THINGS THAT ARE METAL:

Sleep – The Sciences : Duh

Morne – To the Night Unknown :: very droney and yelly. Think Cobalt but with more drone

Michael Romeo – War of the Worlds, Pt. 1 :: Takes so many pieces of different metal genres: prog, symph, melodeath, and fuses them into something amazing.

Omnium Gatherum – The Burning Cold :: Finnish Metal! Proggy melodeath at its best

Altars of Grief – Iris :: atmospheric and brutal

THINGS THAT ARE NOT METAL:

Now, Now – Saved

Church of the Cosmic Skull – Science Fiction

Mitski – Be the Cowboy

The Coup – Sorry to Bother You: The Soundtrack

Snail Mail – Lush

Father John Misty – God’s Favorite Customer

Kamasi Washington – Heaven and Earth

Let’s Eat Grandma – I’m All Ears

SOPHIE – OIL OF EVERY PEARL UN-INSIDES

Soccer Mommy – Clean

Jean Grae / Quelle Chris – Everything’s Fine