Another year begins, same scenario, ranking ordered from favorite down to least favorite. I've no specific target set this year, but it's doubtful I'll reach last year's monstrous amount. I might even throw in the odd EP this time round.

The list is also edited daily so the ranking may be subject to change.

1.Cistvaen - At Light's Demise

2.Wormwood - The Star

3.Khirki - Κ​υ​κ​ε​ώ​ν​α​ς

4.Dödsrit - Nocturnal Will

5.Árstíðir Lífsins - Aldrlok

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Hoping to not beat last year's total albums, but to still find the good stuff this year.

1.Vulgaris - Seat Of The Fire

2.Dvne - Voidkind

3.Persefone - Lingua Ignota: Part I

4.Eternal Storm - A Giant Bound To Fall

5.Æthĕrĭa Conscĭentĭa - The Blossoming

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1.Labyrinthus Stellarum - Vortex Of The Worlds

2.Einvigi - Monokroma

3.Far Beyond - The End Of My Road

4.Riitasointu - Pedon Leikki

5.Dödsrit - Nocturnal Will

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So it begins. 3rd year at MS, 5th year of devoted metal listening. Nothing particularly exciting coming up, but Eternal Storm looks promising, and any new Persefone is a good thing. It's early days after all.

Goal? I made it to 625 albums last year, with a pretty slack first 6 months. Aiming for 800.

Update: This list is officially discontinued, apart from albums that are good enough to warrant multiple listens, aka the top end. There are various reasons for this, but a lot of changes are happening in life and I cannot/do not want to give this much time to every release I can.

1.Aquilus - Bellum II

2.Cave Sermon - Divine Laughter

3.Illumishade - Another Side Of You

4.Persefone - Lingua Ignota: Part I

5.Solbrud - IIII

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Long list huh

1.Bruce Dickinson - The Mandrake Project

2.Judas Priest - Invincible Shield

3.Coffin Storm - Arcana Rising

4.Ivory Tower - Heavy Rain

5.Exhorder - Defectum Omnium

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I haven't listened a lot of 2024 albums so far, here are a few I enjoyed so far.

1.Sgàile - Traverse The Bealach

2.Judas Priest - Invincible Shield

3.For All We Know - By Design Or By Disaster

4.Turbulence - Binary Dream

5.North Sea Echoes - Really Good Terrible Things

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1.Canaan - Ai Margini

2.Obsidian ( U.S.) - Fathomless ( progressive death metal / djent ) - 8

3.Darkcluster - Stellar Tomb - 7

4.Hauntologist - Hollow

5.Slift - Ilion

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1.Caligula's Horse - Charcoal Grace

2.Knocked Loose - You Won't Go Before You're Supposed To

3.Erra - Cure

4.Gatecreeper - Dark Superstition

5.Bring Me The Horizon - Post Human: Nex Gen

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1.Vitriol - Suffer & Become

2.Borknagar - Fall

3.Vanden Plas - The Empyrean Equation Of The Long Lost Things

4.Hiraes - Dormant

5.Hauntologist - Hollow

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Bruce Dickinsons solo career is a varied ride. He tried some different rock styles and did try to go in a different direction than his Maiden years, still he's best work is the albums that most resemble his years in Iron Maiden so it went full circle. Even if I'm not so fond of some of his albums I still think it's an intresting career and there's plenty of good songs to find and lyrics wise he's most of the time on point. Sadly with all his different projects going on these days we will never see another solo album, but you never know. So here's my ranking of his solo records.

1.Bruce Dickinson - The Chemical Wedding

2.Bruce Dickinson - Accident Of Birth

3.Bruce Dickinson - The Mandrake Project

4.Bruce Dickinson - Skunkworks

5.Bruce Dickinson - Tyranny Of Souls

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This is my list of newly released Albums that I listened/will listen to in 2024. I hope that I have the motivation to finally complete it this year and not stop halfway through.
The records are presented in order of release date and I will rate them when I´m certain that I formed an opinion on them, though the ratings might change from time to time.
I hope this list might once again be inspiring to other users maybe some people will find some new music to listen to.
Let´s see if I have the motivation to finally complete it this year and not stop halfway through.

1.Insade - Human Obsession

2.Hauntologist - Hollow

3.Magnum - Here Comes The Rain

4.Scanner - The Cosmic Race

5.Santacreu - Cançons D'amor, Dol I Enyorança

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1.Judas Priest - Invincible Shield

2.Vanden Plas - The Empyrean Equation Of The Long Lost Things

3.Amaranthe - The Catalyst

4.Madder Mortem - Old Eyes, New Heart

5.The Moor - Ombra

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1.Bruce Dickinson - The Mandrake Project

2.For All We Know - By Design Or By Disaster

3.Sonata Arctica - Clear Cold Beyond

4.Khirki - Κ​υ​κ​ε​ώ​ν​α​ς

5.Neal Morse - The Restoration - Joseph: Part Two

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1.Manticora - Mycelium

2.Caligula's Horse - Charcoal Grace

3.Striker - Ultrapower

4.Ihsahn - Ihsahn

5.Borknagar - Fall

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1.Gatecreeper - Dark Superstition

2.Horndal - Head Hammer Man

3.Judas Priest - Invincible Shield

4.Bruce Dickinson - The Mandrake Project

5.Dödsrit - Nocturnal Will

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