(Another, but varied) Album of the year 2024 list
My TOP20 ranked. Fantastic year. |
| 1 |  | Ulcerate
Cutting the Throat of God
Style over substance? No, it is style AND substance. Indeed as a piece of stylish art this album comes with clinical (kind of cold and monotonous) perfection in every aspect: songwriting, production, sound, art and so on. But it is also the highest quality in every aspect. It is great, too, that this is Ulcerates' most polished and accessible record. In comparison with its precedessor the band mixed in a lot of black and post metal love and gives every song an iconic riff. |
| 2 |  | Chat Pile
Cool World |
| 3 |  | Mitochondrion
Vitriseptome |
| 4 |  | Paysage d'Hiver
Die Berge |
| 5 |  | Touche Amore
Spiral in a Straight Line |
| 6 |  | Thou
Umbilical |
| 7 |  | Xiu Xiu
13" Frank Beltrame Italian Stiletto... |
| 8 |  | The Cure
Songs of a Lost World |
| 9 |  | Djevel
Natt Til Ende |
| 10 |  | Bedsore
Dreaming the Strife for Love |
| 11 |  | Mount Eerie
Night Palace |
| 12 |  | Frail Body
Artificial Bouquet
It is near to an picture perfect screamo album and overall production, art and so on...but on a few songs there are little lengths here and there. If you want, you can hear Touche Amore influenced guitars and Deafheaven vocals but in the end this is a pure screamo fest. |
| 13 |  | Mefitis
The Skorian // The Greyleer |
| 14 |  | Foxing
Foxing |
| 15 |  | Pallbearer
Mind Burns Alive
Timeless, melancholic and emotional- highly touching music. It is Pallbearers' most thoughtful one and the opener is my song of the year. |
| 16 |  | Cosmic Putrefaction
Emerald Fires Atop The Farewell Mountains |
| 17 |  | Magdalena Bay
Imaginal Disk |
| 18 |  | The Lemon Twigs
A Dream Is All We Know
Hit after Hit after Hit. The Album contains the best Beatles and Beach Boys worshipping you can imagine. It gives non-stop serotonin fire for everyone. If you listen to this record, you could think that in this moment The Lemon Twigs are the only truly relevant band in the world. |
| 19 |  | Respire
Hiraeth |
| 20 |  | Knocked Loose
You Won't Go Before You're Supposed To
Highest praise, this is just (genre) perfection. You could not do this kind of music better: artwork, production, songs, pacing, unique vocals, everything. Everyone should check this out who has love left for aggressive and heavy music. If you want to have only one metalcore-, beatdown-, hardcore with breakdowns- whatever album in your collection, then it should be the new Knocked Loose. This is also Zeitgeist or a very modern and stylish album. |
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