Lists by omne metallum
Best of '24
Well, it's that time of year again whereby every audiophile argues over how superior their taste in music is, so here's my contribution to the argument.
| 1. | Kanonenfieber - Die Urkatastrophe |
| 2. | Blood Incantation - Absolute Elsewhere |
| 3. | Kyros - Mannequin |
| 4. | Bruce Dickinson - The Mandrake Project |
| 5. | Gatecreeper - Dark Superstition |
| + 19 more |
Go On Then, Iron Maiden Ranked
With 2025 marking my fifth year of being a member of Metalstorm, I have been in a reflective mood; seeing how my tastes in music have changed in that time and how my tastes are often at odds with the (incorrect…
| 1. | Iron Maiden - Piece Of Mind |
| 2. | Iron Maiden - A Matter Of Life And Death |
| 3. | Iron Maiden - Powerslave |
| 4. | Iron Maiden - Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son |
| 5. | Iron Maiden - Iron Maiden |
| + 12 more |
My Favourites Of 2022
As the Earth makes another full circle around the sun, its time to celebrate the best albums that marked that period.
| 1. | Kurokuma - Born Of Obsidian |
| 2. | Jungle Rot - A Call To Arms |
| 3. | The Hu - Rumble Of Thunder |
| 4. | Malevolence - Malicious Intent |
| 5. | Toxik - Dis Morta |
| + 45 more |
AOTY 2020
While the year 2020 may have been a write off in many ways, the albums that have been released this year have been very strong. In honour of 2020, these are my 20 favourite metal albums to have been released…
| 1. | Testament - Titans Of Creation |
| 2. | LIK - Misanthropic Breed |
| 3. | Fires In The Distance - Echoes From Deep November |
| 4. | Bleed From Within - Fracture |
| 5. | Bury Tomorrow - Cannibal |
| + 15 more |
F.A.F.O. 2023
An ongoing saga charting band's who, for better or worse, I have discovered every month of the year. While I won't list every band, I will be selecting highlights and/or lowlights.
| 1. | The Drowning - This Bleak Descent |
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| 3. | Riverside - This Bleak Descent |
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| 5. | Dargaard - In Nomine Aeternitatis |
| + 46 more |
My Favourites Of 2023
Forget the MSA's, this is the best of list you've all been waiting for. Why 23 albums? Well, because I can that's why.
| 1. | Fires In The Distance - Air Not Meant For Us |
| 2. | Urne - A Feast On Sorrow |
| 3. | Cattle Decapitation - Terrasite |
| 4. | Saturnus - The Storm Within |
| 5. | Frozen Soul - Glacial Domination |
| + 18 more |
Best Of '25
As I hang up my keyboard for one last time this year, it's time to assess the year in music that was 2025. It seems fitting to do a top 25.
| 1. | King Witch - III |
| 2. | Mawiza - Ül |
| 3. | Charlie Griffiths - Gods Of Pangaea |
| 4. | Vintersorg - Vattenkrafternas Spel |
| 5. | Paradise Lost - Ascension |
| + 20 more |
Mid Year Report '21
A personal ranking of what I think are the best records to have come out so far in '21.
| 1. | Asphyx - Necroceros |
| 2. | White Void - Anti |
| 3. | Flotsam And Jetsam - Blood In The Water |
| 4. | Molten - Dystopian Syndrome |
| 5. | At The Gates - The Nightmare Of Being |
| + 10 more |