MUSIC PHASES // songs that took over my brain

every song here hit me at the right (or wrong) time and wouldn't let go. these are the tracks that defined phases, moods, and minor obsessions. updated whenever something new sinks its teeth in.

ARTIST TRACK PHASE COMMENT
Opeth
Windowpane
May 2026 currently deep in a full Opeth binge — Damnation on repeat, everything from Orchid to Pale Communion. recently discovered them and they're all i've been listening to for weeks.
Aymantium
Under the Spell of Life
Nov 2025 — present made this track during a period where everything felt cinematic. current obsession on last.fm. still not tired of it.
Aymantium
Now Art Defines All
May — Nov 2025 obsession #1 on last.fm. recorded in a single night. this one defined my whole spring.
Buckethead
Soothsayer
2025 312 scrobbles — my #2 most listened artist. fell into a Buckethead wormhole that i'm still not out of. endless pikes, endless riffs.
Porcupine Tree
Trains
2025 107 scrobbles. Steven Wilson's songwriting got its hooks in me hard. In Absentia is one of those albums you wish you could hear for the first time again.
Squarepusher
Come On My Selector
2024 — 2025 112 scrobbles. the bass playing is inhuman. Chris Cunningham video is burned into my brain. made me want to make weird electronic music.
Dissection
No Dreams Breed In Breathless Sleep
2025 86 scrobbles. Storm of the Light's Bane is perfect front to back. melodic black metal at its absolute peak.
Aphex Twin
Xtal
2024 — 2025 79 scrobbles. Selected Ambient Works 85-92 is timeless. this track specifically — that beat, those samples. whole IDM rabbit hole started here.
Venetian Snares
Szamár Madár
2024 78 scrobbles. Rossz Csillag Alatt Született is a masterpiece. classical samples + breakcore shouldn't work this well.
Emerson, Lake & Palmer
Lucky Man
2025 92 scrobbles. went through a massive prog phase. Greg Lake's voice and that Moog solo — pure magic.
The Microphones
The Moon
2025 87 scrobbles. The Glow Pt. 2 is devastating. this song in particular — the most beautiful lo-fi heartbreak ever recorded.
System of a Down
Toxicity
2024 — 2025 85 scrobbles. nostalgia + rediscovery. Toxicity is still one of the most unhinged and brilliant metal albums ever made.
Midnight
Nuclear Savior
2025 — 2026 top track on last.fm is "You Can't Stop Steel." filthy blackened speed metal that makes you want to start a fight. Athenar is a menace.
Electric Wizard
Funeralopolis
2025 Dopethrone is THE doom metal album. this riff hits like a sledgehammer. loved track on last.fm for a reason.
Darkthrone
Transilvanian Hunger
2025 the purest black metal ever recorded. that drum machine, that riff, those vocals. loved this track and listened to the whole album on repeat.
Falkenbach
Eweroun
2025 68 scrobbles. pagan metal that actually feels ancient. Eweroun is an anthem. made me want to pick up a sword and wander into a forest.

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