| Elynna's Top 40 of 2024 |
| 1 |  | Mari Boine
Alva
Folktronica | Downtempo | Joik
Norway
Highlight(s): Die dien luohkkái / Up That Hill | Dánsso fal mu váhkaran / Keep On Dancing Váhkaran | Olamuttos letne ain / Still Within Reach (SOTY) | Mu eadni / Mother of Mine | Mieđušteapmi / Halfway Home | Anárjoh’gáttis / By My Beautiful River | Áhkánsuolu
Link: https://mariboine.bandcamp.com/album/alva |
| 2 |  | Charlie Grey and Joseph Peach
A Breaking Sky
Scottish Folk Music
Scotland
Highlight(s): Ho Rò Mo Nighean Donn / My Brown Haired Girl | Sorley’s Slide | S Maise an Dòchas / Hope is Beautiful | Ghlinne Garadh / Glengarry | MacLeod of Strathconnon
Link: https://cgjpmusic.bandcamp.com/album/a-breaking-sky |
| 3 |  | Nala Sinephro
Endlessness
Jazz Fusion | Progressive Electronic
Belgium | England
Highlight(s): Continuum 1 | Continuum 2 | Continuum 10
Link: https://nalasinephro.bandcamp.com/album/endlessness |
| 4 |  | Ulcerate
Cutting the Throat of God
Dissonant Death Metal
New Zealand
Highlight(s): To Flow Through Ashen Hearts | The Dawn Is Hollow | Cutting the Throat Of God
Link: https://ulcerate.bandcamp.com/album/cutting-the-throat-of-god |
| 5 |  | Zosha Warpeha
Silver Dawn
Modern Classical | Experimental
USA (New York)
Highlight(s): wakerobin | dreamt the raven | sisters three
Link: https://zosha.bandcamp.com/album/silver-dawn |
| 6 |  | Convulsing
Perdurance
Dissonant Death Metal | Blackened Death Metal
Australia
Highlight(s): Inner Oceans | Shattered Temples | Endurance
Link: https://convulsing.bandcamp.com/album/perdurance |
| 7 |  | Thou
Umbilical
Sludge Metal
USA (Louisiana)
Highlight(s): Emotional Terrorist | House of Ideas | I Feel Nothing When You Cry
Link: https://thou.bandcamp.com/album/umbilical |
| 8 |  | Ataraxie
Le Déclin
Funeral Doom Metal
France
Highlight(s): Vomisseurs De Vide | Glory of Ignominy
Link: https://ataraxie.bandcamp.com/album/le-d-clin |
| 9 |  | Ann O'aro
BLEU
Maloya | Singer-Songwriter | Avant-Garde Jazz
Réunion
Highlight(s): Blue | Les Ailes Du Cafard | Lacrimosa
Available on digital streaming platforms |
| 10 |  | Wang Yiling
枯萎颂 (Ode to Wither)
Singer-Songwriter | Chamber Folk | Art Pop
China
Highlight(s): 呼唤爱人 | 枯萎颂 | 你的武器是什么 | 拂晓
Available on digital streaming platforms (on her Chinese name 王忆灵) |
| 11 |  | Yirinda
Yirinda
Indigenous Australian Folk Music | Avant-Folk | Electronic
Australia
Highlight(s): Yuangan (Dugong) | Dhangalim (Fly) | Galangoor baya (Welcome)
Link: https://yirinda.bandcamp.com/album/yirinda |
| 12 |  | Rhun (USA-ME)
Conveyance In Death
Black Metal
USA (Maine)
Highlight(s): Tomb of Andesite | Bone Ornament | Howl of Gleaming Swords | Citadels in Ruin
Link: https://rhun-official.bandcamp.com/album/conveyance-in-death |
| 13 |  | Chelsea Wolfe
She Reaches Out to She Reaches Out to She
Darkwave | Post-Industrial
USA (California)
Highlight(s): House of Self-Undoing | Everything Turns Blue | Unseen World | Place In the Sun
Link: https://chelseawolfe.bandcamp.com/album/she-reaches-out-to-she-reaches-out-to-she |
| 14 |  | Nightfaller
Fall Into The Night
Dark Folk | Gothic Folk
Australia
Highlight(s): Throne | Luna’s Spell | Shiver
Link: https://nightfallermusic.bandcamp.com/album/fall-into-the-night |
| 15 |  | The Swan and Blossoms
月下世界 World Below the Moon
Contemporary Folk | Chinese Folk Music
China
Highlight(s): Dusk and Night 黄昏与夜 | Ballad of Mere Nothing 草芥的歌谣 | Overload(For Liqiqi) 过载 | Imagination 想象
Link: https://theswanandblossoms.bandcamp.com/album/world-below-the-moon |
| 16 |  | Meadow and Gen Tanabe
Two Lands
Contemporary Folk
Japan
Highlight(s): Serenity | Ame No Mori | Shurei
Available on digital streaming platforms |
| 17 |  | Aquilus
Bellum II
Symphonic Black Metal | Atmospheric Black Metal | Neoclassical | Dark Folk
Australia
Highlight(s): Into the Earth | My Frost-Laden Vale | Amidst Soughing Tristesse
Link: https://aquilus.bandcamp.com/album/bellum-ii |
| 18 |  | Paysage d'Hiver
Die Berge
Atmospheric Black Metal
Switzerland
Highlight(s): Urgrund | Ausstieg
Link: https://paysagedhiver.bandcamp.com/album/die-berge |
| 19 |  | Nemecek
Prokletije II
Art Rock | Kraut Rock | Noise Rock
Croatia
Highlight(s): Os Svijeta | Olovni
Link: https://nemecek44.bandcamp.com/album/prokletije-ii |
| 20 |  | The Handover
The Handover
Arabic Folk Music | Avant-Folk | Improvisation | Egyptian Music
Egypt
Highlight(s): The Handover Part Two
Link: https://sublime-frequencies.bandcamp.com/album/the-handover |
| 21 |  | Timo Alakotila and Yuka Fujino
Seiras
Chamber Music | Modern Classical
Finland | Japan
Highlight(s): Amare | Mehil | Hiroko | Nanohana
Available on digital streaming platforms |
| 22 |  | Albion (UK)
Lakesongs of Elbid
Progressive Metal | Folk Metal
England
Highlight(s): Pagan Spirit | Barrett's Privateers - A Tribute to Stan Rogers | Silvaplana Rock
Link: https://albionofficial.bandcamp.com/album/lakesongs-of-elbid |
| 23 |  | Mustarastas
Siluetti
Finnish Folk Music
Finland
Highlight(s): Jos Piirtäisin Kuvan | Kivi On Poissa | Niin Kuin Pelkäsinkin | Lehmuksen Varjossa | Kirje Meren Takaa
Available on digital streaming platforms |
| 24 |  | Mademoiselle
Cho những ngày âm u
Contemporary Folk
Vietnam
Highlight(s): Cuối cùng | Thật thà | Nói bóng nói gió
Available on digital streaming platforms |
| 25 |  | Chiyomi Yamada and baobab
Songs Of My Land
Japanese Folk Music
Japan
Highlight(s): Nagata no Komoriuta | Akita Obako | Waga kado ni | Haiya-bushi
Available on digital streaming platforms |
| 26 |  | Defeated Sanity
Chronicles of Lunacy
Brutal Death Metal
Germany
Highlight(s): Amputationsdrang | The Odour of Sanctity | Accelerating the Rot | Temporal Disintegration | Condemned to Vascular Famine
Link: https://defeatedsanity.bandcamp.com/album/chronicles-of-lunacy |
| 27 |  | Winterfylleth
The Imperious Horizon
Atmospheric Black Metal
England
Highlight(s): Like Brimming Fire | Upon This Shore | In Silent Grace
Link: https://winterfylleth.bandcamp.com/album/the-imperious-horizon-standard-edition |
| 28 |  | Hail Spirit Noir
Fossil Gardens
Progressive Black Metal | Avant-Garde Metal
Greece
Highlight(s): Starfront Promenade | The Temple of Cursed Space | The Blue Dot
Link: https://agoniarecords.bandcamp.com/album/fossil-gardens |
| 29 |  | Genevieve Beaulieu
Augury
Singer-Songwriter
Canada
Highlight(s): Ephemerals | Sink My Own Boat
Link: https://genevievebeaulieu.bandcamp.com/album/augury |
| 30 |  | Arooj Aftab
Night Reign
Chamber Folk | Chamber Jazz
Pakistan
Highlight(s): Aey nehin | Autumn Leaves | Whiskey
Available on digital streaming platforms |
| 31 |  | Saidan
Visual Kill: The Blossoming of Psychotic Depravity
Melodic Black Metal
USA (Tennessee)
Highlight(s): Desecration of a Lustful Illusion | Sick Abducted Purity
Link: https://saidan.bandcamp.com/album/visual-kill-the-blossoming-of-psychotic-depravity |
| 32 |  | Black Curse
Burning in Celestial Poison
Blackened Death Metal
USA (Colorado)
Highlight(s): Spleen Girth With Serpent | Flowers of Gethsemane
Link: https://blackcurse-svr.bandcamp.com/ |
| 33 |  | Brian Finnegan
Shepherds
Irish Folk Music
Northern Ireland
Highlight(s): Dusty Windowsills/Na Tonntracha/The Mist On The Mountain/The Kings Of Inishbofin | Dobbins Flowery Vale/Bánchnoic Éireann Ó | Ar Éireann Ní Neosfainn Cé Hí/Cait’s Jig
Link: https://brianfinnegan.bandcamp.com/album/shepherds-3 |
| 34 |  | Makit Dolan Muqam Troupe
巴亚宛 Bayawan
Bayawan | Uyghur Music
China
Highlight(s): 朱拉木卡姆 Jula Muqam | 勃姆巴亚宛木卡姆套曲 Bom Bayawan Muqam (Instrumental) | 博斯坦恰其汗尼木套曲 Bostan Qaq Hinim (Instrumental)
Link: https://oldheavenbooks.bandcamp.com/album/bayawan |
| 35 |  | Dona Anicide
Dona Anicide
Jongo | Batugue
Brazil
Highlight(s): Paulina | A dor de um amor
Available on digital streaming platforms
Rest in peace |
| 36 |  | Tempalay
((ika))
Psychedelic Pop
Japan
Highlight(s): 遖(あっぱれ)!! | Q | 今世紀最大の夢
Available on digital streaming platforms |
| 37 |  | Ballake Sissoko and Derek Gripper
Ballaké Sissoko & Derek Gripper
Mande Music
Mali | South Africa
Highlight(s): Koortjie | Moss on the Mountain
Link: https://newcape.bandcamp.com/album/ballak-sissoko-and-derek-gripper |
| 38 |  | Sangre de Muerdago, Judasz and Nahimana
A Ilusão da Quietude
Galician Folk Music | Drone | Dark Folk
Spain
Highlight(s): Cantiga da Rainha das Aguas
Link: https://sangredemuerdago.bandcamp.com/album/a-ilus-o-da-quietude-a-collaboration-with-judasz-nahimana |
| 39 |  | i Haxa
i Häxa
Art Rock | Dark Folk | Darkwave | Trip Hop
England
Highlight(s): Underworld | The Well
Link: https://ihaxa.bandcamp.com/album/i-h-xa |
| 40 |  | SIG:AR:TYR
Citadel of Stars
Black Metal | Folk Metal
Canada
Highlight(s): Awaiting the Last Dawn | I Sail On, Eternal
Link: https://sigartyr.bandcamp.com/album/citadel-of-stars |
| 41 |  | Luneth
Luneth
* FAVOURITE EP
Shoegaze | Neofolk
Slovakia
Highlight(s): When Leaves Whisper | Song of Lethe
Link: https://luneth.bandcamp.com/album/luneth |
| 42 |  | Cicada (Taiwan)
回返 Coastland Revisited
* FAVOURITE REMASTERS/COMPILATIONS
Modern Classical | Chamber Music | Neoclassical New Age
Taiwan
Highlight(s): 在海與土地之間 Close to Wetland | 當叢花毅然綻放 Blooms in Dark | 原本是家的地方 Used to be Home
Link: https://cicada.bandcamp.com/album/coastland-revisited |
| 43 |  | Maple Fyshh
君がどんどん離れて行く You Are...
Dream Pop | Surf Rock (?)
Japan
Highlight(s): 君がどんどん離れて行く (You are Leaving My Mind) | 君はもう一つの現実僕はこの現実 (判ったよ、もう 怖い顔はやめて･･････) (You are the Other Reality and I am This Reality (Okay, Okay, No More Scary Faces)
Link: https://emrecords.bandcamp.com/album/you-are-leaving-my-mind-the-mariko-and-dokitto-station-era |
| 44 |  | Stundom, Jonas Frolund and Emma Kragh-Elmoe
fragmenter af en dans
* FAVOURITE LIVE RECORDS
Modern Classical
Denmark
Highlight(s): Stundom, Jonas Frølund, Béla Bartók - 44 duets for two violins, Sz 98- No. 13 Wedding Song (Lakoldalmas) - Andet Brudestykke | Stundom, Jonas Frølund, Lil Lacy - Længsel | Stundom, Jonas Frølund, Bent Sørensen - Lontanamente - fragmenter af en vals del 1 | Regnfaldet | Hvalens sidste dyk
Link: https://stundommusic.bandcamp.com/album/fragmenter-af-en-dans |
| 45 |  | Lankum
Live in Dublin
Irish Folk Music | Drone
Ireland
Highlight(s): The Wild Rover | Go Dig My Grave
Available on digital streaming platforms |
| 46 |  | Sababa 5 and Yurika
Kokoro - こころ
* LATE DISCOVERIES
Neo-Psychedelia | Funk
Israel | Japan
Highlight(s): Empty Hands - あなたの両手に花束を | Kokoro - こころ | Tokyo Midnight - 東京ミッドナイト| Nasnusa - ナスヌーサ
Link: https://sababa5.bandcamp.com/album/kokoro |
| 47 |  | 6hunesseq
Ma olen maa peal v66ras
Estonian Folk Music | Drone | Christian Music
Estonia
Highlight(s): Nuta, inimene | kyl2kene v2ikok6n6 | Miks see ilmake udune
Link: https://nordicnotes.bandcamp.com/album/6hunesseq-ma-olen-maa-peal-v66ras |
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