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Band: Horrendous Album: Ecdysis Release Date: October 27, 2014 Genre: Death Metal Expectation: 6.5/10 Reality:7.5/10

Band: Caribou Album: Our Love Release Date: October 7, 2014 Genre: Electronic Expectation: 8/10 Reality:6/10

Band: D'Angelo and the Vanguard Album: Black Messiah Release Date: December 15, 2014 Genre: Soul/R&B Expectation: 8.5/10 Reality: 7/10

Band: Johnny Hollow Album: A Collection of Creatures Release Date: January 21, 2014 Genre: Trip Hop/Experimental/Darkwave Expectation: 6.5/10 Reality: 7.4/10

2014  was a good year in music, not as great as 2013 but there were albums to keep an eye  (or ear) on. Not all the bands listed here immediately catched my attention, that's why I'll try to be more critical and update the Reality on those albums. Enjoy! Check out our Top 20 Songs of the year! 10) Behemoth - The Satanist Release Date: February 4, 2014 Genre: Death Metal Reality: 8.5/10 New Reality: 8.3/10 The Satanist is a glorious comeback after 5 years since Evangelion. Everything surrounding this record, especially Nergal's disease/recovery, just makes the music even more powerful.  "Blow Your Trumpets Gabriel" is the metal song of the year. 9) FKA Twigs - LP1 Release Date: August 6, 2014 Genre: Trip Hop/Electronic Reality: 7/10 New Reality: 8.5/10 This is one of the CDs that took me some serious time to get into. At first it sounded kind of repetitive, even though she has a beautiful ethereal voice (can a voice be ethereal?).With severa...

Band: Future Islands Album: Singles Release Date: March 25, 2014 Genre: Synth Pop/Indie Rock Expectation: 8/10 Reality: 8/10

Band: Nero di Marte Album: Derivae Release Date: October 28, 2014 Genre: Prog Metal/Sludge Metal/Post Metal Expectation: 8/10 Reality: 6.8/10

Band: Run the Jewels Album: RTJ2 Release Date: October 28, 2014 Genre: Rap Expectation: 7/10 Reality: 8.5/10