Loudwire's 51 Best Rock + Metal Albums Of 2024 Is Interesting...

[@LoudwireMusic]

WHOA! Thanks so much for reacting to our list! It's always fun to hear what everyone thinks. Narrowing down a few hundred (thousand?) releases each year is such a challenge and there's so much other great stuff beyond these 51 albums 🤘

[@METALBIRB]

You guys cover all the metal sub genres so I don’t envy your position hahaha

[@WarEagle1023]

The absolute disrespect to Imminence is insane.

[@THE_5050]

True! The Black is a Top 10er for the year!

[@aleasha.k.b]

I was just going to mention how much of a crime it was for Loudwire to not include Imminence's The Black on their list! Definitely better than half of the albums they did mention.

[@Luissv72]

You know before I started the video I saw the comment and laughed. I don't like Imminence, they do nothing interesting I haven't heard before from better bands but honestly w/ the albums they put up I'm gonna be real I think you're right 😂 they put up some *ass* albums.

[@Davescousemetal]

Who?

[@samuelfavata7583]

Falling in Reverse shouldn't be on this list because half of the record was released as singles over the course of several years.

[@luketinginit]

and it was all shite

[@TheGodzillaTalker]

@@luketinginit indeed. I think it was the worst metal album I've heard in years

[@DashieNegan41]

I agree it's garbage it shouldn't be on the list if Loudwire do EP and put Motley on it I'm done with this site

[@CursedT04st]

falling in reverse shouldn't be on this list because they fucking suck

[@Andy666TheBeast]

Oh dude, you HAVE to listen to the Blood Incantation album. It's phenomenal! AOTY for me.

[@DrWillmac]

Not even a question, it’s perfect from start to finish. Maybe one of my favorite albums ever.

[@matthiasadamavich5268]

Boundaries still got my album of the year man 🔊🔊

[@Owenator26]

Same here

[@qfdependiente]

The fact that Imminence and The Warning misses the list its absolutely awful...

[@S.M.A.U.G.]

No Allt? No Imminence? Make them Suffer? Criminal

[@DustyEchozy]

Nah, Make them Suffer is awful.

[@brianmorrison2578]

Opeth are the best fucking band walking the Earth today. This album is a 10/10 perfect record. It is the perfect blend of the old Opeth with the later progressive Opeth and the return of the death metal vocals. Will be at the top of a lot of people's lists for metal album of the year.

[@METALBIRB]

Definitely on my radar!

[@blueandwhiteeighttwo]

My top 5 of the year (alphabetical order): Gaerea - Coma Imminence - The Black Paula Teles - Desencanto Poppy - Negative Spaces Vola - Friend of a Phanton

[@jakeharmon542]

Good list, but missing a few of my picks. Imminence 'The Black' not being on here is just straight wrong. Other missing albums are 'Keep Me Fed' by The Warning, 'Manifesto' by Sunburst, and 'Unobtainium' by The Cyberiam

[@scottsmith6235]

How are Opeth and Bodycount high on the list when it was released yesterday (23/11/2024)???

[@Zeitgeist6]

How is Gaerea - Coma not on this list?! That album is beautiful.. Rotting Christ - Pro Xristou was pretty sick as well.

[@vanzylalberts5552]

Cool video! Here are my TOP 30 favorite Metal albums of 2024! 🤘😈💪 TOP 10 1. Intervals Memory Palace 2. Jasta ...and Jasta For All 3. Sebastian Bach Child Within the Man 4. Judas Priest Invincible Shield 5. Disbelief Killing Karma 6. Vredehammer God Slayer 7. Aborted Vault of Horrors 8. Evergrey Theories of Emptyness 9. Fracture Chaos Alchemy 10. Arctis Arctis TOP 20 11. Unhoped Torturous Sanctified Centuries 12. Vola Friend of a Phantom 13. Ritual Ascention Origin of Zed 14. Vicious Blade Relentless force 15. Fit For an Autopsy The Nothing That Is 16. Sentient Horror In the Service of the Dead 17. Apogean Cyberstrictive 18. Oxygen Destroyer Guardian of the Universe 19. Laceration I Erode 20. Cryptic Hatred Internal Torment TOP 30 21. Undeath More Insane 22. Escuela Grind Dreams of Algorithms 23. Exuvial The Hive Mind Chronicles Part 1-Parasitica 24. Terrorpy The Bisection Collection 25. Gaerea Coma 26. Ritual Fog But Merely Flesh 27. Arcania Lost Generation 28. Crimson Butchery Violence By Design 29. Defeated Sanity Chronicals of Lunacy 30. Fathomless Ritual Hymns for the Lesser Gods

[@jordanblum3849]

Thanks for the attention!

[@Ytbjohn06]

I loved Erebus from remina this year I’m normally on the fence with doom metal but that EP Is amazing

[@Drazer012]

Every year i look at the lists that loudwire make and they're always very.... entertaining lol

[@Netjak]

Out of the ones on this list that you havent checked out I highly recommend Blood Incantation, Ihsahn, and Candy. All really good for different reasons. The biggest miss for me on this list is no Job For A Cowboy. Moonhealer was such a sick album.

[@ding1r]

Definitely give a shout to Blackwater Park. I discovered Opeth with that album, and it has been my favorite album of all time since then. The depressive and melancholic vibe they achieved in that album is unmatched.

[@mundanemorselsmundanemorse7028]

10/10 album. It’s lurking in the core of us all.

[@Ivoteforfrenchfries]

I always thought that Ghost Reveries was a better album to get into Opeth for metalcore fans, because it's a less death metal than Blackwater Park. For me you begin with Ghost Reveries and then you enter the Opeth spiral.

[@mundanemorselsmundanemorse7028]

@@Ivoteforfrenchfries yeah, I guess you wouldn’t start with something like their last few more prog/clean albums (not counting the last album which is more like their old stuff), nor something like Damnation (they’d get the wrong impression haha). But I still think the track “Blackwater Park” is so good that it transcends genres and is the best introduction to Opeth. For me it’s probably a top 10-20 song ever written.

[@Ivoteforfrenchfries]

@mundanemorselsmundanemorse7028 Personnaly my favourite of them IS Ghost Of Perdition but I Can easily see why Blackwater Park is the most popular

[@rottenamiigo9443]

Darko-Starfire KKTX-Exhibition of prowess Hell it’s been a great year for Deathcore, Metalcore and hardcore

[@KingKiller5555555555]

Matching it with my list I don't think they did a bad job. I mean The Warning and Imminence are the biggest misses but overall not bad. Edit: I am surprised they didn't have Chelsea Wolfe or Bilmuri a little bit but overall I'm not upset about the list 🤷🏽‍♂️

[@ghosface353]

Judas Priest - Invincible Shield is a great record. You should check it out.

[@METALBIRB]

What 2024 album do I need to hear still?? Also if you want to keep up to date with all the new music in the metal scene and make some online friends then check out my Discord discord.gg/AfH2MrRMSn

[@MeZame-l2u]

On Monday, Atmosphrs that I requested on your stream couple of times (you even added their song Leech to the Cum Metal playlist) are releasing their 4th album.

[@uniservicemann3186]

Im just gonna throw it out there, i know you kinda glazed by it, but, Gatecreeper - Dark Superstition is a very surprising record for a death metal band. Its borders right at the edge of being traditional modern death metal and melodeath. Every track has a very good catchy hook to their chourus and the riffs are sooooo tasty. Just saying, it may surprise you.

[@aloneinthesky7153]

TBDM album is a must, best guitarwork this year

[@uniservicemann3186]

@aloneinthesky7153 If you're into death metal, 2 recommendations I gotta give are Necrot - Lifeless Birth and Skeletal Remains - Fragments of The Ageless.

[@samuelfavata7583]

Extortionist - Devoid of Love and Light

[@ScrafRaff]

The new Dark Matter album by Pearl Jam is really excellent. Vedder hasn't really done the stereotypical voice associated with him since their first/second album (Dark Matter is their 12th). You should really give them a try. Their album Yield (from 1998) holds a special place in my heart.

[@daanopdebeeck2312]

I'm also not into Doom and black metal but I check it out from time to time. Recently I discovered some tracks from Gaerea and I was quite impressed. Then I checked out the album so I can recommend them.

[@Zeitgeist6]

Coma is an amazing album.

[@sampearson2369]

Lets go metalbirb!

[@jeffs162]

Im not usually into sludge but high on fire hit with me. Those bonecrushing riffs!

[@stg_tmc]

Laura Jane Grace is the vocalist from Against Me

[@sVieira151]

The fact neither Thy Catafalque, Ulcerate, or Aquilus' latest releases are on here is a crime imo. But i guess those maybe a bit too niche. I'm a HUGE Devin Townsend fan and enjoyed Powernerd but i really don't think it deserves a place in the top 25 of the year 🤷🏻

[@Hellenicheavymetal]

those were way and beyond better than anything on that list besides maybe Blood Incantation.

[@LicoriceLain]

I found the new Thy Catafalque to be just kinda good. Ulcerate kinda belly flopped for me. And Powernerd is my least fave Dev record to date.

[@sVieira151]

@@LicoriceLain That's fair opinions tbh. What about new Ulcerate did you not enjoy and have you heard their earlier stuff?

[@LicoriceLain]

@@sVieira151 New one felt unfocused, meandering. Need to check their classics. I fuck with Obscura and dissonant metal in general so it may have just been a miss for me.

[@ryanbollinger1759]

You know who’s Popular Monster should be nowhere near this list. It’s overproduced, corny, Tom McDonald ass “Metalcore”.

[@oscarc.4575]

Could not agree more. One of the worst albums I've ever heard

[@nathannixon6597]

My top albums that I think you need to check out are: Vitriol - Suffer & Become Wristemeetrazor - Degeneration CANDY - It's Inside You Dead Icarus - ZEALOT Extortionist - Devoid of Love & Light Aborted - Vault of Horrors

[@DashieNegan41]

You also check Undeath Greenwitch Civerous and Anciients

[@Hellenicheavymetal]

Iotunn's Kinship is my album of the year. Blood Incantation (the only one that's great up there) and Thy Catafalque.

[@noahgossman1868]

I think I’ve heard you say Thrice is your favorite band, they’re mine as well. That’s why I’m pretty confident you’d enjoy some Pearl Jam, especially the 90’s stuff. Their first 2 albums are near perfect. There’s also a film Cameron Crowe did on them called PJ20 that tells their story and has live performances from the different stages of their career, it’s really good.

[@wadahboy9142]

High on fire is it power metal💀

[@kayz.o1054]

I laughed my ass off haha

[@misterwhite847]

You should definetly check out candy, 200 stabwounds, blood incantation and Opeth of course!

[@Storm23PS3]

Where is VOLA?

[@SteveCastaneda93]

I might have to check Speed out; Speed got announced for Cochella 2025, so that's big for them.

[@CrownlessStudios]

Not including Leprous is wild.

[@CrownlessStudios]

And no Poppy is a shame too.

[@thehurtfam]

Boundaries …ALLT …LMTF ……FFAA…..knocked loose …..for me …..

[@gabrielveiga8175]

The Nothing That is from FFAA doesnt being here is insane

[@oran9]

Blood Incantation's album is without a doubt my AOTY

[@markk6151]

that new smashing pumpkins is different its real good

[@williamwilliams2145]

Basically what I can say for most of this list is: Yes, those were indeed albums released in 2024.

[@nolanhill7534]

No job for a cowboy :(

[@DeanTheGuillotine]

For me, its between Boundarie's new album or Amity's Redux of LTOTM

[@Kirusdagon]

i know its not metal but Clancy by Twenty One Pilots got snubbed here. that had the number 1 week for a rock album this year. it also got completely snubbed from the grammy's. they need to give these two some fuckin love. they deserve it

[@maciejkaminski97]

No Axty nor Heriot albums ?

[@curtisspivey234]

Smashing pumpkins was surprisingly good i would recommend it and i mostly listen to deathmetal

[@ericwollam5532]

Personally I think poppy might have had my favorite album of 2024. My top 5 this year have to be 5. Alpha wolf - Half Livings 4. BTMH - Nex gen 3. Knocked loose - you won't go before you're supposed to 2. Make them bangers 1. Poppy - negative spaces But honestly, 2024 has just been probably one of the best years for music of all time. It really feels like every genre of music was just knocking it out of the park this year.

[@Stumpfization]

Guys, this is first time I'm seeing a video from this channel. Can someone please explain to me why he keeps saying that he has been "planning to listen to this album" for months or even years?? 😭 Just listen to the albums man, they're like 30-40 minutes long. How does one plan to do it for years 😭

[@alexandreroy7118]

You have to listen the latest Judas Priest... also have you heard the new Vulvodynia one ?

[@DashieNegan41]

Blood Incantation Absolute Elsewhere is insane

[@karl00l]

Damn didn't know Greenday release an album wondering why they're on so many festivals. Would like to check out some of these but yeah no time.

[@scottsmith6235]

Rotting Christ number 1 for me. Not a black metal band fan generally but they kick arse and the album is heaps good

[@Agent47316]

For doom metal i would try the new album from Mother of Graves called The Periapt of Absence its melodic doom but i love it and i dont care for doom that much either

[@BiggestMikey]

Bruh...JUSTICE FOR ERRA'S "CURE"! Not gonna stand for it's slander! But thats WILD not mentioning Allt! Hooefully in 2025 some publications will recognize as like "a 2024 gem we missed" or something like that.

[@chadwickcore]

5:13 NO as a genuine Pearl jam fam, I can say that this one is a bit generic. Maybe start with ten, then vs. up to you, though. That, and I like the old stuff, so…

[@julianthrone8988]

⚔️MORTAL REMINDER⚔️

[@wadahboy9142]

You have to listen to riitiir of enslaved if you're more a prog dude. You will not regret

[@erebus890]

Black metal is awesome you just gotta have more patience. Knocked Loose is overrated and overhyped and their vocalist is bad and yeah thats coming from a guy that listens to black metal. Also the fact that State Faults wasnt even mentioned is wild. Probably one of the best post hardcore albums ive heard is a while.

[@nicklarson801]

How did they miss Many Eyes - The Light Age?

[@stg_tmc]

@@nicklarson801 seems like the album flopped from what I’ve seen

[@MrDoBaKflips]

Better Lovers outshined them

[@No-body-928]

Bruh as soon as i saw falling in reverse is on their list i knew the list would be total trash

[@tristenwells7762]

Falling in reverse album is a joke since the songs have been out a long time with most of them

[@TheNamesFathom]

my whole top 3 wasn’t even on there lmao

[@HellSpartanZ]

WTF Imminence The Black was better than 90% of those albums what a crime

[@yulligoteckg2]

Nemophila - Evolve, they are like Hanabie 2.0. Thrown - Excessive guilt. Alpha wolf 2.0. The ghost inside - searching for solace. Heavy metalcore. 😊

[@PaulvonderHeyden]

Misgenrening mid tier bands like Darkthrone and High on Fire? Poser exposed!

[@Deletirium]

Yeah, to me, most black metal just sounds like angry cats gagging into a tin can, but somehow the lofi version. Lol. Aside from a little Burzum, and one or two Folterkammer songs, just isn't my thing. I'm probably missing the point, but I just didn't get it. P.S. Speed is awesome- some of their tracks give me sort of Ghost Inside vibes - positive, angry, driving hardcore

[@yodieyuh]

You might like the various forms of crossover bm. Try the 2024 Khold album, Du Dømmes Til Død. More groove than straight bm.

[@waltterwight500]

Genuinely an atrocious list. Putting Popular Monster, BMtH, and From Zero about KL is so bad.

[@forkheader]

Chat Pile's album is in my top 5 for the year. Like you said it took me a minute to get into their sound but once it clicked I was hooked. I'd also have to say that Diamond Construct and Kublai Khan were snubbed from this list for sure, as well as More Insane by Undeath which is probably my favorite death metal aoty, amazing riffs on that one.

[@CraftyFabio]

Is it just me or is it a very male heavy list? Forgive me if I'm being ignorant. I certainly would have included Negative Spaces.

[@airsicklowlandr]

Chekc out Resuscitate. AOTY for me. One man project prog masterpiece

[@Owenator26]

Pearl Jam is easily my least favourite grunge band from the 90's. They have good songs and Eddie's voice is cool and unique but he doesn't really showcase alot of range in his voice other then that low register he's known for. Cornell will always remain my favourite vocalist cause not only could he sing low like Vedder but his high range was absolutely incredible. Anyways you mentioned PJ so I had to write this comment. Oh also Birb one of the albums you mentioned on the Loudwire list was Return To Dust great rock band I discovered this year gotta check them out! And lastly you absolutely have to do a deep dive into Opeth man! All their albums from the 2000's era Blackwater Park, Damnation, Ghost Reveries, Watershed all fantastic albums super excited for their new one! \m/

[@airsicklowlandr]

Ya basic. Just admit it

[@busyrob]

If you were going to check out Pearl Jam at any point... the correct answer is always their debut album, Ten.

[@Quest4Horror]

Knocked Loose should easily be number one. It’s the the only heavy album that’s good in 2024.

[@cloud-ib2xz]

overrated

[@maxpatenaude2115]

Are ya nuts ? How about Boundaries, Fit For an Autopsy, ALLT....just to name a few

[@Quest4Horror]

@ I don’t like any of those