> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://hotrailstohell.ghost.io/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # This Ain't the Summer of Love - URL: https://hotrailstohell.ghost.io/this-aint-the-summer-of-love/ - Published: 2026-06-27T22:11:17.000Z - Updated: 2026-06-27T22:11:17.000Z - Author: Jeff Treppel It’s the middle of the year! Somehow. In lieu of talking about the upcoming Kickstarter (July 14!) since I’m booked on a bunch of podcasts to do just that, I’m gonna give you all a quick rundown of my fave music from this year to date. Lotta good titles to pick from. This is not a complete list – I’ve liked lots of stuff this year so far! – but I don’t want to overwhelm the reader. I included Bandcamp links where I could, Spotify if it isn't available there. Also: follow my Kickstarter! We go live in two weeks and I’m not nervous at all! [https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/waypointcomic/waypoint-1-4](https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/waypointcomic/waypoint-1-4?ref=hotrailstohell.ghost.io) ### NOW SPINNING [Slayyyter – Wor$t Girl in America](https://open.spotify.com/album/5siV9C6eK0NpAqER2FfCVA?ref=hotrailstohell.ghost.io) (Columbia) World class white trash electro thrash. Pop album of the year so far. [Frozen Soul – No Place of Warmth](https://frozensoultx.bandcamp.com/album/no-place-of-warmth-24-bit-hd-audio?ref=hotrailstohell.ghost.io) (Century Media) Hell froze over, and instead of fleeing to Cancun like their senator, these Texans made killer death metal instead. [Genghis Tron – Signal Fire](https://genghistron.bandcamp.com/album/signal-fire?ref=hotrailstohell.ghost.io) (Relapse) [Read my full review!](https://theshfl.com/album/Signal-Fire-1?ref=hotrailstohell.ghost.io) [Horse Lords – Demand to be Taken to Heaven Alive!](https://horselords.bandcamp.com/album/demand-to-be-taken-to-heaven-alive?ref=hotrailstohell.ghost.io) (RVNG Intl.) Smashing a bunch of instruments together and saying “Now kiss” (complimentary). [Converge – Love is Not Enough](https://convergecult.bandcamp.com/album/love-is-not-enough?ref=hotrailstohell.ghost.io) (Epitaph): Picking up pennies from heaven. [Carpenter Brut – Leather Temple](https://carpenterbrut.bandcamp.com/album/leather-temple?ref=hotrailstohell.ghost.io) (No Quarter) [Read my full review!](https://theshfl.com/album/Leather-Temple?ref=hotrailstohell.ghost.io) [Cryptic Shift: Overspace & Supertime ](https://cryptic-shift.bandcamp.com/album/overspace-supertime-2?ref=hotrailstohell.ghost.io)(Metal Blade) Blood Incantation show remarkable restraint. This is what happens when they don’t. [Hoaxed – Death Knocks](https://hoaxed.bandcamp.com/album/death-knocks?ref=hotrailstohell.ghost.io) (Relapse) [Read my full review!](https://theshfl.com/album/Death-Knocks?ref=hotrailstohell.ghost.io) [Dimmu Borgir – Grand Serpent Rising](https://dimmuborgir.bandcamp.com/album/grand-serpent-rising?ref=hotrailstohell.ghost.io) (Nuclear Blast) Look, all I want from these guys is for them to make me feel like I’m in *Hellraiser II: Hellbound* when the main characters emerge from the labyrinth and witness the Leviathan. [Spirit Adrift – Infinite Illumination](https://20buckspin.bandcamp.com/album/infinite-illumination?ref=hotrailstohell.ghost.io) (20 Buck Spin) Going out in style – crushing their enemies, seeing them driven before them, and hearing the lamentations of the women. [Zutomayo – Keisudo](https://open.spotify.com/album/5lzzogUrW0KKsmnthNNIfP?ref=hotrailstohell.ghost.io) (Universal) I don’t know if it’s worse that I’m listening to music by (probably) Japanese robots or that it’s good. [Yoasabi – THE BOOK for,](https://open.spotify.com/album/6wBkzKouHawAr9e7lLxZLA?ref=hotrailstohell.ghost.io) (Sony) See above. [Hallas – Panorama](https://haellas.bandcamp.com/album/panorama?ref=hotrailstohell.ghost.io) (Äventyr) There’s a reason Blood Incantation tapped the main dude from this band to play keyboards for them: he’s also a giant dork. [Earth Tongue – Dungeon Vision](https://earthtongue.bandcamp.com/album/dungeon-vision?ref=hotrailstohell.ghost.io) (In the Red) Castle Rat are gonna need to defend their walls from this duo. [Haute & Freddy – Big Disgrace ](https://open.spotify.com/album/3iyn2K7YlhKie8qrmUV6lS?ref=hotrailstohell.ghost.io)(Runaway Carnie) Theater kid power level over 9000. [Ladytron – Paradises](https://ladytron.bandcamp.com/album/paradises?ref=hotrailstohell.ghost.io) (Nettwerk) Definitely better than *Tron: Ares*. [Slift – Fantasia](https://slift.bandcamp.com/album/fantasia?ref=hotrailstohell.ghost.io) (Sub Pop) [Read my full review!](https://theshfl.com/album/Fantasia-2?ref=hotrailstohell.ghost.io) [Exodus – Goliath](https://exodus.bandcamp.com/album/goliath?ref=hotrailstohell.ghost.io) (Napalm) 40 years after their debut these thrash elders release what might legit be the best album of their career. [Poison Ruin – Hymns from the Hills](https://poisonruin.bandcamp.com/album/hymns-from-the-hills?ref=hotrailstohell.ghost.io) (Relapse) I liked them when they were lo-fi dungeon punk, I like ‘em more now that they hired Arthur Rizk to make them listenable. [Boards of Canada – Inferno](https://boardsofcanada.bandcamp.com/album/inferno?ref=hotrailstohell.ghost.io) (Warp) Soundtrack for the ongoing apocalypse. Feel-good hit of the summer.