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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 |
| + 492 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 |
Brimbly-Brambly Bucka-Bucka Woozle-Wuzzle It's A Doom List.
This is a list of the doom albums I have listened to.
The list starts with a handful of what I'd call my favorite doom albums. The first few of those count among my favorite of all time, with Paranoid…
The list starts with a handful of what I'd call my favorite doom albums. The first few of those count among my favorite of all time, with Paranoid…
| 1. | Black Sabbath - Paranoid |
| 2. | Warning - Watching From A Distance |
| 3. | Candlemass - Epicus Doomicus Metallicus |
| 4. | Candlemass - Nightfall |
| 5. | Black Sabbath - Master Of Reality |
| + 633 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 |
| + 200 more |
Bands With The Longest Gap Between Two Albums
Here's a descending list of the longest gaps between two albums of a band.
I only counted gaps of at least 15 years.
I classify the bands by the gap between years because, given that many albums…
I only counted gaps of at least 15 years.
I classify the bands by the gap between years because, given that many albums…
| 1. | More - Blood & Thunder |
| 2. | More - Destructor |
| 3. | White Spirit - White Spirit |
| 4. | White Spirit - Right Or Wrong |
| 5. | Thin Lizzy - Thunder And Lightning |
| + 1065 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 |
| + 107 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 - 6
🇳🇴Norway - 5
🇷🇺Russia - 5
🇧🇷Brasil - 4
🇨🇦Canada - 4
🇫🇷France - 4
🇬🇷Greece - 4
🇯🇵Japan - 4
🇮🇹Italy…
🇺🇸USA - 19
🇩🇪Germany - 10
🇸🇪Sweden - 10
🇬🇧UK - 7
🇫🇮Finland - 6
🇳🇴Norway - 5
🇷🇺Russia - 5
🇧🇷Brasil - 4
🇨🇦Canada - 4
🇫🇷France - 4
🇬🇷Greece - 4
🇯🇵Japan - 4
🇮🇹Italy…
| 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 |
| + 105 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 |
| + 87 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 |
2026 - A Glorious Return
I've been a bit out of the loop when it comes to metal for a while, but in 2026 I started going to way more shows and listening to more new stuff again.
Turns out the stars sometimes *DO* align…
Turns out the stars sometimes *DO* align…
| 1. | A Forest Of Stars - Stack Overflow In Corpse Pile Interface |
| 2. | Neurosis - An Undying Love For A Burning World |
| 3. | Warning - Rituals Of Shame |
| 4. | The Water Witch - A Distant Fire In The Dark |
| 5. | Bell Witch - Stygian Bough: Volume II [Collaboration] |
| + 5 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 |
| + 27 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 |
| + 188 more |
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