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.Spectral Wound - Songs Of Blood And Mire

3.Cistvaen - At Light's Demise

4.Inherits The Void - Scars Of Yesteryears

5.Amiensus - Reclamation: Part 2

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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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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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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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1.Wintersun - Time II

2.In Vain - Solemn

3.Borknagar - Fall

4.Aquilus - Bellum II

5.Persefone - Lingua Ignota: Part I

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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.Alcest - Les Chants De L'Aurore

2.Fleshgod Apocalypse - Opera

3.Borknagar - Fall

4.Wormwood - The Star

5.Ulcerate - Cutting The Throat Of God

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1.Caligula's Horse - Charcoal Grace

2.Wormwood - The Star

3.Blood Incantation - Absolute Elsewhere

4.Sgàile - Traverse The Bealach

5.In Vain - Solemn

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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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