This list contains my favorite releases from 2024. Non-metal albums are also included, although, as last year, most of them are metal. This list is complete and will change until the end of the year.

1.Anastasia Kobekina - Venice [classical]

2.Aquilus - Bellum II

3.Abigor - Taphonomia Aeternitatis - Gesänge Im Leichenlicht Der Welt

4.Vemod - The Deepening

5.Inquisition - Veneration Of Medieval Mysticism And Cosmological Violence

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1.Kvadrat - The Horrible Dissonance Of Oblivion

2.Eternal Storm - A Giant Bound To Fall

3.Vemod - The Deepening

4.The Smile - Wall Of Eyes

5.Hauntologist - Hollow

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This is my 2024 list. Welcome!

1.Verberis - The Apophatic Wilderness

2.Pestilength - Solar Clorex

3.Spectral Voice - Sparagmos

4.LVME - Of Sinful Nature

5.Selbst - Despondency Chord Progressions

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1.Slift - Ilion

2.Cave Sermon - Divine Laughter

3.Vitriol - Suffer & Become

4.Caligula's Horse - Charcoal Grace

5.Sgàile - Traverse The Bealach

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Top 50. 8+ish albums.

Only LPs.

EP special mentions: Faal, Wax Portrait, Sfeerverzieker, Synestia, Cold in Berlin, Persefone & Meanstreak

Ranking and rating subject to constant change

Album count: 765
Average rating: 6.29

1.Ihsahn - Ihsahn

2.Hamferð - Men Gu​ð​s Hond Er Sterk

3.The Vision Bleak - Weird Tales

4.Dark Oath - Ages Of Man

5.Motherwood - A Fading Elegy

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Subjective as fuck.

1.Ὁπλίτης - Π​α​ρ​α​μ​α​ι​ν​ο​μ​έ​ν​η

2.Chapel Perilous - The Tower Of Silence

3.Cave Sermon - Divine Laughter

4.Sacrificial Vein - Black Terror Genesis

5.Convulsing - Perdurance

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1.Borknagar - Fall

2.Caligula's Horse - Charcoal Grace

3.Judas Priest - Invincible Shield

4.Imminence - The Black

5.Sgàile - Traverse The Bealach

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1.Canaan - Ai Margini

2.Obsidian ( U.S.) - Fathomless ( progressive death metal / djent ) - 8

3.Darkcluster - Stellar Tomb - 7

4.Hauntologist - Hollow

5.Slift - Ilion

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

1.Dvne - Voidkind

2.Persefone - Lingua Ignota: Part I

3.Eternal Storm - A Giant Bound To Fall

4.Cave Sermon - Divine Laughter

5.Dark Oath - Ages Of Man

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I doubt I’ll get to half the releases of last year due to changes in my work but I’ll find some good stuff

Here’s a playlist with my favorite songs, max 2 songs per album: Best Songs of 2024

1.Labyrinthus Stellarum - Vortex Of The Worlds

2.Suldusk - Anthesis

3.Sgàile - Traverse The Bealach

4.Couch Slut - You Could Do It Tonight

5.Sprints - Letters to Self

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1.Labyrinthus Stellarum - Vortex Of The Worlds

2.Einvigi - Monokroma

3.Far Beyond - The End Of My Road

4.Riitasointu - Pedon Leikki

5.Dödsrit - Nocturnal Will

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Another year begins, same scenario, ranking ordered from favorite down to least favorite. I've no specific target set this year, but it's doubtful I'll reach last year's monstrous amount. I might even throw in the odd EP this time round.

The list is also edited daily so the ranking may be subject to change.

1.Cistvaen - At Light's Demise

2.Khirki - Κ​υ​κ​ε​ώ​ν​α​ς

3.Dödsrit - Nocturnal Will

4.Sgàile - Traverse The Bealach

5.Hauntologist - Hollow

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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 all.

Goal? I made it to 625 albums last year, with a pretty slack first 6 months. Aiming for 800.

Update: This list is officially discontinued, apart from albums that are good enough to warrant multiple listens, aka the top end. There are various reasons for this, but a lot of changes are happening in life and I cannot/do not want to give this much time to every release I can.

1.Aquilus - Bellum II

2.Cave Sermon - Divine Laughter

3.Illumishade - Another Side Of You

4.Persefone - Lingua Ignota: Part I

5.Solbrud - IIII

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The best album art of 2024. I usually gravitate towards album covers based on these factors:
-Level of detail (Foreground, background, etc. One dimensional album covers don't work for me usually)
-Art style (Renaissance is cool, power metal fantasy cartoons are not)
-Colour scheme (Vibrant colours but not too wacky or fluro)
-Winter, space, large scale visuals
-Contrast (Through colour and actual landscape)
-Abstract/paradoxical

No particular order, they are all great

1.Solbrud - IIII

2.Eternal Storm - A Giant Bound To Fall

3.Infected Rain - Time

4.Darkspace - Dark Space -II

5.Borknagar - Fall

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1.Notochord - Aegis

2.Svdestada - Candela

3.Hauntologist - Hollow

4.Magnum - Here Comes The Rain

5.Narzissus - Akt III: Erl​ö​sung

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