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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. | Panopticon - Det Hjemsøkte Hjertet |
| 5. | Forsmán - Brenndar Rústir & Fuðrandi Fjörur |
| + 468 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. | Elder - Through Zero |
| 3. | Miserere Luminis - Sidera |
| 4. | Urzah - A Tranquil Void |
| 5. | A Forest Of Stars - Stack Overflow In Corpse Pile Interface |
| + 460 more |
Top 50 Albums Of 2026
Greetings everybody, and happy new year!
New year, new list! As usual.
I am happy to once again dive head first into a new year of great metal music!
Things have changed a lot since the last time…
New year, new list! As usual.
I am happy to once again dive head first into a new year of great metal music!
Things have changed a lot since the last time…
| 1. | Fires In The Distance - Circadian Promise |
| 2. | Blindead 23 - Deuterium |
| 3. | Immolation - Descent |
| 4. | Hällas - Panorama |
| 5. | At The Gates - The Ghost Of A Future Dead |
| + 45 more |
My Favorite Albums 2026
Will this be the year I find another perfect 10? Join me on my quest as I rank all the albums I listen to in 2026. I will only be making time for albums that I am anticipating beforehand this year, so…
| 1. | Neurosis - An Undying Love For A Burning World |
| 2. | Blackwater Holylight - Not Here Not Gone |
| 3. | Scimitar - Scimitarium II |
| 4. | Ghinzu - W.O.W.A. |
| 5. | Converge - Love Is Not Enough |
| + 127 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 |
| + 176 more |
Ch'ti 2026
I'm still alive, that means I must continue my annual top of metal albums, I guess.
| 1. | Ethereal Darkness - Echoes |
| 2. | Neurosis - An Undying Love For A Burning World |
| 3. | Elder - Through Zero |
| 4. | DeadTrees - New World |
| 5. | Archspire - Too Fast To Die |
| + 101 more |
Kys: Best Of Dsbm
My S.A.D. been actin up again, so here's some Depressive Suicidal Black Metal, a genre where Sturgeons' Law is in full effect. Recs welcome as always, and an album does not have to necessarily…
| 1. | Abyssic Hate - Suicidal Emotions |
| 2. | Anti - The Insignificance Of Life |
| 3. | Austere - To Lay Like Old Ashes |
| 4. | Bethlehem - Dictius Te Necare |
| 5. | ColdWorld - Melancholie² |
| + 26 more |
2026 Album & Ep Ranking
| 1. | DeadTrees - New World |
| 2. | Saidan - Fangdriller: Scars Beneath Memories Wrist |
| 3. | Bloody Valkyria - Requiem: Reveries Of The Dying |
| 4. | Fires In The Distance - Circadian Promise |
| 5. | Petrichor (Sgah’gahsowáh) - Seduced By Conquering Darkness |
| + 291 more |
2026 Top 20+
Another year, another list.. Thanks for looking!
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EP of the Year
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Debut of the Year
🥇 - Void Of Light - Asymmetries
🥈 - Northern Graves - Derelict Heart
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Previous:
2025
2024
EP of the Year
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Debut of the Year
🥇 - Void Of Light - Asymmetries
🥈 - Northern Graves - Derelict Heart
🥉…
| 1. | Miserere Luminis - Sidera |
| 2. | Inherits The Void - The Silent Abscission |
| 3. | DeadTrees - New World |
| 4. | Hällas - Panorama |
| 5. | Enshine - Elevation |
| + 110 more |
2026 - Top 50 Albums
Top 50 2026 albums - Only full records. Let's hope for a great year in metal!
| 1. | Ethereal Darkness - Echoes |
| 2. | Fires In The Distance - Circadian Promise |
| 3. | Hellripper - Coronach |
| 4. | Panopticon - Det Hjemsøkte Hjertet |
| 5. | Cryptic Shift - Overspace & Supertime |
| + 88 more |
Bold's 2026
Trying to listen to as many records from this year as I can!
| 1. | Warning - Rituals Of Shame |
| 2. | Fires In The Distance - Circadian Promise |
| 3. | Hällas - Panorama |
| 4. | Neurosis - An Undying Love For A Burning World |
| 5. | The Silver - Looking Glass Hymnal Blue |
| + 234 more |
My Fav Albuns And Eps Of 2026 ( 7 And Above ) Listening Order
| 1. | Canaan - For A Bird That Never Flew |
| 2. | Denominate - Restoration |
| 3. | The Ruins Of Beverast - Tempelschlaf |
| 4. | Enshine - Elevation |
| 5. | For My Pain - Buried Blue |
| + 210 more |
2026 Albums That, For Me, Are Going To Be The Best Of The Year So Far
These are the albums that, so far this year, I've found absolutely brilliant. Some more than others, and this list will probably change as the weeks go by. 2026 is proving to be quite incredible in…
| 1. | Hellripper - Coronach |
| 2. | Triumpher - Piercing The Heart Of The World |
| 3. | Enshine - Elevation |
| 4. | Cryptic Shift - Overspace & Supertime |
| 5. | Ethereal Darkness - Echoes |
| + 45 more |
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