Merry Christmas, my fellow metalheads!

I present to you my top 50 most frequently listened-to albums of the year 2024, ordered by number of full listens. (The full list with number of full listens for…

1.Japanische Kampfhörspiele - Rauchen Und Yoga

2.Urfaust - Ritual Music For The True Clochard

3.Japanische Kampfhörspiele - Ze Jakanese Side Projekts

4.Darkened - Defilers Of The Light

5.Toadliquor - Back In The Hole

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Here are my top 10 favorite metal albums of 2024! For more details, go watch my video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KDLMpDBo3Zg…

1.Darkened - Defilers Of The Light

2.Kanonenfieber - Die Urkatastrophe

3.Sanctuarium - Melted And Decomposed

4.Yakor - Русская Готика

5.Toadliquor - Back In The Hole

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1.Aborted - Vault Of Horrors

2.Fleshgod Apocalypse - Opera

3.Gaerea - Coma

4.Opeth - The Last Will And Testament

5.Hour Of Penance - Devotion

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1.Ulcerate - Cutting The Throat Of God

2.Opeth - The Last Will And Testament

3.Orgone - Pleroma

4.Mitochondrion - Vitriseptome

5.Job For A Cowboy - Moon Healer

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1.Mitochondrion - Vitriseptome

2.Eye Eater - Alienate

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

4.Iotunn - Kinship

5.God Is An Astronaut - Embers

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1.Eye Eater - Alienate

2.Vile Rites - Senescence

3.Anciients - Beyond The Reach Of The Sun

4.Nile - The Underworld Awaits Us All

5.Amiensus - Reclamation: Part 2

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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.Earth Ship - Soar

2.Emu - Emu

3.Eye Eater - Alienate

4.Hail Spirit Noir - Fossil Gardens

5.Harvestman - Lashing The Rye

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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.Panzerfaust - The Suns Of Perdition - Chapter IV: To Shadow Zion

4.Blood Incantation - Absolute Elsewhere

5.Anciients - Beyond The Reach Of The Sun

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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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1.Pincer Consortium - Geminus Schism

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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It’s been a great year, several of my favorite artists released excellent albums and I’ve discovered a whole lot of new artists that have become favorites as well!

Here’s some of my favorite album covers…

1.Suldusk - Anthesis

2.Inter Arma - New Heaven

3.Prostitute - Attempted Martyr

4.Leprous - Melodies Of Atonement

5.Chat Pile - Cool World

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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.Panzerfaust - The Suns Of Perdition - Chapter IV: To Shadow Zion

2.Lord Goblin - Lord Goblin

3.Kanonenfieber - Die Urkatastrophe

4.Spectral Wound - Songs Of Blood And Mire

5.Yoth Iria - Blazing Inferno

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