This is my personal ranking of the best rock and metal albums of 2024. My selections are entirely based on my own taste and not on technical critique. I would love to hear your thoughts and see your own list! Feel free to reach out to me via email or through the link in my Telegram channel bio.
Although the last two albums (BMTH and LP) didn't make it to my top 100 albums of 2024, I've included them to ensure this list features some of the year's most popular releases. My rankings and ratings are made without considering the albums' lyrics or any controversies surrounding them.
100. From Zero
Linkin Park
Released on: 11/15/2024
My Rating: 45 | Critics Rating: 73 | Genres: Alternative Rock
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99. POST HUMAN: NeX GEn
Bring Me The Horizon
Released on: 5/24/2024
My Rating: 65 | Critics Rating: 73 | Genres: Alternative Metal
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98. Revolution
Cats Season
Released on: 9/21/2024
My Rating: 72 | Critics Rating: NR | Genres: Deathcore
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97. Vended
Vended
Released on: 9/20/2024
My Rating: 74 | Critics Rating: 78 | Genres: Metalcore
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96. Popular Monster
Falling In Reverse
Released on: 8/16/2024
My Rating: 75 | Critics Rating: 50 | Genres: Metalcore
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95. Syv
Mork
Released on: 9/20/2024
My Rating: 75 | Critics Rating: 81 | Genres: Black Metal
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94. The Wolf and the King
1349
Released on: 10/4/2024
My Rating: 75 | Critics Rating: 82 | Genres: Black Metal
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93. I Want Blood
Jerry Cantrell
Released on: 10/18/2024
My Rating: 75 | Critics Rating: 79 | Genres: Alternative Metal
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92. ∫um'ad∂ejja cavvaj
Trhä
Released on: 8/1/2024
My Rating: 76 | Critics Rating: NR | Genres: Atmospheric Black Metal
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91. Sanshi
Ripped To Shreds
Released on: 9/27/2024
My Rating: 76 | Critics Rating: 83 | Genres: Death Metal
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90. Yesterwynde
Nightwish
Released on: 9/20/2024
My Rating: 76 | Critics Rating: 86 | Genres: Symphonic Metal
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89. The Periapt Of Absence
Mother Of Graves
Released on: 10/18/2024
My Rating: 76 | Critics Rating: 90 | Genres: Death Doom Metal
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88. A Leap Into The Dark
Enforced
Released on: 10/25/2024
My Rating: 77 | Critics Rating: 74 | Genres: Death Thrash Metal
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87. Sub Rosa in Æternum
Tribulation
Released on: 11/1/2024
My Rating: 77 | Critics Rating: 79 | Genres: Gothic Metal
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86. Forever We Burn
High Parasite
Released on: 9/27/2024
My Rating: 77 | Critics Rating: 75 | Genres: Metalcore
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85. Negative Spaces
Poppy
Released on: 11/15/2024
My Rating: 77 | Critics Rating: 79 | Genres: Metalcore
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84. The Last Will and Testament
Opeth
Released on: 11/22/2024
My Rating: 78 | Critics Rating: 84 | Genres: Progressive Death Metal
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83. A Piece Of Me I Never Let You Find
Cane Hill
Released on: 11/1/2024
My Rating: 78 | Critics Rating: 80 | Genres: Metalcore
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82. Highly Irresponsible
Better Lovers
Released on: 10/25/2024
My Rating: 78 | Critics Rating: 79 | Genres: Metalcore
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81. Rot
Salem Trials
Released on: 9/27/2024
My Rating: 79 | Critics Rating: NR | Genres: Deathcore
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80. Make Them Suffer
Make Them Suffer
Released on: 11/8/2024
My Rating: 78 | Critics Rating: 72 | Genres: Metalcore
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79. No Name Graves
The Last Ten Seconds Of Life
Released on: 2/9/2024
My Rating: 79 | Critics Rating: 75 | Genres: Deathcore
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78. Charcoal Grace
Caligula's Horse
Released on: 1/26/2024
My Rating: 79 | Critics Rating: 80 | Genres: Progressive Metal
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77. the death and birth of an angel
fallingwithscissors
Released on: 1/11/2024
My Rating: 79 | Critics Rating: NR | Genres: Metalcore
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76. Servitude
The Black Dahlia Murder
Released on: 9/27/2024
My Rating: 79 | Critics Rating: 79 | Genres: Melodic Death Metal
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75. Primordial Instinct
The Fallen Prophets
Released on: 11/1/2024
My Rating: 80 | Critics Rating: NR | Genres: Brutal Death Metal
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74. Les Chants de l'Aurore
Alcest
Released on: 6/21/2024
My Rating: 80 | Critics Rating: 80 | Genres: Post-Metal
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73. Mare
MIRAR
Released on: 6/10/2024
My Rating: 80 | Critics Rating: 80 | Genres: Avant-Garde Metal
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72. Ontology of Nought
Ingurgitating Oblivion
Released on: 9/27/2024
My Rating: 80 | Critics Rating: 70 | Genres: Avant-Garde Metal
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71. Madness Malformed
Recidivist
Released on: 11/1/2024
My Rating: 80 | Critics Rating: NR | Genres: Melodic Black Metal
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70. You Won't Go Before You're Supposed To
Knocked Loose
Released on: 5/24/2024
My Rating: 80 | Critics Rating: 88 | Genres: Metalcore
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69. Ethos
Firtan
Released on: 9/13/2024
My Rating: 80 | Critics Rating: 70 | Genres: Atmospheric Black Metal
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68. In Chambers Of Sonic Disgust
Illdisposed
Released on: 6/28/2024
My Rating: 81 | Critics Rating: 50 | Genres: Melodic Death Metal
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67. The Crescent King
Livløs
Released on: 10/4/2024
My Rating: 81 | Critics Rating: NR | Genres: Melodic Black Metal
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66. One Assassination Under God - Chapter 1
Marilyn Manson
Released on: 11/22/2024
My Rating: 81 | Critics Rating: 85 | Genres: Industrial Metal
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65. Devoured by the Mouth of Hell
Heriot
Released on: 9/27/2024
My Rating: 81 | Critics Rating: 88 | Genres: Atmospheric Sludge Metal
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64. Manual Manic Procedures
200 Stab Wounds
Released on: 6/28/2024
My Rating: 81 | Critics Rating: 83 | Genres: Brutal Death Metal
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63. Vault of Horrors
Aborted
Released on: 3/15/2024
My Rating: 81 | Critics Rating: 77 | Genres: Brutal Death Metal
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62. Pro Xristou
Rotting Christ
Released on: 5/24/2024
My Rating: 81 | Critics Rating: 76 | Genres: Melodic Black Metal
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61. To Lay Siege And Conquer
Blasphemous
Released on: 10/25/2024
My Rating: 82 | Critics Rating: 60 | Genres: Melodic Black Metal
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60. Moon Healer
Job for a Cowboy
Released on: 2/23/2024
My Rating: 82 | Critics Rating: 84 | Genres: Technical Death Metal
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59. American Standard
Uniform
Released on: 8/23/2024
My Rating: 82 | Critics Rating: 87 | Genres: Noise Rock
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58. The Inevitable Fork LP
Melted Bodies
Released on: 10/18/2024
My Rating: 82 | Critics Rating: 60 | Genres: Avant-Garde Metal
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57. The Void Within
As I Lay Dying
Released on: 10/13/2024
My Rating: 82 | Critics Rating: NR | Genres: Melodic Death Metal
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56. Every Bridge Burning
Nails
Released on: 8/30/2024
My Rating: 82 | Critics Rating: 77 | Genres: Grindcore
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55. Possess The Devil
Spider God
Released on: 11/15/2024
My Rating: 83 | Critics Rating: 60 | Genres: Melodic Black Metal
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54. Blight Privilege
Nachtmystium
Released on: 11/1/2024
My Rating: 83 | Critics Rating: 80 | Genres: Melodic Black Metal
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53. Dark Secrets of the Soul
Drown In Sulphur
Released on: 1/12/2024
My Rating: 83 | Critics Rating: 65 | Genres: Blackened Death Metal
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52. Children Of The Moon
State Faults
Released on: 7/26/2024
My Rating: 83 | Critics Rating: NR | Genres: Post-Hardcore
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51. Songs of Blood and Mire
Spectral Wound
Released on: 8/23/2024
My Rating: 83 | Critics Rating: 80 | Genres: Melodic Black Metal
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50. Nadir
Groza
Released on: 9/20/2024
My Rating: 84 | Critics Rating: NR | Genres: Atmospheric Black Metal
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49. Death: An Anthology
Enterprise Earth
Released on: 2/2/2024
My Rating: 84 | Critics Rating: 82 | Genres: Progressive Death Metal
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48. A Frame Of Mind
Kalandra
Released on: 9/13/2024
My Rating: 84 | Critics Rating: 90 | Genres: Folk Rock
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47. Solemn
In Vain
Released on: 4/19/2024
My Rating: 84 | Critics Rating: 85 | Genres: Melodic Death Metal
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46. In the Twilight Grey
Necrophobic
Released on: 3/15/2024
My Rating: 85 | Critics Rating: 84 | Genres: Melodic Black Metal
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45. Unyielding Night
Assemble The Chariots
Released on: 7/19/2024
My Rating: 85 | Critics Rating: 83 | Genres: Symphonic Deathcore
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44. Fall
Borknagar
Released on: 2/23/2024
My Rating: 85 | Critics Rating: 84 | Genres: Melodic Black Metal
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43. The Black
Imminence
Released on: 4/12/2024
My Rating: 86 | Critics Rating: 80 | Genres: Metalcore
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42. X
Morokh
Released on: 11/1/2024
My Rating: 86 | Critics Rating: NR | Genres: Blackened Sludge Metal
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41. Dormant
Hiraes
Released on: 1/2/2024
My Rating: 86 | Critics Rating: 60 | Genres: Melodic Death Metal
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40. Death Is Little More
Boundaries
Released on: 3/29/2024
My Rating: 86 | Critics Rating: 86 | Genres: Metalcore
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39. The Path
Sylosis
Released on: 10/3/2024
My Rating: 86 | Critics Rating: NR | Genres: Melodic Death Metal
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38. From The New World
Allt
Released on: 10/4/2024
My Rating: 87 | Critics Rating: 82 | Genres: Metalcore
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37. Of Spectres and Strife
Unhallowed Deliverance
Released on: 5/10/2024
My Rating: 87 | Critics Rating: NR | Genres: Technical Death Metal
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36. The Fallen Leaves
Dwarrowdelf
Released on: 2/2/2024
My Rating: 87 | Critics Rating: 90 | Genres: Atmospheric Black Metal
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35. Muuntautuja
Oranssi Pazuzu
Released on: 10/11/2024
My Rating: 87 | Critics Rating: 78 | Genres: Avant-Garde Metal
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34. An End To Everything
Entheos
Released on: 10/25/2024
My Rating: 87 | Critics Rating: 77 | Genres: Progressive Death Metal
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33. Perpétuelle Eclipse
Nocturnal Depression
Released on: 9/26/2024
My Rating: 88 | Critics Rating: NR | Genres: DSBM
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32. Starfire
Darko
Released on: 6/5/2024
My Rating: 88 | Critics Rating: 76 | Genres: Deathcore
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31. I Write To You, My Darling Decay
A Wake In Providence
Released on: 7/26/2024
My Rating: 88 | Critics Rating: NR | Genres: Deathcore
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30. Cool World
Chat Pile
Released on: 10/11/2024
My Rating: 88 | Critics Rating: 83 | Genres: Noise Rock
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29. Under the Reviled Throne
Summoning The Lich
Released on: 7/26/2024
My Rating: 89 | Critics Rating: 73 | Genres: Deathcore
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28. Blazing Inferno
Yoth Iria
Released on: 11/8/2024
My Rating: 89 | Critics Rating: 80 | Genres: Melodic Black Metal
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27. The Tide of Death and Fractured Dreams
Ingested
Released on: 4/5/2024
My Rating: 89 | Critics Rating: 73 | Genres: Brutal Death Metal
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26. Unholy Dissolution
Bonecarver
Released on: 5/31/2024
My Rating: 90 | Critics Rating: NR | Genres: Deathcore
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25. Shining
Swallow The Sun
Released on: 10/18/2024
My Rating: 90 | Critics Rating: 76 | Genres: Doom Metal
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24. Vitriseptome
Mitochondrion
Released on: 11/1/2024
My Rating: 90 | Critics Rating: 80 | Genres: Blackened Death Metal
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23. Mister Sister Fister: Re Conception
Mister Sister Fister & Infant Annihilator
Released on: 10/15/2024
My Rating: 90 | Critics Rating: NR | Genres: Deathcore
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22. Visual Kill: The Blossoming of Psychotic Depravity
Saidan
Released on: 5/24/2024
My Rating: 91 | Critics Rating: 92 | Genres: Melodic Black Metal
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21. Tsukuyomi: The Origin
Distant
Released on: 11/22/2024
My Rating: 91 | Critics Rating: 85 | Genres: Deathcore
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20. People Watching
156/Silence
Released on: 9/13/2024
My Rating: 91 | Critics Rating: 81 | Genres: Deathcore, Metalcore, Post-Hardcore
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19. Heaven Let Them Die
Counterparts
Released on: 11/7/2024
My Rating: 91 | Critics Rating: 84 | Genres: Metalcore, Deathcore
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18. KING
Immortal Disfigurement
Released on: 6/7/2024
My Rating: 92 | Critics Rating: NR | Genres: Deathcore, Symphonic Metal
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17. IHSAHN
Ihsahn
Released on: 2/16/2024
My Rating: 92 | Critics Rating: 85 | Genres: Symphonic Metal, Black Metal, Symphonic Black Metal, Progressive Metal
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16. …Of Mourning
Psychonaut 4
Released on: 10/25/2024
My Rating: 92 | Critics Rating: NR | Genres: DSBM, Black Metal, Atmospheric Black Metal
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15. Hunger
Worm Shepherd
Released on: 11/15/2024
My Rating: 92 | Critics Rating: NR | Genres: Deathcore, Blackened Death Metal, Symphonic Black Metal
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14. Opera
Fleshgod Apocalypse
Released on: 8/23/2024
My Rating: 92 | Critics Rating: 87 | Genres: Technical Deaths Metal, Symphonic Metal, Neoclassical Metal
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13. Absolute Elsewhere
Blood Incantation
Released on: 10/4/2024
My Rating: 92 | Critics Rating: 87 | Genres: Progressive Death Metal, Technical Deaths Metal
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12. Living Chaos
Oceano
Released on: 8/30/2024
My Rating: 93 | Critics Rating: 77 | Genres: Deathcore
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11. Impossible Light
Uboa
Released on: 6/28/2024
My Rating: 93 | Critics Rating: NR | Genres: Death Industrial, Dark Ambient, Post Metal, Neoclassical Darkwave
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10. The Suns of Perdition IV: To Shadow Zion
Panzerfaust
Released on: 11/22/2024
My Rating: 94 | Critics Rating: 80 | Genres: Black Metal, Atmospheric Black Metal
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9. With Love from a Padded Room
Crippling Alcoholism
Released on: 2/29/2024
My Rating: 94 | Critics Rating: NR | Genres: Gothic Rock, Post Metal, Darkwave
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8. The Star
wormwood
Released on: 5/31/2024
My Rating: 95 | Critics Rating: 40 | Genres: Melodic Black Metal, Atmospheric Black Metal
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7. Cutting the Throat of God
Ulcerate
Released on: 6/14/2024
My Rating: 95 | Critics Rating: 88 | Genres: Technical Death Metal, Dissonant Death Metal, Atmospheric Sludge Metal
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6. House of the Black Geminus
Akhlys
Released on: 7/5/2024
My Rating: 96 | Critics Rating: NR | Genres: Atmospheric Black Metal, Horrorcore, Dark Ambient
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5. Kinship
Iotunn
Released on: 10/25/2024
My Rating: 96 | Critics Rating: 88 | Genres: Progressive Metal, Melodic Death Metal
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4. The Nothing That Is
Fit for an Autopsy
Released on: 10/25/2024
My Rating: 97 | Critics Rating: 77 | Genres: Deathcore, Groove Metal, Djent
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3. The Poetic Edda
Disembodied Tyrant & Synestia
Released on: 5/3/2024
My Rating: 98 | Critics Rating: NR | Genres: Deathcore, Symphonic Deathcore, Neoclassical Metal
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2. Coma
Gaerea
Released on: 10/25/2024
My Rating: 99 | Critics Rating: 83 | Genres: Black Metal, Atmospheric Black Metal, Melodic Death Metal, Post Black Metal
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1. Die Urkatastrophe
Kanonenfieber
Released on: 9/20/2024
My Rating: 100 | Critics Rating: 90 | Genres: Black Metal, Melodic Black Metal, Blackened Death Metal
Listen on SpotifyThese are my top metal albums of 2024. Albums released in December 2024 will be included in the 2025 list. Some rankings might be unpopular, for instance, Knocked Loose at 70th or Poppy sharing a spot with Opeth, but as I mentioned, this is my personal ranking and not a critical assessment. I hope you enjoy exploring these albums as much as I did!