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@InnerSelf that’s one of my favorite albums of the year and I shared it on the forum. All Hail is a banger and has some of the coolest vocals in that style

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that Deafheaven almost sounds prime, need just a bit more GY!BEvibes as on NB.

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Charts Top of 2024 Top 200

	Year	Type	Style	Rating	Votes	Rev.	SBS
16981	Metal De Facto - Land Of The Rising Sun Part I Power	2024	Studio	Power	7.8 (18)	18
16982	At The Plates - Omnivore Death	2024	Studio	Death	6.5 (18)	18	1	8
16983	Hammer King - König Und Kaiser Heavy, Power	2024	Studio	Heavy Power	7.2 (18)	18
16984	Kontact - Full Contact Heavy	2024	Studio	Heavy	6.6 (18)	18	1
16985	Boundless Chaos - Sinister Upheaval Death, Thrash	2024	Studio	Death Thrash	6.8 (18)	18
16986	Autumnblaze - Auf Zerfetzten Schwingen Gothic rock, Gothic	2024	Studio	Gothic rock Gothic	6.9 (18)	18
16987	Profane Burial - My Plateau Symphonic black	2024	Studio	Symphonic black	7.1 (18)	18
16988	Bongripper - Empty Drone doom, Sludge, Instrumental	2024	Studio	Drone doom Sludge Instrumental	7.2 (18)	18	1
16989	All For Metal - Gods Of Metal (Year Of The Dragon) Heavy, Power	2024	Studio	Heavy Power	5.6 (18)	18
16990	Umbra Vitae - Light Of Death Death	2024	Studio	Death	6.6 (18)	18
16991	Bythos - Chthonic Gates Unveiled Black	2024	Studio	Black	6.6 (18)	18
16992	Öxxö Xööx - + (The Opening Of The Hypercube) Avantgarde, Gothic	2024	Studio	Avantgarde Gothic	6.5 (18)	18
16993	Amorphis - Tales From The Thousand Lakes - Live At Tavastia Live Folk, Progressive, Melodic death	2024	Live	Folk Progressive Melodic death	8.9 (18)	18
16994	Ten Ton Slug - Colossal Oppressor Sludge	2024	Studio	Sludge	7.8 (18)	18
16995	Dragony - Hic Svnt Dracones Power	2024	Studio	Power	6.9 (18)	18
16996	Nightwish - The Day Of... Single Symphonic power, Symphonic	2024	Single	Symphonic power Symphonic	6.1 (18)	18
16997	Hell Is Other People - Moirae Post-black	2024	Studio	Post-black	7.1 (18)	18
16998	Esoctrilihum - Döth-Derniàlh Black	2024	Studio	Black	6.7 (18)	18
16999	Invernoir - Aimin' For Oblivion Gothic doom	2024	Studio	Gothic doom	7.3 (18)	18
17000	Ashen Tomb - Ecstatic Death Reign Death	2024	Studio	Death	7.3 (18)	18		8
17001	Föhn - Condescending Funeral doom	2024	Studio	Funeral doom	7.4 (18)	18	1
17002	Gojira - Mea Culpa (Ah! Ça Ira!) [Collaboration] Single Orchestral , Symphonic	2024	Single	Orchestral Symphonic	9.2 (18)	18
17003	Accu§er - Rebirthless Thrash	2024	Studio	Thrash	7.3 (18)	18
17004	Xandria - Universal Tales EP Symphonic	2024	EP	Symphonic	7.2 (18)	18		5
17005	Deus Mortem - Thanatos Black	2024	Studio	Black	7.3 (18)	18
17006	Plaguewielder (USA) - In Dust & Ash Blackened sludge	2025	Studio	Blackened sludge	7.1 (18)	18
17007	Am I In Trouble? - Spectrum Blackened avantgarde, Post-black	2025	Studio	Blackened avantgarde Post-black	7.2 (18)	18
17008	In Flames - Cloud Connected Single Gothenburg, Alternative	2002	Single	Gothenburg Alternative	7.5 (17)	17		1
17009	Ivory Tower - Ivory Tower Progressive, Power	1998	Studio	Progressive Power	7.4 (17)	17		8
17010	Black Sabbath - Symptom Of The Universe: The Original Black Sabbath 1970-1978 Compilation Heavy, Hard rock	2002	Comp	Heavy Hard rock	8.6 (17)	17

Band - Album

Year

Type

Style

Rating

Votes

Rev.

SBS

Lyrics

16981

Metal De Facto - Land Of The Rising Sun Part I

Power

2024

Studio

Power

7.8

(18)

16982

At The Plates - Omnivore

Death

2024

Studio

Death

6.5

(18)

16983

Hammer King - König Und Kaiser

Heavy, Power

2024

Studio

Heavy
Power

7.2

(18)

16984

Kontact - Full Contact

Heavy

2024

Studio

Heavy

6.6

(18)

16985

Boundless Chaos - Sinister Upheaval

Death, Thrash

2024

Studio

Death
Thrash

6.8

(18)

16986

Autumnblaze - Auf Zerfetzten Schwingen

Gothic rock, Gothic

2024

Studio

Gothic rock
Gothic

6.9

(18)

16987

Profane Burial - My Plateau

Symphonic black

2024

Studio

Symphonic black

7.1

(18)

16988

Bongripper - Empty

Drone doom, Sludge, Instrumental

2024

Studio

Drone doom
Sludge
Instrumental

7.2

(18)

16989

All For Metal - Gods Of Metal (Year Of The Dragon)

Heavy, Power

2024

Studio

Heavy
Power

5.6

(18)

16990

Umbra Vitae - Light Of Death

Death

2024

Studio

Death

6.6

(18)

16991

Bythos - Chthonic Gates Unveiled

Black

2024

Studio

Black

6.6

(18)

16992

Öxxö Xööx - + (The Opening Of The Hypercube)

Avantgarde, Gothic

2024

Studio

Avantgarde
Gothic

6.5

(18)

16993

Amorphis - Tales From The Thousand Lakes - Live At Tavastia

Live

Folk, Progressive, Melodic death

2024

Live

Folk
Progressive
Melodic death

8.9

(18)

16994

Ten Ton Slug - Colossal Oppressor

Sludge

2024

Studio

Sludge

7.8

(18)

16995

Dragony - Hic Svnt Dracones

Power

2024

Studio

Power

6.9

(18)

16996

Nightwish - The Day Of...

Single

Symphonic power, Symphonic

2024

Single

Symphonic power
Symphonic

6.1

(18)

16997

Hell Is Other People - Moirae

Post-black

2024

Studio

Post-black

7.1

(18)

16998

Esoctrilihum - Döth-Derniàlh

Black

2024

Studio

Black

6.7

(18)

16999

Invernoir - Aimin' For Oblivion

Gothic doom

2024

Studio

Gothic doom

7.3

(18)

17000

Ashen Tomb - Ecstatic Death Reign

Death

2024

Studio

Death

7.3

(18)

17001

Föhn - Condescending

Funeral doom

2024

Studio

Funeral doom

7.4

(18)

17002

Gojira - Mea Culpa (Ah! Ça Ira!) [Collaboration]

Single

Orchestral , Symphonic

2024

Single

Orchestral
Symphonic

9.2

(18)

17003

Accu§er - Rebirthless

Thrash

2024

Studio

Thrash

7.3

(18)

17004

Xandria - Universal Tales

Symphonic

2024

Symphonic

7.2

(18)

17005

Deus Mortem - Thanatos

Black

2024

Studio

Black

7.3

(18)

17006

Plaguewielder (USA) - In Dust & Ash

Blackened sludge

2025

Studio

Blackened sludge

7.1

(18)

17007

Am I In Trouble? - Spectrum

Blackened avantgarde, Post-black

2025

Studio

Blackened avantgarde
Post-black

7.2

(18)

17008

In Flames - Cloud Connected

Single

Gothenburg, Alternative

2002

Single

Gothenburg
Alternative

7.5

(17)

17009

Ivory Tower - Ivory Tower

Progressive, Power

1998

Studio

Progressive
Power

7.4

(17)

17010

Black Sabbath - Symptom Of The Universe: The Original Black Sabbath 1970-1978

Compilation

Heavy, Hard rock

2002

Comp

Heavy
Hard rock

8.6

(17)

1.	Megadeth Rust In Peace
2.	Judas Priest Painkiller
3.	Death Symbolic
4.	Opeth Blackwater Park
5.	Metallica Master Of Puppets
6.	Metallica Ride The Lightning
7.	Black Sabbath Paranoid
8.	Iron Maiden Powerslave
9.	Death The Sound Of Perseverance
10.	Agalloch The Mantle

1.	Blood Incantation Absolute Elsewhere
2.	Iotunn Kinship
3.	Judas Priest Invincible Shield
4.	Thy Catafalque XII: A Gyönyörű Álmok Ezután Jönnek
5.	Opeth The Last Will And Testament
6.	Wormwood The Star
7.	Ulcerate Cutting The Throat Of God
8.	Wintersun Time II
9.	Gaerea Coma
10.	Panzerfaust The Suns Of Perdition - Chapter IV: To Shadow Zion