Lists by rgemmell82
Picks For 2020
First 10 are top picks. The rest are in no real order (most likely in order of release date.)
| 1. | Boris - No |
| 2. | Frayle - 1692 |
| 3. | Kawir - Adrasteia |
| 4. | Deathwhite - Grave Image |
| 5. | Medico Peste - ב :The Black Bile |
| + 19 more |
2021 Picks
| 1. | Cannibal Corpse - Violence Unimagined |
| 2. | Spectral Wound - A Diabolic Thirst |
| 3. | Hulder - Godslastering: Hymns Of A Forlorn Peasantry |
| 4. | Hellcrash - Krvcifix Invertör |
| 5. | Wolf King - The Path Of Wrath |
| + 31 more |
2023 Top Albums
Top albums for the year (8+) rating - Meaning that the albums are worthy of multiple listens and purchase. 9 and 10s are must buy immediately.
There is no real order other than rating and then usually…
There is no real order other than rating and then usually…
| 1. | Blackbraid - Blackbraid II |
| 2. | Tribunal - The Weight Of Remembrance |
| 3. | Signo Rojo - There Was A Hole Here |
| 4. | In Flames - Foregone |
| 5. | Frozen Dawn - The Decline Of The Enlightened Gods |
| + 11 more |
Picks For 2019
Top picks from 2019 Releases: Attempts made at the top 10 in order as a best of based on how often I found myself listening to the album.
| 1. | Wormwitch - Heaven That Dwells Within |
| 2. | Children Of Bodom - Hexed |
| 3. | Exhumed - Horror |
| 4. | Babymetal - Metal Galaxy |
| 5. | Wormwood - Nattarvet |
| + 50 more |
2022 Lists
2022 Best of list. In order of rating then in order of listening.
| 1. | Blackbraid - Blackbraid I |
| 2. | Rammstein - Zeit |
| 3. | Exhumed - To The Dead |
| 4. | OAR - The Blood You Crave |
| 5. | Oshiego - Jaljalut |
| + 37 more |
2024 Albums
Albums I'll want to get from 2024 - small list = less time to listen
| 1. | Body Count - Merciless |
| 2. | Hulder - Verses In Oath |
| 3. | Svartelder - Trenches |
| 4. | Spectral Wound - Songs Of Blood And Mire |
| 5. | Melt-Banana - 3+5 |
| + 3 more |
2025 Greats
| 1. | Ameokama - I Will Be Clouds In The Morning And Rain In The Evening |
| 2. | Nattverd - Tidloes Naadesloes |
| 3. | Taär - Catharsis Till Dawn |
| 4. | Cave Sermon - Fragile Wings |
Essential Metal Albums To Own
Work in progress until a good foundation is made. No real order other than what pops in my head.
| 1. | Metallica - Ride The Lightning |
| 2. | Metallica - Master Of Puppets |
| 3. | Slayer - Hell Awaits |
| 4. | Slayer - Reign In Blood |
| 5. | Slayer - South Of Heaven |
| + 20 more |
Older Albums Rated 8+
Albums that I have deemed 8+ in rating are re-listenable and put on my purchase list. These are the albums I come across that pre-date 2019 when I started using this website.
| 1. | Inexorum - Lore Of The Lakes |