Been a while, hasn't it? Well, the true vets will remember the deal.

2024 favorite albums list, but, following in the vein of my previous year lists, focusing specifically on the lulling, hypnotizing,…

1.Canaan - Ai Margini

2.Crizin da Z.O. - Accelero

3.Roscian - The First Disgrace

4.Grin - Hush

5.Chapel Of Disease - Echoes Of Light

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Ask and you shall receive. Let's see if I manage to keep up with it this time.

This list follows in the vein of the previous ones I did for 2015, 16, and 18. Here I'm chronicling my discoveries…

1.Tortuga - Deities

2.Dragged Into Sunlight - Terminal Aggressor II

3.Lotus Thief - Oresteia

4.Staurophagia - Sidereal Sacraments

5.Garganjua - Toward The Sun

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Bassy black metal. Easy enough to understand: black metal with a distinctly pronounced role for the bass and in which the bass is noticeably audible.

Alphabetical order by band, one album per band.

1.Abigor - Time Is The Sulphur In The Veins Of The Saint: An Excursion On Satan's Fragmenting Principle

2.Aeon Patronist - Mortal Prosternation

3.Aluk Todolo - Voix

4.Angst Skvadron - Sweet Poison

5.Annthennath - States Of Liberating Departure

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Self explanatory. Favorite covers by metal bands of both metal and nonmetal songs. Had been wanting to do this for a while.

Alphabetical order by band. No limit to how many covers per band, as some bands…

1.Blut Aus Nord - Mighty Trust Krusher (Godflesh cover)

2.Candlemass - Don't Fear The Reaper (Blue Oyster Cult cover)

3.Church Of Misery - Cities On Flame With Rock And Roll (Blue Oyster Cult cover)

4.Crowhurst - Oops I Did It Again (Britney Spears cover)

5.Emperor - A Fine Day To Die (Bathory cover)

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Debated doing this because I usually never keep up with year lists, but I guess I'm folding and giving it a shot. This follows in line with my 2015 Rituals and 2016 Psychosermons lists in that here…

1.Weedpecker - III

2.Old Tower - Stellary Wisdom

3.Naxatras - III

4.Arkheth - 12 Winter Moons Comes The Witches Brew

5.Trontari - Mona Lisa Del Contra Instrumentals

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I took a crack at this list a while ago and then scrapped it. Time for the revival. The idea here is simple enough. For quite a while now Finland seems to have established a formidable reputation for interpretations…

1.Beherit - Drawing Down The Moon

2.Demilich - Nespithe

3.Unholy - From The Shadows

4.Skepticism - Stormcrowfleet

5.Woods Of Belial - Baxabaxaxaxaxabaxaxaxaxa! 666 Yndstr Draconis

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Self explanatory. Favorite metal albums from this current decade. It's probably going to be mostly black, doom, and drone related type albums, as that's mostly what I listen to, but not entirely.

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2.Ihsahn - After

3.The Body - All The Waters Of The Earth Turn To Blood

4.Enslaved - Axioma Ethica Odini

5.Triptykon - Eparistera Daimones

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So you're looking to be inducted into the temple, but you have no idea where to start, eh? Let this list be your guide. The aim here is to walk newcomers to the realms of drone and ambient music through…

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2.The Angelic Process - Weighing Souls With Sand

3.Jesu - Jesu

4.Locrian - Infinite Dissolution

5.Menace Ruine - Venus Armata

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Essentially a sequel to my 2015 Rituals list, assuming I take the time to keep up with it this time.

Here are the albums from this year, metal or otherwise, that've most taken me on those deep,…

1.Trench Devils - The Signal

2.Nonsun - Black Snow Desert

3.Atom Made Earth - Morning Glory

4.Serpent Dream - Serpent Dream

5.Manunkind - Manunkind

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As anyone who knows me well enough by now should know, I'm a sucker for drone, ambient, and psychedelic music, and anything and everything in between. I've come to really enjoy and appreciate…

1.Deveikuth - VII - π - III

2.Seirom - Mesmerized

3.Gorgantuan - Pestis

4.Tauusk - Hermit

5.Autokrator - Autokrator

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Had been wanting to do this for a while, title's pretty self explanatory. Black and doom are my two favorite metal subgenres, and when the two are combined into pure melancholic chaos, I scream like…

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2.Arcana Coelestia - Le Mirage De L'Idéal

3.Atriarch - Ritual Of Passing

4.Autumnblaze - DämmerElbenTragödie

5.Bast - Spectres

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I've always been a huge fan for psychedelic music of any and all kinds. The enveloping atmosphere, the ability of minimalist solos to create a grand sense of harmony, and all those deliciously trippy…

1.Aarni - Bathos

2.Æthenor - En Form For Blå

3.Angst Skvadron - Sweet Poison

4.Atomikylä - Erkale

5.Bong - Stoner Rock

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I know I probably speak for a lot of people when I say that, very often, the artwork that a band chooses for a particular album can be the icing on the cake, essential to giving a visual depiction that…

1.Aarni - Bathos

2.Absu - The Sun Of Tiphareth

3.Atheist - Unquestionable Presence

4.Bathory - Blood Fire Death

5.Blue Öyster Cult - Fire Of Unknown Origin

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Within the past decade, black metal has seen bands from all over the world incorporating new sounds to the genre and changing its delivery like never before. As great as the classic bands are, BM bands…

1.Necromantia - Crossing The Fiery Path

2.Ved Buens Ende - Written In Waters

3.Woods Of Belial - Deimos XIII

4.Deathspell Omega - Fas - Ite, Maledicti, In Ignem Aeternum

5.Blut Aus Nord - MoRT

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