August's Top 10 Albums

It's time for August'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 October, 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 death metal to surreal indie folk, so you may find your new favorite among them. Here are the Top 10 albums of August

10-CROP-"SSRI" 

Sludge

https://abysmalhymns.blogspot.com/2025/08/crop-ssri.html

9-Modern Life is War- "Life on the Moon" 

Punk 

https://abysmalhymns.blogspot.com/2025/08/modern-life-is-war-life-on-moon.html

 

8-Chevelle- "Bright as Blasphemy"

 

Nu-metal 

https://abysmalhymns.blogspot.com/2025/08/chevelle-bright-as-blasphemy.html

7-Hooded Menace- "Lachrymose Monuments of Obscuration"

Death Metal 

https://abysmalhymns.blogspot.com/2025/08/hooded-menace-lachrymose-monuments-of.html

6-Suicide Boys -"Thy Kingdom Come" 

Hip-hop

https://abysmalhymns.blogspot.com/2025/08/uicide-boy-count-your-blessing.html

5-Street Sects -"Dry Drunk" 

Industrial/ Hard Core 

https://abysmalhymns.blogspot.com/2025/08/street-sects-dry-drunk.html

4- Street Sex - "Full Color Eclipse" 

Noise-wave

https://abysmalhymns.blogspot.com/2025/08/street-sex-full-color-eclipse.html

3-Crippling Alcoholism- "Camgirl" 

Noise-wave

https://abysmalhymns.blogspot.com/2025/08/crippling-alcoholism-camgirl.html

2-Scorpion Milk - "Slime of the Times" 

Post-punk

https://abysmalhymns.blogspot.com/2025/08/scorpion-milk-slime-of-times.html

1-Ethel Cain -"Willoughby Tucker, I'll Always Love You"

Post-folk 

https://abysmalhymns.blogspot.com/2025/08/ethel-cain-willoughby-tucker-ill-always.html

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$uicide Boy$ : "Thy Kingdom Come"

 I was a big fan of their last album, "New World Depression." This one starts off by getting more aggressive than depressive with some ghetto tinged shit talking. It works for this song, but I want more of the darker atmosphere that colored the last album, which helped set them apart. "Napoleon" has a more of a dirty South feel that owes more to Three 6 Mafia than Bone Thugs-n-Harmony. I know where their roots come from, which is a darker sound, so perhaps they are trying to make a step in a more mainstream direction here.

"Oh, What a Wretched Man I Am" switches things back in the direction closer to what I want from them. "Full of Grace" strikes a balance between the two moods presented so far and proves effective. This bleeds over into "Chain Breaker".  "Now At the Hour of Our Death" finds a better balance, and things get darker as they ponder mental health. "Grey, Grey Grey" finds them getting back to their darker sweet spot. A great deal lies on the creepier backing track. The vocal approach is also more frantic, adding to this mood. 

"Carried Away"  benefits from a cool beat that adds to the more ominous mood. With lyrics like " there was drama in the titty milk/ and you wonder why I'm crazy" might be the line that best describes the mood of this entire album. If they were going to release a single with mainstream aspirations, "Monochromatic' would be the one with a more sung hook. It crosses over into the more R&B-infused brand of pop. I will round this album up to a 10 it might take a few more listens to grow on me, as it's not as dark or urgent as the previous one, but it is more polished. 

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