Long-running UK metal/rock publication Metal Hammer have revealed their choices for the top 50 albums of 2024. While the the explanations for each choice have been reserved for their latest print issue, a flat list of their choices has been published online.
Earning the top spot was Denver, CO’s Blood Incantation with their latest ambitious slab of cosmic death metal, “Absolute Everywhere“. Metal Hammer praised the album, offering:
“Huge riffs and searing harmonics interwove with woozy bass emanations, craggy, cracked-meteorite roars and, at the album’s close, one of the year’s most breathlessly thrilling black metal climaxes. These moments, however, were laced with Eastern melodies, unexpected bongos, dashes of dappled acoustic prettiness and Mellotron workouts from members of Hällas and Tangerine Dream.”
As for the full list, here’s what Metal Hammer settled upon:
- 50. Fever 333 – “Darker White“
- 49. Hamferd – “Men Guds Hond Er Sterk“
- 48. Caligula’s Horse – “Charcoal Grace“
- 47. Kati Ran – “Sála“
- 46. While She Sleeps – “Self Hell“
- 45. Undeath – “More Insane“
- 44. Satan – “Songs In Crimson“
- 43. Grand Magus – “Sunraven“
- 42. Winterfylleth – “The Imperious Horizon“
- 41. Tribulation – “Sub Rosa In Æternum“
- 40. Kalandra – “A Frame Of Mind“
- 39. Pijn – “From Low Beams Of Hope“
- 38. Job For A Cowboy – “Moon Healer“
- 37. Melt Banana – “3+5“
- 36. The Obsessed – “Gilded Sorrow“
- 35. Big | Brave – “A Chaos Of Flowers“
- 34. Zetra – “Zetra“
- 33. Thou – “Umbilical“
- 32. Kerry King – “From Hell I Rise“
- 31. Dödsrit – “Nocturnal Will“
- 30. Touché Amoré – “Spiral In A Straight Line“
- 29. High On Fire – “Cometh The Storm“
- 28. Orange Goblin – “Science, Not Fiction“
- 27. Oceans Of Slumber – “Where Gods Fear To Speak“
- 26. SLIFT – “Ilion“
- 25. Nails – “Every Bridge Burning“
- 24. Sólstafir – “Hin Helga Kvöl“
- 23. Zeal & Ardor – “Greif“
- 22. Devin Townsend – “PowerNerd“
- 21. Leprous – “Melodies Of Atonement“
- 20. Rotting Christ – “Pro Xristou“
- 19. Lucifer – “Lucifer V“
- 18. Dvne – “Voidkind“
- 17. Bring Me The Horizon – “Post Human: Next Gen“
- 16. Nightwish – “Yesterwynde“
- 15. Julie Christmas – “Ridiculous And Full Of Blood“
- 14. Ulcerate – “Cutting The Throat Of God“
- 13. Dool – “The Shape Of Fluidity“
- 12. Gatecreeper – “Dark Superstition“
- 11. Oranssi Pazuzu – “Muuntautuja“
- 10. Unto Others – “Never, Neverland“
- 09. Lowen – “Do Not Go To War With The Demons Of Mazandaran“
- 08. Ihsahn – “Ihsahn“
- 07. Heriot – “Devoured By The Mouth Of Hell“
- 06. Opeth – “The Last Will And Testament“
- 05. Bruce Dickinson – “The Mandrake Project“
- 04. Knocked Loose – “You Won’t Go Before You’re Supposed To“
- 03. Chelsea Wolfe – “She Reaches Out To She Reaches Out To She“
- 02. Judas Priest – “Invincible Shield“
- 01. Blood Incantation – “Absolute Everywhere“
