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Andy's Top 2026
Another year, another list. Let's find out what exciting new metal releases lie ahead.
My top rated songs:
1. Tjaktjadálvve - "Encompassing Nothingness"
2. Cnoc An Tursa - "Address…
My top rated songs:
1. Tjaktjadálvve - "Encompassing Nothingness"
2. Cnoc An Tursa - "Address…
| 1. | Cnoc An Tursa - A Cry For The Slain |
| 2. | Immolation - Descent |
| 3. | Blindead 23 - Deuterium |
| 4. | Véhémence - Assiégé Pour L'éternité |
| 5. | Panopticon - Det Hjemsøkte Hjertet |
| + 417 more |
2026: Jan-Jun
Likely going to be a slower year than 2025, which was slower than 2024 but still had me checking out over 1000 albums - let's see if I can approach that total again.
| 1. | Neurosis - An Undying Love For A Burning World |
| 2. | Miserere Luminis - Sidera |
| 3. | A Forest Of Stars - Stack Overflow In Corpse Pile Interface |
| 4. | Elder - Through Zero |
| 5. | Weedpecker - V |
| + 424 more |
One New Album Per Day 2026
I want to listen to a new album every day this year, 2026. I hope I don't forget it.
Top 10:
1. Devoid Of Thought - Devoid Of Thought
2. Junon - The Golden Citadel Of The Astral Sphere
3. Cryptic…
Top 10:
1. Devoid Of Thought - Devoid Of Thought
2. Junon - The Golden Citadel Of The Astral Sphere
3. Cryptic…
| 1. | Anna Pest - Dark Arms Reach Skyward With Bone White Fingers II: Be (Not) Afraid |
| 2. | Ellende - Zerfall |
| 3. | Enshine - Elevation |
| 4. | Wildhunt - Aletheia |
| 5. | Blasfemador - Malleus Maleficarum |
| + 157 more |
Bold's 2026
Trying to listen to as many records from this year as I can!
| 1. | Fires In The Distance - Circadian Promise |
| 2. | Hällas - Panorama |
| 3. | Neurosis - An Undying Love For A Burning World |
| 4. | The Silver - Looking Glass Hymnal Blue |
| 5. | Møl - Dreamcrush |
| + 225 more |
2026
| 1. | Immolation - Descent |
| 2. | Miserere Luminis - Sidera |
| 3. | Skaphos - The Descent |
| 4. | Slave One - The Seraphic Conspiracy |
| 5. | Neurosis - An Undying Love For A Burning World |
| + 121 more |
Best Of 2026 (So Far)
Lets start 2026!!!
| 1. | Archspire - Too Fast To Die |
| 2. | Black Cilice - Votive Fire |
| 3. | Bronze Hall - Embers Of The Dawn |
| 4. | Cattle Hammer - Dark Thoughts with Lights Out |
| 5. | Cryptic Shift - Overspace & Supertime |
| + 21 more |
Top 2026 Albums of All Time
All 2026 Metal albums that I have listened to and all are ranked.
| 1. | Enshine - Elevation |
| 2. | Denominate - Restoration |
| 3. | Marianas Rest - The Bereaved |
| 4. | Møl - Dreamcrush |
| 5. | Urne - Setting Fire To The Sky |
| + 41 more |
Top Metal Albums Of 2026 (so far)
| 1. | Worm - Necropalace |
| 2. | Immolation - Descent |
| 3. | Protrusion - The Last Suppuration |
| 4. | Bewitched - Diabolical Death Mass |
| 5. | Cruel Force - Haneda |
| + 13 more |
Mrtvozornik's 2026
| 1. | Hellripper - Coronach |
| 2. | Enshine - Elevation |
| 3. | Worm - Necropalace |
| 4. | Hällas - Panorama |
| 5. | Juodvarnis - Tėkmės |
| + 54 more |
Oldy's 2026 Albums Ranked
| 1. | Hellripper - Coronach |
| 2. | Ethereal Darkness - Echoes |
| 3. | Draconian - In Somnolent Ruin |
| 4. | Spirit Adrift - Infinite Illumination |
| 5. | Immolation - Descent |
| + 144 more |
Osiris 2026 Albums
I’m not a music critic; I just like music and numbers. So instead of ranking albums purely on vibes, I over-engineered the process a bit and used a structured scoring system.
Each album was rated on…
Each album was rated on…
| 1. | Hällas - Panorama |
| 2. | Møl - Dreamcrush |
| 3. | Sidious - Malefic Necropolis |
| 4. | Urne - Setting Fire To The Sky |
| 5. | The Hirsch Effekt - Der Brauch |
| + 23 more |
2026 My Favs
Here we go... ordered now in preference.
| 1. | Converge - Love Is Not Enough |
| 2. | Archspire - Too Fast To Die |
| 3. | Stabbing - Eon Of Obscenity |
| 4. | Valiant Sentinel - Neverealm |