Lani's top 50 2024
Was going to be a top 40 to be cute, but had to extend it because the record in 40th place slipped out at the last minute. |
| 50 |  | Judas Priest
Invincible Shield
(Heavy Metal)
Best track: Trial By Fire |
| 49 |  | Devin Townsend
Powernerd
(Alternative Metal)
Best track: PowerNerd |
| 48 |  | Julie Christmas
Ridiculous and Full of Blood
(Post Hardcore)
Best track: Silver Dollars |
| 47 |  | Lupe Fiasco
Samurai
(Jazz Rap)
Best track: Samurai |
| 46 |  | Labyrinthus Stellarum
Vortex of the Worlds
(Atmospheric Black Metal)
Best track: Interstellar Wandering |
| 45 |  | Pharmakon
Maggot Mass
(Death Industrial)
Best track: Splendid Isolation |
| 44 |  | Chelsea Wolfe
She Reaches Out to She Reaches Out to She
(Darkwave)
Best track: Tunnel Lights |
| 43 |  | The Cure
Songs of a Lost World
(Gothic Rock)
Best track: Endsong |
| 42 |  | Kendrick Lamar
GNX
(West Coast Hip Hop)
Best track: heart pt. 6 |
| 41 |  | Halsey
The Great Impersonator
(Pop)
Best track: Darwinism
Did I extend the list just to include Halsey? Why yes, yes I did. Putting some respect on their name. |
| 40 |  | The Last Dinner Party
Prelude to Ecstasy
(Glam Rock)
Best track: Sinner |
| 39 |  | Witch Club Satan
Witch Club Satan
(Black Metal)
Best track: Mother Sea |
| 38 |  | Kittie
Fire
(Heavy Metal)
Best track: Fire |
| 37 |  | Emasculator
The Disfigured and the Divine
(Brutal Death Metal)
Best track: Supreme Void of Acephalous Being |
| 36 |  | Megan Thee Stallion
Megan
(Southern Hip Hop)
Best track: Mamushi |
| 35 |  | Ou
II: Frailty
(Progressive Metal)
Best track: Frailty |
| 34 |  | Melvins
Tarantula Heart
(Sludge Metal)
Best track: Pain Equals Funny |
| 33 |  | Bathe Alone
I Don't Do Humidity
(Dream Pop)
Best track: Lake Sympathy |
| 32 |  | Beyonce
Cowboy Carter
(Country Pop / R&B)
Best track: Ameriican Requiem |
| 31 |  | Cindy Lee
Diamond Jubilee
(Hypnagogic Pop)
Best track: Diamond Jubilee
This sounds like the soundtrack to a future Horror ARG. Got that uncanny valley feel. |
| 30 |  | Make Them Suffer
Make Them Suffer
(Metalcore)
Best track: Ghost of Me |
| 29 |  | Godspeed You! Black Emperor
No Title as of 13 Feb 2024 28,340 Dead
(Post Rock)
Best track: Raindrops Cast in Lead |
| 28 |  | Mannequin Pussy
I Got Heaven
(Indie Rock)
Best track: Sometimes |
| 27 |  | Sleepytime Gorilla Museum
of the Last Human Being
(Avant-Prog)
Best tracks: Old Grey Heron |
| 26 |  | State Faults
Children of the Moon
(Post Hardcore)
Best track: No Gospel |
| 25 |  | Saidan
Visual Kill: The Blossoming of Psychotic Depravity
(Melodic Black Metal)
Best track: Visual Kill |
| 24 |  | No Cure
I Hope I Die Here
(Metalcore)
Best track: Hang Me From the Bible Belt
How shit feels rn ngl |
| 23 |  | Northlane
Mirror's Edge
(Alternative Metal)
Best track: Afterimage |
| 22 |  | Geordie Greep
The New Sound
(Progressive Rock / Jazz Rock)
Best track: Holy, Holy |
| 21 |  | St. Vincent
All Born Screaming
(Art Rock)
Best track: Flea |
| 20 |  | SeeYouSpaceCowboy
Coup de Grâce
(Post Hardcore)
Best track: Lubricant Like Kerosene
gg guys, you really showed Dance Gavin Dance. Man, January been shit so far. |
| 19 |  | Doedsmaghird
Omniverse Consciousness
(Avant-garde Metal)
Best track: Heart of Hell
Black Metal bronze medal |
| 18 |  | Tyler, the Creator
Chromakopia
(West Coast Hip Hop)
Best track: Balloon |
| 17 |  | Ingurgitating Oblivion
Ontology of Nought
(Avant-garde Metal)
Best track: To Weave the Tapestry of Nought |
| 16 |  | Brodequin
Harbinger of Woe
(Brutal Death Metal)
Best track: Suffocation in Ash |
| 15 |  | Magdalena Bay
Imaginal Disk
(Synthpop)
Best track: That's My Floor |
| 14 |  | Pyrrhon
Exhaust
(Avant-garde Metal)
Best track: Not Going To Mars
Truer words never spoken. |
| 13 |  | The Smile
Wall of Eyes
(Art Rock)
Best track: Read the Room |
| 12 |  | Oranssi Pazuzu
Muuntautuja
(Psychedelic Black Metal)
Best track: Valotus
Black Metal silver medal |
| 11 |  | Vitriol (USA)
Suffer & Become
(Technical Death Metal)
Best track: Shame and Its Afterbirth
Death Metal bronze medal. Just shy of the top ten. |
| 10 |  | DIIV
Frog In Boiling Water
(Shoegaze)
Best track and third place track of the year: Fender on the Freeway |
| 9 |  | SUMAC
The Healer
(Avant-garde Metal)
Best track: Yellow Dawn |
| 8 |  | Various Artists
Hazbin Hotel (Original Soundtrack)
(Musical)
Best track: Happy Day in Hell |
| 7 |  | Blood Incantation
Absolute Elsewhere
(Progressive Death Metal)
Best track: The Message [Tablet II]
Death Metal silver mdeal |
| 6 |  | Better Lovers
Highly Irresponsible
(Metalcore)
Best track: Future Myopia |
| 5 |  | Castle Rat
Into the Realm
(Doom Rock)
Best track: Fresh Fur |
| 4 |  | Ihsahn
Ihsahn
(Orchestral Black Metal)
Best track: The Promethean Spark
Black Metal gold metal |
| 3 |  | Opeth
The Last Will and Testament
(Progressive Death Metal)
Best track: §1
Death Metal gold metal |
| 2 |  | Colin Stetson
The Love It Took to Leave You
(Post-Minimalism)
Best track: ALL, but especially The Six; Track of the Year: Strike Your Forge and Grin
The second instant 5 of the decade for me. |
| 1 |  | Slift
Ilion
(Heavy Psych)
Best track: ALL, but especially Weavers' Weft, Uruk and The Story That Has Never Been Told; second place track of the year: Ilion
The first instant 5 of the decade for me. |
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