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Best Albums of 2019

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This is a thing you do. So why not. Flesh of the Stars- Mercy The 18 minute opening song on this album is one of the prettiest songs I've ever heard, and it just keeps going after that. Ostensibly, Flesh of the Stars are a doom band, but that's a fairly limiting description. The vocal melodies on this album are so intricate as to defy belief. Probably my favorite record of the year and a real genre defying masterpiece. Mercy by Flesh of the Stars Body Void- You Will Know the Fear You Forced on Us This album is two songs: "Die Off" and "Fascist Cancer." That's most of what you need to know about it. Some of the ugliest doom I've ever heard, with amazing cover art and song title/album title synergy that can't be beat. You Will Know The Fear You Forced Upon Us by Body Void Lume and REZN- Live at Electrical Audio Two Chicago bands coming together to make a beast of a doom/drone record. I got to see them play it live and it w