Albums Of The Year 2024

[The Great Cull]

In what must be the worst year ever for new releases for me, I think only the new Anciients and Nails albums are worth a mention at all.

It's not metal but I do like the new Cure album too. It's been a year of slim pickings though.

[londonleatherboy]

I must be the only person on here that doesn't like Absolute Elsewhere. I enjoyed their other releases, but this one sounds like a Frankenstein's monster of death metal and Dr. Who moog freakouts. There's no flow to the songs, it's just prog bits horsed into death metal tunes.

Agreed..almost exactly what I said to buddies other night...it's so forced it's laughable . Revisited it after the initial buzz and countless spins died down and it's done nothing for me since

[Thorn]

That was my initial reaction, like....c'mon ye can't just shoehorn that in there..but after a few spins it just worked and I found myself looking forward to those WTF moments .

[Abandon All Hope]

BLACK CURSE - Burning In Celestial Poison

[Blizzard Beast]

In what must be the worst year ever for new releases for me, I think only the new Anciients and Nails albums are worth a mention at all.

It's not metal but I do like the new Cure album too. It's been a year of slim pickings though.

Yeah it was poor enough, there was some ok albums but I struggled to pick out some this year compared to last year.

[Carnage]

I thought I'd done this already but anyway...

Album of the year is The Cure: Songs Of A Lost World.

Then, in no particular order:

Blood Incantation: Absolute Elsewhere
Oldd Wvrms: Abysséphale
Coroza: As Within
Gaerea: Coma
High On Fire: Cometh The Storm
Dungeön: s/t
Abyssal: Glacial
The Jesus And Mary Chain: Glasgow Eyes
Akhlys: House Of The Black Geminus
Jerry Cantrell: I Want Blood
Judas Priest: Invincible Shield
Charlene Beretah: Kind Of Savagery
Opeth: The Last Will And Testament
Partholón: The Ocean Pours In
Ivory Primarch: The Portrait
Cavalera: Schizophrenia
Bile Caster: Writhing Between Birth And Death

[Anvil]

Just getting this down on paper as I actually have 20 minutes of peace and quiet.

1. The Wizards - Exit Garden
2. Blood Incantation - Absolute Everywhere
3. Coltre - To Watch With Hands...Too Touch With Eyes
4. Spectral Wound - Songs of Blood and Mire
5. Uncle Acid - Nella Ora Blue

The other contenders to round out the top ten would be the albums from Aborration, Darkthrone, Tribulation, Iotunn, Anciients (order not determined).

Stuff I thought was above average and worth checking out and would be fighting it out for the next spots.

They Came From Visions, Udad, Drowned, Stygian Crown, Ecclesia, Coffin Storm, Grand Magus, Hardraw, Friends of Hell, Kontact, Sulphur and Mercury, Nocturnus AD (I know the vocals got shit, but there is a lot to like about thus album), Flamekeeper, Freeways, Wraith, Portrait, Kryptos, Voodoo Kiss, The Spirit, Midnight Force


Stuff I need to listen to more - Armagh, Traveller, Crypt Sermon, The Gates of Slumber, Sig:Ar:Tyr - don't think any would be in my top 10 but might slip into a top 20.

I might come back to this.

[astfgyl]

I've mostly just listened to the Chat Pile album over and over again.

And The Cure.

And the new Godflesh dub the last week or 2.

That's it really

[Ducky]

I've warmed up to the vocals on that Nocturnus AD album. Not in "Chris Reifert better watch out" sort of way, more they kinda add a bit of goofy to their eccentric charm.

[Thorn]

They really do hold it back though, basically the reason I've dismissed it from end of year accolades. As Anvil said, the music itself is very worthy of attention.