Albums Of The Year 2024

[Ducky]

Alarum

Didn't realise these lads had a new album out, must get on it. Played the arse out of "Eventuality" back in the day. Might stick it on now and pivot away from my Caravan session.

[Paul keohane]

Witch Vomit -Funeral Sanctum, give it a whirl if you haven't heard it.

Definitely up there with Death metal album of the year for me!

[Pentagrimes]

Jesus, so many this year,definitely after a few years of metal being kind of in the background for me it definitely came to the fore again this year. I feel like one or two of these might be late 23 but fuck it:

Drowned - Procul His
Civerous - Maze Envy
Vircolac - Veneration
Blood Incantation - Absolute Elsewhere
Reverorum Ib Malacht - Martyrium Matrimoni / Malakt Amalka Maryam
Flail - Within The Firths of Futility
Nahtrunar - Hrima
Apparition - Disgraced Emanations
Mitochondrion - Vitriseptome
Abhorration - Demonolatry

Honorable mentions to Mamaleek , Slowhole and Basque, none of which are strictly metal per se but all of which were excellent


Probably a load I'm forgetting, Aluk Todolo and Oranssi Pazuzu and Furze will be once I get more than one listen to each I'd say, and even though I haven't heard it yet the Mefitis is bound to be on there. Fake Dust and Degenerate Synapse demo/promo things were grind of the year for me ,both lethal.

Spectral Voice was the disappointment of the year. Underwhelming. Absolute lol at the Gatecreeper discussion,  cos they've always been insufferable awful bullshit, even when they were on a hardcore label. Fair bit of "yeah this is grand but uts not amazing" this year as well (Thou ,Inter arma, Chat Pile, Full of Hell were all solid but haven't held my interest bar a song or two)

[Skott Furys jizz rag]

Jesus, so many this year,definitely after a few years of metal being kind of in the background for me it definitely came to the fore again this year. I feel like one or two of these might be late 23 but fuck it:

Drowned - Procul His
Civerous - Maze Envy
Vircolac - Veneration
Blood Incantation - Absolute Elsewhere
Reverorum Ib Malacht - Martyrium Matrimoni / Malakt Amalka Maryam
Flail - Within The Firths of Futility
Nahtrunar - Hrima
Apparition - Disgraced Emanations
Mitochondrion - Vitriseptome
Abhorration - Demonolatry

Honorable mentions to Mamaleek , Slowhole and Basque, none of which are strictly metal per se but all of which were excellent


Probably a load I'm forgetting, Aluk Todolo and Oranssi Pazuzu and Furze will be once I get more than one listen to each I'd say, and even though I haven't heard it yet the Mefitis is bound to be on there. Fake Dust and Degenerate Synapse demo/promo things were grind of the year for me ,both lethal.

Spectral Voice was the disappointment of the year. Underwhelming. Absolute lol at the Gatecreeper discussion,  cos they've always been insufferable awful bullshit, even when they were on a hardcore label. Fair bit of "yeah this is grand but uts not amazing" this year as well (Thou ,Inter arma, Chat Pile, Full of Hell were all solid but haven't held my interest bar a song or two)

I need to check out the Mamaleek and Aluk Todolo albums in full, the bits I heard were great

[Black Shepherd Carnage]

Guess I'm in for an interesting three hours or so: just pressed play on the first of Revororum's 2024 triple release.

[astfgyl]

All I've been listening to is the Chat Pile one really. I can't seem to get sick of it at all. Looking at the lists here is making me realise I don't really listen to new things at all for the most part. 3/4 of the stuff mentioned here I haven't even heard of

[Pentagrimes]

Guess I'm in for an interesting three hours or so: just pressed play on the first of Revororum's 2024 triple release.

You sure are. The 3rd one didn't do much for me

[Squigs]

Unaussprechlin Kulten - Haxan Saboth is one not mentioned here. Haven't spun in myself in a while, but the first 6 months of the year it was on heavy rotation.

[Black Shepherd Carnage]

Good call. Must go back and give the Coffin Storm a second chance too. Found the album a disappointment after the promising single, but maybe worth a second shot.

[Thorn]

Same here, it didn't do much for me but I'll go back to it

[Don Gately]

I like Crypt Sermon who are these guys?

[Black Shepherd Carnage]

Guess I'm in for an interesting three hours or so: just pressed play on the first of Revororum's 2024 triple release.

You sure are. The 3rd one didn't do much for me

Is it not the 1st one you don't have on your list up there? It's all a little confusing, but from metal archive I gathered that the 31st October release 'Svartsjuka och magi' was the 1st. In the end I only got around to that and 'Martyrium Matrimonii: Sacrificium Christi' yesterday, that was pretty damn good alright. Will put on what I think is the 3rd one today!

[Pentagrimes]

I've no idea what order they came out in,but yeah "Svartsjuka" didn't grab me as much as the other 2

[Black Shepherd Carnage]

Ah cool, you just meant the 3rd as in the 'other'. Yeah, it certainly wasn't anywhere near the Martyrium one. Which I was happy to be able to hear elements of Dolorian in, now that I know their stuff thanks to you!   

[Pentagrimes]

Jesus, if I'd know  I had this level of influence between Thorns' Vemod comment (not sure that was me?hated it at first butbhave grown to love it) I'd be directing everyone to listen to the Magus ep so word spreadsheet and it gets reissued