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Scene Point Blank's Favorites: Year End (2023)

Individual staff lists

Aaron H's list

1. The Gaslight Anthem – History Books (Rich Mahogany Recordings)
2. The Menzingers – Some Of It Was True (Epitaph)
3. Olivia Rodrigo – GUTS (Geffen)
4. Baroness – Stone (Abraxan Hymns)
5. Screaming Females – Desire Pathway (Don Giovanni)
6. Better Lovers – God Made Me an Animal (Sharptone)
7. Paramore – This is Why (Atlantic)
8. Squid – O Monolith (Warp)
9. Fucked Up – One Day (Merge)
10. Crime in Stereo – House and Trance (Pure Noise)
11. Hot Mulligan – Why Would I Watch (Wax Bodega)
12. The Brokedowns – Maximum Khaki (Red Scare Industries)
13. Spanish Love Songs – No Joy (Pure Noise)
14. Meet Me @ The Altar – Past // Present // Future (Fueled By Ramen)
15. Paint It Black – Famine (Revelation Records)
16. Rebuilder – Local Support (Iodine)
17. Worriers – Trust Your Gut (Ernest Jenning)
18. Rancid – Tomorrow Never Comes (Epitaph)
19. Sincere Engineer – Cheap Grills (Hopeless)
20. Drain – Living Proof (Epitaph Records)

Cheryl's list

1. VNV Nation – Electric Sun (Anachron Sounds)
2. Panopticon – The Rime of Memory (Bindrune Records)
3. Lamp Of Murmuur – Saturnian Bloodstorm (Not Kvlt Records, Argento Records)
4. Moonlight Sorcery – Horned Lord of the Thorned Castle (Avantgarde Music)
5. Mephorash – Krystl-Ah (Shadows Records)
6. Katatonia – Sky Void of Stars (Napalm)
7. Austere – Corrosion of Hearts (Prophecy)
8. Harp – Albion (Bella Union)
9. Blut Aus Nord – Disharmonium - Nahab (Debemur Morti)
10. Dodheimsgard – Black Medium Current (Peaceville)
11. Mizmor – Prosaic (Profound Lore Records)
12. HEALTH – RAT WARS (Loma Vista Recordings)
13. Heretoir – Nightsphere (Northern Silence Productions)
14. Miserere Luminis – Ordalie (Sepulchral Productions)
15. Imperial Crystalline Entombment – Ancient Glacial Resurgence (Debemur Morti)
16. Woe – Legacies of Frailty (Vendetta Records)
17. Ulthar – Anthronomicon / Helionomicon (20 Buck Spin)
18. ASET – Astral Rape (Les Acteurs de l'Ombre Productions)
19. Tomb Mold – The Enduring Spirit (20 Buck Spin)
20. Thantifaxath – Hive Mind Necrosis (Dark Descent)
21. Aara – Triade III: Nyx (Debemur Morti)
22. Laster – Andermans Mijne (Prophecy Productions)
23. Urfaust – Untergang (Ván Records)
24. Lankum – False Lankum (Rough Trade)
25. Khanate – To Be Cruel (Sacred Bones)

Christopher D's list

1. Swans – The Beggar (Young God Records)
2. Ivan Julian – Swing Your Lanterns (Pravda Records)
3. The Telescopes – Of Tomorrow (Tapete Records)
4. The Telescopes – Experimental Health (Weisskalt)
5. The Zeros – Don't Push Me Around/Wimp (Munster Records)
6. Don Letts – Outta Sync (Cooking Vinyl)
7. The Fallen Leaves – Rosalina : Stay (Spinout Nuggets)
8. The Men – Fuzz Club Sessions No.20 (Fuzz Club Records)
9. Dwarves – Concept Album (Independent)
10. Sonny Vincent – Fury Distance Liquid Diamonds - Sonny Vincent: Primitive 1969-76 (Ripple Music)
11. The Uppers – Manic Melodies (Boulevard Trash ,Spaghetty Town Records, Wanda Records)
12. Death / Rough Francis – World In Disguise / Haunted (Drag City ,Tryangle Records)
13. The Pandoras – It's About Time (Voxx Records)
14. Devo – 50 Years Of De-Evolution (1973-2023) (Rhino Records/Warner Records)
15. The Jackets – Life’s Not Like The Movies (Chaputa! Records)
16. Chrome – Blue Exposure (Cleopatra)
17. Naked Lungs – Doomscroll (Independent)
18. Pat Todd & The Rankoutsiders – Sons Of The City Ditch (Dog Meat)
19. The Oxys – Generation Irrelevant (Dead Beat Records)
20. Johnny Moped – Lockdown Boy (Damaged Goods)
21. New Model Army And Sinfonia Leipzig – Sinfonia (Ear Music, Edel, Attack Attack)
22. Fear – For Right And Order (Atom Age Industries/Fear Records)
23. Cherry Cheeks – Second LP (Total Punk)
24. The Circles – Hope You're Ready (Detour Records)
25. Comateens – Danger Zone / Elizabeth's Lover (Left For Dead Records)
26. Spitting Image – Full Sun (Slovenly Recordings)
27. Social Distortion – Mommy's Little Monster (Craft Recordings)
28. Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros – Live at Acton Town Hall (BMG, Dark Horse Records)
29. Hanoi Rocks – Oriental Beat (40th Anniversary) (Svart Records)
30. Chain Whip – Call of the Knife (Neon Taste)

Delaney's list

1. Skating Polly – Chaos County Line (El Camino Media)
2. Opus Kink – My Eyes, Brother! (Nice Swan Recordings)
3. CIVIC – Taken By Force (ATO)
4. Meet Me @ The Altar – Past // Present // Future (Fueled By Ramen)
5. Be Your Own Pet – Mommy (Third Man)
6. Rancid – Tomorrow Never Comes (Epitaph)
7. Chain Whip – Call of the Knife (Neon Taste)
8. Queens of the Stone Age – In Times New Roman (Matador)
9. Night Court – Humans! (Debt Offensive, Snappy Little Numbers)
10. Screaming Females – Desire Pathway (Don Giovanni)
11. Gina Birch – I Play My Bass Loud (Third Man)
12. Bankrupt – Illiberal Holiday (Independent)
13. The Oxys – Generation Irrelevant (Dead Beat Records)
14. Dead End Drive-In – A Worthwhile Endeavour (Early Onset Records)
15. Harsh Realms – CVLT (Shield Recordings)
16. Ogives – La M​é​moire des Orages (Sub Rosa)
17. Various Artists – Time x Heist / Without Love - Split EP (Best Life Records, Our Pride Records)
18. Lambrini Girls – You're Welcome (Big Scary Monsters)
19. Girls Like Us – Bitter 'Til The Bitter End (Independent)
20. Bruise Control – Useless for Something (TNSrecords)
21. Worriers – Trust Your Gut (Ernest Jenning)
22. Sprain – The Lamb As Effigy (Flenser)
23. The Stargazer's Assistant – Fire Worshipper (House of Mythology)
24. Half Dead – Nasty, Brutish, and Short (Early Onset Records)
25. Origami Angel – The Brightest Days (Counter Intuitive Records)

Dennis's list

1. Bankrupt – Illiberal Holiday (Independent)
2. The Crimson Ghosts – Forevermore (Ring Of Fire Records)
3. Eyes – Congratulations (Indisciplinarian)
4. Heihaizi – Heihaizi (Turbo Discos)
5. Lisasinson – Un A​ñ​o De Cambios (Elefant Records)
6. Harsh Realms – CVLT (Shield Recordings)
7. Nobro – Set Your Pussy Free (Dine Alone)
8. Debeli Precjednik / Fat Prezident – Atomac (Dostava Zvuka)
9. Death Pill – Death Pill (New Heavy Sounds)
10. Turmion Kätilöt – Omen X (Nuclear Blast)
11. Deadly Carnage – Endless Blue (A Sad Sadness Song)
12. Pascow – Sieben (Rookie Records)
13. Drain – Living Proof (Epitaph Records)
14. Shores Of Null – The Loss Of Beauty (Spikerot Records)
15. Nonthewiser – Nonthewiser (Melodic Punk Style)
16. Existence – Go To Heaven (Quality Control HQ)
17. Mašinko – Pozovite rapsode (Dostava Zvuka)
18. Santo Rostro – Después No Habrá Nada (Spinda Records)
19. GraveRipper – Seasons Dreaming Death (Wise Blood Records)
20. Regicide – Immortels (Moonkeep Records)
21. Dodheimsgard – Black Medium Current (Peaceville)
22. Lamp Of Murmuur – Saturnian Bloodstorm (Not Kvlt Records, Argento Records)
23. Viceprez – Tropical Connexion (Adagio830, Bigoût Records, Dispear Records, Don't Trust The Hype, Inhumano, Shove Records, Sonatine Produzioni)
24. Neurotech – Ave Neptune (Self Released)
25. Deep Space Destructors – Voyage To Innerspace (Self Released)

Loren's list

1. Screaming Females – Desire Pathway (Don Giovanni)
2. Worriers – Trust Your Gut (Ernest Jenning)
3. The Brokedowns – Maximum Khaki (Red Scare Industries)
4. Truth Cult – Walk the Wheel (Pop Wig Records)
5. Billy Liar – Crisis Actor (Pirates Press)
6. Spanish Love Songs – No Joy (Pure Noise)
7. American Television – Scars (Smartpunk Records)
8. Aesop Rock – Integrated Tech Solutions (Rhymesayers)
9. Rancid – Tomorrow Never Comes (Epitaph)
10. Atmosphere – So Many Other Realities Exist Simultaneously (Rhymesayers)
11. What Goes Up – Laws of Gravity (Brassneck Records, Rad Girlfriend Records, Waterslide Records)
12. Kepi Ghoulie – Ramones in Love (Pirates Press)
13. Come Closer – We Died With Print (Independent)
14. Seagulls – The Rapture and Resurgens (Say-10)
15. Pack Sounds – Real Gusto (Friend Club Records)
16. Paint It Black – Famine (Revelation Records)
17. Sincere Engineer – Cheap Grills (Hopeless)
18. Alien Nosejob – The Derivative Sounds Of​.​.​. Or​.​.​. A Dog Always Returns To Its Vomit (Anti Fade Records, Goner)
19. Chain Whip – Call of the Knife (Neon Taste)
20. Night Court – Humans! (Debt Offensive, Snappy Little Numbers)
21. Jumpstarted Plowhards – Round Two (Recess Records)
22. Spells – Loose Change, Vol. 2 (Big Neck Records, Keep It a Secret Records, Motorcycle Potluck Records, Shield Recordings, Snappy Little Numbers)
23. Les Lullies – Mauvaise Foi (Slovenly)
24. The Penske File – Half Glow (Stomp Records)
25. Dwarves – Concept Album (Independent)

Matt's list

1. The Mars Volta – Qué Dios Te Maldiga Mí Corazón (Clouds Hill)
2. Sufjan Stevens – Javelin (Asthmatic Kitty)
3. The Tallest Man on Earth – Henry St. (Anti-)
4. Lankum – False Lankum (Rough Trade)
5. Everything but the Girl – Fuse (Buzzin' Fly / Virgin)

Robert Miklos (Piro)'s list

1. mingjia – star, star (Independent)
2. Closure in Moscow – Soft Hell (Bird's Robe Records)
3. Poil Ueda – Yoshitsune (Dur et Doux)
4. Helga – Wrapped in Mist (Season of Mist)
5. Volkor X – The Loop (Independent)
6. Cicada – Seeking the Sources of Streams (Flau)
7. Hashshashin – Saranam (Art As Catharsis)
8. Emily Hopkins & Courtney Swain – Tournesols (Independent)
9. Jizue – Biotop (Victor Entertainment)
10. Virta – Horros (Svart Records)
11. Oneohtrix Point Never – Again (Warp Records)
12. Rumpistol – Going Inside (Raske Plader)
13. The Gorge – Mechanical Fiction (Pelagic Records)
14. Glasser – Crux (One Little Independent Records)
15. Night Verses – Every Sound Has a Color in the Valley of Night (Equal Vision Records)
16. Hypno5e – Sheol (Pelagic Records)
17. Spurv – Brefjære (Pelagic Records)
18. Lunar Chamber – Shambhallic Vibrations (20 Buck Spin)
19. Lucrecia – The Architect (827716 Records DK)
20. Ne Obliviscaris – Exul (Season of Mist)
21. Endless Nameless – Living Without (Silent Pendulum)
22. Burner – It All Returns To Nothing (Church Road Records)
23. The Arcane Order – Distortions from Cosmogony (Black Lion Records)
24. Ling Tosite Sigure – last aurorally (Sony Music Labels)
25. Lisel – Patterns for Auto-Tuned Voices and Delay (Ba Da Bing!)

Sarah Jane's list

1. Angus McSix – Angus McSix and the Sword of Power. (Napalm)
2. Ghost – Phantomime (Loma Vista Recordings)
3. The Tomb Tones – Ghost Of Toast (Independent)
4. The 69 Eyes – Death Of Darkness (Atomic Fire Records)
5. Various Artists – Horrorpunk's Not Dead Vol. 2 (We Are Horror Records)
6. Rancid – Tomorrow Never Comes (Epitaph)
7. Eric Angelo Bessel – Visitation (Lore City Music)
8. Queens of the Stone Age – In Times New Roman (Matador)
9. GraveRipper – Seasons Dreaming Death (Wise Blood Records)
10. The Deathtones – The American Invasion (We Are Horror Records)
11. Bloodletter – A Different Kind Of Hell (Wise Blood Records)
12. The Crimson Ghosts – Forevermore (Ring Of Fire Records)
13. Won't Stay Dead – 3 Hits From Purgatory (We Are Horror Records)
14. Robby Bloodshed vs Voice Of Doom – Robby Bloodshed vs Voice Of Doom (We Are Horror Records)
15. Meteor Police – New Type Destroyer (Independent)

Spyros Stasis's list

1. Lankum – False Lankum (Rough Trade)
2. Sea Mosquito – Igitur (Onism/Independent)
3. The Telescopes – Experimental Health (Weisskalt)
4. Khanate – To Be Cruel (Sacred Bones)
5. Sprain – The Lamb As Effigy (Flenser)
6. Goat – Joy In Fear (NAKID)
7. Dodheimsgard – Black Medium Current (Peaceville)
8. The End – Why Do You Mourn (Trost)
9. Kostnatěni – Úpal (Willowtip)
10. Gazelle Twin – Black Dog (Invada)
11. Benefits – Nails (Invada)
12. Ulthar – Anthronomicon / Helionomicon (20 Buck Spin)
13. Aisha Devi – Death Is Home (Houndstooth)
14. Thantifaxath – Hive Mind Necrosis (Dark Descent)
15. Niecy Blues – Exit Simulation (Kranky)
16. Anti-God Hand – Blight Year (American Dreams)
17. Raspberry Bulbs – The World Is Empty, The Heart Is Full (Hospital)
18. Yuko Araki – IV (Room40)
19. The Stargazer's Assistant – Fire Worshipper (House of Mythology)
20. The Shits – You’re A Mess (Rocket Recordings)
21. Jesus Piece – ...So Uknown (Century Media)
22. Laster – Andermans Mijne (Prophecy Productions)
23. Tomb Mold – The Enduring Spirit (20 Buck Spin)
24. The Immortal Samsara Travellers – Hanging Gardens In Glacial Apocha (Utech)
25. Grischa Lichtenberger – Works for Last Work (Raster)