Modern Creative | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
| Gutura - Des êtres au cerveau apparent (1980) | Experimental Rock, Avant-Prog | ☆☆☆☆ |
| Hermann Nitsch - Island: Eine Sinfonie in 10 Sätzen (1980) | Drone, Modern Classical, Symphony | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
| Polyphonic Size - Nagasaki mon amour (1980) | Minimal Synth |
☆☆☆☆☆
Single |
| Various Artists - ᐊᕐᓇᐄᑦ ᐳᕕᕐᓂᑐᒥᐆᑦ ᑲᑐᑦᔭᑐᑦ ᐊᒪᓗ ᕐᑲᓂᕐᐸᓗᑐᑦ (1980) | Inuit Vocal Games, Inuit Music | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
| Daisuck & Prostitute - 死ぬまで踊りつづけて (1981) | Post-Punk, No Wave | ☆☆☆☆ |
| Scientist - Scientist Meets the Space Invaders (1981) | Dub | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
| Scientist - Scientist Rids the World of the Evil Curse of the Vampires (1981) | Dub | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
| Suburban Lawns - Suburban Lawns (1981) | Post-Punk, New Wave | ☆☆☆☆ |
| Tom Tom Club - Tom Tom Club (1981) | New Wave, Art Pop | ☆☆☆ |
| Virgin VS - Virgin VS Virgin (1981) | Art Pop, Zolo, New Wave | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
| Yonin no Kai - Jiuta (1981) | Jiuta | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
| Yōran - Montparnasse (1981) | Sound Collage |
☆☆☆☆
EP |
| 灰野敬二 - わたしだけ？ (1981) | Free Improvisation | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
| Kate Bush - The Dreaming (1982) | Art Pop, Progressive Pop | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
| Christian Death - Only Theatre of Pain (1982) | Deathrock | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
| Diamanda Galás - The Litanies of Satan (1982) | Experimental, A cappella | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
| Hildegard von Bingen [Gothic Voices / Christopher Page / Emma Kirkby] - A Feather on the Breath of God (1982) | Gregorian Chant, Medieval Classical Music | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
| NON - Rise (1982) | Industrial, Noise | ☆☆☆☆ |
| P-Model - Perspective (1982) | Post-Punk, New Wave, Experimental Rock | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
| Super Freego - Pourquoi es-tu si méchant ? (1982) | Avant-Prog, Zeuhl, New Wave, Zolo | ☆☆☆☆ |
| Sutcliffe Jügend - We Spit on Their Graves (1982) | Power Electronics | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
| Cecil Taylor - Student Studies (1982) | Free Jazz |
☆☆☆☆
Recorded 1966 |
| Univers Zéro - Ceux du dehors (1982) | Rock in Opposition | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
| Virgin VS - 乗物デラックス (1982) | New Wave, Art Pop |
☆☆☆☆☆
Compilation |
| 非常階段 - 蔵六の奇病 (1982) | Noise, Free Improvisation | ☆☆☆☆ |
| ゲルニカ - 改造への躍動 (1982) | Art Pop | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
| Various Artists - This Is Boston Not L.A. (1982) | Hardcore Punk | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
| Deep Wound - Deep Wound (1983) | Thrashcore |
☆☆☆☆
EP |
| Einstürzende Neubauten - Zeichnungen des Patienten O.T. (1983) | Industrial | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
| Cleoma Falcon - A Cajun Music Classic (1983) | Cajun Music, Traditional Cajun Music |
☆☆☆☆☆
Compilation |
| Lisa - Jump Shout (1983) | Hi-NRG |
☆☆☆☆☆
1992 Edition [Bonus Tracks] |
| Manilla Road - Crystal Logic (1982) | Heavy Metal, US Power Metal | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
| Ptôse - Poisson soluble (1983) | Minimal Wave, Minimal Synth | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
| Tone Set - Calibrate (1983) | Synthpop | ☆☆☆ |
| Zed - Plastic Love (1983) | Italo-Disco, Synthpop |
☆☆☆☆☆
Single |
| The Android Sisters - Songs of Electronic Despair (1984) | Electronic | ☆☆ |
| Cardiacs - The Seaside (1984) | Art Punk, Zolo, Progressive Rock | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
| Cocteau Twins - Treasure (1984) | Dream Pop | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
| Current 93 - Dogs Blood Rising (1984) | Industrial | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
| Cyber People - Polaris (1984) | Italo-Disco, Spacesynth |
☆☆☆☆☆
Single |
| Manuel Göttsching - E2-E4 (1984) | Progressive Electronic | ☆☆☆ |
| Connie Hyland - Girl Dream (1984) | Italo-Disco, Synthpop | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
| Roland Kayn - Tektra (1984) | Drone, Acousmatic Music, Electroacoustic | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
| Mercyful Fate - Don't Break the Oath (1984) | Heavy Metal | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
| Pale Cocoon - 繭 (1984) | Ambient Pop, Ethereal Wave, Minimal Wave | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
| Ptôse - Ignobles limaces (1984) | Minimal Wave, Zolo | ☆☆☆☆ |
| Carol Rich - Tokyo Boy / Computered Love (1984) | Synthpop, French Pop, Italo-Disco | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
| Steve Roach - Structures From Silence (1984) | Space Ambient | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
| 戸川純 - 裏玉姫 (1984) | Art Pop, New Wave | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
| 戸川純とヤプーズ - 裏玉姫 (1984) | New Wave, Post-Punk | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
| Avenger - Prayers of Steel (1985) | Heavy Metal | ☆☆☆ |
| Kate Bush - Hounds of Love (1985) | Art Pop, Progressive Pop | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
| Cyber People - Void Vision (1985) | Italo-Disco, Spacesynth |
☆☆☆☆☆
Single |
| Killing Joke - Night Time (1985) | Post-Punk, Gothic Rock | ☆☆☆ |
| Kilslug - Answer the Call (1985) | Noise Rock, Punk Rock | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
| Mercy - Witchburner (1985) | Traditional Doom Metal, Heavy Metal | ☆☆☆☆ |
| Phaidia - In the Dark (1985) | Deathrock | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
| Wondeur Brass - Ravir (1985) | Avant-Prog | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
| ハナタラシ - ハナタラシ (1985) | Harsh Noise | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
| ピッキーピクニック - Ha! Ha! Tarachine (1985) | Zolo, Art Pop | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
| 餓鬼道 - パンドラの匣 (1985) | Gothic Rock |
☆☆☆☆☆
EP |
| 非常階段 - King of Noise (1985) | Harsh Noise | ☆☆☆☆ |
| 戸川純 - 好き好き大好き (1985) | New Wave, Synthpop | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
| 戸川純ユニット - 極東慰安唱歌 (1985) | Art Pop, Synthpop | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
| Candlemass - Epicus Doomicus Metallicus (1986) | Epic Doom Metal | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
| Coil - Horse Rotorvator (1986) | Industrial, Darkwave | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
| Coldreams - Morning Rain (1986) | Coldwave |
☆☆☆☆☆
Single |
| Dissecting Table - Ultimate Psychological Description (1986) | Industrial, Electro-Industrial |
☆☆☆☆☆
EP |
| Hradišťan Folk Ensemble / Jiří Pavlica - Zbojné písně Moravské (1986) | Moravian Folk Music | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
| Josquin Des Prés [The Tallis Scholars / Peter Phillips] - Missa Pange lingua; Missa La sol fa re mi (1986) | Renaissance Music, Mass, Choral | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
| Merzbow - 抜刀隊 With Memorial Gadgets (1986) | Noise, Sound Collage | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
| Slayer - Reign in Blood (1986) | Thrash Metal | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
| Swans - Public Castration Is a Good Idea (1986) | Noise Rock, No Wave, Industrial Rock | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
| Twa Toots - The Peel Sessions (1986) | Twee Pop, Jangle Pop | ☆☆☆☆ |
| ピッキーピクニック - Crystal Hysteria World (1986) | Art Pop | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
| 有頂天 - ピース (1986) | New Wave, Zolo | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
| 芸能山城組 - 輪廻交響楽 (1986) | Tribal Ambient, New Age | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
| Апорєа - На рєкахъ Вавл҃нскыхъ (1987) | Christian Liturgical Music |
☆☆☆☆☆
EP |
| Bathory - Under the Sign of the Black Mark (1987) | Black Metal | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
| Candlemass - Nightfall (1987) | Epic Doom Metal | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
| Sinclair Cheechoo - James Bay Cree Fiddler - Muskeg Fiddling Music (1987) | James Bay Fiddling | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
| Current 93 - Imperium (1987) | Neofolk | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
| Death in June - Brown Book (1987) | Neofolk | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
| Freshly Wrapped Candies - Dark Side of the White Christmas Thriller (1987) | Experimental Rock, Zolo, Avant-Folk | ☆☆☆☆ |
| Infernäl Mäjesty - None Shall Defy (1987) | Thrash Metal | ☆☆☆ |
| Neva - Individu (1987) | Deathrock | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
| New Order - Substance (1987) | Synthpop, Alternative Dance, Wave |
☆☆☆☆☆
Compilation |
| NON - Blood & Flame (1987) | Industrial, Noise | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
| Satan's Massacre - Robbing the Graveyard and Raping the Dead (1987) | Heavy Metal, Black Metal |
☆☆☆☆
EP |
| Sakevi + Jojo - Mammalia (1987) | Death Industrial | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
| Giacinto Scelsi [Michiko Hirayama] - Canti del capricorno (1987) | Modern Classical, A cappella | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
| Swans - Children of God (1987) | Experimental Rock, Gothic Rock, Post-Punk | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
| 현애 - 폭발1초전 (1987) | Pon-chak Disco | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
| ヤプーズ - ヤプーズ計画 (1987) | New Wave, Synthpop | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
| Bathory - Blood Fire Death (1988) | Black Metal, Thrash Metal | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
| Cardiacs - A Little Man and a House and the Whole World Window (1988) | Progressive Rock, Art Punk, Zolo | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
| Cocteau Twins - Blue Bell Knoll (1988) | Dream Pop, Ethereal Wave | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
| Masonna - Like a Vagina (1988) | Harsh Noise | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
| Public Enemy - It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back (1988) | East Coast Hip Hop, Hardcore Hip Hop | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
| Steve Roach - Dreamtime Return (1988) | Tribal Ambient | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
| Poul Ruders [Ensemble InterContemporain / Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra / Eötvös Péter / Michael Schønwandt / Oliver Knussen] - Corpus cum figuris; Thus Saw St. John; Manhattan Abstraction (1988) | Serialism, Orchestral Music | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
| Sadus - Illusions (1988) | Thrash Metal, Technical Thrash Metal | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
| Velle Witch - 血・貴婦人 Blood Noblewoman (1988) | Heavy Metal, Traditional Doom Metal |
☆☆☆☆☆
Additional release |
| The Venerable 'Chi.med Rig.'dzin Lama, Rinpoche - Tantric rNying.ma Chant of Tibet (1988) | Tibetan Buddhist Chant, Chöd | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
| ハナタラシ - 2: "Maw" (1988) | Noise, Noisecore | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
| ゲルニカ - 新世紀への運河 (1988) | Art Pop, Classical Crossover | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
| 山口五郎 - L'art de la flûte shakuhachi (1988) | Honkyoku | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
| 人生 - 顔として・・・ (1988) | Art Pop, Zolo | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
| Various Artists - Corrupt Postman (1988) | Twee Pop | ☆☆☆☆ |
| Various Artists - Something's Burning in Paradise (1988) | Twee Pop, Slacker Rock, Indie Pop | ☆☆☆☆ |
| Soft Ballet - Earth Born (1989) | Synthpop, EBM | ☆☆☆☆ |
| Controlled Bleeding - Plegm Bag Spattered (1990) | Power Electronics, Harsh Noise | ☆☆☆ |
| Morbid Saint - Spectrum of Death (1990) | Thrash Metal | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
| Various Artists - Kagura: Japanese Shinto Ritual Music (1990) | Kagura | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
| Ian Boddy - Drive (1991) | Progressive Electronic | ☆☆☆ |
| Caroliner - Rise of the Common Woodpile (1991) | Avant-Folk, Experimental Rock | ☆☆ |
| Tuva Ensemble - Tuva: Voices From the Land of the Eagles (1991) | Tuvan Throat Singing | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
| Boredoms - Pop Tatari (1992) | Experimental Rock, Noise Rock | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
| Clemencic Consort / René Clemencic - Carmina Burana (1992) | Medieval Classical Music |
☆☆☆☆☆
Compilation |
| Death in June - But, What Ends When the Symbols Shatter? (1992) | Neofolk | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
| Fire + Ice - Gilded by the Sun (1992) | Neofolk | ☆☆☆☆ |
| Ruins - Burning Stone (1992) | Zeuhl | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
| Eyehategod - Take as Needed for Pain (1993) | Sludge Metal | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
| Memento Mori - Rhymes of Lunacy (1993) | Heavy Metal, Epic Doom Metal, Doom Metal | ☆☆☆ |
| Prophecy of the Hated - Prophecy of the Hated (1993) | Darkwave | ☆☆☆☆ |
| Rosita Renard [Johann Sebastian Bach / Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart / Felix Mendelssohn / Frédéric Chopin / Maurice Ravel / Claude Debussy / Luigi Boccherini / Ludwig van Beethoven / Andrey Schulz-Evler / Domingo Santa Cruz] - At Carnegie Hall: January 19, 1949 (Plus Rare 1928 Recordings) (1993) | Romanticism, Classical Period | ☆☆☆ |
| Boredoms - Chocolate Synthesizer (1994) | Experimental Rock, Noise Rock | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
| Burzum - Hvis lyset tar oss (1994) | Atmospheric Black Metal | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
| Destroy All Monsters - 1974 - 1976 (1994) | Experimental, Experimental Rock, Noise Rock, Noise, Avant-Prog |
☆☆☆☆☆
Compilation |
| Gravediggaz - Niggamortis (1994) | Horrorcore, East Coast Hip Hop | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
| Juicy J - Chronicles of the Juice Manne (1994) | Memphis Rap, Southern Hip Hop, Gangsta Rap | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
| 高円寺百景 - Hundred Sights of Kouenji (1994) | Zeuhl | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
| DJ Screw - Bigtyme Vol II: All Screwed Up (1995) | Chopped and Screwed, Southern Hip Hop, Gangsta Rap |
☆☆☆☆☆
DJ Mix |
| Microwave Prince - A Captive in the Land of the Iron Bubbles (1995) | Hard Trance, Acid Trance | ☆☆☆☆ |
| Three 6 Mafia - Mystic Stylez (1995) | Memphis Rap, Horrorcore, Southern Hip Hop | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
| Various Artists - Khomus: Jew's Harp Music of Turkic Peoples in the Urals, Siberia, and Central Asia (1995) | Turkic-Mongolic Music, Central Asian Music, North Asian Music |
☆☆☆☆☆
Compilation |
| Brainbombs - Obey (1996) | Noise Rock, Garage Punk | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
| Burzum - Filosofem (1996) | Atmospheric Black Metal, Ambient | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
| Crowbar - Broken Glass (1996) | Sludge Metal | ☆☆☆☆ |
| Current 93 - All the Pretty Little Horses (1996) | Neofolk | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
| Kickback - Cornered (1996) | Metalcore, Beatdown Hardcore | ☆☆☆ |
| L.S.Diezel - Suicidal Dub (1996) | Dub, Breakbeat, Novo Dub | ☆☆☆ |
| Master Musicians of Ikuta-Ryu - The Soul of the Koto (1996) | Danmono | ☆☆☆☆ |
| Swans - Soundtracks for the Blind (1996) | Experimental Rock, Post-Rock, Experimental | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
| Dissecting Table - Human Breeding (1997) | Industrial | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
| Maeror Tri - Emotional Engramm (1997) | Dark Ambient, Drone | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
| NON - God & Beast (1997) | Industrial, Noise | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
| Phlebotomized - Skycontact (1997) | Progressive Metal | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
| P-Model - 電子悲劇/〜ENOLA (1997) | Progressive Metal | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
| 井内賢吾 - あなたの狂気の春が咲く (1997) | Avant-Folk, Singer-Songwriter | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
| 高円寺百景 - 弐 (1997) | Zeuhl | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
| Boredoms - Super æ (1998) | Experimental Rock, Noise Rock, Psychedelic Rock | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
| Boris - Amplifier Worship (1998) | Drone Metal, Sludge Metal | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
| Concentration Camp - Concentration Camp II: Da Halocaust (1998) | Southern Hip Hop, Dirty South |
☆
Amazing band and album name, but unfortunately this is just boring musically. |
| Gorguts - Obscura (1998) | Technical Death Metal, Avant-Garde Metal | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
| No Alibi - Back for Blood and Soil (1998) | New York Hardcore, Beatdown Hardcore | ☆☆☆ |
| Windy & Carl - Depths (1998) | Drone, Ambient | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
| 平沢進 - 救済の技法 (1998) | Art Pop, Progressive Pop, Electronic | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
| Various Artists - Jock Jams, Volume 4 (1998) | Pop Rap, Miami Bass, Eurodance, Dance-Pop | ☆ |
| Esoteric - Metamorphogenesis (1999) | Funeral Doom Metal | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
| Jääportit - Kauan koskematon (1999) | Winter Synth, Dungeon Synth, Ambient | ☆☆☆☆ |
| Koopsta Knicca - Da Devil's Playground: Underground Solo (1999) | Memphis Rap, Southern Hip Hop | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
| Paysage d'Hiver - Paysage d'Hiver (1999) | Atmospheric Black Metal | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
| Three 6 Mafia - Underground Vol. 1: 1991-1994 (1999) | Memphis Rap, Southern Hip Hop |
☆☆☆☆☆
Compilation |
| Various Artists - Mental Burst (1999) | Nerdcore Techno, Speedcore, Hardcore |
☆☆☆☆☆
Compilation |
| Boris - Flood (2000) | Drone Metal, Drone | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
| Kill Your Idols - No Gimmicks Needed (2000) | Hardcore Punk | ☆☆☆ |
| Lykathea Aflame - Elvenefris (2000) | Technical Death Metal | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
| Merzbow - Merzbox (2000) | Noise |
☆☆☆☆
Compilation |
| Final Breath - Flash-Burnt Crucifixes (2000) | Thrash Metal | ☆ |
| Night in Gales - Nailwork (2000) | Melodic Death Metal, Thrash Metal | ☆ |
| 木村玲子 - Music for Koto (2000) | Soukyoku | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
| 東京楽所 / 多忠輝 - Gagaku and Beyond (2000) | Gagaku | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
| Crowbar - Sonic Excess in Its Purest Form (2001) | Sludge Metal | ☆☆☆☆ |
| Godflesh - Hymns (2001) | Industrial Metal, Sludge Metal | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
| Psychomancer - (si-ko-man-sur) (2001) | Death Metal | ☆ |
| ハナタラシ - We Are Hardcore!! (2001) | Noise |
☆☆☆☆☆
Bootleg / Unauthorized |
| Various Artists - Music! The Berlin Phonogramm-Archiv (1900-2000) (2001) | Traditional Folk Music, Classical Music, Regional Music |
☆☆☆☆☆
Compilation |
| Silencer - Death - Pierce Me (2001) | Depressive Black Metal | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
| Lustmord - Zoetrope (2002) | Dark Ambient, Film Score | ☆☆ |
| The Pine - Lead Blocks for Feet (2002) | Emo | ☆☆☆ |
| Troum - Symbiosis (2002) | Ambient, Drone | ☆☆☆ | 灰野敬二 - "C'est parfait" endoctriné tu tombes la tête la première n'essayant pas de comprendre quelque chose si tu te prépares à la décision d'accepter tout compris / Endre en toi-même cela se résoudra (2002) | Free Improvisation | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
| Boris - Boris at Last -Feedbacker- (2003) | Drone Metal, Drone, Post-Metal, Noise Rock | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
| The Holocaust Camp - Days of Destruction (2003) | Crunk | ☆☆ |
| Ildjarn-Nidhogg - Ildjarn-Nidhogg (2003) | Black Metal |
☆☆☆☆
Compilation |
| Korum - No Dominion (2003) | Technical Death Metal | ☆ |
| Hanzel und Gretyl - Über Alles (2003) | Industrial Rock, Neue Deutsche Härte, Industrial Metal | ☆☆☆☆ |
| Lull - They're Coming Out of the Walls (2003) | Dark Ambient, Drone | ☆☆☆ |
| Off Minor - The Heat Death of the Universe (2003) | Screamo, Math Rock | ☆☆☆ |
| Sunn O))) - White1 (2003) | Drone, Drone Metal | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
| Sleep - Dopesmoker (2003) | Stoner Metal, Doom Metal | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
| 不失者 - Secret Black Box (2003) | Noise Rock, Experimental Rock, Post-Rock, Psychedelic Rock |
☆☆☆☆☆
Bootleg / Unauthorized |
| 12 Moons - Solid State (2004) | Psytrance, Trance | ☆☆☆☆ |
| Birchville Cat Motel - Beautiful Speck Triumph (2004) | Drone, Electroacoustic | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
| Corrupted - Se hace por los suenos asesinos (2004) | Doom Metal, Dark Folk, Sludge Metal | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
| Jesu - Jesu (2004) | Drone Metal, Shoegaze | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
| Mac Dre - Ronald Dregan: Dreganomics (2004) | Hyphy, West Coast Hip Hop | ☆☆☆☆ |
| Sunn O))) - White2 (2004) | Drone, Drone Metal | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
| Amenra - Mass III (2005) | Atmospheric Sludge Metal | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
| Animus - Poems for the Aching, Swords for the Infuriated (2005) | Depressive Black Metal | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
| Corrupted - El mundo frio (2005) | Sludge Metal, Drone Metal, Doom Metal | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
| Miya Masaoka / Joan Jeanrenaud - For Birds, Planes & Cello (2005) | Field Recordings, Indeterminacy, Bird Sounds | ☆☆ |
| ミドリ - ファースト♥ (2005) | Art Punk, Hardcore Punk, Jazz Fusion | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
| 高円寺百景 - Angherr shisspa (2005) | Zeuhl | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
| Rosetta - The Galilean Satellites (2005) | Atmospheric Sludge Metal, Post-Metal | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
| Venetian Snares - Rossz csillag alatt született (2005) | Breakcore, Drill and Bass, Modern Classical | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
| Shugo Tokumaru - L.S.T. (2005) | Chamber Pop, Psychedelic Pop, Folk Pop | ☆☆☆☆ |
| The Wooden Cupboard - Boiling the Animal in the Sky (2005) | Free Folk, Drone | ☆☆☆☆ |
| Akitsa - La Grande Infamie (2006) | Black Metal | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
| Belong - October Language (2006) | Drone, Ambient | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
| Deep Wound - Deep Wound (2006) | Thrashcore |
☆☆☆☆
EP |
| Drudkh - Кров у наших криницях (2006) | Atmospheric Black Metal, Pagan Black Metal | ☆☆☆ |
| Tim Hecker - Harmony in Ultraviolet (2006) | Ambient | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
| Natural Snow Buildings - The Dance of the Moon and the Sun (2006) | Drone, Psychedelic Folk, Avant-Folk | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
| Sympozion - Kundabuffer (2006) | Progressive Rock | ☆☆☆ |
| Wormphlegm - Tomb of the Ancient King (2006) | Funeral Doom Metal | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
| The Angelic Process - Weighing Souls With Sand (2007) | Drone Metal | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
| C.C.C.C. - Early Works (2007) | Harsh Noise |
☆☆☆☆
Compilation |
| 국립국악원 - Aak: Ancient Music of the Korean Royal Court (2007) | Aak, Jeong-ak | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
| Reverend Bizarre - III: So Long Suckers (2007) | Doom Metal | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
| Trist - Zrcadlení melancholie (2007) | Depressive Black Metal | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
| Various Artists - Melodii Tuvi: Throat Songs and Folk Tunes From Tuva (2007) | Tuvan Throat Singing |
☆☆☆☆☆
Compilation |
| Various Artists - Rumble in the Jungle (2007) | Ragga Jungle |
☆☆☆☆☆
Compilation |
| Various Artists - 上海老歌 (1931-1949) - Pop Songs Between 1930s and 1940s in Shanghai (2008) | Shidaiqu |
☆☆☆☆☆
Compilation |
| Have a Nice Life - Deathconsciousness (2008) | Post-Punk, Shoegaze | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
| Isa - Eindeloos (2008) | Atmospheric Black Metal | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
| Katalepsy / Fleshrot / Blunt Force Trauma - Triumph of Evilution (2008) | Slam Death Metal, Brutal Death Metal | ☆☆☆☆ |
| Menace Ruine - The Die Is Cast (2008) | Drone, Drone Metal | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
| Nadja - The Bungled & the Botched (2008) | Drone Metal, Drone | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
| Saol - Eerie Isolation (2008) | Depressive Black Metal | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
| Sturmkaiser - Veni vidi vici (2008) | Black Metal | ☆☆☆☆ |
| Vinterriket - Zeit-Los:Laut-Los (2008) | Dark Ambient, Winter Synth | ☆☆☆ |
| Wrath of the Weak - Alogon (2008) | Atmospheric Black Metal | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
| 폐허 - The Haunted House (2008) | Atmospheric Black Metal, Black Ambient, Depressive Black Metal | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
| 水晶の船 - Prayer for Chibi (2008) | Psychedelic Rock, Post-Rock, Ambient, Neo-Psychedelia | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
| 戸川純 - Togawa Legend Self Select Best & Rare 1979-2008 (2008) | New Wave, Synthpop, Art Pop |
☆☆☆☆☆
Compilation |
| DJ Magic - No Hats No Hoods Edition 1 (2009) | Grime |
☆☆☆☆☆
DJ Mix |
| Incapacitants - Box Is Stupid (2009) | Harsh Noise |
☆☆☆☆
Compilation |
| Kult Ofenzivy - Radikální ateismus - Tvůrcům Nadčlověka (2009) | Black Metal | ☆☆☆☆ |
| The Ruins of Beverast - Foulest Semen of a Sheltered Elite (2009) | Atmospheric Black Metal, Death Doom Metal | ☆☆☆ |
| V2A - Mechanized Infantry (2009) | Aggrotech | ☆☆☆☆ |
| 非常階段 - The Noise ザ・ノイズ (2009) | Harsh Noise |
☆☆☆☆
Compilation |
| Heaven in Her Arms - 幻月 (2010) | Screamo, Post-Metal | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
| MOSAIC.WAV - Akiba-Pop√Recollection (2011) | Denpa, J-Pop |
☆☆☆☆☆
Compilation |
| Radio Soulwax - This Is Belgium Part Two: Cherry Moon on Valium (2011) | Electro House, Belgian Techno |
☆☆☆☆
DJ Mix |
| Various Artists - Pop'n Music 19 Tune Street Original Soundtrack (2011) | Video Game Music | ☆☆ |
| Various Artists - 甦る栄光の蓄音器: Glorious Echoes of the Phonograph (2011) | Ryuukouka |
☆☆☆☆☆
Compilation |
| Loma Prieta - I.V. (2012) | Screamo, Emoviolence | ☆☆ |
| Blood Ceremony - The Eldritch Dark (2013) | Heavy Psych | ☆☆☆ |
| Inquisition - Obscure Verses for the Multiverse (2013) | Black Metal | ☆☆ |
| Lord Snow - Solitude (2013) | Emoviolence | ☆☆☆ |
| Heccra - The Devil-Faces of My Old Friends, Beneath Me (2015) | Post-Hardcore, Experimental Rock, Mathcore, Emo, Easycore | ☆☆☆☆ |
| Taur Nu Fuin - Ruler of the Forest (2015) | Dungeon Synth | ☆☆☆☆ |
| Knocked Loose - Laugh Tracks (2016) | Metalcore, Beatdown Hardcore | ☆☆☆☆ |
| Blackwatch - Blackwatch (2017) | Power Electronics, Insutrial | ☆☆☆ |
| Brainticket - Zürich / Lausanne (2017) | Krautrock, Progressive Electronic |
☆☆☆☆
Live Album Recorded 1983-1984 |
| DeepChord - Auratones (2017) | Dub Techno | ☆☆☆☆ |
| Emel - Ensen (2017) | Arabic Pop, Art Pop | ☆☆☆ |
| Tim Hecker - Konoyo (2018) | Ambient, Electroacoustic, Drone | ☆☆☆ |
| ису сумер - Путь 13 ножей (2018) | Harsh Noise, Power Electronics | ☆☆ |
| Lil Brook & S3nsi Molly - Dumb Shit: The Album (2019) | Southern Hip Hop, No Melody, Trap | ☆☆☆ |
| Mercston - Top Tier (2020) | Grime | ☆☆☆ |
| Sellasouls - XXINGLEXX 2K19.mp3 (2020) | Experimental Hip Hop, Trap, Sigilkore |
☆☆☆☆☆
Bootleg / Unauthorized |
| Maggie Lindemann - PARANOIA (2021) | Pop Rock | ☆☆☆☆ |
| MajinBlxxdy - Gates of Hades (2021) | Sigilkore, Experimental Hip Hop | ☆☆☆☆ |
| Sellasouls - Am III Pretty? (2021) | Sigilkore, Experimental Hip Hop | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
| Sonicave - 荒诞故事集 (2021) | Gothic Rock, Post-Punk | ☆☆ |
| Jungstötter - One Star (2023) | Chamber Pop, Art Pop | ☆☆☆☆ |
| Ostraca - Disaster (2023) | Screamo, Post-Metal | ☆☆☆ |
| Sutcliffe No More - Normal (2023) | Power Electronics | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
| Taichu - RAWR (2023) | Pop Rap, Dance-Pop | ☆☆☆ |
| Geneva Jacuzzi - Triple Fire (2024) | Synthpop, Darkwave, Art Pop | ☆☆☆ |
| Grim Salvo & Witchouse 40k - VOIDST★R (2024) | Trap Metal | ☆☆☆☆ |
| The Radicant - We Ascend (2024) | Art Pop, Post-Industrial | ☆☆☆ |
| Scooter - Open Your Mind and Your Trousers (2024) | Techno, Hardstyle | ☆☆☆ |
| Star Boy - CEO (2024) | Experimental Hip Hop, Digicore, Electroclash | ☆☆ |
| Thief - Bleed, Memory (2024) | Industrial Rock, Electro-Industrial | ☆☆☆☆ |
| 麦盖提刀郎木卡姆乐队 - 巴亚宛 (2024) | Bayawan | ☆☆☆ |
| Various Artists - Funeral Gongs Ceremonies in Ratanakiri, Cambodia (2024) | Hill Tribe Music, Field Recordings | ☆☆☆☆ |
| Feniks - Ten pierwszy raz | Disco polo | ☆☆☆☆☆ |