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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. | Ethereal Darkness - Echoes |
| + 478 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. | Hällas - Panorama |
| 4. | Immolation - Descent |
| 5. | At The Gates - The Ghost Of A Future Dead |
| + 45 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 |
| + 189 more |
That Cold Black Magic, By Glenn Killer And His Thorchestra
As is the case with my other lists, this is for my own organizational purposes and is designed purely to help me keep track of all the many black metal bands and albums that I enjoy, since I can't…
| 1. | Sigh - Imaginary Sonicscape |
| 2. | Sigh - Graveward |
| 3. | Dissection - Storm Of The Light's Bane |
| 4. | Sigh - Heir To Despair |
| 5. | The Meads Of Asphodel - The Murder Of Jesus The Jew |
| + 615 more |
Top 2026
My personal taste
| 1. | Atronos - Gram |
| 2. | Lömsk - Act II - Of Iron And Blood |
| 3. | Primal Cult - Dark Passage |
| 4. | Fires In The Distance - Circadian Promise |
| 5. | Aversio Humanitatis - To Become The Endless Static |
| + 134 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 |
| + 104 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. | Perkeleen Airut - Vakkarituaali |
| + 307 more |
2026 Top
Number of albums by country:
🇺🇸USA - 19
🇩🇪Germany - 10
🇸🇪Sweden - 10
🇬🇧UK - 7
🇫🇮Finland - 5
🇳🇴Norway - 5
🇷🇺Russia - 5
🇧🇷Brasil - 4
🇨🇦Canada - 4
🇫🇷France - 4
🇬🇷Greece - 4
🇮🇹Italy - 3
🇯🇵Japan…
🇺🇸USA - 19
🇩🇪Germany - 10
🇸🇪Sweden - 10
🇬🇧UK - 7
🇫🇮Finland - 5
🇳🇴Norway - 5
🇷🇺Russia - 5
🇧🇷Brasil - 4
🇨🇦Canada - 4
🇫🇷France - 4
🇬🇷Greece - 4
🇮🇹Italy - 3
🇯🇵Japan…
| 1. | Hällas - Panorama |
| 2. | Exxûl - Sealed Into None |
| 3. | Cryptic Shift - Overspace & Supertime |
| 4. | Triumpher - Piercing The Heart Of The World |
| 5. | Fires In The Distance - Circadian Promise |
| + 100 more |
2026 Top 50
Another year, another list.. Thanks for looking!
So much quality this year that I've gone from a Top 20 to a Top 50.
EP of the Year
🥇 - Predatory Void - Atoned In Metamorphosis
🥈 -
🥉 -…
So much quality this year that I've gone from a Top 20 to a Top 50.
EP of the Year
🥇 - Predatory Void - Atoned In Metamorphosis
🥈 -
🥉 -…
| 1. | Miserere Luminis - Sidera |
| 2. | Inherits The Void - The Silent Abscission |
| 3. | DeadTrees - New World |
| 4. | Kaatayra - Caminhos De Água |
| 5. | Hällas - Panorama |
| + 82 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 |
| + 90 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 |
| + 238 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 |
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 |
| + 223 more |
2026 - Best Debut / Sophomore Albums
Wanna discover new bands to follow? Here are the best debut or sophomore full albums of 2026!
| 1. | Cryptic Shift - Overspace & Supertime |
| 2. | Power Paladin - Beyond The Reach Of Enchantment |
| 3. | Apolaustic - No Plenitude Without Suffering |
| 4. | Void Of Light - Asymmetries |
| 5. | Archvile King - Aux Heures Désespérées |
| + 33 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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