The Dark Itself

Today we begin our weird, wild, and wonderful journey away from our standard episode formats! And what better way than to begin with a look back at all the awesome and insane things that have happened over the past two years! It's been one hell of a ride so far, and looking forward to many more in the future! Hopefully this new content will not only be entertaining, but also helpful to any and all who wish to pursue music in some way, especially for the sheer love of it! We can't tell you how to "get rich" or "make it big" (because we're broke and nobodies), but we can tell you what has and hasn't worked for us, and how to have an absolute blast doing the damn thing! So buckle up, this one's pretty awesome!

 

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As if 20 Best of 2021 Albums weren't enough already, we've got 10 more for you! In some way, these albums were shared picks between Jon and Wil this year that they thought were really cool and worth talking about! So take a gander and take a listen to them here and maybe even find yourself a new AOTY for 2021!

 

10. Wars - A Hundred Shivers

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9. Wolf King - The Path Of Wrath

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8. Orden Ogan - Final Days

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7. Thrice - Horizons / East

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6. Obscura - A Valediction

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5. Dreamshade - A Pale Blue Dot

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4. The Rumjacks - Hestia

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3. MØL - Diorama

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2. Beartooth - Below

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1. Phinehas - The Fire Inside

 

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Here it is! Our Top 5 favorite albums to come out this year! Definitely a few surprises, and definitely some that were no surprises at all! Find the list below, and go listen to these incredible albums!

 

Jon's #5: Infernalizer - The Ugly Truth

 

Wil's #5: Authority Zero - Ollie Ollie Oxen Free

 

Jon's #4: Hawthorne Heights - The Rain Just Follows Me

 

Wil's #4: The Undertaking! - Funeral Psalms

 

Jon's #3: AFI - Bodies

 

Wil's #3: Capstan - SEPARATE

 

Jon's #2: Unto Others - Strength

 

Wil's #2: To Kill Achilles - Something To Remember Me By

 

Jon's #1: Bloody Hammers - Songs Of Unspeakable Terror

 

Wil's #1: Every Time I Die (R.I.P.) - Radical

 

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Well ya'll, welcome to 2022! After everything that happened in 2021...well let's just say at least it was a good year for music! Today we delve into Part 1 of our favorite albums of the year! It's a pretty wide spread this year so there's something for everyone! The list is below!

 

Jon's #10: Moonspell - Hermitage

 

Wil's #10: Between The Buried & Me - Colors II

 

Jon's #9: Powerwolf - Call Of The Wild

 

Wil's #9: Volumes - Happier?

 

Jon's #8: Einherjer - North Star

 

Wil's #8: NOFX - Single Album

 

Jon's #7: Harakiri For The Sky - Maere

 

Wil's #7: Amigo The Devil - Born Against

 

Jon's #6: 1914 - Where Fear And Weapons Meet

 

Wil's #6: The Best Of The Worst - Better Medicine

 

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Happy New Years to everyone! (almost) Today, as we wrap up two whole years of doing the podcast, we bring back Brett from Vivid Dreams to discuss Melodic Hardcore! He put together a very special playlist for us that you all are sure to enjoy! Most of these are Upper Midwest regional bands and all of them are active, so please please please go give them some follows, listens, buy some merch, etc. Just whatever you can do to support some very talented local music!

 

Brett's Melodic Hardcore Spotify Playlist

 

Vivid Dreams Instagram || Sentenced 2 Die Instagram

 

All the Upper Midwest bands' Instagrams:

Baltic To Boardwalk || Bouquet || Defect || VVakefield || Body By Torture

 

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Here we are with part 2 of Melodic Hardcore! Today we discuss Jon's playlist! Which is mostly more underground bands and one pretty classic one! So who knows, you might find something new to listen to!

 

Jon's Melodic Hardcore Spotify Playlist

 

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Buckle up! We're taking a sharp left turn! Except not really. Today we begin Melodic Hardcore part 1! We discuss some terms and definitions as well as Wil's Playlist! You already know he stuck with some of the classics, but there's some newer bands in here too! Come take a listen and see if you don't dig it!

 

Wil's Melodic Hardcore Spotify Playlilst

 

Vanguard (became Being As An Ocean) - Dragonslayer

 

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Our first guest episode in a while is here! Today we are honored to feature not only an awesome friend we've made because of the podcast, but a dude in a rad band as well! Brett from Vivid Dreams! He has graciously agreed to appear on our humble broadcast not once, but twice this month (the poor soul)! Today he made us a Post Black Metal playlist and we get to finally tell him what we think of it! (hint-it's pretty rad too!) So come check it out and find your new favorite band!

 

Vivid Dreams on Instagram!

 

Brett's Post Black Metal Spotify Playlist!

 

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Woah man. Here we go for another round of Post Black Metal! Today we discuss Wil's Playlist and some of the cool bands he found! You never know, some of them might just wind up as your new favorites! And stay tuned next week for our guest! We think you all are really gonna enjoy this upcoming episode!

 

Wil's Post Black Metal Spotify Playlist

 

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Sorry we missed ya'll last week. Shit's been a little crazy!

 

However, have we got a jam-packed month of December for you all! (See what we did there?!) This month you beautiful people get not one, but two different genres! So today, we begin Post Black Metal! This episode is kind of a combination of Jon's playlist as our "terms and definitions" that we normally do! So sit back, relax, and prepare to have your face melted off!

 

Jon's Post Black Metal Spotify Playlist

 

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