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.Eye Eater - Alienate

2.Nile - The Underworld Awaits Us All

3.Amiensus - Reclamation: Part 2

4.Vile Rites - Senescence

5.delving - All Paths Diverge

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With 600-odd albums across Q1 and Q2, I've gotten through marginally less than last year so far, let's see if I keep that up…

1.A Swarm Of The Sun - An Empire

2.Anciients - Beyond The Reach Of The Sun

3.Piah Mater - Under The Shadow Of A Foreign Sun

4.Delving - All Paths Diverge

5.Kalandra - A Frame Of Mind

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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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1.Saxon - Hell, Fire And Damnation

2.Caligula's Horse - Charcoal Grace

3.Ihsahn - Ihsahn

4.Manticora - Mycelium

5.Syncatto - Fiction

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1.Ulcerate - Cutting The Throat Of God

2.Hauntologist - Hollow

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

4.Aborted - Vault Of Horrors

5.Kanonenfieber - Die Urkatastrophe

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1.High On Fire - Cometh The Storm

2.Alcest - Les Chants De L'Aurore

3.Chapel Of Disease - Echoes Of Light

4.Exocrine - Legend

5.Goat Major - Ritual

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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.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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Greetings my fellow metalheads, and happy new year to you all!

A new year, a new list. 2023 was one hell of a year concerning metal and rock records, and with upcoming releases scheduled so far 2024…

1.Wintersun - Time II

2.Chapel Of Disease - Echoes Of Light

3.Blighted Eye - Agony's Bespoke

4.Moisson Livide - Sent Empèri Gascon

5.Wormwood - The Star

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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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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.Riitasointu - Pedon Leikki

3.Bloody Valkyria - Kingdom In Fire

4.Einvigi - Monokroma

5.Arx Atrata - A Reckoning

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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.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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1.Manticora - Mycelium

2.Caligula's Horse - Charcoal Grace

3.Striker - Ultrapower

4.Ihsahn - Ihsahn

5.Borknagar - Fall

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