Metacritic Aggregate: 2024 New Music: Metal

Notes

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Sub-Lists

Some breakdowns by genre:

Ranking

  1. Blood Incantation: Absolute Elsewhere (Century Media) {17}: AMG:*, Cl:*, Db:2, DiS:*, K:*, MH:*, MI:*, Ne:*, NT:*, Pf:*, TO:11, U:*; am:* -- A:86/11
  2. Judas Priest: Invincible Shield (Columbia) {17}: Blb:*, ClR:*, Db:4, DiS:*, K:*, MH:*, MI:*, MO:*, Qt:+, RC:*, Sp:*, Spk:*, UCR:+; am:* -- A:83/14
  3. Knocked Loose: You Won't Go Before You're Supposed To (Pure Noise) {15}: BV:+, CS:+, DiS:*, G:*+, K:*, MH:*, MI:*, MSuk:*, Ne:*+, Pf:*, Sk:*, Sp:*, Up:+ -- A:88/13
  4. Chat Pile: Cool World (The Flenser) {14}: Blb:*, BPM:*, Db:27, DiS:*, Ex:*, K:*, LBF:*, MH:*, MI:*, MSuk:*, Ne:*, NT:*, PM:*, Spk:* -- A:83/17
  5. Thou: Umbilical (Sacred Bones) {13}: AMG:*, BV:+, DiS:*, G:*+, K:*, LW:*+, MH:*, MI:*, Qt:+, Spk:*, Tr:+ -- A:85/10
  6. High on Fire: Cometh the Storm (MNRK) {12}: BV:+, CS:++, Db:34, DiS:*, DW:+, K:*, MI:*, MH:*, MSuk:*, Ne:*, SpL:* -- A:77/11
  7. The Jesus Lizard: Rack (Ipecac) {11}: Cl:*, ClR:*, CM:+, DiS:*, FO:*, Mj:*, O:*, PM:*, RC:*, SC:*, UR:* -- A:83/11
  8. Metz: Up on Gravity Hill (Sub Pop/Dine Alone) {11}: Cl:*, DIY:*, Ex:*, FO:*, NT:*+, PM:*+, Qt:+, Tr:+; am:* -- A:80/9
  9. Linkin Park: From Zero (Machine Shop/Warner) {10}: AD:*, Blb:*, D:*, G:*, I:*, K:*, MH:*, MI:*, MO:*, T:* -- A:75/16
  10. Alcest: Les Chants de l'Aurore (Nuclear Blast) {9}: AMG:*, Blb:*, DiS:*, MH:*, MI:*, MSuk:*, PM:*, SC:*, Spk:* -- A:80/11
  11. Crypt Sermon: The Stygian Rose (Dark Descent) {9}: AMG:*, Db:1, DiS:*, MI:*, S:* -- A:85/5
  12. Ihsahn: Ihsahn (Candlelilght) {9}: AMG:*, Blb:*, DiS:*, K:*, MH:*, MI:*, MSuk:*, RC:*, SC:* -- A:85/9
  13. Inter Arma: New Heaven (Relapse) {9}: AMG:*, Db:9, MI:*, MH:*, MSuk:*, Qt:+, Tr:+ -- A:80/4
  14. Uniform: American Standard (Sacred Bones) {9}: BPM:*, DiS:*, LW:*, MH:*, Ne:*, NT:*, S:*, SC:*, Sl:* -- A:87/11
  15. 200 Stab Wounds: Manual Manic Procedures (Metal Blade) {8}: Blb:*, Db:13, DiS:*, K:*, MH:*, MI:*, UR:* -- A:83/7
  16. Big Brave: A Chaos of Flowers (Thrill Jockey) {8}: CS:++, Ex:*+, Qt:+, Spk:*, Tr:+, U:* -- A:81/8
  17. Bring Me the Horizon: Post Human: Nex Gen (Sony) {8}: Cl:*, D:*, DiS:*, G:*+, K:*, NME:*, RSUK:* -- AA:77/9
  18. Bruce Dickinson: The Mandrake Project (BMG) {8}: Blb:*, ClR:*, DiS:*, K:*:MH:*, MI:*, RC:*, UCR:+ -- A:77/12
  19. Gatecreeper: Dark Superstition (Nuclear Blast) {8}: BV:+, Cl:*, Db:7, Ex:*, K:*, Spk:* -- A:81/6
  20. Spectral Wound: Songs of Blood and Mire (Profound Lore) {8}: AMG:*, Db:3, DiS:*, Ex:*, MH:* -- A:83/4
  21. Touché Amoré: Spiral in a Straight Line (Rise) {8}: D:*, DiS:*, DIY:*, GTV:*, LBF:*, MH:*, NT:*, PM:* -- A:80/14
  22. Tribulation: Sub Rosa in Æternum (Century Media) {8}: Blb:*, Db:5, K:*, MH:*, MI:* -- A:79/6
  23. Ulcerate: Cutting the Throat of God (Debemur Morti) {7}: AMG:*, Blb:*, BV:+, Db:16, MH:*, MI:* -- A:90/4
  24. The Black Dahlia Murder: Servitude (Metal Blade) {6}: Blb:*, Db:22, DiS:*, K:*, MH:*MSuk:* -- A:79/6
  25. Jerry Cantrell: I Want Blood (Double J Music) {6}: Blb:*, ClR:*, K:*, MH:*, Sp:*; am:* -- A:79/7
  26. Hulder: Verses in Oath (20 Buck Spin) {6}: AMG:*, Db:12, DiS:*, MI:*, MSuk:* -- A:90/4
  27. Leprous: Melodies of Atonement (Inside Out) {6}: AMG:*, Blb:*, DiS:*, MH:*, MI:*, Spk:* -- A:79/6
  28. Necrot: Lifeless Birth (Tankcrimes) {6}: Blb:*, Db:10, DiS:*, MI:* -- A:80/4
  29. Nightwish: Yesterwynde (Nuclear Blast) {6}: Blb:*, ClR:*, DiS:*, K:*, MH:*, MI:* -- A:86/7
  30. Oceans of Slumber: Where Gods Fear to Speak (Season of Mist) {6}: AMG:*, Blb:*, DiS:*, MH:*, MI:*, Spk:* -- A:85/6
  31. Sum 41: Heaven :x: Hell (Rise) {6}: AD:*, D:*, K:*, Sp:*, Spk:*; am;* -- A:82/10
  32. Uncle Acid & the Deadbeats: Nell' Ora Blu (Rise Above) {6}: DiS:*, MI:*, MSuk:*, Sp:*, U:*; am:* -- A:77/9
  33. Undeath: More Insane (Prosthetic) {6}: Blb:*, Db:20, DiS:*, K:*, MH:* -- A:83/6
  34. Better Lovers: Highly Irresponsible (SharpTone) {5}: -- Blb:*, Cl:*, DiS:*, K:*, MI:*
  35. Borknagar: Fall (Century Media) {5}: AMG:*, Blb:*, DiS:*, MH:*, MSuk:* -- A:84/6
  36. Earthtone9: In Resonance Nexus () {5}: Blb:*, ClR:*, DiS:*, MH:*, K:* -- A:80/5
  37. Fleshgod Apocalypse: Opera (Nuclear Blast) {5}: AMG:*, Blb:*, DiS:*, MH:*, MSuk:* -- A:87/5
  38. Fu Manchu: The Return of Tomorrow (At the Dojo) {5}: Blb:*, ClR:*, K:*, MI:*, RC:* -- A:79/6
  39. Hamferð: Men Guðs Hond Er Sterk (Metal Blade) {5}: AMG:*, DiS:*, MH:*, MSuk:*, Spk:* -- A:86/5
  40. Job for a Cowboy: Moon Healer (Metal Blade) {5}: Blb:*, DiS:*, MH:*, MI:*, MSuk* -- A:84/7
  41. Myles Kennedy: The Art of Letting Go (Napalm) {5}: Blb:*, ClR:*, DiS:*, K:*, Sp:* -- A:84/5
  42. Megafauna: And So I Watch You From Afar (Pelagic/Velocity) {5}: Cl:*, DiS:*, IT:*, K:*, MH:* -- A:79.6
  43. Melvins: Tarantula Heart (Ipecac) {5}: Blb:*, MH:*, PM:*, U:*, UCR:+ -- A:76/10
  44. Midnight: Hellish Expectations (Metal Blade) {5}: Db:31, DiS:*, MH:*, MI:*, MSuk* -- A:78/5
  45. My Dying Bride: A Mortal Binding (Nuclear Blast) {5}: Blb:*, ClR:*, DiS:*, MI:*, MSuk* -- A:76/8
  46. Nails: Every Bridge Burning (Nuclear Blast) {5}: Blb:*, Db:25, DiS:*, K:*, MI:* -- A:78/6
  47. Necrophobic: In the Twilight Grey (Century Media) {5}: AMG:*, Blb:*, DiS:*, MI:*, MSuk:* -- A:84/5
  48. Orange Goblin: Science, Not Fiction (Peaceville) {5}: -- AD:*, Blb:*, ClR:*, K:*, MH:*
  49. Oranssi Pazuzu: Muuntautuja (Nuclear Blast) {5}: BPM:*, Db:38, DiS:*, MH:*, Spk:* -- A:78/7
  50. The Smashing Pumpkins: Aghori Mhori Mei (Tirty Tigers/Martha's) {5}: BPM:*, Cl:*, K:*, NR:*; am:* -- A:73/8
  51. Spectral Voice: Sparagamos (Dark Descent) {5}: AMG:*, Db:15, DiS:*Qt:+ -- A:90/2
  52. Vitriol: Suffer & Become (Century Media) {5}: AMG:*, Blb:*, DiS:*, MH:*, MI:* -- A:84/6
  53. 1349: The Wolf and the King (Season of Mist) {4}: Blb:*, DiS:*, MI:*, SC:* -- A:82/5
  54. Aborted: Vault of Horrors (Nuclear Blast) {4}: AMG:*, DiS:*, K:*, MSuk:* -- A:77/7
  55. Anciients: Beyond the Reach of the Sun (Season of Mist) {4}: AMG:*, Bob:*, Db:40, MH:* -- A:76/5
  56. The Body & Dis Fig: Orchards of a Futile Heaven (Thrill Jockey) {4}: G:*, LQ:*, MI:*, MSuk:* -- A:75/9
  57. The Body: The Crying Out of Things (Thrill Jockey) {4}: DiS:*, K:*, MH:*; am:* -- A:80/5
  58. Julie Christmas: Ridiculous and Full of Blood (Red Creek) {4}: Db:8, MH:* -- A:72/4
  59. Civerous: Maze Envy (20 Buck Spin) {4}: DiS:*, MI:*, Ne:*+ -- A:88/4
  60. Couch Slut: You Could Do It Tonight (Brutal Panda) {4}: DiS:*, DW:+, Sg:+, Sl:* -- A:76/5
  61. Dödsrit: Nocturnal Will (Wolves of Hades) {4}: Blb:*, Db:19, MH:* -- A:80/3
  62. Kerry King: From Hell I Rise (Reigning Phoenix) {4}: DiS:*, K:*, MH:*, RS:* -- A:71/9
  63. Lucifer: Luciver V (Nuclear Blast) {4}: ClR:*, Db:30, K:*, Spk:* -- A:79/8
  64. Mork: Syv (Peaceville) {4}: Blb:*, DiS:*, MI:*, Spk:* -- A:81/6
  65. Poppy: Negative Spaces (Sumerian) {4}: Cl:*, G:*, K:*, MH:* -- A:80/4
  66. Ripped to Shreds: Sanshi (Relapse) {4}: AMG:*, Db:14, MI:* -- A:83/2
  67. Scene Queen: Hot Singles in Your Area (Hopeless) {4}: D:*, DiS:*, MH:*, K:* -- A:80/5
  68. Slift: Ilion (Sub Pop) {4}: K:*, RC:*, Spk:*; am:* -- A:81/7
  69. Speed: Only One Mode (Flatspot/Last Ride) {4}: DiS:*, K:*, LBF:*, NME:* -- A:83/4
  70. Terminal Nation: Echoes of the Devil's Den (20 Buck Spin) {4}: Db:17, DiS:*, Sg:+ -- A:90/1
  71. Tzompantli: Beating the Drums of Ancestral Force (20 Buck Spin) {4}: Db:6, MI:* -- A:75/2
  72. Wheel: Charismatic Leaders (Inside Out) {4}: Blb:*, DiS:*, MH:*, MI:* -- A:82/5
  73. Black Curse: Burning in Celestial Poison (Supulchral Voice) {3}: AMG:*, Db:23, DiS:* -- A:80/2
  74. Caligula's Horse: Charcoal Grace (InsideOut) {3}: DiS:*, MH:*, MI:* -- A:80/5
  75. Cnts: Thoughts & Prayers () {3}: Blb:*, DiS:*, PM:+ -- A:73/3
  76. Coffin Storm: Arcana Rising (Peaceville) {3}: HM:*, MSuk:*, Spk:* -- A:76/5
  77. Dark Tranquililty: Endrtime Signals (Century Media) {3}: Blb:*, MI:*, MSuk:* -- A:73/7
  78. Enterprise Earth: Death: An Anthology (MNRK) {3}: Blb:*, DiS:*, MI:* -- A:82/5
  79. Ace Frehley: 10,000 Volts (MNRK) {3}: Blb:*, S:*, UCR:+ -- A:73/4
  80. Ben Frost: Scope Neglect (Mute) {3}: G:*+; vu:+ -- A:66/7
  81. Full of Hell: Coagulated Bliss (Closed Casket Activities) {3}: BV:+, Db:21, Tr:+ -- A:81/5
  82. Glacial Tomb: Lightless Expanse (Prosthetic) {3}: AMG:*, Db:28, DiS:* -- A:80/2
  83. Hellbutcher: Hellbutcher (Metal Blade) {3}: Db:24, DiS:*, K:* -- A:75/4
  84. Lord Spikeheart: The Adept (Hækalu) {3}: G:*, Qt:+, Tr:+ -- A:75/3
  85. Mother of Graves: The Periapt of Absence (Profound Lore) {3}: Db:11, DiS:* -- A:90/1
  86. Nile: The Underground Awaits Us All (Napalm) {3}: Blb:*, DiS:*, MH:* -- A:79/7
  87. The Obsessed: Gilded Sorrow (Ripple Music) {3}: DiuS:*, MH:*, MSuk:* -- A:77/5
  88. Oxygen Destroyer: Guardian of the Universe (Redefining Darkness) {3}: AMG:*, Db:32, MH:* -- A:80/2
  89. Paysage d'Hiver: Die Berge (Kunsthall Produktionen) {3}: AMG:*, Db:29, MI:* -- A:77/3
  90. Pest Control: Year of the Pest (Quality Control HQ -EP) {3}: -- TH:***
  91. While She Sleeps: Self Hell (Spinefarm) {3}: Cl:*, DiS:*, K:* -- A:75/6
  92. Zeal & Ardor: Greif (self-released) {3}: D:*, DiS:*, K:* -- A:73/9
  93. Accept: Humanoid (Napalm) {2}: ClR:*, Sp:* -- A:79/6
  94. Commoner: A Commoner's Quest () {2}: K:*, LW:+ -- A:80/1
  95. Darkthrone: It Beckons Us All (Peaceville) {2}: Db:37, DiS:* -- A:59/3
  96. Future Palace: Distortion (Arising Empire) {2}: DiS:*, Sp:* -- A:80/3
  97. Meth: Shame (Prosthetic) {2}: Spk:*, Tr:+ -- A:82/6
  98. Pallbearer: Mind Burns Alive (Nuclear Blast) {2}: K:*, Sp:* -- A:84/8
  99. Sólstafir: Hinj Helga Kvöl (Century Media) {2}: MH:*, MI:* -- A:70/5
  100. Vicious Blade: Relentless Force (Redefining Darkness) {2}: Db:35, MH:* -- A:80/1
  101. Vola: Friend of a Phantom (Mascot) {2}: Blb:*, DiS:* -- A:74/4
  102. Yoth Iria: Blazing Inferno (Edged Circle Productions) {2}: Db:36, MH:* -- A:80/1
  103. 156/Silence: People Watching (Sharp Tone) {1}: DiS:*, Spk:* -- A:81/3
  104. 40 Watt Sun: Little Weight (Fisher's Folly/Cappio) {1}: AMG:* -- A:80/1
  105. Apparition: Disgraced Emanations From a Tranquil State (Profound Lore) {1}: Db:26 -- A:60/1
  106. Sebastian Bach: Child Within the Man (Reigning Phoenix) {1}: UCR:+
  107. Brat: Social Grace (Prosthetic) {1}: K:* -- A:78/5
  108. Cane Hill: 'A Piece of Me I Never Let You Find (Out of Line) {1}: MH:* -- A:80/1
  109. Counterparts: Heaven Let Them Die (Pure Noise -EP) {1}: Spk:* -- A:84/1
  110. Darkest Hour: Perpetual Terminal (MNRK) {1}: K:* -- A:80/6
  111. Deceased . . .: Children of the Morgue (Hells Headbangers) {1}: Db:33
  112. Departure Chandelier: Satan Soldier of Fortune (Nuclear War Now!) {1}: Db:39
  113. Falling in Reverse: Popular Monster (Epitaph) {1}: Blb:* -- A:49/4
  114. Frail Body: Artificial Bouquet (Deathwish) {1}: Tr:+
  115. Glassing: From the Other Side of the Mirror (Pelagic) {1}: Tr:+
  116. God Is an Astronaut: Embers (Napalm) {1}: DiS:* -- A:75/2
  117. Infant Island: Obsidian Wreath (Secret Voice) {1}: Sg:+
  118. Make Them Suffer: Make Them Suffer (Greyscale/SharpTone) {1}: MH:* -- A:72/3
  119. Peeling Flesh: The G Code (Unique Leader) {1}: Blb:* -- A:75/2
  120. Prize Horse: Under Sound (New Morality Zine) {1}: Sg:+
  121. Public Acid: Deadly Struggle (Beach Impediment) {1}: AV:+
  122. Skillet: Revolution (self-released) {1}: Blb:* -- A:80/1
  123. Sunny Day Real Estate: Diary (Live at London Bridge Studio) (self-released) {1}: S:* -- A:83/2
  124. Wintersun: Time II (Nuclear Blast) {1}: Blb:* -- A:80/1