Sorry this is so long and very "rockist" but I was very angry and depressed all year. Spend all last year listening to nothing but old favorites and electronic stuff, this year was the return of the rock for me. No order whatsoever. Just a bunch of stuff I liked.
Philary – Uh-Oh It’s Me
Shame – Drunk Tank Pink
Midwife – Luminol
https://midwifemusic.com/album/luminol
Kowloon Walled City – Piecework
Gatecreeper – An Unexpected Reality
FACS – Present Tense
Suspects – It’s Just You and Me Now
Tunic – Quitter
Spectral Wound – A Diabolic Thirst
Lingua Ignota – Sinner Get Ready
Grouper – Shade
Lice – What Ails Our People is Clear
Upper Wilds – Venus
Turnstile – Glow On
https://turnstile.lnk.to/GLOWON
Low – HEY WHAT
T-Tops – Staring At a Static Screen
Luggage – Happiness
Pardoner – Came Down Different
Converge & Chelsea Wolfe: Bloodmoon: I
King Woman – Celestial Blues
https://kingwoman.bandcamp.com/
The Armed – Ultrapop
Wolves in the Throne Room – Primordial Arcana
Carcass – Torn Arteries
Work Party – My Best Days Are Behind Me
Eye Flys – Exigent Circumstance
Portrayal of Guilt – Christfucker
https://portrayalofguilt.bandcamp.com/
Glowing Brain – Brain Dust
Mogwai – As the Love Continues
Part Chimp – Drool
Partaker – What Falls From the Lion’s Mouth (mainly for the last song)
Big Brave – Vital
Iron Maiden – Senjutsu
Men I Trust – Untourable Album
Lucy Dacus – Home Video
Meat Wave – Volcano Park