A weekly tally of noteworthy things that got stuck in my ears, Nov. 24–30, 2025.

IQ – CK Wiatrak, Zabrze, Poland, Oct. 4, 2025 (ROIO; 2025)

Kronos Quartet – Forgive Us For (Phenotypic; due Dec. 5, 2025)

▸ Rim Banna – Ya Taali’een el-Jabal (arr. Jonathan Berger); Hildur Guðnadóttir – Fólk fær andlit; Mariana Sadovska – Chernobyl: The Harvest

U2 – Boy (Deluxe Edition Remastered) (Island; 1980/2008)

Kalia Vandever – Another View (Northern Spy; 2025)

Gong – Live at Longlaville 29/10/74 (Madfish; 2021)

Gong – Magick Brother (BYG Actuel; 1970)

Gong – Camembert Electrique (BYG Actuel; 1971)

Gong – Continental Circus (Philips; 1972)

Gong – Flying Teapot (Deluxe Edition) (Virgin; 1973)

Gong – Angel’s Egg (Deluxe Edition) (Virgin; 1973)

Gong – You (Deluxe Edition) (Virgin; 1974)

Rosalía – Lux (Columbia; 2025)

The Cure – Greatest Hits (Elektra; 2001)

Goose – Madison Square Garden, New York, NY, June 28, 2025 (self-released; 2025)

King Crimson – Konserthuset, Oslo, Norway, June 4, 2003 (DGMLive/Nugs.net; 2025)

Sylvian/Fripp – Damage (Virgin; 2001, originally released 1994)

Venom – Black Metal (Neat/Castle; 1982/2002)

Bathory – Bathory (Black Mark; 1984)

Hellhammer – Apocalyptic Raids (Noise; 1984)

Darkthrone – A Blaze in the Northern Sky (Peaceville; 1992)

Mayhem – De Mysteriis dom Sathanas (Deathlike Silence; 1994)

Cradle of Filth – The Principle of Evil Made Flesh (Cacophonous; 1994)

Emperor – In the Nightside Eclipse (Candlelight; 1994)

Dimmu Borgir – Stormblåst (Cacophonous; 1996)

Marduk – Heaven Shall Burn… and We Are Gathered (Osmose Productions; 1996)

John Butcher – Away, I was (Relative Pitch; due Jan. 23, 2026)

Last Dream of the Morning (John Butcher, John Edwards, Mark Sanders) – Sharp Illusion (Fundacja Słuchaj; 2025)

Arcturus – Aspera Hiems Symfonia (Ancient Lore Creations/Century Black; 1996)

Ulver – Nattens Madrigal (Century Black; 1997)

Gorgoroth – Destroyer – or About How to Philosophize with the Hammer (Nuclear Blast; 1998)

Satyricon – Rebel Extravaganza (Nuclear Blast; 1998)

Weakling – Dead As Dreams (tUMULt; 2000)

Johann Sebastian Bach – Goldberg Variations – Mahan Esfahani (Deutsche Grammophon; 2016)

Ensemble Pamplemousse – Brightness Drifts (self-released; 2025)

▸ Natacha Diels – What do you want to see today?; Andrew Greenwald – Facets; David Broome – Luminosity II (from the Herzsprung-Russell Project); Bryan Jacobs – Envelope En En

SML – How You Been (International Anthem; 2025)

Derek Bailey & John Stevens – The Duke of Wellington (Confront; 2025, recorded 1989)

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[Title key: Mayhem, “Pagan Fears”]