What did YOU think of my choices? Do you have your OWN Top 10 list? Whether it’s in video or text form, you should definitely let me know about it, as well as anything else that makes sense, in the comments below.
What a great list Matt! Fully enjoy the list and all your videos! And thanks for the Oxygen Destroyer and Attic recommendations! Happy Holidays too you!!
Love the list man! 2024's been a blast of killer releases of all things death, black and other subgenres. Been watching your channel since last year and can't wait to see what your selections for 2025 be.
Your list was interesting Thank you for putting it together. I share your opinion on a couple albums you mentioned. But, for me, Gatecreeper was the album of the year.
Love that Bewitcher album and several others on your list. Up until a few days ago I would have declared my number 1 album of 2024 Bruce Dickinson “The Mandrake Project” but then I received and listened to “Nell Ora Blu” by Uncle Acid and the Deadbeats. I’m amazed that it hasn’t made other people’s top ten lists.
Interesting list Matt! Good mix of sub genres. Some stuff I havent heard at all. Until #2 I didnt have any of the same records in my top 10 list. I can tell based on your #2 and others in your list that you appreciate good quality playing I think. I just got the Oxygen Destroyer on CD last week so too late to make my top 10. Great album tho. And of course I played the new Priest album to death last year but I left it for my hon. mentions. Both the new Fulci and Undeath made my top 12. Cheers man and happy holidays!
Man it’s hard to pick just 10… so many great releases this year. Liked your list! The 200 Stab Wounds and Bewitcher are great records start to finish. My list would definitely have 4 you didn’t mention: High on Fire - Cometh the Storm, Opeth - Last Will… , Amethyst - Throw Down the Gauntlet, and Vomit Forth - Fear of God. I’d have to say as a fan of hardcore and dbeat or noise rock (Malignant Tumor Maximum Rock n Roll 🤘🏻) makes it so hard to narrow down just 10. Cheers to another great year and enjoyable posts! Merry Christmas, Matt. Be safe!
Excellent list mother of graves is on my list along with blood incantation, iotunn, opeth, kanonenfieber, seth , borknagar, nile, ihsahn and departure chandelier. What a year i think most of us could go on and on about the excellent album releases of 2024. Merry Christmas and all the best for 2025. 🏴
Some of yours were on my list also....Bewitcher, Skeletal Remains, Priest, 200 Stab Wounds, BDM. I had a few prog/death metal bands (Anciients, Oceans of Slumber, Eternal Storm) and a couple doom bands (Early Moods, Temple of the Fuzz Witch) on my list. And i loved the new Atrophy and debut from Vicious Blade. Love the channel. 🤘
Here’s mine 10 Ihsahn - Ihsahn 9 Merrimack - Of Grace and Gravity 8 Nile - The Underworld Awaits Us All 7 Blood Incantation - Absolute Elsewhere 6 Akhlys - House of the Black Geminus 5 Thy Catafalque - XII: A Gyönyörű Álmok Ezután Jönnek 4 Mitochondrion - Vitriseptome 3 Schammasch - The Maldoror Chants: Old Ocean 2 Ulcerate - Cutting the Throat of God 1 Ingurgitating Oblivion - The Ontology of Nought
This was an awesome list! Even though I haven’t heard all these records, it’s much better than a lot of Top 10 lists I’ve seen/read. SPELL SHOCK was one of my most anticipated albums of the year, and it did not disappoint! And thanks to you, I fell in love with that Mother of Graves album. In fact, the vinyl will be arriving on my doorstep this afternoon! I keep forgetting to check out Grand Magus, so I really need to make time for a deep dive into their stuff. It is right up my alley. I’m not doing a Top 10 video, myself. I feel like since everyone is doing that, I’d rather just share all the new albums I bought on a physical format in 2024. It’ll be a two-parter, which the second half dedicated to all the reissues I bought (which ended being more than planned, hence the need for a Part 2.) That being said, if I did do a list, Judas Priest, Mother of Graves, Blood Incantation, Bewitcher, and Midnight would be on it.
BEASTS of the year 2024 1) Moon Incarnate - Hymns to the Moon (Death Doom Metal - Germany) 2) Black Curse - Burning in Celestial Poison (Death Black Metal - US) 3) Kréen - Ecos de olas, céfiros y llamaradas (Atmospheric Black/Doom Metal - Chile) 4) Föhn - Condescending (Funeral Doom Metal - Greece) 5) Ulcerate - Cutting the Throat of God (Death Metal - New Zealand) 6) Oranssi Pazuzu - Muuntautuja (Psychedelic Black Metal - Finland) 7) Belore - Eastern Tales (Atmospheric Black Metal - France) 8) Aristarchos - Martyr of Star and Fire (Black Metal - Scotland) 9) Crypt Sermon - The Stygian Rose (Epic Doom Metal - US) 10) Beneath Moonlight - Beneath Moonlight (Black Metal - US) 11) Ungfell - De Ghörnt (Black Folk Metal - Switzerland)
Hey Matt. Great video! Grand Magus! Bewitcher, great choice. Priest! I dropped a video a few days ago that’s all metal that you may enjoy. Cheers & Happy Holidays
Top Ten (not in ranked order) Blood Incantation - Absolute Elsewhere Crypt Sermon - The Stygian Rose Daath - The Deceivers Dissimulator - Lower Form Resistance Exhorder - Defectum Omnium Nuclear Tomb - Terror Labyrinthian Octoploid - Beyond the Aeons Opeth - The Last Will and Testament Tribulation - Sub Rosa in Aeternum Vale of Pnath - Between the Worlds of Life and Death
5 Best Eps of 2024 King810 - Under the black rainbow Disembodied Tyrant - The poetic edda Mirar - Mare The Hate Project - May death come quickly The Plot In You - Vol.3 20 of the best albums of the year The Browning - Omni Darko US - Starfire Allt - From the new world Assemble The Chariots - Unyielding night A Wake In Providence - I Write to you… Worm Sheperd - Hunger Consvmer - Seelenfrieden 156/Silence - People watching thrown - Excessive guilt Drown In Sulphur - Dark secrets of the soul Opeth - The last will and testament The Archaic Epidemic - Death Crawl Grayscale Season - feel something new Oranssi Pazuzu - Muuntautuja Gaerea - Coma Dödsrit - Nocturnal will Floya - Yume Powerflo - Gorilla warfare Saltwound - The temptation of pain Kingcrow - Hopium
First of all, cool shirt! secondly KK and JP both mediocre and you totally didn't mention one of the best comeback albums by NASTY SAVAGE!! Get on that!!!
i dunno man -- while it's true i don't have the deep knowledge of all these albums, to not even mention the impact of Opeth's Last Will and Testament is both a dis-service to the metal community and a for me sinks your credibility to 0; it's fine if it doesn't make your list or even an honorable mention - but to ignore it in a video that purports to represent metal is as ridiculous as ignoring a Priest or Maiden album -- get a grip!
What did YOU think of my choices? Do you have your OWN Top 10 list? Whether it’s in video or text form, you should definitely let me know about it, as well as anything else that makes sense, in the comments below.
Trad metal freak here ...... Saxon , Priest , Accept , Blitzkrieg , Satan , The Rods and Demon all 2024 releases all kick arse IMO . Cheers Matt .
Good and balanced list with new and traditional bands!
What a great list Matt! Fully enjoy the list and all your videos! And thanks for the Oxygen Destroyer and Attic recommendations! Happy Holidays too you!!
Love the list man! 2024's been a blast of killer releases of all things death, black and other subgenres.
Been watching your channel since last year and can't wait to see what your selections for 2025 be.
Your list was interesting Thank you for putting it together. I share your opinion on a couple albums you mentioned. But, for me, Gatecreeper was the album of the year.
Fantastic video Matt …great list , a few I’ll have on mine but there’s def a few I need to listen too
Have a great Holiday Mate 🤘🎄
Awesome choices! Happy Holidays! Love the channel man
Appreciate you! 🖤🖤🖤
Great list, mate. Some cracking albums on it. And the number one spot was well deserved. I'll post my own list up on Facebook and IG later.
I don't have a top ten, but Opeth and Blood Incantation are my two favorites of the year. I need one of those Megaforce Records T-shirts.
Concise and to the point. Nicely done!
Love that Bewitcher album and several others on your list. Up until a few days ago I would have declared my number 1 album of 2024 Bruce Dickinson “The Mandrake Project” but then I received and listened to “Nell Ora Blu” by Uncle Acid and the Deadbeats. I’m amazed that it hasn’t made other people’s top ten lists.
Interesting list Matt! Good mix of sub genres. Some stuff I havent heard at all. Until #2 I didnt have any of the same records in my top 10 list. I can tell based on your #2 and others in your list that you appreciate good quality playing I think. I just got the Oxygen Destroyer on CD last week so too late to make my top 10. Great album tho. And of course I played the new Priest album to death last year but I left it for my hon. mentions. Both the new Fulci and Undeath made my top 12. Cheers man and happy holidays!
Man it’s hard to pick just 10… so many great releases this year. Liked your list! The 200 Stab Wounds and Bewitcher are great records start to finish. My list would definitely have 4 you didn’t mention: High on Fire - Cometh the Storm, Opeth - Last Will… , Amethyst - Throw Down the Gauntlet, and Vomit Forth - Fear of God. I’d have to say as a fan of hardcore and dbeat or noise rock (Malignant Tumor Maximum Rock n Roll 🤘🏻) makes it so hard to narrow down just 10. Cheers to another great year and enjoyable posts! Merry Christmas, Matt. Be safe!
I'll check out the Black Dahlia Murder and Judas Priest. I saw BDM open up for Cannibal Corpse at Foufounes in '04 and it was memorable.
Been a LONG time since I've watched any of your videos! Not a bad list.
Yes! 200 Stab Wounds
Yes Skeletal Remains getting some well deserved love. A strong death metal release. Hmmm The Black Dahlia Murder number one. I like it. ❤
Excellent list mother of graves is on my list along with blood incantation, iotunn, opeth, kanonenfieber, seth , borknagar, nile, ihsahn and departure chandelier. What a year i think most of us could go on and on about the excellent album releases of 2024. Merry Christmas and all the best for 2025. 🏴
Some of yours were on my list also....Bewitcher, Skeletal Remains, Priest, 200 Stab Wounds, BDM. I had a few prog/death metal bands (Anciients, Oceans of Slumber, Eternal Storm) and a couple doom bands (Early Moods, Temple of the Fuzz Witch) on my list. And i loved the new Atrophy and debut from Vicious Blade. Love the channel. 🤘
Hauntologist - Hollow is by far the best 2024 album!
Black Country Communion V.
Here’s mine
10 Ihsahn - Ihsahn
9 Merrimack - Of Grace and Gravity
8 Nile - The Underworld Awaits Us All
7 Blood Incantation - Absolute Elsewhere
6 Akhlys - House of the Black Geminus
5 Thy Catafalque - XII: A Gyönyörű Álmok Ezután Jönnek
4 Mitochondrion - Vitriseptome
3 Schammasch - The Maldoror Chants: Old Ocean
2 Ulcerate - Cutting the Throat of God
1 Ingurgitating Oblivion - The Ontology of Nought
This was an awesome list! Even though I haven’t heard all these records, it’s much better than a lot of Top 10 lists I’ve seen/read.
SPELL SHOCK was one of my most anticipated albums of the year, and it did not disappoint! And thanks to you, I fell in love with that Mother of Graves album. In fact, the vinyl will be arriving on my doorstep this afternoon! I keep forgetting to check out Grand Magus, so I really need to make time for a deep dive into their stuff. It is right up my alley.
I’m not doing a Top 10 video, myself. I feel like since everyone is doing that, I’d rather just share all the new albums I bought on a physical format in 2024. It’ll be a two-parter, which the second half dedicated to all the reissues I bought (which ended being more than planned, hence the need for a Part 2.)
That being said, if I did do a list, Judas Priest, Mother of Graves, Blood Incantation, Bewitcher, and Midnight would be on it.
BEASTS of the year 2024
1) Moon Incarnate - Hymns to the Moon (Death Doom Metal - Germany)
2) Black Curse - Burning in Celestial Poison (Death Black Metal - US)
3) Kréen - Ecos de olas, céfiros y llamaradas (Atmospheric Black/Doom Metal - Chile)
4) Föhn - Condescending (Funeral Doom Metal - Greece)
5) Ulcerate - Cutting the Throat of God (Death Metal - New Zealand)
6) Oranssi Pazuzu - Muuntautuja (Psychedelic Black Metal - Finland)
7) Belore - Eastern Tales (Atmospheric Black Metal - France)
8) Aristarchos - Martyr of Star and Fire (Black Metal - Scotland)
9) Crypt Sermon - The Stygian Rose (Epic Doom Metal - US)
10) Beneath Moonlight - Beneath Moonlight (Black Metal - US)
11) Ungfell - De Ghörnt (Black Folk Metal - Switzerland)
Hey Matt. Great video! Grand Magus! Bewitcher, great choice. Priest! I dropped a video a few days ago that’s all metal that you may enjoy. Cheers & Happy Holidays
Top Ten (not in ranked order)
Blood Incantation - Absolute Elsewhere
Crypt Sermon - The Stygian Rose
Daath - The Deceivers
Dissimulator - Lower Form Resistance
Exhorder - Defectum Omnium
Nuclear Tomb - Terror Labyrinthian
Octoploid - Beyond the Aeons
Opeth - The Last Will and Testament
Tribulation - Sub Rosa in Aeternum
Vale of Pnath - Between the Worlds of Life and Death
5 Best Eps of 2024
King810 - Under the black rainbow
Disembodied Tyrant - The poetic edda
Mirar - Mare
The Hate Project - May death come quickly
The Plot In You - Vol.3
20 of the best albums of the year
The Browning - Omni
Darko US - Starfire
Allt - From the new world
Assemble The Chariots - Unyielding night
A Wake In Providence - I Write to you…
Worm Sheperd - Hunger
Consvmer - Seelenfrieden
156/Silence - People watching
thrown - Excessive guilt
Drown In Sulphur - Dark secrets of the soul
Opeth - The last will and testament
The Archaic Epidemic - Death Crawl
Grayscale Season - feel something new
Oranssi Pazuzu - Muuntautuja
Gaerea - Coma
Dödsrit - Nocturnal will
Floya - Yume
Powerflo - Gorilla warfare
Saltwound - The temptation of pain
Kingcrow - Hopium
I agree wholeheartedly about Fulci. That single track is kind of a dealbreaker for me on an otherwise pristine album.
Came to complaint about not mentioning Absolute Elsewhere
It’s mentioned late in the video.
First of all, cool shirt! secondly KK and JP both mediocre and you totally didn't mention one of the best comeback albums by NASTY SAVAGE!! Get on that!!!
I talked about the Nasty Savage record in my Honorable Mentions segment of this video.
i dunno man -- while it's true i don't have the deep knowledge of all these albums, to not even mention the impact of Opeth's Last Will and Testament is both a dis-service to the metal community and a for me sinks your credibility to 0; it's fine if it doesn't make your list or even an honorable mention - but to ignore it in a video that purports to represent metal is as ridiculous as ignoring a Priest or Maiden album -- get a grip!
No mention of Black Curse?