October's Top 10 Albums

It's time for October's top 10 albums. Staying abreast of the month's highlights may help casual readers catch up on what they missed and explore these artists. I am not writing brief summaries of them; I am simply linking to 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 2026, 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 it ranges from big pop bangers to various shades of electronic goth darkness. Obviously, with Halloween upon us this only makes more sense after al,l I dedicate the entire month to covering goth, but perhaps you will find your new favorite among them. Here are the Top 10 albums of  October. 

10-Testament - " Para Bellum" 

Thrash 

https://abysmalhymns.blogspot.com/2025/10/testament-para-bellum.html

9-male// gaze - "Too Late Now" 

Shoe-gaze 

https://abysmalhymns.blogspot.com/2025/10/malegaze-too-late-now.html

8-Biohazard- "Divided We Fall" 

Hard-core 

https://abysmalhymns.blogspot.com/2025/10/biohazard-divided-we-fall.html

7-the Tear Garden - "Astral Elevator" 

Industrial 

https://abysmalhymns.blogspot.com/2025/10/gothtober-tear-garden-astral-elevator.html

 6-Perturbator-"Age Of Aquarius" 

https://abysmalhymns.blogspot.com/2025/10/gothtober-perturbator-age-of-aquarius.html

5-Black Cross Hotel - "Songs For Switches" 

Industrial Rock

https://abysmalhymns.blogspot.com/2025/10/gothtober-black-cross-hotel-songs-for.html

4-Spiritual Cramp-"Rude"

post-punk 

https://abysmalhymns.blogspot.com/2025/10/spiritual-cramp-rude.html

3-Cold In Berlin -"Wounds" 

Doom

https://abysmalhymns.blogspot.com/2025/10/gothtober-cold-in-berlin-wounds.html

2-Patriarchy - "Manual For Dying" 

Electronic

https://abysmalhymns.blogspot.com/2025/10/gothtober-patriarchy-manual-for-dying.html

1-Taylor Swift - "The Life of a Showgirl" 

Pop

https://abysmalhymns.blogspot.com/2025/10/taylor-swift-life-of-showgirl.html

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