20.12.2025 – Winter music #3: Swallow The Sun

Track of the Day

Swallow The Sun – Fragile
Honorable mentions: Swallow The Sun – Through Her Silvery Body, Swallow The Sun – Ghost of Laura Palmer, Swallof The Sun – Out Of The Gloomy Light, Swallow The Sun – The Morning Never Came

I couldn't decide what to pick today and I realized how few opportunities I have left for winter music. (winter ends on the last day of the year after all)
I ended up picking my favourite track from Swallow the Sun. Their albums "Ghosts of Loss" and "The Morning Never Came" are both in the top 100 albums chart that I mentioned three days ago.
I really couldn't decide on a track and the more I listened the more unsure I became. I ended up just sticking with "Fragile", since it was my first pick and thinking any more about this would only make me more unsure.
"Fragile", "Through Her Silvery Body" and "Ghost of Laura Palmer" are my favourite songs from STS, but "Out Of The Gloomy Light" and especially "The Morning Never Came" are arguably more "winter music".
But even though "The Morning Never Came" is more winter music, "Out Of The Gloomy Light" is just the better song. You see now why you should never put me in charge of making decisions quickly?
Oh well, just listen to them all.

17.12.2025 – Hypocrisy

Track of the Day

Hypocrisy – Self-Inflicted Overload
Honorable mention: Agalloch – In The Shadow Of Our Pale Companion

I was tempted to continue winter music, but then Self-Inflicted Overload came on and I had to choose it for today.

I hope I can see Hypocrisy live next year, they're a bit too far away to justify going there alone (or are they?), but if it all works out I'll go there with a friend and we might get highspeed-rail tickets for the trip back.
(Thinking about it, if I get a cheap highspeed-rail ticket back I can just as well go alone in case it doesn't work out with him)

16.12.2025 – Winter music #2: Agalloch

Track of the Day

Agalloch – Not Unlike The Waves
Honorable mentions: Agalloch – Limbs, Agalloch – Falling Snow, Agalloch – I Am The Wooden Doors, Agalloch – The Hawthorne Passage, Agalloch – You Were But A Ghost In My Arms

Agalloch is the first thing I had in mind when thinking about what "Winter music" is to me.
I have plenty of other "winter music" in mind though, so hopefully it doesn't take me another five days to write the next entry in the series. See you then.

"The Hawthorne Passage" is a beautiful instrumental, so give it a shot if the vocals aren't really your style.

11.12.2025 – Dissection & Winter music #1

Track of the Day

Dissection – Where Dead Angels Lie

Happy late birthday to "The Somberlain" and "Storm of Light's Bane"! The Somberlain came out on the third of december 1993 and marked the first Dissection studio album, while Storm of Light's Bane came out in November 1995, on the 17th.
Happy very late birthday I guess. I'm not good with birthdays, btw. I just needed an excuse to talk about Dissection, anyway.

09.12.2025 – Jack Off Jill & Spotify Wrapped

Track of the Day

Jack Off Jill – My Cat

Jack Off Jill is another all time favourite of mine. The first draft of this post had a bunch of honorable mentions by them but I decided it's better to use them on later days and that it wouldn't really do them justice to just bunch them all up here.

Spotify Wrapped

Spotify Wrapped came out a few days ago! I was very excited, because I had the feeling I listened to even better music than usual this year.
And I was right! I have such good music taste. I am amazing. I know.

29.11.2025 – Black Box Recorder

Track of the Day

Black Box Recorder – Child Psychology

25.11.2025 – Woods of Ypres

Track of the Day

Woods of Ypres – Dragged Across A Forest Floor

Woods of Ypres is another one of my all-time favourites. Every single album is a masterpiece.
This is one of their earlier, harsher songs. I recommend listening to the "Woods 5" album if you don't normally listen to this music. It is way calmer.

23.11.2025 – Woods of Desolation

Track of the Day

Woods of Desolation – The Inevitable End

I cleaned up my black metal playlist a bit today.

18.11.2025 – Frank Zappa

Track of the Day

Frank Zappa – Cosmic Debris

I never consciously listened to Frank Zappa before. I had only watched some talks with him before, where I thought he was very likable. I listened to the whole Apostrophe album (and some more) and liked it very much! Can't wait to listen to more.

16.11.2025 – Memento Mori

Track of the Day

Memento Mori – The Seeds of Hatred
Honorable mention: The entire Rhymes of Lunacy album.

I am the biggest Messiah Marcolin fan. If there are no more Messiah Marcolin fans then I am dead. This man could not have a more fitting name, for he surpasses every other messiah religion ever dreamt up.
I'm infinitely excited for an eventual solo-album and hopefully solo-career. The world has gone too long without new Messiah Marcolin material.