Muzz79
01.01.25 | Really strong year for metal, these ones came out on top for me |
lucazade22
01.01.25 | Melodeath is my favourite metal genre but this year wasn't great for it imo. The In Vain record is my fav from the list (and Blood Incantation but I wouldn't really call it melodeath) |
mystagogus
01.01.25 | Great list, going to explore it more, thanks! |
Muzz79
01.01.25 | Thx. Enjoyed ranking them and checkn the videos
Yeah BI not melodeath but I wasn’t expecting that exquisite prog journey |
Egarran
01.01.25 | Only heard four of these albums, so I will also go exploring. You have made me curious about the Cantrell album. |
Muzz79
01.01.25 | Hey Eg yes you might dig a few of these based on our shared tastes like that last Disillusion album. And imo that Cantrell album is just as quality as any AIC album in the last 15 years |
Hawks
01.01.25 | 1 blows and is by far their wors album but very glad to see 27 here!! |
Muzz79
01.01.25 | Yeah hawks ik you hate it but for me it is a masterpiece, metal’s funny innit. My Apple Music stats told me i was a top 500 listener of Borknagar in 2024 and my most played band in the year so I really deep dived Fall - and went back and loved their last few as well |
Hawks
01.01.25 | Have you jammed Empiricism or The Olden Domain yet?? |
Futures
01.01.25 | really cool list here man!
4 and 9 catch my eye at first glance. also 23 that genre description haha, sounds very interesting! |
Muzz79
01.01.25 | I’ve known of Borknagar since the 90’s but somehow missed their career till Fall dropped. I then went back in order and loved their previous 2 but not their middle years. Quintessence stood out but the Empiricism didn’t but happy to try again. The debut was good but can’t remember Olden Domain. Will have revisit that too |
Hawks
01.01.25 | First two and Empiricism are my favs but you really can't go wrong. Band is amazing. Crazy to thunk I've been jamming them for 20 years now lmao. |
Muzz79
01.01.25 | Cheers Futures. Been jamming these all year and were the hard sticks. 23 being one of them, combo of heavy n catchy.
Agreed hawks great band and to come up with Fall so late in their career is a masterstroke, the singing and arrangements just magic |
Hawks
01.01.25 | I just wish I could get into it. Literally their first album that I can't get into at all. |
Futures
01.01.25 | 6 looks intriguing as well! |
Hawks
01.01.25 | 6 is really good. |
Muzz79
01.01.25 | We agreed on a few on this list like RC and FFAA - and In Vain |
Hawks
01.01.25 | Oh hell yeah there's lots of good stuff here bro. |
Muzz79
01.01.25 | 6 was one of my most played albums in 24. The debut was excellent as well |
Futures
01.01.25 | got some jammin to do men |
Muzz79
01.02.25 | Lemme know how you get on with 23 futures |
Futures
01.02.25 | absolutely man! i like giving my year end list a few more months haha. always stop a lot of jamming during the holidays, too busy. gotta marinate and check out some more stuff. |
RogueNine
01.02.25 | Endonomos from this year may be your thing. |
Muzz79
01.02.25 | ^will do |
garas
01.02.25 | Personally I don't like Mindenevő from 26 (or the album, in general), but always happy to see Thy Catafalque getting some attention.
24, however, is excellent! Go, everyone, check it out! |
Muzz79
01.02.25 | Surprised you didn’t click with it garas, for me it’s one of his better albums (after first discovering TC at Meta). And I’m surprised with myself that I’d not heard of Sear Bliss till Heavenly Down - an album i kept going back to over and over during the year |
Muzz79
01.05.25 | “Endonomos from this year may be your thing”. It made a few lists out there but not for me |
