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December 31 2025
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Top albums of 2025
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December 31 2024
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Top 25 Albums of 2024

This is it! The list to rule all other lists. 2024 will go down as a fine year for Metal releases and these are the ones we found ourselves liking and playing the most over the year:

Honorable Mention: Firewind - Stand United (2024)

Catchy and filled with killer guitar leads, sign us up!
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December 31 2024
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Top 10 Black Metal Albums of 2024

This year we had tons of excellent Black Metal releases so we decided to make this list dedicated to this genre. It was quite hard to decide on a certain order, but we managed to reach a consensus:

Honorable Mention: Tsatthoggua - We Are God (2024)

Returning after 26 years, these crazy Germans return with their sleazy take on the genre and deliver one hell of an engaging release.
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	Catchy and filled with killer guitar leads, sign us up!


	Returning after 26 years, these crazy Germans return with their sleazy take on the genre and deliver one hell of an engaging release.

December 30 2024

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Top 5 Symphonic <something> Metal releases of 2024

In order to not have a billion different lists, this year we are merging anything that has to do with Symphonic elements into one single category. One thing to be sure about, all these releases have some killer symphonic arrangements regardless of the genre:

Honorable Mention: Torn from Existence - Hearken the Darkened Skies ((2024)

	Hailing from Denver, Colorado, this outfit delivered one of the most engaging and fun Symphonic Metal releases of 2024 and it was just their first release. Please be sure to keep an eye out for these guys.

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December 30 2024
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Top 5 Melodic/Progressive Metal releases of 2024

The Melodic/Progressive side of Metal has seen a boom in all kinds of directions, creating some truly unique releases in 2024:

5. Wintersun - Time II (2024)

Wintersun finally delivered the second part of "Time" and it was as awesome as expected.
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December 30 2024
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Top 5 Atmospheric, Dreamy, and weird Metal-ish releases of 2024

Top 5 Atmospheric, Dreamy, and weird Metal-ish releases of 2024

2024 was a very interesting year with tons of very dreamy and highly atmospheric releases that dabbled into some dark corners of music:

Honorable Mention: Whispering Void - At the Sound of the Heart (2024)

Very unique Dark Rock music from this stacked Norwegian outfit. Definitely one of the more different releases of 2024.
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December 21 2021
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Top albums of 2021

Every year we spent quite a while doing our top albums of the year list combining data driven techniques: rating, number of times we played the album, alongside a quick listening session of all our candidates and their best songs. 2021 was a pretty solid year in music with many bands releasing albums written and recorded during the pandemic, allowing them to fully funnel their creativity and unleashing some of the best music in the last couple of decades. Here is our list of the top 25 releases of 2021:
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December 18 2021
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Top Atmospheric Black Metal releases of 2021

As one of the genres that saw the most growth in 2021, Atmospheric Black Metal takes all kinds of shapes, from raw and rudimentary to over-the-top keyboard/synth arrangements, these are the top release we reviewed in 2021:

Honorable Mention Aara - Triade I: Eos (2021)
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December 17 2021
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Top Black Metal releases of 2021

The year 2021 was filled with tons of awesome Metal releases, but it was Black Metal releases that really stood out with some killer debuts and considerable improvements over their previous efforts from established bands. Our list was hard to rank, but we did our best to reflect what we think was the best of the year:

10. Malum - Devil’s Creation (2021)
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December 16 2021
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Top Melodic Death/Doom Metal releases of 2021

Being one of our favorite genres, we are quite picky as to which releases make our list. During 2021 we had some solid contributors that pushed the genre in new directions while retaining melancholic supperiority:

Honorable Mention: The Nightly Disease - Delicate White Sound (2021)
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