07.01.2026 – Burzum

Burzum – Dunkelheit

I've been thirsting for more albums that sound like Burzum's Filosofem, as well as just black metal in general, recently.
So far I have found a few new albums, that I want to share in the coming entries, but none so far that scratch the itch as well as Filosofem does. I don't even really like Burzum's other albums.

01.01.2026 – Joan Baez

Joan Baez – It's All Over Now, Baby Blue

Happy new year to those who celebrate

30.12.2025 – Pete Molinari

Pete Molinari – I Don't Like The Man I Am

27.12.2025 – Winter music #9: Fires in the Distance

Fires in the Distance – Harbingers

26.12.2025 – Winter music #8: Slumber

Slumber – A Wanderer's Star

Slumber is one of those bands that dropped one perfect album, in this case in 2004, and then vanished forever off the musical landscape.
They did release one other album under the bandname ‘Atoma’, but it doesn't seem to be any sort of continuation of that perfect, sweet sound of Slumber.

25.12.2025 – Leonard Cohen

Leonard Cohen – A Singer Must Die

I can't believe I haven't put Leonard Cohen in one of these yet.
"Discovering" (of course I had heard of him but I never really listened to his music) and falling in love with Cohen in 2025 was one of the best things that have happened to me. His music speaks to me on such a intimate level. And I don't even care how pretentious that sounds.

24.12.2025 – Winter music #7: Chelsea Wolfe

Chelsea Wolfe – Cousins of the Antichrist
Honorable mentions: Chelsea Wolfe – Benjamin, Advice & Vices, Fang, Noorus, Halfsleeper (The Grime and the Glow), Chelsea Wolfe – Sick (Pain is Beauty), the entire 'The Grime and the Glow' album

I'm so mad that I didn't realize sooner how well Chelsea Wolfe fits into this series!
Especially her first album is peak winter music.

23.12.2025 – Winter music #6: Porcupine Tree

Porcupine Tree – Arriving Somewhere But Not Here

I'm trying not to put too much death-doom into this series, but what can I say? It's the music of the season.
That being said, have some progressive rock! My treat.

I started listening to Porcupine Tree in April of 2024. (The first time I listened to them according to last.fm is June 2024, but only to one song and after that only like twice every four months)
I definitely have to listen to more material of theirs, I have basically exclusively listened to the Deadwing album.

22.12.2025 – Winter music #5: Opeth

Track of the Day

Opeth – Advent

This is another easy entry in the winter music series. I could've pumped this TOTD entry full of honorable mentions from Opeth's Morningrise, Orchid and Blackwater Park albums, but honestly every Opeth song deserves to stand alone and share none of its glory.

I could've seen Opeth in concert this year but I put off buying tickets for so long and often that the concert happened without me noticing :/

21.12.2025 – Winter music #4: Katatonia

Track of the Day

Katatonia – Cold Ways
Honorable mentions: Katatonia – Scarlet Heavens, Katatonia – Saw You Drown, the entire "Discouraged Ones" album

This is the first album after Katatonia shifted their sound away from death doom, softening their sound into what I would call "doom rock" with a pinch of doom metal.
But this is still a great album. This era of Katatonia, the one after "early Katatonia" (maybe "middle Katatonia"?), gave us such bangers as Discouraged Ones and The Great Cold Distance. And while I would give a lot for more "early Katatonia", I'm happy these albums exist.
It's only once we talk about what came after The Great Cold Distance that I get a little sad.

But I'll talk more about that and early Katatonia in future TOTDs, so stay tuned.