I forgot to toot my final #AOTY2024 list, so here it is!
You might find some of your favourites ranked quite low, but honestly everything from 63 upwards is really good! I have not been disappointed this year.
Find some shout outs, comments and other findings in the 🧵 below (this will be work in progress) 👇
2/n
Some findings...
There are 7 bands in my top 10 which I never listened to before and 5 of them I didn't even know before (BUS, Xion, Cloven Hoof, Coltre and Magnetar).
I knew Kanonenfieber and Kerry King, but I never listened to them before. The latter didn't have an album out before this year, so 🤷♂️
3/n
A shout out 📣
One release that left me puzzled but also amazed was "Exclamation Po!nt" by Armagh from Warsaw, Poland 🇵🇱
There's a lot of 70s prog in there but it is also black, heavy and speed metal. It's quite nerdy actually, also the album cover reflects the music quite well.
I was nicely confused by this one. It's definitely one of the most interesting reseases from this year.
8 track album
4/n
Another shout out 📣
Speaking of 70s influenced heavy metal with a hint of speed and a weird album cover.
One of the gems I found this year was the self titled debut album by "Hands Of Goro".
https://handsofgoro.bandcamp.com/album/hands-of-goro
It's great, listen to it! This would have had the potential fur a much higher ranking in my list if I'd listened to it more.
Tagging @plaindocs here, just because of the album art.
8 track album
5/n
Some hot takes and controversial opinions.
Blood Incantation's Absolute Everywhere is great. No controversy there.
But I found a hair in the soup and it's bugging me. @yourfutureex stated that they out-David Gilmour'd David Gilmour and this is very true.
Some parts of the album sound as if they could have been taken from the Division Bell sessions. Not inspired by, but taken from. I know they didn't, yet it annoys me.
https://bloodincantation.bandcamp.com/album/absolute-elsewhere
The album cover reminded me of an album from another band who had a great release this year...
6 track album
6/n
Another shout out 📣
Lord Dying released "Clandestine Transcendence " this year and they hit all my sweet spots with that one.
They seriously don't get enough love.
According to #LastFM statistics they are factor ~20-30 less popular than Blood Incantation, but they absolutely shouldn't be.
One of my favourite songs from this year is "Facing the Incomprehensible" which sounds a bit like a best of the heavy moments from Absolute Everywhere:
▶️ https://song.link/y/8kJ6FPQK3rw
I guess if you are into nerdy prog metal from space, Blood Incantation and Lord Dying made your year a little better. 🤘
https://lorddying.bandcamp.com/album/clandestine-transcendence
7/n
Old farts still got it? 👴
There were some releases by icons of their genre:
#JudasPriest... 'nuff said. Gods. 🐐
#DeepPurple... oh hell yeah continue please!
#BruceDickinson... one of my biggest surprises this year. Better than the latest Maiden album.
#Saxon... solid album, but not as good as the last ones.
#NickCave... solid, go on then.
#TheCure... please never stop! 🖤
#Accept... strong meh. Nowehere near their late masterpiece "The Rise of Chaos"
#Anvil... I hate to break it to you but as much as I love them, their album sucked big time. I was very generous with my ranking because you can't kill Bambi, can you?
Thomas
thesinkingbelle