Cloud Nothings’ album Here And Nowhere Else absolutely deserves its spot on this list, but we still fucked up when we gave it Album Of The Week on 4/1. That same day, another album came out, one which flew under the radar at the time but which has since grown to consume and immolate our universe. Portland’s Nux Vomica were born from the ashes of the amazing Baltimore crustpunk band Wake Up On Fire, whose monolithic attack (two drummers! one cellist!) blew my mind at a warehouse show a decade ago. Nux Vomica have blown that vastness of scale out to epic lengths, and the three long songs on this album swing between punk and metal subgenres with a punishing, ambitious flair that somehow transcends all of them. These guys have made a vast and rewarding piece of heaviness, and you owe it to yourself not to sleep on it, the way we once did. –Tom [LISTEN]