My Top 24 Albums of 2024!

[@HammerheartMetalReviews]

Great video and nice picks! I love a lot of those albums. A few I haven't heard as well, so you have given me some more exploring to do. Cheers!

[@thegreenman4925]

You're welcome @HammerheartMetalReviews glad you enjoyed the video & thanks for tuning in. Look forward to your top 25👍

[@AUTOPSY666]

SEAR BLISS and IOTUNN are excellent

[@thegreenman4925]

@@AUTOPSY666 for sure! 👍🤘

[@Hellenicheavymetal]

Iotunn and Opeth were in my list. Also loved Alcest, Blood Incantation, Thy Catafalque..

[@thegreenman4925]

@Hellenicheavymetal loved the Alcest too! Blood Incantation was great - I just thought it would be on a lot of other lists. Thanks for checking out the video 👍

[@metallikat05]

Finally some love for Frozen Crown! I first discovered them a few years back through their first album, been following them since. I just love their sound and yes, consistency. Absolute blast to listen to!

[@thegreenman4925]

@metallikat05 yeah I've been back through their albums and it's all good - last year's Call of the North was great 👍

[@metallikat05]

@@thegreenman4925 Oh, for sure. I love all of their material. Whenever I listen to it, I just want to listen to it all. Just fantastic.

[@scottiematthews5932]

Thanks for the video man! You had some great picks. I still need to listen to the new Opeth & Iotunn albums. My top 20 metal albums plus hms: 1. Unto Others - Never Neverland 2. Borknagar - Fall 3. Dark Tranquility - Endtime Signals 4. Tommy Vext - A.N.T.A.R.C.T.I C.A 5. Judas Priest - Invisible Shield 6. Gatecreeper - Dark Superstition 7. In Vain - Solemn 8. Cistvein - At Lights Demise 9. All for Metal - God's of Metal (Year of the Dragon) 10. Trynity - Contradictions 11. Powerwolf - Wake Up the Wicked 12. Anciients - Beyond the Reach of the Sky 13. As I Lay Dying - Through Storms Ahead 14. Saxon - Hell Fire Damnation 15. Marilyn Manson - One Assassination Under God (Part 1) 16. Riot V - Mean Streets 17. P.O.D. - Veritas 18. Anette Olzon - Rapture 19. Wolfheart - Draconian Darkness 20. Allt - From the New World HMs: 1. Cemetery Skyline - Nordic Gothic 2. Jasta - And Jasta For All 3. Rotting Christ - Pro Xristou 4. Stryper - When We Were Kings

[@thegreenman4925]

@@scottiematthews5932 you're welcome, glad you enjoyed it and thanks for your list - some great picks there 👍

[@MrJustCallMeJames]

So many good picks here. I got to check out some of these, which I haven't listened to so far. I have been listening to Poppy for several years now, irregularly. Never thought I would see her on this channel, but this new album went into heavier direction. Wonder if she is going to do another big pivot with the next one.

[@thegreenman4925]

Thanks dude! I kind of hope she stays metal/metalcore but I still appreciate her versatility

[@mtaffer]

Illumishade getting some love is great! They were one of the standout performances for me at this years ProgPower USA festival. Her vocals were insane, she could do anything and it all sounded amazing. Kudos to you also for having a power metal album be your album of the year!

[@thegreenman4925]

I think Fabienne is a really underrated vocalist she's brilliant. Thanks for checking out the list! Yeah I've definitely been getting more into power metal lately 👍

[@samkilgore2373]

Great list. I have a mix of metal and other genres in my list too: 1. Blood Incantation- Absolute Elsewhere 2. Opeth - The Last Will and Testament 3. Caligula’s Horse - Charcoal Grace 4. Beth Gibbons - Lives Outgrown 5. delving - All Paths Diverge 6. Kingcrow - Hopium 7. Iotunn - kinship 8. Respire - Hiraeth 9. Alcest - Les Chants de I’Aurore 10. Judas Priest - Invincible Shield 11. Anciients - Beyond the Reach of the Sun 12.. Crypt Sermon - The Stygian Rose 13. Ritual - The Story of Mr. Bogd Pt. 1 14. Oranssi Pazuzu - Muuntautuja 15. Wheel - Charismatic Leaders 16. Pallbearer - Mind Burns Alive 17. Knocked Loose - You Won’t Go Before You’re Supposed To 18. Krallice - Inorganic Rites 19. The Cure - Songs of a Lost World 20. Brittany Howard - What Now 21. Job for a Cowboy - Moon Healer 22. Brat - Social Grace 23. Dvne - Voidkind 24. Professor Caffeine & the Insecurities - Self Titled 25. Infant Island - Obsidian Wreath

[@thegreenman4925]

@samkilgore2373 Awesome list thanks! The Blood Incantation one is a popular choice (obviously not on my list 🤫)

[@samkilgore2373]

Yes it’s great, if you haven’t listened to it yet you should check it out!

[@Simon-vt1zp]

Hey Tom. I was looking forward too this video, and you didn’t disappoint. Well presented as always, also you seemed to have a more relaxed manner about you here, which was nice to see lad. 👍

[@thegreenman4925]

Thanks dude appreciate that 👍 & glad you enjoyed the video 😀

[@metal_maniac_68]

My Top 20 1. Iotunn - Kinship 2. Borknagar - Fall 3. Blood Incantation - Absolute Elsewhere 4. Anciients - Beyond The Reach Of The Sun 5. Sólstafir - Hin Helga Kvöll 6. Caligula's Horse - Charcoal Grace 7. Tribulation - Sub Rosa In Æternum 8. Cemetery Skyline - Nordic Gothic 9. In Vain - Solemn 10. Dark Tranquillity - Endtime Signals 11. Evergrey - Theories Of Emptiness 12. Hamferð - Men Guðs hond er Sterk 13. Swallow The Sun - Shining 14. Unto Others - Never, Neverland 15. Wolfheart - Draconian Darkness 16. Ubiquity - The Ascendant Travels Among The Stars 17. Witherfall - Sounds Of The Forgotten 18. Dawn Treader - Bloom & Decay 19. Alcest - Les Chants l' Aurore 20. Thy Catafalque - XII: Gyönyörú Álmok Ezután Jönnek

[@thegreenman4925]

Thanks - great list there! I really liked the Tribulation actually. That could have made my list on another day.

[@trollinginparadise1927]

I did a top 20 video over the weekend of my favorite albums of this year.

[@thegreenman4925]

Awesome will check it out

[@BaphoRez]

Thanks for the list. My number one album was HAISEN MONOGATARI by the Taiwanese band Bloody Tyrant

[@thegreenman4925]

You're welcome. I'll have to check out that album too.

[@lordopeth7176]

1. Opeth--Last Will And Testament 2. Blood Incantation-Absolute Elsewhere 3. Witherfall-Songs Of The Forgotten 4. Ulcerate--Cutting The Throat Of God 5. Neon Nightmare--Faded Dreams 6. Aquilus-Bellum II 7. Cosmic Putrefaction-Emerald Fires Atop Farewell Mountain 8. Dark Tranquility-Endless Signals 9. Nyktophobia-To The Stars 10. Assemble The Chariots-Unyielding Night 11. Summoning The Lich-Under The Reviled Throne 12. Nile-The Underworld Awaits Us All 13. Midnight-Hellish Expectations 14. The Last Ten Seconds Of Life-No Name Graves 15. Winterfylleth-The Imperious Horizon 16. Yoth Iria--Blazing Inferno 17. Siderean-Spilling The Astral Challice 18. Ihsahn-Ihsahn 19. Eternal Storm-A Giant Bound To Fall 20. Drown In Sulphur-Dark Secrets Of The Soul 21. Atrae Bliss-Aumicide 22. Job For A Cowboy-Moon Healer 23. Worm Shepherd--Hunger 24. Cemetery Skyline-Nordic Gothic 25. Tribulation-Sub Rosa In Aeternum 26. Borknagar-Fall 27. Spectral Wound-Songs Of Blood And Mire 28. Veilburner-The Duality Of Decapitation And Wisdom 29. Oxygen Destroyer--Guardians Of The Universe 30. Mother Of Graves-Periapt Of Absence

[@thegreenman4925]

@lordopeth7176 thanks for the list - lots I need to check out.

[@nb1inheaven788]

@@thegreenman4925 .... Hello you absolutly need to check out "VEILBURNER" , nb 28 here (it's their 7th album on the same record label than "DEVENIAL VERDICT" who would be my nb 1 in your list ^^) ... Greetings from France !!! ... Oh and "SPECTRAL WOUND" ( nb 27 here) also, the singer has a great "shrieky" Black Metal voice how I love !!!

[@thegreenman4925]

​@nb1inheaven788 thanks for those recommendations I'll give them a shot

[@RockOfAllAges-81]

Dude! The Allie X album was fantastic! Excellent choice

[@thegreenman4925]

Great one 👌 👍

[@RockOfAllAges-81]

@ What did you think of Lauren Mayberry’s album?

[@thegreenman4925]

@RockOfAllAges-81 decent. Need still more time with it. Maybe would make a top 40 or 50.

[@johnthebiker300]

A very polished video. You seem to be speaking with a lot more confidence lately. Cannot say that I have heard of many of these albums but I am sure many will be appearing on other peoples best of 2024 lists. My real surprise ( apart from the 80s pop albums) was that David Gilmour made it. Whilst technically very good I did find the album not much better than good background music.

[@jeremysette3657]

New subscriber! Great list! Great to see Aquilus on here 👏 I need to check out a few of your picks, especially the #1! Here's my favs of year: 1. Lizzy McAlpine- "Older" 2. The Lemon Twigs- "A Dream is All We Know" 3. Francis of Delirium- "Lighthouse" 4. Father John Misty- "Mahashmashana" 5. Josh Garrels- "Seek Hi Seek Lo" 6. Aquilus- "Bellum II" 7. Caligula's Horse- "Charcoal Grace" 8. Kacey Musgraves- "Deeper Well" 9. Vampire Weekend- "Only God Was Above Us" 10. Zach Bryan- "The Great American Bar Scene" 11. Fontaines D.C.- "Romance" 12. Arooj Aftab- "Night Reign" 13. Imminence- "The Black" 14. The Cure- "Songs Of A Lost World" 15. Benjamin Francis Leftwich- "Some Things Break" 16. The Black Crowes- "Happiness Bastards" 17. Dangermuffin- "Dangermuffin" 18. Alcest- "Le Chants de l'Aurore" 19. David Gilmour- "Luck and Strange" 20. Opeth- "The Last Will And Testament" 21. MGMT- "Loss of Life" 22. Jon Batiste- "Beethoven Blues" 23. Leon Bridges- "Leon" 24. Sykofant- "Sykofant" 25. The Decemberists- "As It Ever Was, So It Will Be Again" 26. JJ Grey & Mofro- "Olustee" 27. Drew Holcomb & The Neighbors- "Strangers No More, Vol. 2" 28. Adrianne Lenker- "Bright Future" 29. Francis of Delirium- "The Soft Versions" 30. Alexis Ffrench- "Classical Soul Vol. 1" 31. Angus & Julia Stone- "Cape Forestier" 32. The Dead Tongues- "Body of Light" 33. Yasmin Williams- "Acadia" 34. Judas Priest- "Invincible Shield" 35. Billy Strings- "Highway Prayers" 36. Neal Morse- "No Hill For A Climber" 37. Blood Incantation- "Absolute Elsewhere" 38. Wintersun- "Time II" 39. Jon Foreman- "In Bloom" 40. Tyler Ramsey- "New Lost Ages" 41. Soccer Mommy- "Evergreen" 42. Laura Marling- "Patterns in Repeat" 43. Grand Magus- "Sunraven" 44. Leif Vollebekk- "Revelation" 45. The Hanseroth Twins- "Vera" 46. Anciients- "Beyond the Reach of the Sun" 47. Dr. Dog- "Dr. Dog" 48. Waxahatchee- "Tigers Blood" 49. Billie Eilish- "HIT ME HARD AND SOFT" 50. Hot Water Music- "VOWS" 51. ALMO- "Reconciliation" 52. A Swarm of the Sun- "An Empire" 53. Taylor Armstrong- "When it Rains" 54. MJ Lenderman- "Manning Fireworks" 55. Psychic Temple- "Doggie Paddlin' Thru The Cosmic Consciousness " 56. Andrew Bird- "Sunday Morning Put-On" 57. Ray LaMontagne- "Long Way Home" 58. The Red Clay Strays- "Made For These Moments" 59. Mooneye- "Come with Me and Hide" 60. Weather Systems- "Ocean Without A Shore" 61. Hazel English- "Real Life" 62. Andrew Bird + Madison Cunningham- "Cunningham Bird" 63. Linkin Park- "From Zero" 64. Clairo- "Charm" 65. Mike Campbell & The Dirty Knobs- "Vagabonds, Virgins & Misfits" 66. Trevor Kawalski- "Twilight Glow" 67. Balance And Composure- "with you in spirit" 68. Willie Pearl- "Willie Pearl" 69. Frost*- "Life In The Wires" 70. Jerry Cantrell- "I Want Blood" 71. Monkey3- "Welcome to the Machine" 72. Max Richter- "In A Landscape" 73. Microwave- "Let's Start Degeneracy" 74. Khruangbin- "A LA SALA" 75. Amskray- "Die Happy" 76. Tucker Zimmerman- "I Wonder If I'll Ever Come True" 77. Brooke Ligertwood- "INFINITY" 78. Forrest Frank- "CHILD OF GOD" 79. Pat Matheny- "MoonDial" 80. Futurebirds- "Easy Company" 81. The Dead Tongues- "I Am A Cloud" 82. Michael Kiwanuka- "Small Changes" 83. Grandaddy- "Blu Wav" 84. Kyle Church- "Doxology" 85. Phoebe Go- "Marmalade" 86. Swim Deep- "There's A Big Star Outside" 87. Rosali- "Bite Down" 88. plantoid- "Terrapath" 89. Beachwood Sparks- "Across The River Of Stars" 90. Beta Radio- "Waiting for the End to Come" 91. Smashing Pumpkins- "Aghori Mhori Mei" 92. Matt Pond PA- "Call and Response" 93. Yosef Gutman / Peter Broderick- "River of Eden" 94. Ine Hoem Og Trygve Skaug- "Tenk at vi blei vi" 95. IOTUNN- "Kinship" 96. Múr- "Múr" 97. ROLE MODEL- "Kansas Anymore" 98. The Pineapple Thief- "It Leads to This" 99. Tiny Habits- "All For Something" 100. Luke Combs- "Fathers & Sons"

[@thegreenman4925]

@jeremysette3657 thanks for the sub and for the list - a top 100 - great stuff! So many in that list for me to check out 👍

[@jeremysette3657]

@thegreenman4925 for sure! Happy listening! 🎶

[@SuperStrik9]

On a side note I think Judas Priest - Invincible Shield made almost every Metal fans year end list. Great album.🤘

[@garygillam8226]

I would have liked it if you had had nominated some of the best tracks from each album. It makes them easier to check out.

[@thegreenman4925]

Thanks for the feedback. I do like to vary what I say about each album a little so as not to be too repetitive.

[@garygillam8226]

@ I understand but I don’t think naming your favourite tracks on an album really qualifies as repetitive. Most album reviewers do it . Maybe if you leave a link to any album reviews so we can check them out ?

[@whitenoise4537]

Wow. I bought 250 new release metal albums this past year and I haven't heard even one of these 24 albums. I must be on the wrong video. You should have put "prog" in the video title so people would know what this is.

[@thegreenman4925]

That's an impressive number of purchases. Some of my choices are from popular bands/artists like Judas Priest and Opeth so it's surprising but of course possible that you haven't got these in your 250. I would also hesitate to call the video 'prog' as over half of the albums aren't prog... I sense a troll comment 🤔 or a comment from someone who didn't watch the video, or maybe both.

[@blueandwhiteeighttwo]

My top 10 (no particular order): Paula Teles - Desencanto Vola - Friend of a Phantom Imminence - The Black Poppy - Negative Spaces Gaerea - Coma Fleshgod Apocalypse - Opera Michael Schenker - My Years with UFO Moon Healer - Job for a Cowboy Exocrine - Legend Iotunn - Kinship

[@thegreenman4925]

@@blueandwhiteeighttwo great list I still need to listen to the Vola album

[@leifsiklossy6548]

Good selections! 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

[@thegreenman4925]

Great picks there. I missed the Dark Tranquillity completely 😮

[@hectorThechilldudeonacouch]

Do you have a bonus honorable at 25?

[@thegreenman4925]

@@hectorThechilldudeonacouch Yep although not mentioned in this video

[@steveratcliffe2181]

We share the same top 2. Didn't gel with them at first but they just grew on me so much. Thats a nice list you have. My top 5 also includes Judas Priest, Nemophila and Kanonfeiber. Other albums i really liked in no order... Flotsam and Jetsam Lutharo Infected Rain Kittie 200 Stab Wounds Hiraes Dark Tranquillity Poppy The Warning Billie Eilish Rotting Christ Necrowretch Fleshgod Apocalypse Fave EPs: Lovebites Hanabie

[@thegreenman4925]

Great picks there. I think I liked the Lutharo too come to think of it.

[@Atlas-fx80]

Subfire - Blood omen (Greece - Heavy metal) Nordic twilight - Nordic twilight (Finland - Melodic,symphonic,neoclassical,power metal, female vocals) Seventh Dimension - Of hope & ordeals (Sweden - prog metal)

[@SuperStrik9]

My Top 10 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

[@thegreenman4925]

@SuperStrik9 awesome list - thanks for sharing. I got to the Flotsam and Jetsam late and have been digging that a lot. Thanks

[@hectorThechilldudeonacouch]

We have a few in common but in different placements

[@thegreenman4925]

Nice - Look forward to finding out which ones we match on

[@hectorThechilldudeonacouch]

@ soon

[@hvitekristesdod]

My list 20 My Dying Bride - A Mortal Binding 19 Pallbearer - Mind Burns Alive 18 Djevel - Natt Til Ende 17 Esoctrilihum - Döth-Derniàlh 16 Mavorim - In Omnia Paratus 15 Unleash the Archers - Phantoma 14 Ihsahn - Ihsahn 13 Darkestrah - Nomad 12 Nile - The Underworld Awaits Us All 11 Spectral Voice - Sparagmos 10 Khors - Letters to the Future Self 9 Spectral Wound - Songs of Blood and Mire 8 Merrimack - Of Grace and Gravity 7 Konigreichssaal - Psalmen'O'Delirium 6 Akhlys - House of the Black Geminus 5 Thy Catafalque - XII: A Gyönyörű Álmok Ezután Jönnek 4 Mitochondrion - Vitriseptome 3 Schammasch - The Maldoror Chants: Old Ocean 2 Ulcerate - Cutting the Throat of God 1 Ingurgitating Oblivion - The Ontology of Nought

[@cal7957]

My top 20 #20 mick mars- the other side of mars #19 lift the curse- overtake #18 black smoke trigger- horizons #17 smash atoms- S/T #16 flat black- dark side of the brain #15 April art- rodeo #14 dust bolt- sound and fury #13 beast blanco- kinetics #12 Florence black- bed of nails #11 shallow side- reflections #10 cold stares- the southern #9 hearts and hand grenades- where I begin #8 times Montana- savages #7 amongst liars- by design #6 Scott stapp- higher power #5 Marilyn Manson- one assissination #4 a killers confession- victim 1 #3 dead posey- are you in a cult #2 blooming discord _ memories from the future #1 Budderside- white flame

[@MetalNeverDieswithMarkA]

Wow. Unleash the archer was one of my disappointing albums. A lot of ppl like that album. Cheers

[@thegreenman4925]

Yeah I love that album. Still quite new to them. Really dig Apex too. I just watched your video and sounds like you know the band pretty well?

[@MetalNeverDieswithMarkA]

@ back in 2009 we did a small tour with them. They gave us a place to sleep in Vancouver. Now only Brittany and the drummer are in the band.

[@thegreenman4925]

@@MetalNeverDieswithMarkA that sounds amazing! Small world.

[@metallikat05]

I was also disappointed. However, it’s Unleash the Archers. While I believe “Abyss” was one of the best albums of the last 5 years period, “Phantoma” was not what I was expecting. I was hoping for something else, I suppose.

[@erorufurakku6378]

Reliqa > Psychonaut 4 > Nightmare > Poppy > Issa.

[@MaestroStefanoPetrini]

music is basically over since 15 years,i do it by myself