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      <title>2026-01 RotM</title>
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      <description>&lt;![CDATA[&#xA;&#xA;January 2026&#xA;&#xA;Records of the Month&#xA;&#xA;Remember Twilight - Gedächtnispalast (Kammermusikcore)&#xA;Skulld - Abyss Call To Abyss (Death/Crust)&#xA;Alkaloid - Bach Out of Bounds (Classical / Prog Death)&#xA;I, Cursed - Abomination / Parasitic (Grindcore)&#xA;Sterben - Bleibende Schäden (Post-Black/Post-Hardcore, Crust)&#xA;Kadavrik - Erde 666 (Melodeath/Dark Metal)&#xA;Ligation - After Gods (Death/Doom Metal/Noise)&#xA;Valiant Sentinel - Neverealm (Power Metal)&#xA;Funeral Dancer - Inner Gate (Black&#39;n&#39;Roll)&#xA;10. Bone Storm - Daemon Breed (Death Metal)&#xA;&#xA;]]&gt;</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[<h1 id="january-2026">January 2026</h1>

<h2 id="records-of-the-month">Records of the Month</h2>
<ol><li><strong>Remember Twilight</strong> – <em>Gedächtnispalast</em> (Kammermusikcore)</li>
<li><strong>Skulld</strong> – <em>Abyss Call To Abyss</em> (Death/Crust)</li>
<li><strong>Alkaloid</strong> – <em>Bach Out of Bounds</em> (Classical / Prog Death)</li>
<li><strong>I, Cursed</strong> – <em>Abomination / Parasitic</em> (Grindcore)</li>
<li><strong>Sterben</strong> – <em>Bleibende Schäden</em> (Post-Black/Post-Hardcore, Crust)</li>
<li><strong>Kadavrik</strong> – <em>Erde 666</em> (Melodeath/Dark Metal)</li>
<li><strong>Ligation</strong> – <em>After Gods</em> (Death/Doom Metal/Noise)</li>
<li><strong>Valiant Sentinel</strong> – <em>Neverealm</em> (Power Metal)</li>
<li><strong>Funeral Dancer</strong> – <em>Inner Gate</em> (Black&#39;n&#39;Roll)</li>
<li><strong>Bone Storm</strong> – <em>Daemon Breed</em> (Death Metal)</li></ol>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 04 Feb 2026 13:00:53 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>AotY and OotY 2025</title>
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      <description>&lt;![CDATA[AotY&#xA;&#xA;1075 releases in total of which I played 827 in full &#xA;&#xA;Mostly Autumn - Seawater (Prog-Rock)&#xA;Am I in Trouble? - Spectrum (Avant-garde/Rock/Black)&#xA;Changeling - Changeling (Progressive Death)&#xA;In the Woods… - Otra (Goth/Prog Metal/Rock)&#xA;Imperialist - Prime (Meloblack)&#xA;Martröð - Draumsýnir eldsins (Avant-garde Black Metal)&#xA;Phantom Spell - Heather &amp; Hearth (Prog Rock / Heavy Metal)&#xA;Mood Organ - Cogs (Prog-rock, Psychedelic rock, Alt-Pop)&#xA;The Divine Comedy - Rainy Sunday Afternoon (Chamber Pop)&#xA;10. ByoNoiseGenerator - Subnormal Dives (Grindcore/Jazz)&#xA;&#xA;HMs:&#xA;&#xA;11. Besna - Kr​á​sno (Progressive Post-Black)&#xA;12. Tribunal - In Penitence and Ruin (Gothic/Doom Metal)&#xA;13. Amorphis - Borderland (Prog Rock Metal)&#xA;&#xA;Extended List:&#xA;&#xA;14. Bergfried - Romantik III (Heavy Metal/Hard Rock with Folk influences)&#xA;15. Barren Path - Grieving (Technical Death Grind)&#xA;16. Concrete Age - Awaken the Gods (Folk/Thrash/Power/Melodic Death Metal)&#xA;17. Point Mort - Le point de non-retour (Post-HX / Post-Metal / Alt Metal)&#xA;18. Stellar Blight - Eventide: Synod of the Dying Stars (Blackened Heavy/Prog)&#xA;19. Heathen Heretic - Whispers from the Abyss (Meloblack/Melodeath)&#xA;20. Thormesis - Nevertheless (Post-Black Metal)&#xA;21. Minuala - Край тысячи озёр (Folky Post-Black)&#xA;22. Lástima - A Pain Bloomed from My Lungs (Post-Black/Post-HCX)&#xA;23. Catalyst Symphony - The Light Inside (Symphonic Metal)&#xA;24. Asira - As Ink in Water (Post-Metal, Blackgaze, Prog)&#xA;25. Battle Beast - Steelbound (Heavy/Power Metal, Hard Rock)&#xA;26. 明日の叙景 (Asunojokei) - Think of You (Post-Black Metal/Post-Hardcore/J-Rock)&#xA;27. Buried Realm - The Dormant Darkness (Melotechdeath)&#xA;28. Impureza - Alcázares (Death Metal with Flamenco elements)&#xA;29. Kira Skov - What Ties Us Together, Will Keep Us Apart (Chamber Pop)&#xA;30. Victim of Fire - The Old Lie (Crusty Melodeath)&#xA;31. Empty Throne - Unholy (Blackened Melodeath)&#xA;32. Plague Curse - Verminous Contempt (Black/Death)&#xA;33. Brainblast - Colossus Suprema (Symphonic Tech Death)&#xA;34. Nexion - Sundrung (Black/Death Metal)&#xA;35. Deus Sabaoth - Cycle Of Death (Symphonic Black)&#xA;36. Mellom - The Empire of Gloom (Melodic Black/Death)&#xA;37. Terra Atlantica - Oceans (Symphonic Power Metal)&#xA;38. Haven - Causes (Alt/Post-Metal)&#xA;39. Coroner - Dissonance Theory (Progressive Thrash Metal)&#xA;40. Scheitan - Wine for a Tormented Soul (Gothic Rock/Darkwave)&#xA;41. Veilburner - Longing for Triumph, Reeking of Tragedy (Avant-garde Black/Death)&#xA;42. drumcorps - For Everything (Breakcore)&#xA;43. Saint Vengeur - Sex and Repression in Higher Society (Blackened Industrial Electro)&#xA;44. 葬火 - 徒花 (Melodic Hardcore Black Circus Depression)&#xA;45. Ethmebb - Allo Babar et les Caramboleurs (All of them)&#xA;46. Sacral - Vile Consumption (Cybergrind, folk, raw bm, grindcore)&#xA;47. Martoriator - Bloodpainted Visions of Perpetual Conflict (Blackened Death / Warmetal)&#xA;48. IX of Blades - Carcosa &amp; Other Delusions (Death Rock / Heavy Metal / Post-Punk)&#xA;49. Illa - Dialogue ((Melo) Black Metal)&#xA;50. Titan Arum - The Black Rabbit (Melodeath)&#xA;51. Belnejoum - Dark Tales of Zarathustra (Symphonic Black/Death)&#xA;52. Sleep Paralysis - Sleep Paralysis (Avant-Garde Piano Black)&#xA;53. Neopera - Eternal Source (Symphonic Opera Metal)&#xA;54. Unknown Subject - Democracies Die! (Death Metal)&#xA;55. Evocatus - Inevitable Death (Heavy/Thrash/Power/Melodeath)&#xA;56. Monachopsis - The Carcass Choir (Blackened Tech Melodeath)&#xA;57. Polterwytch - Neues aus dem Hexenkessel: Gaunerey und Gräberschund (Black Metal / Dungeon Synths)&#xA;58. Gates of Dawn - III (Psychedelic Black Metal)&#xA;59. Valhalore - Beyond the Stars (Epic Folk Metal)&#xA;60. Kalež - Udovi zaboravljenih bogova (Black Metal)&#xA;61. Creatvre - Toujours humain (Avant-garde/Progressive Black Metal/Industrial)&#xA;62. Murmur - Red Hill (Prog/Post-Metal)&#xA;63. Haexler - Talkshow (Grindcore/Powerviolence)&#xA;64. Polterwytch - Ghoultide Greetings (Black Metal / Dungeon Synths)&#xA;&#xA;Ooty&#xA;&#xA;Comus - First Utterance (1971)&#xA;The Amazing Devil - Ruin (2021)&#xA;Meer - Wheels Within Wheels (2024)&#xA;Wallachia - Monumental Heresy (2018)&#xA;Creeper - Sanguivore (2023)&#xA;In Aphelion - Reaperdawn (2024)&#xA;Cesair - Haven (2024)&#xA;Kvelertak - Kvelertak (2016)&#xA;Winterhorde - Underwatermoon (2010)&#xA;10. The Antichrist Imperium - Volume III: Satan in His Original Glory (2022)]]&gt;</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[<h2 id="aoty">AotY</h2>

<p>1075 releases in total of which I played 827 in full</p>
<ol><li><strong>Mostly Autumn</strong> – <em>Seawater</em> (Prog-Rock)</li>
<li><strong>Am I in Trouble?</strong> – <em>Spectrum</em> (Avant-garde/Rock/Black)</li>
<li><strong>Changeling</strong> – <em>Changeling</em> (Progressive Death)</li>
<li><strong>In the Woods…</strong> – <em>Otra</em> (Goth/Prog Metal/Rock)</li>
<li><strong>Imperialist</strong> – <em>Prime</em> (Meloblack)</li>
<li><strong>Martröð</strong> – <em>Draumsýnir eldsins</em> (Avant-garde Black Metal)</li>
<li><strong>Phantom Spell</strong> – <em>Heather &amp; Hearth</em> (Prog Rock / Heavy Metal)</li>
<li><strong>Mood Organ</strong> – <em>Cogs</em> (Prog-rock, Psychedelic rock, Alt-Pop)</li>
<li><strong>The Divine Comedy</strong> – <em>Rainy Sunday Afternoon</em> (Chamber Pop)</li>
<li><strong>ByoNoiseGenerator</strong> – <em>Subnormal Dives</em> (Grindcore/Jazz)</li></ol>

<p><strong>HMs:</strong></p>
<ol><li><strong>Besna</strong> – <em>Kr​á​sno</em> (Progressive Post-Black)</li>
<li><strong>Tribunal</strong> – <em>In Penitence and Ruin</em> (Gothic/Doom Metal)</li>
<li><strong>Amorphis</strong> – <em>Borderland</em> (Prog Rock Metal)</li></ol>

<p><strong>Extended List:</strong></p>
<ol><li><strong>Bergfried</strong> – <em>Romantik III</em> (Heavy Metal/Hard Rock with Folk influences)</li>
<li><strong>Barren Path</strong> – <em>Grieving</em> (Technical Death Grind)</li>
<li><strong>Concrete Age</strong> – <em>Awaken the Gods</em> (Folk/Thrash/Power/Melodic Death Metal)</li>
<li><strong>Point Mort</strong> – <em>Le point de non-retour</em> (Post-HX / Post-Metal / Alt Metal)</li>
<li><strong>Stellar Blight</strong> – <em>Eventide: Synod of the Dying Stars</em> (Blackened Heavy/Prog)</li>
<li><strong>Heathen Heretic</strong> – <em>Whispers from the Abyss</em> (Meloblack/Melodeath)</li>
<li><strong>Thormesis</strong> – <em>Nevertheless</em> (Post-Black Metal)</li>
<li><strong>Minuala</strong> – <em>Край тысячи озёр</em> (Folky Post-Black)</li>
<li><strong>Lástima</strong> – <em>A Pain Bloomed from My Lungs</em> (Post-Black/Post-HCX)</li>
<li><strong>Catalyst Symphony</strong> – <em>The Light Inside</em> (Symphonic Metal)</li>
<li><strong>Asira</strong> – <em>As Ink in Water</em> (Post-Metal, Blackgaze, Prog)</li>
<li><strong>Battle Beast</strong> – <em>Steelbound</em> (Heavy/Power Metal, Hard Rock)</li>
<li><strong>明日の叙景 (Asunojokei)</strong> – <em>Think of You</em> (Post-Black Metal/Post-Hardcore/J-Rock)</li>
<li><strong>Buried Realm</strong> – <em>The Dormant Darkness</em> (Melotechdeath)</li>
<li><strong>Impureza</strong> – <em>Alcázares</em> (Death Metal with Flamenco elements)</li>
<li><strong>Kira Skov</strong> – <em>What Ties Us Together, Will Keep Us Apart</em> (Chamber Pop)</li>
<li><strong>Victim of Fire</strong> – <em>The Old Lie</em> (Crusty Melodeath)</li>
<li><strong>Empty Throne</strong> – <em>Unholy</em> (Blackened Melodeath)</li>
<li><strong>Plague Curse</strong> – <em>Verminous Contempt</em> (Black/Death)</li>
<li><strong>Brainblast</strong> – <em>Colossus Suprema</em> (Symphonic Tech Death)</li>
<li><strong>Nexion</strong> – <em>Sundrung</em> (Black/Death Metal)</li>
<li><strong>Deus Sabaoth</strong> – <em>Cycle Of Death</em> (Symphonic Black)</li>
<li><strong>Mellom</strong> – <em>The Empire of Gloom</em> (Melodic Black/Death)</li>
<li><strong>Terra Atlantica</strong> – <em>Oceans</em> (Symphonic Power Metal)</li>
<li><strong>Haven</strong> – <em>Causes</em> (Alt/Post-Metal)</li>
<li><strong>Coroner</strong> – <em>Dissonance Theory</em> (Progressive Thrash <em>Metal</em>)</li>
<li><strong>Scheitan</strong> – <em>Wine for a Tormented Soul</em> (Gothic Rock/Darkwave)</li>
<li><strong>Veilburner</strong> – <em>Longing for Triumph, Reeking of Tragedy</em> (Avant-garde Black/Death)</li>
<li><strong>drumcorps</strong> – <em>For Everything</em> (Breakcore)</li>
<li><strong>Saint Vengeur</strong> – <em>Sex and Repression in Higher Society</em> (Blackened Industrial Electro)</li>
<li><strong>葬火</strong> – <em>徒花</em> (Melodic Hardcore Black Circus Depression)</li>
<li><strong>Ethmebb</strong> – <em>Allo Babar et les Caramboleurs</em> (All of them)</li>
<li><strong>Sacral</strong> – <em>Vile Consumption</em> (Cybergrind, folk, raw bm, grindcore)</li>
<li><strong>Martoriator</strong> – <em>Bloodpainted Visions of Perpetual Conflict</em> (Blackened Death / Warmetal)</li>
<li><strong>IX of Blades</strong> – <em>Carcosa &amp; Other Delusions</em> (Death Rock / Heavy Metal / Post-Punk)</li>
<li><strong>Illa</strong> – <em>Dialogue</em> ((Melo) Black Metal)</li>
<li><strong>Titan Arum</strong> – <em>The Black Rabbit</em> (Melodeath)</li>
<li><strong>Belnejoum</strong> – <em>Dark Tales of Zarathustra</em> (Symphonic Black/Death)</li>
<li><strong>Sleep Paralysis</strong> – <em>Sleep Paralysis</em> (Avant-Garde Piano Black)</li>
<li><strong>Neopera</strong> – <em>Eternal Source</em> (Symphonic Opera Metal)</li>
<li><strong>Unknown Subject</strong> – <em>Democracies Die!</em> (Death Metal)</li>
<li><strong>Evocatus</strong> – <em>Inevitable Death</em> (Heavy/Thrash/Power/Melodeath)</li>
<li><strong>Monachopsis</strong> – <em>The Carcass Choir</em> (Blackened Tech Melodeath)</li>
<li><strong>Polterwytch</strong> – <em>Neues aus dem Hexenkessel: Gaunerey und Gräberschund</em> (Black Metal / Dungeon Synths)</li>
<li><strong>Gates of Dawn</strong> – <em>III</em> (Psychedelic Black Metal)</li>
<li><strong>Valhalore</strong> – <em>Beyond the Stars</em> (Epic Folk Metal)</li>
<li><strong>Kalež</strong> – <em>Udovi zaboravljenih bogova</em> (Black Metal)</li>
<li><strong>Creatvre</strong> – <em>Toujours humain</em> (Avant-garde/Progressive Black Metal/Industrial)</li>
<li><strong>Murmur</strong> – <em>Red Hill</em> (Prog/Post-Metal)</li>
<li><strong>Haexler</strong> – <em>Talkshow</em> (Grindcore/Powerviolence)</li>
<li><strong>Polterwytch</strong> – <em>Ghoultide Greetings</em> (Black Metal / Dungeon Synths)</li></ol>

<h2 id="ooty">Ooty</h2>
<ol><li><strong>Comus</strong> – <em>First Utterance</em> (1971)</li>
<li><strong>The Amazing Devil</strong> – <em>Ruin</em> (2021)</li>
<li><strong>Meer</strong> – <em>Wheels Within Wheels</em> (2024)</li>
<li><strong>Wallachia</strong> – <em>Monumental Heresy</em> (2018)</li>
<li><strong>Creeper</strong> – <em>Sanguivore</em> (2023)</li>
<li><strong>In Aphelion</strong> – <em>Reaperdawn</em> (2024)</li>
<li><strong>Cesair</strong> – <em>Haven</em> (2024)</li>
<li><strong>Kvelertak</strong> – <em>Kvelertak</em> (2016)</li>
<li><strong>Winterhorde</strong> – <em>Underwatermoon</em> (2010)</li>
<li><strong>The Antichrist Imperium</strong> – <em>Volume III: Satan in His Original Glory</em> (2022)</li></ol>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 16 Dec 2025 07:14:50 +0000</pubDate>
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