A tricky list to write - there's a lot of albums I enjoyed this year, but very few standouts; after the top 3, any of the following albums could arguably be shifted up or down a few places. It certainly…

1.Blighted Eye - Agony's Bespoke

2.Dvne - Voidkind

3.A Swarm Of The Sun - An Empire

4.Horndal - Head Hammer Man

5.Anciients - Beyond The Reach Of The Sun

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These are my favourite and most played albums of 2024. It was almost impossible to choose between Invincible Shield and Echoes Of Light for #1, so I went with my favourite band of all time, releasing one…

1.Judas Priest - Invincible Shield

2.Chapel Of Disease - Echoes Of Light

3.Ponte Del Diavolo - Fire Blades From The Tomb

4.Marche Funèbre - After The Storm

5.Orgone - Pleroma

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My very subjective ranking of all heard metal and metal-adjacent albums 2024.

1.Ingurgitating Oblivion - Ontology Of Nought

2.Blood Incantation - Absolute Elsewhere

3.Mefitis - The Skorian // The Greyleer

4.Gigan - Anomalous Abstractigate Infinitessimus

5.Vitriol - Suffer & Become

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Favorites bands and records of the new age of DOOM With a twist of Sludge Stoner & Drone……

1.Electric Wizard - Dopethrone

2.Pallbearer - Sorrow And Extinction

3.The Sword - Gods Of The Earth

4.Early Moods - A Sinner's Past

5.Sleep - Dopesmoker

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1.Horndal - Head Hammer Man

2.Gatecreeper - Dark Superstition

3.Judas Priest - Invincible Shield

4.Bruce Dickinson - The Mandrake Project

5.Hippotraktor - Stasis

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These are albums that I'm currently enjoying. They may be classics that I'm revisiting or new gems I've recently discovered. (Ordered alphabetically)

- A star (⭐️) denotes a new discovery…

1.Acid Row - Poisoned Mind

2.Acid Mammoth - Supersonic Megafauna Collision

3.Anti - The Insignificance Of Life

4.Arcturus - The Sham Mirrors

5.Benighted - Ekbom

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1.Replicant - Infinite Mortality

2.Dvne - Voidkind

3.Selbst - Despondency Chord Progressions

4.Inter Arma - New Heaven

5.Amiensus - Reclamation: Part 1

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1.Ulcerate - Cutting The Throat Of God

2.Hauntologist - Hollow

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

4.Aborted - Vault Of Horrors

5.Job For A Cowboy - Moon Healer

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1.Blood Incantation - Absolute Elsewhere

2.High On Fire - Cometh The Storm

3.Alcest - Les Chants De L'Aurore

4.Chapel Of Disease - Echoes Of Light

5.Sgàile - Traverse The Bealach

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1.In Vain - Solemn

2.Gaerea - Coma

3.Kanonenfieber - Die Urkatastrophe

4.Borknagar - Fall

5.Octoploid - Beyond The Aeons

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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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It’s been a great year, several of my favorite artists released excellent albums and I’ve discovered a whole lot of new artists that have become favorites as well!

Here’s some of my favorite album covers…

1.Suldusk - Anthesis

2.Inter Arma - New Heaven

3.Prostitute - Attempted Martyr

4.Leprous - Melodies Of Atonement

5.Chat Pile - Cool World

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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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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.

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1.Panzerfaust - The Suns Of Perdition - Chapter IV: To Shadow Zion

2.Kanonenfieber - Die Urkatastrophe

3.Spectral Wound - Songs Of Blood And Mire

4.Lord Goblin - Lord Goblin

5.Paysage d'Hiver - Die Berge

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I feel like my overall favorites list is getting too long. I'm splitting it up by rating.

1.Ulcerate - Stare Into Death And Be Still

2.Madder Mortem - Eight Ways

3.Blind Guardian - Imaginations From The Other Side

4.Ayreon - 01011001

5.Igric - Svet Svetlom Stvorený

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