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.Kanonenfieber - Die Urkatastrophe

3.Spectral Wound - Songs Of Blood And Mire

4.Cistvaen - At Light's Demise

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.Horseburner - Voice Of Storms

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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.Leprous - Melodies Of Atonement

3.Weather Systems - Ocean Without a Shore

4.Sgàile - Traverse The Bealach

5.Inter Arma - New Heaven

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1.Labyrinthus Stellarum - Vortex Of The Worlds

2.Riitasointu - Pedon Leikki

3.Bloody Valkyria - Kingdom In Fire

4.Einvigi - Monokroma

5.Arx Atrata - A Reckoning

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1.Ryujin - Ryujin

2.Nyktophobia - To The Stars

3.Sovereign (NOR) - Altered Realities

4.Vorga - Beyond The Palest Star

5.Blue Öyster Cult - Ghost Stories

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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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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.Amigo the Devil - Yours Until the War Is Over

2.Æthĕrĭa Conscĭentĭa - The Blossoming

3.Ὁπλίτης - Π​α​ρ​α​μ​α​ι​ν​ο​μ​έ​ν​η

4.Chapel Perilous - The Tower Of Silence

5.Cave Sermon - Divine Laughter

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1.Wormwood - The Star

2.Thou - Umbilical

3.Black Pyramid - The Paths Of Time Are Vast

4.Urzah - The Scorching Gaze

5.Cognitive - Abhorrence

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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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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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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.Ulcerate - Cutting The Throat Of God

2.Dvne - Voidkind

3.Cave Sermon - Divine Laughter

4.Hamferð - Men Gu​ð​s Hond Er Sterk

5.Thou - Umbilical

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If it's in the list, i like it!…

1.Thou - Umbilical

2.Infant Island - Obsidian Wreath

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

4.Fainting Dreams - Those Left Untouched by the Light

5.Frail Body - Artificial Bouquet

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