Blayne’s Top Metal Albums of 2024

[@Morkeric]

very stoked to see Saidan get a shoutout, dudes rock 💪🏻

[@jiminyjillickers5243]

lol

[@devilshour9266]

It's an honor to be on a list with great Bands like Traveler, Wolfbrigade and Saidan! Thank you!!! 🍻🔥

[@mikeboone8140]

Good stuff!

[@metalyuppie]

Congratulations on another great year! Bedsore is on my “shit I gotta catchup on” list, as I was very distracted by other new albums in November. My album of the year is Mitochondrion, hope everyone who loves the deepest, darkest recesses of dissonant death metal gets a chance to check that out. See you in the new year BangerTV.

[@RequiemDead]

Seems like you had major shift to heavy rock/trad metal for this year, I wasn't expecting that seeing as there was an amazing amout of extreme metal releases.

[@farrukhali9663]

Love this channel and blayne! Cheers and thank for all the amazing music reviews in 2024!🔥

[@doomsday_profit]

Definitely need to check out more of that Chain Cult record. Thanks!

[@NaldoNidoking]

That Devil's Hour record seems right up my alley. Great shout out

[@haxorz28]

Cool list. Thanks for presenting it in an entertaining way.

[@wheelsofmercury]

Awesome to see Bedsore on this list!

[@Rose-From-the-Dead]

Hell yeah! That Bedsore album is awesome. Thanks Blayne!

[@TheVelvetUnderdog]

Yeah that Saidan album is so good - sounds blown out and bright at the same time - the hooks fucking soar.

[@MK-rh5bs]

Fuck - Devils hour got me hooked right away!! Thanks for the Rec. Instantly ordered the splatter vinyl 🤘

[@lc7581]

That Bedsore album feels like what critics of the Absolute Elsewhere are looking for- a cohesive fusion of the Prog and death elements. It’s damn good.

[@BastardMetal]

The Municipal Waste/Toxic Holocaust/Midnight/Excel/ Enforced show would be a great reason to come to Richmond in April🤘

[@JSZcreations]

I still need to buy a ticket. Hopefully I didn't miss out haha. Been loving Enforced lately.

[@CuzinHomechill]

Waited years for that Bedsore album and somehow it both exceeded expectations and also completely subverted them as well.

[@Hamptainment]

Wow what a treat to hear my friend VK singing her guts out on The Devils Blind Horse ! Cool .

[@helios7170]

Love the channel ❤

[@coilfan09]

Love that everyone gets their own list this year please do this every year!!

[@PandaRob91]

This is the one I’ve been waiting for

[@SamuelBlackMetalRider]

TZOMPANTLI sound awesome, thanks for the discovery, that’s my jam. Do they have a link with MUKNAL who are/were also in the Mexican/Mayan themes? Also ANTICHRIST SIEGE MACHINE crush. Excellent stuff.

[@jonathanmills7096]

Awesome list! As always, have a few I need to go back and check out! Everyone is forgetting Hellbutcher! Amazing album that to me is the perfect blackened speed metal album!!! 🤘🤘🤘

[@TheCondorjc]

First impression of Hellbutcher It is not nearly as enticing as Nifelheim. I’ll have to give it another go

[@jpohl1968]

2024 is the year Blayne finally found a shirt that wasn’t one size too small.

[@personavisceration371]

You should come to Richmond, VA, you'd love it here.

[@gwts1171]

Anywhere that can spawn Gwar is cool with me! Actually, I love Richmond in general, though I'm from St Paul, MN.

[@JSZcreations]

@@gwts1171 I'm from RVA, but outside of metal, the old noise rock coming out of Minnesota and stuff like AmRep is sick. I always liked the early Hammerhead stuff a lot. Wanderer is a really underrated band from MN these days.

[@DoomedCult]

Kind of surprised not to see Ripped to Shreds or Kanonenfieber on here, but damn what a killer list. I found some incredible bands through Metal Monthly all year. Thanks, Blayne!

[@vodenapuska4796]

My two fav metal realease this year Brodequin - Harbinger of Woe & Blood Incantation - Absolute Elsewhere

[@GreggGardner]

Thanks for the Chain Cult tip they’re fricken awesome

[@Rovottin77]

TZOMPANTLI!!!!

[@AuntieTrichome]

Hell yeah! Not my AOTY but it’s a heck of an album.🎉

[@iceclimbers22]

Traveler and Crypt sermon are high up on my list. Lots of other great Dying Victims Prod. releases this year including Angel Sword, Challenger, and High Warden, the latter two being great debuts. One I haven't seen on too many lists, that is up VERY high on my list is Dvne's "Voidkind". Crushingly heavy and sonically amazing.

[@manynukes11]

Glad to see Chain Cult! Randomly found them and it's a sick record

[@hvitekristesdod]

My faves 10 Ihsahn - Ihsahn 9 Hoplites - Paramainoméni 8 Nile - The Underworld Awaits Us All 7 Blood Incantation - Absolute Elsewhere 6 Akhlys - House of the Black Geminus 5 Spectral Wound - Songs of Blood and Mire 4 Mitochondrion - Vitriseptome 3 Schammasch - The Maldoror Chants: Old Ocean 2 Ulcerate - Cutting the Throat of God 1 Ingurgitating Oblivion - The Ontology of Nought

[@TheDevilsBlindHorseOfficial]

Psyched to be a supporter!!!!! Shout out to QAALM - "Grave Impressions of an Unbroken Arc"! \m/

[@TheCondorjc]

Bands who put out my Top 20 albums this year -> Alcest -> Upon Stone -> Ripped to Shreds -> Svarrtjern -> Fractal Generator -> Tombstoner -> REZN -> Brodequin -> Vicious Blade -> Within the Ruins -> Antichrist Siege Machine -> Skeletal Remains -> Vitriol -> Benighted -> Contaminated -> Dissimulator -> Judas Priest -> Thantotherion -> Cognizance -> Morbid Saint Honorable mentions -> Civerous -> CNTS -> Exocrine -> Almost Dead ->Summoning of the Lich -> Luck Won’t Save You -> Cosmic Putrefaction -> Crocell

[@BangerTV]

Nice

[@plastikman001]

Wolfbrigade, Antichrist Siege Machine and Saidan... yes, we're on the same level 🤟

[@MrJoshItIs]

Bedsore sounds like maybe what I wanted from Opeth this year. Have the check it out.

[@Ziltoid23]

I've been listening to Bedsore a lot. Its like Genesis went through a Morbid Angel phase

[@doctorcolossus5096]

That Tzompantli record was nasty. Thanks for a great year of reviews Blayne!

[@MiserablePyre]

Wolfbrigade mentioned!!! 🤘

[@Bricklinsv1970]

What was the typo on that Demiser shirt? lol!

[@SirSunnyD]

Funny that Blayne makes fun of other people's typos when there's a VERY obvious one at 15:42. RUNER-UP? Oh, that Blayne...

[@jonjackson5372]

Happy to see you giving some love to Crypt Sermon. One of my favorite albums of 2024. Can’t believe nobody is mentioning Uncle Acid and the Deadbeats “Nell ‘Ora Blu”. It’s my number one this year!

[@BangerTV]

Yeah that one’s a banger!

[@TheJoeybroadbent88]

I only listened to Saidan on the back of this video, absolutely love it, but I can't be the only one getting big My Chemical Romance vibes from that album can I? Specifically the songs Sick Abducted Purity and Switchblade Paradise.

[@billcowan5539]

Awesome pics Blayne!

[@LeroyCReed]

Not what I was expecting, so that's cool.

[@kevanbeazer1913]

Are you guys doing viewers album of year this year?

[@derekj5580]

Thanks, Blayne. I have a few things to listen to after that.

[@eriklarson7341]

Yes, you DO need to come visit us in Richmond.

[@brucenatelee]

Speaking of Wolfbrigade, looking at the genre name "crust punk," isn't it interesting how we genre names like sludge metal, grunge rock, desert rock, and crust punk? All having names that sound... dirty.

[@gavdann1]

Mitochondrion and Panzerfaust were my top 2.

[@robertouttamyndx4400]

My Top 1 Albums tied !!!! 1. Burning Witches - The Dark Tower 2. Evergrey - Theories Of Emptiness 🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘

[@GuiltyNoticer]

Soilwork and Disarmonia Mundi haven’t released the new album yet. Only singles.

[@gwts1171]

I instantly purchased that Devil's Blind Horse track!! My top 10 metal of 2024: 10) Avmakt - Satanic Inversion Of... (Aug. 30) 9) Victory - Circle Of Life (Sept. 13) 8) Junta - Junta (Jan. 26) 7) Midnight - Hellish Expectations (Mar. 8) 6) Rifflord - 39 Serpent Power (June 21) 5) Rage - Afterlifelines (2CD, but only Disc 1. I don't like Disc 2.) (Mar. 29) 4) Antichrist Siege Machine - Vengence Of Eternal Fire (Apr. 19) 3) Flotsam & Jetsam - I Am The Weapon (Spet. 13) 2) Blue Oyster Cult - Ghost Stories (Apr. 12) 1) Kontact - Full Contact (Jan. 19)

[@beeej4681]

that chain cult album is so good!

[@robosloth1360]

Richmond VA resident here

[@GreggGardner]

Thanks for the Saidan tip they’re great

[@tobiasbellman]

Post-punk AND crust. Love to see a broader spectrum of music in this list.

[@danrobichaud]

Hey, will we be seeing a best of 2024 as voted by Banger fans? I was hoping that was the point of the Patreon question. That would be cool. Also, we need a Sam Dunn best of the year! Dafuq! The collaborative annual roundup videos are the best. I hope that format comes back someday!

[@BangerTV]

yes, more best of 2024 vids are coming

[@charlespeter5610]

I catch my gf singing Crypt Sermon tracks. While she’s a metalhead like I am, I’m the dude who normally is singing, screaming, and growling. It speaks to how sick the band is.

[@WilliamRyan-h2y]

Wolfbrigade rules and is absolutely metal. Let me at em, Blayne. Let me at em!

[@BrandonM.N]

I find your lack of Blood Incantation disturbing…Saidan rules tho

[@Schlain666]

It's album of the year not a generic release of the year from a sub-generic band. Got it ?

[@BrandonM.N]

@ lol ok edgelord666 💀

[@Kurkjianomega]

Blayne only like operatic weird cheesy metal. I finally stopped watching this stupid channel a few months ago. Just dropped in to see if he still only likes weird cheesy opera metal

[@deathmagicblackmetal9197]

I’m a fan of blood incantation, I like the new album, but damn man there’s other albums out and a lot that are better. Mitochondrion put out a new album that absolutely dog walks blood incantation and it’s talked about next to nowhere.

[@wavesinthe5112]

@@deathmagicblackmetal9197agreeed.

[@lancelazer]

Bedsore is outstanding.

[@hailhummus]

Stoked to see Tzompantli getting some recognition!

[@TheinvisibleorangeMetal]

I thought we woild match in a few top 10, but I think just ASM and maybe Tzomapantli if we make it a top 15 or so. Chain Cult and Saidan sound excellent though, I didnt know them and I'll be checing them out next.

[@jorgen1032]

My top 2024 is Traveler Hellbutcher Wormwood Wormwoods album The Star needs more love. Fantastic album and my gateway into atmospheric black metal. I have not reached the level of raw true, recorded in a tin can black metal just yet 😂

[@isaacjamesbaker]

ASM and Wolfbridage are on my fav lists as well!

[@jdpumpica4417]

What about Sam’s favourite albums of 2024? I’m always curious what he’s digging

[@BangerTV]

Gatecreeper album and a few others I can’t recall atm

[@shahaspvalentine3590]

Wow! Chain Cult has taken a page from Bay Area bands Fade to Black and Thrill of the Pull.

[@LordCastleHail]

Next time we meet (in Tokyo or anywhere else) remind me to give you a list of great independent stuff

[@jamesgwarrior1981]

Been watching you since your first death doom tutorial, this is honestly the best list you’ve ever had. And I’ve seen them all. 🤘🏾🤎

[@JoshuaSites]

1. As Spoken by Knoll 2. Towards the Nightside by Secrets 3. Blodwracu by Heafodban 4. Umbilical by Thou 5. Der Bose Geist by Nimbifer 6. Tassels of Ares by Serpent Column 7. Eiger by Aara 8. Perdurance by Convulsing 9. Haxan Sabaoth by Unaussprechlichen Kulten 10. Bellum II by Aquilus 11. Cursed Relics by Mnima 12. You Won't Go Before You're Supposed To by Knocked Loose 13. Die Berge by Paysage d'Hiver 14. Cutting The Throat of God by Ulcerate 15. Maze Envy by Civerous 16. Every Bridge Burning by Nails 17. Anomalous Abstractigate Infinitessimus by Gigan 18. Hailos by Ceremony of Silence 19. Chronicles of Lunacy by Defeated Sanity 20. Teratoma by Viscera Infest HM: Anti-Christ Siege Machine, Severoth, Hulder, Blood Incantation, Replicant, They Came From Visions, Cosmic Putrifaction, Rhun, Frail Body, Conifere, Winterfylleth

[@Voidskullband]

Top ten metal and punk lists from 2024. Punk list is below the metal list. Oranssi Pazuzu Crushing alien weirdness from beyond the aurora borealis. I’ve paid attention to these guys off and on over the years knowing they would deliver a masterpiece at some point and this is it. Psychedelic black metal from Finland. Unearthly Rites Dark mass of writhing putrefaction that blots out the sun. Distorted bass meant to crush your spleen and screeching vocals that come from some kind of trauma. In other words: fun. Borknagar Heavy metal from Bergen, Norway. The band has a long history, but this might be their most accessible release and I don’t mean that in a bad way. High on Fire Matt Pike wakes up when he feels like it, and when he wakes up he grabs his Les Paul and writes riffs. Matt Pike doesn’t care about you or your dog, but I think we all know what he really cares about: riffs. Also, points for his shredded vocal cords that gives the pain authenticity. If it doesn’t make you feel better, it will at least help you bleed more righteously onto the carpet. Judas Priest Still got something to prove in their 70s. Not the type to be their own tribute band, instead, these guys are still deliverin the goods with new songs that hold up to their back catalogue. Most bands with massive bank for recording mess up the guitar sound, but not priest. The guitars are in your face, crisp, warm, and immediate. Songs are catchy too. What else do you want? Stop complaining and have fun. Wolfheart I like their last one better, but they can still write memorable songs where the riffs, changes, and vocal melodies actually matter. Not every metal band can write riffs that actually go together, but these guys put the time in. Their videos are a fun travelogue of winter landscapes mixed with steroids. Maere Didn’t like this the first time or maybe even the second, but at some point I sat up and felt like it had something to tell me. Not trying to pummel you with speed or bore you with solos. Just weird death metal. Slight dissonance without losing the plot. Barbaric songs from an alien world. Darkthrone Yes, we all miss the rawness and the speed, but for some old dudes in the Norwegian woods who tend to reminisce about metal’s bloody origins, they can still bring it in the form of riffs and ideas. Those ideas tend to be slower and more drawn out, but who else puts out records like this? If you travel far enough into the forest maybe there is a giant mug of ale waiting for you, or maybe just a cold death under a bleak sky. Either way, it’s a fun record for when you’re in the right mood. Ungfell Black metal from Zurich, Switzerland. Energetic black metal with some folk leanings. Necrowretch French black metal. Cool riffs and unhinged vocals. Points for memorable cover art. Honorable Mentions Voidskull Shoutout for my own band, since we’re hopelessly obscure. Our record Isolation as a Weapon came out earlier this year and we have a video out for the song Knives. Highlights on the album for me are: Jade Sky, Lunar Sea, Rats in your Mind, and Invert the Priest. Free to listen on KZbin and a cheap purchase on Bandcamp. We can’t afford merch at the moment because of rehearsal rent, but maybe in the future. Adorior Morbid Angel worship with a demented female vocalist who’s too busy channeling her demons to worry about following a formula and sounding like everyone else. I’m in. Master Rooms full of old long haired meatheads and leather. Alleys and broken glass. Crusty old Paul Speckman with his signature rasp. Vredehammer Another solid release from this guy that will probably slip under most people’s radar. Catchy and heavy. Mercyless Old school death metal from France. Khors Ukrainian pagan metal. December release, but better late than never. Melodic, heavy, and memorable. Top ten(ish) punk list of 2024 Brunner Todesmarsch Raw and fast hardcore from the Czech Republic. Relentless songs with just the right production. Love this one. Faucheuse France does it again with originality. Female fronted hardcore from Bordeaux. Emilie was apparently the former singer for Bombardment, which is another great band. Faucheuse songs tend to stay at a breakneck speed, while also taking a melodic weirdness to a new level. Highly recommended. No Future Relentless onslaught of hardcore chaos from Australia. Love the bass on this one as well as the female vocalist. We March Amazing band from Athens, Ohio that played out during the 2000s. I just found out about them this year when the anthology came out and I’m glad I did. Well written songs and a crazy vocalist. The coolest band you’ve never heard of. I’ve heard their shows were epic. Cutters Everyone’s (several people’s?) favorite Aussie punk band are back again! Not as catchy as their last one, but they still have something I can’t put my finger on that’s different from everyone else. The bassist steps it up for this one. Would love to see these guys live. Shitbots This is the party right here. Raw recording and the band members yell between songs, pretending to be their own crowd. What’s not to like? If this doesn’t make you feel better, then maybe Urgent Care is the place for you. Krayat Immigrants from the Balkans that sing in Bulgarian and are now based in Berlin. I knew this record was special in the first few minutes. Hard to explain, but you just know it when a record hits you differently than the others. Paroxys Are folks just crazy in Australia? Great band from Melbourne. Crusty metal punk with blistering solos and an angry punk girl on the microphone. Black Button Angry punks from Richmond, Virginia do it again. Possibly catchier than the last one, with all the anger intact. Global Thermonuclear War Sounds just like the name suggests. Team up with Shite from Rigorous Institution and the drummer from Suck Lords and Crucified Class. Kontrolle German post punk with a dark energy. Addictive. Chaos Ok Excellent first release. Definitely a band to watch out for. Golpe Hardcore from Milan, Italy. Best release to date. Rixe This list wouldn’t be complete without some Oi. Rixe from Paris decided to change it up and do a drum machine punk record this time around, which apparently is rooted in French punk history. Start with their back catalogue, but this one is good too. Bermuda Squares Looking for a good time? Lock the frustration in the closet for a few and hit the dance floor.

[@craigschmoldt4682]

Commenting to come back later and check some of these bands out! Thanks!

[@descantinginsalubrious]

Antichrist Siege Machine to me is grindcore. And I DIG IT.

[@darrelladams4886]

Traveler is from Calgary? Isn’t Stryker also Albertan? That would make for a fun show

[@fabi94m]

Devils hour Black'n'Punk Marauders!

[@StarsDie88]

Finally some Saidan love.

[@afinecupofcoffee8476]

As a Durhamcel I can confirm that Richmond fucking rules. It's like Durham but with a river and a better food/beer scene.

[@Blind_Luck]

Traveler! 😍😍🤘

[@tykekai3555]

Tzompantli, Saidan, Antichrist Siege Machine 🤘

[@noogie1]

I wanna see some Bedsore!

[@EugeneKee]

I just discovered Blood Incantation and I love their new album!

[@CountNazgul93]

😂😂😂

[@RPRsChannel]

*_Will there be a "Most Disappointing" list as well?_* *_And who is it that keeps telling you to cut your hair Blayne?_*

[@TheBlindPariah]

One selection will prove to be synchronous with the prestigious Blind Pariah's 3rd Annual Subjective Emotional Response To Albums List, becoming of the honoured chosen. The truth will be revealed on January 1st, 2025.

[@donlafleur4070]

Traveler are fantastic !

[@JaziB]

Damn no more videos from the rest of the crew?

[@BangerTV]

More top albums in the new year!

[@JaziB]

@@BangerTV bless 🙏

[@pabloloco9013]

For me Defeated Sanity Chronicles of Lunacy is the aoty

[@theoldseed]

Happy festivus dweebs!!

[@Slayer_X]

My top20 2024 Metal albums: 1) Opeth - The Last Will and Testament 2) Caligula's Horse - Charcoal Grace 3) Swallow the Sun - Shining 4) Judas Priest - Invincible Shield 5) Rotting Christ - Pro Xristou 6) Borknagar - Fall 7) Blood Incantation - The Stargate 8) Riot V - Mean Streets 9) Blighted Eye - Agony's bespoke 10) IOTUNN - Kinship 11) Alcest - Les chants de l'aurore 12) Nile - The Underworld Awaits Us All 13) Ministry - HOPIUMFORTHEMASSES 14) My Dying Bride - A Mortal Binding 15) Vanden Plas - The Empyrean Equation of the Long Lost Things 16) Counting Hours - The Wishing Tomb 17) Vitrol - Suffer & Become 18) Borne of Ash - From the Dark, They came (fixed, thanks Chris!) 19) Neon Nightmare - Faded Dream 20) Fleshgood Apocalypse - Opera

[@TheDubulous]

Ohhh yeah wolfbrigade made it ❤️❤️🤘🤘🤘🤘

[@sweetlikechocothai]

1. Disembodied Tyrant Poetic Edda / The Tower 2. Mirar -Mare 3. Blood Incantation Absolute Everywhere 4. Pyrrhon -Exhaust 5. Otanssi Pazuzu Muuntautuja 6. Job For a Cowboy Moon Healer 7. Nails Every Bridge Burned 8. Ulcerate Cutting the Throat of god 9. Chatpile -Cool world 10. Gigan Anomalous abstractions 11. Full of Hell Coagulated Bliss

[@james.angel333]

Gloomy reflections

[@Fenster020]

Tzompantli is so delicious! I'd like seconds and thirds, please...

[@BangerTV]

That record is a monster

[@guti19840]

no iron bonehead bands?

[@anthonymarano7829]

My top 5. As it seems, we subcribers have not been asked like in the past. 1. Neon Nightmare, Faded Dream 2. Blood Incantation, Absolute Elsewhere 3. Pallbearer, Mind Burns Alive 4. IOTUNN, Kinship 5. Opeth, Last Will and Testament

[@mojuy11]

Loved the Pallbearer but don’t see anyone talking about it

[@egonkey]

Necrot - Lifeless Birth Thanatotherion - Alienation Manifesto Master - Saints Dispelled Cosmic Putrefaction - Emerald Fires Atop The Farewell Mountains Hadit - Metaphysical Engines Approaching The Event Horizon Messiah - Christus Hypercubus Castle Rat - Into The Realm Job For A Cowboy - Moon Healer Morta Skuld - Creation Undone Living Gate - Suffer As One Bedsore - Dreaming The Strife For Love

[@BangerTV]

Good list

[@martglass9503]

Wolfbrigade crushes metal

[@independenceltd.]

damn. must've been distracted...Iron Curtain too? is blayne selling out? lol

[@HeavyMetal469]

No Fulci??

[@BangerTV]

I guess not

[@Heavymetalaidan24]

My favourite metal albums this year panzerfaust the suns of perdition chapter 4 to shadow zion inquisition veneration of medieval mysticism and cosmological violence midnight hellish expectations unto others never never land hulder verses in oath opeth the last will and testament

[@MMasterDE]

This just reminds me 2024 wasn't a great year for metal.

[@soapfoam]

Black Metal 2: Electric Weebaloo

[@independenceltd.]

Traveler and Crypt Sermon...nice. But no Satan?

[@TexasBedouin]

Traveler is top for me too