Oceanic - ISIS
+Effortlessly glides between beautiful instrumentals and + head-banging metal. Even if you don't like harsh vocals, do me and + you both a favor and listen to Weight - it's instrumental.
+Panopticon - ISIS
+Like Oceanic, but a little more instrumental and a bit fewer + harsh vocals. If that sounds better to you, try this one first.
+Ants From Up There - Black Country, New Road
+Gorgeous modern rock album. Basketball Shoes is one of the + greatest songs ever made.
+Ashes Against the Grain - Agalloch
+Atmospheric metal. Love the guitar riffs.
+In Rainbows - Radiohead
+If you only listen to one Radiohead album, it should be this + one. Probably one of the greatest indie rock albums ever.
+Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness - Smashing + Pumpkins
+A double album that's all over the place sonically in the best + way possible. I may never forgive Hot Chelle Rae.
+Flood - Boris
+This album is actually just one 70 minute song (in four parts). + Very long. Very slow. Largely instrumental. Not for the + impatient.
+Solace - Jakob
+Very pretty instrumental post-rock.
+Emergency & I - Dismemberment Plan
+Indie/math rock with some of my favorite lyrics from any album. + Basically no misses. At any given moment I probably have the + keyboard riff from The City stuck in my head.
+The Downward Spiral - Nine Inch Nails
+Probably the most violent, depressing album I've ever heard. + That being said, oddly catchy.
+Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas to Heaven - + Godspeed You! Black Emperor
+Even if you're not into long, instrumental pieces, you should + listen to Sleep. Just once. For your own sake. Also an incredible + band to see live.
+Stage Four - Touche Amore
+A screamo album about the singer losing his mother to cancer. + Heart-wrenching, catchy, and beautiful all at once.
+Mirror Reaper - Bell Witch
+Another album that's actually just one long 80 minute song, in 2 + parts (or 4). You'll know if it's your thing after the first 7 + minutes or so, if not sooner.
+Sunbather - Deafheaven
+Blend of black metal and shoegaze. Simultaneously pretty and + heavy.
+Somewhere Along the Highway - Cult of Luna
+More atmospheric metal. No misses IMO. Feels wrong to call out + just one track, but Dim has one of the greatest buildups I've ever + heard.
+This Will Destroy You - This Will Destroy You
+More very pretty instrumental rock. If you've seen Moneyball, + you'll have a Leo-DiCaprio-pointing-at-the-TV moment listening to + this.
+Siamese Dream - Smashing Pumpkins
+A classic. Some incredible guitar solos. Think I prefer Mellon + Collie overall, but Mayonaise is an all-timer.
+2001: A Space Odyssey
+The prettiest movie I've ever seen. You could take every frame + of it and hang it on your wall. Slow paced, but that isn't a bad + thing.
+The Dark Knight
+One of the greatest superhero movies of all time.
+Spider-Man 2
+The other greatest superhero movie of all time.
+The Big Short
+My guilty pleasure movie because I'm worried it makes me too + close to having the same tastes as a finance bro.
+Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure
+Much funnier than I expected.
+Inglourious Basterds
+Favorite Tarantino. The opening is one of the most tense scenes + I've ever watched.
+Monty Python and the Holy Grail
+If someone tells me they don't like this movie, I write them off + as having a terrible taste in comedies.
+Napoleon Dynamite
+Knew I would enjoy it from the very first scene.
+Clerks
+Some great dialogue and acting. Now every time I see the number + 37 somewhere, I think "... in a row?".
+My Cousin Vinny
+Knew people gushed about this movie, but it was even funnier + than I expected.
+The Departed
+A great thriller.
+Nathan for You
+Possibly the funniest show I've ever seen. The first episode + might seem dumb. Stick with it for at least two or three more + episodes, it improves quickly.
+Veep
+Also possibly the funniest show I've ever seen. Has some of the + most hysterical, most vulgar, most incredible one-liners ever.
+Community
+One of the most unique and creative sitcoms you'll ever watch.
+Arrested Development
+A classic. Thinking about it, similar to Community in a few ways. + Please tell your friends about this show. +
+It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
+If you haven't heard of this one, you must have been cut off + from the outside world since at least 2005. In that case, I've got + bad news about basically everything that's happened since then, but + at least you can catch up on this show.
+Workaholics
+Very similar vibes to IASIP.
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