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
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1.Lord Goblin - Lord Goblin

2.Kanonenfieber - Die Urkatastrophe

3.Spectral Wound - Songs Of Blood And Mire

4.Yoth Iria - Blazing Inferno

5.Cistvaen - At Light's Demise

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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, 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.Crippled Black Phoenix - The Wolf Changes Its Fur But Not Its Nature

2.Monolithe - Black Hole District

3.The Foreshadowing - New Wave Order

4.Thy Catafalque - XII: A Gyönyörű Álmok Ezután Jönnek

5.InnerWish - Ash Of Eternal Flame

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1.Labyrinthus Stellarum - Vortex Of The Worlds

2.Iotunn - Kinship

3.Cemetery Skyline - Nordic Gothic

4.Riitasointu - Pedon Leikki

5.Yoth Iria - Blazing Inferno

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Summer is here, not in mood for complicated things…

1.Altar Of Oblivion - In The Cesspit Of Divine Decay

2.Kvaen - The Formless Fires

3.Slaughter Messiah - Exorcized To None

4.Angel Sword - World Fighter

5.Crypt Sermon - The Stygian Rose

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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.Æthĕrĭa Conscĭentĭa - The Blossoming

2.Al-Namrood - Kitab Al-Awthan

3.Aseethe - The Cost

4.Crypt Sermon - The Stygian Rose

5.Darkened - Defilers Of The Light

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i made a really, really long break from metal

i want to find new music and new bands
*new to me

the albums i like most i will order on vinyl (or cd)

i am curious how my "taste" will…

1.Árstíðir Lífsins - Aldrlok

2.Hail Spirit Noir - Fossil Gardens

3.Hauntologist - Hollow

4.Slimelord - Chytridiomycosis Relinquished

5.Crypt Sermon - The Stygian Rose

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1.Blood Incantation - Absolute Elsewhere

2.Árstíðir Lífsins - Aldrlok

3.Neal Morse - No Hill For A Climber

4.Mother Of Graves - The Periapt Of Absence

5.Dvne - Voidkind

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1.Borknagar - Fall

2.Sear Bliss - Heavenly Down

3.Slimelord - Chytridiomycosis Relinquished

4.Vitriol - Suffer & Become

5.Evergrey - Theories Of Emptiness

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1.Blood Incantation - Absolute Elsewhere

2.Akhlys - House Of The Black Geminus

3.Civerous - Maze Envy

4.Kanonenfieber - Die Urkatastrophe

5.Mother Of Graves - The Periapt Of Absence

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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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1.Ulcerate - Cutting The Throat Of God

2.Æthĕrĭa Conscĭentĭa - The Blossoming

3.Orgone - Pleroma

4.Crypt Sermon - The Stygian Rose

5.Severe Torture - Torn From The Jaws Of Death

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1.Slift - Ilion

2.Sgàile - Traverse The Bealach

3.Linkin Park - Papercuts - The Single Collections

4.As The Sun Falls - Kaamos

5.Tangent Plane - The Judas Cell

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1.Borknagar - Fall

2.In Vain - Solemn

3.Dvne - Voidkind

4.Thy Catafalque - XII: A Gyönyörű Álmok Ezután Jönnek

5.Hail Spirit Noir - Fossil Gardens

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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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