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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 |
| + 487 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 |
| + 476 more |
Hidden Title Tracks – Album Titles That Come From A Song`s Lyrics
Almost all album titles fall in one of two categories: The album shares the title with one of its songs (the title track) or, alternatively, the album title is independent from the songs (no title track).
However,…
However,…
| 1. | 40 Watt Sun - Wider Than The Sky |
| 2. | A Forest Of Stars - A Shadowplay For Yesterdays |
| 3. | Acid Bath - When The Kite String Pops |
| 4. | Agalloch - The Mantle |
| 5. | Agalloch - Ashes Against The Grain |
| + 225 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. | Muse - The WOW! Signal |
| 5. | Ghinzu - W.O.W.A. |
| + 139 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 |
| + 196 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 |
| + 105 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. | Days Ov Yore - The Tale Of Vlad Țepeș - Part 1 |
| 5. | Fires In The Distance - Circadian Promise |
| + 311 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 |
| + 103 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 |
| + 246 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 |
| + 227 more |
`°•●▪︎-_. ⓶⓪⓶⓺ Audioslop 🐪🚬
2026 Playlist…
| 1. | Neurosis - An Undying Love For A Burning World |
| 2. | Textures - Genotype |
| 3. | Psycroptic - The Pulse Of Annihilation |
| 4. | Loathe - A Stranger To You |
| 5. | Kreator - Krushers Of The World |
| + 50 more |
2026 Top Metal
Will change/grow through 2026
| 1. | Panopticon - Det Hjemsøkte Hjertet |
| 2. | Immolation - Descent |
| 3. | At The Gates - The Ghost Of A Future Dead |
| 4. | Funebrarum - Beckoning The Void Of Eternal Silence |
| 5. | Corrosion Of Conformity - Good God / Baad Man |
| + 25 more |
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