I made my own graphics and decided my own personal end of year recap. I am like that.
Some field notes:
1. Top New to Me Artists - I listened to Luxt only after seeing their name for the first time on the wiki page for Industrial Music style; they caught my interest for being female fronted and semi-local to where I'm at. By sheer coincidence, at the end of this year they played a show for the first time in 20 years and I really hope they release more music in 2026 and come to my town. / Acid Bath has been getting a lot more attention the last couple years due to their reunion and the name was familiar to me so I thought I'd check them out; they are the perfect kind of bluesy, sludgey, almost psychedelic (in like the worst trip of your life kind of way) for me, I think just the other day I listened to both albums twice each back to back / Kidneythieves - I'll be listening to them more, but I loved every song I heard so far / Rotting Christ, similar to Kidneythieves, I really like what I have heard so far and want to get in deeper / Hanabie - I mostly just really really enjoyed their new song Spicy Queen, which I chanced on while trying to give Babymetal a shot; they are just very cool.
2. Top New Released Songs - I could've picked a lot here, honestly, and my next show will probably reflect a lot of stuff I missed. My choices, as stated, were based on guts and realistically what songs I kept going back to or getting stuck in my head / Kneecap I discovered last year after seeing the movie - well before they started getting more notoriety for their vocal opinions. I prefer when they are more electronic and/or punk infused, and these two singles they put out in fall hit the spot / End of You is a pretty pop hard rock song that I almost didn't want to like but gosh I just feel so happy for Amy Lee to apparently thriving with different projects lately / I think it's become fashionable to say early synthpop Ministry is the best Ministry, but I disagree - gimme all that thrashy heavy industrial metal anytime over synthpop. HOWEVER the new version of Every Day is Halloween finally got me to like this song, chiefly because he uses his real vocals (not that one affected vaguely British sound that is often in that genre) and added a bit of heaviness. It's catchy.
3. Top Albums I Listened To In Full For the First Time - Just front to back I loved these albums. / Videodrone is a band from my hometown, pals with Korn and friends in their early days and then known as Cradle of Thorns; they released this on Korn's vanity label. It's really a unique mix of songs, and every one has a way of growing on me. Even the ones I didn't think I liked, I feel compelled to keep listening to when the chorus's hit. Alone with Twenty Bucks in one of my top songs over all this year / What can I say about the rest? They're just my kinda thing.
4. Top Artists I Knew A 'Lil But Got More Into - No notes, if you have questions ask.
5. Okay I don't know if Shazam is more of people's music recognition app preference, but I started with Soundhound and I am sticking with it. I like a lot of different kinds of music, despite having a penchant for the kinds of rock and metal and industrial present on my show - my first love was punk, and my second was 90s alternative, and I also happen to like obnoxious dance/electronic music a lot. The playlist of all these songs I think just ends up being such a random eclectic mix, that I had to share. I also did this in 2024
PS: Everything I played on Exposure Therapy in 2025
