Top 10 Best Metal Albums of 2024

[@ShowNTellOfficial]

Thank you for the shout out brotha! 🤝

[@alessandroneri8929]

Invincible Shield . Priest at its Best. Amazing álbum. The Best of 2024 for me. Great vídeo.

[@chaserickard1051]

Really enjoy your videos bud

[@brycetalksmetal]

Thanks man!

[@RuthlessMetalYT]

wARLORD - fREE sPIRIT sOAR!

[@747jono]

Awesome album

[@Hotgarbage100]

Thanks Bryce!!! Striker's album "Ultrapower" is in my top 10 for those that haven't heard them!

[@allenellsworth5799]

I used to like them and Hitten but they have gone way too hard towards AoR/Glam. I want Armed to the Teeth 2.0

[@Hotgarbage100]

@@allenellsworth5799 Yeah I hear ya there!

[@paranoia.church]

Great picks! One of the best years in music in a very long time, IMO. Cheers! Stay heavy!🤘😈

[@leifsiklossy6548]

Some great choices. My 2024 Favorites 1. Blood Incantation 2. Dark Tranquility 3. Gatecreeper 4. HammerFall 5. Judas Priest 6. Octoploid 7. Stryper 8. Sunbomb 9. Unleash the Archers 10. Unto Others

[@JasonDawsey]

Bryce, I learned a LOT from your list. Will definitely check out several of these bands. Nile's The Underworld Awaits Us All was my top choice!

[@zachdproductions123]

Good video. Judas Priest's latest album made my #1 of 2024, but cool to see it's in your honorable mentions.

[@SuperStrik9]

Nice list! My top 10 Best Metal Albums of 2024 1. Morbid Saint - Swallowed By Hell 2. Rut - Morbid Thoughts 3. Evildead - Toxic Grace 4. Nocturnus AD - Unicursal 5. Atrophy - Asylum 6. Anarchy - Xenotech And The Cosmic Anarchy 7. Judas Priest - Invincible Shield 8. Satan - Songs In Crimson 9. Deicide - Banished By Sin 10. Flotsam And Jetsam - I Am The Weapon

[@Rage-of-War]

Flotsam, fuck yeah!!

[@nealwexler666]

My Top Powerwolf - Wake Up The Wicked New Horizon - Conquerors Durbin - Screaming Steel The Treatment - Wake Up The Neighborhood Flotsam and Jetsam - I Am The Weapon Eclipse - Megalomanium II Devin Townsend - PowerNerd Storace - Crossfire Judas Priest - Invincible Shield Dark Mile - Dark Mile

[@Rage-of-War]

Hell yes FLOTSAM!!!

[@TriStarr]

Oh shit I've been waiting so long for Sabïre to put out a new album. I had no idea until you had it on your list. Great rundown; I have some new albums I need to listen to now.

[@Rock-n-Ralf]

Fav. albums (A-Z) of '24 (a "dirty dozen" + 6 hon. m's.): Category 7 - Category 7 Empires Of Eden - Guardians Of Time Flotsam And Jetsam - I Am The Weapon Impellitteri - War Machine Judas Priest - Invincible Shield Mindless Sinner - Metal Merchants Nitrogods - Valley Of The Gods Riot V - Mean Streets Saxon - Hell, Fire And Damnation Stryper - When We Were Kings Unleash The Archers - Phantoma Whom Gods Destroy - Insanium HM's: Astral Doors - The End Of It All Casandra's Crossing - Garden Of Earthly Delights Dream Evil - Metal Gods Sunburst - Manifesto The End Machine - The Quantum Phase Vanden Plas - The Empyrean Equation Of The Long Lost Things 🤘😎

[@wheelsofmercury]

That Pøltergeist record sounds up my alley, as I have been listening to a lot of goth rock music lately, including the new Tribulation album. I’ll come back to watch your year-end list for 2025 next December. Take care, Bryce!

[@alexsuperpower1]

Always love your videos Bryce! Great to discover some lesser known albums. Hope to see you appear soon at SoT it has been a while, cheers!

[@mindful2864]

My top 10 metal albums of 2024: 10. Alcest - Les Chants de l’Aurore 9. Thou - Umbilical 8. Nile - The Underworld Awaits Us All 7. Ulcerate - Cutting the Throat of God 6. Crypt Sermon - The Stygian Rose 5. Blood Incantation - Absolute Elsewhere 4. Oranssi Pazuzu - Muuntautuja 3. Opeth - The Last Will and Testament 2. Job for a Cowboy - Moon Healer 1. Judas Priest - Invincible Shield

[@thomasday3294]

Great List Bryce, I love Interceptor, Wraith & Bewitcher🤘

[@volin_d]

Agree with the top 2 albums. I love Satanic Warmaster's comeback to the roots. I think this might even be his best release. For top 3 I would add Deus Mortem.

[@garyjoyce2160]

Nice video. I was with your buddy. Nick ( Saturday sot fest). I asked about you. Enjoy night. BRYCE 👍💯

[@N64Muzak]

Excellent list!! Have you ever listened to the band WANTED? They’re out of MI. They sound a lot like Dokken.

[@Rosterized]

You're right about the publications not doing much digging when it comes to releases, they mostly just paying service to new albums by already established bands or legacy bands. There might be one or two underground hits that get mentioned but its usually only if theres so much buzz going around it that its basically impossible to ignore. I stopped paying attention to those publications years ago anyways and just quickly glance the lists to basically almost never see anything surprising being mentioned

[@ryancadwell1910]

Great list and sick shirt

[@kowalsolosolo]

For me the best album of 2024 was NILE and their The Underworld Awaits Us All.

[@Mindofgrant]

A couple standouts for me this year was System Shock by Desolus as well as Catastrophic Reconfiguration by Molder

[@Trifixion22]

Both great picks

[@motleyfan7558]

Great shirt and list.

[@b.patrickbrowning2349]

I'm so glad to finally see a list with Bewitcher's Spellshock on it. If my favorite album of 2024 was based solely upon the number of times I've listened to it, Spellshock would win easily. I still can't stop spinning it.

[@AdventMoxy]

Dude, GREAT LIST. Love the Pat Travers shirt, respects to the real ones. Hulder, inquisition, Spectral Wound, Satanic Warmaster are some of the best of the year. Put out more content. Is it me or does Polergeist sound a lot like Turnstile/Leeway?

[@michaelweber9108]

In my humble opinion, 2024 was a very strong release year for traditional metal sounds. Here are a few tips from me ABYSSWALKER - A Spire at the Gates of Heaven ACERUS - The Caliginous Serenade ALTAR OF OBLIVION - In The Cesspit Of Divine Decay ATTIC - Return of the Witchfinder BLITZKRIEG - Blitzkrieg BRONZE - In Chains and Shadows VICTORY - Circle of Life TYRAN - Tyran's Oath THE GEMS - Phoenix SULPHUR AND MERCURY - Alchemia Prophetica ...and there are a lot more albums you could name!

[@rememberbeginning]

I haven't listened to any on your whole list...yet! That Traveler album was next for me. Currently on Winterfylleth. I'm digging the Winterfylleth. Mostly their old stuff. Just getting into them. I'll have to check out everything on your list! I like your taste. My list 1- Sig:Ar:Tyr - Citadel of stars 2- Critical Defiance- the search won't fail 3- Deep Purple- =1 4- Magnum- here comes the rain 5- Blue Oyster cult- ghost stories (although most of the album is unreleased stuff from the late 70s, early 80s) 6- High on Fire - cometh the storm 7- Morta Skuld- creation undone That's about where I'm at with my list. Listening to the Cavalera remakes a lot this year. Sentry self titled. Himinbjorg- the fall of Valhalla. Like i said, the newest Winterfylleth. Looking forward to hearing the albums on your list. Cheers Bryce 👍

[@TravelsofaHeadbanger]

Traveler Prequel was for sure in my top 10. Forgot about Sabire, great sophomore album . Attic "Return of the Witchfinder" is my #1. Great list Bryce. Im going to check out your picks

[@theakkusor]

Horna had some great tracks this year

[@independenceltd.]

not done with my list yet, but Traveler and Ironflame will definitely be there. I guess I need to give Sabire another shot.

[@Schlain666]

Abhorration - Demonolatry. My number 1 pick of the year.

[@joerocks7381]

That Poltergeist was in my top 5 debuts this year

[@hvitekristesdod]

My list 10 Ihsahn - Ihsahn 9 Black Curse - Burning in Celestial Poison 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

[@jordonlane7120]

Judas priest invincible Shield 🛡 unbelievable 🤘 🇬🇧 best Album of 2024....

[@StephenZimmer]

Great album, memorable songs.

[@zerodok]

Killer shirt bro!

[@magnuswettermark8293]

Great! Love your Pat Travers shirt...👍

[@jajasmin]

great list

[@babakkhezri8983]

My Top 10 : Alcest - Les Chants De L'Aurore Blood Incantation - Absolute Elsewhere Devin Townsend - PowerNerd Fleshgod Apocalypse - Opera In Aphelion - Reaperdawn Iotunn - Kinship Job For A Cowboy - Moon Healer Judas Priest - Invincible Shield Kheftook - Cycle Of Torment Atrophy - Asylum

[@zikfu150]

songs on the new inquisition album are so catchy. they are stuck in my head after each listen. however the sound is too light and hollow. not sure if it's the production or intentional. i hope they go back to their early raw and heavy sound.

[@Hellenicheavymetal]

Best year of the decade. Mine are Blood Incantation - Absolute Elsewhere Alcest - Les Chants De L’Aurore Opeth - The Last Will and Testament Iotunn - Kinship Ulcerate - Cutting the Throat of God Panzerfaust - The Suns of Perdition - Chapter IV: To Shadow Zion Winterfylleth - The Imperious Horizon Cistvaen - At Light’s Demise Yoth Iria - Blazing Inferno Thy Catafalque - XII: A gyönyörű álmok ezután jönnek I also really enjoyed the new Kanonenfieber and Akhlys

[@torreskev]

Pretty black head

[@zeplica2004]

never heard of any of these bands but to me best metal album of year is invincible shield by judas priest!!!!

[@brunopinheiro1632]

My top 10(band names only): Mitochondrion Blood incantation Gaerea Bruce dickinson Knoll Sinistro Lucifer Saidan Zetra Bewitcher 🤘🤘🍻

[@rafaelgarcia9501]

Judas Priest. Invencible Shield. The Best álbum of 2024

[@csabacsernak7445]

Inquisition is on my list, i have black/orange vinyl!

[@Trenton2000]

What did you think of the new dokken album?

[@brycetalksmetal]

About a 6/10 some solid stuff on it

[@kimeklund8880]

20 of the best albums of the year The Browning - Omni Darko US - Starfire Allt - From the new world Assemble The Chariots - Unyielding night A Wake In Providence - I Write to you… Worm Sheperd - Hunger Consvmer - Seelenfrieden 156/Silence - People watching thrown - Excessive guilt Drown In Sulphur - Dark secrets of the soul Opeth - The last will and testament The Archaic Epidemic - Death Crawl Grayscale Season - feel something new Oranssi Pazuzu - Muuntautuja Gaerea - Coma Dödsrit - Nocturnal will Floya - Yume Powerflo - Gorilla warfare Saltwound - The temptation of pain Kingcrow - Hopium

[@vandengrey6912]

Finally I see a Kingcrow mention. I can't get enough of thet album

[@novymny_kuden]

Khors - Letters to the Future Self

[@plastikman001]

Good list and a few new records for me to discover My list in random order 01. Olhava - Sacrifice 02. Saidan - Visual Kill: The Blossoming of Psychotic Depravity 03. Inquisition - Veneration of Medieval Mysticism and Cosmological Violence 04. Akhlys - House of the Black Geminus 05. Spectral Wound - Songs of Blood and Mire 06. Wormwitch - Wormwitch 07. Paysage d'Hiver - Die Berge 08. Aara - Eiger 09. Thy Catafalque - XII: A gyönyörű álmok ezután jönnek 10. Antichrist Siege Machine - Vengeance of Eternal Fire

[@bucauniverse]

you shouldve listed vicious blade relentless force great band

[@dc.8049]

Top 10 Best and no Blood Incantation? Hell no

[@macattack5340]

Theater of Malum- is a great upcoming band

[@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. Full of Hell Coagulated Blood

[@Vlad.The.Drac.]

Death Like Mass.

[@tjtucker1774]

Witch Vomit ....Skeletal Remains & Necrot

[@bdawg3942]

Try the new single “ in the mist of the lands” by Torden And Askeesi “ Ahedonia” and his single from last year “ in the name of the mountains “ 👍💪 what a song 👌 The new Saor “ admist the ruins “ is worth a listen and pallbearer “ endless place “ has one of the most epic endings eva! From earlier in the year

[@darkkrenaissance42]

Top 10 Lite Metal albums, apparently

[@mcd8732]

I liked the new accept more than the new priest

[@paradigmfailure1336]

Oriska is my top.

[@Fastnbulbous1969]

Awesome, you have the most unique list I've seen so far, which means you give zero Fs about consensus favorites and follow yr own left hand path. Not that I'm the one to say, but that is truly METAL \../ I've listened to well over 100 metal albums this year and yet six of your albums are new to me (partly because I don't follow black metal as closely), including my old faves Ironflame, who I totally missed their new release. Crazy. I was a big fan ever since I met Andrew when he was still with Brimstone Coven. It was I think Legions of Doom fest in Indiana, and the band had three-part vocal harmonies that were unique -- but I had no idea Andrew could sing lead like that until I finally heard his project -- he played all the instruments himself at least on those first couple albums I believe. Beyond consensus faves like Blood Incantation, Opeth, Crypt Sermon, Pallbearer, Priest (I like 'em all) here's a few more from my lists, mix of heavy metal, doom and mostly thrash/death and prog metal. Neon Nightmare - Faded Dream Early Moods - A Sinner’s Past Ufomammut - Hidden Anciients - Beyond the Reach of the Sun Oranssi Pazuzu - Muuntautuja Iotunn - Kinship Tarot - Glimpse of the Dawn Castle - Evil Remains Hands Of Goro - Hands of Goro Scarecrow - Scarecrow III The Gates Of Slumber - The Gates of Slumber Magmakammer - Before I Burn The Obsessed - Gilded Sorrow Legions Of Doom - The Skull 3 Demon & Eleven Children - Demonic Fascination Sovereign - Altered Realities Fracture - Chaos Alchemy Ulcerate - Cutting the Throat of God Eternal - Cryptic Lust Cave Sermon - Divine Laughter Siderean - Spilling the Astral Chalice Job For A Cowboy - Moon Healer

[@mitchpassero1641]

Surprised Unto Others didn't make your list.

[@brycetalksmetal]

Meant to give it an honorable mention but to me it’s definitely a step down from their first 2 albums.

[@Hellenicheavymetal]

@@brycetalksmetal you are right. I was very disappointed by it. I do like a few songs on it.

[@filosofiapesadaflamatv]

The guy's two favorite bands are Megadeth and Inquisition. He really prefers reptilian vocals and ideological confusion.

[@takodabostwick8507]

Top 10 Rock/Metal Albums of 2024 1. Saviors Green Day 2. Blood, Hair, and Eyeballs Alkaline Trio 3. Be Here Now BlackBerry Smoke 4. The Last Will and Testament Opeth 5. Neck Deep Neck Deep 6. Post Human: Next Gen Bring Me the Horizon 7. Songs In a Lost World The Cure 8. Heaven & Hell Sum 41 9. Dark Matter Pearl Jam 10. Highly Irresponsible Better Lovers Only 1 metal album made my top 10. Should only be top 10 rock albums, but I don't do that. I put rock and metal together because they both have guitar bass and drums in the music. Bring Me the Horizon is just a rock band. But this album combines the rock, the pop, the metalcore, and some emo. They basically combined it all together and made a masterpiece. But yeah it was a good year, but i love 2023 more.