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.Sgàile - Traverse The Bealach

4.Inter Arma - New Heaven

5.Julie Christmas - Ridiculous And Full Of Blood

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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, 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.Charlotte Wessels - The Obsession

2.Groza - Nadir

3.Nightwish - Yesterwynde

4.Unto Others - Never, Neverland

5.Firtan - Ethos

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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.Alcest - Les Chants De L'Aurore

2.Akhlys - House Of The Black Geminus

3.Kvadrat - The Horrible Dissonance Of Oblivion

4.Eternal Storm - A Giant Bound To Fall

5.Vemod - The Deepening

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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.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.Sumac - The Healer

2.Replicant - Infinite Mortality

3.Borknagar - Fall

4.Wheel - Charismatic Leaders

5.Monkey3 - Welcome To The Machine

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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.Piah Mater - Under The Shadow Of A Foreign Sun

2.Chapel Of Disease - Echoes Of Light

3.Anciients - Beyond The Reach Of The Sun

4.Sear Bliss - Heavenly Down

5.My Dying Bride - A Mortal Binding

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1.Ulcerate - Cutting The Throat Of God

2.Eternal Storm - A Giant Bound To Fall

3.Æthĕrĭa Conscĭentĭa - The Blossoming

4.Job For A Cowboy - Moon Healer

5.Slift - Ilion

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1.Borknagar - Fall

2.Darko - Starfire

3.In Vain - Solemn

4.Evergrey - Theories Of Emptiness

5.Dvne - Voidkind

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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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