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| Gary's top10 of 2024
This is probably the most-no-one-cares yearly-toplist list ever. 2024 wasn't my year, but it had its good moments. | | 1 |  | Ornatorpet
Fordomdags
[dungeon synth]
Yes, I hacked the Staff list to add this one. | | 2 |  | Nemedian Chronicles
The Savage Sword
[heavy/power metal]
I love the Conan universe, and this album is a respectful nod towards Robert E. Howard. | | 3 |  | Atlantean Sword
All Is Dust
[dungeon synth]
My brain is dust, but it made me feel better. | | 4 |  | Saidan
Visual Kill: The Blossoming of Psychotic Depravity
[melodic black metal]
All killer no filler, and I don't care about the weeb cover. This album rips. | | 5 |  | Coffin Storm
Arcana Rising
[heavy/doom/thrash metal]
Old metal at its finest. Drunken jams and eternal riffs. | | 6 |  | Spectral Wound
Songs of Blood and Mire
[black metal]
Turned out I'm still in love with the second wave. | | 7 |  | Blasfeme
Black Legion
[black metal]
Join the Legion. We have medieval history and weaponry. | | 8 |  | Morgul Blade
Heavy Metal Wraiths
[blackened heavy metal]
Damn Frodo, these are not the wraiths we're looking for. Or actually, let us keep these, since they know how to RIFF. | | 9 |  | Sear Bliss
Heavenly Down
[atmospheric black metal]
Hungarian black metal fan puts a Hungarian black metal record to his list. But this is sooooo spot on, I swear!
(Saw 'em live twice in 2024, this is fire.) | | 10 |  | Brodequin
Harbinger of Woe
[brutal death metal]
Death metal record of the year. I might be wrong, but I'm confident. | |
garas
01.14.25 | I'm a bit late, am I? | NexCeleris
01.14.25 | You, sir, are a scholar for naming Brodequin dm of the year. Not wrong by any means. | Dewinged
01.15.25 | I do care about your lists garas, interesting picks, guess I'll have to check 1 at some point. | Hawks
01.15.25 | NICE!!! | kevbogz
01.15.25 | sorry babe, don't wait up. gary just put TWO dungeon synth albums in his top 2024 | dedex
01.15.25 | will jam 1 soon i promise!!! | Sunnyvale
01.15.25 | Nice stuff garas! Not a lot of overlap with me this year, but I do love that Coffin Storm record. | Gameofmetal
01.15.25 | YES on 4, 5, 7. Something about that Spectral Wound record felt middle of the road and lesser than their other albums. Rest haven't heard but all look cool, will check a few. | Dedes
01.15.25 | There be some FINE ass bm jams here, bookmarked and undoubtedly will get on the more trad metal here since I still wanna keep expanding my horizons in that regard. Morgul Blade is maybe the best fantasy themed metal band name so evidently they must riff | garas
01.15.25 | Thanks for the comments, everyone.
>I do care about your lists garas
🖤
>Something about that Spectral Wound record felt middle of the road and lesser than their other albums.
Yeah, I've heard that from other too. I felt the opposite: this was the one which could deliver what I was expecting.
>Morgul Blade is maybe the best fantasy themed metal band name so evidently they must riff
Eheh, it's true! | Dedes
01.15.25 | Yeah im jammin them now, vox actually remind me somewhat of Blasfeme, a little dry but pleasantly so? Just baseline not -technically- super fantastic/powerful snarls but they have a fresh outta the garage recording session vibe that just makes so much damn SENSE | Hyperion1001
01.16.25 | 9 is great! | Egarran
01.16.25 | Thou art an important musical guide and I have been waiting for this list. Only really been digging 4 and a bit of 2 and 7.
Also it's a short list, which is much appreciated. It's not the size that matters. | ScuroFantasma
01.17.25 | Awesome list, nice reminder for me to revisit some of these that I neglected (didn’t give 1 the time it deserved last year), and a few here I need to check out! | DadKungFu
01.17.25 | Metal |
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