1.Iotunn - Kinship

2.Wintersun - Time II

3.Wormwood - The Star

4.Gaerea - Coma

5.Persefone - Lingua Ignota: Part I

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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.Blighted Eye - Agony's Bespoke

2.A Swarm Of The Sun - An Empire

3.Blood Incantation - Absolute Elsewhere

4.Anciients - Beyond The Reach Of The Sun

5.Laudare - Requiem

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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.Crippled Black Phoenix - The Wolf Changes Its Fur But Not Its Nature

2.Monolithe - Black Hole District

3.The Foreshadowing - New Wave Order

4.Thy Catafalque - XII: A Gyönyörű Álmok Ezután Jönnek

5.InnerWish - Ash Of Eternal Flame

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1.Moisson Livide - Sent Empèri Gascon

2.Ecclesia - Ecclesia Militans

3.Griffon - De Republica

4.Judas Priest - Invincible Shield

5.Persefone - Lingua Ignota: Part I

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Top 50. 8+ish albums.

Only LPs no cover album or re-recordings.

EP special mentions: Faal, Wax Portrait, Sfeerverzieker, Synestia, Cold in Berlin, Windswept & Persefone

Ranking and rating…

1.Hamferð - Men Gu​ð​s Hond Er Sterk

2.Blood Incantation - Absolute Elsewhere

3.Iotunn - Kinship

4.Árstíðir Lífsins - Aldrlok

5.Ihsahn - Ihsahn

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1.In Vain - Solemn

2.Gaerea - Coma

3.Kanonenfieber - Die Urkatastrophe

4.Borknagar - Fall

5.Octoploid - Beyond The Aeons

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1.Wintersun - Time II

2.Weather Systems - Ocean Without A Shore

3.Iotunn - Kinship

4.Swallow The Sun - Shining

5.In Vain - Solemn

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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.Blood Incantation - Absolute Elsewhere

2.Iotunn - Kinship

3.Wintersun - Time II

4.Moisson Livide - Sent Empèri Gascon

5.Thy Catafalque - XII: A Gyönyörű Álmok Ezután Jönnek

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1.Labyrinthus Stellarum - Vortex Of The Worlds

2.Iotunn - Kinship

3.Cemetery Skyline - Nordic Gothic

4.Riitasointu - Pedon Leikki

5.Yoth Iria - Blazing Inferno

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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
2021…

1.Lord Goblin - Lord Goblin

2.Kanonenfieber - Die Urkatastrophe

3.Spectral Wound - Songs Of Blood And Mire

4.Yoth Iria - Blazing Inferno

5.Cistvaen - At Light's Demise

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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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