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…

1.Cistvaen - At Light's Demise

2.Lord Goblin - Lord Goblin

3.Khirki - Κ​υ​κ​ε​ώ​ν​α​ς

4.Dödsrit - Nocturnal Will

5.Inherits The Void - Scars Of Yesteryears

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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.Æthĕrĭa Conscĭentĭa - The Blossoming

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Right... Let's get this out of the way from the get-go. Alternative metal is hard to define. I guess that comes from it always wanting to experiment, explore and fuse heavy metal with non-metal music genres.

1.Living Colour - Vivid

2.Jane's Addiction - Nothing's Shocking

3.Faith No More - The Real Thing

4.Godflesh - Streetcleaner

5.L7 - Smell The Magic

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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.Suldusk - Anthesis

2.Maruja - Connla’s Well

3.Sgàile - Traverse The Bealach

4.Couch Slut - You Could Do It Tonight

5.Julie Christmas - Ridiculous And Full Of Blood

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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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Albums that share their name with a song usually have only one title track. However, there are also examples of albums where several songs contribute to the album name.

Please feel free to suggest more…

1.Alpinist - Lichtlærm

2.Ayreon - The Theory Of Everything

3.Black Flag - Damaged

4.Blindead - Absence

5.Bolt Thrower - Honour - Valour - Pride

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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.Persefone - Lingua Ignota: Part I

5.Solbrud - IIII

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I haven't listened a lot of 2024 albums so far, here are a few I enjoyed so far.

1.Sgàile - Traverse The Bealach

2.Judas Priest - Invincible Shield

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

4.Turbulence - Binary Dream

5.North Sea Echoes - Really Good Terrible Things

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Another year, another list. Every 2024 release I hear at least once in entirety will be featured here. This is not a best-of nor a ranking so albums will be displayed in chronological order (newest at…

1.Alcest - Les Chants De L'Aurore

2.Greenleaf - The Head & The Habit

3.Kvaen - The Formless Fires

4.Rendezvous Point - Dream Chaser

5.Seven Spires - A Fortress Called Home

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1.Svdestada - Candela

2.Emil Bulls - Love Will Fix It

3.Dark Oath - Ages Of Man

4.Saxon - Hell, Fire And Damnation

5.Malist - Of Scorched Earth

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1.Alcest - Les Chants De L'Aurore

2.Borknagar - Fall

3.Caligula's Horse - Charcoal Grace

4.Judas Priest - Invincible Shield

5.Aquilus - Bellum II

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1.In Vain - Solemn

2.Borknagar - Fall

3.Aquilus - Bellum II

4.Ihsahn - Ihsahn

5.Necrophobic - In The Twilight Grey

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1.Caligula's Horse - Charcoal Grace

2.Knocked Loose - You Won't Go Before You're Supposed To

3.Gatecreeper - Dark Superstition

4.Erra - Cure

5.Bring Me The Horizon - Post Human: Nex Gen

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1.Vitriol - Suffer & Become

2.Borknagar - Fall

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

4.Hiraes - Dormant

5.Hauntologist - Hollow

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The list will be updated every week until the end of the year...

1.Wormwood - The Star

2.In Vain - Solemn

3.Drown In Sulphur - Dark Secrets Of The Soul

4.Borknagar - Fall

5.Enterprise Earth - Death: An Anthology

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