Narrowing down your Top Releases of the Year in such prolific and thriving years of DIY and independent music is a one hell of a task, and considering the offerings span multiple genres, we truly believe it’s unnecessary and unfair to rank these products of one’s creativity, imagination, and hard work. With 2018 coming to a close, our friendly and associated acts and labels have come up with their top albums recommendations of the year and we’re collecting them one by one at this location. Loads of varied releases have made it on this newest addition brought to you by Seattle vegan hardcore act WAKE OF HUMANITY, and we’re pleased to present it in its full, overloaded glory.
WAKE OF HUMANITY‘s debut full length “Fight/Resist“ was released last month via Ugly & Proud Records and Bitter Melody Records.
Chris LaPointe (vocals):
I love top 10 lists but at the same time I agonize over them. It’s kind of something I think about all year. I think a lot of people do that. 2018 has been a prolific year for heavy music and it seems like I’ve been revising this list since June when I started actively keeping tabs. Really, I’ve been keeping tabs since “Savior” by Soft Kill came out (a different heavy). That record dropped and I immediately deemed it as my favorite record of 2018. And it remains as such. That’s my favorite record of 2018 and the rest are standouts that I’ve been way into.
Soft Kill – Savior
I love top 10 lists but at the same time I agonize over them. It’s kind of something I think about all year. I think a lot of people do that. 2018 has been a prolific year for heavy music and it seems like I’ve been revising this list since June when I started actively keeping tabs. Really, I’ve been keeping tabs since “Savior” by Soft Kill came out (a different heavy). That record dropped and I immediately deemed it as my favorite record of 2018. And it remains as such. That’s my favorite record of 2018 and the rest are standouts that I’ve been way into.
Vein – Errorzone
Tragedy – Fury
Harms Way – Posthuman
At the Gates – To Drink From the Night Itself
Culture Abuse – Bay Dream
Trail of Lies – W.A.R.
Edgewood Records / Farewell Records / Retribution Records
Fiddlehead – Springtime and Blind
Run For Cover Records / Lockin’ Out Records
Four Fists – 6666
Racetraitor – 2042
Gouge Away – Burnt Sugar
Cult Leader – A Patient Man
Bystander – s/t
Safe Inside Records / Goodwill Records
Uada – Cult of a Dying Sun
Cell Rot – Violent Spirals
Nothing – Zero Day
Candy – Good to Feel
Tempest – s/t
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Michael Chinn – Bass
Uada – Cult of a Dying Sun
At the Gates – To Drink From the Night Itself
Tragedy – Fury
Cult Leader – A Patient Man
Craft – White Noise and Black Metal
Harms Way – Posthuman
Four Fists – 6666
Racetraitor – 2042
Wiegedood – De Doden Hebben Het Goed III
Sleep – Sciences
Jeremy Gruenewald (guitar):
The Body – I Have Fought Against It, But I Cant Any Longer.
Birds in Row – We Already Lost The World
Elle – She
Conditions Records / Dog Knights Productions
Emma Ruth Rundle – On Dark Horses
Of Feather and Bone – Bestial Hymns Of Perversion
Portal – Ion
Primitive Man / Unearthly Trance split
Sumac w/ Keiji Haino – American Dollar Bill – Keep Facing Sideways, You’re Too Hideous To Look At Face On
Sumac – Love In Shadow
Thou – Rhea Sylvia
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MJ Gruenewald – Drums
Cult Leader – A Patient Man
Baptists – Beacon Of Faith
Infernal Coil – Within A World Forgotten
Racetraitor – 2042
Cell Rot – Violent Spirals
Centuries – The Lights Of This Earth Are Blinding
Portrayal of Guilt – Let Pain Be Your Guide
Holy Roar Records / Gilead Media
