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Scene Point Blank's Favorites: Year End (2021)

Individual staff lists

Aaron H's list

1. Olivia Rodrigo – Sour (Geffen)
2. Thrice – Horizons/East (Epitaph)
3. AFI – Bodies (Rise Records)
4. Turnstile – Glow On (Roadrunner)
5. Deafheaven – Infinite Granite (Sargent House)
6. Squid – Bright Green Field (Warp)
7. Courtney Barnett – Things Take Time, Take Time (Milk!)
8. Halsey – If I Can't Have Love, I Want Power (Capitol)
9. The Bronx – VI (ATO)
10. Fucked Up – Year of the Horse (Tankcrimes)
11. Iron Maiden – Senjutsu (Parlophone)
12. Converge & Chelsea Wolfe – Bloodmoon: I (Epitaph)
13. CHVRCHES – Screen Violence (EMI)
14. Chubby and the Gang – The Mutt's Nuts (Partisan)
15. Early Riser – Vocations (A-F)
16. Cold Cave – Fate in Seven Lessons (Heartworm)
17. Sleater-Kinney – Path of Wellness (MOM+POP)
18. Fiddlehead – Between The Richness (Run for Cover Records)
19. Glitterer – Life Is Not A Lesson (Glitterer / Anti)
20. Partial Traces – Wild Surf/Quiet Blues (Salinas Records)
21. Sincere Engineer – Bless My Psyche (Hopeless)
22. Amyl and the Sniffers – Comfort To Me (Rough Trade)
23. Quicksand – Distant Populations (Epitaph)
24. The Muslims – Fuck These Fucking Fascists (Epitaph)

Campbell's list

1. Bruiser Wolf – Dope Game $tupid (Bruiser Brigade)
2. Home Is Where – I Became Birds (Father/Daughter Records)
3. Chill Children – Tokyo Nights (Chill Children)
4. Bachelor – Doomin' Sun (Polyvinyl)
5. Fake Fruit – Fake Fruit (Rocks In Your Head)
6. Pink Siifu – GUMBO'! (Self-Released)
7. Maxo Kream – Weight of the World (RCA Records)
8. Buggin – Brainfreeze (Flatspot Records)
9. Turnstile – Glow On (Roadrunner)
10. Deafheaven – Infinite Granite (Sargent House)
11. Glitterer – Life Is Not A Lesson (Glitterer / Anti)
12. Boldy James – Bo Jackson (ALC / Boldy James)
13. Hanalei – Black Snow (A-F)
14. Grouper – Shade (Kranky)
15. Young Thug – Punk (300 Entertainment)
16. Descendents – 9th & Walnut (Epitaph)
17. Vacation – Existential Risks & Rewards (Salinas Records)
18. μ-Ziq – Scurlage (Analogical Force)
19. Low – HEY WHAT (Sub Pop)
20. Bootlicker – Self-Titled (Neon Waste, Static Shock Records)

Cheryl's list

1. Lamp Of Murmuur – Submission and Slavery (Black Gangrene Productions)
2. Paysage d'Hiver – Geister (Kunsthall Produktionen)
3. Trhä – endlhëtonëg (Independent)
4. The Ruins Of Beverast – The Thule Grimoires (Ván Records)
5. Reverorum ib Malacht – Not Here (Rubeus Obex)
6. Old Nick – A New Generation of Vampiric Conspiracies (Grime Stone Records)
7. Dream Unending – Tide Turns Eternal (20 Buck Spin)
8. Këkht Aräkh – Pale Swordsman (Livor Mortis)
9. Tardigrada – Vom Bruch Bis Zur Freiheit (Eisenwald)
10. Skepticism – Companion (Svart Records)
11. Arkhtinn – 二度目の災害 (Prava Kollectiv)
12. Stormkeep – Tales of Othertime (Ván Records)
13. Koldovstvo – Ни царя, ни бога (Extraconscious Records, Babylon Doom Cult Records, Fólkvangr Records)
14. Panopticon – ...And Again Into the Light (Bindrune Recordings)
15. Circle Of Ouroborus – Kiromantia (His Wounds)
16. Fluisteraars – Gegrepen Door de Geest der Zielsontluiking (Eisenwald)
17. Ossaert – Pelgrimsoord (Argento Records)
18. King Woman – Celestial Blues (Relapse)
19. Baazlvaat – The Higher Power (Independent)
20. C R O W N – The End Of All Things (Pelagic Records)
21. Fyrnask – VII - Kenoma (Ván Records)
22. Empyrium – Über den Sternen (Prophecy Productions)
23. Mesarthim – CLG J02182–05102 (Independent)
24. Lantlos – Wildhund (Prophecy Productions)
25. Amenra – De Doorn (Relapse)

Christopher D's list

1. Dan Sartain – Arise, Dan Sartain, Arise! (One Little Independent Records)
2. Amyl and the Sniffers – Comfort To Me (Rough Trade)
3. The Obits – Die at the Zoo (Outer Battery Records)
4. Screamers – Demo Hollywood: 1977 (Superior Viaduct)
5. Bad Brains – Bad Brains (Bad Brains Records)
6. The Monsters – You're Class, I'm Trash (Voodoo Rhythm)
7. Rudimentary Peni – Great War (Sealed Records)
8. NEW YORK JUNK – DREAMING EP (Tar Beach Music)
9. Steve Conte – Bronx Cheer (Wicked Cool Records)
10. Donovan – I Am The Shaman 7" (Donovan Discs)
11. Necromancy – In The Eyes Of Death (Urbain Grandier)
12. Honshu Wolves – Cosmic Creature Capture (Voodoo Rhythm)
13. Descendents – 9th & Walnut (Epitaph)
14. Nick Cave and Warren Ellis – Carnage (Goliath Records)
15. The Living – 1982 (Loosegroove)
16. Neon Christ – 1984 (Southern Lord)
17. The Black Halos – Uncommonwealth (EP) (Cursed Blessings Records)
18. Wipers – Youth Of America -Anniversary Edition: 1981-2021 RSD (Jackpot Records)
19. The Dirtiest – Sovranista (Slovenly)
20. The Lurkers – The Boys In The Corner-7” (Damaged Goods)

Dennis's list

1. LLNN – Unmaker (PELAGIC RECORDS)
2. Impure Wilhelmina – Antidote (Season of Mist)
3. Shevils – Miracle Of The Sun (Independent)
4. DeeCracks – Serious Issues (Pirates Press)
5. Neighborhood Brats – Confines of Life (Dirt Cult)
6. Blaze Bayley – War Within Me (Blaze Bayley Recordings)
7. Black Moon Mother – Illusions Under The Sun (Petrichor)
8. Slant – 1집 (Iron Lung)
9. Hysterese – Hysterese (This Charming Man Records)
10. Dauthuz – Cold (Stageblast Records)
11. Zao – The Crimson Corridor (Observed/Observer Recordings)
12. Turnstile – Glow On (Roadrunner)
13. John Paul Keith – The Rhythm Of The City (Wild Honey Records)
14. Nick Waterhouse – Promenade Blue (Innovative Leisure Records)
15. Time & Pressure – Halfway Down (Version City Blues)
16. New Pagans – The Seed, The Vessel, The Roots And All (Big Scary Monsters)
17. Thy Catafalque – Vadak (Seasons Of Mist)
18. 1914 – Where Fear And Weapons Meet (Napalm Records)
19. Rata Negra – Una Vida Vulgar (La Vida Es Un Mus)
20. Desenterradas – Danzando En El Caos (Metadona Records)
21. Iron Maiden – Senjutsu (Parlophone)
22. Burial – Inner Gateways To The Slumbering Equilibrium At The Center Of The Cosmos (Everlasting Spew Records)
23. Actors – Acts Of Worship (Artoffact Records)
24. The Rememberables – Breathe (Adagio830)
25. Cryptosis – Bionic Swarm (Century Media)
26. Esses – Bloodletting For The Lonely (Atakra Productions)
27. Kanga – You And I WIll Never Die (Artoffact Records)
28. Tower – Shock To The System (Cruz Del Sur Records)
29. Slow Crush – Hush (Church Road Records, Quiet Panic Records)
30. Mujeres Podridas – Muerte En Paraíso (Beach Impediment Records)

Loren's list

1. Descendents – 9th & Walnut (Epitaph)
2. Talk Show Host – Mid-Century Modern (Disconnect/Disconnect, Wiretap Records)
3. Hanalei – Black Snow (A-F)
4. The Muslims – Fuck These Fucking Fascists (Epitaph)
5. ONETWOTHREE – ONETWOTHREE (Kill Rock Stars)
6. The Mimes – Plastic Pompeii (Lets Pretend)
7. Mikey Erg – Mikey Erg (Rad Girlfriend Records)
8. Slant – 1집 (Iron Lung)
9. Neighborhood Brats – Confines of Life (Dirt Cult)
10. Partial Traces – Wild Surf/Quiet Blues (Salinas Records)
11. Come Closer – Pretty Garbage (Pirates Press)
12. Sincere Engineer – Bless My Psyche (Hopeless)
13. Raging Nathans – Waste My Heart (Rad Girlfriend Records)
14. Heart & Lung – Twistin' The Knife Away (Red Scare Industries)
15. Needles//Pins – Needles//Pins (Dirt Cult)
16. Electric Chair – Social Capital (Iron Lung)
17. DeeCracks – Serious Issues (Pirates Press)
18. Stiff Richards – State Of Mind (Drunken Sailor)
19. Totally Slow – Casual Drag (Refresh Records)
20. The Obits – Die at the Zoo (Outer Battery Records)
21. Lucy Dacus – Home Video (Matador)
22. Vacation – Existential Risks & Rewards (Salinas Records)
23. Nopes – Djörk (Magnetic Eye Records)
24. Tomahawk – Tonic Immobility (Ipecac)
25. Luz de Gas – Luz de Gas (Iron Lung)

Matt's list

1. Arooj Aftab – Vulture Prince (New Amsterdam)
2. The Armed – Ultrapop (Sargent House)
3. Dave – We're All Alone in This Together (Neighbourhood Recordings)
4. Penfriend – Exotic Monsters (Independent)
5. Matt Sweeney / Bonnie “Prince” Billy – Superwolves (Drag City)
6. AFI – Bodies (Rise Records)
7. Send More Paramedics – The Final Feast (Independent)

Robert Miklos (Piro)'s list

1. San Salvador – La Grande Folie (Music Development Company)
2. BLACKSHAPE – BLACKSHAPE (Independent)
3. Floating Points with Pharoah Sanders & The London Symphony Orchestra – Promises (Luaka Bop)
4. Keygen Church – ░█░█░░█░█░█░ (Independent)
5. Kauan – Ice Fleet (Artoffact)
6. Benthos – II (Independent)
7. Sequelae – Systemic Epilepsis (Independent)
8. Epiphanic Truth – Dark Triad: Bitter Psalms to a Sordid Species (Independent)
9. Tomoko Omura – Branches Vol. 2 (Outside In Music)
10. Laüstic – La Canzone del Cefaloforo (Cursed Monk Records)
11. Musk Ox – Inheritance (Anamnesis Arts)
12. Ophidian I – Desolate (Season of Mist)
13. Burial in the Sky – The Consumed Self (Rising Nemesis Records)
14. Fawn Limbs – Darwin Falls (Roman Numeral Records, Wolves & Vibrancy Records)
15. Alora Crucible – Thymiamatascension (House of Mythology)
16. Deafheaven – Infinite Granite (Sargent House)
17. Leprous – Aphelion (InsideOut Music)
18. Miki Sawada & Brendon Randall-Myers – A Kind of Mirror (Independent)
19. Kinkajous – Being Waves (Running Circle)
20. LLNN – Unmaker (PELAGIC RECORDS)
21. Hippotraktor – Meridian (Pelagic Records)
22. SEIMS – FOUR (Art As Catharsis)
23. Kayo Dot – Moss Grew on the Swords and Plowshares Alike (Prophecy Productions)
24. Voices – Breaking the Trauma Bond (Church Road Records)
25. Maybeshewill – No Feeling is Final (The Robot Needs Home Collective)

Spyros Stasis's list

1. Lingua Ignota – Sinner Get Ready (Sargent House)
2. Low – HEY WHAT (Sub Pop)
3. The Armed – Ultrapop (Sargent House)
4. Yuko Araki – End of Trilogy (Room40)
5. King Woman – Celestial Blues (Relapse)
6. city & i.o. – Chaos Is God Neighbour (Éditions Appærent)
7. Antediluvian – The Divine Punishment (Nuclear War Now!)
8. μ-Ziq – Scurlage (Analogical Force)
9. Utopia – Stalker (APF)
10. L'Rain – Fatigue (Mexican Summer)
11. Oriflamme – L’égide ardente (Sepulchral Productions)
12. She Spread Sorrow – Huntress (Cold Spring)
13. Archspire – Bleed The Future (Season of Mist)
14. Space Afrika – Honest Labour (Dais)
15. Genghis Tron – Dream Weapon (Relapse)
16. Pan Daijing – Jade (Pan)
17. Autarkh – Formed In Motion (Season of Mist)
18. Grouper – Shade (Kranky)
19. Pupil Slicer – Mirrors (Prosthetic)
20. Pierce With Arrow – Shatter (Dais Records)
21. Vouna – Atropos (Profound Lore)
22. Erika de Casier – Sensational (4AD)
23. Seputus – Phantom Indigo (Willowtip)
24. Iceage – Seek Shelter (Mexican Summer)
25. Monte Penumbra – As Blades in the Firmament (End All Life)

Stephanie Thornton's list

1. Turnstile – Glow On (Roadrunner)
2. Kanye West – Donda (G.O.O.D. Music/ Def Jam)
3. Militarie Gun – All Roads Lead To The Gun II (Alternatives Label)
4. Lil Nas X – Montero (Columbia Records)
5. The Rememberables – Breathe (Adagio830)
6. Glitterer – Life Is Not A Lesson (Glitterer / Anti)
7. shame – Drunk Tank Pink (Dead Oceans)
8. Viagra Boys – Welfare Jazz (YEAR0001)
9. Spiritual Cramp – Here Comes More Bad News (Spiritual Cramp)
10. Quicksand – Distant Populations (Epitaph)
11. Smirk – EP (Total Punk Records)
12. Young Thug – Punk (300 Entertainment)
13. Spirit of the Beehive – ENTERTAINMENT. DEATH (Saddle Creek)
14. Fiddlehead – Between The Richness (Run for Cover Records)
15. μ-Ziq – Scurlage (Analogical Force)