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The Bad Penny’s Top 50 Best LPs of 2025, Pt. 3: Keep, Florist, Pharaoh Overlord, Gaupa, Igorrr

Posted in Album Reviews, Lists, Reviews with tags Cosmic Reaper, Florist, GAUPA, Heaven Shall Burn, Igorrr, Keep, Lifeguard, Noir Noir, Pest, Pharaoh Overlord on 12/14/2025 by Kurt Orzeck

A lot of fucked-up up shit happened in the U.S. this year. Way, way too much of it. For many of us Americans who actually carry values in our hearts instead of bloviating about them or slapping bumper stickers on our monster trucks, it was almost too much to bear.

Fortunately, 2025 also saw the release of a staggering number of stellar records, which made the year a little more … well, bearable. Hence, for the first time ever, The Bad Penny is deviating from its usual annual tradition of limiting out favorite listens to just 10 and breaking them into a five-part series containing 10 records per installment.

What follows is the third batch. (Go here for The Bad Penny‘s favorite albums, #31 through #40 and here for The Bad Penny‘s favorite albums, #41 through #50.)

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The Visionaries: Journey to the Center of Aaron Turner

Posted in Interviews, The Visionaries with tags Aaron Turner, Hydra Head, Isis, Jussi Lehtisalo, Mammifer, MOOR Mother, Old Man Gloom, Pharaoh Overlord, Sumac on 12/10/2025 by Kurt Orzeck

If an ultra-prolific music maker writes and plays songs in the woods, do they really exist if no one can hear them? Not if they release the music in the form of records, one supposes. But it is kinda the case these days with Aaron Turner, the former frontman for Isis; member of Sumac, Old Man Gloom and Mammifer; collaborator of Pharaoh Overlord; father; illustrator; swimmer; and deep thinker. Join Treble for a journey into the mind of one of the most fascinating and prolific underground artists of the last 25 years.

Pharaoh Overlord’s ‘Louhi’: Two Cent Review

Posted in Album Reviews, Reviews with tags Pharaoh Overlord on 09/11/2025 by Kurt Orzeck

Consisting of two 19-minute-plus songs that lumber, stomp, and trudge along from start to finish, Pharaoh Overlord’s Louhi is one of those rare records that makes you reflect, “How did someone come up with the idea to make music like this?” Check out my review of the record on Post-Trash.