Lists by 24emd
2024: A Rough Ranking
So it begins. 3rd year at MS, 5th year of devoted metal listening. Nothing particularly exciting coming up, but Eternal Storm looks promising, and any new Persefone is a good thing. It's early days…
| 1. | Wintersun - Time II |
| 2. | Aquilus - Bellum II |
| 3. | Devin Townsend - PowerNerd |
| 4. | Cave Sermon - Divine Laughter |
| 5. | Illumishade - Another Side Of You |
| + 267 more |
2023: Best Album Art
The best album art of 2023. I usually gravitate towards album covers based on these factors:
-Level of detail (Foreground, background, etc. One dimensional album covers don't work for me usually)
-Art…
-Level of detail (Foreground, background, etc. One dimensional album covers don't work for me usually)
-Art…
| 1. | Atavistia - Cosmic Warfare |
| 2. | Cattle Decapitation - Terrasite |
| 3. | Whalesong - Leaving A Dream |
| 4. | Morwinyon - Wastelands |
| 5. | Oak - Disintegrate |
| + 62 more |
2023: A Rough Ranking
2023 here we go. My target for the year is 100+ albums, at a rule of 2 albums a week minimum.
| 1. | Nospūn - Opus |
| 2. | Periphery - Periphery V: Djent Is Not A Genre |
| 3. | Sleep Token - Take Me Back To Eden |
| 4. | Crow Black Sky - Sidereal Light: Volume Two |
| 5. | Against Myself - Tides Of Insanity |
| + 626 more |
2024: Best Album Art
The best album art of 2024. I usually gravitate towards album covers based on these factors:
-Level of detail (Foreground, background, etc. One dimensional album covers don't work for me usually)
-Art…
-Level of detail (Foreground, background, etc. One dimensional album covers don't work for me usually)
-Art…
| 1. | Solbrud - IIII |
| 2. | Eternal Storm - A Giant Bound To Fall |
| 3. | Infected Rain - Time |
| 4. | Darkspace - Dark Space -II |
| 5. | Borknagar - Fall |
| + 30 more |
Dream Theater: Discography Ranking
Dream Theater! Once my favourite band of all time, now number 2. I took an involuntary break from them for a while, and upon return realised my feelings had changed to a lot of their music. Also since…
| 1. | Dream Theater - Black Clouds & Silver Linings |
| 2. | Dream Theater - A Dramatic Turn Of Events |
| 3. | Dream Theater - Dream Theater |
| 4. | Dream Theater - Train Of Thought |
| 5. | Dream Theater - Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes From A Memory |
| + 11 more |
My Favourite Albums
The goats. The near perfect albums that never get old. Some are full of catchy bangers I'm always humming, and some are so full to the brim of details that I still haven't even uncovered them…
| 1. | Devin Townsend - Empath |
| 2. | Memories Of Old - The Zeramin Game |
| 3. | Wintersun - Time I |
| 4. | An Abstract Illusion - Woe |
| 5. | Aquilus - Bellum I |
| + 81 more |
2022: Top Ten
My final list for 2022.
Just one 10 this year for an absolutely spectacular album.
Just one 10 this year for an absolutely spectacular album.
| 1. | An Abstract Illusion - Woe |
| 2. | Wilderun - Epigone |
| 3. | Persefone - Metanoia |
| 4. | Jani Liimatainen - My Father's Son |
| 5. | Devin Townsend - Lightwork |
| + 5 more |
2024: Best Of
Favourite releases of the year, one that has been so far fantastic for music. Not ordered by rating, ordered based on a lot of different criteria (replayability, uniqueness, surprise, etc).
| 1. | Cave Sermon - Divine Laughter |
| 2. | Devin Townsend - PowerNerd |
| 3. | Wintersun - Time II |
| 4. | Nightwish - Yesterwynde |
| 5. | Illumishade - Another Side Of You |
| + 7 more |
2025: Best Of
So far this year is looking like a busy one, I'm probably not going to find as many new albums as I used to. However, there is plenty of great stuff coming out that I'm looking forward to.
| 1. | An Abstract Illusion - The Sleeping City |
| 2. | Dream Theater - Parasomnia |
| 3. | Nephylim - Circuition |
| 4. | Omnium Gatherum - May The Bridges We Burn Light The Way |
| 5. | Avantasia - Here Be Dragons |
| + 2 more |
24Emd's Top Albums Of The 2020S
An ever-expanding list of my favourite albums of this decade: 2020-2029. The number 1 album here is my favourite of the decade, and everything beneath is ordered accordingly to my least favourite amazing…
| 1. | An Abstract Illusion - Woe |
| 2. | Memories Of Old - The Zeramin Game |
| 3. | Wintersun - Time II |
| 4. | Aquilus - Bellum I |
| 5. | Aquilus - Bellum II |
| + 42 more |
Awesome EPs
I don't include EPs in my main list, so I thought it'd be a good idea add a few considering there's plenty of awesome music exclusive to EPs that was being ignored.
As for the ratings,…
As for the ratings,…
| 1. | Circus Maximus - Isolated Chapters |
| 2. | Insomnium - Songs Of The Dusk |
| 3. | Unleash The Archers - Explorers |
| 4. | An Abstract Illusion - Atonement Is Nigh |
| 5. | An Abstract Illusion - Atonement Is Nigh |
| + 2 more |