1.Slift - Ilion

2.Sgàile - Traverse The Bealach

3.Linkin Park - Papercuts (Singles Collection 2000-2023)

4.Ihsahn - Ihsahn

5.Judas Priest - Invincible Shield

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1.Judas Priest - Invincible Shield

2.In Vain - Solemn

3.Saxon - Hell, Fire And Damnation

4.South of Salem - Death of the Party

5.Eternal Storm - A Giant Bound To Fall

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1.Judas Priest - Invincible Shield

2.Bloodorn - Let The Fury Rise

3.Vanden Plas - The Empyrean Equation Of The Long Lost Things

4.Teramaze - Eli: A Wonderful Fall From Grace

5.Amaranthe - The Catalyst

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1.Alcest - Les Chants De L'Aurore

2.Kvadrat - The Horrible Dissonance Of Oblivion

3.Eternal Storm - A Giant Bound To Fall

4.Vemod - The Deepening

5.Cave Sermon - Divine Laughter

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Another new list , this time shortest month per year…

1.Borknagar - Fall

2.Traveler - Prequel To Madness

3.Ace Frehley - 10,000 Volts

4.Stygian Crown - Funeral For A King

5.Blaze Bayley - Circle Of Stone

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1.Emil Bulls - Love Will Fix It

2.Saxon - Hell, Fire And Damnation

3.Inquisition - Veneration Of Medieval Mysticism And Cosmological Violence

4.Chelsea Wolfe - She Reaches Out To She Reaches Out To She

5.Bokassa - All Out Of Dreams

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I haven't heard new music in a long time so 2024 is the year. These albums will be getting the full treatment of multiple listens over the course of the year, so ratings and placements are subject to change.

1.Judas Priest - Invincible Shield

2.Austrian Death Machine - Quad Brutal

3.Saxon - Hell, Fire And Damnation

4.Amaranthe - The Catalyst

5.Madder Mortem - Old Eyes, New Heart

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1.Vitriol - Suffer & Become

2.Borknagar - Fall

3.Sear Bliss - Heavenly Down

4.Evergrey - Theories Of Emptiness

5.Vanden Plas - The Empyrean Equation Of The Long Lost Things

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1.Hauntologist - Hollow

2.Chelsea Wolfe - She Reaches Out To She Reaches Out To She

3.Aborted - Vault Of Horrors

4.Ulcerate - Cutting The Throat Of God

5.Job For A Cowboy - Moon Healer

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1.The Warning - Keep Me Fed

2.Bruce Dickinson - The Mandrake Project

3.The Mourning - Hush

4.For All We Know - By Design Or By Disaster

5.Sonata Arctica - Clear Cold Beyond

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Hoping to not beat last year's total albums, but to still find the good stuff this year.

1.Vulgaris - Seat Of The Fire

2.Dvne - Voidkind

3.Persefone - Lingua Ignota: Part I

4.Eternal Storm - A Giant Bound To Fall

5.Horseburner - Voice Of Storms

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1.Labyrinthus Stellarum - Vortex Of The Worlds

2.Einvigi - Monokroma

3.Arx Atrata - A Reckoning

4.Far Beyond - The End Of My Road

5.Octoploid - Beyond The Aeons

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Another year begins, same scenario, ranking ordered from favorite down to least favorite. The list is also edited daily so the ranking may be subject to change.

2023
2022…

1.Lord Goblin - Lord Goblin

2.Cistvaen - At Light's Demise

3.Inherits The Void - Scars Of Yesteryears

4.Khirki - Κ​υ​κ​ε​ώ​ν​α​ς

5.Dödsrit - Nocturnal Will

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So it begins. 3rd year at MS, 5th year of devoted metal listening. Nothing particularly exciting coming up, but Eternal Storm looks promising, and any new Persefone is a good thing. It's early days after…

1.Aquilus - Bellum II

2.Cave Sermon - Divine Laughter

3.Illumishade - Another Side Of You

4.Visions Of Atlantis - Pirates II - Armada

5.Persefone - Lingua Ignota: Part I

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