After seeing Guib's great list (go check it out) , I wanted to create my own lineup of albums that really hit the spot for me. I'm all about heavy guitars mixed with symphonic elements/melodies. While I'll mostly lean towards technical death metal & deathcore, I'm open to throwing in other stuff that fits the vibe.

I'll list them in order of date. Feel free to post recommendations. One album each band.

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Personal favorite 2024:
Job For A Cowboy - Moon Healer

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TAGS: Technical Death Metal, Melodic Tech-Death, Brutal, Atmospheric, Progressive, Blackened Tech-Death, Deathcore, Symphonic, Dissonant Tech-Death, Metalcore

1.The Faceless - Akeldama

2.Born Of Osiris - The Discovery

3.Northlane - Singularity

4.Aversions Crown - Tyrant

5.Rings Of Saturn - Lugal Ki En

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1.Dvne - Voidkind

2.Cistvaen - At Light's Demise

3.Necrophobic - In The Twilight Grey

4.Dark Oath - Ages Of Man

5.My Dying Bride - A Mortal Binding

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Another year, another list. Every 2024 release I hear at least once in entirety will be featured here. This is not a best-of nor a ranking so albums will be displayed in chronological order (newest at the top). (I had to restart this list because I accidentally deleted the last one lol).

1.2 Wolves - Not Worth It

2.Unleash The Archers - Phantoma

3.As The Sun Falls - Kaamos

4.Wheel - Charismatic Leaders

5.ACOD - Versets Noirs

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1.Job For A Cowboy - Moon Healer

2.Bipolar Architecture - Metaphysicize

3.Lord Dying - Clandestine Transcendence

4.Counting Hours - The Wishing Tomb

5.Ihsahn - Ihsahn

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These are albums that I'm currently enjoying. They may be classics that I'm revisiting or new gems I've recently discovered. (Ordered alphabetically)

- A star (⭐️) denotes a new discovery that I find exceptionally special!
- A flame (🔥) denotes an album that I've heard before, enjoyed, and am revisiting this month!

1.Atrium Carceri - Forgotten Gods

2.Blackend Horizon - Nerhegeb

3.Caldon Glover - Ùir

4.Daevar - Amber Eyes

5.Dead Head - Shadow Soul

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For the love of extreme, brutal, hellish sounds

1.Hauntologist - Hollow

2.Job For A Cowboy - Moon Healer

3.Infant Island - Obsidian Wreath

4.Vitriol - Suffer & Become

5.Déhà - The Illusion Of Reach

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1.Borknagar - Fall

2.Dvne - Voidkind

3.Dååth - The Deceivers

4.My Dying Bride - A Mortal Binding

5.In Vain - Solemn

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Only 8+ shit

1.Job For A Cowboy - Moon Healer

2.Austere - Beneath The Threshold

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just albums I have my eye on

1.Job For A Cowboy - Moon Healer

2.Suicidal Angels - Profane Prayer

3.Firewind - Stand United

4.Bruce Dickinson - The Mandrake Project

5.Sonata Arctica - Clear Cold Beyond

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1.Eternal Storm - A Giant Bound To Fall

2.Job For A Cowboy - Moon Healer

3.Bipolar Architecture - Metaphysicize

4.Necrowretch - Swords Of Dajjal

5.Unaussprechlichen Kulten - Häxan Sabaoth

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1.Necrophobic - In The Twilight Grey

2.Necrot - Lifeless Birth

3.Morta Skuld - Creation Undone

4.Skeletal Remains - Fragments Of The Ageless

5.Blood Red Throne - Nonagon

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1.Dvne - Voidkind

2.Cave Sermon - Divine Laughter

3.Hamferð - Men Gu​ð​s Hond Er Sterk

4.Dödsrit - Nocturnal Will

5.Vitriol - Suffer & Become

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What I liked the most from 2024 albums, no EPs allowed. Now ranked

1.Judas Priest - Invincible Shield

2.Labyrinthus Stellarum - Vortex Of The Worlds

3.Dark Oath - Ages Of Man

4.Hauntologist - Hollow

5.Dödsrit - Nocturnal Will

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1.Hauntologist - Hollow

2.Chelsea Wolfe - She Reaches Out To She Reaches Out To She

3.Aborted - Vault Of Horrors

4.Job For A Cowboy - Moon Healer

5.Deicide - Banished By Sin

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My Top 2024

1.Hannes Grossmann - Echoes Of Eternity

2.Necrophobic - In The Twilight Grey

3.Ihsahn - Ihsahn

4.Hauntologist - Hollow

5.Vitriol - Suffer & Become

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