We’re in the midst of a mayoral election where I live, and the frontrunner was just very publicly and credibly exposed as — and I’m paraphrasing here — a drunken, incompetent buffoon and serial sexual harasser. Now, you’d like to think that would disqualify someone from office, but these days, it might just put them over the top. On the plus side, it should make for a more interesting campaign. While I find somebody else to vote for, check out these 125 unimpeachably excellent singles, videos, cover tunes, remixes and unearthed classics — including dozens of gems you won’t find anywhere else. Today’s Tinnitist-approved tracks are tagged with a 🗳. Every one’s a winner:
METAL, HARD ROCK + PROG
42 | Avatarium | Stockholm
43 | RivetSkull | Kings and Queens
44 | Tommy DeCarlo | Dancing In The Moonlight
45 | Lorna Shore | Pain Remains II: After All I’ve Done, I’ll Disappear
46 | Crazy Swedes | What’s On Tap
🗳 47 | Seawitch | Force
48 | Project Vela | Waiting for Death to Begin
49 | Our Hollow, Our Home | Idlewaves
50 | Polar Shift | Inheritance
51 | Metalite | Far From The Sanctuary
52 | Aviana | Illuminate
53 | Shallowheart | Bloodflower
54 | The Is The Last Time | Acclimation
55 | Candlemass | Sweet Evil Sun
56 | Seething Akira | Dioxide
57 | Arkæon | Smertens Vilje
58 | Incantcm | Il Cerchio e il Fuoco
59 | Skythala | Variegated Stances Of Self Mockery
GOTH, DARKWAVE + ELECTRO
60 | DK-Zero | Resistance
🗳 61 | Kuolemanlaakso | Kuolleiden Laulu
62 | Kondensator | Is There Any Hope Left?
PUNK + POP-PUNK
🗳 63 | Deep Merries | Worth The Run
64 | Tearing Up | Running
https://youtu.be/nKGM6pa8qa8
