My top albums of the last "decade"

A friend told me they found Corrosion of Conformity’s album ‘Good God / Baad Man’ as probably the “album of the century” and that made me think which albums have I actually listened the most during the last 10 years.
This list is based on actual listens from 1.8.2016 to 1.8.2026 and not random opinions.

Only three of these albums were released outside of the range of said “decade”, namely The Budos Band’s album ‘Burnt Offering’ released in 2014, Om’s excellent ‘Advaitic Songs’ album was released in 2012 and the amazing Fuzz’ self titled album in 2013 (I love almost everything Ty Segall does!).
One other thing I feel worth mentioning; it blows my mind that Bongripper is at the top of this list! The band’s songs are often over 20 minutes long, they don’t have songs under 5 minutes at all and still their playcounts are half as much (that is 1,5 times) as the second most listened album.

1. Bongripper - Terminal (2018)
2. Brutus - Unison Life (2022)
3. Besvärjelsen - Atlas (2022)
4. Greenleaf - Hear The Rivers (2018)
5. Acid King - Beyond Vision (2023)
6. Havukruunu - Tavastland (2023)
7. Slomatics - Canyons (2019)
8. Slift - Ummon (2020)
9. The Budos Band - Burnt Offering (2014)
10. Spelljammer - Abyssal Trip (2021)
11. Les Dunes - From Etne to the Edge of Space (2022)
12. Om - Advaitic Songs (2012)
13. Chelsea Wolfe - Hiss Spun (2017)
14. Messa - Close (2022)
15. Grin - Phantom Knocks (2022)
16. Forming the Void - Rift (2018)
17. Grin - Hush (2024)
18. Sleep - The Sciences (2018)
19. Dhyana - Shikantaza (2021)
20. Fuzz - Fuzz (2013)
21. Green Lung - Woodland Rites (2019)
22. Old Year - No Dissent (2025)
23. The Otolith - Folium Limina (2022)

Most of these albums can be found from Shrike's annual Top 10 Albums 2005 - 2025 -playlist over at Qobuz.

Let me know if I’m missing something essential and send me a toot at Mastodon.