My Top TEN Albums of 2024

[@darrenferme1407]

Awesome channel...I'm an older metal and hard-core listener (55) and have been listening to these genres for 40+ years and still discovering more and more amazing bands not just from the heavier end of the spectrum...what i personally hate are the haters of these genres...unfortunately most people that are only into mainstream music just want to listen to what's popular or what is on trend...there are 2 types of music groups, those who HEAR music and these who LISTEN to music...keep up the good work 🤟❤ from Australia 🇦🇺

[@Knubben71]

You're absolutely right with that,i also want HEAR music. Sit down and listen to REAL Music.

[@rubysoffner4557]

Ulcerate - Cutting the Throat of God Chat Pile - Cool World An Axis of Perdition - Apertures Chelsea Wolfe - She Reaches Out Oranssi Pazuzu - Muuntautuja

[@TheWelhaven]

1. The Cure - Songs of a Lost World 2. Abigor - Taphonomia Aeternitatis: Gesänge im Leichenlicht der Welt 3. Frost* - Life in the Wires 4. Chat Pile - Cool World 5. Nile - The Underworld Awaits Us All 6. Ulver - Luminal Animals 7. Satan - Songs in Crimson 8. Akhlys - House of the Black Geminus

[@alexander6221]

Wintersun -Time II

[@jimmyjohnstone3531]

My top 5 from this year I've listened to the most: Kanonenfieber - Die Urkatastrophe Vredehammer - Godslayer Thy Shining Curse - Theurgia Gaerea - Coma Opeth - The Last Will and Testament

[@ThatMetalBloke]

Great picks

[@possiblystevo9141]

in no particular order- Kollapse- AR Five the heirophant- Aperion Julie christmas- ridiculous and full of blood Beth Gibbons- lives outgrown Chelsea wolfe- she reaches out to... Glass beams- Mahal The Cure- songs of a lost world The smile- wall of eyes Squarepusher- Dostrotime Rezn- Burden runner up- Nails- every bridge burning also the new Pest control EP is insanely good fun

[@ThatMetalBloke]

Great list

[@davidtsang5424]

Love your list! My top albums this year are: Blood Incantation - Absolute Elsewhere Opeth - The Last Will and Testament Paysage d'hiver - Die Berge Spectral Voice - Sparagmos My Dying Bride - A Mortal Binding Vemod - The Deepening Hauntologist - Hollow Alcest - Les Chants de L'Aurore Akhlys - House of the Black Geminus Nile - The Underworld Awaits Us All Folterkammer - Weibermacht Crypt Sermon -Stygian Rose

[@PadanFain-yp2yz]

Appreciate the Nile and Paysage d'Hiver mentions....but no love for the Darkspace experiment earlier this year?

[@davidtsang5424]

@@PadanFain-yp2yz it was a disappointment. Not saying it was not a good album. But it was definitely a massive step down from Darkspace III I

[@ThatMetalBloke]

Glad you liked the list. I really enjoyed the new My Dying Bride as well

[@johnfenner8838]

Good to see Anciients in there. Good list. 🤘🏼🖤

[@nordicdusk]

1 Akhlys - House of the Black Gemini 2 Blood Incantation - Absolute Elsewhere 3 Darkthrone - It Beckons Us All 4 200 Stab Wounds - Manual Manic Procedures 5 Forgotten Tomb - Nightfloating 6 Fulci - Duck Face Killings 7 Nile - The Underworld Awaits Us All 8 Ulcerate - Cutting the Throat of God 9 Gatecreeper - Dark Superstition 10 Necrowretch - Swords of Dajjal This is my Top 10 albums Blood Incantation is such an amazing mind blowing album but Akhlys are just top tier Black Metal all their albums are seriously perfect albums.

[@dmphax]

Great list!!! My 2 top albums of the year are "Endtime Signals" by Dark Tranquillity, and "Nordic Gothic" by Cemetary Skyline. Same vocalist, but vastly different styles. Both albums are incredible!

[@ThatMetalBloke]

I have yet to listen to Nordic Gothic so I will have to check that out.

[@Hellenicheavymetal]

Iotunn - Kinship is my album of the year

[@ThatMetalBloke]

I haven't heard that one. I will have to check it out

[@MrDecksels]

earthtone⁹ - In Resonance Nexus

[@garypasquill2355]

Absolutely

[@ism0477]

good taste. my album of 2024: DISPARAGED 🤘🏼

[@derubor]

These are my Top Ten, in order 1. Kanonenfieber - Die Urkatastrophe 2. Borknagar - Fall 3. Wind Rose - Trollslayer 4. Hiraes - Dormant 5. Neckbreakker - Within The Viscera 6. Dark Tranquillity - Endtime Signals 7. DragonForce - Warp Speed Warriors 8. Gatecreeper - Dark Superstition 9. Necrophobic - In The Twilight Grey 10. Hammerfall - Avenge The Fallen

[@javelinofspam]

That Neckbreakker album came out of nowhere and blew my tits off. Awesome stuff.

[@dtltmtgt]

The Nile album is cinematic. Love it!! Opeth is my favorite, very closely followed by Priest.

[@jackbateman1615]

Great list mate and I've definitely got a couple to check out. Not the heaviest picks for me but lve loved the latest Unto others and zeal and ardor albums they've been on consistently since they were released

[@alucinantevinylclub]

Excellent picks..

[@TheOrzeu]

1. Akhlys - House of the Black Geminus 2. Aara - Eiger 3. Paysage d'Hiver - Die Berge 4. Darkspace - Dark Space -II 5. Sphere - Objet violent non identifié 6. Winterfylleth - The Imperious Horizon 7. Arkona - Stella Pandora 8. Aquilus - Bellum II 9. Saidan - Visual Kill: The Blossoming of Psychotic Depravity 10. Мещера [Meschera] - Песни вечных ветров Honorable mentions : Vitriol - Suffer & Become, Iotunn - Kinship, Cemetery Skyline - Nordic Gothic, Vorga - Beyond the Palest Star, Vale of Pnath - Between the Worlds of Life and Death.

[@mynameismud-qd9vu]

Haven't listened to much metal this year, but Better Lovers sure put out a gem.

[@Riksi80]

My dude. Anciients/Ancients. Thanks for the tip. It's awesome.

[@davidburns6284]

Nice to see Nile on your list. That's my #1 for sure. That album is incredible and continues to blow me away. I like it much better than Vile Nilotic Rites. This new one is much faster and more aggressive. My list: 1. Nile-The Underworld Awaits Us All 2. Blood Incantation-Absolute Elsewhere 3. Ulcerate-Cutting the Throat of God 4. Opeth-The Last Will and Testament 5. High on Fire-Cometh the Storm 6. Judas Priest-Invincible Shield 7. Deicide-Banished By Sin 8. Better Lovers-Highly Irresponsible 9. Skeletal Remains-Fragments of the Ageless 10. Ihsahn-Ihsahn

[@w-james9277]

I didn’t listen to nearly as many metal albums as you did but here are my favourites... Invincible Shield by Judas Priest: They've still fucking got it. Thunderous riffs, killer vocals and catchy as hell. You got fast thrashy shit as well as slower more doomy riffs and Rob Halford... he's the metal god for a fucking reason! Hell, Fire and Damnation by Saxon: They've also still... fucking... got it. This is the best album they've done since their last awesome album. Pure British heavy metal with killer riffs and catchy melodies and Biff Byford's vocals are as good now as they were back in 1979. This helped me get through some long cardio sessions. Draconian Darkness by Wolfheart: Basically a blend of Dark Tranquility and Agalloch. Melodic death metal but with a cold, wintery feel. Perfect for a rainy day. They've never made a bad album imo and this is an edition to their already great discography. Nordic Gothic by Cemetery Skyline: Beautiful album. I didn’t have any expectations for this as im kinda bored of gothic metal at this point, but this is a much needed breath of fresh air for the sub genre. Mikael Stanne's clean vocals are beautiful, the melodies are catchy, the production is perfect. It's for weirdos like me who enjoy cerebral head banging while driving in the rain. Fimbulvinter by Brothers of Metal: Cheesy power metal at it's finest. The album flows very nicely but is also quite diverse compared to your usual Sabaton and Powerwolf releases. You go from traditional 80's metal, to cheesy power metal, to folk music to proper testosterone filled breakdowns. Loved it! The Underworld Awaits us All by Nile and from Napalm records: Holy fucking shit this album from Napalm records is awesome: Their best since "Those Whom the God's Detest." Just brutal and epic! I love the quire vocals mixed in as well. Nile and Napalm records nailed it! Last Will and Testament by Opeth: I can’t get enough of this. I like the prog rock stuff but it's so great hearing Mikel growl again. This album is a pure musical journey and thanks to the production I can listen to every single instrument doing it's thing, telling it's own story. Not to mention the actual story from the lyrics is great to. Kinda like Succession but from the 1920's, and even more fucked up. Endtime Signals by Dark Tranquility: I love this album so much. It sounds very mature yet it still has all the DT Q's that I love. Not Nothing is one of my favourite song's they've ever written. I'm a DT fanboy tho so take this with a pinch of salt. Les Chants de l'Aurore by Alcest: Love it. I first listened to it when walking in the woods on a beautiful late spring afternoon, the sun was shining through the leaves, flowers were blooming all around me, birds were singing and the light was bouncing off the surface of a beautiful little river with ducks and swans swimming around and it just made me feel... 🥰

[@tonycaldwell331]

Love looking at these lists. I'll drop my top 10: 1) Iotunn - Kinship 2) Modern Rites - Endless 3 Piah Mater - Under The Shadows of a Foreign Sun 4) Cistvaen - At Lights Demise 5) Avmakt - Satanic Perversions of... 6) Wormwood - The Star 7) Obscurial - Heretic 8) Opeth - Last Will & Testament 9) Vicious Blade - Relentless 10) Wolvencrown - Celestial Lands

[@MisterBrimm]

Great list! Great taste. I listened to hundreds of albums this year and had to drop a whole TOP 30! Abigor - Taphonomia Aeternitatis - Gesänge im Leichenlicht der Welt / Austria Ætheria Conscientia - The Blossoming / France Apogean - Cyberstrictive / Canada Aristarchos - Martyr of Star and Fire / Scotland Blasteroid - Crypts of Mind / Greece Blighted Eye - Agony's Bespoke / USA Blood Incantation - Absolute Elsewhere / USA Civerous - Maze Envy / USA Devenial Verdict - Blessing of Despair / Finland Dvne - Voidkind / Scotland Hail Spirit Noir - Fossil Gardens / Greece Hauntologist - Hollow / Poland IOTUNN - Kinship / Denmark Krallice - Inorganic Rites / USA Kvadrat - The Horrible Dissonance of Oblivion / Greece Mallephyr - Ruins of Inner Composure / Czechia Nile - The Underworld Awaits Us All / USA Parfaxitas - Weaver of the Black Moon / Norway Pyrrhon - Exhaust / USA Rhûn - Conveyance in Death / USA Selbst - Despondency Chord Progressions / Venezuela Sidus Atrum - Torn Sky / Ukraine Slimelord - Chytridiomycosis Relinquished / USA Spectral Voice - Sparagmos / USA Thanatotherian - Alienation Manifesto / USA Theophonos - Ashes in the Huron River / USA Typhonian - The Gate of the Veiled Beyond / Germany Vástígr - The Path of Perdition / Austria Veilburner - The Duality of Decapitation and Wisdom / USA

[@ThatMetalBloke]

That is a great list. There are quite a few on it that I still need to check out

[@metaldownunder666]

Great to see Priest got an honourable mention. I think it is so good and the last 2 albums by them blow anything that Maiden have released in the last 20 years in my opinion. I personally can't see all the hype for the Blood Incantation. I find it boring. Just does nothing for me at all. I think the new Deicide and Nile are much better death metal albums. Love your thoughts mate🤘

[@schlafenmochten8519]

Nails, Nile and Blood Incantation made it on my list too! The rest for me: Kanonenfieber - Die Urkatastrophe (my album of the year, jaw dropping) Mirar - Mare (very unique thall) Necrowretch - Swords of Dajjal (my favourite french band) Worm Sheperd - Hunger (symphonic deathcore) Replicant - Infinite Mortality (it's just perfect in every single way) Sear Bliss - Heavenly Doom (some good old Symphonic Black Metal from my hometown) Acid Mammoth - Supersonic Megafauna Collision (huge fan of them, awesome doom album) aaand Thy Catafalque - A gyönyörű álmok ezután jönnek (peak hungarian ABM album of the year)

[@ThatMetalBloke]

Great picks. I still have to check out a few of these

[@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

[@ThatMetalBloke]

Great list mate 🤘

[@Miniduck9013]

At Dawn-Silveroller has been my favorite album of the year

[@pyro609]

Great list, I have The Cure and Chelsea Wolfe as honourable mentions myself. My top 15 are as follows 1) Blood Incantation - Absolute Elsewhere 2) Ihsahn - Ihsahn 3) Borknagar - Fall 4) Opeth - The Last Will And Testament 5) Necrot - Lifeless Birth 6) Cemetery Skyline - Nordic Gothic 7) Striker - Ultrapower 8) Nile - The Underworld Awaits Us All 9) Saxon - Hell, Fire And Damnation 10) Wintersun - Time II 11) Blitzkrieg - Blitzkrieg 12) IOTUNN - Kingship 13) Winterfylleth - The Imperious Horizon 14) Paysage D’Hiver - Die Berge 15) Dwarrowdelf - The Fall of Leaves

[@GarethAlan81]

Deicide - Banished By Sin Judas Priest - Invinsible Shield Rotting Christ - Pro Xristou Orange Goblin - Science Not Fiction Category 7 - Category 7 Nile - The Underworld Awaits Us All Blood Incantation - Absolute Elsewhere Grand Magus - Sunraven Devin Townsend - Powernerd Necrobutcher - Necrobutcher

[@PadanFain-yp2yz]

Darkspace -2.-2, Nile - The Underworld Awaits Us all, Blood Incantation - Absolute Elsewhere, Paysage d'Hiver - Die Berge....no particular order yet \m/

[@ThatMetalBloke]

Great albums

[@wheelsofmercury]

I’ll have to try that Paysage D’Hiver album again sometime. It hasn’t clicked with me yet, but PDH has never been an artist that has clicked with me on first listen; always a grower for me. Amazing black metal artist, though.

[@Brandon1984mn]

Love this list! My #1) Blood Incantation 🛸👽🪐🤘

[@Forestgravy90]

Akhlys and Blood incantation best two bands for me this year Allt also releasing bangers sort of sounds like a djenty Gojira

[@MidnightSocial]

Great list Man! I need to check out the new Nile album for sure but life’s been a bit too hectic recently. Do you buy CDs or Records or do you just stream albums now?

[@ThatMetalBloke]

I buy CDs of the albums I really like but I mainly listen on Spotify if I am honest. I buy the CD just to support the band

[@bananaempijama]

Darkways - Resonance Heriot - Devoured by The Mouth of Hell Thrown - Excessive Guilt Kublai Khan TX - Exhibition of Prowess Judas Priest - Invincible Shield Nile - The Underworld Awaits Us All

[@ThatMetalBloke]

I really enjoyed the Thrown album as well

[@oldmanandrew]

Check out Disembodied Tyrant. Super deep production and the best BREEEE’s I’ve ever heard.

[@hectorThechilldudeonacouch]

We have a few ones in common

[@Schlain666]

Yeah this just confirms that Chelsea Wolfe is paying metal channels to have her shitty album on their lists. It's basically an ad at this point.

[@AReallyLongAndUnremakableUser]

THE COLLECTIVE Kim Gordon.

[@LeeGion_981]

Hippotraktor

[@nukritik2933]

1. Judas Priest - Invincible Shield 2. Kerry King - From Hell I Rise 3. Whom Gods Destroy - Insanium 4. Rotting Christ - Pro Xristou 5. Body Count - Merciless 6. Opeth - The Last Will And Testament 7. Mushroomhead - Call The Devil 8. Aborted - Vault Of Horrors 9. Static-X - Project Regeneration Vol.2 10. Dark Tranquility - Endtime Signals HONORABLE MENTIONS: 11. As I Lay Dying - Through Storms Ahead 12. Linkin Park - From Zero 13. Fleshgod Apocalypse - Opera 14. Nile - The Underworld Awaits Us All 15. Kittie - Fire

[@747jono]

The Cure suck 😂😂😂

[@sunspot5]

nah

[@RoccoDekker-u3n]

Don't be a t..d

[@CH-ml4rz]

I'd hide my subscriptions if I were posting like this Arch Enemy fan eh 😂😂😂