It's time for May's top 10 albums. Staying abreast of the month's highlights might help casual readers see what they missed and check these artists out. I am not writing little blurbs on them; I am just linking the reviews. Inclusion here does not mean that these albums have been released this month, but it is a list of new or upcoming albums I have enjoyed the most. I have albums in my inbox that are not coming out til August, so I am normally way ahead of the curve in this regard. They are ranked in order of what I have listened to the most. This month, there tends to be a dominant theme of new wave, pop, and goth, though we have a couple of metal bands in the mix as well, so you may find your new favorite among them. Here are the Top 10 albums of May
10-HEXVESSEL- "Nocturne"
Black Metal
https://abysmalhymns.blogspot.com/2025/05/hexvessel-nocturne.html
9-Swans - "Birthing"
Experimental Post Punk
https://abysmalhymns.blogspot.com/2025/05/swans-birthing.html
8-Katatonia -"Nightmares as Extensions of the Waking State"
Prog Rock
https://abysmalhymns.blogspot.com/2025/05/katatonia-nightmares-as-extensions-of.html
7-Sleep Token - "Even In Arcadia"
Pop
https://abysmalhymns.blogspot.com/2025/05/sleep-token.html
6-Ministry - "the Squirrelly Years Revisted"
New Wave / Goth
https://abysmalhymns.blogspot.com/2025/05/ministry-squirrelly-years-revisted.html
5-Peter Murphy- "Silver Shade"
New Wave / Goth
https://abysmalhymns.blogspot.com/2025/05/peter-murphy-silver-shade.html
4-Age of Apocalypse - "In Oblivion"
Hard-core
https://abysmalhymns.blogspot.com/2025/05/age-of-apocalypse-in-oblivion.html
3-the Callous Daoboys- " I Don't Want to See You in Heaven"
Metal - Core
https://abysmalhymns.blogspot.com/2025/05/the-callous-daoboy-i-dont-want-to-see.html
2-Pixel Grip - "Perceptide the Death of Reality"
Dark Wave / Pop
https://abysmalhymns.blogspot.com/2025/05/pixel-grip-perceptide-death-of-reality.html
1-Freeze the Fall - "The Red Garden"
Hard Rock / Nu-Metal
https://abysmalhymns.blogspot.com/2025/05/freeze-fall-red-garden.html
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