May was once again an eclectic selection of music tastes in regards to my listening habits, with the greater nods still going to the darker side of my music tastes (industrial, goth, ebm, punk) with a decent showing from the more chillout corner of the room. Wumpscut definetly enjoyed the highest new entry spot due to their brilliant new album that was released in May, whilst new releases also saw Marilyn Manson climb my charts. I also finally got hold of a Jakalope album and a couple of CKY outings. All About Eve returned to my lists with the highest new entry just beating Akira Yamaoka, whose Silent Hill soundtracks I've been listening to quite a lot of whilst working recently.

The below are the bands I've listend to most in Mayl on iTunes or my iPod. Inspiration, downtime, or just to keep me company whilst I work. This list made up a large part of my soundtrack over the last 31 days...

Top 50 Bands – May 2012

Position Last Month Band

1           1↔             Conjure One
2           2↔             Enigm
3           4↑               Nine Inch Nails
4           7↑               The Sisters of Mercy
5           15↑             Marilyn Manson
6           NE              :Wumpscut:
7           5↓               In Strict Confidence
8           14↑             In The Nursery
9           10↑             Chicane
10          9↓              Lana Del Rey

11          6↓              Maple Bee
12          RE              All About Eve
13          RE              Akira Yamaoka
14          NE              Ladytron
15          23↑            Brand New
16          12↓            Metric
17          13↓            Archive
18          18↔          The Kills
19          43↑            The Mission
20          32↑            Mazzy Star
21          RE             The Cure
22          25↑            Gotye
23          3↓              Mind.In.A.Box
24          27↑            Clannad
25          46↑            Sneaker Pimps
26          16↓            Huski
27          NE              CKY
28          11↓            Nouvelle Vague
29          29↔          Dead Can Dance
30          28↓            Type O Negative
31          8↓              Pink Floyd
32          26↓            Fleetwood Mac
33          30↓            Sleepthief
34          21↓            Assemblage 23
35          20↓            Front Line Assembly
36          31↓            Melanie Garside
37           RE             Massive Attack
38           49↑           Norah Jones
39           RE             She Wants Revenge
40           RE             Diary of Dreams
41           NE             Jakalope
42           36↓            Skrillex
43           RE              Liquid Divine
44           37↓            Innerpartysystem
45           19↓            Front 242
46           40↓            Dead Kennedys
47           42↓            Dream City Film Club
48           50↑           Juno Reactor
49            RE            The Naked And Famous
50           35↓            My Life With The Thrill Kill Kult

STATS
New Entries = 4 (Highest = 6 :Wumpscut:) (-1 from last month)
Re-Entries = 7 (Highest = 12 All About Eve) (+2 from last month)