(written by Islander)
I can hear you asking, “Why the hell is a post about 2023 year-end lists popping up in November 2024?” A valid question. And the answer is: Because I fucking forget to do this when I was supposed to do it.
Well, I only partly forgot. You probably don’t remember, but in December 2023 and January/February 2024 I was wholly consumed by a project for my fucking day job, so consumed that I didn’t have time to put together my usual list of Most Infectious Extreme Metal Songs for 2023, and didn’t have time to do the “WrapUp” post for our annual LISTMANIA series. When time eventually did become available, that’s when I forgot.
I only remembered yesterday, when launching this year’s LISTMANIA orgy with a copy/paste of Decibel‘s Top 40 list for 2024. And even though probably no one else but me has remembered that I never did the 2023 WrapUp post, it gnawed at me, like weevils in the grain-sack of my head. Begone you weevils! Here’s the WrapUp, 10 months late. Continue reading »