1 |
Amberian Dawn |
"Sky Is Falling" |
Darkness of Eternity |
If I had a religion, this would be my worship music. |
2 |
The Dark Element |
"Last Good Day" |
The Dark Element |
Probably there's a sense in which I do. |
3 |
Secret Rule |
"Imaginary World" |
The Key to the World |
At least: I believe things I can't explain, |
4 |
Evanescence |
"The End Of The Dream" |
Synthesis |
I recognize immanent grandeur in rough idols, |
5 |
The Lust |
"Nail in My Wound" |
single |
I face in notional directions. |
6 |
Elvenking |
"Petalstorm - Bonus Track" |
Secrets of the Magick Grimoire |
I attribute stories to people I have not met or questioned, |
7 |
Tonight Alive |
"Without You" |
single |
and claim to learn oblique lessons from things they have not exactly said. |
8 |
Svrcina |
"Steady" |
single |
I am transfixed by grace |
9 |
Sjowgren |
"Waiting Room" |
single |
and reanimated by tiny gestures |
10 |
Auðn |
"Ljósaslæður" |
Farvegir Fyrndar |
that repetition could so easily render as ritual. |
11 |
Pianos Become The Teeth |
"Charisma" |
single |
I covet and catalogue noises of commitment. |
12 |
Toy Cars |
"Bjork" |
Sleeping Patterns 5 |
How is this anything but catechistic? |
13 |
SHXCXCHCXSH |
"Stämma #7" |
Rösten 2 |
How different are scriptures and technical manuals and seismograph trails? |
14 |
M.E.S.H. |
"Coercer" |
Hesaitix |
We barricade ourselves in prefaces to choreography |
15 |
Ninos Du Brasil |
"Animais Soar O Alarme" |
Animais Soar O Alarme +1 |
until the day we dance |
16 |
ASC |
"Collider" |
Point of Origin |
away, |
17 |
Anenon |
"Verso" |
single |
the day we escape pages and learn, ourselves, to flutter. |
18 |
Rameses B |
"Moonlight" |
single |
But this is always what sky has promised and threatened, |
19 |
Aidan Baker |
"Noplace II" |
Noplace |
a legacy we have assumed by evolving helplessly on surfaces |
20 |
Niklas Paschburg |
"Spark" |
single |
we do not control. |
21 |
Voicians |
"Holograms" |
single |
Our structures are parodies of emptiness. |
22 |
Future Heroes |
"Apex" |
Arise |
Our triumphs are evasive pastiches of tenuous survival. |
23 |
Mattia Cupelli |
"Free / / Rebirth" |
single |
Our aspirational quiet is never the same as silence. |
24 |
Dan Terminus |
"Fall of the Ancient World" |
Automated Refrains |
Idols behind, robots ahead, |
25 |
Second to Sun |
"The Owls" |
The Owls +1 |
demons approaching, |
26 |
The Staves |
"The Way Is Read" |
single |
imps unconcerned: |
27 |
Novo Amor |
"Silvery" |
Heiress |
we are painting meticulous abstracts of patience in the path of storms, |
28 |
Gleemer |
"Pressure" |
single |
from sentimental vantages |
29 |
Kindling |
"Everywhere" |
Hush |
where we have always come amidst and after revelations. |
30 |
Mode Moderne |
"Gastown Nights" |
single |
Here we fell in love. |
31 |
Glaare |
"Desiree" |
single |
Here we mended, or at least convalesced. |
32 |
The Unguided |
"Anchor Stone (of the World)" |
And The Battle Royale |
Here, before they built condos, was where we dreamed they would put our statues. |
33 |
Ilari Hämäläinen |
"Askel Kerrallaan" |
single |
Tourists will stand here, not quite correctly dressed, not quite understanding what we once represented, |
34 |
Carlos Vives |
"La Preferida" |
VIVES |
and then go home and tell the story wrong. |
35 |
MIYAVI |
"Forget You" |
Samurai Sessions Vol.2 |
But travel is distortion by its nature, and distortion is power. |
36 |
lynch. |
"CREATURE" |
BLOOD THIRSTY CREATURE 3 |
Only demons approach; humans disperse. |
37 |
Gomma |
"Foresteria" |
Vacanza 4 |
Evil has nothing else to promise except that in torment and exile you will at least not be lonely. |
38 |
Metavari |
"Futura" |
Symmetri (Deluxe Edition) |
And yet, even that math fails under scrutiny. |
39 |
Vetusta Morla |
"El Discurso del Rey" |
Mismo Sitio, Distinto Lugar |
Betrayal is a pyramid scheme |
40 |
Julma Henri |
"Raja" |
single |
based on a pyramid long since disassembled and sold as provenant brick. |
41 |
The Stunning |
"Always You" |
single |
Where pilgrimmages used to terminate, we have poorly-signposted roundabouts and chain stores |
42 |
Imarhan |
"Azzaman" |
single |
and all the irrefutable history of the world. |
43 |
Leyenda |
"Alma Errante" |
Cibernetica |
We have segregated neighborhoods of Elysium, |
44 |
La Scelta |
"Alieno" |
Colore Alieno |
but then turned them into excuses for more flags. |
45 |
Nedeljko Bajic Baja |
"Kljuc" |
single |
You look around and think "where am I?", |
46 |
Audrey Assad |
"Wounded Healer" |
single |
but how far can you have possibly gone? |
47 |
Demy |
"Kontra Ston Chrono" |
Kontra |
You were home only a minute ago. |
48 |
Maître Gims |
"Caméléon" |
single |
In a moment, you are lost, |
49 |
New Arcades |
"Irreparable (feat. Nina)" |
single |
but how far can you stray in wonder? |
50 |
Pussy Riot |
"Police State" |
single |
You think none of this could have happened where you are from, |
51 |
amenoto |
"So So" |
So So 5 |
but you, like all of us, |
52 |
Pale Waves |
"New Year's Eve" |
single |
are from here. |