Another great list. Half year is over huh…

1.SIG:AR:TYR - Citadel Of Stars

2.Cloven Hoof - Heathen Cross

3.Árstíðir Lífsins - Aldrlok

4.Evildead - Toxic Grace

5.Horn - Daudswiärk

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1.Slift - Ilion

2.Sgàile - Traverse The Bealach

3.As The Sun Falls - Kaamos

4.Tangent Plane - The Judas Cell

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

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1.Ulcerate - Cutting The Throat Of God

2.Spectral Voice - Sparagmos

3.Hauntologist - Hollow

4.Judas Priest - Invincible Shield

5.Spectral Wound - Songs Of Blood And Mire

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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.Officium Triste - Hortus Venenum

2.Pure Reason Revolution - Coming Up To Consciousness

3.Wolfheart - Draconian Darkness

4.Amiensus - Reclamation: Part 2

5.Anciients - Beyond The Reach Of The Sun

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These albums have a rating of 8.5 or higher using the Metal Storm scale. In absolutely no particular order.

1.Job For A Cowboy - Moon Healer

2.Bipolar Architecture - Metaphysicize

3.Lord Dying - Clandestine Transcendence

4.Counting Hours - The Wishing Tomb

5.Ihsahn - Ihsahn

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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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1.Ulcerate - Cutting The Throat Of God

2.Pallbearer - Mind Burns Alive

3.Dvne - Voidkind

4.Cave Sermon - Divine Laughter

5.Hamferð - Men Gu​ð​s Hond Er Sterk

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Top 50. 8+ish albums.

Only LPs.

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

Ranking and rating subject to constant change

Album…

1.Hamferð - Men Gu​ð​s Hond Er Sterk

2.Árstíðir Lífsins - Aldrlok

3.Ihsahn - Ihsahn

4.Rezn - Burden

5.Dark Tranquillity - Endtime Signals

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1.Wintersun - Time II

2.Alcest - Les Chants De L'Aurore

3.Borknagar - Fall

4.Ulcerate - Cutting The Throat Of God

5.Caligula's Horse - Charcoal Grace

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1.Akhlys - House Of The Black Geminus

2.Civerous - Maze Envy

3.SIG:AR:TYR - Citadel Of Stars

4.Whoredom Rife - Den Vrede Makt

5.Ulcerate - Cutting The Throat Of God

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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.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.Bloody Valkyria - Kingdom In Fire

3.Einvigi - Monokroma

4.Arx Atrata - A Reckoning

5.Far Beyond - The End Of My Road

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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.Spectral Wound - Songs Of Blood And Mire

3.Cistvaen - At Light's Demise

4.Inherits The Void - Scars Of Yesteryears

5.Amiensus - Reclamation: Part 2

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1.Manticora - Mycelium

2.Caligula's Horse - Charcoal Grace

3.Striker - Ultrapower

4.Ihsahn - Ihsahn

5.Borknagar - Fall

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