My records of 2024 (FWIW!)

#1 OPETH - "THE LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT" 💯

Released a few weeks later than expected but so with it. As ever with Opeth, superb musicianship, great production and the clarity is top notch. Huge shout out to Waltteri (Väyrynen), whose drumming on this, his first record with the band, is phenomenal. If you get to watch their set at Bloodstock, from this year, you'll appreciate him even more.

Bangin'

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My records of 2024 (FWIW!)

#2 Blood Incantation - "Absolute Everywhere"

Wow, an amazing record with EVERYTHING going on: metal, Prog, electronica, and so on ... A tremendous record that, in any other year, would have been my number 1 but, alas, among came a Swedish/Uruguayan quintet...

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My records of 2024 (FWIW!)

#3 Gatecreeper - "Dark Superstition"

Non-stop metal groove, and I love the bass on this record. Proper. Top quality, and the tracks flow tremendously. Oof!

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My records of 2024 (FWIW!)

#4 Sylosis - "The Path" EP

Back to form for these lads. Lots of other metal influences abound, like Machine Head, Slipknot, Opeth et al. Glorious.

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My records of 2024 (FWIW!)

#5 Bedsore - "Dreaming the Strife for Love"

Wonderful (as Blaine from Banger TV describes it) 70s, Death Metal Prog! Yes, an Italian sonic adventure akin to (as Blaine DOESN'T want to compare to) the Blood Incantation release from this year (coming up later). Great stuff.

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