BEST METAL ALBUMS OF 2024 (so far) 

What is your AOTY so far?

My AOTY so far is easily Boundaries - Death is Little More. My other favorites for metal/rock are the new Knocked Loose and Seeyouspacecowboy albums.

Darko just hits different for me never used to like Deathcore that much but I think I've listened to Starfire at least 20+ times now during gym, work, driving home. It's like my favourite genres all had a freakish baby AOTY for sure so far... But yea that said loved ERRA, Alpha Wolf, Northlane, Knocked Loose and Diamond Constructs new stuff.

Imminence is my AOTY

Caligula's Horse - Charcoal Grace. Not only is it my AOTY so far, it's in my top 5 all times. Just a masterpiece.

The Poetic Edda and Death Is Little More definetly S tier for me too. I liked your tierlist in general. We all have different tastes and we have to respect that. In my case I enjoyed LMTF record more than BMTH. I would put it in A Tier and BMTH in B tier. But tastes are subjective and we don't have to get mad for someone not liking the same as us. Thanks for the video, you gave me new music and bands to check out.

I know for the last few albums, Intervals has moved away from djent in favor of brighter more colorful vibes but their newest album, memory palace, brought some of the heaviness back and is really good and should be on the list for sure.

Charcoal Grace is so slept on, phenomenal album

Bro I expected a S from mirar 😂😂😂 becaude when i listen to them i feel so much emotion, these guitars feel like tortured voices it gives goosebumps! 😂

I missed the second half of this portion of stream, but YESSSSSS to Boundaries being in S tier. Glad you’re loving the album as much as I am. Best gym album right now. AOTY

Lmtf - the cycles of trying to cope is AOTY no question

My current top 5 looks like 1. Boundaries 2. Infant Island 3. Knocked Loose 4. SYSC 5. Imminence

I've been wondering why there's been so little talk about the Diamond Construct album, but I guess its because people aren't feeling it. And that just shocks me tbh because next to Boundries album, Angel Killer Zero is neck and neck with it for me. The first time I listened to it I admit it wasa little weird and noisey, but it was addictive and I kept going back it, and now I love it. Filling out my top 5 (so far) is Red Handed Denial's album A Journey Through Virtual Dystopia, Filth's Southern Hositility, and the new Knocked Loose album.

I liked Boundaries, Erra and Knocked Lose the most this year

very respectable tier list, i almost agree but there’s a number of records missing i would add into here

Starfire = S

The Boundaries clean vocals are so grating.

Knocked Loose is S along with Disembodied Tyrant nearly tied.

My top: 1. Boundaries 2. Casey 3. Bloom 4. Eidola 5. Galleons 6. Knocked Loose 7. Mirar 8. LMTF

My AOTY is Death Is Little More by Boundaries, 3 incredible albums in a row, they're great musicians.

Foreign hands is definitely s class

My album of the year so far is "Theories of Emptiness" by Evergrey

Boundaries guaranteed number 1 so far, the rest are a toss up. There's a bunch of good ones so far

Hot take, but I’m not feeling the heavy non singles. The rest of the album is a bop. And I’d say Knocked Loose’s album is AOTY for me. I’ll check out that Boundries album, though.

So many of my favorite albums of the year you put in C and C-. I respect your opinion but I gotta disagree whole heartedly 😅 all love though ❤🤘

honestly blooms album is perfect to me it’s my aoty

I think LMTF and Foreign Hands should be higher, i would have put KL in S and for Wage War... As a fan of their music i also am dissapointed, some tracks are ok but the rest is either too sketchy or too bland...

I understand how you feel about Knocked Loose birb, but You Won’t Go Before you’re Supposed To was genuinely boundary pushing and deserves nothing less than high S tier in my opinion. The production, atmosphere, and intensity absolutely Annihilate the listener the entire way through and it’s the first time I’ve ever heard heavy music produced in this way. The snare sound is immaculate and Bryan said there are five guitar layers on the songs from the record to make them sound more like a wall of sound. It’s AOTY for me without a doubt, even Fantano gave this a 9 and he thinks most modern Metalcore is mediocre, that’s gotta say something if you ask me. The atmosphere created throughout the album is also uncomfortable and uneasy in all the right ways.

Torn between BMTH and Disembodied Tyrant honestly. Solid 3rd for KL but the Wage War is just lazy XM rock

Where is Invincible Shield?

Poetic Edda - 4 song EP better than all the other albums. LFG

Imminence all day

Erra and LMTF

Like moths to Flames 🔥. Any opinion that says otherwise is 🫏 💩

Avralize - Freaks

A lot of c should be on b tbh. A little harsh.

Can someone post the songs that were used for each album?

Did anyone check out the new Capstan album?

But what about Charcoal Grace :(

dealer for me

Nex Gen is the best

nex gen isnt really metal tho

stigma in D is probably the worst opinion ive ever seen in my life

Galleons is my current AOTY so far and I didn't even know this band exists before this album. and no, 16-song album is great and not bloated (as long as every song is great). I hate this current trend of 2-3 minutes 10-song album. More like Galleons and BMTH please!

The Black by Imminence is AOTY so far for me

Top 5 for me so far has to be 5. Death is Little More - Boundaries 4. Half Living Things - AW 3. New Order of Mind - Dealer 2. Starfire - Darko 1. Angel Killer Zero - Diamond Construct My list is probably gonna get a lot of hate but man I love those noises, super fun to groove to at the gym or while driving to work

Like Moths To Flames is S-tier

LMTF and Bloom in C should be a crime

Worst list ive even seen

Technically an EP but The Poetic Edda Wild card: Starfire AOTY: man.... imma have to say Erra has grown on me for daily play

Boundaries is still my personal aoty. Also ERRAs album is just nice to listen to. Yes it doesn't sound like an ERRA album, but it grew on me quite a lot. Personally B tier for me.

Moon Healer hit all the right spots for me personally. Sun Eater was a big influence when I was getting this style of music so this album has more meaning than the other records that came out this year. I was super disappointed by the new Knocked Loose so everyone told me to listen to Boundaries and damn, that album is probably #2 for me. Favorite non-metal is the new The Story So Far album for sure.

cool vid. appreciate you putting a snippet of the band for each to give a brief idea of their sound.

Galleons and Moths in C? Birb is on that ZAZA. HOW?!

The album name on Seeyouspacecowboy's section is wrong, Romance of Affliction is from 2021 :)

1. Greyhaven should be way more popular. 2. I only listen to 2 erra albums, their first one and the lastest one. 3. Nice ratings

Need to give that C-Horse album another listen... it's sooooooooooo good.

Sorry, I'm into very extremely Japanesse powermetal music of very true beautiful 😍 performance skills of awesome abilities!✨🥰😎❤👏

Metalbirb just trying to be controversial as usual 😂 no way this guy doesn’t have on of the three: BMTH, KNOCKED LOOSE, or IMMINENCE in S-tier 😂

So many Erra defenders in these comments.. album was boring, like birb said with LMTF its a band taking a step, but nothing revolution. They went from progcore to Spiritbox esque, a big ol meh from me.

I might be alone here but Erra's "Cure" is my AOTY so far. That band went for the bold option of going slower, groovier, even chiller while still maintaining their identity with solid songwriting, tight pacing and just enough of that ball-breaking heaviness sprinkled throughout and the album honestly just gets better with every listen. Knocked Loose's "You Won't Go Before You're Supposed To" is the silver medal winner though. For me a decent HXC band crossed the rubicon and completely upended my view on them in the best way possible, brought the intensity, had a message, and did it LESS THAN 30 MINS!!! Hats all the way off!

My current album of the year is her last sight picture perfect an If I were you albums them albums are better than the boundaries album, and my second is imminence album an third is knock loose album but probably my album of the year for me gonna be alleviate DMNS album nothing’s going to beat it for me and I don’t care nothing for boundaries I’m sorry people that album to me is no good yuck but everybody has a different opinion, but that’s my opinion

Charcoal Grace by Caligula’s Horse

My top 5 so far: 1-Boundaries 2-BMTH 3-Greyscale Seasons 4-Darko 5-Knocked Loose

Wage war is so tiring and bored. It just feels like there was no passion and no heart in what they put out. I am excited though for the home teams album, and windwakers upcoming banger!

Knocked loose Darko us Boundaries Bmth Waste Axty In hearts wake

No Judas Priest

I’m glad someone agrees with me about LMTF - I don’t see what so many people saw in that album. It was just okay for me

Damn. ERRA in C is rough

Either Caligula's Horse 'Charcoal Grace' or Wheel 'Charismatic Leaders' 🤘

Personal AOTY is definitely Charcoal Grace by Caligula's Horse. I understand the placement of B, but damn, that shit has been on repeat on my playlists throughout the year

I don’t understand why you sleeping on if l were you wither//without bro

EPs have been killing it this year to me. Album though, Darko or JFAC

boundaries AOTY Death is little moer

Darkest Hour self titled album is one of my favorite albums of all time. Their new one is amazing as well

Knocked loose is album of the year for me, especially since it feels like a big step up from a different shade of blue, I think the problem people keep having is just starting and stopping and trying to analyze each song individually, where if you listen to the album as a whole, it’s fantastic. I think it’s fair to analyze singles that way, but I think albums should just be viewed as a whole, because “moss covers all” and “take me home” connect to each other like counting worms, and that’s one of their most popular beat downs. I can in good conscious give it like a 9, maybe a 9.2. If they added the singles onto it, I could maybe even give it a 9.5

Next gen and The Poetic Edda are my favorites so far

My favorite (so far) this year is definitely Imminence’s The Black. Then a tie between BMTH’s Post Human and Erra’s Cure.After that it’s a toss up for anything else.

My top 5 so far: 1. Knocked Loose - You Won't Go Before You're Supposed To 2. Darkest Hour - Perpetual Terminal 3. Boundaries - Death is Little More 4. Umbra Vitae - Light of Death 5. Judas Priest - Invincible Shield Honorable mentions: Cavalera Conspiracy - Schizophrenia: would be in top 3 but it's a rerecording of an album from the 80s Mirar - Mare: left off for not being an album lol

LMTF ftw

Mirrar- c? Good bye Wtfwtfwtfwtfwtfw😤

I just can't decide between Boundaries and Imminence, so for now I have them join top for AOTY. Just love both of those records. While some have been close, no other albums have been S-tier for me. Hopeful of Future Palace and Bilmuri to give me more S-tiers for the remainder of the year. I am very picky when it comes to deathcore/tech-death/death metal or any adjacent sub-genre of that, and while the Synestia EP was fun, it's B-tier at max for me. Also, speaking of albums for gym, I know Knocked Lose and Boundaries are solid, but do yourself a favor and check out Mortal Reminder's self-titled. It rips. And if you want to hear something that's a bit nostalgic but new at the same time, check out Wristmeetrazor's album as well.

As of now my AOTY is Boundaries - Death is little more. Also, that tier list is pretty spot on. I personally enjoyed the new Foreign Hands a little more than you did, but all the points you made about the album are valid. I feel like they have the potential to do more than what they did with this album. Still, I really enjoy it for what it is.

It’s boundaries or KL for me I adore Boundaries so that might take the cake.

dude, you lost so much respect from me for putting cure in C... I'm joking but still, I don't agree with that 😭also, I feel that stigma is overhated. Don't get me wrong it's not their best album and others like Manic and Pressure are top-tier but I don't think it deserves the hate it gets

Like moths to flames is my AOTY do far

Cure honestly grew on me, you have to listen to it knowing it's more like drift 2.0. I found myself putting it on more often than i thought, can't explain but it just makes me happy. Groove and chill with some heavy parts

Top albums so far for me in 2024 in metal & rock would be Death Is Little More by Boundaries, PostHuman: NextGen from BMTH & You Won't Go Before You're Supposed To by Knocked Loose I also want to give a shoutout too Night Verses really good prog metal instrumental music. Most anticipated album releases that have already been announced I am looking forward too this year would be Nothing More's album releasing this Friday. Highly Suspect in July and Vola in November! Also Badflower announced they will be dropping something soon as well. So far so good! \m/

Aborted - Vault Of Horror has had a lot of playtime since it's cameo out.

IMMINENCE

Personally for me, Imminence have my AOTY, just an emotional album front to back they did it so well. EP of the year, obviously The Poetic Edda got it. Have a nice day ✨✨✨

I have to agree that Boundaries is probably ATOY, but for me, it's a toss between this and Bilmuri. Bilmuri's surprised me by how groovy and just enjoyable to listen through. And my wife who DOES NOT like Metal and who LOVES country, actually is vibing Bilmuri like crazy. So it gets played a lot here! Great year for metal music for sure!

So many banger albums of 2024 so far it's awesome

I think it’s safe to say that my top 5 so far this year would be ERRA, Boundaries, Bring Me The Horizon, Foreign Hands, and seeyouspacecowboy 🔥

Moths is probably my personal AOTY! good vid

Seriously you gave Stigma a D? It isn't amazing, nothing close to manic... but it's a C at the least. I'd throw it in B myself.

Best albuns for me for sure: The Black, Cure and Freaks.

Starfire is my current AOTY just because it’s everything you could possibly ask for a band like Darko, the breakcore sections fit perfectly with their style, the insane riffs and technicality are turned up to 11, all around an unbelievably good release

There’s no way ‘Boundaries’ is better than ‘Knocked Loose’… plus the Knocked Loose singles are the shittest thing on that album… from ‘Moss Covers All’ on is the best metal to happen this year.

I came here because for some reason I thought it said best death metal albums. I was very shocked when you pulled up the first band and with respect I will give you a like and then I will hightell it the f*** out of here. Good day sir