Every year I come up with a list of my favorite albums. It may not be exactly 10 (sometimes more, sometimes less), but these are albums I consider masterpieces, that I usually end up coming back to over and over again even years later. I have not retroactively changed any of these lists, so they also chart a pretty good course of my musical interests. I hope you are able to find a few things worth listening to here - Bandcamp links are provided when available.
#8 - Ὁπλίτης ('Oplites) - Παραμαινομένη (Paramainomeni)
(China)
black metal / progressive metal / zeuhl
#5 - Lalalar - En Kötü Iyi Olur
(Turkey)
dance rock / darkwave / Turkish traditional music / microtonal
#6 - Vertebra Atlantis - A Dialogue With the Eeriest Sublime
(Italy)
blackened death metal / progressive metal
#6 - Vertebra Atlantis - Lustral Purge in Cerulean Bliss
(Italy)
blackened death metal / progressive metal
#3 - Nihiloxica - Kaloli
(Uganda)
experimental electronic / dark ambient / traditional Ugandan drumming
#5 - Tenchio - Crosshatching Holographs of a Cityscape (Antiopus)
(Uruguay)
math rock / post-hardcore / J-pop
#8 - King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard - K.G.
(Australia)
psychedelic rock / experimental rock /microtonal
#10 - Super Parquet - Super Parquet
(France)
electroacoustic / Occitan folk / experimental electronica
#6 - Azusa - Heavy Yoke (no Bandcamp link)
(Sweden/USA)
thrash metal / progressive metal
#2 - King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard - Flying Microtonal Banana
(Australia)
psychedelic rock / traditional Turkish music / microtonal
#5 - King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard & Mild High Club - Sketches of Brunswick East
(Australia)
psychedelic rock / jazz fusion
#7 - Cornelius - Mellow Waves (no Bandcamp link)
(Japan)
experimental electronica / J-rock / shibuya-kei
#9 - King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard - Polygondwanaland
(Australia)
psychedelic rock / progressive rock
#5 - Radiohead - A Moon Shaped Pool (no Bandcamp link)
(UK)
alternative rock / experimental rock
#6 - Three Trapped Tigers - Silent Earthling
(UK)
progressive rock / math rock / experimental electronica
#11 - Hiatus Kaiyote - Choose Your Weapon (no Bandcamp link)
(Australia)
neo-soul / funk rock / psychedelic pop
#2 - Death From Above 1979 - The Physical World (no Bandcamp link)
(Canada)
dance punk / alternative rock / powerviolence
#6 - Animals as Leaders - The Joy of Motion (no Bandcamp link)
(USA)
progressive metal / jazz fusion / djent
#7 - Sohn - Tremors (no Bandcamp link)
(UK)
electronica / R&B / trip-hop
#8 - SBTKRT - Wonder Where We Land (no Bandcamp link)
(UK)
electronic / hip-hop / R&B
#1 - Daft Punk - Random Access Memories (no Bandcamp link)
(France)
disco / soft rock / progressive pop
#7 - The Dillinger Escape Plan - One of Us Is the Killer (no Bandcamp link)
(USA)
mathcore / experimental rock / progressive metal
#1 - Tame Impala - Lonerism (no Bandcamp link)
(Australia)
psychedelic rock / indie rock
#3 - Purity Ring - Shrines (no Bandcamp link)
(Canada)
witch house / indie pop / experimental electronica
#6 - Huoratron - Cryptocracy (no Bandcamp link)
(Finland)
electro house / chiptune
#8 - Alamaailman Vasarat - Valta (no Bandcamp link)
(Finland)
klezmer / progressive metal / avant-garde
#11 - Efterklang - Piramida (no Bandcamp link)
(Denmark)
post-rock / indie rock / electronica