The Hudson Valley Squares: Our Favorite Albums of 2024!

[@seaoftranquilityprog]

The picks: Ralph #3 Nile - The Underworld Awaits Us All #2 Deceased - Children of the Morgue #1 Malignancy - Discontinued Karen #1 High on Fire “cometh the storm” #2 Goat “Goat” #3 Temple of the Fuzz Witch “Apotheosis” Nick DECEASED - Children of the Morgue SOLSTAFIR- Hin Helga Kvöl HORN - Daudswiärk HIGH PARASITE - Forever We Burn BÜTCHER - On Fowl of Tyrant Wing HORNA - Nyx: Hymejä Yolle Ryan #1 Adorior “Bleed on my Teeth” (Ultra Catino bonus pick) Necromaniac “Sciomancy, Malediction & Rites Abominable” #2 Reversed “Wildly Possessed” #3 Tonnerre “La Nuit Sauvage” Honorable mentions… Amethyst “Throw Down the Gauntlet” Abhorration “Demonolatry” Jenny Don’t & The Spurs “Broken Hearted Blue” Vircolac “Veneration” Steve Opeth 'The Last Will and Testament' Dark Tranquility 'Endtime Signals' Wintersun 'Time II' Rob Opeth 'The Last Will and Testament' The Eternal 'Skinwalker' Anciients 'Beyond the Reach of the Sun'

[@philipmorrissey9142]

Awesome! Thanks. Gonna try and catch up on some of these

[@walterwhite4366]

Thanks for showing Deceased some love and nice meeting you guys over the weekend!

[@lateramae]

Thank you Sea of Tranquility for a great 2024!

[@rememberbeginning]

1 - Sig:Ar:Tyr - Citadel of stars 2- Critical Defiance- the search won't fail 3- Deep Purple =1 High on Fire, Deceased, Magnum, Morta Skuld, Sentry, Seid all put out albums i keep coming back to. Cavalera is another one. A lot still to check out this year Cheers y'all ☕ always cool to see everyone together on here

[@dylanhewitt2616]

1. Judas Priest - Invincible Shield 2. The Warning - Keep Me Fed 3. Opeth - Last Will and Testament (Mainly cause it is so new couldn't be higher) HM: Jerry Cantrell - I Want Blood Saxon - Hell, Fire and Damnation

[@KevinQ1989]

The Warning is rad! Some people dismiss them because they’re not “complex” enough or some other stupid reason.

[@txmatt2112]

Great episode! Always cool to learn some new bands and catch up on albums I may have missed! Give em the axe 🤘🏼🤘🏼🤘🏼

[@RuudPeters]

My top 10 on the heavy side 1.Sergeant Thunderhoof - The Ghost of Badon Hill 2.Thy Catafalque - XII: A gyönyörű álmok ezután jönnek (has this band/project ever been mentioned on SoT ?) 3.Blood Incantation - Absolute Everywhere 4.Big|Brave - A Chaos Of Flowers 5.Cemetery Skyline - Nordic Gothic 6.Unto Others - Never, Neverland 7.Ufomammut - Hidden 8.Slift - Ilion 9.Whom Gods Destroy - Insanium 10.Lucifer - Lucifer V HM : the 2024 albums from the legacy bands: Opeth - Judas Priest - Saxon - Deep Purple - Evergrey. Finally: The return to form from the Robinson brothers, The Black Crowes !

[@Friends-of-St-Anger]

About two thirds the way through just couldn’t wait for this video to end…but only because I was itching to go and listen to the Magick Potion and Adorior albums for the first time - fortunately both on streaming sites. Like. Wow. Oh well, better rip up my albums of the year list and start again. Cheers!

[@sofiane6042]

I forgot to say that i'm very sad to hear that nicko is not with maiden anymore 😢 he will be missed ! A very beautiful soul and a wonderful drummer ! Thank you Nicko !❤

[@Redrum1981]

Thank you so much for the shout out Steve Keeler 🤘 Infected for life 🤘 🇲🇩

[@kamranmalik8546]

Judas Priest - Invincible Shield Deep Purple - =1 Bruce Dickinson - The Mandrake Project

[@spideyman2099]

No particular order 1. Romance - Fontaines DC 2. Stung! - Pond 3. Still Nervous - Bad Nerves 4. Highly Irresponsible - Better Lovers 5. Invincible Shield - Priest Honorable Mentions Saviors - Green Day Negative Spaces - Poppy The New Sound - Geordie Greep (If you're a prog rock fan, listen to this!)

[@briandunlap8534]

All of Ryan's picks are incredible. Been listening all day.

[@iceclimbers22]

Pete, I'm disappointed we're not getting a full month countdown of 2024's best albums. Was looking forward to that all year. Still excited to see your list, but I would encourage you to bring that back next year. I think it's a great capstone and highlight of the year and it builds excitement to stretch it out over 31 days.

[@seaoftranquilityprog]

The problem is nobody watches it….

[@iceclimbers22]

@ I’m sorry that’s the case, I know that must be frustrating. Love what you do here on SOT, it’s changed my musical listening life. I still point back to the 2022 series of must hear bands of the 21st century for helping me realize the astounding amount of modern music being made and worth listening too.

[@daanthing6002]

This was a year without a real favorite. Liked lots of album but none that really floored me. Just good stuff. The three albums i came back to the most are: Big Scenic Nowhere - The Waydown The Polvos! - Floating Blood Incantation - Absolute Elsewhere Song of the year: High on Fire - Burning Down. Love that monster! Discovery of the year: Black Sabbath's Tony Martin era and Y&T's classic 3 album run.

[@martymartin2894]

Ryan's enthusiasm and passion is great he makes me want to definitely check out some albums.

[@mechanicalanimal125]

i love lots of metal, thrash and black metal, but 99% of the stuff he mentions i never like. i feel he just comes up with all these weird bands and band names, just to be different and "cool"....it's gotten annoying with him and Karen always talking about subpar stuff that no one has heard of, and then isn't even that good....just wastes everyone's time, listening to them talk

[@iceclimbers22]

I bought 53 albums albums this year, so I'll list some great ones further down on my list, so as not to spoil my top picks... Colossal Oppressor - Ten Ton Slug (Sludge metal from Ireland - contender for best album cover of 2024) Gates of Obliteration - Antioch (Canadian NWOTHM, very prolific with no dips in quality) Astral Iron - High Warden (Fantasy inspired Heavy/Doom from Germany. On Dying Victims label, who release a ton of quality stuff) Quintessence - Valley of the Sun (haven't heard a soul mention these guys, but they're metal/psych/groovy/stoner...just plain awesome)

[@kevinmaccormack941]

My top 3...thanks for sharing all of yours! 1. Darwin - Five Steps on the Sun 2. Chaosbay - Are you Afraid 3. Charlotte Wessel - The Obsession

[@joerocks7381]

High on Fire, Deceased, Anciients and The Eternal were all among my faves this year.

[@747jono]

Hi everyone Great show as always thanks Jonathan

[@carlwmpylu]

My top three might look something like this: 1. Albion - Lakesongs Of Elbid 2. Magnum - Here Comes The Rain 3. Lionheart - The Grace Of A Dragonfly

[@utvf68]

5. When We Were Kings - Stryper 4. Invincible Shield - Judas Priest 3. Happiness Bastards - The Black Crowes 2. =1 - Deep Purple 1. V - Black Country Communion HM True - Jon Anderson & The Band Geeks Lucifer V Luck and Strange - David Gilmour The Last Will and Testament - Opeth

[@social191]

Deicide-Banished By Sin Darkthrone-It Beckons Us All Sabbat-Sabbaticult Kerry King-From Hell I Rise Judas Priest-Invincible Schield Honorable mention(s): Black Dahlia Murder-Servitude Saxon-Hell, Fire and Damnation

[@DiVitoC]

Fuck yeah that Deicide album is awesome!!!!

[@tmc1054]

My favourites for the year 10. Hell Fire and Damnation - Saxon. Biff and his cohorts deliver the dog's bollocks and then some. Punchy massive sounding production, fist pumping riffage and master at arms Biff belting it out with clarity and conviction. It's Sneap's best production of the year. The album warrants all the accolades it has been garnered. Hell Fire & Damnation is pure British heavy metal. It's unbridled joy executed flawlessly. As Brian Blessed would say "Saxon's alive!", and the world is the better for it. 9. Ocean Without a Shore - Weather Systems. Expectations were high and this release delivered in kind. For those mourning the absence of Anathema, Daniel Cavanagh gifted us with further musical meditations to elevate our emotions. He has the uncanny ability to take a single melody and build layer upon enticing layer. In theory, this repetitive process shouldn't work but due to the quality of execution, it blooms. Ocean Without A Shore is a transcendent and compelling jaunt. Joint 9. Here Comes the Rain - MAGNUM Magnum's swansong studio album was a bittersweet affair for obvious reasons. As with all their albums, Tony Clarkin's mark is all over this, a mastercraftman solely driven to serve the song. With Sir Bob pouring rich nectar into the ear, the album like all their discography, sounds quintessentially MAGNUM. This is the album I've played most this year. It remains a poignant finale. Here Comes the Rain will always draw a tear as we mourn what we treasure, and in their beloved discography there will always be a wealth to treasure. 8. The Last Will and Testament - Opeth In a few months this might be alot higher but I've had more time with the others. It's heavy, it's progressive, it's bordline pastiche. It's a love letter to Åkerfeldt's record collection, and their mightiest release in decades. 7. Invincible Shield - Judas Priest I really didn't think they could match Firepower and they have. This is a beast of an album. No weak tracks, at least three soon to be classics, peppered with hybrid glimpses to previous eras, roll on the Priest. Many parties, will have this topping their lists. I understand that. Like a glamour model, all the curves are in the right places, the skin is supple to touch and it's easy on the eye. But for me, once ventured, it holds few secrets. Invincible Shield is without question a magnificent heavy metal album, perhaps somewhat diluted by it's predecessor, but the ears yearn for more. Joint 7 (another Catino, sorry). Live in the Wires - Frost* This sound of musical alchemy most cunning and euphoric. If any albums harnesses ear candy bliss better, I'm yet to hear it. The albums creates soundscapes sublime. The best progressive rock album of the year (bar one). 6. The Theory of Empitness - Evergrey No surprises here as few bands are more consistent. Evergrey sail towards a new direction, a more commercial and anthemic approach, and the whole exercise sounds grand. The band expertly utilise light and shade and the result borders on the transcendent. The album is the audio equivalent of a Christopher Nolan film, smart, bold and vast but emotive remaining tethered to the very personable. Impressive stuff, indeed. 5. Charcoal Grace - Caligula's Horse. Of all the albums this year, this has grown on me the most. Every time I listen to it, it appears to creep higher in my regard. Brooding, atmospheric, and abundant. With Haken, this shows them to be the torch bearers of progressive music progressing. Soaked in rich musical passages, complex never decadent, Charcoal Grace allows the listener to bath in it's elevated execution and equally be excited for what is to come. 4. Eli: A Wonderful Fall from Grace Another massively accomplished release from down under, Scandinavians be aware. In terms of vocal harmonies, bright sounding melodies, accomplished musicality and superior songcraft, the album is hugely emotive and lifts the listener within reach of sonic euphoria. Melodic, hooky, diverse arrangements, soaring solos, the tightest of the rhythm sections, exquisite vocal delivery, lush instrumentation, it's all here. The vastness of the audioscape achieved is remarkable. This work of wonders warrants more coverage, in better and just worlds this is huge. 3. The Empyrean Equation of the Long Lost Things - Vanden Plas More ambitious than previous releases, another impressive statement from Vanden Plas. Virtuoso playing with more expanded passages than usual without diminishing the song. Power metal that's progressive, poetic and accomplished. The Empyrean Equation soars to incredible heights and shines brighter than a vast majority of this year's releases. 2. The Mandrake Project - Bruce Dickinson. Bruce and Roy Z pull out all the stops to deliver music theater that's varied, challenging yet accessible, energetic and hugely fun. The album's best summed as a music box full of treats with plenty of method behind the madness. Bruce takes center stage and it's glorious. 1. Absolute Elsewhere ~ Blood Incantation. Death metal growls + a battery riffage and drums + early 70s Floyd = Pummeling psychedelic cosmic Shangri-La. Just experience the trip! Honorable mention Zenith - Stormborn Zenith is high octane melodious metal that reminds you why you first fell in love with the genre in the first place. It has all the tropes of the classic mid 80s played with such conviction and execution, you can't be help but be won by their enthusiasm. The production is not overbearing, the sound feels authentic and energised. The songs are dripped in melody harking back to early Dickinson Maiden with dashes of vintage Metallica. The seeds of British New Wave more cultivated. Musically, there's little to fault here, the rhythm section are tight, the vocals are robust and ideally suited, and the guitarwork is exemplary. Kudos to all! There is genuine understanding of songcraft here in terms of the choices made. I do hope this young band keep persevering, they are gifted with a maturity surpassing their years. If you're tired of metal because it sounds generic and uninspired, just go out and buy Stormborn's Zenith. At thirty nine minutes the album never outstays it's welcome, you'll have it on loop. Friggin' fall in love with metal again!

[@eliunger16]

Korpiklaani, rhapsody of fire, seven spires, Jon Anderson, and Nautilus have released my fave albums of the year.

[@karlnordstrom4918]

I have to do 5. These are the 5 I listened to the most this year. Invincible Shield and Mandrake Project got me through the spring. Collective Soul Here to Eternity got me through the summer. Grand Magus Sunraven got me through the fall and Cemetery Skyline Nordic Gothic is getting me through the winter and probably my fave of the year so far.

[@guillermomaldonado6277]

In no particular order: DGM: The Great Unknown / Sunburst: Manifesto / Teramaze: Eli, a Wonderful Fall from Grace / Magnum: Here Comes the Rain / Nightwish: Yesterwynde / Evergrey: Theories Of Emptiness / Judas Priest: Invincible Shield / Lionheart: The Grace of a Dragonfly / Myrath: Karma / Bruce Dickinson: The Mandrake Project Overall, another great year for rock/metal. Thanks! 🍺🤘

[@sofiane6042]

Hi everybody 😊 i saw great albums shown by all the crew ! Great ! Here's my list Judas priest- invinsible shield Pearl jam - dark matter Bon jovi - forever Opeth - the last will and testament Brokenheads (french heavy/trash band influenced by metallica and testament) - waiting for the end Coldplay - moon music Madi diaz (female folk/rock artist) - weird faith Deep purple - =1 Mark knopler - one deep river Rosalie cunningham - to shoot another day Zach bryan - the great american bar scene Beth hart - you still got me David gilmour - luck and strange Hannah wicklund - the prize Jon anderson - true Lenny kravitz - blue electric light Nxworries (hip-hop/neo soul/r&b duo) - why lawd ? Voila ! Very eclectic list. I didn't rank them ! I love them all equally😅 Great video guys 🤘

[@martymartin2894]

I don't really like extreme metal like death metal but that album that Ryan picked as his favorite is really grabbing me on my first listen

[@Conan_WhatIsBestInLife]

Adorior? Hell yes. I put em head and shoulders over everything else for a reason. 😎

[@alexposilkin9683]

If you like this Adorior album, chances are you like extreme metal more than you think.

[@grumble7425]

Great Episode. 1) Judas Priest - Invincible Shield 2) Bruce Dickinson - The Mandrake Project 3) Durbin - Screaming Steel 4) Wintersun - Time II 5) Hagane - Life Goes On! 6) Visions Of Atlantis - Pirates II Armada 7) Blue Öyster Cult - Ghost Stories 8) Find Me - Nightbound 9) Sam Millar - Virtual Summer

[@BlackMoore82]

1: Gilded Sorrow by The Obsessed. 2: Ghost Stories by Blue Öyster Cult. 3: Fire by Kittie.

[@acknowledgingourdiscontent]

My three favourites so far, haven't heard everything I would like to, there will always be releases one is not aware of, but here we are: 3. The Death of Father Time (A Prequel to Immorality) - No Curfew Kids & Mucoid 2. Images - FM Skyline 1. Imaginal Disk - Magdalena Bay But for stuff more of the HVS paradigm... This Is All We Ever Get - SPACED Back in the Hole - Toadliquor The Vault - Maruja

[@metal_maniac_68]

my top 5 are: 1. Iotunn - Kinship [Peter and Rob should definitely check these guys out] 2. Borknagar - Fall 3. Blood Incantation - Absolute Elsewhere 4. Anciients - Beyond The Reach Of The Sun 5. Vola - Friend Of A Phantom

[@markwilburn4962]

Great picks from everyone! My top 5 5 - Vanden Plas, The Empyrean Equation of the Long Last Things 4 - Dvne, Voidkind 3 - Monkey3, Welcome to the Machine 2 - Anciients, Beyond the Reach of the Sun 1 - Opeth, Last Will and Testament H/M - David Gilmour Luck and Strange, Evergrey Theories of Emptiness, Job For A Cowboy Moon Healer, Daath The Deceivers, Warren Haynes Million Voices Whisper and Flotsam and Jetsam I Am The Weapon Been a really great year for music no matter what kind you love.

[@randyhenderson6166]

I miss Butch Jones!!

[@mulicuy]

The funniest "pulling a Catino" was on the Monster's Den episode where you ranked your favorite George Romero films, and Rich picked "Creepshow 2," because Romero wrote the screenplay.

[@jeffrose8632]

10. Saxon hell fire damnation 9. Judas Priest invincible shield 8. Bruce Dickinson the mandrake project 7. Sebastian Bach child within 6. Steve Hackett the circus and the night whale 5. The Georgia thunderbolts rise above it all 4. Barock project time voyager 3. The cold stares the southern 2. Victory circle of life 1. Deep purple =1

[@independenceltd.]

Two yrs ago I probably had 20 new albums. Last yr it was around 25. I pledged this yr to get at least 31 new releases so that i could fill out the entire month for pete's countdown...and then he decides not to do the countdown...but i still ended up with over 50 new releases, and that's not even including EPs, live albums, etc...I'm still gathering my list together, but I'll give you three albums that I love, in no particular order...from 2024: Achelous - Tower of High Sorcery Hands of Goro - Hands of Goro Traveler - Prequel to Madness

[@iceclimbers22]

Similar experience to me. Pete's year end countdowns have encouraged me to buy more new material. I went from 10 2 years ago, to 30 last year, to over 50 this year. Sad he's not doing the countdown. But looking forward to seeing everyone's full list. Prequel to Madness is high up on mine for sure.

[@independenceltd.]

@@iceclimbers22 excellent. look forward to seeing it

[@tylerpatterson4787]

Here’s my top 5 plus honorable mentions 1. Blackberry Smoke- Be Right here 2. Black Crowes- Happiness Bastards 3. Judas Priest- Invisible Shield 4. Jerry Cantrell- I want Blood 5. Goodbye June- Deep in the Trouble Honorable Mentions: Deep Purple- =1 BCC- V Little Feat- Sam’s Place Tyler Bryant & the Shakedown- Electrified The Georgia Thunderbolts- Rise above it all Myles Kennedy- The Art of Letting go David Gilmour- Luck & Strange Devon Allman- Miami Moon White Dog- Double Dog Dare Slash- Orgy of the damned Blue Oyster Cult- Ghost Stories Mike Campbell & The Dirty Knobs- Vagabonds, Virgins, & Misfits Marcus King- Mood Swings

[@tomp8463]

Very cool list

[@tylerpatterson4787]

@ Thank you Tom

[@guarddl9522]

Excellent list. Didn't know Goodbye June had a new one. Have to check that one out, last one was great.

[@tylerpatterson4787]

@ Thank you yea Goodbye June had new album came out this summer. I like it, but I agree their last album is really good and my favorite the band has put out so far

[@cal7957]

I’ll post my top 5 now and do my entire list when Pete reveals his. #5 Marilyn Manson- one assassination #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

[@oldmanrock1349]

#1 - David Gilmour: Luck and Strange #2 - Opeth: The Last Will and Testament #3 - Melvins: Tarantula Heart #4 - High on Fire: Cometh the Storm #5 - Fu Manchu: The Return of Tomorrow #6 - The Black Crowes: Happiness Bastards #7 - Nile: The Underworld Awaits Us All

[@robmlisanti]

1, 2 & 4 all on my top 20 list of the year

[@marklangham4337]

U.K.Subs RULE!!!!!!!

[@lance98541]

UFOMAMMUT's name stems from a combination of two words: UFO (Unidentified Flying Object) and MAMMUT (the Italian word for “Mammoth”).

[@jason-budney7624]

My AOTY is Opeth - TLW&T Others that didn’t get mentioned. Lucifer - V Early Moods - A Sinner’s Past Whom Gods Destroy - Insanium

[@guylanglois1802]

I'd say rn. Dead daisies - light em up Stryper-when we were kings Riot v- mean streets Honorable mentions: Magnum- here comes the rain Todd Michael Hill- off the rails Russell/Guns- medusa Richie Kotzen- Nomad Sebastian Bach- child within the man Babylon a.d. - Rome wasn't built in a day

[@denisespainhower2153]

Cool episode. Here’s my top 5 and a few honorable mentions. 1 Judas Priest- Invincible Shield 2 Saxon- Hell, Fire and Damnation 3 Jerry Cantrell- I Want Blood 4 Black Country Communion-V 5 Accept- Humanoid HMs ( in no particular order) Moggs Motel- S/T Grand Slam- Wheel Of Fortune Deep Purple- =1 Pearl Jam- Dark Matter Bruce Dickinson- Mandrake Project DAD- Speed Of Darkness Mike Campbell And The Dirty Knobs- Vagabonds, Virgins And Misfits BOC- 50th Anniversary Live Second Night

[@pankotek8515]

David Gilmour - Luck and Strange Emberstoke - Entropic Condition - check this out! Great stuff for heavy metal fans Judas Priest - Invincible Shield

[@cbn6635]

Kudos to Count Ralphus for picking the new Nile album! 🤘 Ralph, if you love that Malignancy album, you GOTTA check the new Defeated Sanity album 'Chronicles of Lunacy' out; technical brutal death metal of the highest order! 👌

[@Dr.GrahamSuperstar]

Mr. Bison - Echoes From the Universe Earthship - Soar Grey Giant - Conversus in Lutum

[@dtltmtgt]

"That happened to me once in the '80s" 😂

[@dtltmtgt]

2024 Top 3 1. Opeth 2. Priest 3. Black Country Communion H/M Nile

[@terrymtbnurse4760]

1 Opeth, Last Will and Testament. Masterpiece! 2. Black Elephant, The Fall of the Gods 3. Monkey 3, Welcome to the Machine

[@asolitaryreign]

Never going to be mentioned here, but Envy - 'Eunoia' and Mono - 'Oath' are outstanding records.

[@donaldanderson6604]

Great new albums by Steve Hackett, Jon Anderson annd Focus.

[@MrBdog1021]

My Top 3 1. Rage - Afterlifelines 2. Flotsam & Jetsam - I Am The Weapon 3. Unleash the Archers - Phantoma

[@dereks7745]

Where are Butch Jones and Chris Alo?

[@sabbracadabra7503]

Lots of good choices, guys. I'd have to add Lucifer V as one of my top faves of the year.

[@mgerometta]

My top 6, not in any order until I listen to each one some more: Cartoon Darkness by Amyl And The Sniffers Prove Them Wrong by Jenner Lucifer V The Dictators Humanoid by Accept Synthesizer by A Place To Bury Strangers

[@ironfarmer9332]

3. Blitzkrieg - Blitzkrieg 2. Ravage - Spider on the World 1. Triumpher - Spirit Invictus

[@scottricci5063]

Early Moods Blue Heron Hashtronaut

[@philjm3103]

I am completely addicted to "Catching Fire" by Elephant9 and Terje Rypdal. Awesome jazz-rock.

[@davidpousho4828]

KOYO is the band. Album: Onism. It rocks!!! My #1 of the year.

[@erorufurakku6378]

Reliqa ~ Secrets Of The Future Psychonaut 4 ~ ...Of Mourning Nightmare ~ Encrypted Issa ~ Another World Poppy ~ Negative Spaces

[@FromThe4thWall]

My number one 2024 album is: KEYS - "The Grand Seduction" (sorry Deep Purple...)

[@davtrek]

1. Ironflame Kingdom Torn Asunder 2. Morgul Blade Heavy Metal Wraiths 3.Amythyst Thow Down the Gauntlet 4. Gloomy Reflections Oath of the Paladins

[@craigburgess7105]

I bought the Anciients LP of the back of this - got a copy of the 200 press ltd edition / bit costly but well worth it - great stuff

[@craigburgess7105]

AND I bought Temple Of The Fuzz Witch Lp - excellent ! - thanks peeps

[@robmlisanti]

@@craigburgess7105 Both awesome!!

[@alexposilkin9683]

1)Blood Incantation: absolute elsewhere 2)Spectral Wound: songs of blood and mire 3)Black Curse: burning in celestial poison 4)Spectral Voice: Sparagmos 5)Immortal Bird: sin querencia HMs Insect Ark: Raw Blood Singing Hulder: Verses in Oath Ihsahn: s/t Caligula’s Horse: Charcoal Grace Benighted: Ekbom Inter Arma: New Heaven High on Fire: Cometh the Storm Necrowretch: swords of dajjal Anciients: beyond the reach of the sun Opeth: the last will and testament Gutless: high impact violence

[@loader-ut2vd]

Heavy Sentence - Warriors of Madness EP (NWOTHM, mixture of early Maiden, Motörhead and Thin Lizzy from Britain) Amethyst - Throw Down the Gauntlet (NWOTHM from Switzerland) Great to hear Ryan likes it too! Ripped to Shreds - Sanshi (Death Metal, very Swedish Death Metal inspired but from the United States) Vicious Blade - Relentless Force (Crossover Thrash from the United States) Lucifer's Hammer - Be and Exist (NWOTHM from Chile) Vendel - Out in the Fields (mixture of Epic Heavy Metal and Doom Metal from Russia) Sabbat - Sabbaticult (1st Wave Black Metal from Japan) Zepter - Inferno (A Demo from a new Austrian NWOTHM band)

[@brandonbelt5055]

Top three (alphabetically) Blood Incantation - Absolute Elsewhere Chat Pile - Cool World Zombi - Direct Inject Honorables (also alphabetically) - 200 Stab Wounds, Borknagar, The Cure, Deceased, Corey Glover, High on Fire, Immortal Bird, Inter-Arma, Judas Priest and Opeth

[@AdrianHayes1950]

No Alo for end of year albums or films? Is he OK? Or just not checking out any new things?

[@seekerp67]

Ultra-Catino. Wow!!

[@alternativepreacher4516]

Magdalena Bay - Imaginal Disk

[@Conan_WhatIsBestInLife]

Love this one

[@PerfectMask1]

1. New Model Army - Unbroken 2. Saxon - Hell, Fire... 3. Atrophy - Asylum

[@peteygemini60]

Stygian Crown / Castle / Alunah / Eynomia / Gigantum / Hypersonic / Shadowpath / Ammify / Lodestar / Madder Mortem

[@donnybrookdetritus]

Nile. Nails. High on Fire.

[@motleyfan7558]

The new Opeth album is in a league of its own.

[@maxthepupp]

Just a quick shout out to my man Ian Hunter and his Defiance pt.2 84 and still bringing it!🤘😎🤘

[@arnaudb.7669]

Blood Incantation "Absolute Elsewhere" is a strong contender for the metal album of the year.

[@747jono]

Nick Ref Horn He has a new Spere album 6th December just ordered excellent

[@Ihatecensorship1]

Hell yea!

[@markcloer2274]

Stryper - When We Were Kings Storace - Crossfire Grand Magus - SunRaven IronFlame - Kingdom Torn Asunder Lords Of Black - Mechanics of Predacity

[@MrBiscuits2]

Blood Incantation. Borknagar. Brant Bjork. Cavalera. Gatecreeper. High On Fire. Ihsahn. Necrot. Nile. Oranssi Pazuzu. Ripped To Shreds. Undeath. Werewolves. Witch Vomit. Wolfbrigade. Wraith.

[@Prog-t9d]

Big Big Train “ The likes of Us” best prog album of the year.

[@cirenotsluor9999]

Johan Hegg is also really good live with his humor, as is Hansi Kursch from Blind Guardian.

[@inmyhouse11]

Rattle The Cage- The Rods Symbol Remains- Axel Rudi Pell Wake Up The Neighbourhood- The Treatment

[@jillar78]

Hey Pete, time to listen to Iotunn, give it a try ;)

[@747jono]

Fantastic album

[@markfurru3368]

Gatecreeper - Dark Superstition Vampire Weekend - Only God Was Above Us Jerry Cantrell - I Want Blood Other ones I dug throughout the year... Judas Priest - Invincible Shield Smashing Pumpkins - Aghori Mhori Mei Sprints - Letter to Self High on Fire - Cometh the Storm The Last Dinner Party - Prelude to Ecstasy Opeth - The Last Will and Testament Hashtronaut - No Return Green Day - Saviors Lord Dying - Clandestine Transcendence Orange Goblin - Science, Not Fiction Scene Queen - Hot Singles in Your Area Knocked Loose - You Won't Go Before You're Supposed To And a lot more than that!

[@cirenotsluor9999]

Bewitcher - Spell Shock

[@joerocks7381]

Iron Flame 🔥🔥🔥

[@oy6793]

Nile The underworld awaits us all Abhorration Demonolatry Necrot lifeless birth The new Opeth Bedsoe Dreaming the strife for love Blood Incantation

[@taranguapo]

Where has Alo been?

[@jimmypage2843]

I'll be the old man and say the threxting between you know who was quite distracting. Maybe Pete didn't mind but it was seriously rude. Have some respect.

[@WildBCPhoto]

I'm surprised there were no mentions of "Kinship" by Iotunn and "Absolute Elsewhere" by Blood Incantation.

[@venommachine99]

Crypt Sermon by far!!!!!!!

[@independenceltd.]

yes!!!!!!!

[@Conan_WhatIsBestInLife]

If you like Crypt Sermon, most of those guys are in Daeva who are fantastic. Put out one of my favorite records of 2022.

[@cbn6635]

That Crypt Sermon album is definitely the best doom metal release of 2024.. 🤘

[@747jono]

I am the same Pete 20 ish not listenen to yet .

[@anthonybernard3689]

Is Dan Brown the oldest SOT member?....maybe Stephen Keeler?

[@seaoftranquilityprog]

Dan.

[@glerp10000000000]

I wasn't listening much...too busy watching Karen, Ryan and Nick getting up to no good.

[@kowalsolosolo]

Guys,please check out a completely new band VELVET RUSH- they have just released their two debut singles here on You Tube and...both songs killed me! If you like Thin Lizzy,Lucifer,Joan Jett -you will LOVE this !!!

[@nickygoods131]

Nick...no Chelsea Wolfe?! I thought I knew ye

[@TrueScottFitzgerald]

So, of the ones who gave their top 3 albums of 2024, all of them were extreme metal or extreme metal-adjacent. Sorry, but it's just not my thing.

[@independenceltd.]

then list yours...

[@seaoftranquilityprog]

So, our favorites should only be albums that you like? Come on…

[@robmlisanti]

List yours

[@TrueScottFitzgerald]

​@@seaoftranquilityprog Not at all; I just made an observation and shared my opinion.

[@TrueScottFitzgerald]

@@robmlisanti Oh, I will; it'll probably just be with Pete's Top 50 or The Review Crew's video.

[@ProdDrieza]

Will we be getting a video with Chris Alo soon?

[@robmlisanti]

You have to ask him