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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A year behind as I managed to not get around to a 2023 list (so far). With a new Ulcerate album out I couldn’t not do one this year. Caught them live for the second time in November 2023. Aiming to catch…

1.Ulcerate - Cutting The Throat Of God

2.Replicant - Infinite Mortality

3.Whoredom Rife - Den Vrede Makt

4.Hail Spirit Noir - Fossil Gardens

5.Dvne - Voidkind

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My initial rendition was looking at the USBM scene. Next I opted to dive into where it arguably all began… Norway. My most recent exploration was into Switzerland’s scene. Rather than repeatedly coming…

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2.Elysian Blaze - Blood Geometry

3.Funeral Mourning - Drown In Solitude

4.Ill Omen - Æ.Thy.Rift

5.Woods Of Desolation - Torn Beyond Reason

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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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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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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.Grimgotts - The Time Of The Wolfrider

2.Invernoir - Aimin' For Oblivion

3.Marche Funèbre - After The Storm

4.Munarheim - Heimkehr

5.The Black Dahlia Murder - Servitude

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This is a list of all the folk metal albums I have listened to that I found to be of at least marginal quality. It is purely for my own organizational purposes and is not meant to be a definitive statement…

1.Elvenking - Secrets Of The Magick Grimoire

2.Forefather - Ours Is The Kingdom

3.Forefather - Steadfast

4.Forefather - Last Of The Line

5.Dalriada - Áldás

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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.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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This is my top albums (only with those where I gave 8 or more). I will update the list now and then…

1.Moonsorrow - Kivenkantaja

2.Megadeth - Rust In Peace

3.Opeth - Ghost Reveries

4.Opeth - Blackwater Park

5.Slipknot - Iowa

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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.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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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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