def an underrated voice in the metal review community. Also watching is nostalgic cuz it reminds me of when youtube was UA-cam, where flashy editing and shit weren't necessary and it was more like random ass home videos
Agreed and facts. I follow a lot of metal channels and Hammerheart has more of the underground music. Also this dude talks about what he loves and not negative and not trashing on albums. Cheers Hammer Heart 🍻
Glad to see Crypt Sermon getting tons of love in the metal circles, that album is amazing. Laceration and Skeletal Remains are two of the best OSDM revival albums this year for sure. Bunch of albums I missed on your list, so I’ll definitely check them out!
Wohooo, best time of the year!😀 Stellar list as expected my friend. Anciients, Borknagar, Crypt Sermon, Ecclesia and Wintersun are all great releases, the rest I'm gonna have to check out. Now, regarding my own list I have to confess myself a bit disappointed, I haven't managed to listen to (meaning giving at least 5-6 proper spins) nearly as many new albums as I have in some previous years. It's been a bit busy year, so I guess familiar artists and albums worked bit better for me. However, I will improve next year ;-) That being said, I still managed to compose pretty sweet list of new releases, which I will give in your 25-1 video. Still putting few finishing touches on it, because as usual, you and Mr. Blayne Smith with his "Black'n'Roll" fest managed to screw my list just a bit further, haha. But no matter, it's a fun obstacle to deal with! 😀 Cheers!!!
Cheers man! Looking forward to your list! You always end up giving me a few new ones to check out, and I am sure this year will be no different. Sorry for screwing it up haha
What I love about your channel is that you give classic heavy metal a fair crack of the whip, Warlords was a gem of an album. I'll share my list on your 25 - 1 video on Friday 👍
Cheers! Ya I don't know why so many seem to ignore classic heavy metal. So many gems coming out every year, and there will be a handful more in my top 25 for sure. Looking forward to seeing your picks on Friday!
Wow you had a hard task with this list like you do every year! Cool albums to check out! I'm only doing a top 15 of 2024 this coming weekend, and that was difficult! I couldn't imagine 50! Great as usual!
Hi Graham, just listened through and cheery picked the ones that sound like they might be good for me. Not being into the really extreme stuff (vocally!) means only a few have made the cut this time, but Ill give you a big thumbs up for Frozen Crown, a band I really like, and Orden Ogan, although I admit I've not got round to the new one yet. Still finalising my list for the year, clearly going to be less growly than yours, but looking forward to the top half of your list.
Another channel giving Frozen Crown a nod, I love to see it. I’ve thought they were just fantastic since I discovered them through their debut single/album.
Mate one of the 5 metal channels I watch weekly. Some of my band picks for the year in no particular order - Anciients, Sgaile, Exocrine, Suicidal Angels, Altar of Betelgeuse, Inner Sanctum, The Abstract Illusion, Tomorrows Rain, Svartkonst, The Incantus (my fave), Nyktophobia, Gatecreeper, Octoploid, Devenial Verdict, Blood Incantation, Rise of Kronos, Color of Death, Wounds, Iotunn, QAALM, Judas Priest and Comfortably Numb by Body Count!
Did only listen to Wintersun, Ungfell, Skeletal Remains and Borknagar, I checked out Bal Sagoths later albums in the last weeks. Thank you for the recommendations and Im looking forward to the rest 💪 Cheers and greetings 🍺
Cool video! TOP 10 1. Intervals Memory Palace 2. Jasta ...and Jasta For All 3. Sebastian Bach Child Within the Man 4. Judas Priest Invincible Shield 5. Disbelief Killing Karma 6. Vredehammer God Slayer 7. Aborted Vault of Horrors 8. Evergrey Theories of Emptyness 9. Fracture Chaos Alchemy 10. Arctis Arctis 11. Unhoped Torturous Sanctified Centuries 12. Vola Friend of a Phantom 13. Ritual Ascention Origin of Zed 14. Vicious Blade Relentless force 15. Fit For an Autopsy The Nothing That Is 16. Sentient Horror In the Service of the Dead 17. Apogean Cyberstrictive 18. Oxygen Destroyer Guardian of the Universe 19. Laceration I Erode 20. Cryptic Hatred Internal Torment 21. Undeath More Insane 22. Escuela Grind Dreams of Algorithms 23. Exuvial The Hive Mind Chronicles Part 1-Parasitica 24. Terrorpy The Bisection Collection 25. Gaerea Coma 26. Ritual Fog But Merely Flesh 27. Arcania Lost Generation 28. Crimson Butchery Violence By Design 29. Defeated Sanity Chronicals of Lunacy 30. Fathomless Ritual Hymns for the Lesser Gods
Hi Graham really looking forward to this. Will watch in stages (its not too long 😂lol). Take care I think we will have similar tastes ❤. Must check out that album
Thanks for turning me on to SOLBRUD. It would have had more impact divided into 2 or even 3 shorter records spread across the year. Love it, though. Cheers.
Cheers! No problem at all, glad you liked it. Ya there is definitely a LOT of music to take in on that album, agree it may have been served better as separate albums, just in terms of easier to digest. but ya I love it too
So many amazing albums that it really hurt me to leave off this list. One early December album did end up making my list and pretty high but I flat out loved it so fuck it haha. I was curious if any from your list would be new for me to check out and that you haven't already talked about on the channel, two so far, we'll see what the top half brings. Cheers 🤘 50. Petracorensis - Larmes et Dures Peines (Black/Folk Metal, France) 49. Eldingar - Lysistrata (Black Metal, Greece) 48. Chapel of Disease - Echoes of Light (Progressive Death Metal/Hard Rock, Germany) 47. Winterfylleth - The Imperious Horizon (Atmospheric Black Metal, UK) 46. Knoll - As Spoken (Grindcore/Death Metal, USA) 45. Nachtmystium - Blight Privilege (Psychedelic Black Metal, USA) 44. Traveler - Prequel to Madness (Traditional Heavy Metal, International) 43. High On Fire - Cometh the Storm (Sludge/Stoner/Doom Metal. USA) 42. Ihsahn - Self Titled (Progressive Extreme Metal, Norway) 41. Horn - Daudswiärk (Pagan Black Metal, Germany) 40. Devenial Verdict - Blessing of Despair (Progressive Death Metal, Finland) 39. Solbrud - IIII (Atmospheric Black Metal, Denmark) 38. Laceration - I Erode (Death Metal,USA) 37. The Vision Bleak - Weird Tales (Gothic Metal, Germany) 36. The Mantle - Violent Cosmic Future (Progressive Death Metal, USA) 35. Lord Dying - Clandestine Transcendence (Sludge Metal, USA) 34. Skeletal Remains - Fragments of the Ageless (Death Metal, USA) 33. Adversarial - Solitude with the Eternal (Black/Death Metal, Canada) 32. Kanonenfieber - Die Urkatastrophe (Melodic Black/Death Metal, Germany) 31. Flotsam and Jetsam - I Am The Weapon (Thrash/Power Metal, USA) 30. Ulcerate - Cutting the Throat of God (Tech Death, New Zealand) 29. Ape Vermin - Andromedas Colossus (Sludge/Doom Metal, USA) 28. Belore - Eastern Tales (Epic Atmospheric Black Metal, France) 27. Nile - The Underworld Awaits Us All (Brutal Tech Death, USA) 26. Conifère - L'Impôt du Sang (Black Metal/Dungeon Synth, Canada)
Cheers man! And thanks for sharing your picks! Some of those are going to be in my top 25 haha! And similarly, I think there are only a couple on yours I havent heard, and funnily enough they are both Canadian (Conifere and Adversarial). I am gonna be checking those out!
Allright, here we go, finally 😀 HONORABLE MENTIONS (in no particular order): ANCIENT VVISDOM - Master of the Stone / Good, catchy occult hard rock. Great riffing, solos and atmosphere. BLITZKRIEG - Blitzkrieg / I can't believe I've never listened to this band before! Fantastic album! Good ol' heavy metal. BORKNAGAR - Fall / Everything I heard so far is great, and this release is no exception. After few more spins this album will easily rank much higher. CHAINSAW - Satan / Blackened heavy/speed metal, very much inspired by early works of Venom and Bathory, fun and headbanging album. FROSTBITTEN THORNS - Frostbitten Thorns / I love the feeling of freezing cold on this album. Excellent black metal album, though their EP from this year I love better :) MY TOP FAVORITE 50 - 26: 50. IAN BLURTON'S FUTURE NOW - Crimes of the City / Vintage epic heavy metal. Great riffing, tasty solos, anthemic choruses. 49. ALBION - Lakesongs of Elbid / Beautiful, soulful folk progressive rock, very much Jethro Tull alike, but with welcome additional element of heavy riffing from time to time. Excellent! 48. AKU - Solipsism / Fine mix of classic rock elements with jazz fusion. 47. AARDVARK - Tough Love / Excellent traditional heavy metal album. Beefy and blistering guitar work. Got that "fist in the air" vibe, perfect for live performances. 46. RUTHLESS - The Fallen / Intense heavy / speed metal, old school headbanging release. 45. INVERTED CROSS - Eternal Flames of Hell / Excellent album in the spirit of first wave of black metal. Raw, relentless and fun! 44. JACKALHEAD - Dream Weaver / Excellent heavy/power metal with slight touch of doom. Heavy, beefy riffing, tasty solos and phenomenal vocals! 43. HEAVY TEMPLE - Garden of Heathens / Fantastic Doom occult rock / metal. Lots of groove, heavy riffing and great vocals and solos. 42. EARLY MOODS - A Sinner's Past / Pure Candlemass, Witchfinder General, Pentagram, Trouble and Sabbath worship. Excellent album! 41. BIG SCENIC NOWHERE - Waydown / This is a treat for all fans of desert and stoner rock. And maybe even good gateway album for the styles in question. 40. VICTORY - Circle of Life / German hard rock veterans are back with great new album! Prime 80's sounding hard rock! 39. DUNGEON KEEPER - Chaos Sorcery Strike at Midnight / Raw, primal black metal. Sounds like "Morbid Tales" by Celtic Frost, but with Pest on vocals. 38. MORGUL BLADE - Heavy Metal Wraith / Fantastic melodies and riffing, cool harsh vocals, great album cover and sound, I love it! 37. BEWITCHER - Spell Shock / Blasting fun Black'n'Roll! I love it! 36. EMERGENCY RULE - The King of Ithaca / "Southern Metal" they call it. Fine by me. Super fun and catchy riffing, great vocals, good solos. Enjoy this a lot. 35. DEWOLFF - Muscle Shoals / Psychedelic southern rock gem. Previous album is bit heavier, and I like it bit better, but this one is not far behind. 34. INQUISITION - Veneration of Medieval Mysticism and Cosmological Violence / Prime black metal, as expected. Raw, fast, relentless and yet almost easily accessible. Excellent stuff. 33. INTERCEPTOR - Tales of Mayhem / Early first wave of Black Metal worship - approved! :-D 32. AMETHYST - Throw Down the Gauntlet / Yes! Give me them young bands playing late Cretaceous era heavy metal! Love this one! 31. ARMAGH - Exclamation Po!nt / This album is a blast! Excellent heavy metal, with some speed metal tendencies. Very vintage sounding. Great stuff. 30. BLACK CANDLE - Cloaked in Black / Hell yeah! Raw, catchy, riff packed heavy metal. Some black metal influences here as well, could be called Black'n'Roll album. 29. CASTLE - Evil Remains / Sinister sounding, occult doom rock/metal with hypnotizing vocals. So evil sounding, yet very catchy. 28. MEAN MISTREATER - Razor Wire / Blasting fun heavy metal, anthemic vocals and great riffing and solos. Everything we want from this style. 27. HELVETETS PORT - Warlords / Vintage heavy metal ai it's finest. Love it! 26. BLOOD INCANTATION - Absolute elsewhere / Split personality disorder? Identity crisis? Maybe! Absolute madness of an album.
Great picks! And as usual, quite a few that are new to me, so thanks for that! Always happy to get some new stuff to explore. I really like quite a few of those, even some that I didnt end up putting on my list. Such a great year for music!
@@HammerheartMetalReviews And let's give some credit to ourselves as well. With our passion and dedication, no way any year can go out with a whimper, haha! 😀
Enjoyed seeing the doom releases the most - my guess is, we'll see Avernus, Mother Of Graves & My Dying Bride in the 2nd part. Seems like you'll ignore My frontrunner for AOY Tribulation.
@@HammerheartMetalReviews Vuur & Zijde is labeled as "atmospheric post black metal" on the archives. However, the record is a BM band playing postpunk with 1-2 BM riffs and entirely clean vocals.
My Top 50 (26 - 50) 26. Grand Magus - Sunraven 27. Avneya - Road To I 28. Devin Townsend - PowerNerd 29. Ad Infinitum - Abyss 30. Rotting Christ - Pro Xristou 31. Vanden Plas - The Empyrean Equation Of The Long Lost Things 32. Charlotte Wessels - The Obsession 33. Myrath - Karma 34. DGM - Endless 35. The Moor - Ombra 36. Sunburst - Manifesto 37. Witnesses - Joy 38. Octoploid - Beyond The Aeons 39. Oceans Of Slumber - Where Gods Fear To Speak 40. Ghostheart Nebula - Blackshift 41. 40 Watt Sun - Little Weight 42.Sonata Arctica - Clear Cold Beyond 43. Dvne - Voidkind 44. Amaranthe - The Catalyst 45. White Stone - Memorial Viva 46. Orden Ogan - The Order Of Fear 47. Wintersun - Time II 48. Opeth - The Last Will And Testament 49. Turbulence - Binary Dream 50. Yenisei - Home
1. Opeth--Last Will And Testament 2. Blood Incantation-Absolute Elsewhere 3. Witherfall-Songs Of The Forgotten 4. Ulcerate--Cutting The Throat Of God 5. Neon Nightmare--Faded Dreams 6. Aquilus-Bellum II 7. Cosmic Putrefaction-Emerald Fires Atop Farewell Mountain 8. Dark Tranquility-Endless Signals 9. Nyktophobia-To The Stars 10. Assemble The Chariots-Unyielding Night 11. Summoning The Lich-Under The Reviled Throne 12. Nile-The Underworld Awaits Us All 13. Midnight-Hellish Expectations 14. The Last Ten Seconds Of Life-No Name Graves 15. Winterfylleth-The Imperious Horizon 16. Yoth Iria--Blazing Inferno 17. Siderean-Spilling The Astral Challice 18. Ihsahn-Ihsahn 19. Eternal Storm-A Giant Bound To Fall 20. Drown In Sulphur-Dark Secrets Of The Soul 21. Atrae Bliss-Aumicide 22. Job For A Cowboy-Moon Healer 23. Worm Shepherd--Hunger 24. Cemetery Skyline-Nordic Gothic 25. Tribulation-Sub Rosa In Aeternum 26. Borknagar-Fall 27. Spectral Wound-Songs Of Blood And Mire 28. Veilburner-The Duality Of Decapitation And Wisdom 29. Oxygen Destroyer--Guardians Of The Universe 30. Candy-Its Inside You 31. Mother Of Graves-Periapt Of Absence 32. Distant-Tsukuyomi: The Origin 33. Wintersun Time II 34. Mayhemic-Toba 35. Slimelord--Chytridiomycosis Relinquished 36. Civerous-Maze Envy 37. Lucifer-Lucifer V 38. Aborted-Vault Of Horrors 39. In Vain-Solemn 40. Underneath-From The Gut Of Gaia 41. Knocked Loose-You Won’t Go Before You Are Supposed To 42. Nightwish-Yesterwynde 43. Necrot-Lifeless Birth 44. Vorga-Beyond The Palest Star 45. In Aphelion-Reaperdawn 46. Sovereign-Altered Realities 47. Demiser-Slave To The Scythe 48. Vomit Forth-Terrified Of God 49. Carnosis-Worm Tales 50. The Vision Bleak-Weird Tales
Best metal channel in the world
Cheers, and thanks! Not sure that's accurate, but I appreciate it haha!
def an underrated voice in the metal review community. Also watching is nostalgic cuz it reminds me of when youtube was UA-cam, where flashy editing and shit weren't necessary and it was more like random ass home videos
Agreed and facts. I follow a lot of metal channels and Hammerheart has more of the underground music. Also this dude talks about what he loves and not negative and not trashing on albums. Cheers Hammer Heart 🍻
I've been looking forward to these videos for months!
Great video . There's a lot there I need to hear .. that beer looks nice too .. excited for the top 25😊
Love your Channel & your back wall with all those GREAT ALBUMS 🤘
Great list! Looking forward to the next one. There were many of these that I was familiar with, such as Crypt Sermon and Anciients.
Great video! Thank you very much! So many great albums 👍
Cheers!
Glad to see Crypt Sermon getting tons of love in the metal circles, that album is amazing.
Laceration and Skeletal Remains are two of the best OSDM revival albums this year for sure.
Bunch of albums I missed on your list, so I’ll definitely check them out!
Totally agree! Cheers man!
Thank you!
Wohooo, best time of the year!😀 Stellar list as expected my friend. Anciients, Borknagar, Crypt Sermon, Ecclesia and Wintersun are all great releases, the rest I'm gonna have to check out.
Now, regarding my own list I have to confess myself a bit disappointed, I haven't managed to listen to (meaning giving at least 5-6 proper spins) nearly as many new albums as I have in some previous years. It's been a bit busy year, so I guess familiar artists and albums worked bit better for me. However, I will improve next year ;-) That being said, I still managed to compose pretty sweet list of new releases, which I will give in your 25-1 video. Still putting few finishing touches on it, because as usual, you and Mr. Blayne Smith with his "Black'n'Roll" fest managed to screw my list just a bit further, haha. But no matter, it's a fun obstacle to deal with! 😀 Cheers!!!
Cheers man! Looking forward to your list! You always end up giving me a few new ones to check out, and I am sure this year will be no different. Sorry for screwing it up haha
@@HammerheartMetalReviews With superhuman effort, I forgive you.. 😀 Cheers!
What I love about your channel is that you give classic heavy metal a fair crack of the whip, Warlords was a gem of an album. I'll share my list on your 25 - 1 video on Friday 👍
Cheers! Ya I don't know why so many seem to ignore classic heavy metal. So many gems coming out every year, and there will be a handful more in my top 25 for sure. Looking forward to seeing your picks on Friday!
Great picks man. Looking forward to the top 25
I like these: Frozen Crown, Helvetets Port, Orden Ogan, Skeletal Remains and the new Wintersun. Look forward to the rest. 🤘
Wow you had a hard task with this list like you do every year! Cool albums to check out! I'm only doing a top 15 of 2024 this coming weekend, and that was difficult! I couldn't imagine 50! Great as usual!
Cheers George! Looking forward to seeing your picks for your list!
Hi Graham, just listened through and cheery picked the ones that sound like they might be good for me. Not being into the really extreme stuff (vocally!) means only a few have made the cut this time, but Ill give you a big thumbs up for Frozen Crown, a band I really like, and Orden Ogan, although I admit I've not got round to the new one yet. Still finalising my list for the year, clearly going to be less growly than yours, but looking forward to the top half of your list.
Cheers! Definitely share your list once you have it finalized!
Another channel giving Frozen Crown a nod, I love to see it. I’ve thought they were just fantastic since I discovered them through their debut single/album.
Cheers! I first discovered them when I saw the Neverending video from their sophomore album, and have been a fan ever since. great band!
Mate one of the 5 metal channels I watch weekly. Some of my band picks for the year in no particular order - Anciients, Sgaile, Exocrine, Suicidal Angels, Altar of Betelgeuse, Inner Sanctum, The Abstract Illusion, Tomorrows Rain, Svartkonst, The Incantus (my fave), Nyktophobia, Gatecreeper, Octoploid, Devenial Verdict, Blood Incantation, Rise of Kronos, Color of Death, Wounds, Iotunn, QAALM, Judas Priest and Comfortably Numb by Body Count!
Cheers, thanks! And nice picks, with a couple in there I am not familiar with, so will check em out!
Awesome stuff as always dude! Great to see Frozen Crown make the grade. They might just be on my list (spoiler alert)
Looking forward to seeing your picks too!
Did only listen to Wintersun, Ungfell, Skeletal Remains and Borknagar, I checked out Bal Sagoths later albums in the last weeks. Thank you for the recommendations and Im looking forward to the rest 💪 Cheers and greetings 🍺
Cheers! Oh Bal-Sagoth is so good!!
Cool video!
TOP 10
1. Intervals Memory Palace
2. Jasta ...and Jasta For All
3. Sebastian Bach Child Within the Man
4. Judas Priest Invincible Shield
5. Disbelief Killing Karma
6. Vredehammer God Slayer
7. Aborted Vault of Horrors
8. Evergrey Theories of Emptyness
9. Fracture Chaos Alchemy
10. Arctis Arctis
11. Unhoped Torturous Sanctified Centuries
12. Vola Friend of a Phantom
13. Ritual Ascention Origin of Zed
14. Vicious Blade Relentless force
15. Fit For an Autopsy The Nothing That Is
16. Sentient Horror In the Service of the Dead
17. Apogean Cyberstrictive
18. Oxygen Destroyer Guardian of the Universe
19. Laceration I Erode
20. Cryptic Hatred Internal Torment
21. Undeath More Insane
22. Escuela Grind Dreams of Algorithms
23. Exuvial The Hive Mind Chronicles Part 1-Parasitica
24. Terrorpy The Bisection Collection
25. Gaerea Coma
26. Ritual Fog But Merely Flesh
27. Arcania Lost Generation
28. Crimson Butchery Violence By Design
29. Defeated Sanity Chronicals of Lunacy
30. Fathomless Ritual Hymns for the Lesser Gods
Cheers! And thanks for sharing your picks. Definitely a handful in there that I haven't heard
I’ve been meaning to relisten to Fellwarden! Really thought the new Kanonenfieber album was excellent; Noise has come a long way!
Couple of these are gonna be on my list too :D
Hi Graham really looking forward to this.
Will watch in stages (its not too long 😂lol).
Take care I think we will have similar tastes ❤.
Must check out that album
I uploaded my top 20 favorite albums of 2024 video this past Friday.
cool, will check it out!
Thanks for turning me on to SOLBRUD. It would have had more impact divided into 2 or even 3 shorter records spread across the year. Love it, though. Cheers.
Cheers! No problem at all, glad you liked it. Ya there is definitely a LOT of music to take in on that album, agree it may have been served better as separate albums, just in terms of easier to digest. but ya I love it too
So many amazing albums that it really hurt me to leave off this list.
One early December album did end up making my list and pretty high but I flat out loved it so fuck it haha.
I was curious if any from your list would be new for me to check out and that you haven't already talked about on the channel, two so far, we'll see what the top half brings.
Cheers 🤘
50. Petracorensis - Larmes et Dures Peines (Black/Folk Metal, France)
49. Eldingar - Lysistrata (Black Metal, Greece)
48. Chapel of Disease - Echoes of Light (Progressive Death Metal/Hard Rock, Germany)
47. Winterfylleth - The Imperious Horizon (Atmospheric Black Metal, UK)
46. Knoll - As Spoken (Grindcore/Death Metal, USA)
45. Nachtmystium - Blight Privilege (Psychedelic Black Metal, USA)
44. Traveler - Prequel to Madness (Traditional Heavy Metal, International)
43. High On Fire - Cometh the Storm (Sludge/Stoner/Doom Metal. USA)
42. Ihsahn - Self Titled (Progressive Extreme Metal, Norway)
41. Horn - Daudswiärk (Pagan Black Metal, Germany)
40. Devenial Verdict - Blessing of Despair (Progressive Death Metal, Finland)
39. Solbrud - IIII (Atmospheric Black Metal, Denmark)
38. Laceration - I Erode (Death Metal,USA)
37. The Vision Bleak - Weird Tales (Gothic Metal, Germany)
36. The Mantle - Violent Cosmic Future (Progressive Death Metal, USA)
35. Lord Dying - Clandestine Transcendence (Sludge Metal, USA)
34. Skeletal Remains - Fragments of the Ageless (Death Metal, USA)
33. Adversarial - Solitude with the Eternal (Black/Death Metal, Canada)
32. Kanonenfieber - Die Urkatastrophe (Melodic Black/Death Metal, Germany)
31. Flotsam and Jetsam - I Am The Weapon (Thrash/Power Metal, USA)
30. Ulcerate - Cutting the Throat of God (Tech Death, New Zealand)
29. Ape Vermin - Andromedas Colossus (Sludge/Doom Metal, USA)
28. Belore - Eastern Tales (Epic Atmospheric Black Metal, France)
27. Nile - The Underworld Awaits Us All (Brutal Tech Death, USA)
26. Conifère - L'Impôt du Sang (Black Metal/Dungeon Synth, Canada)
Cheers man! And thanks for sharing your picks! Some of those are going to be in my top 25 haha! And similarly, I think there are only a couple on yours I havent heard, and funnily enough they are both Canadian (Conifere and Adversarial). I am gonna be checking those out!
@HammerheartMetalReviews Conifere should be right up your alley!
@@MrOmac09 yep you know me very well haha, just listened to it and yes that is definitely my kind of thing. Really enjoyed the first listen
The only album i have from this list is Saidan - Visual Kill. Love it, great pick.
Its so good!
Allright, here we go, finally 😀
HONORABLE MENTIONS (in no particular order):
ANCIENT VVISDOM - Master of the Stone / Good, catchy occult hard rock. Great riffing, solos and atmosphere.
BLITZKRIEG - Blitzkrieg / I can't believe I've never listened to this band before! Fantastic album! Good ol' heavy metal.
BORKNAGAR - Fall / Everything I heard so far is great, and this release is no exception. After few more spins this album will easily rank much higher.
CHAINSAW - Satan / Blackened heavy/speed metal, very much inspired by early works of Venom and Bathory, fun and headbanging album.
FROSTBITTEN THORNS - Frostbitten Thorns / I love the feeling of freezing cold on this album. Excellent black metal album, though their EP from this year I love better :)
MY TOP FAVORITE 50 - 26:
50. IAN BLURTON'S FUTURE NOW - Crimes of the City / Vintage epic heavy metal. Great riffing, tasty solos, anthemic choruses.
49. ALBION - Lakesongs of Elbid / Beautiful, soulful folk progressive rock, very much Jethro Tull alike, but with welcome additional element of heavy riffing from time to time. Excellent!
48. AKU - Solipsism / Fine mix of classic rock elements with jazz fusion.
47. AARDVARK - Tough Love / Excellent traditional heavy metal album. Beefy and blistering guitar work. Got that "fist in the air" vibe, perfect for live performances.
46. RUTHLESS - The Fallen / Intense heavy / speed metal, old school headbanging release.
45. INVERTED CROSS - Eternal Flames of Hell / Excellent album in the spirit of first wave of black metal. Raw, relentless and fun!
44. JACKALHEAD - Dream Weaver / Excellent heavy/power metal with slight touch of doom. Heavy, beefy riffing, tasty solos and phenomenal vocals!
43. HEAVY TEMPLE - Garden of Heathens / Fantastic Doom occult rock / metal. Lots of groove, heavy riffing and great vocals and solos.
42. EARLY MOODS - A Sinner's Past / Pure Candlemass, Witchfinder General, Pentagram, Trouble and Sabbath worship. Excellent album!
41. BIG SCENIC NOWHERE - Waydown / This is a treat for all fans of desert and stoner rock. And maybe even good gateway album for the styles in question.
40. VICTORY - Circle of Life / German hard rock veterans are back with great new album! Prime 80's sounding hard rock!
39. DUNGEON KEEPER - Chaos Sorcery Strike at Midnight / Raw, primal black metal. Sounds like "Morbid Tales" by Celtic Frost, but with Pest on vocals.
38. MORGUL BLADE - Heavy Metal Wraith / Fantastic melodies and riffing, cool harsh vocals, great album cover and sound, I love it!
37. BEWITCHER - Spell Shock / Blasting fun Black'n'Roll! I love it!
36. EMERGENCY RULE - The King of Ithaca / "Southern Metal" they call it. Fine by me. Super fun and catchy riffing, great vocals, good solos. Enjoy this a lot.
35. DEWOLFF - Muscle Shoals / Psychedelic southern rock gem. Previous album is bit heavier, and I like it bit better, but this one is not far behind.
34. INQUISITION - Veneration of Medieval Mysticism and Cosmological Violence / Prime black metal, as expected. Raw, fast, relentless and yet almost easily accessible. Excellent stuff.
33. INTERCEPTOR - Tales of Mayhem / Early first wave of Black Metal worship - approved! :-D
32. AMETHYST - Throw Down the Gauntlet / Yes! Give me them young bands playing late Cretaceous era heavy metal! Love this one!
31. ARMAGH - Exclamation Po!nt / This album is a blast! Excellent heavy metal, with some speed metal tendencies. Very vintage sounding. Great stuff.
30. BLACK CANDLE - Cloaked in Black / Hell yeah! Raw, catchy, riff packed heavy metal. Some black metal influences here as well, could be called Black'n'Roll album.
29. CASTLE - Evil Remains / Sinister sounding, occult doom rock/metal with hypnotizing vocals. So evil sounding, yet very catchy.
28. MEAN MISTREATER - Razor Wire / Blasting fun heavy metal, anthemic vocals and great riffing and solos. Everything we want from this style.
27. HELVETETS PORT - Warlords / Vintage heavy metal ai it's finest. Love it!
26. BLOOD INCANTATION - Absolute elsewhere / Split personality disorder? Identity crisis? Maybe! Absolute madness of an album.
Great picks! And as usual, quite a few that are new to me, so thanks for that! Always happy to get some new stuff to explore. I really like quite a few of those, even some that I didnt end up putting on my list. Such a great year for music!
@@HammerheartMetalReviews And let's give some credit to ourselves as well. With our passion and dedication, no way any year can go out with a whimper, haha! 😀
My favorite album in 2024 would probably Blood Incantation - Absolute Elsewhere. That album is Masterpiece.
Great video man and picks. One thing though, you need a mic. The sound is annoying.
Enjoyed seeing the doom releases the most - my guess is, we'll see Avernus, Mother Of Graves & My Dying Bride in the 2nd part. Seems like you'll ignore My frontrunner for AOY Tribulation.
Cheers! To be honest I didn't end up including any of those in my top 50. I do like them, but narrowing this down was pretty tough
I have one in common. I do 25 but I mix metal and rock
I bet we will have a few more in common once I get to my top 25. I will check out your picks once they come out too. Cheers!
@ I have divided them in 5 videos
Top 9
1. Vuur & Zijde "Boezem"
2. Limbes "Liernes"
3. Árstíðir Lífsins "Aldriock"
4. Ripped to Shreds "Sanshi"
5. Hauntologist "Hollow"
6. Dodsrit "Nocturnal Will"
7. Iron Curtain "Savage Dawn"
8. Engulfed "Unearthly Litanies of Despair"
9. Yoth Iria "Blazing Inferno"
Nice picks! And to be honest I am not familiar with your #1, so gonna be checking that out!
@@HammerheartMetalReviews Vuur & Zijde is labeled as "atmospheric post black metal" on the archives. However, the record is a BM band playing postpunk with 1-2 BM riffs and entirely clean vocals.
My Top 50 (26 - 50)
26. Grand Magus - Sunraven
27. Avneya - Road To I
28. Devin Townsend - PowerNerd
29. Ad Infinitum - Abyss
30. Rotting Christ - Pro Xristou
31. Vanden Plas - The Empyrean Equation Of The Long Lost Things
32. Charlotte Wessels - The Obsession
33. Myrath - Karma
34. DGM - Endless
35. The Moor - Ombra
36. Sunburst - Manifesto
37. Witnesses - Joy
38. Octoploid - Beyond The Aeons
39. Oceans Of Slumber - Where Gods Fear To Speak
40. Ghostheart Nebula - Blackshift
41. 40 Watt Sun - Little Weight
42.Sonata Arctica - Clear Cold Beyond
43. Dvne - Voidkind
44. Amaranthe - The Catalyst
45. White Stone - Memorial Viva
46. Orden Ogan - The Order Of Fear
47. Wintersun - Time II
48. Opeth - The Last Will And Testament
49. Turbulence - Binary Dream
50. Yenisei - Home
Great picks! And a handful there that are new to me, so thanks for those!
1. Opeth--Last Will And Testament
2. Blood Incantation-Absolute Elsewhere
3. Witherfall-Songs Of The Forgotten
4. Ulcerate--Cutting The Throat Of God
5. Neon Nightmare--Faded Dreams
6. Aquilus-Bellum II
7. Cosmic Putrefaction-Emerald Fires Atop Farewell Mountain
8. Dark Tranquility-Endless Signals
9. Nyktophobia-To The Stars
10. Assemble The Chariots-Unyielding Night
11. Summoning The Lich-Under The Reviled Throne
12. Nile-The Underworld Awaits Us All
13. Midnight-Hellish Expectations
14. The Last Ten Seconds Of Life-No Name Graves
15. Winterfylleth-The Imperious Horizon
16. Yoth Iria--Blazing Inferno
17. Siderean-Spilling The Astral Challice
18. Ihsahn-Ihsahn
19. Eternal Storm-A Giant Bound To Fall
20. Drown In Sulphur-Dark Secrets Of The Soul
21. Atrae Bliss-Aumicide
22. Job For A Cowboy-Moon Healer
23. Worm Shepherd--Hunger
24. Cemetery Skyline-Nordic Gothic
25. Tribulation-Sub Rosa In Aeternum
26. Borknagar-Fall
27. Spectral Wound-Songs Of Blood And Mire
28. Veilburner-The Duality Of Decapitation And Wisdom
29. Oxygen Destroyer--Guardians Of The Universe
30. Candy-Its Inside You
31. Mother Of Graves-Periapt Of Absence
32. Distant-Tsukuyomi: The Origin
33. Wintersun Time II
34. Mayhemic-Toba
35. Slimelord--Chytridiomycosis Relinquished
36. Civerous-Maze Envy
37. Lucifer-Lucifer V
38. Aborted-Vault Of Horrors
39. In Vain-Solemn
40. Underneath-From The Gut Of Gaia
41. Knocked Loose-You Won’t Go Before You Are Supposed To
42. Nightwish-Yesterwynde
43. Necrot-Lifeless Birth
44. Vorga-Beyond The Palest Star
45. In Aphelion-Reaperdawn
46. Sovereign-Altered Realities
47. Demiser-Slave To The Scythe
48. Vomit Forth-Terrified Of God
49. Carnosis-Worm Tales
50. The Vision Bleak-Weird Tales
Great picks!! A few in there I am not familiar with, so thanks for those, and also so many albums that I love. Cheers!
LFG! 💀
Great list. My top 75 of the year: ua-cam.com/video/djVj1oVzAcM/v-deo.html
Cheers! Will check out your list this week!
There is not 50 albums this year worth ranking, and Laceration is a top10 not towards the bottom of this list.
Dude, invest in a microphone please. You sound like speaking in a bucket