Top 30 Albums Of 2024

[@brokenshadowangel]

Impossible lights so good it made the honorable mentions list twice 🔥🔥🔥

[@mykectown]

Listen to it twice, foo!

[@porcupinehardcore]

Yoooooo thank you so much for checking our album out 🖤🖤🖤

[@SunderisaBand]

Such an honor to be included in the honorable mentions! thank you Myke Love, Always

[@thenameisomari]

Got into The Cure way too late but better late than never. Songs of a Lost a World is my introduction to them and what a way to kick off my journey with their music - it’s amazing. I must’ve replayed “I Can Never Say Goodbye” for a good hour after first hearing it. And God, “Endsong” is just absolutely killer. Can’t wait to deep dive into their other work, especially their most iconic stuff.

[@rbdriftin]

One of the things I always look forward to at the end of every year is Myke’s top albums list!

[@michaellooks2723]

1. Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - “Wild God” 2. Liana Flores - “Flower of the soul” 3. Vylet Pony - “Monarch of Monsters” 4. Public Circuit - “Lamb” 5. William Doyle - “Springs Eternal” 6. Cancer Christ - “God is Violence” 7. Knocked Loose - “You Won’t Go Before You’re Supposed To” 8. Nails - “Every Bridge Burning” 9. The Cure - “Songs of a Lost World” 10. Dayglow - “Dayglow” 11. Clairo - “Charm” Happy New Year, Myke!! 🎉😁

[@w.iraheta3769]

Thank you so much Myke C-Town for introducing me to some badass music☺️ I always look forward to your list and I always discover some hidden gems from you. Hope this year brings you many great things.

[@dclarkmusic]

Me favs innit: 1. Frail Body | Artificial Bouquet (blackened screamo) 2. Oranssi Pazuzu | Muuntautuja (avant bm) 3. Geordie Greep | The New Sound (jazz rock) 4. Hammok | Look How Long Lasting Everything Is Moving Forward for Once (post hxc) 5. Adrianne Lenker | Bright Future (indie folk) 6. Vampire Weekend | Only God Was Above Us (indie rock) 7. Better Lovers | Highly Irresponsible (metalcore) 8. Remi Wolf | Big Ideas (indie pop) 9. Cave Sermon | Divine Laughter (prog dm) 10. Civerous | Maze Envy (dm)

[@Sil626]

It’s that time of the year!!! Happy new year Myke! All the best! Thank you again for that list

[@MIKELiscrazy]

Thank you for this list! Definitely some projects I missed! Can’t wait to see what this next year has in store

[@jordant3243]

I didn’t get around to listening to much metal this last year so I’m stoked for this list, always good picks

[@theyungcujo]

Much love Myke! My top album this year was Two Star and The Dream Police by Mk.gee, and 100% PROD I.V. by LUCY (Cooper B. Handy) was a close second. Thanks always for the energy, and for the music conversation. You harvest a great community!

[@kiraglass64]

definitely didn't listen to much new stuff this year since I was Going Thru It but for sure some albums I wanna shout out, in some kinda order: 1. The Cure - Songs of a Lost World 2. Thou - Umbilical 3. Ulver - Liminal Animals 4. charli xcx - brat 5. The Body & Dis Fig - Orchards of a Futile Heaven 6. Alcest - Les Chants De L'Aurore 7. poorly wrote suicide note - pwsn ii 8. Chat Pile - Cool World 9. otay:onii - True Faith Ain't Blind

[@erwanticheler]

I totally agree with your number one, what an album. My top 20 would be: 1. The Cure - Songs of a Lost World 2. Kendrick Lamar - GNX 3. The Fauns - How Lost 4. Blood Incantation - Absolute Elsewhere 5. Godspeed You! Black Emperor - “No Title as of 13 february 2024 28,340 Dead” 6. Vampire Weekend - Only God Was Above Us 7. Seefeel - Everything Squared 8. Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Wild God 9. Hannah Frances - Keeper of the Shepherd 10. Thurston Moore - Flow Critical Lucidity 11. Boldy James / Conductor Williams - Across The Tracks 12. Caribou - Honey 13. Arab Strap - I'm Totally Fine With It, Don't Give a Fuck Anymore 14. Burial - Dreamfear/Boy Sent From Above 15. Four Tet - Three 16. ScHoolboy Q - BLUE LIPS 17. Real Estate - Daniel 18. Metz - Up On Gravity Hill 19. Yard Act - Where's My Utopia? 20. Donato Dozzy - Magda

[@Jahydin]

Thanks Myke, I look forward to your lists every year.

[@echosmyron1278]

I think this is the first year that my honorable mentions list is even longer than my top 50; I had around 65 albums that I couldn't fit on here. In total, I ended up sampling close to 1,500 albums this year (not necessarily full listens, obviously), so I feel like I got a very good grasp on 2024 overall. 1. The Last Dinner Party - Prelude to Ecstasy (amazing Kate Bush-esque baroque pop) 2. Magdalena Bay - Imaginal Disk 3. Thou - Umbilical (a ferocious sludge metal album that doesn't drag at all) 4. Geordie Greep - The New Sound 5. Cindy Lee - Diamond Jubilee 6. Umbra Vitae - Light of Death 7. Chat Pile - Cool World 8. Warmduscher - Too Cold to Hold 9. Mdou Moctar - Funeral for Justice 10. Mount Eerie - Night Palace 11. Hoplites - Paramainomeni 12. Lip Critic - Hex Dealer 13. Mannequin P*ssy - I Got Heaven 14. Xiu Xiu - 13" Frank Beltrame Italian Stilettos w/ Bison Horn Grips 15. Folly Group - Down There! 16. F*cked Up - Someday 17. Iron & Wine - Light Verse 18. Du Blonde - Sniff More Gritty 19. Infant Island - Obsidian Wreath 20. Adeem the Artist - Anniversary 21. Cameron Winter - Heavy Metal 22. Chelsea Wolfe - She Reaches Out to She Reaches Out to She 23. Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - Wild God 24. Wishy - Triple Seven 25. Shannon and the Clams - The Moon Is in the Wrong Place (#26-50 in the replies, otherwise YT will automatically delete my comment for being too long)

[@echosmyron1278]

26. Vredehammer - God Slayer 27. Planes Mistaken for Stars - Do You Still Love Me? 28. Parannoul - Sky Hundred 29. Hamish Hawk - A Firmer Hand 30. High on Fire - Cometh the Storm 31. Naima Bock - Below a Massive Dark Land 32. Knoll - As Spoken 33. Joanna Wang - Hotel La Rut 34. Undeath - More Insane 35. Redd Kross - Redd Kross 36. Thy Catafalque - XII: A Gyonyoru Almok Ezutan Jonnek 37. Sleepytime Gorilla Museum - Of the Last Human Being 38. Inter Arma - New Heaven 39. MJ Lenderman - Manning Fireworks 40. Charley Crockett - $10 Cowboy 41. Pillow Queens - Name Your Sorrow 42. LL Cool J - The Force 43. Knocked Loose - You Won't Go Before You're Supposed To 44. Ekko Astral - Pink Balloons 45. Slift - Ilion 46. The Jesus Lizard - Rack 47. Iglooghost - Tidal Memory Exo 48. J. Robbins - Basilisk 49. Friko - Where We've Been, Where We Go from Here 50. Uboa - Impossible Light I'm not going to post my 60+ list of honorable mentions because it would take up way too much space, but it consists of albums by these bands: Saidan; NO MAN; Cosmic Putrefaction; Summoning the Lich; A Place to Bury Strangers; Fat Dog; Michelle; Ripped to Shreds; Civerous; Osees; Remi Wolf; The Lemon Twigs; Blood Incantation; Aetheria Conscientia; Tribulation; Ulcerate; Charli XCX; Krallice; Glass Beach; Robber Robber; Nap Eyes; Nicolette & the Nobodies; St. Vincent; and quite a few more...

[@JustinAngel]

Great list Myke. Thank you for putting me on to that SECT album. I totally missed it somehow until you talked about it. 2024 was a killer year for music all around. I had to do two separate lists. One for the heavy stuff, and one for all the other stuff. Here were my favorite heavy albums: 1. Alcest - Les Chants de l’Aurore 2. Ulcerate - Cutting the Throat of God 3. Kanonfieber - Die Urkatastrophe 4. Gaera - Coma 5. Upon Stone - Dead Mother Moon 6. SECT - Plagues Upon Plagues 7. Chat Pile - Cool World 8. Oransi Pazuzu - Muuntautuja 9. Fleshgod Apocalypse - Opera 10. Boundaries - Death is Little More 11. Splitknuckle - Breathing Through the Wound 12. Chapel of Disease - Echoes of Light 13. Love Letter - Everyone Wants Something Beautiful 14. Knocked Loose - You Won't Go Before You're Supposed To 15. ACxDC - G.O.A.T. 16. Opeth - The Last Will and Testament 17. Thou - Umbilical 18. The Hope Conspiracy - Tools of Oppression/Rule by Deception 19. Black Totem - III: Sacrifice Tonight 20. Umbra Vitae - Light of Death

[@mykectown]

I still haven't listened to all of that Opeth album. I'm sure I'm fucking up. And yeah, Sect rules!

[@southportrocker]

With an overseas trip mid year, saving up & paying off that, I was way out of the loop of what was dropping. Hardly kept up. Definitely some releases I'll check out for sure. Knew the #1 haha!!! Good stuff Myke.

[@toralfxvx8239]

Great list...and no further words needed - The Cure....Songs of a lost world 🖤

[@stuartfishman1044]

There's so much I haven't listened to yet (due to laziness or procrastination) but these are ten that I liked in 2024. In random order: Sleepytime Gorilla Museum: Of The Last Human Being Shellac: To All Trains Belly: 96 Miles From Bethlehem Goat Girl: Below The Waste High On Fire: Cometh The Storm Arooj Aftab:: Night Reign Chelsea Wolfe: She Reaches Out To She Chat Pile: Cool World Blood Incantation: Absolute Elsewhere Moor Mother: The Great Bailout

[@musicforyourpeers]

I was surprised Blood Incantation didn't make the list. I'm excited to check some of these releases out - you have pointed me to so much good music in the past

[@ivanooze8500]

Always a pleasure checking out albums on your yearlist

[@m00tzman]

Really loved that Conifere album - kind of reminded me of Tragedy of all bands in a lot of spots. That Paysage d'Hiver was absolutely in my top 10 as well - other bands are riffier, some are more abrasive and explosive sounding, but for me Tobias has created the prefect frozen, bitter sound for black metal. I can only think of the smallest handful of bands that match them sonically.

[@melvinramone2605]

Myke, as always your list is great to watch. You always show me a few things I was unaware of and a few more I need to remember to check out. Speaking of, I need to listen to that Moor Mother. I like a lot of her previous work but slept on this one like a fool. I also need to spend more time with The Cure album but that's a little more deliberate. I want to let it work its way into my life like their other albums have been. Here's my list, it's long and it's only kind of in order. Shellac - To All Trains is my AOTY. I feel like it got lost in the news about Steve Albini's passing but this has become one of my favorite albums he made, and I've been listening to his bands since I was in high school 35 years ago. Kim Deal - Nobody Loves You More Blood Incantation - Absolute Everywhere Chat Pile - Cool World Couch Slut - You Could Do It Tonight Melvins - Tarantula Heart Pissed Jeans - Half Divorce Goat - Goat Shovels & Rope - Something Is Working Above My Head Undeath - More Insane Sprints - Letter To Self Ekko Astral - Pink Balloons X - Smoke & Fiction Osees - SORCS 80 Knoll - As Spoken Slift - Ilion Kim Gordon - The Collective High On Fire - Cometh The Storm Chelsea Wolfe - She Reaches Out To She Reaches Out To She Full Of Hell - Coagulated Bliss Oranssi Pazuzu - Muutautuja The Jesus Lizard - Rack Human Impact - Gone Dark Uniform - American Standard Wormwitch - Wormwitch The Obsessed - Gilded Sorrow Thou - Umbilical God Bullies - As Above So Below Meridian Brothers - Mi Latinoamérica Sufre Toadliquor - Back In The Whole Meth. - Shame Knocked Loose - You Won't Go Before You're Supposed To Gatecreeper - Dark Superstition Slimelord - Chitridiomycosis Relinquished Kendrick Lamar - GNX Job For A Cowboy - Moon Healer The Chisel - What A Fucking Nightmare Tzompantli - Beating The Drums Of Ancestral Force Guided By Voices - Strut Of Kings Jon Spencer - Sick Of Being Sick! Nuclear Tomb - Terror Labyrinthian The Body - The Crying Out Of Things Mdou Moctar - Funeral For Justice Ty Segall - Three Bells Iron Monkey - Spleen & Goad Civerous - Maze Envy Melt-Banana - 3+5 Memo PST - Memo PST Nails - Every Bridge Burning Neil Young & The Horse - Fu##in’ Up Dale Crover - Glossolalia Stress Eater - Everybody Eats! Danny Brown - Quaranta Deterioration - Paranoia & Violence Acid King - Middle Of Nowhere, Center Of Everywhere Cavalera - Schizophrenia The Cure - Songs Of A Lost World Painkiller - Samsara Immortal Bird - Son Querencia Terminal Nation - Echo’s Of The Devil's Domain Inter Arma - New Heaven Hulder - Verses In Oath JPEGMAFIA - I Lay Down My Life For You Bongzilla - Dabbing [Live] Rosin In Europe The Smile - Wall Of Eyes Witch Vomit - Funeral Sanctum Zig Zags - Strange Masters Vol 1 Antichrist Siege Machine - Vengeance Of Eternal Fire Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Wild God Scum Rotten - Pray For Blindness (I Have Seen Too Much

[@mykectown]

Damn,. Don't think I knew about the Shellac album.

[@melvinramone2605]

@mykectown The Shellac album came out about a week after Albini died (that was the originally planned release date). Like I said, I think the discussion about it got a little lost in all talk around his legacy. I definitely recommend it to Shellac fans, and fans of that kind of music. He went out on a song called "I Don't Fear Hell". How bad ass is that?

[@InfinitePlateau]

Yeeees been waiting for this!!!! my top 30: Armand Hammer - BLK LBL Vince Staples - Dark Times Grace Cummings - Ramona Selbst - Despondency Chord Progressions Crizin da Z.O. - ACELERO Various Artists - funk.BR - São Paulo (NTS) Cannell Laura - The Rituals of Hildegard Reimagined Lesser Care - HEEL TURN Omar Souleyman - Erbil The Body , Dis Fig - Orchards Of A Futile Heaven Poroniec - W Pologu Ink & Fire - Emblazoned Visions Yield Eternity Amiture - Mother Engine Blood Incantation - Absolute Elsewhere Vitriol - Suffer & Become Djevel - Natt Til Ende JPEGMAFIA - I LAY DOWN MY LIFE FOR YOU Waxahatchee - Tigers Blood Cower - Celestial Devastation Full of Hell - Coagulated Bliss Full of Hell and Andrew Nolan - Scraping The Divine SECT - Plagues Upon Plagues Elucid - Revelator Revival Season - Golden Age Of Self Snitching KA - The Thief Next to Jesus Venus Twins - /\/\/\/\/ Kriegshög - Love & Revenge Moor Mother - The Great Bailout Chelsea Wolfe - She Reaches Out To She Reaches Out To She 070 Shake - Petrichor

[@Rhiesom]

Thanks for the tips! Yeah, not many “veterans” are still able to hook, but 2024 had some really unexpected releases, my top: Beth Gibbons - Lives Outgrown Teho Teardo & Blixa Bargeld - Christian & Mauro Pulatova - Темрява The Wolfgang Press - A 2nd Shape The Cure - Songs of a Lost World

[@TheJordanHageman]

Always excited when your list drops as there is inevitably new shit I get to check out that I missed. So I’m already taking notes and making lists. I always do a top 50 but I won’t put those below because absolutely no one cares what I think however I will throw my 10 favorites and for what it’s worth and anyone wanting to check out something new, my band (Interpersonal) put out a record in October called “The Long Bright Dark.” People who enjoy Emo, Post-Hardcore, Shoegaze, etc might enjoy it. Okay anyway list 1. One Step Closer - All You Embrace (this album hit me like a two ton truck and all the hooks and emotion had me in a chokehold this year) 2. The Cure - Songs of a Lost World 3. Johnny Blue Skies/Sturgill Simpson - Passage Du Desir 4. Squint - Small Hands (biased because they’re my friends and from my city, but it’s still great) 5. Touché Amore - Spiral In a Straight Line 6. State Faults - Children of the Moon 7. Tyler, the Creator - CHROMOKOPIA 8. Blood Incantation - Absolute Elsewhere 9. Drug Church - PRUDE 10. Kendrick Lamar - GNX

[@spencergrady736]

Great picks. Happy New Year. The Ulcerate album was my favourite album of the year. My missus would agree on The Cure.

[@mykectown]

Still haven't been able to get into Ulcerate. Not sure why. Gonna keep trying. Haha.

[@spencergrady736]

@@mykectown It's pretty dense, though somehow also works as ambience for me when I am in the right mood.

[@alancoulson]

Couldn't agree more about The Cure album! Happy new year Myke!

[@RockedNet]

We had the same #1 for Songs Of A Lost World. Good to know someone else is a genius.

[@polboye]

this is the year end list i've been waiting for

[@Localbandography]

Awesome to see Qaalm on the list again. Love everything Henry Derek Elis does. Damn I forgot about that Moor Mother release. I need to pick that up.

[@saphna2095]

no wayy haha I was just rewatching an old video of yours for the vibes, went back to your video catalogue and boom a new one popped up o.0

[@oliverkim7696]

Surprised the Chat Pile album didn't make it here. I'd also recommend the new Vegyn album, it's one of the best electronic albums in a while imo. Thanks for the Clivota recommendation earlier this year as well, really great album

[@mykectown]

Not sure why but I can't get into Chat Pile. I think what they do is cool but it doesn't grasp me. Glad they're getting so popular tho.

[@dazmando]

My top 15 albums of 2024. Metal! 1. Blood incantation - absolutely elsewhere 2. ⁠chat pile - cool world 3. opeth - the last will and testament 4. High on Fire - Cometh the Storm 5. ⁠linkin park - from zero 6. ⁠vola - friend of a phantom 7. ⁠Caligula horse - ⁠charcoal grace 8. ⁠gaerea - coma 9. ⁠alcest - Les Chants de l'Aurore 10. Boundaries - death is little more 11. ⁠chelase Wolfe - She Reaches Out To She Reaches Out To She 12. Knocked loose - You Won’t Go Before You’re Supposed To 13. Heriot - Devoured By The Mouth Of Hell 14. Unto Others - Never Neverland 15. Dvne - Voidkind And non metal albums 1. ⁠the cure - songs of the lost world 2. ⁠Jack white - no name 3. ⁠st Vincent - all born screaming 4. ⁠amyl and the suffers - cartoon darkness 5. Donald glover - Bando Stone & the New World And some where there should be oceans of slumbers new album but I can’t remember the title of it 😀

[@Patrick45392]

Amazing taste and ty for the recs! I didn't know swartadauthuz released so many albums

[@Swagzillaaye]

That contention album is sick thanks for putting me onto it!

[@Mountaingloom]

I definitely need to hit the Qaalm and Ukhu Pacha among others - great list as always!

[@EoinDonnelly1]

Great to hear from you I’ve been waiting on this. Still really wanna hear your in-depth thoughts on GNX

[@trtorbelfort]

Always hype to see this list drop🔥

[@mfegyveres5494]

Nice list I can’t wait to finally get my ears on the Knocked Loose album which everyone seems to love 🤗🤗 What happened to Chelsea Wolfe’s and Charli XCX’s insane albums though ?!?

[@parkermudsen1063]

Damn, C-Town! It’s been a while (in Aaron Lewis voice) But seriously, good to see and hear from you again. The algorithm hasn’t been pushing in my feed lately.

[@mordazflames4044]

Awesome list man. Those are the records I enjoyed the most, and below I listed the releases from the Brazilian underground that were great for me. BEASTS of 2024: 1. Moon Incarnate - Hymns to the Moon (Death Doom Metal - Germany) 2. Black Curse - Burning in Celestial Poison (Death Black Metal - US) 3. Kréen - Ecos de olas, céfiros y llamaradas (Atmospheric Black/Doom Metal - Chile) 4. Föhn - Condescending (Funeral Doom Metal - Greece) 5. Ulcerate - Cutting the Throat of God (Death Metal - New Zealand) 6. Oranssi Pazuzu - Muuntautuja (Psychedelic Black Metal - Finland) 7. Belore - Eastern Tales (Atmospheric Black Metal - France) 8. Aristarchos - Martyr of Star and Fire (Black Metal - Scotland) 9. Crypt Sermon - The Stygian Rose (Epic Doom Metal - US) 10. Beneath Moonlight - Beneath Moonlight (Black Metal - US) 11. Ungfell - De Ghörnt (Black Folk Metal - Switzerland) 12. Officium Triste - Hortus Venenum (Atmospheric Doom/Death Metal - US) 13. Castle Rat - Into the Realm (Doom Metal - US) 14. Neon Nightmare - Faded Dream (Gothic Doom Metal - US) 15. Liminal Shroud - Visions of Collapse (Black Metal - Canada) 16. Solbrud - IIII (Black Metal - Denmark) 17. Devenial Verdict - Blessing of Despair (Death Metal - Finland) 18. Eternal Storm - A Giant Bound to Fall (Death Metal - Spain) 19. Ancient Guard - Nightfall Enthroned (Atmospheric Black Metal - Australia) 20. Belore - Dreaming the Strife for Love (Death Metal - Italy) Brazilian BEASTS of 2024: 1. Divine Pain - Destructive Measures (Death Metal - Bahia) 2. Amen Corner - Written by the Devil (Black Metal - Paraná) 3. Miasthenia - Espíritos Rupestres (Melodic Pagan Black Metal - DF) 4. Vermis Mortem - ...of the Occult (Black Metal - Bahia) 5. Profane Anger - Posthumous Memories (Death Black Metal - Rio Grande do Norte) 6. Spiritual Hate - Malvm Perpetvm (Black Death Metal - São Paulo) 7. The Troops of Doom - A Mass to the Grotesque (Death/Thrash Metal - Minas Gerais) 8. Poeticus Severus - O Rugir da Ira (Atmospheric/Ambient Heavy Metal - Rio de Janeiro) 9. Vazio - Necrocosmos (Black Metal - São Paulo) 10. Svlfvr - Diabolic Ritual of Steel (Black Death Metal - Sergipe) 11. Bríi - Camaradagem Póstuma (Atmospheric Black Metal - DF) 12. Sepulchral Whore - The Return From a Sepulchral Rest (Death Metal - Pernambuco) 13. Papangu - Lampião Rei (Progressive Rock - Paraíba)

[@doobiousd5020]

Always a highlight

[@jeremysmith2370]

Good shit myke. You gonna do a films list too? If not could you list a few here. Thanks homie

[@romulanrancor6387]

Happy new year King

[@sjbang5764]

Much of your list is over my head, since I pretty much hate anything metal regardless of its sub-genre, but I still find it interesting. (your list, I mean) I love Songs of a Lost World; I've been into the Cure for a long time. Enjoyed your video.

[@YjaffacakeK]

My list (unranked aside from top 5, but even that is alphabetical) TOP 5 albums: Beth Gibbons - Lives Outgrown Cavalier - Different Type Time Charli XCX - brat DORIS - Ultimate Love Songs Collection Magdalena Bay - Imaginal Disk The Rest: 454 - Casts of a Dreamer Arooj Aftab - Night Reign Cassandra Jenkins - My Light, My Destroyer Chief Keef - Almighty So 2 Cindy Lee - Diamond Jubilee Dar Disku - Dar Disku Doechii - Alligator Bites Never Heal E L U C I D - REVELATOR El Cousteau - Merci, Non Merci Fabiana Palladino - Fabiana Palladino Geordie Greep - The New Sound Helado Negro - PHASOR J.U.S - Lord of the streams part 2 "Curse in the Castle" Jessica Pratt - Here in the Pitch Joanna Wang - Hotel la Rut Ka - The Thief Next To Jesus Kali Uchis - Orquídeas Kendrick Lamar - GNX Mannequin Pussy - I Got Heaven Mavi - Shadowbox Mdou Moctar - Funeral for Justice Midland - Fragments of Us MIKE & Tony Seltzer - Pinball Nala Sinephro - Endlessness Navy Blue - Memoirs In Armour Nilüfer Yanya - My Method Actor Pa Salieu - Afrikan Alien SahBabii - Saaheem ScHoolboy Q - BLUE LIPS skaiwater - #gigi St. Vincent - All Born Screaming The Cure - Songs of a Lost World Vince Staples - Dark Times xaviersobased - ​keep it goin xav Yung Lean & Bladee - Psykos

[@mindful2864]

Happy New Year Myke. 2024 was indeed an amazing year for music. Here would be my top 30 favorite albums of 2024: 30. Knocked Loose - You Won’t Go Before You’re Supposed To 29. Pyrrhon - Exhaust 28. High on Fire - Cometh the Storm 27. Inter Arma - New Heaven 26. Brodequin - Harbinger of Woe 25. Nails - Every Bridge Burning 24. Dark Tranquillity - Endtime Signals 23. Kendrick Lamar - GNX 22. Borknagar - Fall 21. Necrophobic - In the Twilight Grey 20. Chelsea Wolfe - She Reaches Out to She Reaches to She 19. Hideous Divinity - Unextinct 18. Mitochondrion - Vitriseptome 17. Thy Catafalque - XII: A gyönyörű álmok ezután jönnek 16. Defeated Sanity - Chronicles of Lunacy 15. Vitriol - Suffer & Become 14. Necrowretch - Swords of Dajjal 13. Spectral Voice - Sparagmos 12. Kamasi Washington - Fearless Movement 11. The Cure - Songs of a Lost World 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

[@VinnyChezni]

Just found your channel from this video. And you have put me on some great tunes. Thank you sir. Definitely subbing for the journey ahead

[@pawn4562]

Fire picks as always, Myke! 🔥🔥🔥

[@nathanbickhart4942]

I can recognize the No Gods No Managers vinyl on the left middle shelf. Throwback wow

[@letsgocards0421]

Love that Sturgill album!

[@bedireligiun]

Loved to see Amaro Freitas on your honorable list. Come to Brazil, Myke!

[@mykectown]

That album was in my midyear but barely got bumped out of the year end. It's fantastic. And yeah, I'd love to come to Brazil. You trying to fly me out?

[@Crashking416]

Great list once again! Tons of great metal releases this year. Here's my top 20, since I can't think of 30 right now: 20. A Place for Owls - How We Dig in the Earth 19. DIIV - Frog in Boiling Water 18. Domestic Terminal - Sanctuary 17. Wishy - Triple Seven 16. Ka - The Thief Next to Jesus 15. Bloom Dream - It Didn't Have to Be This Way 14. Whirr - Raw Blue 13. Fit For an Autopsy - The Nothing That Is 12. Boldy James and Nicolas Craven - Penalty of Leadership 11. Once Step Closer - All You Embrace 10. Sadistik - Oblivion Theater 9. Anciients - Beyond the Reach of the Sun 8. Civerous - Maze Envy 7. Lupe Fiasco - Samurai 6. Pyrrhon - Exhaust 5. Crippling Alcoholism - With Love from a Padded Room 4. Frail Body - Artificial Bouquet 3. Chat Pile - Cool World 2. Ulcerate - Cutting the Throat of God 1. State Faults - Children of the Moon

[@mykectown]

There's a new Whirr album???

[@Crashking416]

@mykectown Yeah, just dropped in late December!

[@biggravycapone4778]

Got a load of new stuff to check out now, cheers

[@TheEbrithil2]

My faves for 2024: Bloody Keep - Rats of Black Death Perchta - D'Muata Rotting Christ - Pro Xristou Arka'n Asrafokor - Dzikkuh Saltatio Mortis - Finsterwacht Curta'n Wall - Yr Gwyddbwyll LohArano - Devl Znous - Znousland 4

[@ChaosandComics]

The new Cure album was so so good man.

[@devinreviews192]

Wow your list is miles off mine which means i have a ton too check out, I will say for me, Screamo ran this year and i havent seen much of it in end of year lists which I think is buck wild. Give state faults, infant island, and frail body a listen, they were my 2, 6 and 14 respectively

[@erikklumpp3464]

contention 🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩

[@rbdriftin]

Thanks for pointing me towards Apocalyptic Swan Songs. I've listened to it three times since this video came out. Amazing album.

[@mykectown]

Amazing album and a good dude!

[@witchfynder_finder]

So glad to see Saidan get some love! Those guys absolutely rip and are another band I feel like aren't getting talked about nearly enough I don't have a top 30 and I'm not here to say Myke was wrong, but I do have some albums I think y'all should listen to. In no particular order: Lowen - Do Not Go To War With The Demons Of Mazandaran (Prog-flavoured metal with Iranian folk influences) Bewitcher - Spell Shock (Black speed metal) Firtan - Ethos (Post-black metal) Wormwitch - S/T (Black metal) dArtangan - Herzblut (Folk metal) Zack Brannon - Chasing A Memory (Progressive metal) Sgaile - Traverse The Bealach (Proggy post metal I guess??) I AM THE INTIMIDATOR - I AM THE INTIMIDATOR (Dale Earnhardt metal [REAL {NOT CLICKBAIT}])

[@strangeradios]

my top 10: 10. Gumshoes - Cacophony (jazzy bedroom indie pop) 9. K.A.A.N. and DJ Hoppa - Delusions of Grandeur (rap) 8. Tayla Parx - Many Moons, Many Suns (pop) 7. Amigo the Devil - Yours Until the World is Over (dark americana folk) 6. Thy Catafalque - XII: A gyönyörű álmok ezután jönnek (experimental metal) 5. Ka - The Thief Next to Jesus (rap) 4. Cecilia Vacanti - Earth's Dark Shore (jazzy bluegrass and folk) 3. Lindi Ortega - From the Ether (dark alternative folk/country) 2. Aetheria Conscientia - The Blossoming (avant-garde death metal) 1. Hamish Hawk - A Firmer Hand (singer-songwriter, chamber pop, post-punk)

[@maxb.6434]

Finally someone recognising Contention👏

[@brokenshadowangel]

My top ten: 10. Angel in the Sand - Leaving Time 9. Die Berge - Paysage d’Hiver 8. Riparia riparia - zbrucz 7. Impossible Light - Uboa 6. 喫煙許可 - おそロシア革命 5 #gigi - Skaiwater 4. #RICHAXXHAITIAN - Mach Hommy 3. EXISTER/RÉSISTER - Au bout de mas lèvres 2. Songs of a Lost World - The Cure 1. V - La Torture Des Ténèbres

[@FatherOfPearl20]

Love the list man! Thanks for sharing, definitely going to check some of these out. Since you liked Saidan, give the new Spider God album "Possess the Devil" a try. I think the two bands have a fair bit of overlap in their current sound, and I personally enjoyed that release a bit more than Saidan's (which, as you pointed out, was pretty good). Right now I can only think of about a dozen albums that really stuck with me, might come back and add more later if I can remember any others. 13. Alcest - Les chants de l'aurore 12. Vredehammer - God Slayer 11. Knocked Loose - You Won't Go Before You're Supposed To 10. Deca - Bough 9. Hulder - Verses in Oath 8. Lupe Fiasco - Samurai 7. Ulcerate - Cutting the Throat of God 6. Kendrick Lamar - GNX 5. Spectral Wound - Songs of Blood and Mire 4. Spider God - Possess the Devil 3. Ka - The Thief Next to Jesus 2. Aquilus - Bellum II 1. Aara - Eiger (this might be recency bias since it just came out in early December but man, what an amazing album)

[@mykectown]

Had never heard of Aara but this is really cool!

[@FatherOfPearl20]

@@mykectown They've been my favorite newer band for a minute! Very consistent for putting out an album every single year. Love the Triade trilogy too.

[@TheN1cholas]

ive been recommending that cure album to my friends for a hot min now. truly one of a kind

[@Metaldead666]

Love the Nausea shirt

[@behindthacrookedcross]

Contention! I love seeing core on lists like these, no coward shit!!

[@mrtravels7272]

Thou - Umbilical is probably the album I listened to the most this year. Off the top of my head, Chelsea Wolfe, Harvestman - Tryptych trilogy, and Uniform are other albums that would make my list if I did a list this year

[@infernusrex796]

YASSSSS....been waiting on this one!!

[@Count_Deangeli]

Always quite unique list compared to most. Tribulation my favorite metal album and The Last Dinner Party non metal

[@MrWheelSmith]

also top 10 non rap albums if i may: 1. THE CURE - SONGS OF A LOST WORLD 2. CHARLI XCX - BRAT 3. THE SMILE - WALL OF EYES 4. KNOCKED LOOSE - YOU WONT GO BEFORE YOU SUPOSED TO 5. KIM GORDON - THE COLLECTIVE 6. BETH GIBBONS - LIVES OUTGROWN 7. MOUNT EERIE - NIGHT PALACE 8. CHAT PILE - COOL WORLD 9. Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross - Challengers OST 10. Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - Wild God happy new year myke

[@sorenasikainen5352]

The conifere album is amazing

[@pablosantisbon7232]

Idk if you're into doom metal but I thoroughly recommend the latest High on Fire album as well as the 2024 ufomammut album, great list man!!!

[@mykectown]

Nah, can't really get into doom with the exception of a few bands.

[@MrRacoon666]

End of the year lists are necessary to keep the scene alive and the listeners interested in what comes out. Moreover it is a testament to the quality of the year and as reference for other people to check out things

[@mykectown]

I think so too,. I don't really get all the complaints about people doing them. Especially since most of the people I see do them just do them for fun.

[@pierinmess5415]

an actual interesting top

[@dimmufrost666]

My top 20 vinyl jams of 2024 (not ranked , in alphabetical order) Aethyrick - Death Is Absent Akhlys - House of the Black Geminus Arkona - Stella Pandora Bilwis - Hameln Gjendod - Livskramper Gudsforladt - Friendship, Love and War Horna - Nyx: Hymneja Yolle Inherits the Void - Scars of Yesteryears Invunche - Atavismo Limbonic Art - Opus Daemonical Mork Gryning - Fansomas Tid Mutiilation - Black Metal Cult Muvitium - I Skogens Dunkel Nachtmystium - Blight Privilege Ozd Manouk - Bosoragazan (​Բ​ո​ս​ո​ր​ա​գ​ա​զ​ա​ն​) Pestilent Hex- Sorceries of Sanguine & Shadows Saidan - Visual Kill Secrets - Towards The Nightside Spectral Wound - Songs of Blood and Mire Tornen - Under Korpens Vidsom Honorable Mentions: 1349 - The Wolf and the King Ancestral Blood - Forgotten Myths and Legends Vol 1 Avmakt - Satanic Inversion of..... Borknagar - Fall Geheimnisvoll - The Endless Void of Eternal Suffering and Enslavement Hellbutcher - Hellbutcher (ex-Nifelheim) Ihsahn - Ihsahn Liminal Shroud - Visions of Collapse Necrophobic - in the Twilight Grey Odz Manouk - Ծ​ո​ւ​ռ (Tzurr) Oppressive Descent - Sulphuric Wrath Paysage D'hiver - Die Berge Pa Vesh En - Sesyi Rytualisty​č​nyja Tyrani - Drankt av Livets Sekret Vimur - The Timeless Everpresent Winterfylleth - The Imperious Horizon

[@CorretjaPresents]

Törnen is actually an Alex Poole project, not Swartadauþuz. But Alex Poole is like the American version of Swartadauþuz, so it's all good. Great record, either way. Great list!

[@mykectown]

Shit. You know what...I just checked MA and they have it listed as being from Sweden and I see that someone submitted a correction in October saying Swarti is not in the band. So I just never saw the correction until now. Damn. And I really like Alex Poole's projects A LOT so I feel bad for that fuck up! But I'm blaming MA. Haha.

[@theodoresorrow]

Hey Myke, great list! If you like what Saidan are doing, you should check out Spider God’s ‘Possess the Devil’. Another album in a similar vein from 2024… 😎

[@mykectown]

I dig Spider God but I kinda keep forgetting about them. Not sure why.

[@ExplosiveAction]

Happy new year mate, always dig your lists. You are right, ol' Swarti had many great contributions this year and Secrets is the top of that pile for sure. Gnipalahan sounds awesome too but I need that LP in my hands! Qaalm I don't know, but your description sounds great. Nimbifer is still in the post to me, but it sounded awesome. Ukhu Pacha is completely new to me! I really need to catch up with Paysage, not heard anything since the massive Im Wald set. Regarding the honorable mentions, I need to get that Invunche but it's already thin on the ground out there, might be hard to find! Great lists as usual. Oh yeah and my Top List video! kzbin.info/www/bejne/q2iTcotserahmq8

[@mykectown]

Yeah your list was great. You had quite a few that I'd never heard of! Which I can always count on you for! Hope you did the Qaalm album. It's an old buddy of mine and i"m really proud of what he's doing.

[@theesweetscience2084]

Myke C-Town! Subbing brother!! -Chad P from puritan/hassan (I feel cheesy to list the ex band names lol but figured it to be the best way if ya can remember me, man!!!!!)

[@mykectown]

Of course I remember you, homie!!! Thanks for subbing! Good to hear from you!

[@Arian545]

My top 15 in no particular order: Infant Island - Obsidian Wreath Drug Church - Prude Touché Amoré - Spiral in a Straight Line Contention - Artillery from Heaven Nails - Every Bridge Burning Full of Hell - Coagulated Bliss Regional Justice Center - Freedom Sweet Freedom Tenue - Arcos, bóvedas, pórticos Frail Body - Artificial Bouquet The Cure - Songs of a Lost World Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead - Tragedy As Catharsis Godspeed You! Black Emperor - No Title as of 13 February 2024 28,340 Dead Knocked Loose - You Won't Go Before You're Supposed To Potence - Cinq années de nuit Father John Misty - Mahashmashana There were a lot of great released this year though, could easily have made it a top 30

[@mykectown]

Your top 15 is 2 albums. That's wild.

[@maxjohnson8802]

Great list Myke! Thanks for putting me on to so much stuff here, I'll be checking a ton of it out. Did you ever check out the experimental jazz project on Backwoodz, ØKSE? I just discovered their album from last year and I can't stop playing it.

[@mykectown]

Yeah, it's fucking awesome!

[@sarcofaygo6218]

Props on the Nausea shirt they rip face

[@wheelsofmercury]

I pretty much knew what your number one was gonna be! Meanwhile, that new Cure album made me into a bit of a fan of the band this past year. I also need to start getting more into Swartidaupus’ black metal projects. I have heard Beketh Nehexmu, but nothing else from him. I should warn you that some of his projects are unfortunately on sketchy labels, but… that can be black metal sometimes, unfortunately. You know how it goes. Speaking of incredibly prolific black metal musicians, Trhä just put out a couple new EP’s the day after Christmas recently… and both of them are good!

[@mykectown]

The dude from Trha is an absolute maniac! Haha. And most of Swarti's projects are through Purity Through Fire or Amor Fati these days. I know he worked in a few projects with Sir N which were released through DTB back in the day but that was a long time ago. Him working in a few projects with Alex Poole (who, to my knowledge, is antifascist) has always given me hope that Swarti is, at least, not fascist.

[@prime-directive]

Didn’t expect to see the FB love. Love you homie

[@mykectown]

Back at cha, big dawg. Looking forward to the full length.

[@twofoldgarden]

I knew it was gonna be the cure, and rightfully so! B-)

[@Link-h8z8k]

Let’s goo big myke in the building big baby Jesus myke man

[@WhiteFilthVinyl]

You actually did it this year.. Four times no less 🙃 Congrats. Gotta check Contention.

[@mykectown]

Haha! In all seriously, bro, I'm only able to pronounce his name thanks to you! Haha! Using your voice snippet so many times forced me to learn it. I'm really just mimicking you! And yeah, I meant to actually send that Contention to you. I think you'll love it!

[@WhiteFilthVinyl]

@mykectown Kinda was devastated it was over, but all good things I guess.. In all fairness I missed a bunch of his output this year, like Gnipahålan. Fixing that asap. HNY Sir.✌🏼

[@WhiteFilthVinyl]

@@mykectown checked the Contention btw, you're not wrong on the H8000 influences. Definitely reminds me its time to put on the State Craft lp again.✌🏼

[@Warrentertainment]

Shouts to the King Carl Kavorkian on the high notes! SHABBA!

[@mykectown]

The homieeeeeeee!

[@MrWheelSmith]

here are my list list of my favorite hip hop albums myke - now two of them droped last year - one is just deluxe edition and one i discovered this year: Elucid - Revelator Blu & Evidence - Los Angeles Blu Exile - Love (the) Ominous World Jpegmafia - Lay down my life Mach Hommy - Richaxx Roc Marciano - Marciology Ka- Thief next to jesus Pete Rock, Common -The Auditorium vol 1 Danny Brown - Quaranta Rome Streetz, Daringer - Hatton Garden Holdup The Alchemist - Genuine Articulate Buck 65 - Super Dope Hus Kingpin - In the state of Nirvana Apollo Brown creamapple - This is not that Willie The Kid & V Don- Deutche Marks 4

[@thoughtfulfoulmouth]

Revelator is by Elucid dude!

[@MrWheelSmith]

@thoughtfulfoulmouth i know i was lazy to fix it

[@santiagoignacioflores]

The only list that matters

[@DeanRGG]

Everything Myke was spitting from 2:03 onwards is why he’s GOATed!!!

[@evanobrien8662]

the lack of uboa love this year by critics has been CRIMINAL!

[@mykectown]

I agree! I don't get it!

[@jetblackstonecold]

Ben Chasny can do no wrong - anything he does will always be in the top whatever list of whomever.

[@thoughtfulfoulmouth]

I'm wondering if you had a chance to listen to Mars Kumari- Daybreak? folks are sleeping on that one!

[@thehighground_]

Great list. Did you happen to hear the other project from Swartadauþuz Balwezo Westijiz - Tower of Famine? Also, I'm not 100% sure about Black Cilice but I know they're on Iron Bonehead and the label is incredibly sketch. They will release anything by anyone sketch or not. Just an FYI

[@mykectown]

I did hear Balwezo Westijz but it's one of his only projects that didn't do much for me. As far as IBP, I've never really got folks saying the label, as a whole, is so sketch. They just come off as one of those "we don't care about people's political affiliations" kinda labels. Which is def lame but I dunno that IU'd go as far as saying all the bands on the label are sketch. But perhaps I'm missing something...

[@thehighground_]

@mykectown Yeah I mean more that when I see a band on IBP I definitely want to double and triple check out the band first.

[@mykectown]

@@thehighground_ Haha. That's any black metal band for me, these days.

[@thehighground_]

@mykectown regrettably accurate.

[@fatboisharif7805]

🔥

[@Kittylover074]

I think we all knew what #1 was going to be. lmao Great list!