39. Chelsea Wolfe – “Birth of Violence”
Sultry and understated, this is a dark minimalistic masterpiece. It is slight and highly atmospheric. The power here is what it doesn’t do. It feels like at any given moment it is going to explode into life, but it doesn’t. It remains restrained and majestic. There is such a light touch here, her performance is ethereal and ghostly. However it is also deeply emotional and it manages to raise the hairs on the back of my neck on each and every listen. Haunting, lingering and brilliant.